Joyces Creek Public Cemetery Newstead, Victoria, Australia
By GemmaSistema on 14-Apr-19. Waypoint GC869B4

Wet as managed to stamp On a week long trip to Melbourne for work and to watch the AFL prelim at the MCG, I decided to drive over and make a bit if a caching trip out of it as well. Stopping to find the odd cache here and there along the way.Thanks for the cache

Found on my maiden voyage in the new Motorhome to Bridgewater for a few days. What a lovely well kept, peaceful and serene little cemetery. On arrival at GZ I was really impressed, so many small old cemeteries run to ruin these days. Thanks GemmaSistema for highlighting this spot and for the cache.

TFTC ??

Cute little cemetery but a nice quick easy find! TFTC!!

Loved waving the the bulls

Hello, what a peaceful space. Happy Mothers Day.

Went past it at first but I found it quick and I payed my respects.

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That was a great little find in the dead centre of town! Thank you!Left some extra paper as list was full, and the container lid is broken, so we've popped it in a ziplock bag to protect content from weather.

Found with Bogonghazy and Geo dog. Thanks for playing the geocache

Found with LittleBoss2 and Geo the puppy on a short trip to Maryborough and surrounds. Now on our slow way back to Bendigo. Thanks again Gemma

19th January 2024#425

All quiet at the cemetery. A male Superb Fairy Wren was flitting about nearby. A quick find with accurate coordinates. Thanks to GemmaSistema for the cache.

Staying at Welshmans creek for the long weekend. Thought we would find a few more caches around Newstead before we head back home to Geelong. They seem to all be cemeterys today.TFTC.

Time for Mr. Lazy aka JTreeTrack2 to catch up on some logs. Sorry to the cache owners for the lag. I have enjoyed finding every cache I have found and appreciate all the effort that has gone in to placing and maintaining the caches. Hopefully I will find more caches and give a more timely and personalized logThanks again for placing the cache.

Paper is about out of space for new logs in this cache.

There was enough room, so I've left a small trinket for the next person to have. TFTC!

An unusual situation for us instead of being in lovely warm Queensland we are hiding around cold old Victoria. Medical reasons and caravan repairs have us staying here and we will be looking forward to finding as many caches as possible while we are here. SL TFTC

Found It.................After working up in the area yesterday we set off on a scenic journey to collect some caches that we had on our "to do" list for quite some time and pick up some that just happened to be in between. After parking the search started but with accurate coords the cache was found in record time. So with the log signed we continued our journey. Thanks GemmaSistema for the cache

Out and about exploring another area I haven't visited before...and the 3rd cemetery for the day. They have all been well maintained which is great to see. Cache was found without issue and with the log signed, I took a short walk around the area.

Thanks GS...cache all good.

Heading home from Tullaroop I decided to stop here. I've travelled this road many times to get some training paddles into my arms at Tullaroop over the ladt few years, but all prior to getting a wee bit hooked on geocaching!! Many thanks

January 18, 2023 3:44 PM

Out for a drive while on holidays. Some op shops for Mrs P in Maryborough first, then a few cache stops on the way home. Quick find at what appears to be a well maintained cemetery. Was very neat and tidy. TFTC GemmaS.

9 December 2022 3:32 pm

Having finished work for the day in Ballarat I thought to myself why not go out and camp the night somewhere and run an event in Bendigo. We'll with that all planned I decided to make a weekend of it. Exploring parts of the state I hadn't visited before today I had a great time driving around and can't wait to be back again. Thanks for the cache and the little adventure.

On our way this morning from Maryborough to Whittlesea we took the scenic route and came across this cache. This is certainly a well maintained rural cemetery. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Gemma Sistema for the cache.

GemmaSistema, I am beyond excited to be logging this cache. Firstly I love cemeteries. Secondly I love finding the oldest grave. This was a muddy but simple trek - wet shoes and feet for the rest of the day but hey, them the breaks. At the gates it says when the cemetery was established and what a surprise (not) as to the name of the oldest grave.
And thirdly, finding this cache has finally completed Centurion Centroid Challenge GC59WFG for me.
Thank you for making this a worthwhile and interesting cache to travel 100km + to find.

**Found Joyces Creek Public Cemetery, 7 August ‘22**

Snips and Co was so excited when she returned from overseas. “I’ve moved my centroid!!”

“Excuse me?”

“I’ve moved my centroid to 100km+”.

“What does that mean?” I enquired.

S&C explained to me the challenge to move one’s centroid to 100km + (mine's only at 42km), and the subsequent finding of a cache nearest to it. Hers sat closest to this cache, and she was making a bee-line for it. “Do you want to join me to grab it?”

“Only if there’s sausages involved” was my reply.

“What?”

So I proceeded to explain about Newstead Butcher’s famous bullboar sausages and that coming up this way would mean sourcing some.

This was a fun cache to find, and I always love exploring the smaller cemeteries that seem to dot the regional areas. They tell a story, so we took the time to read the headstones, even though some areas between the old and new sections were flooded.

Thank you GemmaSistema for placing this cache and showing us this lovely little resting place. Cache on.

**TNLNSL**

*Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Explore. Dream. Discover.* **Mark Twain**

Found it

Quick find TFTC

Found it

In Maryborough to visit relatives so driving to Maldon for caching day. Quick find on way back to Maryborough.
TFTC

Well that is the last of my planned itinerary for today but the sun is still up, the geopooch is still raring to go and i still have energy so im going to keep going.

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What an interesting cemetery! Unfortunately the long grass barred us from investigating the older section. I'm not terribly keen on wading through waist high grass .

Thanks for find #3330
TNLN

cool cementary

Super quick drive by and pick up - TFTC

Found it

On way home after weekend in Castlemaine area many smiley faces. TFTC

A detour on my way to Bendigo today saw me passing this very well kept cemetery. The contrast was interesting. Thanks for highlighting GemmaSistema.

Road trip with the girls enroute to Bendigo. Stop here because. ……yes another cemetery. Love it. Tftc

Loved the cows!!

Heading to Bendigo with Kenare, Jenno3 and Impany227 caching as we go!! Tftc

We started off the day with a ‘word of the day’ but it soon got changed to that word plus ‘we are going the wrong way…. Again!!!’ Ahh well, nevermind!! One day we will tick off the amount of cemeteries we’ve gone to! This is anothery done and doned!!! Tftc

must have a cemetery on a caching day. quick find TFTC

Love your caches Gemma!

Pretty hot today for geocaching. We found this one fairly quickly but it wasn't easy to retrieve. After signing we wandered up to see the range of graves. Thanks

Found

Nice must get back and look at graves

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks GemmaSistema (F=8278 H=233) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

Easy find. Tftc.

A lovely day to be out caching this is our 1st find so far today.
A quick easy find. Signed and replaced where found TFTC

We had an enjoyable winters day geocaching around the area.
Magnificent weather and some great views near GZ.
Thanks for placing this geocache for us to find today.

Found with McAdies and Jelly_bean 14.
We had a great day out exploring the area.
Thanks for hiding this geocache for us to find.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
It was such a beautiful day to be out exploring the area.
Thanks for hiding this geocache for us to find.

Nice day out

Headed off today to get a touch north, to get a little bit more winter sun and warmth. (With very little success). Enjoy finding these little country cemetery. Thanks GemmaSistema for bring us here

Lovely day to get out and about to grab some caches. Enjoying the day with divewombat. TFTC

Great walk around a country cemetery. Thanks for bringing us out here Gemma. How many Butlers are up in the top corner.

We had the formula down pat today.

Cemetary.

Corner post.

Bison.

Micro.

Old grassy area with scattered grey concrete graves.

Done and thank you.

I think I have spent more time among the dead than the living today! So many cemeteries to visit. Gonna soak up my life and sun while I can hahah! Graves look cold. TFTC

11:04
Travelling from home to central Victoria, the trip is not measured in km's but by the number of geo-stops for a history lesson, spectacular view or clever cache hide!
We enjoy caches such as this, it is always interesting to learn about the history of places we visit.
It was interesting to note the last logs indicate we were often the first callers for 2020.

Our thanks to 'GemmaSistema' for adding this cache to the geo-gameboard.
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*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).*

Easy one

Found it while on the trip home from Maldon TFTC

TFTC. We left Maryborough after lunch heading to Melbourne to celebrate Christmas with the family. Decided to head through Castlemaine and pick up a few caches along the way. Normally we would stop and have a wander around the headstones, but we needed to keep moving. Quick park and grab today.

Quick find on a rainy first day of summer

TFTC. A quick find on my way home.

Another interesting cemetery found today
This one on a quiet back road ... Hooray !!
A short stroll of the stones,
then it was time to find the bones,
of this geocache eh ??

TFTC.

We quickly pulled over and grabbed this cache, on our travels, today. Uunfortunately we didn’t have time for a wonder through.
TFTC

Well this is a well cared for little place to rest forever after.
Good clue and coords meant the GPS could stay in the car for this one.
Not the only finder today it appears.
Thanks Gemma

Out with a little friend called Harper on her first geocache outing. Lovely spot.

How peaceful is the serenity out here, a quiet country road.

Found with Explorer Nan on our caching day trip to Castlemaine, in glorious spring weather.
This little rural cemetery was a real surprise, not because here it is in the middle of nowhere (there are many old rural cemeteries dotted around our country like that), but because there is such a big gap between the old and the new sections, and the new section is one of the most beautifully maintained areas we have seen. We didn't brave the long grass to the old section though, as much as we were tempted to. TFTC and for bringing us here GemmaSistema.

Who doesn’t like a cache in or near a cemetery? This cemetery was particularly interesting to visit. The lawn to the road had been shaved to a centimetre of its life, but on the far side, on the far side long grass gave it a quite abandoned appearance. In between was some swamp ground and a creek cutting through the grounds. While I was retrieving the cache an old man approached, spraying the weeds along the fence line. I felt obliged to explain what I was doing and show him the log. He’s not on the committee, just volunteers to keep the place spotless. He explained the graves on the far side were the oldest ones except the one on the far left, furthest down the hill. It was used fairly recently and they had to put a temporary small bridge across the creek! He loved the idea of Geocaching for getting people around the country and the benefits it would do for the economy. I hope others running the cemetery trust agree, if they hear about it.

Nice easy find when in the area heading to Castlemain. Thanks for the his Gemma

What a beautifully kept historic spot. A new road for me in an area with old family connections. It was surprisingly busy titan isolated place. TFTC

Dead easy!!

Tftc nice drive from dunolly

Tftc nice drive from dunolly

Find No. 2707. Found with FUF009 at 11.12am

A day out and about in the van with Geodog Penny and FUF009. Our mission for the day was to gather jewels that had been stolen from the Museum to try to solve the Mystery.

Our day's trip took us through Dunolly, Maryborough, Tullaroop, Newstead, Sandon, Campbelltown and Smeaton, finding caches in the areas, to collect the rest of the jewels that we both needed.

We found this one straight away and after signing the log, we took a walk along the fence line having a look around the area before leaving for our next one.

TFTC GemmaSistema

Find # 8339

Found with Tyred n Cranky

We decided to go out of our local area n explore somewhere different. Main aim for today was to go on a gem hunt for the "Mystery at the Museum" geo game.

Yesterday we done our homework n planned our route around the area between Maryborough, Newstead n Smeaton. Thankfully this area was rich with gems and provided us with enough to finish off this part of the game.



TFTC GemmaSistema

Day 55

Suscoe was heading south bound today after a few days away up in Horsham and in Bendigo for the last three days.
It was a foggy and drizzly morning and fairly cool to boot.
We wandered our way home and arrived early afternoon.
An enjoyable morning checking out some new areas and a few spots that we had been near before.

Thanks to GemmaSistema for bringing us here, we always enjoy finding a new spot as we travel about.

Staying in the area caching. Love a little country cemetery.
TFTC

Quick find at a small cemetery

TFTC

Slight detour to collect after dark. Easy find thankfully. CIGC TNLN TFTC

Travelling to Castlemaine so thought a small detour to find this cache was important. Found quickly, signed, replaced and away. Thanks Gemma for placing.

After visiting the Book Fair at Clunes I decided that i needed to pick up a couple of caches for the afternoon. I had lunch in Newstead and wandered out here. I am a cemetery nut so this one was a must.
TFTC
TNLN
SL

Heading the long way to Maryborough we made the short detour to find Joyces Creek Cemetery and the newly published cache. ( We knew it was here somewhere lol) A quick find and we had the unusual micro in hand.
Thanks GemmaSistema for highlighting this historic cemetery and for the cache.

Find #2154 for me. Found at 3:55 pm while returning to Bendigo after attending the event in Maryborough earlier in the day. I made a quick find here today. It took longer to extract the container from its hiding place but I got there in the end. Interestingly there was quite a bit of smoke in the area this afternoon but I'm still not sure where it was coming from - further to the east I think. In any case I was able to get home without incident or seeing any flames which was good. This was my last find for the day. Thanks so much for bringing me here today Gemma and thanks for the cache!

{FTF} @ 12.24am
I love this game but seriously, I do question some of the things it motivated me to do.
Driving 25 minutes to a cemetery, alone, at midnight, in my pyjamas, is one of those things...
I'd seen this one pop up earlier in the night but have been diligently working on filling my 366 challenge with every day in 2019 filled so far. With minimal caches close to home, I need to save them.
I didn't need 15th April but I did need the 16th... With the kids on a sleepover and husband at work I had the night to myself. I'm a night owl anyway and had a busy day after work so the thought of getting my 16/4 find over and done with in the first hour of the day was appealing.
I headed off just before midnight. Half way there I had a call from the husband who was rather unimpressed with my middle of the night adventure. At this point, driving the creepy, dark, empty country roads alone, I decided he had a point. lol
There was no turning back though and soon enough I arrived at GZ.
I was very thankful that the Prado could park within metres and that I didn't actually need to enter the cemetery.
I grabbed the cache and zipped (okay, sprinted) back to the car to sign.
Pleased to add another FTF to the collection and colour in another calendar day. TTFC!

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