Bletchley 23 Bletchley, South Australia, Australia
By MooskaMouse on 08-Aug-20. Waypoint GC8Y3CX

Travelling with iluvtrekking from our home state of WA on a SA caching foray. Staying in Milang a few days to do the Nurragi track caches and to grab others in the area. That track done we are ranging further afield to grab some finds. Quick find. Thanks for the hide. LNCU

Found it! Another quick drive by here. TFTC!

Paddle Chick and myself are heading to Murray Bridge area. Getting caches along the way and very hot today

After setting up our tents at the campground, Bullertrout and I are back out getting a few more caches. TFTC MooskaMouse#16709

Cheers and thanks for the journey.

Found with shokylogic on a day out geocaching.TFTCCheers and Happy HuntingSouthern Cross Caching

Found while driving by with SXC. TFTC

Good spot.
Log is soaked and cannot write in it.

Log is soaked and cannot write in it

Found at 3:27 pm. Just Uni and Luna grabbing a few caches.

Out chasing smileys on a chilly day tftc

More interesting facts about the number 23, other than there is a cache called Bletchley 23

1: 23 is one of the most commonly cited prime numbers - a number that can only be divided by itself and one. Twenty three is the lowest prime that consists of consecutive digits. Primes have been described as the "atoms" of mathematics - the building blocks of the world of numbers. An American businessman has put up a US$1m (£500,000) prize for the first mathematician to find a pattern in primes - a problem known as the Riemann hypothesis.

2: The number has been the subject of not one but two films: the 1998 German movie, 23, and The Number 23, starring Jim Carrey, released (naturally) today. Each has a main character obsessed with the number.

3: John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who was the subject of the film, A Beautiful Mind, starring Russell Crowe, was obsessed with 23. It featured prominently in his battle with mental illness. His breakdown began when he claimed that a photograph of Pope John XXIII on the cover of Life magazine was in fact him, the proof being that 23 was his favourite number. Nash published 23 scientific articles.


4: More freaky numerical coincidences: Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was published in 1859 - 1+8+5+9 = 23. Two divided by three makes 0.666 recurring (allegedly - actually it makes 0.6666666667). The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8.15am - 8+15= 23.

5: 23rdians are a group of people who subscribe to the mystical power of 23 and see it in multiple combinations throughout daily life.

6: The Ancient Chinese believed numbers conveyed sexuality - evens for feminine and odds for masculine. They considered prime numbers to be the most masculine, conferring special status on 23 which is made up of two consecutive prime numbers and the only even prime number - two.

7: In the disaster movie, Airport, the bomber has seat 23. The number of crosses on Calvary at the end of the Monty Python film, The Life of Brian, is 23. In Die Hard With A Vengeance, a train derails in subway station 23. The lead characters in the Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski always used Lane 23 at the bowling alley. In the television series Lost, one of the combination of six numbers that haunt the characters and they have to input to a computer to avoid an unknown fate is 23.

8: The terrorist attacks on America on 11 September 2001 have been held up as one of the most portentous examples of the disturbing power of 23. The figures in the date (9+11+2+0+0+1) add up to 23. The independent US commission which investigated the attacks found the date had been chosen randomly by the hijackers and had originally been planned for later in the year. Alternative explanations for the date included the taking over of Palestine by Britain in 1922 and the fact that 911 is the US emergency code.

Thanks for the cache MooskaMouse

Found with vj187. TFTC

Found with 2011*turtle on a day geocaching around Strathalbyn. TFTC

Well this was a little cache! TFTC Toxicmouse5 and thd impromptu check on my eyesight

This one is very safe from the snail invasion. Tftc Quick find on a perfect January morning.

Found It!
A quick find here while passing by!
TFTC

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.

*Another geocaching adventure with woolwood9.*
We visited many good caches and trails on our trip and had a lot of fun!

*Really appreciate your effort, MooskaMouse putting this cache series out.*
We soon located the container.

All logs stamped: *tm/ww NZ*

Found it

Vbhh

Yet another find on a great afternoon out with crystal1984 and the kidlets. TFTC

Yay

Tftc

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. A beautiful day today, perfect for geocaching. All good here TFTC.

We are enjoying our time travelling SA. Fantastic towns, ruins, beaches and cliffs & wine. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

While Mr DISK was looking in all the usual places, Mrs DISK spotted the cache in plain view .
TNLNSL.
Thanks again MooskaMouse.

A day out with JJ52 and Dr Owl prowling the hills and the Fleurieu.

One of the few caches in the Bletchley series found during the prowl.

Thanks for the cache MooskaMouse

Missing, according to the prior finder and an empty spor, so replaced with materials from the Owlmobile and the Dragon's bag.

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Today headed out with The Geohusband and sister in law for caching and a visit to a winery for a tasting and a spot of lunch.
We did about 10 caches which were fun and then back home to the other sister in laws in Strath to watch the cricket.
Quick find TFTC

Staying with friends nearby. Cool today but we've rugged up to do a little geocaching. This was one we targeted and found. Thanks

We had been saving the Bletchley trail of caches to do now to help us attain the December ‘Reach the Peak’ souvenirs.

We were able to find them all.
Many thanks for the series MooskaMouse

found with mogni. Out for a drive and grabbing a few caches we always seem to drive by then heading to Strathalbyn to complete the Bletchley series plus a few Roads that never were that where close to that power trail and then getting a few more strays on the way home.

Out for a Sunday drive with Sir_spectre and Chloe the geodog. We had a plan but it changed slightly so Chloe could join us for the fun day out.
Thanks to opted-out user from mogni

Quick easy find with my geo daughter while having a girls caching morning. TFTC TNLNSL

Out on a caching day with BearyOrganised and Tigtog08. Nice quick find. Signed log Tftc

We decided to do this run of caches today with ilook4geo after the rain had stopped. They were all easy enough to find and each log was stamped, sometimes with difficulty as several were soaking wet. These have been noted on the appropriate pages.
Thank you to MooskaMouse for placing this series of caches.

No problems in finding this series of caches along with goingplaces2. Most were on good order with only a few having problems. Each cache was retrieved, the log was signed and all was replaced. Job done! TFTC.

Day 9 of our trip away, staying at Strathalbyn for a few nights on the way home from the Millicent Mega. Today’s focus was to pick up the Oz Mega Signal geoart.
138 finds for the day and 716 for the trip.
A quick find here.
TFTC MooskaMouse.

Out on a map clearing day in the Strathalbyn area grabbing caches wherever I can find them. TFTC

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Chasing numbers this evening with Tweety2 & Bubbles8 and this was conveniently located to help us add to our tally. Off we set with torches at the ready and made fairly good progress, alas we didn’t quite get them all before the clock ticked over for a new day. TFTC!

Night raid to get the numbers up for the weekend. Some were found, some were not. TFTC.

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Out with geo pup for a caching day on my day off from work, nice area cache in good condition TYFTC

Out chasing numbers again and today it was the October OTD and the Bletchley series and anything else that seemed like a good idea. Managed to finish what I'd planned just on dark with over 60 finds and only 2 DNFs.
Thanks to MooskaMouse for putting out this cache for me to find

*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*

What an awesome day! The weather was fabulous, we ventured around areas we normally fly pass on the highway.
We came across some beautiful scenic views, travelled roads not travelled before, searching cemeteries/graveyards for long lost relatives and even having lunch outside an old church.
Geocaching along the way, we had 3 DNF's, picked up 3 TB's and had an absolute ball/
TFTC

Full time nomads exploring SA, currently staying in Strathalbyn. Out and about today using Geocaching as our tour guide.

TFTC

Reasonably accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find of this container although we are not convinced that the container will remain waterproof in wet weather. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks MooskaMouse for the cache.

Hard to believe that this is the first caching day of February for me. But it was the indeed and the first day I could work on my goals for this year. [^] Only need to find a few caches and so I wandered down to this series to grab a few before the heat became oppressive. I had no problems in finding all the egg-cellent caches and soon had my quota and made tracks for home.

Only one of the three goals from last year achieved. So once again trying and fill my calendar with multi-caches and complete loop 11 again this year. [^] For my third goal I will try and get my DNF numbers to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]

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

In all are travels we would not have even thought to traveled to this location.
(Ha Ha). 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 - Mooska Mouse [^]

After spending the day with our family we headed back to the caravan and decided that we had time to find a few caches. We found a wide variety of GZ styles. All caches are in good condition and required no maintenance. The other good thing we find with country road, there is very little traffic. Thanks for placing all of these caches for us to enjoy. SL TFTC

Out for a drive to Langhorne Creek we took a strawberry shortcut through Bletchley to get this geotrail most were easy finds and only a couple involved a short search

TFTC

A nice drive today with Jack, Purrfect Di , and Sebastbat. Stamped team Mattycat.

Thanks MooskaMouse for placing this cache on our map/gameboard


Enjoyed this newish cache series. Nice sized caches with a touch of variety.

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Practice safe caching. Cover up. Wash your hands!!!

Taking a scenic drive through the high country with the bonus of grabbing some cache with views.
TFTC

In Port Elliott today, cooler day today, out for a few caches this afternoon. TFTC

A quick find,TFTC

Found and signed. TFTC Mooskamouse

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.

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Easter 2020 was supposed to see South Australia Geocaching hosting the next Easter big MEGA event, GeoVenture 2020 at Millicent. GC82DAN. Due to COVID restrictions the event is now postponed to early October 2021. Check out the event page and our website for new details. We would love to see you at this four day event. Mega event sponsored by Wattle Range Council, Geocaching.com and many other supporters. Lots of caches to find with two classic geo art trails including the famous animated bottle and glass.

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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.

Having a day trip to Strathalbyn while staying in Wallunga and stopped for many caches while out and about. Thanks to all the COs for placing these caches to enhance our visit to your area.

Out and about caching today and aim was to do as many of the Bletchley series caches. This cache found and log signed . TFT MooskaMouse

Dropped by to find a few more cache around Bletchley.
All found easily, mostly without using the hints.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Came to Strath to spend the day and clear a couple of geocaches in town, and do this series (which I guess could honour the famous Bletchley Park decrypting facility in England during WW2). I had not been on this road before. Thanks MooskaMouse.

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Cute hiding spot TFTC

This afternoon after work, I headed to Strathalbyn primarily to complete the new *Bletchley* series, but also to visit a few others around the outskirts of Strathalbyn and in the town itself. It was a free evening for me, but one of the worst weather-wise - most of the evening it just drizzled and was damp, and walking through soursops and weeds had my runners drenched by the end of the night.

As mentioned, this series was my objective, and I had probably left these to later than anticipated. It was completely dark by the time I got going at 19:45 hr, and in the end, the whole series took me 1-1/4 hr. Most of the caches were reasonably quick to spot, with a few causing some grief. I also found the caches hidden quite away from the road, and having to walk through weeds and soursops tough to keep motivation, since they were full of water, and drenched my shoes and clothes. For the majority of the series, I didn't see any other cars, so probably not a bad location to have this power trail. I started at #1, and continued in order to #25. I do admit that I tried taking the small loop around the other way, going from #18 to #25, and the track quickly disappeared to a few fields and waist-high weeds, to a fence and bushes. I'm sure glad I stopped to survey my approach, and realised there was a full running creek with steep sides - there was no way that there was an existing track through that way.

For this cache, I pulled over nearby, and after a few minutes, I located the cache. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks MooskaMouse for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

I saw this series published and thought I would get to it one day and today was it a but earlier than expected. I started in reverse as it was easier doing it solo that way. All the caches were easily found and are in good condition.

Today after attending my early birds event in north Adelaide I Alex see to head east towards Monarto to complete some of the walking trails before heading to strath and back home via the back roads collecting caches. All up 72 finds for the day

Thanks for the cache

Another drive by cache
Found with Earthlight
Tftc

Another easy find today
Tftc

This is fun

Thanks MooskaMouse for this cache, and the series. Nice little yellow log pockets in outer containers. Nice work with these.

I had the most wonderful day caching. I met up with family at the Monarto junction and we headed south. Picked up 3 of 5 in the Monarto woodland, then completed all but 2 in Ferries McDonald. A GC phone app glitch had me without a GPS for all FM, I was disabled and without my usual directional ability. Thankfully my sister had complete control and guided us through the dense woodland to achieve all we set out to. What is this mosquito situation, they are everywhere, so many of them.

We headed across to Bletchley and had a wonderful lunch under a tree by a creek, and were joined by two more keen mugglets. With access to a hotspot I was able to reload the app and I was back in the land of GPS. The five of us headed off and collected every one of the Bletchley series, taking turns at finding based on which side of the car the cache was on. Thank you to MooskaMouse, CP Wanderer and Niftybridge for placing and maintaining these caches, it provided us with a stunning day of caching in awesome weather.

I had come for a drive down to Strath today to complete the new Adventure Lab along with the Bletchley caches and a couple of others that have been placed since the last time I was down here. [^] It was a nice day although a bit grey and windy, but I did find all the caches I looked for and when I had finished I revived with a nice mug of coffee and scones with jam and cream.

I started the Bletchley caches from #1 and found most of the caches quickly with a couple taking a bit longer as the GPSr settled down. Just as I was getting used to the containers and hides a couple of "others" popped up. Noted that #19 is disabled so I didn't attempt to go down that track and made my way around to the other end to finish the series.

Loved the drive along here with the lovely green and yellow crops and at one of the caches I disturbed a couple of big kangaroos and watched them bound away through the field. Bumped into weredunn4 coming the opposite way and we looked for one of the caches together.

Thanks for the cache and series MooskaMouse.

Straightforward find here! TFTC

Loved this series. Easy to find, consistent and fun!

Out with Trail06 to cleanup this series.

All were found quickly.

TFTC

Found while staying in Strathalbyn for a few days. Found all in the series during a pleasant tour of the area. Thanks for the cache and series MooskaMouse!

A lovely area

In and around Strathalbyn with Trigger_Fish this afternoon trying to dodge raindrops which we did for the most part...

A great little trail with mostly easy finds and containers in good shape...

TFTC MooskaMouse

Quick find with CPwanderer, clare007 and Aussie M&M on a cold morning.
TFTC and the series MooskaMouse

Out and about caching with clare007, Gizmo's Gang and CPwanderer caching on a very cold winters day. Aussie Mary had arrived with an injury so she had to be careful today.
We ended up leaving one not attempted really as it appeared to be on a driveway as opposed to a road. Saw a farmer coming thru the main road end, so Aussie Mary was happy to not be driving thru that 'road'.
We all made several finds today, loved the creek near one of the cache placements and the canola was in flower today.
TFTC and the series MooskaMouse.

Today myself, clare007, Gizmos Gang and AussieM&M completed 25 of the 26 caches in this series. ...... see my note on #19. Weather was pretty foul but in the end the heavy rain held off and we remained dry. Absolutely spot on co ordinates for each cache. We were disappointed that the inner container and logsheet were the only thing in the "small" caches as there was certainly room for a few swaps to make the series a bit more kid friendly. All 25 were quickly located . Excellent hints!!! Thanks Mouskamouse for the series!!!

A quick find with CPwanderer, Gizmo’s Gang & Aussie M&M, thanks for the cache MoosaMouse.

I came for a drive after work to find a few new caches. A nice way to spend the evening before driving home. I ran into Otter61 along the way and we found several caches together. This was the last find for the night and it was dark but still a quick find. TFTCs MooskaMouse

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*FTF*@ 16:35

Another quick find.

Thank you for the cache and series MooskaMouse.