Thompsons #5 Lyndhurst, Victoria, Australia
By crank1 on 22-Dec-19. Waypoint GC8H5G3

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Quick find after a brief search. TFTC

Cache was found after a short search. Thanks for the fun. Do the cars ever stop?Cleaning up Victoria with gridge98. We are on a mission this week. Completing twenty finds in Mexican local government areas is the challenge. Another find with the correct criteria. It is in Victoria and we have not accumalated twenty finds in this local government area.Today was the day to find this cache. Today is Woden's day the sixteenth day of the octavus month of the Roman calendar in the wonderful year of twenty twenty four. We found your cache container and added some inky stuff to the paper sheet or note pad you have supplied for a log book or scroll. The cache container and log book or scroll were in good condition. It was a bit windy today. It was so windy today.With the log signed and the cache replaced it was time to leave. Onwards to the next cache. Woot, that is not to far.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.I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count and winning that one hundred word diamond badge again. Somebody moved the goal posts. So many caches to find. So many caches to log. We find them, sign them and replace them.This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and an Apple iPhone 11 using the marvelous Cachly app. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs macro.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. Apologies for the generic part of the cache log. We do apologise for the generic logs. Thanks to all the cache owner for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke fr den Cache. Gracias por el cach. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos ktkst. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Ksznm a rejtst. Vdaka za cache. Dzieki za cache. Takk for at cache. Obrigado por isso cache. Dky za ke. Aciu u ta talpykla. Paldies par o cache. Aith selle eest cache. Tack fr att Cache. Tak for denne Cache. nbellek iin tesekkrler. Ksznjk, hogy a cache. Graas para o cache. Dankon pro la kasmemorone. Dank fr de csch. Eskerrik asko cache horrengatik. Na gode da wannan cache. Zikomo chifukwa cha cache.I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Blockheads Unite in 2025.

This was a series we targeted today as it had the easiest numbers to get to our 20, walked and drive between some here. A lot took a bit of searching for but got all but 2 which was a good outcome here. Thanks for the hard work and maintenance Travelling around Victoria with Freddo for a week finding caches as we go. With two challenges on our radar we were in full force. All logs signed with our names or F+g98 for the smaller caches. Thanks for the series

Found it

Another find on our evening walk. Just had to wait for a few muggles to get out of the way. Thanks

Spring Victorian Incursion 2024.Day Eleven: Bayside, Frankston, Dandenong.Weather: a bit of everything. One of 14 Thompson Road Power Trail caches logged this afternoon. Only a dying phone stopped me from making a clean sweep. This series ticks all the boxes for me - Im trying to reach 15000 finds before my 5th anniversary on Sunday, Im trying to get 20 find in Dandenong LGA to get me closer to a challenge, and Im just a few hundred micro caches short of the diamond badge too. The traffic on the road itself is horrendous, but I didnt see any walkers or cyclist on the path. I thought all the coordinates were good, the caches were in reasonable shape, and best of all, no DNFs.Thank you very much for this cache and the series Crank1. The zip tie is strangling the tree here.

The sun is getting low in the sky, so we have to start being more efficient. Geoson and I went ahead and I spotted a geotrail to help me on my way. I trusted the previous finders, but could only see the cache once I was well inside the bushes.

Found it on return leg. GM led me straight there. Clearly GPS had me barking up the wrong tree TFTC Crank1

Another quick find, those eyes again TFTC

Found with icw. I followed a faint geo-trail and soon noticed the cache. Tftc.

Easy find

Helpful hint for easy fing: David and Simone

TFTC! Crouching and nearly poked my eye outM

Another day, another walk. I decided to revisit the south-east and walk the Thompsons Rd. Bike path whilst attempting to find those caches I didn't find in 2022 and reaching those which I hadn't reached back in 2022. I can't say that this is the most pleasant path to walk given the large volumes of traffic on Thompsons Rd. I'd say it rivals the path by the M1 for sheer noise but has more vegetation. Now, sometimes that vegetation is picturesque and benign and sometimes brambles almost predominate. Unfortunately for us cachers, those brambles often appear very close to the caches we are seeking. I did what I could and added my weight and feet to stepping on those branches which were completely in the way but sometimes there are quite a few branches and there is nothing for it but to exercise care in where one steps. I found almost all of those I was looking for but there were one or two which were random. Many thanks to crank1 for putting these out.My logs will include this standard blurb and then a comment or two about each cache separated from this blurb by a dividing line. ---A quick find although I'm a bit concerned about the cable tie choking off the host branch from growing any further. I've emailed the CO a photo of the problem.

Replaced full log sheet

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Found after a short search. We were surprised by the amount of traffic on the road, we thought everyone left Melbourne at Easter. TFTC

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Found with Bogonghazy. On our way to Rye, quick stop. Thanks for placing the geocache

Found with LittleBoss2 on our way to a week in Rye. Thanks for a quick find today crank 1

I have been staring at this long line of caches on the map for many months now, wondering how best to get them. The bike was an obvious solution so it was just a matter of getting in the vicinity and then going for it. I generally dont like doing caches in full public view so was wary of this series but quite a few were tucked away behind bushes from the main road. I picked a seriously hot day and the middle of the day but it wasn't too bad in the end (slip, slop, slap and all that!!). Using my bike i was able to speed between caches and vast majority were straight forward but a few needed a second attempt (on way back) and a bit of digging around between brambles!! Managed to scoop them all up in the end of the course of 3 hrs. A good afternoon's caching! TFTC.

This week I suddenly had to go to Australia to visit my family. So I took the plane from Amsterdam and flew to Melbourne. Luckily there are also a lot of geocaches in Australia. I have found some nice caches and even was able to go to an event. I did not expect that I would be able to go to an event, so I was happy that there was an event nearby where I am staying. When the weather was too hot, I went to visit the caches early in the morning. Luckily most caches were easy to find. Thanks to all cache owners for placing and maintaining all caches.Thanks for the cache.

D@geo had made herself a summer challenge to complete a summer challenge cache.These were great to get some numbers found to help, and also help her walking challenge numbers too.We don't have any trails of caches left un-found near home ain't more. So it was great to make these finds while in the greater Melbourne area while attending the Brickvention Lego Expo.Sorry, I didn't take notes on each cache, Please accept the generic logs to cover my visit to this series.On a caching run with D@geoThank you for the cache crank1

Found with gwd.aussie.On a bit of a numbers game today for a challenge cache I am trying to achieve. Finding this nice trail on the way home from a weekend in Melbourne to attend the Brickvention Expo.Thanks crank1

Nice walk relatively easy find thanks for the good cache

Geokids helped to find this one today. Tftk

Nice easy find TFTC

We had started this series some time ago ( by car and by foot) and today I'm back with a bike to complete the remainder. Apologies for some generic logs. The GPS coordinates were usually very accurate although a couple were a little off. The blackberries and thorn bushes were an issue in places and in a number of spots the blackberries looked as though they were trying to take over the bike path! A few cyclists were and about so a little care was required at times. In the main the caches and logs were in good condition. Thanks to crank1 for the cache.

Yay Thank you Crank1.

TFTC SL - out with the geodogs

Thank you

Found with @Rayin TFTC

Fun cache a bit dangerous with twice but nice and hidden found with @torchsnore TFTC

Found it

Nice hide TFTC

With dot558
On a winter morning doing more of this trail
A great distraction at same time gaining those more important daily steps
Thanks fir the trail

Found it with rex46

big thank you to crank1 for the amazing geocaching experience we had along Thompsons Road. Despite the cold and windy conditions, our electric bike and scooter journey from 11 am to 5 pm was unforgettable, largely due to the fantastic hides you provided.
Team CrustyVarmint and JuzzMagic, we're truly grateful for all the caches we retrieved throughout the day. Your dedication and creativity in placing them added an extra level of excitement to our adventure. Each find brought us joy and a sense of accomplishment, making the entire experience memorable.

One of Many fantasic Caches from Crank1 ..enjoyed them all. Out and about with Crustyvarmint and Juzzmagic TFTC

One of Many fantasic Caches from Crank1 ..enjoyed them all. Out and about with Crustyvarmint and Juzzmagic TFTC

I had been avoiding these caches because of the busy road. Only the other day did I learn that there was a cycle trail on which to travel.
Today I went out with Team Juzzmagic with their bikes, and my scooter. The path was the best I have seen for a cache trail, and we had a wonderful day. Most coords were very accurate and the caches found in good condition.
We enjoyed chatting with the animals in the paddocks and, at one location, the frogs serenaded us as we passed by.
Please accept this generic log to cover each cache visited.
Thanks for the fun day, Crank1. Your work is much appreciated.

From Marriott Waters to Frankston-Dandy Rd, this power trail provides plenty of quick and easy finds.

A quick summary for todays finds: Muggle free, footpath lakes and not enough snacks!

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Today the weather beautiful full sunny and I feel like walking to path all the way make me fresh air .. TFTC

The weather forecast looked reasonable for this time of year so I decided to take myself to the bottom end of Eastlink and go caching in the Frankston LGA as I needed more s for a couple of LGA based challenges. After completing that target by mid afternoon, I turned my attention to my secondary target of more s in the Greater Dandenong LGA for the same challenges... and part of the *Thompsons* power trail would be perfect for my needs... 8 s in all.

I parked in a side street east of the Western Port Hwy, crossed it and started west along the shared path. With success at #11 my immediate quest was complete so I could have turned for my car and gone home... but it was still a nice enough afternoon and the traffic was crazy, so I kept on going west!

Thanks **crank1** for this power trail... very handy when you want lots of caches quickly.

My current mission is to be close to 7000 find before the Mega at Easter so with some things to do in Dandenog followed by needing to be in Hampton Park later I thought I would try and grab the numbers 1 to 10 of this series. Finding somewhere to park is the hardest with this series.
A 4.5K walk later I was hot a sweaty but I had a smiley on all 10 caches so I was happy with my afternoons work.
Thank you crank1 for the series

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I decided to tackle this series this morning as I was coming to the area to find a Frankston LGA cache and we need to move our centriod south and east. Unfortunately when loading the fold up bike I realised it had a flat tyre. I couldn't get it inflated at a couple of garages so had to take it to a bike shop for a repair. This set me back an hour and by then the trip had gone up by 20 minutes each way, but I still managed to ride the first 18 before hunger and heat struck . I couldn't find 3 on the way up but managed to find one of those on the way back, so 16 of the series today.
I like the ones that say they are hanging, they feel a bit safer during long grass season, particularly if you can find a geopath.

Red find

**Thompsons #5**

We have returned today (with bikes) after starting this series a few weeks back. Happy to say all were found without issue.

It's really starting to warm up now, so thankfully this was a quick find once we focussed on the correct tree!

Thanks for this cache series and the fun crank1. “Thompsons” is now complete. Can't wait for the next crank1 series in the near future. Cache on

The Cache: Great condition. TNLN, signed log as LTEC or Let Them Eat Cache as space would allow.

Today was our 45th wedding anniversary, and it was Mrs SKI who suggested we hit some of Crank's trails down towards the Peninsula. We haven't done much caching to date this year! A quick look and the realization that this would be a bike ride, but Mrs SKI was still keen. A lovely day for it with temperatures in the low to mid twenties and a slight breeze.
Only one DNF for the day and all caches in good condition and largely straightforward finds. A few challenged us however.. What more could we ask.
We particularly enjoyed the ride round the wetlands area and all the sculptures and appreciated the flat terrain. Not sure how far we rode in total, but it was quite a few km.
Thank you Crank1 for a great day out. We have now completed a number of your series and enjoyed them.

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache crank1.
**SKI Pair****

Missed this one on the first pass then realised I had been looking in the wrong tree. Red.
Thanks for placing the cache crank1.

Maybe muggled, maybe we’re just bad but we couldn’t find it. Very very annoying and disappointing but TFTC crank 1. That’s really annoying that everyone else can find it but not us!

NEVERMIND! Did the next cache along, came back and my eyes spotted it! That’s a relief!

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Our first task this morning was to walk the Thomsons Road power trail. The weather was ideal for walking - mild temperatures and a slight breeze. Of the 23 caches in the series, we found 21: one we could not find (#11) and there was one (#23) where there was too much water to start a search and we did not have waders with us. In places there was very long grass which slowed down searching.

Unless stated otherwise the coordinates were reasonably accurate and the caches were in good condition.

This cache was a quick find.

Thanks crank1 for another of your cache series.

A couple of minutes & yippee found it Thanks Crank 1 for this one ️

Ticking another cache off along this trail.
Found on the way to pick my Granddaughter up from daycare.
Thanks for the cache crank1.

So today I decided to get brave and attend my first event outside of home territory. It was lovely to meet people and put faces to names, and I survived!
Afterwards Tiz13 and I joined ranks to tackle Cranks Thompson trail to smash out some numbers to get me closer to 1000. But sometimes, as life should be, it is not about the destination but all about the journey. I had a great day out. Thanks Tiz for our journey today and thanks to Crank for maintaining this series for us all to enjoy

With the two of us kbucky and I were making good time, maybe we could attempt all these caches in one day. By this stage unbeknownst to us we had found a systematic search system that we would automatically adopt in order to find all bare one of these caches.

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Down in Melbourne for a visit, decided to attempt the trail with the kids while the rest went shopping .
Nice find. TFTC

it was so clever

Found this on a walk very good hiding spot thanks for the fun

Wow, definitely Spring now, everything has grown so much! T4TC

Noticed this grouping that would be perfect for a day on the bike.
Cold start but the sun was out so decided to see how many I could find. #5
Parked off Thompsons Rd intending to move the car further north after I had done a section, I ended up just riding them all then back to the car.
Thanks crank1

A quick find on the walk back to the car. tftc

Very small

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Out for a quick Hunt on Easter Sunday. Found the cache but unfortunately Easter Bunny didn't leave us any eggs. TFTC

Had the wrong tree at the start. But got it

Long grass would be a worry on a hot day. Started looking in the wrong tree but found pretty easy after widening the search.

Nice easy find

TFTC

Found David McFarlene venture unit

Quick find. Tftc.

Out for an epic cache grab with merkinofloki to rack up those steps and cache numbers! :3 its been awhile so lets keep going

**24 Feb 2022 10:50 am**
**Find#7,362**
Found while out on a biking caching expedition with BernieH.
Our original plan to go to French Island was put on the back burner due to the weather forecast, so plan B was activated, staying a bit closer to home and shelter, should the storms arrive.
This crank1 series filled the bill nicely.
All good here.
**Thanks for the fun crank1 (F=16640 H=173)**

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Find number 10302 at 10:50:24 am on Thursday the 24 February 2022
Out for a bit of an eBike ride this morning with gmj3191. Parked near #20 and rode back to the start before starting from #1 and travelling through to #18; I have done the remainer previously.
Most caches were found quickly and in good condition with the exception of the two DNF's.
**Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache series crank1**

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Do the COs even read these? I dunno - I like to think they dooooooooooo.

Cache found, and it was all good. Farty farty butt butt - comedy master right here.

2 for 1midget nipples

Watch out for the long grass

Out adventuring to lose with AlexiKatty and decided to add this smile to my map
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Found today with ThaKraken. A beautiful sunny day wide a great walk TFTC

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Last one for the day - number 12 - this is more than I have done in 12 months I think. Time to pick up my dad from the hospital - Thanks for a lovely morning out!

checked all Thompsons Series and some missing so replace the new cache. Also new log papers.  
Please when you found and replace the same spot where I put hide. Thanks 

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 4.392 E 145° 12.372

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 4.386 E 145° 12.369

Distance from original: 39.2 feet or 12.0 meters.

Found out that it's not the right coordinates, so need to update with one.

Planned a bike ride with Campbell and he suggested up here and grab some caches!!

We started the afternoon at Marriot Waters and circled around out along Thompsons Rd and back. Great afternoon cycling and caching, a few DNFs but found one that had a few DNFs!!

Thanks for placing the caches crank1!!

Have driven past this trail many times so was lovely to finally ride along a collect the caches.
Searched for a bit and the clue made all the difference to success as GPS was out by a bit. Log was damp but managed to sign it.

Joey my son found this one.

TFTC!

Found 22 out of 23. #8 seems to be missing. A couple were missing logs which I replaced with some paper I carry for this purpose.
Thanks for a great run of caches crank1.

Nice

Found

Took a while but spotted it.

Very good.

Had an hour to spare this morning so took the opportunity to seek out caches #1 thru #8 in this power trail
All found in excellent condition and all with relative ease
Many thanx to crank1

Well done mr Millsy. Quick and easy

Quick find, TFTC!