Letters of Love/Hate Final Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
By
4ando on 15-Jan-19. Waypoint GC82GZA
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A trip down Pumicestone passage has been on the cards for a while and with a midday high tide we took our opportunity. With Beardman75 at the helm, first mate and boat minder CaptainVimes, Peppa, with his ever entertaining yoga display on the bow, and myself set sail in Karicka for an adventurous but fabulous day on the water. We parked on the beach but then had to wade through knee deep water in a little lagoon to GZ. We found the old post and then BM75 pulled out lots of old remnants of the cache from the mud below but unfortunately no letterbox. We left a preform in the same tree. Thanks for the cache 4andoFind #6399
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from Donnybrook aboard this tinny ship. The mate was a mighty police captain, the skipper brave and sure. Four passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour, a three hour tour.The tide was still coming in, the sandbars they did toss, if not for the courage of the fearless crew the Karicka would be lost, the Karicka would be lost.The ship set course along the shore of this charted mangrove passage with CaptainVimes, the skipper too, Peppa the travel princess and his supplies, and Davinells the navigator, here on Pumicestone Passage.Unfortunately, the letterbox has succumbed to the elements and is in many, many pieces. Having gained permission from the CO ahead of time, we left a preform as a replacement. Thanks 4ando and happy caching
CaptainVimes had a plan That plan started with a very casual I think Ill sell the boat. Well that got everyones diaries and calendars out So here we are taking Karicka back up the passage it last visited just over three and a half years ago with a very different and far more stylish crewJust like that cruise years ago, Karicka found the sand bars, more than once There was discussion about vintage port and hardwood sideboards, but I was occupied ensuring we didnt maim any mermaidsI went the wrong way, and then was told to get the supplies so back to Karicka I went before wading to GZ Im not sure Australia Post has been here for awhile. And I have letters to postThanks 4ando for getting us out here today, I can appreciate the attraction, still not sure Id go fishing though
Today was another drive to the southside of Brisbane. Main targets where old caches. What I need is 2006 or older.
I was back here to find some more caches from Crew 153.
Later today I meet up with The Green Geckos, Muggle65 and Mummy Bear and her cubs to get the final for Love/Hate series. Yippee
Had a great day out.
I got 24 finds for today the breakdown was. 9 traditional, 2 mystery, multi, letterbox and 3 adventure labs with 11 waypoints.
Sorry for the generic log
4ando *TFTC* 6490 *Finds*
I was back here to find some more caches from Crew 153.
Later today I meet up with The Green Geckos, Muggle65 and Mummy Bear and her cubs to get the final for Love/Hate series. Yippee
Had a great day out.
I got 24 finds for today the breakdown was. 9 traditional, 2 mystery, multi, letterbox and 3 adventure labs with 11 waypoints.
Sorry for the generic log
4ando *TFTC* 6490 *Finds*
While placing caches in Toorbul with the MB& C crew and ?????? we were joined by Bris?? and set off up the passage to find this huge series final.
Having found this final’s 9 predecessors, we were very happy to bring this adventure to a close????.
Thanks 4ando
Having found this final’s 9 predecessors, we were very happy to bring this adventure to a close????.
Thanks 4ando
We headed out to Donnybrook boat to put the geo boat to get some water-based caches today, while grabbing the information for the traditional series, multi, adventure lab and the puzzles we covered close to 80 kilometres. So, we set out to find the list of caches we had saved and to FINALLY turn it them into yellow smiley faces. While out for the day we found 16.
Before leaving the new geocar (Track my adventures here D78QWZ) we read the description, hint, confirmed the difficulty and terrain, checked we had all the caches in the offline list and pervious finder logs. We set off to start moving through the water. BrisLions was directing us to where we needed to go. Once we got to GZ, we started to walk towards GZ, we were discussing about where this geocache could possibly located. Has these caches have been on our radar for a long time.
We found we needed to maintenance a few caches throughout the day we had spare containers, tie wire, Ziplock bags and log books. After collecting all required information last weekend and calculating the puzzle, today we headed out back out to collect this final and to complete this beautiful series. Thankfully, after a decent search we worked out we were in the incorrect place then we regrouped. Shortly, BrisLions the cache in hand, and we added our little ink mark to the logbook.
Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance 4ando
Thank you for the Hunt
Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C, Muggle 65, The Green Geckos and BrisLions
Before leaving the new geocar (Track my adventures here D78QWZ) we read the description, hint, confirmed the difficulty and terrain, checked we had all the caches in the offline list and pervious finder logs. We set off to start moving through the water. BrisLions was directing us to where we needed to go. Once we got to GZ, we started to walk towards GZ, we were discussing about where this geocache could possibly located. Has these caches have been on our radar for a long time.
We found we needed to maintenance a few caches throughout the day we had spare containers, tie wire, Ziplock bags and log books. After collecting all required information last weekend and calculating the puzzle, today we headed out back out to collect this final and to complete this beautiful series. Thankfully, after a decent search we worked out we were in the incorrect place then we regrouped. Shortly, BrisLions the cache in hand, and we added our little ink mark to the logbook.
Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance 4ando
Thank you for the Hunt
Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C, Muggle 65, The Green Geckos and BrisLions
We headed out to Donnybrook boat to put the geo boat to get some water-based caches today, while grabbing the information for the traditional series, multi, adventure lab and the puzzles we covered close to 80 kilometres. So, we set out to find the list of caches we had saved and to FINALLY turn it them into yellow smiley faces. While out for the day we found 16.
Before leaving the new geocar (Track my adventures here D78QWZ) we read the description, hint, confirmed the difficulty and terrain, checked we had all the caches in the offline list and pervious finder logs. We set off to start moving through the water. BrisLions was directing us to where we needed to go. Once we got to GZ, we started to walk towards GZ, we were discussing about where this geocache could possibly located. Has these caches have been on our radar for a long time.
We found we needed to maintenance a few caches throughout the day we had spare containers, tie wire, Zip lock bags and log books. After collecting all required information last weekend and calculating the puzzle, today we headed out back out to collect this final and to complete this beautiful series. Thankfully, after a decent search we worked out we were in the incorrect place then we regrouped. Shortly, BrisLions the cache in hand, and we added our little ink mark to the logbook.
Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance 4ando
Thank you for the Hunt
Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C, Muggle 65, The Green Geckos and BrisLions
Before leaving the new geocar (Track my adventures here D78QWZ) we read the description, hint, confirmed the difficulty and terrain, checked we had all the caches in the offline list and pervious finder logs. We set off to start moving through the water. BrisLions was directing us to where we needed to go. Once we got to GZ, we started to walk towards GZ, we were discussing about where this geocache could possibly located. Has these caches have been on our radar for a long time.
We found we needed to maintenance a few caches throughout the day we had spare containers, tie wire, Zip lock bags and log books. After collecting all required information last weekend and calculating the puzzle, today we headed out back out to collect this final and to complete this beautiful series. Thankfully, after a decent search we worked out we were in the incorrect place then we regrouped. Shortly, BrisLions the cache in hand, and we added our little ink mark to the logbook.
Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance 4ando
Thank you for the Hunt
Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C, Muggle 65, The Green Geckos and BrisLions
We headed out to Donnybrook boat to put the geo boat to get some water-based caches today, while grabbing the information for the traditional series, multi, adventure lab and the puzzles we covered close to 80 kilometres. So, we set out to find the list of caches we had saved and to FINALLY turn it them into yellow smiley faces. While out for the day we found 16.
Before leaving the new geocar (Track my adventures here D78QWZ) we read the description, hint, confirmed the difficulty and terrain, checked we had all the caches in the offline list and pervious finder logs. We set off to start moving through the water. BrisLions was directing us to where we needed to go. Once we got to GZ, we started to walk towards GZ, we were discussing about where this geocache could possibly located. Has these caches have been on our radar for a long time.
We found we needed to maintenance a few caches throughout the day we had spare containers, tie wire, Zip lock bags and log books. After collecting all required information last weekend and calculating the puzzle, today we headed out back out to collect this final and to complete this beautiful series. Thankfully, after a decent search we worked out we were in the incorrect place then we regrouped. Shortly, BrisLions the cache in hand, and we added our little ink mark to the logbook.
Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance 4ando
Thank you for the Hunt
Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C, Muggle 65, The Green Geckos and BrisLions
Before leaving the new geocar (Track my adventures here D78QWZ) we read the description, hint, confirmed the difficulty and terrain, checked we had all the caches in the offline list and pervious finder logs. We set off to start moving through the water. BrisLions was directing us to where we needed to go. Once we got to GZ, we started to walk towards GZ, we were discussing about where this geocache could possibly located. Has these caches have been on our radar for a long time.
We found we needed to maintenance a few caches throughout the day we had spare containers, tie wire, Zip lock bags and log books. After collecting all required information last weekend and calculating the puzzle, today we headed out back out to collect this final and to complete this beautiful series. Thankfully, after a decent search we worked out we were in the incorrect place then we regrouped. Shortly, BrisLions the cache in hand, and we added our little ink mark to the logbook.
Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance 4ando
Thank you for the Hunt
Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C, Muggle 65, The Green Geckos and BrisLions
Another trip in a rather full tinny and we were in the log book. I had no idea how to work out the puzzle so was happy to leave M65 to nut it out. So happy to see smiley faces on the map now. Thank you for the adventure
Orange Crew had organised with karicka for a boat ride up the pumistone passage to grab a few caches of the adventure lab and the letters series. So we rrrrr pirates of the passage today, rrrrrr. I wasn’t sure as to why I got an invite but it soon became obvious I was the cabin boy, galley bitch and roust about for the day. I didn’t mind it turned out to be a really fun day, a few laughs and with a good number of caches found and/or replaced with the CO’s permission.
We launched at Donnybrook and with an incoming tide it did make for an interesting journey around the passage. Thank you for this series it has been on my to do list for some time so I was glad for the opportunity to grab them today.
AHRR we couldn't come all this way and not grab a few other treasures me harties.
thanks to the brains and puzzle kings and their unique way of solving puzzles, i was just there to sever the drinks. i did collect the letters and attempted the puzzle but this was above my sovereign a day allowance. thanks for the series.
We launched at Donnybrook and with an incoming tide it did make for an interesting journey around the passage. Thank you for this series it has been on my to do list for some time so I was glad for the opportunity to grab them today.
AHRR we couldn't come all this way and not grab a few other treasures me harties.
thanks to the brains and puzzle kings and their unique way of solving puzzles, i was just there to sever the drinks. i did collect the letters and attempted the puzzle but this was above my sovereign a day allowance. thanks for the series.
Orange Crew suggested a day on the water in the Pumistone passage. Tide tables checked and we had a date set.
Somehow Chamad got invited and the team was complete.
The day came and it was an early morning start.
Cruised between the markers and sand banks, managed to hit one or two on our way north.
Great views of the Glasshouse mountains from the water here!
Letters collected, and log signed.
A big thanks for placing these and giving me a reason for a good day on the water
R
Have an FP
Somehow Chamad got invited and the team was complete.
The day came and it was an early morning start.
Cruised between the markers and sand banks, managed to hit one or two on our way north.
Great views of the Glasshouse mountains from the water here!
Letters collected, and log signed.
A big thanks for placing these and giving me a reason for a good day on the water
R
Have an FP
It was a fabulous day out in the boat on the weekend with karicka and chamad, plundering the Pumicestone passage like pirates. We managed to collect this one on the day rather surreptitiously but now that I've had a chance to look at all the collected letters which I've loved to hate, the puzzle has been solved and I'm now happy to log a find.
A wonderful series with some associated hair pulling puzzle madness, just the way we like it . This was to be the last cache required for my 8th loop, but one recently placed on the Maroochy River with the same DT took the prize a few weeks ago. Still, it'll come in handy for loop no. 9
The container is still A-OK by the way though starting to get just a little rusty. Awarding an FP because, of course!
#10373
Thanks 4ando for giving us a reason to visit.
.........@__,
/|___||_/__________|\
\\_______/_TGQNRV_/
~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
A wonderful series with some associated hair pulling puzzle madness, just the way we like it . This was to be the last cache required for my 8th loop, but one recently placed on the Maroochy River with the same DT took the prize a few weeks ago. Still, it'll come in handy for loop no. 9
The container is still A-OK by the way though starting to get just a little rusty. Awarding an FP because, of course!
#10373
Thanks 4ando for giving us a reason to visit.
.........@__,
/|___||_/__________|\
\\_______/_TGQNRV_/
~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
*..continued*
During the night I slept little, but awoke early, packed up caffeinated and wheeled my canoe back to Tripcony Jetty. The forecast was not pleasant for later in the day, so I was thankful for my early start in the very calm winds. However, there was a swell pounding through the bar and the jetty was bobbing up and down at least half a metre. But, I managed to get myself squared away and sorted (with only a little help from a Coast Guard fellow when my outboard unexpectedly went on the first pull) and motored off to the south.
Calm winds and beautiful conditions just minutes later made this entire trip home almost too easy. The full drive back at my top speed of 10km/h plus at least hourly refuels meant it would be a long day in the drivers seat. But it all went without incident, with many waves from passing vessels, the joys of skimming over sandbars at high tide and of course, a geocache.
Shall I say, I am extremely glad that my gamble of guessing where the final location could be paid off. It looked slightly cheeky on the map, but it was just perfect for my plan. I somehow managed to make it all rather uneventful. A nice stop as close as possible followed by a short walk had me spot the final location from a few metres away. I got close and realised the outer container is a bit rusty, but inside in perfect condition. I signed my name in the logbook and grinned at myself for another loop complete.
Well then, how far more to go? It was just after this stop though where the outboard did have a moment that worried me, but I suspect a slight spark plug fouling was to blame and it came good quickly. Eventually, I'd arrive back at Donnybrook and its very busy boat ramp a very happy geocacher. Two attempts, but I had managed to complete this entire series in a single trip with a tiny outboard, a canoe and carry all my overnight gear too. It's the biggest canoe trip I've ever done and a perfect solo adventure. I definitely earned this fourth loop. Thanks for the adventure, 4ando
During the night I slept little, but awoke early, packed up caffeinated and wheeled my canoe back to Tripcony Jetty. The forecast was not pleasant for later in the day, so I was thankful for my early start in the very calm winds. However, there was a swell pounding through the bar and the jetty was bobbing up and down at least half a metre. But, I managed to get myself squared away and sorted (with only a little help from a Coast Guard fellow when my outboard unexpectedly went on the first pull) and motored off to the south.
Calm winds and beautiful conditions just minutes later made this entire trip home almost too easy. The full drive back at my top speed of 10km/h plus at least hourly refuels meant it would be a long day in the drivers seat. But it all went without incident, with many waves from passing vessels, the joys of skimming over sandbars at high tide and of course, a geocache.
Shall I say, I am extremely glad that my gamble of guessing where the final location could be paid off. It looked slightly cheeky on the map, but it was just perfect for my plan. I somehow managed to make it all rather uneventful. A nice stop as close as possible followed by a short walk had me spot the final location from a few metres away. I got close and realised the outer container is a bit rusty, but inside in perfect condition. I signed my name in the logbook and grinned at myself for another loop complete.
Well then, how far more to go? It was just after this stop though where the outboard did have a moment that worried me, but I suspect a slight spark plug fouling was to blame and it came good quickly. Eventually, I'd arrive back at Donnybrook and its very busy boat ramp a very happy geocacher. Two attempts, but I had managed to complete this entire series in a single trip with a tiny outboard, a canoe and carry all my overnight gear too. It's the biggest canoe trip I've ever done and a perfect solo adventure. I definitely earned this fourth loop. Thanks for the adventure, 4ando
Here are three seemingly arbitrary dates: 19 Jan 2013, 14 Jun 2016, and 14 Aug 2019.
Those are the dates I completed my first, second and third D/T loops. I started in 2008 and had to travel to Cairns to complete the first loop, given rarity of geocaches then. For years prior I didn't think it would ever happen. But, for 2020, I set a goal of completing my fourth loop. I needed six more combinations and this was to be the last I needed. Really, there are plenty that would tick the box more easily, but I do like to steer away from anything that feels 'manufactured' and easy.
And this series really promised to be an adventure. But I challenged myself to make it even more of an adventure! I named it the catchy "Pumicestone Passage Solo-Canoe Overnight Adventure from Donnybrook to Caloundra and back again". Late last month I tried and failed the very same due to abhorrent weather conditions, making it only to Roys Road before turning around. This time though, I have much better luck.
My full plan is as such; get into my canoe with some camping gear, throw the 2HP outboard on the side and 12 litres of fuel onboard (double what I expect to use) and drive nearly thirty kilometres to Caloundra and collect the seven of nine remaining traditional in this series along the way. Then, camp the night in Caloundra and return back more-or-less the way I came the next day, hopefully having solved whatever is needed to locate this geocache and tick my loop. Not to spoil the story, but the plan worked perfectly!
I had pitched my tent, walked the Caloundra esplanade, eaten some fish and chips and bought two ciders for the night solving. Before I left, indeed months ago, I had googled around looking for a back-entrance into this document but failed. After finding all the traditional legitimately though, it was no worry. I sat and I solved with a much smaller screen than I'd prefer. I am no legend at puzzle solving, but I was surprised what I can achieve with concentration and a smartphone. However, it must be said to this semi-bibliophile, that the grammar and punctuation I endured made me twitch somewhat! At least the jokes were.. "enjoyable".
*continued below..*
Those are the dates I completed my first, second and third D/T loops. I started in 2008 and had to travel to Cairns to complete the first loop, given rarity of geocaches then. For years prior I didn't think it would ever happen. But, for 2020, I set a goal of completing my fourth loop. I needed six more combinations and this was to be the last I needed. Really, there are plenty that would tick the box more easily, but I do like to steer away from anything that feels 'manufactured' and easy.
And this series really promised to be an adventure. But I challenged myself to make it even more of an adventure! I named it the catchy "Pumicestone Passage Solo-Canoe Overnight Adventure from Donnybrook to Caloundra and back again". Late last month I tried and failed the very same due to abhorrent weather conditions, making it only to Roys Road before turning around. This time though, I have much better luck.
My full plan is as such; get into my canoe with some camping gear, throw the 2HP outboard on the side and 12 litres of fuel onboard (double what I expect to use) and drive nearly thirty kilometres to Caloundra and collect the seven of nine remaining traditional in this series along the way. Then, camp the night in Caloundra and return back more-or-less the way I came the next day, hopefully having solved whatever is needed to locate this geocache and tick my loop. Not to spoil the story, but the plan worked perfectly!
I had pitched my tent, walked the Caloundra esplanade, eaten some fish and chips and bought two ciders for the night solving. Before I left, indeed months ago, I had googled around looking for a back-entrance into this document but failed. After finding all the traditional legitimately though, it was no worry. I sat and I solved with a much smaller screen than I'd prefer. I am no legend at puzzle solving, but I was surprised what I can achieve with concentration and a smartphone. However, it must be said to this semi-bibliophile, that the grammar and punctuation I endured made me twitch somewhat! At least the jokes were.. "enjoyable".
*continued below..*
So after powering through six letters a couple of weekends before and a previous letter collection trip that I sadly missed early there was enough to start the solve. My sole contribution was reading the whole thing and going - hey isn’t that odd which was noted by others as well, and then the brains trust stormed through the solve over a week and then the joyous GOT IT message came through.
Perfect timing as this was a joint celebration cache with Team ARF and Gcoven both completely their 3rd DT loops and and Gcoven also securing her 4,000 find.
Such a pleasure to be on the water this morning in fantastic company working on milestones and memories
Perfect timing as this was a joint celebration cache with Team ARF and Gcoven both completely their 3rd DT loops and and Gcoven also securing her 4,000 find.
Such a pleasure to be on the water this morning in fantastic company working on milestones and memories
The end of the series... except the one that still needs collected! We had collected enough information two weekends ago to start solving this without breaking our restricted travel radius. I think the what was relatively quick, but the how too quite some time. I was up early this morning to collect this and celebrate some milestones. Those with the milestones were not so early... That makes a change as I am normally last to arrive. Cache found easily at the GZ. TFTC and the series - awarding a favourite.
All told, it took approx 6 months (in a leaky boat) to collect the series and the final but I digress. It all started on a f'n hot day back last year in December. With good intentions and an early start, the day started hot then got hotter. Sweated buckets that day and contributed to the current sea level rise problem. It was two love letters collected and we all cussed that we'd wait til t got cooler.
Well the southern hemisphere started to cool and the world went into hibernation for a few months. Everyone's wings were clipped and travel was restricted until a fortnight ago when the 50km travel rule came into effect. Not sure my companions understood this rule completely as they were keen to paddle the distance without any mechanical aids or fossil fuel movers to assist. In total 5 love letters and one piece of hate mail (LoL/H #6) were collected, setting up a crack at the final. With a logical deduction, the password was cracked on the PDF then the grey matter got a work out instead of the shoulders!!
It was a collaborative effort in the puzzle solve. A number of methods were tried but it came down to a hard grind and a lot of reading. On the first pass, I so wanted to correct the spelling mistakes and more importantly, the 4ando's jokes (for me) missed the mark. At best (my opinion) they are bad 'dad' jokes so some advice for you both to consider, don't give up your respective day jobs if you like food on the table rather than being airborne and directed at you from the audience. After the umpteenth read, the said jokes were driving me into a corner where I'd shake, whimper and drivel more than I usually do. My therapist says I'll be fine, eventually . . .
One of the party sourced hints for the CO and these were freely and quickly provided. Progress was slow and steady and it was early this week that the puzzle was solved. A plan was hatched to head out to collect the final. With some time during work meetings, I dropped off all the empty alcohol containers to a cash for cans depot and pocketed $17.30. This amount was drunk while attempting to solve the puzzle. The positive is I'm now on first name basis with all the local bottlo staff.
Arriving 'slightly' late and expecting the red carpet treatment, band and airforce fly over, was treated to Ardom and JACS Team shivering away, looking daggers. Hate to think what sort of reception I'd receive if I was 15mins late!! Again apologies but at least I was warm(ish) til getting out of the car!!
Good to go out with the crew and collect the final of this series. The timing of said collection was scheduled for Gcoven's 4,000 and 3DT loop. I so happened to get my third DT loop too. Good morning on the water except the fish did not cooperate with the lure I had trawling from the back of the Yak. Thanks 4ando's for all your hard effort so a meager FP heading your way.
Well the southern hemisphere started to cool and the world went into hibernation for a few months. Everyone's wings were clipped and travel was restricted until a fortnight ago when the 50km travel rule came into effect. Not sure my companions understood this rule completely as they were keen to paddle the distance without any mechanical aids or fossil fuel movers to assist. In total 5 love letters and one piece of hate mail (LoL/H #6) were collected, setting up a crack at the final. With a logical deduction, the password was cracked on the PDF then the grey matter got a work out instead of the shoulders!!
It was a collaborative effort in the puzzle solve. A number of methods were tried but it came down to a hard grind and a lot of reading. On the first pass, I so wanted to correct the spelling mistakes and more importantly, the 4ando's jokes (for me) missed the mark. At best (my opinion) they are bad 'dad' jokes so some advice for you both to consider, don't give up your respective day jobs if you like food on the table rather than being airborne and directed at you from the audience. After the umpteenth read, the said jokes were driving me into a corner where I'd shake, whimper and drivel more than I usually do. My therapist says I'll be fine, eventually . . .
One of the party sourced hints for the CO and these were freely and quickly provided. Progress was slow and steady and it was early this week that the puzzle was solved. A plan was hatched to head out to collect the final. With some time during work meetings, I dropped off all the empty alcohol containers to a cash for cans depot and pocketed $17.30. This amount was drunk while attempting to solve the puzzle. The positive is I'm now on first name basis with all the local bottlo staff.
Arriving 'slightly' late and expecting the red carpet treatment, band and airforce fly over, was treated to Ardom and JACS Team shivering away, looking daggers. Hate to think what sort of reception I'd receive if I was 15mins late!! Again apologies but at least I was warm(ish) til getting out of the car!!
Good to go out with the crew and collect the final of this series. The timing of said collection was scheduled for Gcoven's 4,000 and 3DT loop. I so happened to get my third DT loop too. Good morning on the water except the fish did not cooperate with the lure I had trawling from the back of the Yak. Thanks 4ando's for all your hard effort so a meager FP heading your way.
I had this one in my sights back in the hotter months but our first outing knocked the stuffing out of our enthusiasm . I was keen as it would make my third loop of the DT grid and also for the GeoBuddy TeamARF. As time wore on and the weather cooled a virus of epic proportions clouded our world and the pestilence forced all of us indoors. After several weeks we were allowed to travel 50km from home so headed off with our kayaks to gather the letters. The code was soon solved but the love letter that it opened was a doozy! Do we love or hate you 4Ando? After a hint or two and nagging Mr 4Ando to the point of madness, we eventually had numbers fall into place only to have him message me that I was “Incredibly wrong and to read the hints again!!” Cheeky man!!! Lucky I do love you !
So today with 150km from home allowed the awesome foursome paddles off to collect this letterbox . A muddy stroll indeed especially for JACS who forgot her shoes! The cache type gave TeamARF a challenge plus his third loop. For me it was third loop and number 4000 finds! Lived that the letters fell into place over time to facilitate a double milestone. It is an honour and a pleasure to achieve this milestone with my fave caching buddies and with the CO pair also being much loved and legends of our time!!!
“Hate has 4 letters and so does Love. Enemies and Friends both have 7 letters. Lying has 5 letters and so does Truth. Negative and Positive both 8. Under has 5 and so does Above , Cry has 3 letters and so too Joy. Right and Wrong both have 5 , Hurt and Heal have 4 letters each. So really life is a double edged sword so for us we transform every negative into a positive and embrace the better side of life! Thanks 4Ando for bringing us caching happiness! Fave point of course! PS love the jokes! And the Count is my man! When customers whinge about wait times I like to count. One ferrogradumet tablet ha ha ha ha ... two ferrogradumet tablets ha ha ha ha!
So today with 150km from home allowed the awesome foursome paddles off to collect this letterbox . A muddy stroll indeed especially for JACS who forgot her shoes! The cache type gave TeamARF a challenge plus his third loop. For me it was third loop and number 4000 finds! Lived that the letters fell into place over time to facilitate a double milestone. It is an honour and a pleasure to achieve this milestone with my fave caching buddies and with the CO pair also being much loved and legends of our time!!!
“Hate has 4 letters and so does Love. Enemies and Friends both have 7 letters. Lying has 5 letters and so does Truth. Negative and Positive both 8. Under has 5 and so does Above , Cry has 3 letters and so too Joy. Right and Wrong both have 5 , Hurt and Heal have 4 letters each. So really life is a double edged sword so for us we transform every negative into a positive and embrace the better side of life! Thanks 4Ando for bringing us caching happiness! Fave point of course! PS love the jokes! And the Count is my man! When customers whinge about wait times I like to count. One ferrogradumet tablet ha ha ha ha ... two ferrogradumet tablets ha ha ha ha!
After getting all the letters to unlock the puzzle for this one, it took me a week and several clues from the CO to get it solved. But FINALLY got it. Came out this morning to get it done.. forgot to check the tides.. parked my kayak on the mud, and slowly made my way to the GZ, a little above my knees in mud. But got there in the end, and signed the log. This series certainly earned its name. Tftc and the clues. Was a fun adventure!
I did not understand the significance of the cache name until the puzzle part of this series appeared.
Dora the Explorer!, Phil Serenity and I had gathered the other caches on the maiden voyage of the jet ski. After gathering the information required we were able to calculate the key to unlock the puzzle. After looking at it for a while, we decided that there was no way to solve it sitting on the bank so headed home without the final.
After working on this puzzle on and off for quite a while and with a slight hint provided by the CO and more time spent on the puzzle, a set of coordinates were obtained.
Dora the Explorer! and I both had the day off work today so a plan was hatched to load up the kayaks and paddle to the final and sign the log.
It was so calm on the water and it was a pleasant paddle.
These types of puzzles are legendary and are mostly solved by legends however I do not consider myself as a legendary puzzle solver.
Thanks ***4ando*** for another series of caches on the water.
Find #2234
I have given this a favourite point for the location and the challenge to complete.
Dora the Explorer!, Phil Serenity and I had gathered the other caches on the maiden voyage of the jet ski. After gathering the information required we were able to calculate the key to unlock the puzzle. After looking at it for a while, we decided that there was no way to solve it sitting on the bank so headed home without the final.
After working on this puzzle on and off for quite a while and with a slight hint provided by the CO and more time spent on the puzzle, a set of coordinates were obtained.
Dora the Explorer! and I both had the day off work today so a plan was hatched to load up the kayaks and paddle to the final and sign the log.
It was so calm on the water and it was a pleasant paddle.
These types of puzzles are legendary and are mostly solved by legends however I do not consider myself as a legendary puzzle solver.
Thanks ***4ando*** for another series of caches on the water.
Find #2234
I have given this a favourite point for the location and the challenge to complete.
Kayaked out here today. Forgot how beautiful it was out in these parts. Did all the other caches on our jetski s maiden voyage. We had a look at the puzzle there was so much to read and full of red herrings. I am definitely not a legend at solving these. CDAH55 and I completed this together. The letterbox is already starting to rust up. Thanx for showing us this beautiful water way.
We were Pretty chuffed to take the kayaks out to this one this morn. This puzzle wrecked us, thankyou 4ando for clarifying bits as we looked sideways , up and down, counted, reformatted, watched a bit of good omen to take away the pain and got back to it. A bit like childbirth, it felt like we had been there forever but it was probably only a day or two. We learnt a lot and played with two stingrays in the water today. Loved the sea eagles nest on the way in. A pheasant crossed in front of us on the way back. We took these signs as good omens and that it is time for . What a impressive series. Fav from us tftc The cache was a short walk in when we got there and as described in the icon.
Sunday. Joint (FTF). Wow! What a series. After collecting all the letters – we kayaked this series and did it by getting our first two letters on one trip (only to have a really intense thunder storm cut us short), and then collected the rest of the series the following day. I’d had so many false starts to this series that I went from elation to disappointment several times! But that’s caching – and I love that! I really enjoyed paddling this series and found that all my recent months of using the mattock in the garden hadn’t been for nothing after all! . I’m only sorry that I left getting this series later than I had wanted to. It was only after a lucky chance catch up with Que Sera at a recent kayaking event that I mentioned that I was after this series and I had said that I was going to kayak this one. She said that she was interested, but we had no firm plans. I was so sure that I could even solve the final puzzle (without too many dramas), as I’d been a ‘partner’ in another recently solved puzzle that involved myself and the CO of this series.
His absolute enjoyment from puzzle solving the other cache had left me in no doubt whatsoever that there might be a recurring theme going to happen sooner or later! Of course there are never any real hints that this might happen, but lets just say that his excitement after completion of said other puzzle that took months to solve… well, you don’t need to be a genius to see what makes a cacher happy! So after paddling this series over about a total of 6.5 hours thereabouts (I think it was about 1.5 hours on the first day and 5 hours on the second day, so it really wasn’t too bad at all – nothing like what I was expecting!). And we did it against the tide on the second day too – with a total of kms travelled on day two coming to about 19km for the caches and then add another 3.5 km or so for the trip back from the last cache to the boat ramp. We were clever though (thanks to Que Sera!) and left one car at Donnybrook boat ramp and then took the yak to Roys Rd boat ramp and did the one trip. So that’s the finer details of the trips that took us to getting the letters. It was so much fun out on the water, and I was starting to get a very nice designer tan.. err.. burn. This on top of last weekends many layers of burns. I’m starting to look like a rainbow! Now the puzzle –Sooo many options here. Where do you start? But then it is a difficult puzzle. I thought I knew the CO! How could I be so wrong? I kept going back to a certain previous puzzle solve, but I had had not that much to do with it. So I was dredging through memories of what was done. I did recollect the most important bit, and was hoping it would apply to this puzzle also. I don’t have the ability to write programs (darn it!), so as per the puzzle page, I decided I would need to do this by hand.
(TBC...)
His absolute enjoyment from puzzle solving the other cache had left me in no doubt whatsoever that there might be a recurring theme going to happen sooner or later! Of course there are never any real hints that this might happen, but lets just say that his excitement after completion of said other puzzle that took months to solve… well, you don’t need to be a genius to see what makes a cacher happy! So after paddling this series over about a total of 6.5 hours thereabouts (I think it was about 1.5 hours on the first day and 5 hours on the second day, so it really wasn’t too bad at all – nothing like what I was expecting!). And we did it against the tide on the second day too – with a total of kms travelled on day two coming to about 19km for the caches and then add another 3.5 km or so for the trip back from the last cache to the boat ramp. We were clever though (thanks to Que Sera!) and left one car at Donnybrook boat ramp and then took the yak to Roys Rd boat ramp and did the one trip. So that’s the finer details of the trips that took us to getting the letters. It was so much fun out on the water, and I was starting to get a very nice designer tan.. err.. burn. This on top of last weekends many layers of burns. I’m starting to look like a rainbow! Now the puzzle –Sooo many options here. Where do you start? But then it is a difficult puzzle. I thought I knew the CO! How could I be so wrong? I kept going back to a certain previous puzzle solve, but I had had not that much to do with it. So I was dredging through memories of what was done. I did recollect the most important bit, and was hoping it would apply to this puzzle also. I don’t have the ability to write programs (darn it!), so as per the puzzle page, I decided I would need to do this by hand.
(TBC...)
*FTF* Joint with slow puncture. This is up there with one of my best geo adventures . Slow puncture and I decided to tackle this series and with no boat we decided to kayak. Took us 3 days. Friday to get letters 8 and 7 and get stormed out of getting to 9. Saturday we met at donny brook boat ramp left a car there then took my double kayak to Roy's road boat ramp where we found letters 9 and worked our way to letters one then donny brook boat ramp. I must say the only thing I did hate were the mosquitoes. I loved everything else. I will attatch photos of all the things I loved. I loved the 23km+ kayak, loved the birds,loved the weather(even the storm as we need rain),loved the company, and loved the location. After we gathered all the information and managed to stand upright we headed home. Fast forward to Sunday and slow puncture being the brains(I really dont know my strength, good company ?) The puzzle solved we just had to go and find. Lucky I still hadn't unloaded my kayak and we decided on place and time. I was not feeling sore at all today which surprised me as my back was very sore last night. After a ...paddle to gz we were just so excited . We saw the cache from a distance and ooohed and arched, signed the log and broke open the celebration drink. Thankyou for this great series. Love it. Fp
(Cont...) I’ve had my puzzle solving mojo in top gear lately, having solved lots of puzzles with the future promise that either Mr or Mrs SP would be visiting this locations. I think there might be just a few red herrings in here? Maybe not! OMG There’s a joke in the document! I burst out laughing. Is this part of the puzzle? Now I know 4ando really are enjoying this and must be laughing whilst creating this puzzle. I am loving reading all this. Loving this letter of Love/Hate. I can now see where Mr 4ando’s early childhood education started. Ah, memories! But I love memories too, so that’s a good thing. Argh, so many numbers, I’ve now lost count again! Good thing I don’t have Bibliophobia! This is almost a book on it’s own! Another joke, this one was another new one for me. I am enjoying these jokes, funny place to put them though! Is this part of the puzzle solve? Is this a red herring? Could I be a Legend at puzzle solving? I will soon find out! Well, I thought I had a good idea now where to start and I knew that all my hunches were falling into place. Only one way to find out. Got some really great looking numbers in the end. I also got up between 3am and 5am this morning to double check everything as I couldn’t sleep. Yes, this one can be done by hand, takes a while, but I also have some good skills from my previous jobs sot this helps. All the answers are definitely in the puzzle and there are no leaps of faith in this puzzle. Now the cache itself. I sent a quick message to Que Sera today and asked if she was ‘available’. She said she was and then I thought that early next week would be just fab.
Ok – I forgot that I had Monday locked in for something, hmm.. Tuesday? Argh – that wasn’t going to work either! In my excitement and haste, I’d forgotten two very important appointments and when I also checked with the weather gods, they weren’t making any nice promises! Was this going to turn out like my efforts to get the Letters of Love/Hate? I hate that I can’t just rush out to test this location! Proposed an afternoon meet up. Yes was the reply. On the way to meeting up, I took the wrong turn. Ooops. Need to turn around – What the??! Traffic stuck as far as the eye can see. Oh well, so there was an accident earlier and I’m stuck in traffic. Gotta love the wait and security in knowing that everyone is pushing in in front of me and holding me up! I did manage to stop off on the way and bought a celebratory bottle of chateau de red stuff and a couple of those non-breakable little glasses. We paddled to near GZ. Gosh I am feeling my back today. Luckily the wind wasn’t too bad and was only making light waves, but it was the storm and rain hanging over to the west that we were worried about. At GZ my arrow was stuck. Luckily a couple of seconds later, Que Sera called out that she spotted the cache and called out nice and loud. Wow! I could have been in a bingo hall. She doesn’t hold back. Gotta love that big shout out. I came over with pen in hand and she signed the log. I poured us each a small red, took a pic for memories and wow! No mozzies at all! I think they were blown away in the breeze that we had. The trip back was full of elation for us both. Love those big big letters
This was the only cache found on today's trip.
Thanks ***4ando***, for showing us this place.
Ok – I forgot that I had Monday locked in for something, hmm.. Tuesday? Argh – that wasn’t going to work either! In my excitement and haste, I’d forgotten two very important appointments and when I also checked with the weather gods, they weren’t making any nice promises! Was this going to turn out like my efforts to get the Letters of Love/Hate? I hate that I can’t just rush out to test this location! Proposed an afternoon meet up. Yes was the reply. On the way to meeting up, I took the wrong turn. Ooops. Need to turn around – What the??! Traffic stuck as far as the eye can see. Oh well, so there was an accident earlier and I’m stuck in traffic. Gotta love the wait and security in knowing that everyone is pushing in in front of me and holding me up! I did manage to stop off on the way and bought a celebratory bottle of chateau de red stuff and a couple of those non-breakable little glasses. We paddled to near GZ. Gosh I am feeling my back today. Luckily the wind wasn’t too bad and was only making light waves, but it was the storm and rain hanging over to the west that we were worried about. At GZ my arrow was stuck. Luckily a couple of seconds later, Que Sera called out that she spotted the cache and called out nice and loud. Wow! I could have been in a bingo hall. She doesn’t hold back. Gotta love that big shout out. I came over with pen in hand and she signed the log. I poured us each a small red, took a pic for memories and wow! No mozzies at all! I think they were blown away in the breeze that we had. The trip back was full of elation for us both. Love those big big letters
This was the only cache found on today's trip.
Thanks ***4ando***, for showing us this place.