Discombobulate ... The Great Detective Series Coorong District Council, South Australia, Australia
By CPwanderer on 16-Jan-20. Waypoint GC8J8CY

Found at 2:06 pm during a short road trip with Southern Cross Caching

Found with Uni on a two day road trip. TFTCSouthern Cross Caching

Great HideThanks CPwanderer for the cacheJames0116Monday, 10 Jun 20242:02:06PM ACST4669

Another nice little town with heritage buildings, some quirky features and its own signature Here we are in SA for the JLW Ludicrous LegWarmers in Lameroo EVENT and its inbetween the days busy schedule. So out and about with weirdobiker and Riddells exploring the hinterland TFTC and the FUN. nice little town with heritage buildings, some quirky features and its own signature Here we are in SA for the JLW Ludicrous LegWarmers in Lameroo EVENT and its inbetween the days busy schedule. So out and about with weirdobiker and Riddells exploring the hinterland far from home over the border. TFTC and the FUN.

Found together today with Weirdobiker and Ronice88 Joined forces while attending the Annual SA June LWE EventTFTC

After attending the flashmob in Lameroo.Today we were passing by, so stopped to some of this series.Cache was quickly located, logbook stamped. Tftc

Heading to Lameroo for the JLWE event and stopped here for the Great Detective Series. What fun, well themed caches, many thanks to the COs Tftc

Day 3 of my holiday to the JLW event in Lameroo and then off interstate for a few weeks. Today I started the day off in Wynarka and ended up at the Lameroo oval for the JLW Event and home base for the next 3 nights. I managed to get 73 caches today and only 1 DNF's todayto bad I didn't see the original but this one was a good substitute.TFTC CPwanderer

Staying at Lameroo for the JLWE event, we had today free for some caching our main aim today was this Great Detective series and their creative caches all deserving of a fav point, some we drove to others we made a nice looped walk, a straight forward find hereTFTC CPwanderer

Found it! This series was mentioned to be by the CO when we happened to cross paths in Karoonda a few months ago. Have been meaning to come and knock off this series and today is the day! Parked up and solved a couple of multis, then wandered over to this spot for a quick find. First of the series! TFTC!

Driving back to Adelaide after spending a week in And around Canberra for the Capital mega bash event. A long drive home and quite frankly I was getting sick of sitting in my car. I needed a good walk to stretch my legs and straighten my back. This pocket of caches in Sherlock fit the bill nicely. I parked the car at the now closed shop and set off on foot. My favourite way to cache is in a walking trail and CP does it superbly. A very enjoyable bush walk in the sunshine. All caches I targeted were found without problems. In typical CP style most of the caches had themed decorations which always brings a smile to my face. I only targeted the caches south of the highway due to time constraints. So I will have to return in the future clean up the town. Thank you CPwanderer, for placing Discombobulate ... The Great Detective Series for the geocaching community.# # #14807 # #

Lotsa Trees to Choose from but found it at the last one we looked at.

Caching from WA west coast to ACT for 2 megas. TFTC. Nice old church.

I visited 212B Baker Street and the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London when I was there two years ago so being in Sherlock South Australia I thought it appropriate to attempt as many caches in the series as I could with the time I had available. There have been a variety of hides with well themed caches and I congratulate the CO's on their efforts. I have really enjoyed the couple of hours I spent making the finds.

Sherlock, Camped up near the church.This is such an interesting series placed since we were last here, taking us to some interesting locations while touring the area. Many with lots of swaps.Some very good themed caches found. FP givenThanks CPwanderer for hiding this cache.

Christmas trip to Adelaide 2023. Day 15. Travel home Day 1. I set out on a very hot morning to get to Hay for the evening. I stoped several times along the way. Tailem Bend, Sherlock & Peake for caching. I also stopped at Ouyen and briefly at a few other places along the way. Despite the heat there were some quite dramatic rain storms to drive through. It was all managed safely and I had dinner in Hay before a night at a local hotel. At Sherlock I chose a handful of the caches and managed to make five finds in fairly short order. There are still plenty to do, not to mention the big series further south as well.Thanks for the cache CPwanderer45256.8 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2007 Australia Gold 2 A#79**Albida**

Random geocaching on a quick trip to Mt kosciuszko from Perth TFTC

These "Great Detective Series" caches in Sherlock were wonderful. Well done.Log signed "Fabulous Randoms"On a caching trip with Feathertop, McLookers and GoodLook. What a fun trip. The weather was warm and so was the company. We can really recommend staying in the 'new' Karoonda Tourist Park - the cabin was fantastic (and solar powered/kind on the environment).Thanks so much for placing this cache.

I am so pleased we visited Sherlock today. I had prepared a nice list of caches for us to find.Caching today with Mclookers, GoodLook and The Dame. Log signed Fabulous Randoms. Beautiful weather. Great themed hides....

I was out and about with "Fabulous Randoms" (how we signed the logs) - consisting of Feathertop, McLookers and TheDame. A girls trip which was full of fun and interesting adventures.A couple of days in the country was fantastic.We enjoyed finding your cache. thank you for your contribution to the game.---------------------------Will we see you at the Mega in Adelaide, South Australia on 29 February 2024? Check out GCA1DNA to log your will attend and to find out more.

On a caching adventure today with feathertop, GoodLook and The Dame. Log signed Fabulous Randoms. We are enjoying the warmer weather.Thanks for placing the cache CPwanderer. Happy Cachemas.

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The fifth and final day of our long awaited trip to SA in the company of fellow Victorians, caching buddies Suscoe. An enjoyable and successful day, exploring Mallee countryside & small towns, including taking on a detective role! Well set up where place names, cache names and actual caches all fitted cleverly to the theme of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.

Thanks to CPwanderer for adding this fabulous cache series to the gameboard.
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Suscoe and Phetlern headed East this morning to head out as far as Peake before turning around and working our way back to Murray Bridge via Sherlock.
It was a fairly pleasant day, a little drizzle at times but mostly fine.
We enjoyed seeing these old towns and finding the caches along the roads and in the bushland.
Thanks to CPWanderer for this hide.
Shame that the general store is no longer open.

Quick find with geo daughter briana the explorer

Out and about with my dad, thankfully no snakes were seen today

Thankyou

Back out today to finish this great series. It is a most beautiful morning and great to be out in the country. Thank you for placing this trail.

A quick find with frmen1. I haven't seen the movie, but maybe I'll see if I stream it tonight. Had a play in the orchestra. My music teachers (Fr Till, Mrs Nan Sharman and Mr Gordan Millar) would have been horrified at my attempt. Maybe if I'd had some sheet music with me...any excuse lol We've been enjoying the series TFTC

Found with the very accurate coords. It's in good condition. Thanks for placing it.

My main aim today is to finish off the Rotf trail which I started a few years ago. I had a family emergency on day 2 so had to go back to Adelaide. Enjoyed doing all the caches on a long day

A quick find on our way to Adelaide,What a great series.TFTC

There has been a group of caches sitting out here at sherlock for quite some time and we just never seem to make it here. Well today is that day. Up and down the roads in and out of the bush, some walking but all in all a load of fun.
The weather was good, temperatures were just where we liked it to be, no muggles and no bugs. What more can we ask for.
SL TFTC

Bit of an extreme sport at present with around. TFTC CPWanderer.

We've seen this cache cluster developing in Sherlock for some time , so made it our destination today , and we weren't disappointed as we cruised around the roads and tracks, caching along the way [^].
Oh no - rocks !
Started looking in a logical spot and there it was . Got to be happy with that [^].
TNLNSL.
Thanks for one more CPwanderer.

We couldn't find this one today, had a pretty good look but no find!

Not for us today

This cache was one of the few traditionals that we looked for and found today. There was no problem in finding it, the log was stamped with both names and we were soon on our way again. Thank you to CPwanderer for placing this cache. All was in good condition.

This cache was one of just two caches that were added to the list for today while we were in Sherlock with goingplaces2. A nice quick and easy find was made and after signing the log all was replaced as found. TFTC.

Was nearby this one today and the CO asked me to check. Cache found and all in good order right where I remembered it being.

DNF today

Another cache visited on our 2022 South Australian Adventure.

In cahoots with Sherlock Holmes again loving the variety of caches here. Unfortunately, we could not find this one, we were totally discombobulated.

We are enjoying our time travelling SA. Visiting fantastic towns, ruins, beaches, and cliffs, but our favourite is the remote country. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

#19478. Day 20 of our Vic/SA trip with Robmc the geodogs and our bicycles. Sadly, we have now left the Barossa Valley and have made our way to Tailem Bend, making our way home slowly to Victoria. Today we had a full day of caching - a visit to Sherlock for some detective work - hard work and a lot of walking in such blustery conditions. Back to TB for lunch at the wonderful bakery and then via a chance discovery we did the nice little Armpit Series and a few others before calling if quits for the day.

We enjoyed finding these caches with their themes relating to each cache. Always a nice surprise - so well done. Somebody must have an endless surply of little animals as the amount of SWAG in each one was amazingly huge. All was good with the containers except one and we replaced that one.

This one caused us 2 visits today. DNF first time around and then Rob came ujp with the find at the second visit. A lot of trees and a lot of rocks.

Thanks CPwanderer

Day twenty of our short South Australian trip with BettyBoo3747 and the geo-doggies.
Lovely weather today and the first day in Tailem Bend.
We spent the morning in Sherlock, lunch in Tailem Bend, then completed the armpit series and a few odd caches later in the afternoon.

I had not heard of this series before, but I should have. It is fantastic.
All the caches were of a good size, packed with swaps, and in good condition (except one, which is now in good condition!)
Nice walks around a small town and the local bushland areas.
We saw several stumpy tails, but no wriggly sticks.
Thanks for this great series.

Took a while to locate this one, we must have gotten used to regular caches!
Thanks, Robmc.

Today I’ve come to Sherlock to make a start on the Sherlock Holmes series, attracted by the variety of cache types and sizes. What a great body of work here! All the caches are in great condition, spot on coordinates, well themed and chock full of swaps. Well worth the drive. Thanks so much clare007, CPwanderer and GizmosGang - i made sure you each got a FP, more for the series than a particular cache.

The only one in the series that took me a few circuits to spot.

As I drive home to Victoria I’m allowing myself one find every hour on the hour. This was the lucky one for this hour.

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location.
(HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - C P Wanderer [^]

Thanks

Heading east to the border today. Stopped here for a quick pick up of a dozen caches! All found quickly. Tftc!

Logging as a beta tester.
I thought it was about time that I logged these.
It was a lot of fun planning, creating and hiding this series.
TFTC and the series CPwanderer

Quick find TFTC

Tftc

Caching day out tidying up the end of a trail and a wee tour of the area with Wollaston, Liz&Bruce and HoneySucker.

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out hides and showing us your part of the world

TFTC CPwanderer

Find # 935

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Honeysucker, Liz & Bruce. Blue sky day, so it’s a great day for caching. TFTC CPwanderer
Find #3179 at 17:53.

as we have a look around the area after attending the Mega at millicent this was one of the caches we found with friends

A good day was had while grabbing these caches
Thanks for placeing them

Travelling with Wollaston, Seasoned Bird and Honeysucker to complete this series. Doing the nearby series and staying in Sherlock, lovely town, great lots of caches to be found and this was one we enjoyed. Our thanks to CPwanderer for placing this cache series and enhancing our enjoyment of the area..

Mallee trip with the geo-pup. Day 2, Karoonda to Sherlock.

Go to the tree with rocks, not the tree with beehive at the base

TFTC

We headed for a days caching ‘The Great Detective’ series in Sherlock.
All the caches were in great condition and how we wished we had little geacachers with us because this series would make a great family day out.
We loved all the different types of hides and the way the caches were presented....a top day out.
We had a ball at the ‘Sherlock Machinery Orchestra’ while enjoying a cuppa for morning tea.
Had a quick listen to ‘discombobulate’ by Hans Zimmer...glad CP told us the instruments that were used...couldn’t have picked them myself

Thanks for the cache found with Webberg on our caching adventure

Thanks for the cache! Found with conardel on our road trip to Mount Gambier

Such a cool spot! TFTC!!!

Found with Erine14 TFTC!

Mrs Froggycache was on with the "is it under that rock?", funny because of the number of rocks in the area. Very easy find, it was sitting uncovered, so I'm hidden it again.

I'm impressed with the number of caches in the area, considering it's a very small town, wish I'd had time sto stay and get them all.

TFTC CPwanderer

I enjoyed doing most of the caches of this interesting series. Did most of it walking. Thanks CP et al.

I completed this series in 2019 on the way back from tassie one of my many trips, with this area getting more and more populated again I made the decision to have a go at it once again and this town (if you call it that) is sure full of caches. A great little series completed again and all the caches found are in good condition.

Today I made my way from Adelaide to Naracoorte, with only half the day I made a plan to do some of the shorter detours off the main highways to collect the odd cache here and there. With it being so hot I arrived earlier than expected in town and came away with 20 finds for the day.

Thanks for the cache

Had some time to spare today so thought I would head out to sherlock and tackle a few finds. these caches are excellent and well worth the trip, a very high standard has been set here and will be hard to follow well done clare007, Gizmo's Gang, and CPwanderer TYFTC

Quick find while visiting the new musical playground

22,767. Found with minniek during our Post-Christmas escape to South Australia.

This trip to South Australia was on again off again due to the changing circumstances in the various states we had to travel through. Finally getting a green light from all 3 states we headed off early boxing day. Day 10 of our adventures took us to Geopets series, all the caches around Sherlock (interesting drive around !!), and then we did #277 to #230 of the ROTF series. All caches were found quickly and in good order unless otherwise stated. Next find of the day. Quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, and then headed off to the next one.

Thanks CPwanderer !!

Today’s adventures lead fitzy_1965, two groups-kids and I to the Geopets trail, Sherlock and part of the ROTF trail.

Geopets was a lot of fun. Grateful for the side tracks rather than accessing from the highway.

Sherlock took more time than we had anticipated but otherwise and enjoyable day made much easier with the kids getting out and helping.

ROTF is a work in progress. Hope to finish it tomorrow.

All caches were in good condition unless otherwise stated.

jafaz62 & I ventured out for a pleasant day caching...detoured to Sherlock then Coonalpyn and beyond...
We enjoyed the series...some interesting attachments...2 stumpy lizards seen along the way but no snakes...which was surprising given the temperature of the day...
I was not discombobulated finding the cache but wonder what happened to the Instrument?? Wonder if it will be back...
TFTC CPwanderer

Headed south today with Jack, Sebastbat, and Purrfect Di. Had a great day.
All under the Team Mattycat stamp today - the others may get around to logging eventually [:o)]
Back in our 4wd had to give it a spin in some sandy tracks too
(Even drove past an event two hours after it had ended without even realising it was on )

Had some fun around Sherlock finding the great Great Detective caches.
We all loved the variety and themes in both the cache listings and the caches themselves.
True story: One of my clients last friday told me she was discombobulated! Even had the word written on her whiteboard so she would remember it if her confusion increased. A great word... try to use it every day

Thanks for the cache smiley CPwanderer




Be safe caching. Cover your cough. Sanitise !!!

Day 4 of our SA trip with Wilbert67.
Beautiful start to the day grabbing caches as we are headed to Millicent.
We were picking up variety of different types of caches along the way.
Thanks to all the COs

Day 4 of our SA road trip. Today will lead us from Murray Bridge to Millicent via a multi trail detour. Lots of caches and lots of fun, thanks to all the CO's for placing them. Again perfect cache weather, but sunscreen was needed!
TFTC Wilbert67

What a great word! Reading about this series makes me want to read the books. Found the cache easily just before some amazing lightning started up!

Bees nest near by but all good with cache.

Sherlock was on our trip plan as it had a great variety and who does not love Sherlock.

Been great staying in Tailem Bend. The weather is awesome.

On a road trip to South Australia now the border is open with Kittykatch, and barb2e calling ourselves Border Busters or BB. Fifth day of our trip and loving the beautiful green fields and cool day. Awesome day to be out.
TFTC CPwanderer

On a road trip to South Australia with Joolay and barb2e - today is Day 5 (Taillem Bend). We signed all caches as Border Busters or BB.

Condition Report:. Good
Log Book: lots of room
Come in spinner !
Bee hive in nearby tree

Thanks for hiding this cache CPwanderer

Found with Joolay and Kittykatch on day 5 of the trip to SA. Log signed as Border Busters or BB. Sun is shining and the day is warm. Travelling around Lake Albert this morning and will see part of the Coorong. Tftc

Found with The X-Trailers and earthlight after caching about town. Logging with CO approval.
Would liked to have seen the xylophone ????

TFTC CPwanderer

Caching with LíB and The X-Trailers when we visited this spot. A great place to stop for a break after exploring and locating caches around the town.

It was nearing the end of the day when Earthlight and LIB and I visited this spot . Very quiet in the town tonight .

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 19.147 E 139° 48.099

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 19.202 E 139° 48.101

Distance from original: 334.6 feet or 102.0 meters.

Location changed as "Bush Xylophone" has gone.... upgrades going on at original location. Will move back if Xylophone returns

Cache moved to a nearby tree while construction / upgrade is going on near the hall. If the Xylophone returns the cache will be returned to it.

it appears the Bush Xylophone this was on has been taken. Will visit soon to try to place a hide in the general area

Sadly a DNF on our Last Cache this trip
Out with Earthlight and LIB

Nothing at GZ. PAF confirmed there should have been an object here. Works have taken place and looks like the place has been cleared up.

TFTH CPwanderer

Another flying trip to Adelaide and an opportunity to spend a day out caching with Dr Owl and JJ52 was too good to give up given the Sherlock series was to be the target of the day. Sherlock is now clear of unfound caches for me and we got a few others here and there. Another fun day was had with loads of varied discussion and lots of laughs.

Sherlock and a plethora of caches, we went this way and that and managed to find the little blighters with some sleuthing.

Thanks for the cache CP.

Owl found what the Fish missed. JJ and the Fish then tried to belt out a tune for Owl to sing to. Let's just say it was interesting!

A caching day had been organised with Doctor Owl and sushilord with our target being to get to Sherlock to find the series that we had been wanting to do for ages. [^]
We had a great day getting all the Sherlock caches with a few others along the way on a really nice day for caching.

We arrived in Sherlock and worked out a route so we weren't backtracking too much. We all loved doing this series, the varied cache types and the very well themed and made cache containers. It was a fun series and brought smiles to our faces on numerous occasions.

I enjoyed reading all the cache descriptions as even though I know about Sherlock Holmes I have never read any of the books.

Owl found the cache while sushilord and I played around with the musical instrument, something not expected out here.

Thanks for the cache and series CPwanderer.

Thanks for the cache. What a fantastic word. Quick find here on a stunning day. Here is a pic of some wildlife seen after the last cache

Moved to The Bend then went off huntng! Glad we got to Sherlock!

TFTC

Today FeatherWaite and I completed a bit of a circuit to find a range of Traditional, Letterbox, Mystery, Wherigo, Multi and Earthcaches around Sherlock, Malinong, Cooke Plains, then back to Murray Bridge. We also gathered the information required to complete the Adventure Lab caches around Murray Bridge and finished the day with a night cache. All in all it was quite a successful day with no DNFs and we enjoyed some good weather, albeit a little cool!

I enjoyed this nice little series of caches around Sherlock, with a nicely themed mix of Traditional, Mystery, Multi, Letterbox, Wherigo and Earthcaches. All of the caches were found in good order.

Thanks CPwanderer for the cache.

Found with e.gregory1 on a day out that started at Nairne, then to Sherlock to do The Great Detective Series and others, down to Yumali and Malinong via Hawks Nest Road, on to Cooke Plains and Tailem Bend, and back to Murray Bridge to complete the two Lab Adventure caches. Thanks for the cache CPwanderer!

This weekend, I visited Bordertown for the community celebration event. During the morning, it was a trip to Ngarkat Conservation Park, before joining everyone at the event while it bucketed it down with rain. The afternoon was spent visiting Wolseley and Mundulla. The following day, it was a trip north up the SA border to Pinnaroo, and an exploration of the vicinity via Mootatunga, Karte, Billiatt, and Lameroo. A return home via the highway allowed stops in Geranium, Jabuk, Peake, Sherlock, and Moorlands, arriving home well after dark.

Today, I headed out solo north of Bordertown to Pinnaroo via Senior and Ngarkat. A longer journey that I had anticipated. I decided to keep heading north along the Browns Well Highway, and find some of the out of the way geocaches in the vicinity through the back roads, including visiting Mootatunga, Karte, and Billiatt. I found the civilisation at Lameroo a welcome change, before continuing my westwards drive home. My final stop was at Sherlock completing *the Great Detective Series*, taking two hours all up I looped around those geocaches as it went dark.

When I first saw these caches published and promoted on Facebook, I thought that they would be a walk around a reserve in true CPwanderer fashion, but it was only this evening that most were accessible as drivebys. It was 5 p.m. when I decided to start this series, and so with the remaining light left, I targeted the EarthCache and then the cemetery. I then proceeded around the back roads to come back into town just as it got really dark, and so the remaining half, I found under torchlight. I enjoyed the creativity that the COs applied, and it was nicely themed to be hidden in this suitably named town. The COs certainly gave this series a lot of thought and preparation, and so a massive kudos. The various cache types were also an alluring bonus too. As previously mentioned, the 23 geocaches in this series took just over two hours to complete.

My last geocache in Sherlock, and it was only fitting to have finished in the centre of town. This was a pretty cool xylophone, and the cache was quickly found camouflaged hidden away. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks CPwanderer for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance, as well as the whole group who helped to prepare and populate this series: clare007, CPwanderer, and Gizmo's Gang.

Found

I started 2020 with some improbable caching goals that only lasted until mid February.
Then came Covid-19 and caching began to take a back seat.
I even managed a 23 day NO FINDS streak! [:(!] Then caches started to slowly get published again and with restrictions easing it was time to go back to socially responsible caching again.
Today Anymules and I headed out to Sherlock for the The Great Detective Series and of course any others that popped up on the way home.

Oh way fun we had the day we went to Sherlock. We found this cache and couldn't stop ourselves belting out a very discordant tune. [:o)] What no applause for our masterpiece. [?] Oh yeah we found the cache too. Gets a FP just for the location and FUN FUN FUN we had there.

***Thanks CPwanderer for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Brisal5 and I bashed out a tune. We were met with stunned silence at the quality of our music.

Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
Found on 6/6/20 at 12:07 pm.
Find #11231.

Logging this cache as Beta Tester for the Great Detective Series
We had fun thinking up this series and what to place on each cache.
This word always reminds of the Loony Toons cartoon of the Martin & Buggs Bunny.
Thanks for placing this cache CPWanderer, a favourite

We had just finished finding the last cache in the Ring Of The Fisherman series and although it was getting late in the afternoon, we decided to continue on to Sherlock to at least look for some of the caches in The Great Detective Series. Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find on a very creative adaptation of some farm machinery. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks CPwanderer for the cache in what promises to be a great series - this also earns a favourite from us.

Well, we had run out of time as we had to be in Crafers at a particular time. However we will make time before we leave South Australia to come back and look for the remaining caches in the series - great fun so far and promises of more to come.

Very enjoyable series. Thank you for the cache and your effort. Found while heading east.

On the long way to Melbourne for the AGP F1 grabbing caches as I go. TFTC

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

Oh the beauty of this cache. Music to my ears. I must say after we had finished Sherlock, we came back to play some more. I could have played here all day. One somg triggered another in the Astro brain. Heck I could even do some contrapuntal the tuning was so spot on.

Thanks to CPwanderer and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

Came out this way to grab some numbers for Leap Day 2020.
A quick find here, on a great series.
TNLNSL
Thanks