Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
By
suscoe on 04-Jun-19. Waypoint GC88ZV0
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Logs
I visited this park with my niece today on the way home from the Queenscliff Music Festival. It's chock full of interesting features. I've spent some time in the gallery but never ventured into the park. Thanks for giving me a reason to explore.
TFTC:). Sent answers to CO. A fun walk searching for all the answers.Enjoyed this mural .C.C
I had an hour or so to kill in Geelong, so I walked about the city, getting as many caches and AdLabs as I could. This was a fun virtual experience that had a few more stages than just taking a photo. Thanks for the experience!
TFTC suscoe for placing this cache, number 14750 for me. Adding in the photo now that the information required has been sent through to the CO. A fun exploration (Despite arguing with GSEL over Tracks vs Paths). I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, and their continuing connection to it. I wish to pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past, present and emerging.
A beautiful park on a sunny day. I don't get to Geelong very often. Here for work at the council over the road. Walked around here for 10 minutes before the appointment. Some impressive buildings here too. Thanks for the virtual!
A short walk before dark, I strolled around the park and finally got all the required information. Nice cachenand thanksbfor take me here.
Dodged rain clouds to take this pic. Lovely murals. Our answers have been sent to CO. TFTC ??
Walked through this park many times, decided to do this virtual after noticing there was one here. Nice virtual through such a beautiful park. TFTC!
First cache in Geelong today and it was a pleasant stroll around an almost completely empty park. I probably strolled around it a bit more than I needed to but managed to find the correct spots in the end. Answers sent to CO and response promptly received. TFTC!
Virtual Cache # 119It has been a busy day. An early start before picking up nirgalagrin from Southern Cross Station.A quiet drive out to Waurn Ponds for a Sausage Sizzling event and a CITO down the creek.Tree climbing, more train stations and a walk in the park. (or two)I remember this place... no sign of the possum that bit me here at 3:00 am years ago. lol***"So this is what it looks like in daylight."****Logged with permission.*Thanks suscoe.See the other bloke's log for the required [photo](https://img.geocaching.com/1b763716-87dd-460a-a7c1-cad3aef33e64.jpg).
14:26Following a couple of Adventures after helping clean up the Waurn Ponds Creek, n0w0rries and I found ourselves in the city.So we took a walk in the park, gathering some details on our way.These details, submitted on both our behalfs, were, apparently, correct. So, contrary to popular belief (well, ours), we can count... and read.Thanks, suscoe.My photo shows us both at what we considered to be our favourite. We adopted what we hope was an appropriately sombre pose in keeping with the subject matter.Now we're off to the library.*Logged with permission*#8859
Back in the land of the Mighty Catters. Had a lovely lunch and then a walk up to Johnstone Park as I was after a virtual today. I used to know Geelong pretty well but I dont think I spent anytime at this park. It is quite a lovely spot and the Dome is impressive. Thanks for bringing me here.
Goldy and Jimmy are spending a few days in Melbourne to watch some of the round 1 AFL games.We are attending the following:Carlton vs RichmondCollingwood vs SydneyGeelong vs St KildaMelbourne vs Western BulldogsI found a handful of caches in the Melbourne city area and a bunch in Geelong since I'd never been down that way before.We picked up our hire car at 10AM and drove towards Geelong. We picked up some caches before lunch and then headed to Bells Beach and surronds before the footy game.We found a carpark nearby and then went for a wander through the streets and looking in stores.We did this virtual as I love virtuals. A nice park and a nice walk around. We have sent off the information to the CO with a reply received. The image has been uploaded below. Cool virtual. Thanks for bringing us here.Thanks suscoe for this virtual cache, which brings Goldy's total find count to 4088 on the 16th of March 2024.I appreciate all the CO's who spend time and resources contributing to the Geocaching game board.Shoutout to the reviewers who dedicate time to make sure our game is safe and enjoyable.I look forward to attending GCACHF8 in Sydney in early 2025. Hope to see plenty of people there!
#14,517. I have come over to Australia to attend the Great Leap Forward Mega event and travelling around with geocaching buddy Infoferret. We are now making our way east to Melbourne to fly home but stayed at Geelong last night. The target today is some challenge caches but virtuals and adlabs are always of interest and we are sprinkling in some traditionals and multis to boost the number of counties for various challenges. Had a wander around the park. IF started counting the wrong poles but I persuaded her that tarseal is not the same as gravel. Have sent the answers to the CO and had a reply within 3 minutes giving approval to log. That is prompt service! Enjoyed discovering this piece of Geelong history. Thanks suscoe for hiding it here.
After dropping some of the group I was travelling with to the train station (a group of Swifties) I decided to wander over to the location of the virtual. What an amazing place it was, great history, architecture and scenery! Happily found all answers and sent them to the CO, thanks for bringing me to this location.
A visit to Geelong CBD had me visiting this virtual..they were setting up for a market or some event in town. I have placed it on my to do list to return and visit this Art Gallery. I then went for an early morning stroll getting some more Art appreciation on.
Had a nice night walking around this area doing some caches and Ad Labs while wIting for my husbands trainto come in. Thank you for this cache.I always like a painting with trees in it.
Yippeee- finally back in the satellite city close to sea level and far from home base at higher altitudes! We chose to visit late in the evening - cool and plenty of parking. I chose the tree painting but the better paying might be on the right. My fave object has to be the band stand rotunda. TFTC and the FUN!
Found with PapaGrouch and SciFiRulz. We spent some time in this beautiful park collecting the information Fav Pt TFTC
Found with PapaGrouch and MazzyMay. Answers sent. It was an interesting visit to the park today finding the required information, not too busy on a Saturday afternoon. My favourite mural is attached. TFTC
I saved this for first thing this morning, time just got away from me last night and I really wanted the daylight. Its one of the things I really notice when out at night by myself, I'm sure it's okay but I prefer to not figure out I'm wrong! Parking was plentiful and easy, and it was a nice walk about the park, answers collected and sent, and it's good to see where I am to enjoy it! Thanks for the virtual!
Got some details when arriving o=in on the train and the remainder before alighting once more, Answers sent and accepted. Nice wee park here.After the rain in Melbourne yesterday, for our wedding anniversary, we were keen to stretch our legs, and horizons. I trip to Geelong was mooted, the train ride was cheap and nearby and the wee seaside town seemed to have some charm. IN addition its my birthday so a little amount of caching was factored in. We managed a few Virtuals, a 'few' Ad Lab stages based around bollards, quel surpris, and some other random others. Big thanks to all COs for their accommodating placements.
In Geelong for a few days before heading to Tassie. Up early and enjoyed and early morning stroll, while grabbing all that was required for this Virtual. It was a very interesting area to explore.Thanks suscoe for placing this virtual and doing what is required for us to find it.
This is my first virtual cache and I really enjoyed this one. Ive been wanting to do this one for some time and with my physio appointment just across the road and plenty of time on my parking its time to get caching! (Happy to mention that my physio is now super keen to try out geocaching after talking with me during my session.)Thank you to suscoe for sharing the history of Johnstone Park with more people! Thanks for the cache! Peace, Tara Found 11.20 am Wednesday 18 October 2023. Answers sent to CO Geocaches found: 37 Photo: no spoilers, just the task photo of my name with my favourite mural on the back of the Geelong Art Gallery.
An amazing time here at Johnstone Park, we listened to a group of guys singing not the best but it was a good atmosphere and a nice warm day. See the attached photo for the task of the virtual cache. Pika nini sharpharp 16/9/23
Such a lovely day to go geocaching.
This one was nice and easy.
Thanks for creating this one.
This one was nice and easy.
Thanks for creating this one.
I was here early enough for easy parking and had an enjoyable wander around this well kept park. Answers have been submitted to the CO.
Finally, I'm catching up on logging from my trip down to Victoria for the Whittlesea Mega event. During my visit, I ventured to many lovely places, and this was one of them.
I had met up with fellow Queenslander chamad.who suggested we spend the day in Geelong as it had so much to offer.
Answers are sent as requested.
Thank you, suscoe, for this good Virtual cache. It was a real pleasure to visit and so much to see at this location
I had met up with fellow Queenslander chamad.who suggested we spend the day in Geelong as it had so much to offer.
Answers are sent as requested.
Thank you, suscoe, for this good Virtual cache. It was a real pleasure to visit and so much to see at this location
Gotta love a quiet sunny Sunday in Geelong. This was the small person’s favourite painting. He enjoyed running around the quiet park, burning off some energy on our way to find #500. Thanks for the history
While in Geelong for the afternoon I thought I'd find my daily 'streak' caches here in the CBD.
I've always enjoyed this Johnstone Park. I first cached here when doing the great [Flight of Fancy](https://coord.info/GC1BCA3) wherigo, and I recall the final ended near the murals (incidentally, that wherigo was way ahead of its time and inspired me to be creative and start writing my own too).
With good memories of this park (I no longer live in Geelong) I wandered around getting the required information and recalling how great these buildings look when lit up by projections on special days/events like White Night.
Answers were emailed to the CO and promptly confirmed.
Thanks, suscoe - a FP from me.
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**Chronicles of a Souvenir Chaser**
July 2023 Streak souvenir chasing status : Day 25 of 28.
I'm currently chasing a souvenir - attempting a 28-day caching streak during July for the Wheel-of-Challenges souvenir campaign.
Easy (2 days) - Completed.
Medium (7 days) - Completed.
Hard (28 days) - In progress.
Day 1 of 28 - Drove to a local cache. Just a drive-by but a playground is always challenging!
Day 2 of 28 - Drove to an industrial area and then walked to a section of the FT for one cache.
Day 3 of 28 - Drove to the KCT and cycled 6km to a cache.
Day 4 of 28 - Cycled 25km from home, around KCT detours, to the FT, and then found 2 caches in the northern part of the KCT.
Day 5 of 28 - Drove to Geelong, completed an adlab plus bonus.
Day 6 of 28 - Found a cache near the morning's Brimbank parkrun.
Day 7 of 28 - Drove to the KCT and cycled 9km. A DNF followed by a find.
Day 8 of 28 - Cycled 5km to and along the Seaholme foreshore. Feet wet for a cache.
Day 9 of 28 - Drove to the FT and cycled 12km to the westernmost section of the FT geotrail for 2 caches.
Day 10 of 28 - Cycled from home and did a 34km loop including the FT from Williams Landing to Millers Rd, finding 2 caches out west.
Day 11 of 28 - Cycled from home and did a 10km loop for a cache at Truganina Park. A DNF followed by a find.
Day 12 of 28 - Rest from cycling. A quick drive-by in a Williams Landing park, with the challenge provided by the nearby playground environment.
Day 13 of 28 - Found 2 caches and 2 lab WPs near the morning's Sunbury parkrun.
Day 14 of 28 - Signed a challenge cache in Lysterfield (not good enough for this streak), then found a quick drive-by cache at Westona in the evening.
Day 15 of 28 - Cycled 21km along the Foreshore Trail to Williamstown. A DNF followed by a GC6 find.
Day 16 of 28 - Drove to Williamstown for the daily cache. A DNF followed by a multi find.
Day 17 of 28 - After a DNF on a FTF attempt in Footscray I found a cache at Truganina Park. This was a busier caching day than usual which included a second DNF, a missed TDOC FTF, and attending one of the TDOC Cachemas events in Williamstown.
Day 18 of 28 - Low on mojo on a cold rainy day, so settled for a quick local drive-by at Seaholme.
Day 19 of 28 - Biggest caching day so far - a 31km cycle picking up 7 caches along the KCT.
Day 20 of 28 - Found 2 caches near the morning's Toolern Creek parkrun in Melton.
Day 21 of 28 - 2 FTFs on TDOC caches near home, plus 6 caches in the south-east.
Day 22 of 28 - Found a cache at Altona Meadows while on a 11km cycle to Williams Landing.
Day 23 of 28 - Attended an event and found a few caches on a 4km walk looping around Bundoora Park.
Day 24 of 28 - Attended a couple of events in Gisborne and cached around Melton.
Day 25 of 28 - Found a few caches around central Geelong.
I've always enjoyed this Johnstone Park. I first cached here when doing the great [Flight of Fancy](https://coord.info/GC1BCA3) wherigo, and I recall the final ended near the murals (incidentally, that wherigo was way ahead of its time and inspired me to be creative and start writing my own too).
With good memories of this park (I no longer live in Geelong) I wandered around getting the required information and recalling how great these buildings look when lit up by projections on special days/events like White Night.
Answers were emailed to the CO and promptly confirmed.
Thanks, suscoe - a FP from me.
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**Chronicles of a Souvenir Chaser**
July 2023 Streak souvenir chasing status : Day 25 of 28.
I'm currently chasing a souvenir - attempting a 28-day caching streak during July for the Wheel-of-Challenges souvenir campaign.
Easy (2 days) - Completed.
Medium (7 days) - Completed.
Hard (28 days) - In progress.
Day 1 of 28 - Drove to a local cache. Just a drive-by but a playground is always challenging!
Day 2 of 28 - Drove to an industrial area and then walked to a section of the FT for one cache.
Day 3 of 28 - Drove to the KCT and cycled 6km to a cache.
Day 4 of 28 - Cycled 25km from home, around KCT detours, to the FT, and then found 2 caches in the northern part of the KCT.
Day 5 of 28 - Drove to Geelong, completed an adlab plus bonus.
Day 6 of 28 - Found a cache near the morning's Brimbank parkrun.
Day 7 of 28 - Drove to the KCT and cycled 9km. A DNF followed by a find.
Day 8 of 28 - Cycled 5km to and along the Seaholme foreshore. Feet wet for a cache.
Day 9 of 28 - Drove to the FT and cycled 12km to the westernmost section of the FT geotrail for 2 caches.
Day 10 of 28 - Cycled from home and did a 34km loop including the FT from Williams Landing to Millers Rd, finding 2 caches out west.
Day 11 of 28 - Cycled from home and did a 10km loop for a cache at Truganina Park. A DNF followed by a find.
Day 12 of 28 - Rest from cycling. A quick drive-by in a Williams Landing park, with the challenge provided by the nearby playground environment.
Day 13 of 28 - Found 2 caches and 2 lab WPs near the morning's Sunbury parkrun.
Day 14 of 28 - Signed a challenge cache in Lysterfield (not good enough for this streak), then found a quick drive-by cache at Westona in the evening.
Day 15 of 28 - Cycled 21km along the Foreshore Trail to Williamstown. A DNF followed by a GC6 find.
Day 16 of 28 - Drove to Williamstown for the daily cache. A DNF followed by a multi find.
Day 17 of 28 - After a DNF on a FTF attempt in Footscray I found a cache at Truganina Park. This was a busier caching day than usual which included a second DNF, a missed TDOC FTF, and attending one of the TDOC Cachemas events in Williamstown.
Day 18 of 28 - Low on mojo on a cold rainy day, so settled for a quick local drive-by at Seaholme.
Day 19 of 28 - Biggest caching day so far - a 31km cycle picking up 7 caches along the KCT.
Day 20 of 28 - Found 2 caches near the morning's Toolern Creek parkrun in Melton.
Day 21 of 28 - 2 FTFs on TDOC caches near home, plus 6 caches in the south-east.
Day 22 of 28 - Found a cache at Altona Meadows while on a 11km cycle to Williams Landing.
Day 23 of 28 - Attended an event and found a few caches on a 4km walk looping around Bundoora Park.
Day 24 of 28 - Attended a couple of events in Gisborne and cached around Melton.
Day 25 of 28 - Found a few caches around central Geelong.
Tftc, nice little walk in the park, but illuminants required for parts, due to attempting after sunset.
While out with friends attending the art display I managed to scoop out early to pick up the clues. Beautiful park here but a little sad to come across the homeless here. Clues easy to pick up and submitted to CO. Thanks suscoe
Such a beautiful park. And a beautiful day to go for a wonder. The artwork outside was stunning. We have our favourite of course!
We couldn't agree more with the motto stated, but sadly, it is not the case most of the time.
The sculpture was an odd one yet understandable when you look more into who it was dedicated too. Which is certainly something I had to look more into!
Quite a wonderful piece to see!
TFTC!!!!
HoodedHooligans (H.H.)
We couldn't agree more with the motto stated, but sadly, it is not the case most of the time.
The sculpture was an odd one yet understandable when you look more into who it was dedicated too. Which is certainly something I had to look more into!
Quite a wonderful piece to see!
TFTC!!!!
HoodedHooligans (H.H.)
I visited this Virtual cache as I slowly made my way from Adelaide to the Mega event at Rutherglen.
Today was spent doing some caches of interest around Geelong, including this one.
Thanks suscoe for the cache.
Today was spent doing some caches of interest around Geelong, including this one.
Thanks suscoe for the cache.
A day, to spend in, and around Geelong, exploring the history and the waterfront.
It was cold and blustery, but with warm jumpers and jackets, we were up for some adventure and a couple of good walks.
We begin our day by covering the Adventure Lab in the nearby area, which has a focus on the heritage buildings around here. Always a good way to get a feeling for the age and some history of the area.
This virtual was surrounded by historic buildings, and so was a wonderful place for us to stop and visit.
We collected information, visited a variety of places and admired all of the new rules/paintings on the back wall of the art gallery.
After visiting all the locations, we visited the art gallery to find the originals. This was a welcome escape from the cold wind, but also the opportunity to see some pretty amazing artwork here.
Without a doubt, the McCubbin was the favourite, however, we also loved exploring and looking at a contemporary version of the same story inside the gallery. The twin painting sits very close to the original, but its theme is totally different.
A FP added here for the adventure, the beauty and history, and for highlighting this heritaged part of Geelong city.
Thanks suscoe
Domsky
It was cold and blustery, but with warm jumpers and jackets, we were up for some adventure and a couple of good walks.
We begin our day by covering the Adventure Lab in the nearby area, which has a focus on the heritage buildings around here. Always a good way to get a feeling for the age and some history of the area.
This virtual was surrounded by historic buildings, and so was a wonderful place for us to stop and visit.
We collected information, visited a variety of places and admired all of the new rules/paintings on the back wall of the art gallery.
After visiting all the locations, we visited the art gallery to find the originals. This was a welcome escape from the cold wind, but also the opportunity to see some pretty amazing artwork here.
Without a doubt, the McCubbin was the favourite, however, we also loved exploring and looking at a contemporary version of the same story inside the gallery. The twin painting sits very close to the original, but its theme is totally different.
A FP added here for the adventure, the beauty and history, and for highlighting this heritaged part of Geelong city.
Thanks suscoe
Domsky
We continued today our tour of several AUS states in the SouthWest and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Virtual-Cache.
The weather was - said in one word – simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood.
The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The answers were sent.
Thanks to suscoe for the generation of this nice cache Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.
PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.
Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood.
TFTC says H_M_A @ 23. Februar 2023 @ 13:13 o'clock @ [#20027](https://coord.info/GC88ZV0)
 
The weather was - said in one word – simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood.
The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The answers were sent.
Thanks to suscoe for the generation of this nice cache Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.
PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.
Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood.
TFTC says H_M_A @ 23. Februar 2023 @ 13:13 o'clock @ [#20027](https://coord.info/GC88ZV0)
 
Found on our way past today while touring around Geelong today. A nice look around this park area. Answers sent, cheers for the virtual.
Find #5326 on 6 Feb 2023.
TFTC suscoe!
Find #5326 on 6 Feb 2023.
TFTC suscoe!
A nice peaceful walk on the morning of Australia Day. Once again, Geocaching has taught us something. Tftc
Interesting park near the war memorial, walked around this morning before it got too hot.
This mural caught my eye first, and none of the others impressed me as much so I went back and snapped it
This mural caught my eye first, and none of the others impressed me as much so I went back and snapped it
Thank you for bringing me to this great location.
All was pretty quiet on an early October long weekend morning.
Gathered info and moved along.
Thanks
#4365
All was pretty quiet on an early October long weekend morning.
Gathered info and moved along.
Thanks
#4365
Lovely walk around the gardens this morning except for the fact a homeless person obstructed one of the answers . Tftc
Third time lucky (hopefully) for this one, as my disorganization meant I never seemed to have the 3 answers and my photo all at the same time. Fingers crossed the answers sent today are OK. Here's my fav picture, with my terrible selfie ability!
Visited site and sent answers to CO 
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We had a lovely walk around this park and enjoyed the ambience in the early morning.
The murals are beautiful
, so thank you suscoe for bringing us here. My partner dalerious has had the pleasure of visiting here previously 
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I was on a mission to qualify for a challenge cache and I required 9 more virtual caches for that challenge.
We were heading to Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff so I placed every virtual that I could find on our projected journey on a list. Exactly 9 virtuals were available!
.We had a lovely walk around this park and enjoyed the ambience in the early morning.
The murals are beautiful
, so thank you suscoe for bringing us here. My partner dalerious has had the pleasure of visiting here previously . I was on a mission to qualify for a challenge cache and I required 9 more virtual caches for that challenge
. We were heading to Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff so I placed every virtual that I could find on our projected journey on a list. Exactly 9 virtuals were available!
After the Whittlesea mega event I drove to Geelong to visit friends before heading back to WA this week.
In between showers I wandered through this lovely area as my shoes were already wet from the days activities so i went on my merry way gathering the information.
The murals are fantastic and I chose the one which reminds me of home down south in our state on the cliffs.
Answers sent to the CO!
Cheers and FP for bringing me here.
In between showers I wandered through this lovely area as my shoes were already wet from the days activities so i went on my merry way gathering the information.
The murals are fantastic and I chose the one which reminds me of home down south in our state on the cliffs.
Answers sent to the CO!
Cheers and FP for bringing me here.
While on my way to the MEGA event in Whittlesea, I had the opportunity to get in a few extra days of caching beforehand. This got me to go to areas I would not have normally seen and to some awesome caches. Today I arranged to meet up with Snickersallan and we would do some caches around the area, fill in some grid spaces and look at some labs. We had fun chasing multi’s, although a couple did not work out even when the checker agreed with us. We got in a few caches around this area and mainly concentrated on some labs and a few Virtuals.
What a nice virtual, I was confused as to the building front and back so I walked around and around and then had to ask someone , just to be sure, lol. Got all the answers and sent them off, thank you so much for this one, cheers.
What a nice virtual, I was confused as to the building front and back so I walked around and around and then had to ask someone , just to be sure, lol. Got all the answers and sent them off, thank you so much for this one, cheers.
Whittlesea Mega Wobble and Wade Tour: Day 3: More Ballarat Geotour then off to Geelong. 
Once again myself and Anymules were in Victoria on our way to a Mega event.
Having spent all day yesterday juggling GPS and phone to try and do caches and labs simultaneously we fell well short of finishing the tour. So it was well into the afternoon before we left for Geelong. Once in Geelong it was a time to walk to get some caching down there too. Many caches were found and unless something stood out these will be generic logs.
We wandered around counting poles, couldn't find the Peace memorial which we walked straight past so went to the rock and asked a local who didn't know either. Googled a picture and saw that we had walked past it, 
smacked ourselves in the forehead and went there. Went up and down many stairs and finally found the chair. Made a good spot to sit for Anymules to send off our answers. [^] Now which mural. [?] Loved the Golden Summers era from the Heidelberg school of Australian Impressionist painters - so the choice was simple. So was the exhibition when it came through Adelaide quite a few years ago now.
***Thanks suscoe for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.
Once again myself and Anymules were in Victoria on our way to a Mega event.
Having spent all day yesterday juggling GPS and phone to try and do caches and labs simultaneously we fell well short of finishing the tour. So it was well into the afternoon before we left for Geelong. Once in Geelong it was a time to walk to get some caching down there too. Many caches were found and unless something stood out these will be generic logs. We wandered around counting poles, couldn't find the Peace memorial which we walked straight past so went to the rock and asked a local who didn't know either.
Googled a picture and saw that we had walked past it, smacked ourselves in the forehead and went there. Went up and down many stairs and finally found the chair. Made a good spot to sit for Anymules to send off our answers. [^] Now which mural. [?] Loved the Golden Summers era from the Heidelberg school of Australian Impressionist painters - so the choice was simple. So was the exhibition when it came through Adelaide quite a few years ago now. ***Thanks suscoe for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.
Got lost. Got help from muggles. Got answers. Got photo. Done.
I found your D1.5/T1.5 Virtual Virtual called Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 at 18:19 on 16 November 2022. It was find #16037 for me. Thank you suscoe for placing this cache for our enjoyment in the wonderful state of Victoria.
I found your D1.5/T1.5 Virtual Virtual called Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 at 18:19 on 16 November 2022. It was find #16037 for me. Thank you suscoe for placing this cache for our enjoyment in the wonderful state of Victoria.
Nice area! And I had fun walking the "greater geelong" area today. Thanks for giving me some history about this park. Answers being sent. TFTC from Tennessee, USA
Well I didn’t really expect to get here today. I’ve been chasing virtuals for no real reason while on the hunt for dead premiers. Ha.
I really enjoy a day off work.
Thanks for a great virtual here.
I really enjoy a day off work.
Thanks for a great virtual here.
Had a wander through the art gallery and this lovely park picking up the answers to the questions. Have emailed the CO with these. Great park, lovely buildings surrounding the park with some modern ones nicely contrasting the old.
TFTC! 27 August 2022 3:17:03 pm 3214
Thanks we really enjoyed our walk through the park. The day turned out really nice, and picked up some labs and other caches in the area.
Really great history tour here and en joyed the variety
Came here with Crank1 after completing all 8 cache crawls events. Brr so cold, interesting place here. A fav from me. Thanks suscoe for the virtual cache.
Accompanied with pwala. We came here after 8 Crawls Events. We are on our way home from Queenscliffe and stopped there quickly. Answer sent. And logged permission by CO.
We enjoyed walking around during the cold night.
Fav from me.
Thanks, suscoe, for the virtual.
We enjoyed walking around during the cold night.
Fav from me.
Thanks, suscoe, for the virtual.
what a great day it was as I was in the area doing Alice in wonderland experlence and come Upon this Geocach spot . what a beautiful part and art
Found on a walk from our Airbnb, after driving past day after day. Lovely to wander through today to explore many of its features. The building designs look awesome and so do the murals! The ocean one makes me feel very calm. Answers have been sent to CO. TFTC suscoe!
Took a late wander around this area collecting the required info.
Thanks for the virtual
A fave from me.
I am visiting Victoria from Perth for a couple of weeks. This is a trip that we have been looking forward to for ages. Planning a week in Melbourne and a week out in regional Victoria.
Spent today exploring around Geelong and Queenscliffe. It was a cool and windy day but we really enjoyed exploring and caching.
suscoe SVKR_WA is happy to have found your cache Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 today at 16:58:55 23 Jun 2022. This brings my find count to 5479
suscoe - Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment. I love travelling and visiting some places that I would only visit due to this game.
Thanks for the virtual
A fave from me.
I am visiting Victoria from Perth for a couple of weeks. This is a trip that we have been looking forward to for ages. Planning a week in Melbourne and a week out in regional Victoria.
Spent today exploring around Geelong and Queenscliffe. It was a cool and windy day but we really enjoyed exploring and caching.
suscoe SVKR_WA is happy to have found your cache Johnstone Park - Geelong. Virtual 2.0 today at 16:58:55 23 Jun 2022. This brings my find count to 5479
suscoe - Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment. I love travelling and visiting some places that I would only visit due to this game.
The rain has stopped for a day or two, so I grabbed the deadly treadly and headed off to do some AdLabs in Geelong Town. Collected a couple of Bonus's and a few virtual's that I rode past.
Rode around this park earlier doing an AdLab and only noticed later there was a virtual here. Fortunately I was not too far away.
Certainly an interesting collection of buildings, and a nice green area.
My answers sent through.
Thanks, Robmc.
Rode around this park earlier doing an AdLab and only noticed later there was a virtual here. Fortunately I was not too far away.
Certainly an interesting collection of buildings, and a nice green area.
My answers sent through.
Thanks, Robmc.
A second attempt as the first time I tried a few years back there was a homeless person occupying the bench. The shopping trolleys suggest that this might still be the case. It’s a nice park close to work. tftc
TFTC SUSCOE! We had a brilliant walk around this park after great coffee & lunch in nearby Little Malop St
… the bonus was to learn a little more about this special place and look at things a little closer
Eloise at The Plaza
… the bonus was to learn a little more about this special place and look at things a little closer
Eloise at The Plaza
Answers sent.
It was a lovely walk around the park to get the answers and have a cuppa nearby
It was a lovely walk around the park to get the answers and have a cuppa nearby
Had a wonderful day wandering around Geelong picking up caches.
Thank you for this virtual in a very nice park.
Thank you for this virtual in a very nice park.
A beautiful park and history. Lots of atmosphere here today as I arrived before the Anzac Day March.
Thanks suscoe for creating. Answers sent.
Thanks suscoe for creating. Answers sent.
This was a fun wander around Johnson's park. I've been here before lots of times, but not really taken notice of any plaques. I like going to the nearby library. The architecture is pretty cool. There were lots of people in the park. I picked the picture that matched my jacket! Thanks for bringing me here. Fp given for the location and for making me walk all over the park for answers.
I spent a nice afternoon strolling around the gardens here collecting the clues and looking at all the historical buildings. Quite an interesting space with a variety of sculptures scattered around the gardens. Thanks for the cache and for giving me a reason to explore this part of Geelong's history suscoe.
Logging with permission.
Came here purely to use the little girls room…. Then realised ohhhh this is the virtual park…. So I set out to find the answers. Beautiful day for the stroll on the park. This park has certainly got it all going on… art gallery war memorial tribute rocks…. Wow.
It is a beautiful park… it is one thing I have noticed today on my travels the amount of parks in Geelong… this one certainly is special. …. Ohh but there is one more very special park in Geelong….. kardinia park lol
Thanks for bring me here giving me a taste of history and culture which I thoroughly enjoyed fav from me
Came here purely to use the little girls room…. Then realised ohhhh this is the virtual park…. So I set out to find the answers. Beautiful day for the stroll on the park. This park has certainly got it all going on… art gallery war memorial tribute rocks…. Wow.
It is a beautiful park… it is one thing I have noticed today on my travels the amount of parks in Geelong… this one certainly is special. …. Ohh but there is one more very special park in Geelong….. kardinia park lol
Thanks for bring me here giving me a taste of history and culture which I thoroughly enjoyed fav from me
27,354. Found this really neat Virtual with minniek during our long weekend trip down to the Geelong Region.
With a Community Celebration Event on offer today, and my son living nearby, minniek and I decided to make a mini long weekend of it and come down from Goulburn for some quality caching and social events. We left Goulburn at 2pm yesterday and arrived at our hotel in Geelong last night at 10pm - perfect ! Up early this morning, and we had a couple of hours up our sleeve before the CCE, so we targeted some Virtuals and other cool sounding caches. This was the next cache of the day. We arrived at the park and - disaster- the entire park closed for an event ! Oh No ! We took some photos, and approached the CO at the CCE to explain our predicament. The CO kindly gave us permission to log.
Thanks suscoe !! We didn't want to miss this one.
Fav Point !
With a Community Celebration Event on offer today, and my son living nearby, minniek and I decided to make a mini long weekend of it and come down from Goulburn for some quality caching and social events. We left Goulburn at 2pm yesterday and arrived at our hotel in Geelong last night at 10pm - perfect ! Up early this morning, and we had a couple of hours up our sleeve before the CCE, so we targeted some Virtuals and other cool sounding caches. This was the next cache of the day. We arrived at the park and - disaster- the entire park closed for an event ! Oh No ! We took some photos, and approached the CO at the CCE to explain our predicament. The CO kindly gave us permission to log.
Thanks suscoe !! We didn't want to miss this one.
Fav Point !
Fitzy_1965 and I made a plan to head to Melbourne this weekend to visit his son who lives near Geelong. The Community Celebration Event at Geelong sealed the deal.
After arriving late Friday evening, we got up early this morning to do a bit of caching before the event. Our target was some unusual types which included virtuals and letterboxes, with others thrown in for good measure.
The day was overcast which made for a good caching day. We went from Geelong proper to Warnambool and back to Maude where we attended an event and camped the night before continuing our advertures.
Unfortunately the park was closed today for an event....of course! The whole area was fenced off. By chance, we met the CO's at the CCE and got permission to log.
Thanks so much for bringing us here today.
After arriving late Friday evening, we got up early this morning to do a bit of caching before the event. Our target was some unusual types which included virtuals and letterboxes, with others thrown in for good measure.
The day was overcast which made for a good caching day. We went from Geelong proper to Warnambool and back to Maude where we attended an event and camped the night before continuing our advertures.
Unfortunately the park was closed today for an event....of course! The whole area was fenced off. By chance, we met the CO's at the CCE and got permission to log.
Thanks so much for bringing us here today.
Geelong is very spoilt for awesome caches, and this one is no exception. The hardest part was choosing which mural to favour, as I like them all. Thanks for this fun virtual suscoe!
*Answers sent to CO*
*Answers sent to CO*
A lovely walk today in the park, on a day. I really like this landscape mural.
Answers sent. Enjoyed gathering the information on a sunny morning stroll before heading to the hospital visiting mum. Excuse the rubbish selfie..never easy by oneself!
Tftv suscoe
Tftv suscoe
Petrol prices are shooting up. Family budgets don't seem to stretch as far anymore. I decided to ride the old bike into work today, and was rewarded with an earlier-than-expected finish. Consequently, I had the opportunity to drop in on a few caches along the way.
Sadly, of the ones I visited, this was the only one I could get the smiley on. However, what a great cache! There's a lot of nooks and crannies to Johnstone Park (as there is to Geelong as a whole). It was good to be encouraged to look at a few in closer detail.
Thanks heaps, suscoe!
Sadly, of the ones I visited, this was the only one I could get the smiley on. However, what a great cache! There's a lot of nooks and crannies to Johnstone Park (as there is to Geelong as a whole). It was good to be encouraged to look at a few in closer detail.
Thanks heaps, suscoe!
Heading for an event in Geelong after work, I stopped off to find some caches enroute.
Having found the required info for the answers, I located the artworks and photographed the Frederick McCubbin painting A Bush Burial.
I have been a fan of the Heidelberg School since a visit to a regional gallery when I was in High School.
TFTC and the tour of this delightful park suscoe
Having found the required info for the answers, I located the artworks and photographed the Frederick McCubbin painting A Bush Burial.
I have been a fan of the Heidelberg School since a visit to a regional gallery when I was in High School.
TFTC and the tour of this delightful park suscoe
Found! A great spot for a picnic or place to chill after class! Thanks for bringing me here! 
A bit of time to burn in Geelong so a walk around Johnstone Park and pick up a cache. TFTC Suscoe.
Regarding the photo - you are always having fun when wearing a bush/bucket hat!
Regarding the photo - you are always having fun when wearing a bush/bucket hat!
Had to go back and forth a little grab everything I needed but it wasn't too far. A pleasant spot. Answers sent off. TFTC!
A lovely morning to be out in this park and being a public holiday it was very quiet. I had collected the answers back in Dec 2020 but forgot the photo element so couldn't log it then. All rectified now. Thx suscoe for the great VC highlighting some great parts of the park.
Spending a few days in Geelong, we decided to target a few specific caches. This was a nice late afternoon adventure into town before we head off tomorrow. Mrs Rat and I enjoyed a leisurely stroll around the park before taking our photo out the back.
Thanks
Thanks
A nice park here today that was very very quite, awesome location though
With a few hours spare this morning I decided to stop at a few caches in Geelong still left on my target list, before heading to Melbourne to catch the spirit of Tasmania for a nice and long day sail.
Thanks for the cache
With a few hours spare this morning I decided to stop at a few caches in Geelong still left on my target list, before heading to Melbourne to catch the spirit of Tasmania for a nice and long day sail.
Thanks for the cache
hembee and I had made arrangements to head to Geelong and attend 'Return to Events & Mr Sims_family Turns 50'[^]
We all know the ending of 'the best laid plans of mice and men' though
I made us late by sleeping in[|)][|)] so that meant Rex did not get to the beach
but he'll be back here Wednesday and he'll swim then[^][:X][^]
Rex and I wandered the streets of Geelong while hembee visited a friend[^]
We made our way to a park[^] and then hembee picked us up there[:X][^]
We all wandered through an adventure lab[^] and a virtual in the park[^] and then lunch was fish and chips on The Barge[^]
Heading off to the main event[^] we were greeted by the news that the guest of honour was missing[?][?][?]: isolation was required due to an exposure site exposure
After leaving home at 9am[|)][|)], it was 1.30am the next morning when we got home again[|)][|)]
All up 7caches were found and 1 event was attended
Our last cache before the event[^] and by now we were both sore[xx(] and tired[|)]
Still we wandered into and around the park[^], at least this time it wasn't 3 or 4 or 5am like it was the last time I was here
Gathered all the information[^][^] and then took the required pic[^] before following hembee back to her car[^]
TNLN. SL. TFTC suscoe
[^] We all know the ending of 'the best laid plans of mice and men' thoughI made us late by sleeping in[|)]
[|)] so that meant Rex did not get to the beach but he'll be back here Wednesday and he'll swim then[^][:X][^] Rex and I wandered the streets of Geelong
while hembee visited a friend[^] We made our way to a park[^]
and then hembee picked us up there[:X][^]We all wandered through an adventure lab
[^] and a virtual in the park[^] and then lunch was fish and chips on The Barge[^]Heading off to the main event[^] we were greeted by the news that the guest of honour was missing[?]
[?][?]: isolation was required due to an exposure site exposureAfter leaving home at 9am[|)]
[|)], it was 1.30am the next morning when we got home again[|)][|)] All up 7
caches were found and 1 event was attendedOur last cache before the event[^] and by now we were both sore
[xx(] and tired[|)]Still we wandered into and around the park[^], at least this time it wasn't 3 or 4 or 5am like it was the last time I was here
Gathered all the information[^]
[^] and then took the required pic[^] before following hembee back to her car[^]TNLN. SL. TFTC suscoe
My favourite mural was of the woman who watches the shenanigans going on at the park, especially on a Saturday evening. I had no idea who she was, but I felt a connection to her picture. A good old Google search revealed that it is a self portrait of Tempe Manning. I also found this:
Manning believed in portraying a good ‘likeness’, writing in 1950: ‘By the word likeness I don’t mean to imply a purely superficial representation, but something that goes deeper and portrays the character of the sitter as shown in both face and hands. This is only something which concentrated study and careful handling can reveal.’
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/17221/
I believe she did a wonderful job.
Of course Frederick McCubbin was a close second, if it had been a picture of The Pioneer it would have been my favourite. TFTC
BTW: Please ignore my long day of caching hair!
Manning believed in portraying a good ‘likeness’, writing in 1950: ‘By the word likeness I don’t mean to imply a purely superficial representation, but something that goes deeper and portrays the character of the sitter as shown in both face and hands. This is only something which concentrated study and careful handling can reveal.’
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/17221/
I believe she did a wonderful job.
Of course Frederick McCubbin was a close second, if it had been a picture of The Pioneer it would have been my favourite. TFTC
BTW: Please ignore my long day of caching hair!
Found with FUF009.
A day trip to Geelong during a long weekend for Melbourne Cup.
It was a bit of a ramble today. We just followed our noses around the place.
Nice to be able to roam out of Melbourne.
Thanks for the cache.
FUF009 sent the answers through
A day trip to Geelong during a long weekend for Melbourne Cup.
It was a bit of a ramble today. We just followed our noses around the place.
Nice to be able to roam out of Melbourne.
Thanks for the cache.
FUF009 sent the answers through
Find # 10053
Found with sharkiefan
Spending the weekend with sharkiefan after the loooooong covid lockdown.
We decided to head to Geelong for the day and just cache our way around, no plan, just follow some icons and see where we end up and what we find.
A nice walk in the park with a ton of history around. Things you find while out caching.
Answers have been sent to CO.
TFTC suscoe
Found with sharkiefan
Spending the weekend with sharkiefan after the loooooong covid lockdown.
We decided to head to Geelong for the day and just cache our way around, no plan, just follow some icons and see where we end up and what we find.
A nice walk in the park with a ton of history around. Things you find while out caching
.Answers have been sent to CO.
TFTC suscoe
Town is awfully quiet today. Good thing for a cacher. A very good thing. Not that this involves a great deal of stealth! Have spent a lot of time around here in the past. 4 years over at Gordon, 7 years over at State Gov building. Carols events, town. Nice to have an afternoon stroll and gather some answers, on things hadn't noticed before! Thanks Suscoe, enjoyed the virtual
Out during Lockdown 5.0 getting my 2 hours exercise ( within my 5km ) perfect time as there isn't ba person insite. The face mask helps keep the face warm. I've been aiming to do this for ages and decided not bite the bullet tonight. Thank you
This was the third of a number of Virtual today as we chased them down. We haven't too many in our neck of the woods!
Carparks were hard to find, especially with an oversized car so Mr SKI had to park in a dubious place and wait while Mrs SKI and Rebel went to find the location and the required information. It took a while, as the team hd some difficulty location th War Memorial believe it or not. They were not expecting something as big!
Anyway, information all collected and answers forwarded to the CO
It is that time of year for SKI Pair when we say goodbye to our Gippsland area and set off to do some travelling for an extended period of time. After last year when Covid restrictions saw us spent all of winter at home for the first time in many years e were looking forward to getting away again. Now overseas travel is still definitely out of the question so we decided to try doing some in Victoria before heading north. Mrs SKI has some loose connections with Geelong, so we decided to give the area a try and hope that the weather is kind.
After talking to Rebel Acts he decided that wasn't a bad idea and decided to join us for a few days of serious caching. Today was our first day, so after arrival we set off to see what we could see and find.
TFTC
Carparks were hard to find, especially with an oversized car so Mr SKI had to park in a dubious place and wait while Mrs SKI and Rebel went to find the location and the required information. It took a while, as the team hd some difficulty location th War Memorial believe it or not. They were not expecting something as big!
Anyway, information all collected and answers forwarded to the CO
It is that time of year for SKI Pair when we say goodbye to our Gippsland area and set off to do some travelling for an extended period of time. After last year when Covid restrictions saw us spent all of winter at home for the first time in many years e were looking forward to getting away again. Now overseas travel is still definitely out of the question so we decided to try doing some in Victoria before heading north. Mrs SKI has some loose connections with Geelong, so we decided to give the area a try and hope that the weather is kind.
After talking to Rebel Acts he decided that wasn't a bad idea and decided to join us for a few days of serious caching. Today was our first day, so after arrival we set off to see what we could see and find.
TFTC
