#25 The Turtle Series Mildura, Victoria, Australia
By 4Moule on 06-Feb-19. Waypoint GC843XY

Found while in Mildura for the weekend. And staying sooooo close too, almost like Id planned it that way . Many thanks TheMoules for providing this game piece for our enjoyment.Greetings from Tatura

Taking a few days off work so I can get away to Mildura for a long weekend. My first time in Mildura so lots of geocaches to tackle to keep me entertained. Perfect conditions to be outside and geocaching. I managed to solve all of the puzzles in this series in the months leading up to my visit. A good variety of puzzles to test the gray matter. I found all of the caches over 3 days. A good mix of hides and terrain. My 2WD car was really put to the test. For the last 6 of the series found, I didnt trust my car so ended up doing them on foot. I really need to get myself a 4WD car. All found and no DNFs. A couple had cracked lids but all containers were found without problems. Thank you 4Moule, for placing #25 The Turtle Series for the geocaching community.# # #15580 # #

Out discovering the turtle's adventure. TFTC

Well on one track to another little goat track. Yes we seen goats across the river! We love the pictures on the containers! We have walked but realised we could have driven. Oh well good fun! TFTC!

A week of caching and golf with bogonghazy and Littleboss 2 in and around Mildura and of course any smileys we can pick up on the way.Sorry for the generic log. I really appreciated the help of the CO with some of these puzzles.

A week away geocaching in Mildura with Bogonghazy, Sorceysal and Geo dog. Thanks to sorceysal for solving the majority of these puzzles. A windy day and a bit soggy underfoot, we managed to tick off most of this series. Thankyou to TheMoules for this great series

Up to Mildura for a week with Littleboss2, Sorceysal and Geo the puppy. We'd solved a few puzzles between us, (Ss about 97% of them) and this was the week to grab as many as we could, as well as the multiple labs, multis and trads, and really enjoy this stunning area. After a wild night, we really felt the heat and humidity that happens post rain, but it's all a part of what Australia's diverse zones bring on board. Plenty of sharp bindis added to the fun. Is that what gaiters are for? Our thanks to TheMoules for this amazing series

It was time to tackle the Turtle Series. Solving the puzzles began some time ago, but was done in earnest during the first of the long Covid lockdowns while supervising our eldest grandson while he was involved in remote learning. A great way to keep us occupied, but also stopping us from hovering over him while he did his work.We had envisaged doing much of the trails on bike but decided the night before to abandon that idea and do the caches with a mixture of car travel and walking. Turned out to be a wise decision as with soft and spongy trails and a myriad of thorns, burrs and bindis we think we would have been in trouble. It meant a lot of walking, but then that is supposed to be good for us!The hides were straightforward with in most case few options which was appreciated. Only one DNF. We also picked up a few other caches en route, a couple good field puzzles and containers.Thank you for a great series well executed.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache TheMoules.**SKI Pair****

We found your cache today 7 May 2024 11:58am , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC TheMoules

Found while having a look around the area today, staying in Mildura for the week. A nice park and grab, all good here. Thanks.Find #6915 on 17 Apr 2024.TFTC TheMoules!

Out this morning to track down some turtles most were quick easy findsTFTC

We enjoyed solving these puzzles and now it is great to have the opportunity to be back in this beautiful area and to collect a few more of the turtles. Thanks 4Moules Domsky

It was a bit of a scramble to this one, not sure how I feel about going off the paths! Tftc

Went turtle hunting with goingplaces2 and found a selection that were reasonably accessible. All logs were signed and replaced to await the next turtle hunter. TFTC.

While we were in the Mildura area with ilook4geo, we thought we might pick up a few turtles to take home as pets. But then we thought,"no, we should leave them in their natural environment." So all were replaced as found to continue the caching game. Thanks go to TheMoules for hiding all these turtles for a fun time.

Tftc 4Moule, out today to collect some turtles.Puzzles have been solved for some timeCommenced the series a few years ago but needed to make a hasty exit from Vic to escape lockdown.Great to be back, very creative and clever caching to be had in Mildura.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache 4Moule.

What a fabulous series that I have been looking forward to experiencing. AMoule is a very interactive, generous, and creative geocacher. Thank you so much for this wonderful geocaching experience in an environment with so much wildlife! It was great to walk after so much driving. Much respect from kbucky

After an early morning Event in Mildura we set out to claim some solved puzzles and enjoyable caches on walking trails. A beautiful morning before the heat.Thank you for the cache.

I've been eager to visit Mildura ever since these wonderful puzzles were solved during lockdown. Our major goal was to complete this series and we have finally made it with our first full day of caching in temperatures of 25. A welcome change after Melbourne's chilly weather.We used my RAV4 which struggled on some of the tracks to drive to and others we decided to walk. Except when otherwise stated, the majority of caches were found quickly and are in excellent condition.Thank you so much TheMoules for this brilliant series, which has taken us to some wonderful locations.

Find # 8780

Making the most of the opportunity to duck out for a few caches while on a work trip to the area. Seeking out the occasional challenge or two, or trying to mop up any solves that I might have from puzzle group or even some from lockdown days of old.

The runcible of spoonbills glided overhead while this turtle was hiding in his home. TFTC

Logged as MMA. Doing the turtle. Kutgw

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 youban kittykatch Joolay Albida NRC and GLISS on our mini Mildura invasion! Thanks TheMoules!

Mildura
I joined a group of Canberra cachers to tackle the caches around Mildura. Signed as MMA (Mildura May Adventurers).

Thanks for the hide TheMoules

Found while on a fabulous weekend away to Mildura to complete the Paddlesteamer, Turtle and various trads, multis + gadget caches. The Canberra crew included Nibletricecakes, joolay, kittykatch, youban, dty73, tankengine, & albida33. We signed as Mildura May Adventures 23 (MMA23). Unless otherwise mentioned, all caches were quickly found. TFTC.

This is a really interesting place. A lake teeming with birds and life on one side and nothing on the other lake. Appreciate tge work and effort tgat has gone into this series.

Day 4 of our Mildura Madness run and the gang is all here ??. Really looking forward to looking around. Signing as MMA23 or MMA or caching name depending on the signer. (Mildura May Adventures)

Thanks for getting me out and about TheMoules

Today was our second day adventuring together in the district. Out to tackle the Paddlesteamer and as many other amazing caches as we can with a lovely bunch of Canberra friends! Always fantastic to be able to get away for a long weekend of caching together. Loved the red dust and the crazy caching trails. Thanks for all the hard work from COs make and maintain these caches. Called our trip the Mildura May Adventure so signed as MMA or MMA23 today. Great to be caching with you KLSARC, GLISS! Albida33, Kittykatch, Barb2e, Joolay, Tankengine, DTY73 and youban. Thanks for a great weekend everyone. Thanks for the cache.

Southern Autumn adventure Day 54. Mildura Paddle Steamer Trip Day 3. After a huge day, the MAA team (Mildura Autumn Attack and we consisted of Nibletricecakes, Gliss!, Joolay, Kitty Katch, Barb2e, Tankengine, dty73, Youban and Albida33) headed back to the Paddle Steamer to finish the last bit. It did not take too long, and the whole series has been a joy of accurate and present caches. The next goal was the various Gadget caches rear Red Cliffs and then by the Gliding field. The day was completed with an all out effort to get to all the Turtle caches. Plenty of drive bys, but a few fun walks on muddy flats. This was another great series. A few of us gathered for take away dinner and retired for what rest could be achieved before tomorrows activities.

Thanks for the cache TheMoules

43190.78 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Dragon A#44

**Albida**

Tankengine, Youban and I came to Mildura for the weekend for a bit of caching with a bunch of other Canberrans (signed caches we did together as - MMA. Which I think stood for Mildura May Adventurers. It’s so hard coming up with group names).

We had an awesome time and ate at some really nice places, met a whole bunch of lovely people and found some great caches. Thanks to all the COs for their placements and my caching friends for their help and great company.

This series - the puzzles were fun to solve. I like some of the easier type as I was actually able to solve them. The caches were all found in their cute little containers, I don’t think there were issues with any of them. They were all in great condition. Great series! Tftc!!!

Found the cache and logged the log with Everlasting Deaf Phantom 63Roos DutchAus All7 as 6ACDDE TheMoules, Thank you so much for placing it.

found it all good with team 6ACDDE ( 63Roos, All7, Crank1, DeafPhantom, DutchAus and Everlasting ).

Accompanying 6ACDDE (Deaf group) enjoyed run series, and TFTM

Signed the log as 6ACDDE (63ROO, ALL7, CRANK1, DEAFPHANTOM, DUTCHAUS, EVERLASTING)

Accompany with 63Roos, ALL7, Crank1, DutchAus, DeafPhantom, and Everlasting .
Signed the log as "6ACDDE"

Enjoyed myself wandering the country and caches. Thank you for the cache and hunt.
Sorry, copy and paste

Found it

63Roo, ALL7, Crank1, DutchAus, DeafPhantom, and Everlasting .
Signed the log as "6ACDDE"

Love drive along highway beautiful country

Enjoyed myself wandering the country and caches. Thank you for the cache and hunt.

New geocache in place ready to be found.

Have enabled after coming by this evening and replacing the container and contents after the previous one had been swept away in the floods. Happy Caching!

We hope to come and check on this geocache on Sunday if accessible.

The final location for this mystery is still well and truly underwater. We will provide another update in a couple of weeks.

The Murray River is said to have peaked in this area. We will continue to monitor the water levels and once accessible will carry out maintenance so it can be enabled again.

The final for this mystery currently has no access do to flood waters. Once the water has gone down again and the area and geocache are safe we will enable again.

This is our second day searching for the Turtle series. Apologies for some generic logs as in many cases the finds were similar and the containers were usually found quite quickly. No muggles were seen during our whole trip around the lake. Thanks to 4Moule for the puzzle and cache.

Second run at finding the Turtle Series, starting our weekend with some after school geocaching on a Friday arvo!

TFTC!

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure, yes I know we have wandered over the border. Never mind, It is a wonderful day just perfect for geocaching so we are off to look for turtles. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

fity_1965 and I decided to head away for an extra long weekend so that we could attend the Tri-State Community Celebration Events along with the other events that have popped up.

A fantastic time was had and a nice number of caches found. Thanks to all the CO's for holding the events and/or placing the caches.

It was past midnight when we decided to head to bed following the last of the CCE’s for the weekend. We were up surprisingly early and hit the road to grab some more of the Turtle series before heading for home.

It was wonderful to see cachers we hadn't seen for a while and to meet several new ones. There ended up being cachers from SA, Vic, NSW, Tas & QLD! Amazing!

28,519. Found with minniek while visiting the region for the Tri-State Community Events/International Geocaching Day weekend.

When minniek and I heard about the huge 8 event weekend (4 Community Celebration Events, 3 'normal' events and 1 CITO) to be held in Berri/Wentworth/Mildura/Euston celebrating International Geocaching Day, we knew that we wanted to be there. After three very busy days and 8 events, we were starting to get a bit weary, but still wanted to find some caches before starting the long haul home. More turtles was the plan. Quick find at GZ. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, then continued on to the next one.

Thanks TheMoules !! Fav Point.

Catching up on logs. Apologies for the very late log.
Travelling with SpidermonkeysMum and CPwanderer for the weekend. Our goal being the tri-state events and whatever caches we can also find along the way.
This was one of the caches that we found on our journey.

Day 2 found us checking out of our accommodation (after greeting some of our fellow geocachers who were also guests) and heading to the Morning After breakfast event. After a delicious and value for money breakfast we vacated our seats for the next round of attendees.

Our aim for the day was to complete the nearby Adventure Labs and whatever other caches caught our eye before heading home to SA.

Decided to grab a few of these along our way today. Quick find here.

TFTC TheMoules

Found with Gizmos Gang and SpiderMonkeysMom on a great weekend away!!! Three states, 6 events ....... 69 finds ........ and one snake!!! Easy find!!

Well we couldn’t help ourselves.

Big weekend on the road! Overnighted in mega town (Murray bridge) after chasing some large caches for a challenge I have been working on for many years. Also made it to 4000 cache finds

Picked up CPWanderer and gizmos gang bright and early to get to Berri fir Brekky, Wentworth for lunch and back to Mildura for dinner. Then another Brekky and a cito the following day. Well that’s the plan anyway.

We are picking up whatever caches we can on the way, over 300 to chose from the CP hasn’t found and probably the odd one he has (that doesn’t include the PS series) which will have to wait to return for.

Apologies for the generic log, but where possible I will return to add a comment.
Thank you for placing it for us to find. Thank you for contributing to the geo map and maintaining when required. TFTC

#18518. Robmc and I have arrived near Merbein to make a start on the PaddleSteamer and Turtle Series. A beautiful sunny but cool day to get on the bikes and load the doggies into their trailer and start with the Turtle. We covered approximately 22km (mostly after lunch) after a short morning ride along some river tracks and got back at about 4.30pm. With another cold night coming up it should be another enjoyable bike day tomorrow. Some cute containers noted on our journey today.

Thanks 4Moule

First day in Mildura with BettyBoo3747.
Spent most of the day setting up and shopping, etc.
Hit the trails on the deadly treadlies and did some Turtle Series caches.
So far a great series for the bikes, some very nice trails.
Dogs enjoyed the run and ride too.
Thanks for this interesting series.
Solved all these when they first came out, glad to be able to finally pick some up.
Thanks, Robmc.

Eventually found in the first place we looked

I loved the puzzle and the find location. Puzzle gets a fav

Cowabunga Dudes. The puzzles were solved many moons ago. We came back after the epidemic to complete the full set.

The cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for placing a fun cache guys. We do love your work. We signed the logbook. Of course we did that is way we play this game. Cache in pretty good condition for the cache age.

I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count.

This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and a Samsung S8. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs...

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

In 2019 freddo and I planned to come and find this series but only managed to get through half of it, so back today to finish it off, a great series.

A trip to Victoria with Freddo for 3 days to complete the paddle steamer and find a few caches in Mildura and along the way to and from, all the caches were signed respective of the day FG23, FG24, FG25 or our own caching names.
Total of 468 finds for the trip

Thanks for a great series

Spending a few days in Mildura, joined by the rest of the Goldy clan for a family getaway.

We've been coming here since our first visit in 2008, it's a Goldy family favourite so I'm excited for the opportunity to find a few geocaches here and in some of the surrounding towns.

I'm also looking forward to experiencing some different hides in another state, as all my finds so far have been in South Australia.

I won't be able to get to all the caches due to having other plans with family, family always comes first.

So a high majority of caches on the "to be found" list are ones where I can learn local history and ones that are relatively quick and easy.

I've been primarily eyeing off the turtle series geoart and adventure labs.

I solved the puzzles that I could back in February in preparation for the trip.

This series helped introduce me to some new puzzles which is good experience for future hides.

All turtle caches (that I found) are in good condition with no issues.

Quick and easy find here today.

Put my signature in the log book and returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Signed as "P.Goldy"

Thanks to TheMoules for this cache and series.

Find No.848
22/04/2022

Day 7 of the long road trip from Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland.

Caching today was in Mildura mainly doing the Turtle Series and one of the Adventure Labs. Unfortunately half the final ground zeros somehow dissappeared from the GPS so had to rely on the tablet to work out where to find the Turtles. It made the day long and a case of backtracking a few times when it was found some caches had been missed.

This cache found without problems. Log signed and the cache returned as it was found.

Thanks TheMoules for placing and maintaining this cache for geocachers to find.

Day 7 of the long road trip from Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland.

Caching today was in Mildura mainly doing the Turtle Series and one of the Adventure Labs. Unfortunately half the final ground zeros somehow dissappeared from the GPS so had to rely on the tablet to work out where to find the Turtles. It made the day long and a case of backtracking a few times when it was found some caches had been missed.

This cache found without problems. Log signed and the cache returned as it was found.

Thanks TheMoules for placing and maintaining this cache for geocachers to find.

# 14482 Found and logged at 7:58:00 AM
Spending the day today on the turtle trail plus a few others
Beautiful day to be outdoors
Thanks for the cache TheMoules
Lgoody

Day 25 of our southern trip. Our final day based at Red Cliffs. Finishing off some Turtles and GOT and more. We areTeam 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

Thanks for placing.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on February 3, 2022. TFTC, 4Moule

TFTC smile 12013 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather, enjoying a trip to Mildura to cache the Paddle Steamer ( now finished) working on the Turtles today
signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, 4Moule, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Day 25 of our southern trip. It is our plan to finish the Turtle geoart today.
It was cold again today.

Caching and travelling with RoddyC snickersallan and grannysmith1947. Signed as 44 QLD (4 for QLD)

TFTCache 4Moule

Third day out on the local trails with hatzofff, grannysmith1947 & RoddyC. (Logs signed as Team 44 QLD)
Finishing off the remainder of The Turtles geo art, some multis & trads along the way.
Really enjoyed the walks around the two lakes whilst finding all the caches today.

TFTC 4Moule

#13023 - 10:23:00 AM; Day 4 of the Wang Mega tour with Sol de lune. Made it to Mildura last night and after a good feed and a good night's sleep, "The Turtle Series". An early start and we were soon in position to begin the hunt. Parked the geomobuile and set off knocking over some smaller sections and some larger sections as we moved through the various locations. Completed most of the mission today on foot as we weren't in 4WD mode and much of the area was out of bounds to vehicles in any event. A well constructed and planned series worthy of a favourite point! Back tomorrow to try for the remainder! TFTC 4Moule

After a couple of great days in and around Wang at the Mega, followed by a drive to Echuca, LuckyL10n and I were now in Mildura. LL has some business to attend to, however with time before and after meetings we set on the path of the 'Turtle'.

Not knowing the area that well, we took a few wrong turns, however once in the right spots, we parked at some caches and walked for quite a few of them. All the locations we walked were interesting to see and the good news was that all the caches were found. We completed 40 of them today, leaving us another walk for 9 tomorrow, and then #50 to finish off. That was fun itself, but is also a log for tomorrow.

Many thanks for the series 4moule. All the decorated containers were appreciated and shows a commitment to the series. A favourite point for each and everyone.

Kelligula and I have continued our Turtle Series caching on a beautiful cool day. TFTC

Beautiful evening for a couple of caches with RamaTim. We left a few by the river for a nice night and decided to head out. Lots of flys but I was prepared for that. Poor RamaTim didn’t though

An enjoyable series, coords were spot on. Love having this piece of geoart. This was one on the caches we targeted and found. Thanks 4moule

Out on hot summers day turtle caching adventures with Wollaston.

Container condition good
Log condition lots of room

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC 4Moule

Find # 5251

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC TheMoules
Find #7644 at 15:36.

What a fab day of caching in the by 4WD, MTB and on foot! Took some nice pics. Soaked up the fresh air and got a healthy dose of exercise. Only got a bit muddy today but rounded out the day at the carwash

The primary targets were the which were solved over a few sessions on the couch. Fun puzzles and nearly all solved solo. A couple of the trickier ones required a CO nudge. Really good coords and consistent hides and some scenic locations. I decided to allocate points to my favourite puzzles rather than GZ.

TFTC 4Moule

Our gentle walk in the sun is slightly interrupted by a small bush bash, only to see a well worn path 5m further on! T4TC

In Mildura for a day, hit the Mildura Brewery last night, parkrun this morning, followed by breaky, then out for a hike to find some cache. Blitz some of the puzzles in the week, wasn’t sure how many we would have time to find, especially with all the trads in the area too. Ended up jogging and hiking 28km today in total. TFTC.

Day out with Gunks in Mildura. Hastily solved Turtle clues gave us a few hours of searching. Great walk around the oranges and grapes. TFTC

#4578 Camping near the Darling River north of Wentworth for the week, we decided to leave camp for the day to explore the local area further. We had solved most of the Turtle series in the lead up to our trip and managed to grab 5 late this arvo.

All caches found without too much issue along a nice section of this trail. TFTC and fun puzzles 4Moule. We are already planning a return trip to pick up the remainder!

In Mildura for ANZAC day and to catch up with some family so decided to do this interesting little series. A few days of solving and today I'm collecting some more of the Turle series caches. Hope to finish the series in the next day or so. Tftc

Making our way through collecting these tftc

I arrived in Mildura this evening, and I needed a non trad cache to fill a gap in my challenge calendar. Having solved the puzzles during the covid lockdown, I had plenty to choose from tonight, and this one looked like a quick find. It was quick as it was sitting out in the open. After signing, I tucked it away out of sight.
Thanks for this series, 4Moule. I have previously logged some of them, but I hope to finish them all off on this trip. Great work.

Found by Rebel Acts

In Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and The Empire.
After finishing off the GOT series it was time for Me to do the turtle series, it was a little challenging getting to some locations but I managed to get them all done.

The highlight for the day were the fantastic gadget caches in the area.

Thanks 4Moule for the cache.

Had the puzzles solved for a while now with a bit of an early nudge from CO for a couple, thanks. Today we had the opportunity to get out and sign the logs on our transit to Adelaide.

All the caches attempted today were found, assisted by good accurate coords. All were in good condition even down to the nicely sharpened pencils. Generally great hiding spots.

Apologies for the generic logs which in no way detracts from our enjoyment of the trails on a beautiful autumn morning. Thanks 4Moule

*Staying in Mildura for a few days*

In town with Happy pants, Happy Feet, The Empire, omegaman1971 and Rebel Acts for a few nights and to clean up the Paddle Steamer Geo Art Trail and a few other series if time permitted.
After grabbing fuel and coffee, we headed out to clean up the The Turtle Series which were solved prior to our trip. We made our way to GZ where we made a straight forward find. Such a great variety of hides and containers. I have seen many wonderful sights, a fantastic variety of hides and taken many photos around this fantastic area
Thanks for the cache 4Moule. Appreciate your efforts.
Stamped log and returned as found.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

Cache on!
**#16142**

In Mildura as part of a larger group of caching family and friends to tackle a couple of series in and around town, today we focused on the Turtle Series and also made the most of seeing some new sights and grab a bag load of smilies. Never really had much of a chance or reason to have a look around Lake Hawthorn besides driving past it so it was good to have a chance to explore this beaut area a little more closely. Had some great weather for us to enjoy our visit and also had some laughs and fun as we made our way around the area, this hide was soon found after a short search, as they say many hands make light work. Thanks 4Moule for the puzzle and the hide.

Found by The Empire
Here in Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet and Happy Pants.
Today's target was this cool Turtle Series - we were able to find all of the caches and had a few laughs along the way. Driving along the edge of the lake was a highlight - I was able to drop off some stickers and pathtags in some of the caches. Thanks for the cache, and the cool series 4Moule.
- M

This was a great opportunity to get away with some caching friends in Mildura. The plan was to hit some of the local trails and geo art. There was many other hides discovered, with some really great containers and hides in the area.

Thanks 4Moule for placing the cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy the find.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 7843 finds
In town for a few day with the crew to hit the nearby powertrails and put some smiles on the map.
Has been many years since I was here last , the town has certainly changed.
Cheers for the enjoyable cache.

Quick grab, #20 for us along this fun series. Thank you for the cache!

Quick find.

For the first time in a long time, it was road trip time. With COVID-19 keeping everyone at home for so long, the borders were finally opening and the feet were itchy for a decent caching trip. Plans were made with FurfacesLL to do a 10 day road trip across to Mildura and Loxton to do a heap of caching and we were excited. Across the 10 days we racked up over 4,300km in driving, multiple hotels/motels, brought home enough red dust to create our own sand pit in the back yard and collected over 1800 finds between us. It was a massive trip and lots of fun was had.

We teamed up with GoodLook, FeatherTop, The Drovers and LiB and signed most logs as "The Mob". There were a few caches which were signed as individual team names as some teams had already completed said caches, those will be noted individually.

Our target caches were the Turtle Series, the Paddle Steamer Series and the On Ya Bike wherigo Series, heaps of other caches were also collected along the way but our primary target caches were completed which made us all very happy and very tired geocachers.

First day out and about in Mildura, remember solving this one. The hides on this series are getting more and more difficult to get to especially since the day was heating up and the flies were intensifying. Enjoy these kind of puzzles, no issues getting some good looking coordinates.

Thanks for the hides 4Moule And thanks to "The Mob" for a trip to remember [^].

A plan was hatched with Rapidlywild to attack some of the caching trails down in VIC/SA.
With the boarders slowly staying open we thought Easter might be a safe time to try since the QLD boarder was still too fragile to attempt going to the MEGA.

The group grew from two to six rather quickly after having a chat to GoodLook about our plans.
Our power team “The Mob” consisted of GoodLook, LíB, Rapidlywild, The Drovers and ourselves. This team ended up being very productive and some new friendships were made. Always a bonus in my book.

All logs were stamped with “The Mob” to save space and time.
This series proved very challenging and tough going.

Thanks for the placement and maintenance of this series 4Moule.

All caches are stamped as The Mob (consisting of The Drovers, LíB, FurfacesLL, Rapidlywild and myself).

I acknowledge the hard work that went into creating this series including the puzzles, and sincerely thank the CO.

Overall, our group found the hides a little disjointed (locations wise), and difficult to access, yet the containers were great and the series is certainly well maintained. It was quite hot when we tackled this series, and navigating some of the hides were challenging (working out where to park the cars and where to walk/ what 4WD tracks we could access etc). I enjoyed solving the puzzles, so it was great turning the green dots into yellow smiley faces.

2020 was not a great year, and the beginnings of 2021 have also been tricky - so when it looked like the various borders would be open again (without quarantine restrictions), a trip was spontaneously planned and I was able to pull together a number of my caching friends who hadn't cached together before to form "The Mob".

LíB and I started in SA, drove to Victoria and ended our trip in SA; FurfacesLL and Rapidlywild came from Canberra and The Drovers began their journey from NSW; and then a few days later, feathertop from Victoria, joined us to complete the On Your Bike Series and other caches in SA.

We filled our days with piling in cars, hard core caching, Adventure Labs, crazy funny CB radio chatter, some laughter, some tense moments (OMG some of the ladder and tree climbs on this trip were crazy!), lots of lovely meals and even live music from a band called "Kung Fu Jesus" - nope, that is no joke.

We had hot weather each day (well into 30s), so I am thrilled that I now own a car fridge to keep the drinks icy cold (loving them at about 1 degree).

Thanks to 4Moule for placing these caches

This cache was found during a week long geo vacation, spaning Victoria and South Australia, with the company of several awesome geocaching teams

All logs were stamped/signed as The Mob. For the Mildura leg of this geo vacation "The Mob" consisted of GoodLook, The Drovers, FurfacesLL & Rapidlywild.

The day was warm and the flies annoying as we walked the dry and dusty trails.
All containers and logs were found in good condition.

Your efforts in placing and maintaining this series are greatly appreciated

TFTC 4Moule

A plan was hatched a few weeks ago to head to Mildura,
to complete the Turtle series and the PS series.
We stamped each log as 'The Mob' to save space and time.
'The Mob' this time was made up of GoodLook, LíB, FurfacesLL, Rapidlywild,
and ourselves.

Due to lack of local knowledge, we ended up doing a lot of walking.
Some of the tracks were a little rough, but we were grateful they were dry.

Many thanks for placing this cache, 4Moule, for us and others to find.

In Mildura for a few days, picking up a few caches we missed last time TFTC.

3rd find of the day with Earthlight
Tftc

3rd find for the morning cachung with The X-Trailers. A cooler day to be out walk ijng. Cache all ok.TFTC

Found today with hevwalker and Trigger_Fish during our adventures to find all the turtle series today. Back in the Covid 2020 hevwalker and I worked together over what is our now regular Friday night video catchups doing the puzzles on this and the Paddle Steamer series. ..... thanks for the cache, love this series. TFTC

scramping & I spent some time on video calls solving puzzles before our long awaited Mildura trip.
We joined Trigger_Fish in our quest to find them all today.
It was a fantastic afternoon with friends looking for all the Turtles.
An after dinner turtle...found in the dark by torchlight
TFTC 4Moule

Four South Australian's ventured across the border to attempt the paddle Steamer series.
Three of us then went on to do the Turtle series the following day.
What a fantastic day!!!
Thanks for placing this amazing series for cachers to find.

A group of South Australians jumped to border in to Victoria for the long weekend. The group was Allister W, JJ52, Mogni, Sir_spectre, and BratKat. All logs stamped as " Mystery Random's ". We left Adelaide and headed over to Mildura. The target for the puzzlers was to clear the highway caches then complete the " Turtle series " and the " Paddle Steamer series " since they had solved all the puzzles before coming over. My target was the D5/T5 underwater field puzzle and also hoping to get up to 13000 finds this trip ( that was achieved ). Once those goals where filled we mainly targeted caches with high favourite points and started on the many multi's that are in Mildura. I highly enjoyed the field puzzles and themed caches from the locals and sorry to say that we only did 1 of the night caches. On the 2nd night after doing 356 caches during the day it bucketed down that night and we had a beer/wine or two instead. We will be back, maybe not this year, but it will be the sooner, not later.