Colonial Clone Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
By Wollaston on 23-Feb-20. Waypoint GC8KVK1

TFTC

TFTC nice quick find, interesting history

Great spot TFTC

Quick find here. Thanks for the cache.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 Moon's day the fourteenth 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 cooler today. It was so windy today. A few showers.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.

A quick find here today on our way past, last time I was here someone was stopped so good to find this one 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 cache

Camping in Warrnambool for the weekend and finding a couple of caches. Thanks for this one here.

Couldn't find it at all

Found with Pat5280. After a couple of games of tenpin bowling and dinner we wandered around and picked up a few local caches before heading back to our accommodation. Tftc

Staying at Koroit for a couple of nights before weaving our way back to Adelaide. Only had time to find one cache. Tftc

TFTC! 28 September 2024 7:48:52AM 8504 thanks to Wollaston for the cache! Up early and staying nearby. First cache of the day

Ty!

Perfect place to park as l was looking for a shop to be able to buy a cold milk drink from so this helped out

Lots of muggles around on my tafe lunch break, cool back story to the cache tftc

Quick find

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Quick and easy! Thanks!

Thanks

Grabbed and went! Quick and easy find. Thank!

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! TFTC&H

Travelling with iluvtrekking from our home state of WA on a SA caching foray. Spending a few days in Warrnambool to grab some local finds. Quick find. Thanks for the hideLNCU

Travelling with richlink on our Annual Caravan Geocaching road trip, using geocaching as our guide. Thanks for placing this cache. LNCU.

Thanks

Perfect easy find for the geo-kid, he was super stoked he was able to reach and log. TFTC

Thank you

TFTC - left a sticker - good spot, quick game of muggle dodge.

Maintenance Run today:Co-Ords Placement Container Log checked

On our first night in Warrnambool during the school holidays, we stopped in the street further up to get something to eat. While waiting for the order we came here to log this one off. It was all nice and quiet at 6:30 pm. Impressive for a building over 170 years old.

Found it , a nice quick find. Lucky there is not too many people about on a Saturday afternoon. Nice history. Tftc

Found safe and well. Lots of muggle action across the road. This muggle was staring straight at us after our replacement. I said Shhhhh dont tell anyone!

Whilst waiting for my dinner to be ready for pick up, I used the time to quickly collect another smiley face on my Warrnambool trip.Nice and quick find was had here. Thanks for the cache.

Found

A quick stop, TFTC:)

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Didnt have pen but found will upload picture to prove my find

Found it but lost my pen, so I've attached a photo log. TFTC

January 14, 2024 12:51 PMLots of muggles even on a Sunday. Quick find, TFTC.

A nice cache and easy collection on a lazy afternoon. Thanks for the info; it's good seeing these older buildings and learning the history.

Con NitiFlex, si cambia nazione, x entrambi la prima volta in Australia, anche se qualche cache me l'ha trovata mio figlio nel suo vagabondare.Scesi in aeroporto, recuperata l'auto si parte x i 12 apostoli che visiteremo domani, speriamo che stanotte qcuno non scappi.Dopo tanti km senza connessione, in vista di centri abitati la rete funziona, breve ricerca ed ecco la cache.TFTCSaluti dall'Italia

Finalmente con Eletab sono arrivate le nostre vacanze in Australian e New Zealand.1 e 2 GiornoViaggio davvero lungo, pi di 18000 km da casa in linea d'aria !!!Appena arrivati affrontiamo una Trady per ottenere il badge ma poi alziamo subito la posta con una multi ma la stanchezza prende il sopravvento e abbandoniamo velocemente per uscire a cena.La vera caccia inizia solo domani..3 GiornoCi svegliamo presto e abbiamo 2 ore e mezzo prima di colazione per cui i primi 10000 passi volano cos. A fine giornata arriviamo a farne le quattro volte di piu' (39.000). Abbiamo visitato un mercato di prodotti alimentari locali e esplorati 3 bellissimi parchi. 4 GiornoOggi abbiamo deciso di provare a usare i monopattini. Io non posso reggere un numero tale di passi per due settimane.... Una figata, io sono abituato ma Elio si comporta divinamente e per me se lo comprer hihihi. Nonostante questo arriviamo a oltre 20000....5 Giornomattina presto ci facciamo 2 ore e mezza di monopattino in giro per Lab poi partiamo per Dunedin per cercare le cache storiche che ci interessano. Qualche sosta obbligatoria a cache di elevato valore statistico allietano il viaggio !!! 6 GiornoTorniamo a Christchurch ma prima un'altra Novembre 2000 a Dunedin. Nel tragitto facciamo un po' di belle soste all'HQ di Steampunk e Moeraki.Domani all'alba partiamo per l'Australia... Iniziamo una nuova avventura!!!7 GiornoAereo OK Auto OK SIM Australia semi OK. Partiamo carichi come molle ma ben presto ci rendiamo conto che il traffico dati difficilissimo. Zone scoperte?!? Boh. Adesso in paese vicino ai Twelve Apostles tutto funziona bene.About this cache:davanti c' un supermercato e ho fretta di farci un giro per cui questa la trovo io al volo per non perdere tempo !!!Thanks Owner

We were staying at Dad's place for a few days and decided to head out to Warnambool to grab a few things and also try our luck at a couple of caches.We always enjoy looking at the old buildings and wondering what history their walls could tell. We wouldn't have picked this as the oldest commercial premises if it was not for the cache here. We pulled up near gz and just sat looking at the building while a couple of muggles passed by and we then headed off to where we thought that the cache maybe and happily our hunch was right, the cache was located. our name was added to the log and everything was returned to where it should be.Thanks wollaston for the cache and for the history.

Spending a week in Warrnambool and managed to get out with TheGees for a short geocaching trip, This was one our first for the day and was a fairly quick find. TFTC

Freezing cold Boxing Day. Needed a walk to get out of the house. Picked up a few caches on the way. Thanks for the history!

Disabled for maintenance.

Maintenance Run today:Co-Ords Placement Container replaced Log replaced

Being a Sunday and early it was an easy muggle free search. TFTC.

Weve treated ourselves to 2 nights in a caravan park with a Black Friday deal. Today is day 2 we had a nice little tour around town and collected 19 caches, tried to get to 20 but ended the day with 2 x dnf .We had a super day and managed to get all our city chores done between caches.Quick find and sign here TFTc

Quick easy findTFTH

Here for a work conference at the Lighthouse Theatre so I nipped out at afternoon tea to find this one. An easy find thankfully. Trying to fit some caches into the few spare moments I have! Cheers for the cache!

Nice easy find

scramping & I were visiting to Warrnambool for a long weekend.This was a quick find with no muggles around.TFTC Wollaston

Quick find by hevwalker, late at night luckily no muggles around. The pizzas smelt good nearby but we already had eaten so maybe next time. TFTC

In laundromat next door , having to spruce up a bit after 6 wks on holiday , found quickly , signed and replaced TFTC

Found it. Lid has broken off tho.

Lid is looking worse for wear

CO currently interstate. Will replace container on maintenance run when I return to the Bool mid December.

easy stop and grab, lid was falling off though, might need a new containerpika

Found with Quickhealer. Very easy find

Something special or unusual goes here:We called into the Warrnambool IGA for some supplies and I noticed this cache was nearby! So whilst Sal got the supplies I got the cache. The Generic Bit:Both Bri and Sal are on the road for a holiday. [^] Holiday - Not a caching trip. This means if we are stopping for a rest, lunch, dinner or to see something whilst on holiday and there just happens to be a cache nearby then maybe Bri can go and try to find it. Maybe. Day 15 : Today was the penultimate day of our Holiday. Today we left Warrnambool and made our way back into S.A. Only as far as Robe though for our last overnight stop. After a day of little caching yesterday we managed to make a few stops for finds on the way today. We also managed a few Adventure Labs **SAs Leap Year Event GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. - BOING*****Thanks Wollaston for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Had to be stealth on this one but found TFTC

Today we make are way True the great ocean road. Pick up some geocaches thanks for placing the cache greetz from holland

Our first cache in Warrnambool. and I arrived last night, and the first thing we did was to indulge ourselves in the hot spring. We found Warrnambool quite an enjoyable city to live.

Reluctant to look for this cache last night because of muggles enjoying a drink outside. I returned this morning for a swift find.

Easy find

Easy find

Easy find

Great story, easy find.
Logbook needs replacement

Quick find. TFTC

Took a couple of walks past but found it.

On a trip from my weekend place in the Otways, taking advantage of the ultra cheap v-line ticket price, so a 2 hour each way train trip to get this LGA and a few things I needed in the area. I had a bad arvo, 4 that I just couldn't find and a long walk with no caches, so glad I found this. The GPS initially suggested a bit further north, but settled long enough for the hint to do its magic. Thanks

100th find!! Tftc

Sent Mr P for a quick grab, back to the car to sign the log and then he replaced the cache.

A great quick one

Very very quick. My Dad found it. Thanks for the cache.

Some activity nearby, so we needed to be subtle in our search.
After that, there was really only one logical place for this one to be hiding, and we found it.
Log signed.
Thanks Wollaston
Domsky

Touring around the town of Warrnambool today in the wet and windy weather, not stopping us from grabbing some caches. Didn’t take long and the cache was in hand. Signed log and left as found, all good here. Cheers mate.

Find #5208 on 2 Feb 2023.
TFTC Wollaston!

Near the art gallery

Found @ 7.38 on a brisk morning. Got up early to round up a few caches in town. Quick find. TFTC

TFTC. Easy find. Out for a morning walk while I’m town.

Got it merry Christmas ?? ?? thanks Wollaston

Found at 12:06 PM GAFF1
Stood back and observed the building and what struck me was the size of the windows. Surely they are not original - no one had windows that large in the 1850's! Maybe renovated in the 1932 sale?
However by standing back I was able to spot where the most likely area was for the cache hide and so in the very first spot that I looked I was able to grab the cache. I then took the advice given in the cache description and sat on the planter to perform the signing duties.
Thanks Wollaston.

Thanks for this lovely cache and thank you to the person who left a lovely note - which made me smile too. Today I do feel amazing- everything is going right

Gevonden tijdens een wandeling in het stadje.
Dank aan CO voor plaatsen en onderhoud van de cache
1949

Found it

Easy

Really interesting history, very quick find

TFTC

Interesting and I would have had no idea of the significance of this place other than though caching.
We were busy doing washing a few doors down and I had plenty of time to grab this one.
Thanks

In Warrnambool overnight, we had time for just a couple of caches this morning. Droplets of rain did not deter us….with good co-ords, we found this cache quickly. Enjoyed reading the history of this place.
Thanks for placing the cache Wollaston.

TFTC!! luckily wasn’t too busy today.

Fun one. Nice hide

TFTC

Next stop on my night time walk through Warrnambool! TFTC

**Found whilst in Warrnambool for a couple of nights**

The thing I love about caching is the interesting stories, the extra interest and attention you take when traveling, the sight-seeing, the history, the interests of the individual CO’s, *the fantastic photo opportunities* and sometimes finding places that even some locals don’t know about. I, like most cachers, look for more that a mint tin or a container under a bush. I appreciate the time that most CO’s take to construct a cache and write up a comprehensive listing and to create an interesting cache. **I love traveling this big land of ours.** I love taking the roads less traveled. I love the diversity of the land, the different scenes in the different seasons, the fresh air, the open plains, the lofty vistas and the magnificent waters. I even enjoy the longer scenic walks although I'm not as young and as fit as I used to be. I love the different coffee shops I find. I enjoy the times I cache with others but I usually cache on my own.
Thank you Wollaston for highlighting this area and for adding this cache to my real-life treasure hunt. Appreciate your efforts.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

**Warning**, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to learning new things and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise.

Cache on!
**#17506**

Catching up on some very late logs, now that I have time, while travelling.

Found this hide while out for an early morning walk while visiting family in the area.

I think I remember this shop being a paint shop, obviously in more recent times.

Thanks for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoyed finding it.

Staying just around the corner for a few days and was about to leave for home but remembered a cache that needed finding 70 metres away we made the short walk around the corner and quickly found this hide. Living just down the road many years ago l remember walking to work as a teenager at Swintons SSW and can still recall the electrical repairs shop in the premises but can't remember ever seeing it open bar a few old neglected and dusty electronic pieces of equipment sitting in the window. Maybe the shop back then worked olden time hours similar to the supermarket across the road, l can still recall our store manager locking the front doors at 12.00 and they wouldn't open again until Monday morning! WHAAAT! That's right millennial's, no chance of a loaf bread or some milk for the rest of the weekend! How did l ever survive to the ripe old age or 49? Thanks again Wollaston for the hide and for highlighting this still intact and well presented shop front and the hide.

Fun hard

Was much easier than expected… loved the information and will read about the shoemaker when able.
TFTC

TFTC

Quick easy find. Great building.

Visiting from the peninsula, took the opportunity to grab some caches whilst the wife op shops (had to go to the reject shop around the corner to buy a pen before logging this cache!)
TFTC