VB - duck along Bega Valley Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
By dghoffy on 14-Sep-19. Waypoint GC8DJ1Z

I stopped off here a couple of days ago, but was unable to open the container. The CO made a suggestion and I returned today, armed with some equipment to overcome the problem. Sure enough, I soon had it open, and it is now returned to it's full glory. The log book was wet, rusty and unusable, but it now has a fresh sheet in a ziplock bag.Thanks for your imaginative work here, dghoffy. Another favourite point coming to you.

Reperio 12:30Day 5 of our NSW south eastern caching tour, and Master Vitruvius and I travelled from Eden to Canberra, and it was another long but fantastic day of geocaching. As it had rained overnight, the bush land we had to walk through in the morning was quite wet, and so getting to some of the caches was made a little more tedious and difficult. Our goal for today was to complete the VB series, and then head towards Canberra later in the evening. Fortunately most of the caches we searched for were found, and there were certainly some fantastic containers along the way.Cant open due to the bolt rusted.Gratias dghoffyAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Tftc bolt too rusted to get opened

Sorry forgot to add photo

Bolts too rusted cant open,,,Drive to trip with 63ROOS .. tks

Accompanied by ALL7, parts of the VB series run on the road to pick up each cache on the way to the end. We enjoyed a trip to the country for an interesting view of the old cottage, huts, etc! Difficulty to open because too rusted was shut, TFTC

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

800 finds for us, thank you little

Choo choo? TFTC

Caching down the south coast for a while. TFTC.
LOL. I sure haven't seen a cache like that one.

Wow, now that’s a creative cache! Must have taken a bit of engineering for this quacker, so TFTC!

At first I didn’t know how to open it once I did it was very moldy please change log book

What a great series and great caches. Aqau and I stayed at Pambula for 2 nights. Thanks for placing this series for us to enjoyment.

A duck on roller skates - now that is a find! Thanks dghoffy.

New log, cache all good.

Took sometime to find this unique cache as ive never seen anything like it lol
Even once found ir took a moment to register
Unfortunately the cache was full of water and log was mash
Thanks for the cache

In the area picking up a tractor this afternoon.
I decided II couldn't possibly visit our Northern Neighbours without finding at least one cache.
Parked the truck nearby and took a short stroll towards ground zero.
The satellites had me doing the chicken dance which wasn't helpful at all.
I was looking for a duck!
I almost gave up. Started walking away and then decided to give it one last quack.
This time I was taken directly to this cleverly constructed cache container.
*Which came first? The chicken or the egg ?*

Adding another Favorite Point for the time and effort that has obviously been put into this great hide.
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Geo kids tired so hubby and I found and took to car to show them this awesome cache

So clever

Tftc

Found with O319 on our weekend in the area, specifically targeting this series. TfTC

Ducked in a found this one. TFTC

Found a note pad with unlogged geocaches from The Stumble's annual caching trip so doing a lot of retrospective logging.
Caches found in good condition
TFTC

Duck, duck, goose. TFTC!

Was so close many times, GPS wasnt stable and nearly gave up with the steady rain. Perseverance overcame us and found by chance while poking around under the shelter of trees
TFTC

Find#3267
Nice hiding place
Found with loci612 and DSD
On a trip down the coast to do the VB series
Thanks for the cache

Found with the Adventure Boys (Dan, Seb, Loci) on a trip to the deep South. Signed dsd or darksidedan or Adventure Boys or AB to save space in the log. Thanks for the cache and the adventure.
I gave the VB series 3 favorite points in total. So many good caches. A few damp logs but nothing to bad accept for one that we couldnt sign.

Note: photos are not spoiler photos. The photo attached is from my geocaching adventures or a photo from my family life.

**This Cache**

It took us way longer to spot this cache than it should have! The coordinates are absolutely perfect but it was just hiding in the shadow's and nature so well that we overlooked it several times before finally landing our hands on it!

So glad we did, because this was another stand out cache!
I'll have to add yet another FAVOURITE for the labor put into this cache design.

TFTC

**All caches were signed *AB ! 12 / 9***
Adventure Boys! consisted of: Loci612, DARKSIDEDAN and sebass19 for this trip

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**Day 3: VB Series**

Today we had the goal of completing the VB series, we had 19 finds in the series today and 2 DNF's. Only 4 DNF's over the entire series which we were pretty happy about

Once completed, DSD had to rush back to Canberra whilst myself and sebass19 had a leisurely afternoon, picking up some more awesome caches in coastal towns! We were keen to get home before dusk however so soon enough we also hit the road back home!

Thanks once again for an amazing weekend away dghoffy! Absolutely fantastic series, easily one of the best in NSW! I'm not a big fan of power trails but this was far from one! Just a cluster of awesome caches, on quiet roads with plenty of parking and lots of creativity and fun to be had!

Find # 7410
OMG!
This is insane engineering.
We give this cache a favourite point.
TFTC dghoffy
19 January 2022 17:18

Log replaced, cache dried out after our recent deluges. Happy to quack when being opened

Quickish find for this one but the log is very wet, needs tlc. TFTC JenneG And Budgy Nth Nowra

Another imaginative creation. Wet and getting rusty. WD40 required but didn’t have any. Log damp to sign. TFTC.

The Canberra day long weekend falls on the first weekend in March so we usually take this time to head out of town. So this year, the caching troupe of us and Rapidlywild decided to head to the Merimbula to Eden coastline to collect a few smiley's.

Day 3 of the adventure and the weather was yet again lovely. Just right for caching although it did warm up along the way. Sorry for the generic logs.

Thanks for the hide and fun series dghoffy

With the Canberra Day Long Weekend upon us, the FFLL ladies and I usually take off towards SA or the likes for some caching, however with the unpredictability of COVID on the borders, we decided we would try for something a little closer to home. We decided that we would come down and have a crack at the VB trail around Eden and Merimbula. It was a great weekend away with both the FFLL ladies and it was nice to see the ocean and get some sun on our faces.

Time for day 3 out and about. A nice quick easy find here ️Cache found, ️ signed and ️ replaced.

Thanks for the cache placement dghoffy and thanks for the wonderful weekend away FFLL ladies Always enjoyable and always something to look forward to.

A new day dawned at camp
It had of course drizzled overnight,
it usually does down this way !!
So I couldn't wait to get out into the long, wet grass,
and trees dripping with moisture,
to find a few more VB caches

Luckily ...
... me rather tardy start to the day,
allowed the mists and drizzle to clear,
and the roadside scenery to dry out a bit

So first stop turned out to be relatively dry
A good outcome given how long it took me to find this elusive cache
I finally spied the rather large bit of camo !!
So well hidden in the undergrowth

OK !!
Time to spend some time to access the logbook I guess ??
*Righty tighty,*
*Lefty, lucy.*

TFTC
QUACK !! [:o]

More to come

TFTC

After a bit of a bush bash we found it. Quack quack!

Each one of these is more inventive than the last!! Have had a break since our last visit to GeoPa and Ma in South Pambula who first introduced us to Geocaching, but thrilled to be here to celebrate GeoPa’s 80th and pick up some more if Dghoffy’s works of art. Love ya work, TFTC!!!

Keen to attack this series but, with limited time available, we had to curtail our trip as well as skipping a few hides, especially ones in the forest which was quite wet after overnight rain and continuing showers, which we were not really dressed for. We drove out to Wyndham and returned to Merimbula clockwise as recommended by the CO.

I would like to report no DNFs but regrettably recorded 2, which are reported separately in the respective logs. Otherwise please forgive our generic logs which in no way detract from our enjoyment of the variety of hides and containers. Much effort has gone into the creation and maintenance of this series which we greatly appreciate. Very few drive-bys here!

TFTC and the series dghoffy

What a great series. Good caches and awesome scenery. This was one we found. Fav point alloc. Our thanks to dghoffy for placing this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

This series is one of our main aims while holidaying in the area. We headed out with no idea how much of the series we will get to in one day.

Sadly a DNF here today.

Thanks anyway dghoffy

Just couldn't spot it today.
One of many today, Thank you for this great series.

Out caching with D@geo
Thank you for the hide dghoffy

That’s one tough duck. The technique was a bit rusty but we gently knocked sense in to him. FP from us. Signed to the sound of choppers overhead. Kutgw

Out and about with fitzy_1965 whilst staying in Merimbula of the holidays.

Day 3 of our variety bash along the back roads saw us start out near Wyndham and finish the loop back near Pambula. Today was hot, hot and more hot. We took our time with these finds so as not to suck too much energy out of us.....probably a bit late for me.

Quick find here today.

19,955. Found with minniek as we completed the wonderful VB series.

With 30-odd caches left in the VB series we headed out today to try to find them. Once again we were not disappointed in the high quality of the caches. All were found pretty quickly and in good condition. That would be a tough duck to eat ! Signed the log, replaced the cache, and headed off to the next one.

Thanks dghoffy !!

#16977. Had a nice rest day yesterday and now here we are back to finish off the last lot of the VB Series. Fourteen to go and we managed to finish them off in an hour and a half.

Surprising how something so large can take a while to spy amongst the bush. It also took a while to get to the log for signing.

Thanks dghoffy

Day nine of Xmas in Eden with BettyBoo3747.
A late start just to finish off the VB trail. Back home for lunch and a swim.

How did you think of this one?
Another weighty cache that had a longer thread than I thought it would.
Very cute.
Thanks, Robmc.

Number 8 on an early morning cache run from Pambula Beach. Easy find and took a few goes to work out the mechanism. A well put together series that I will finish one day. Thanks.

Today is the 2nd day of our 4 day Cup weekend and mini road trip. Last night we stayed at a farm stay at Wyndham overnight.

We found good access to the cache, away from the road. Great quality container. A fav point from us

Thank you for your cache and adding to our road trip memories.

I come this way quite often for work and this new VB trail is a must to do.
Knowing the types of hides Dghoffy does, I was looking forward to it.
I worked my way down to Eden and will continue tomorrow for the rest of the VB.
Once again a great efforts has been executed with the variety and clever hides. TFTC

Having completed most of the Sapphire Surprise Tour caches it was decided, along with ilook4geo, that we should also try the Variety Bash series. We found this to be another fun series and found so many interesting caches.
As before, the nearby safe parking places were much appreciated, the titles were well chosen and the camo of so many caches was well done. All caches found today had their logs signed and were put back as they had been found.
Thank you, dghoffy, for placing this fun series of caches. Well done!

Came along today with goingplaces2 to make a start on this VB series. We really enjoyed the day as so many of the caches were a lot of fun. Good camo used, names were relevant. All logs signed. TFTC.

Third day of my far south coast road trip. A start in Eden today with some numbers in the VB series before slowly working my way north again. Again good quality caches all day, thanks for that.
TFTC Wilbert67

*FTF* with Tankengine, Aquilus1 and AddictedGamer.

When the Canberra Community saw these caches come out it caused a bit of a stir. But some of the ones were already being found and so there was no more thought about them. Until it was noticed that there were a few still up for grabs.

We had a good crew - Tankengine was our driver, Aquilus1 was our chef and AddictedGamer reminded us when we past a cache and I was just great company to have around ; )
A plan was hatched and we packed an overnight bag each and headed to Youban's for the night. This had us just that little bit closer in the morning to start our adventure.

The day was long, but fruitful with a great trail from the COs. I liked many of these caches for different reasons, but I loved that there was easy parking at all of them and we went the direction recommended in the listing which was perfect. I can see why this was named VB! We had a lot of fun moments and with all being quick to find it didn't take us long to finish the trail, however we left the ones that had already been found so that we can come another time and spend the weekend picking them up. Awesome work as always and tftcs dghoffy!!!

This cache: The duck bit me and it really hurt, but I'm still giving it a favourite point. Awesome work.

*FTF* With dty73, Tankengine and Addicted Gamer. We were aware that this trail of caches had been published and perhaps a bit surprised that most of them sat waiting for a find for so long, but then it took us some time before we could coordinate ourselves to be free to go down there to find them ourselves.

Friday afternoon and they were still free so a hurried packing after work and we made the wet and foggy drive down to the coast where we had waiting accommodations thanks to Youban.

With a closer than home start to the day we were organised well for a good start, taking note of the clock wise direction we drove right around and headed off in the direction that had us parking in good locations for all the caches.

A good and sunny day with 62 FTF's but the highlight was the quality and variety of the caches we found. All very unique and a lot of effort has gone into putting out this trail. This is NOT a power trail and we thoroughly enjoyed our leisurely pace as we went about enjoying each location and cache.

Thanks for the trail and this cache dghoffy, so much effort and attention to detail made for a great caching day in this lovely location. Looking forward to returning for the ones we didn't get time for this trip.

THIS CACHE: Unique but interesting, something different. Luckily ducks don't have teeth as this one bit dty, still your not normally allowed to do 'that' to ducks either!

Chooo ooo [FTF] - with dty73, Aquilus1 and AddictedGamer. Being a long weekend, we decided we could venture a little further afield to collect some caches, and all these FTFs down here on the Victorian Border (that is what I thought VB stood for ) were calling! So down the coast we went! We started on this trail bright and early, concentrating on the unfound ones! We knew we didn't have enough time to do the whole trail but were happy to clean up on the FTFs! We will have to come down another day to finish this off!

This was a fun trail! Yes, lots of variety in the caches – that’s for sure, just to keep us on the ball! And we certainly got some laughs at some of them! We were happy to see that we made good progress along the way, no really long searches, and certainly no DNFs - got to be happy with that! Clearly a lot of work has gone into this series, so thanks for the fun dghoffy, and thanks for the company dty73, Aquilus1 and AddictedGamer. - I for one certainly had a great time!

A nice quick find here!

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