Loosen your mind Irymple, Victoria, Australia
By Bradshaw Clan on 21-Jun-19. Waypoint GC89TNR

Our last day in the area before we head home tomorrow. A beautiful day to find some more caches here. Found with Earthlight and Shandyk, and signed the log EGS. TFTC.

No luck here. The cap opens but nothing obvious inside.

Nav this one baffled me and not todayHaha

Thanks

Thought it might be this, as the cap screwed off easily... but nothing in there other than webs and spider corpses. Essentially, it was a mini Halloween scene. So, no, we did not crack the code.

Looked everywhere and couldnt find it

Very sneaky find. A fave

Found with Bogonghazy, sorceysal, geo dog whilst caching in Mildura. Great cache to introduce some friends who spent the morning with us. Thanks for placing the geocache fav from me

Up in Mildura with LittleBoss2, Geo the puppy for a week of caching and golf. Today was a quieter day than yesterday where we managed to almost complete the Paddle Steamer series. Today we introduced a couple of Octogenarian friends to our game who completely outdid us in their ingenuity to solve various clever caches in this town with more than its share. After a few false starts, we got lucky and made the find here. Another well deserved fave point. Brilliant

Thanks ltf

Sooooooo pleased that we found this. We were in Mildura 3 weeks ago and looking for this in the heavy drizzle. Had to give up because I hate getting my hair wet. Muggle husband is getting really good. He found it. We had looked at this last time but it was stuck tight. This time strength prevailed. Insert nano rant. Takes so much time to get the log wound back to fit in the cap. TFTC TNLNSL Definitely a favourite point from us.

Great spot. Took me awhile to get it. Thanks clan.

A new and original hide we had not seen before. A tough hide, but worthy of a favourite pointOur first full day in Mildura and after a quite cool night some beautiful Autumn weather has been really turned on. Blue skies and warm sunshine.We are staying a bit out of town but with quite a number of well-favourited caches nearby in the bushland and a variety of types we thought we would head out amongst them and try our luck. They were located along a range of bush tracks amongst the scrub so while dusty, fun to drive. Sadly no emus of kangaroos were spotted today to add to the fun.It truly was a great day caching with a fun range of gadget caches added into the mix. We awarded quite a few favourites to celebrate them, especially as we managed to solve them all.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Bradshaw Clan.**SKI Pair****

Tricky. Tftc

We had our hand on it a few times. Wow what a great cache Bradshaw Clan, and such fun to find. Buddy the geodog helped us with this one. Found on May 11, 2024. # 9166

Found while having a look around the area today, staying in Mildura for the week. A great hide but bloody nanos. Cheers.Find #6973 on 18 Apr 2024.TFTC Bradshaw Clan!

Found!!! Thank you! Kids loved looking!

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Took a long time. Very well hide. Kiwisteve2 made the eventual find.The padlock on the gate was actually open so we could have walked right in, but decided noooooo. That would be a bad thing. Someone might let the powers that be know that their gate is unlocked though.Gets another Fav point from us!TFTC

This was a great cache, I found it after eliminating a lot of other legit things. The sun was very bright on a Mildura sunny summer morning as I looked and munched on my breakfast wrap.Glad I picked this loop of caches to do. They are great and I dont have enough FP in the bank to award as many as Id like TFTC

Found with young Jet.

Busting some time while getting a tyre repaired.Sneaky hide indeed. Damm Nano's, rant about nano production, factories etc...TFTC SL

Weirdobiker and I set out to explore the caches in this area as we had heard they were a little different and fun. Clever hide. Thanks for inspiring us to get out on this miserable (but much needed) raining day. We are only here for a short time so had to make the most of it.Shame we had to bail on the others as water kept on rising. TFTC cache Bradshaw Clan, regards kbucky

Out with kbucky after being in SA to do the On Your Bike series. Its very wet so umbrellas are out TOTT today. This was a great hide. Thanks so much to the CO for this great cache and definitely worthy of a favourite point Signed KB and WB due to the size of the log

Tftc. 8m away from the coordinates and we we’re greeted by a metre long black snake but we’re determined to find!!

Our journey to North Queensland will take us through many different towns. 
Excellent one. Fav from me
Here's one to find today. Thank you for placing the cache   Bradshaw Clan.

Mr Suelee loves Nanos, he had it in hand before I even got out the car . Thanks to the Bradshaw Clan for this cache

Well done excellent

Great

Too tight

So sad…too micro or gone or over the fence???

Very smart hiding spot , very hard to find

Trusted my instincts for a quick find. Nice hide, Geokids! A like from me. TFTC With Monks 55.

TFTC. Very clever design. Found with JAMS35.

Mrs TiedyeSmileys went straight for the cache then dismissed it. Later thought it definitely odd and on closer ispection found it.
TFTC and greetings from Tassie

If it's in the fence post, you can't twist the top of it off.

11pm at night in the rain couldn't find it despite my best efforts

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 youban Kittykatch Joolay NRC GLISS Barb2e Albida on our mini Mildura invasion! Signed MMA - Mildura May Adventurers! Thanks Bradshaw Clan!

Day 2 of the Mildura Adventure and we are collecting the rest of the Paddlesteamer geoart plus some interesting caches with lots of favourite points around the area. Caches signed as MMA or MMA23 for Mildura May Adventure. Tftc

Signed as MMA. Bit hard but many hands make light work. Kutgw

Fence posts are great hiding places

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

Thanks for getting me out and about Bradshaw Clan

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

Thanks for the hide Bradshaw Clan

Found while on a fabulous weekend away to Mildura to complete the Paddlesteamer & Turtle geoarts, and various trads, multis + gadget caches. The Canberra crew included Nibletricecakes, joolay, kittykatch, youban, dty73, tankengine, barb2e, Klsarc & albida33. We signed as Mildura May Adventures 23 (MMA23). Unless otherwise mentioned, all caches were quickly found. TFTC.

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 Bradshaw Clan

43167.55 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & April 2021 Get Lost in Nature A#441

**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 cache: This was a lot of fun! Tftc!!!

when something looks a bit odd and I investigate , I'm thinking surely not and still l almost missed it..very clever worthy of fav point. looking forward to finding your other caches.

With unfound caches everywhere, where to start...? We saw the row of hearts and fav points and knew this was the place to come. Not disappointed in this cool little hide as a starter. TFTC Bradshaw Clan.

Great cache. Loved the find. TFTC.

Unfortunately not a find for me today.

Couldn't find unless your going to trespass over a fence

Out for a Sunday arvo of local geocaching in the sunshine and fresh air.

Geohubby, geokid 1 and I made a quick find at GZ while geokids 2 and 3 refueled with snacks in the car.

There were many questions about the nearby infrastructure by the geokids following arriving at GZ- great location!

TFTF!

Out this morning in Mildura picking up a few caches. This was one of them. Took a little while until the cache was found. Very nice hide indeed. Fav point for the great idea!!

TFTC. Thanks to a previous clue for the picture of what I was looking for.

Tftc

#16753 - 5:08:00 PM; After spending the night in Mildura on the way home from South Australia after collecting the geomobile with Sol de lune, today we set out to collect some of the caches in the area we didn't pick up on previous visits. We managed a good variety of caches and cache types as we made our way around the city and then further afield in our quest. All caches were found in good order considering the recent weather conditions and were returned as found once we had signed the log. Enjoyed the many gadgets and field puzzles as we made our way around the bush tracks. Added to the favourite points as we went! TFTC Bradshaw Clan

In town with LuckyL10n before heading back to Canberra and we targetted this line of caches as they seemed to be 'favourties'.

This one took a couple of minutes, however we believed we were onto something and the cache indeed soon showed itself. Log signed, cache replaced and we were off to the next one.

Thanks Bradshaw Clan.....nicely done. Fav point added.

Another big geocaching trip to Australia with woolwood9.
Our main focus was on the "On Your Bike" Wherigo series, which we really enjoyed. ????
Biggest disappointment was solving all the Paddle Steamer puzzles, then driving within 4km of them before finding the roads all completely turned to sticky slush and unusable!

We visited many other good caches and other trails on our trip and had a lot of fun!
Really appreciate the effort put into this cache.
All logs stamped: tm/ww NZ

Another geocaching trip to Australia with tmann421.
This time to SA and surrounding areas.
Enjoyed the caches and the sites
Signed logs tm/ww NZ
Thanks to all the cache owners for their efforts in placing the hides.

Out and about caching in the bush near Mildura targeting this series, all with high favourite points, and found they really lived up to it! Thank you for your imagination and the work you've put into the construction, one of the best

Ahhh! Took forever to find!! So clever!!

Great hide. Little tricky. But in the end. Found.

TFTC. A nice cache to finish off a long day of finds.

Very sneaky spot

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 and we have joined forces with FelixII so we are off to see what we can find. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

Guess I wasn't looking in the right spot. Next Time.

fitzy_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.

We spent the night at the Euston Club Hotel: an amazing room for only $90 and thanks to Service NSW for pitching in the other $50. Up early to make the trek back to Mildura for breakfast at a local cafe. A tad noisy but not complaining about the company! Whilst at breakfast we made plans to Yushaun & Laighside Legends to do the Lock Island wherigo and a couple more along the way then the new virtual before heading back to NSW for the morning CITO. Next was a couple of multis before tackling more of the Turtle series. Looking for something to do before heading to the last event for the weekend, we stumbled this fantastic area dotted with 4Moule/TheMoules gadget caches. Just fantastic!

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!

Found It!
Now that's a sneaky hide! After a lot of searching elsewhere, I ran out of places to look so it had to be in there and sure enough there is was!
TFTC

28,496. 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 two very busy days, we enjoyed the hour sitting enjoying a coffee and a nice breakfast to get the energy for the day ahead. We then headed out for more caches. This was the next one. We started to head down to the Camping CCE location when we discovered this group of amazing caches. Each and every one a great cache. Quick find at GZ. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, then continued on to the next one.

Thanks Bradshaw Clan !! Fav Point.

After a big day day yesterday for international geocaching day we explored of the area with Mattycat and Perfect Di, looked more than once at GZ before we actually checked it to collect the log, neat hide
TFTC Bradshaw Clan

Wandered off with Purrfect Di [:X] , and met up with the Froghoppin duo [^] [^] and a whole bunch of other crazy cachers around the place too. Saw some sights, cached three states, and ate a whole lot of pub and cafe meals! Found far fewer mint tins than usual - gold star to Vic and NSW for that one!!!

Happy Geocaching Day weekend!

Mind loosened indeed. Mind blown nice little hide.

Much thanks to Bradshaw Clan for locating and maintaining this cache on our Vic geo-map


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Wandering the countryside - searching, spotting strange items and signing cache logs using some or all of the resources of GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife), Whereyougo, Garmin Montana 750i, Montana 680t, Etrex 35, Samsung S21u, Samsung S9, with Geocaching App, c:Geo, or Geooh Go, and Android Auto and other maps... or often with just a guyess or plain old dumb luck
Heaps of that luck stuff actually !!!

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Look out for sand, mud, snakes, surprise cliffs, roos, wombats, things falling from trees, bulldust, and floods, and try not to get tetanus from rusty mint tins and don't fall off your ladder...
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Truly fantastic of all those placing quality caches out and about around the country areas,
in sensible safe places especially! - it keeps our game fun, and interesting

Appreciate you reading all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, apparently! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and we can put an end to these long logs !!!





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In the area grabbing caches between events. TFTC

TFTC

Found while visiting the area.

Found while caching in the area.

Find Number 6466

Staying in town for a few day and collecting some caches while here.

This was awesome and Mr Booo was suitably impressed when Mrs Booo told him what it was.

Thanks Bradshaw Clan for placing this cache

TFTC very clever hide!

Great one, thanks!

Took us two attempts but found it in the end

I’m having this week off as others at work had the Easter break off so it was my turn and another trip up North to Mildura was planned.
I was able to leave Melbourne nice and early to get a few caches in on the way up to Culgoa.
So after a great feed and a couple of beers and of course great accomodation at the Kaneira Hotel I headed up towards Mildura to see how many I could find in the Paddle Steamer series.
I managed to find 115 and 165 in the last couple days but the uni joint in my right knee has finally said enough is enough with all of the getting in and out of the Geocruiser so it is time to spend a casual day around Mildura.
I got up nice and early to attend the Dawn Service at the park and it was great to see so many people there paying their respects.
After a wander around town and then completing the Turtle series which was the second reason why I came back up to Mildura it was time to keep my wandering around.
So after crossing the mighty Murray river for a few and then crossing back again so now I’m back on home soil.
Slowly starting to head back to my accomodation but there is still a few more to do.
Pulled up at GZ read the description and started looking.
I looked left then I looked right, then I looked up then I looked down, repeated that a few times swore a little bit more re read the description and looked again.
One last place to look again and there it was the very clever and sneaky cache.
A fav definitely goes out to the clan for this one as it took a bit to find.

Thanks Bradshaw Clan TFTC.

This cache took us way to long to find and we definitely over thought it, it has to be under there we thought so out came the hammer! Nope that doesn’t move, so after the brains were charged and a bit more thought the cache was found very nicely hidden

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

Insert nano rant here.

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.

Very very clever.

Wow!!! What a great idea. Gets a favourite point from us.

Tftf

Foundcwith earthlight
Fav.point from us today
Tftc

My fav hide of the day. Very clever and found with The X-Trailers. Spotted nothing different. TFTC

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Honeysucker, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC Bradshaw Clan
Find #8064 at 09:10.

Found out caching with Wollaston, Liz & Bruce.

Very clever hiding spot ️

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 group stamp

TFTC Bradshaw Clan

Find # 5681

Out caching today with Wollaston and SeasonedBird. Perfect day for caching thanks for arranging. Really cool hide. Fav point alloc

Very tricky, took some finding. Very clever

I have no idea

A bandage with writing

You got us beat this time.

Evilracing found it today beautiful hide

Emzheartu

Started the day over coffee ️ with Mrs 4Moule and her mini-me I have decided that any day it’s not blowing a gale is a good day in these parts to do outdoorsy stuff. So toddled over here to sort out the go-go gadget caches and explore the landscape. This trail and was great value Ended the day hosing down Star the geocar A few smileys = a happy geocacher.

Rolled up here with my bag of Hungry Jacks and set to work on lunch With that out of the way, headed over to GZ, and the coords do put you inside the fence. Looked at previous logs and searched along the fence line in both directions. Nada Came back later in the day with the cavalry and soon had a better idea on how to extract the log. Sneaky!

Just get as close to the fence as you can without crossing it

TFTC Bradshaw Clan Dropping a FAVE here.

Awesome first favourite point I’ve every given

Thanks for this awesome cache.
Love how you are thinking out side of the plastic box!
Loved it!

Ignore navigation as its well off, no need to go through any gates. Took a bit but found eventually. TFTC