Used 2B a Church #0196 Karoonda, South Australia, Australia
By Gizmo's Gang on 09-Oct-20. Waypoint GC91566

Nice quick find for us today on this multi. Enjoy the Used 2B a church multi's. TFTC.

Found while heading out to Renmark and surrounds to do some caching along the Wandering Hero's Series and to see what other interesting sights we can find. TFTC

Apologies for the late log, we have just come back from a 10 day holiday in SA and Western Vic and spent as much time with family as possible so no time for logging lolWe are on holidays in SA and have spent the past 4 days catching up with JMelbs family in Adelaide (and only found 2 caches during those 4 days!!) Today (30/9) we checked out of our accommodation with the intention of finding some local caches then some of the Wandering Heroes caches on the way to Karoondah, our destination for the night. We had lunch at the Train Park at Tailem Bend and and then set off to do the Wandering Hero Caches, We found about 15 of the WH series but time was getting on so we decided we should make our way to Karoondah and check in to the Caravan Park. We then set off to find caches around the town of Karoondah and this was next. GZ was calculated and we set off and found the cache as the sun was almost setting. Photo attached. We had to come back here the next day as GMelb takes a photo of every cache he finds and files them in electronic books for each month of the year so if someone asks us for help finding a cache we can quickly locate our photo - and he forgot to take one when we found it. When we are doing a large number of caches on holidays day, each night we try to compare his photos to the notes I make, to make sure we have the same. Lucky the missing one was here and not back in Adelaide somewhere lol TFTC Gizmo's Gang - GJMMelb

Another in this series of Used 2B a Church, so many across the state. Thanks Gizmos Gang for this multi Tftc

In town for the day, goid coordination. TFTC

Something special or unusual goes here:Another quick find for us, luckily as our time to cache before starting head for home was running short. The Generic Bit:The usual trio of puzzle solvers were available for Tuesday Trekking today. Ttrogg and Mrs. S.A. Sewer Rats Starfishes pond today so we could set out eastwards to do some maintenance on the Wandering Heroes trail and of course collect a few caches on the way.. A lot of driving and quite a few caches visited and checked or maintained, yet we were still able to have a full day of laughs, adventures and a picnic lunch. ***Thanks Gizmo's Gang for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Having a blast with weirdobiker, Riddells and gregandjudy AKA VIC BANDITS to save space. And exploring our vast country. Really enjoying the far away horizons and this flat country that is so different to home base at higher altitudes. Im on a multi mission having headed west to the JLW event in Lameroo via Curyo so here I am chipping away at the mad 20 caches in each LGA challenge plus lots more. TFTC and the fun.

Found with Greg and Judy, Ronice88 and Weirdobiker under the banner of Vic Bandits on the SA JLWE event at Lameroo.This is our generic log, anything exceptional will be added.TFTC

We are in Lameroo for the annual JLWE event which is the Lameroos Ludicrous Legwarmer event this year with an 80s theme.Out and about with Ronice88, Riddell and gregandjudy to collect this series of caches which are quite a way from home. We are signing as Vic Bandits todaySorry for the generic logs this group of caches. Quickly gathered the numbers and off to find the cache

We enjoyed a few days away from home, enjoying the scenery, the people we met and, of course, finding cachesThanks to all who made this and enjoyable week.

Quick one -Thank you for maintaining and placing this cache! We really appreciate your effort!-TFTC Gizmo's Gang-Thanks for this Multi-Cache and for letting me have the opportunity to find Used 2B a Church #0196-/ )/ // (......... (()TFTC (()....... (()--.(()-Found on 31 Mar 2024 at 3:12pmFind 4576-Some caches signed as Team Azzo

[^] [:o)] Went for a weekend with another Zenior Zombie... Planned a bit of JLWE mischief [:o)] And found your cache along the way! Bless your whole gang Gizmo's Gang for this cache hide and ongoing care and maintenance ---------------- ----------------------In a dangerous world filled with rusty old mint tins and solid caches falling from trees - - - a cache a day keeps us agile... sort of --------Caches are logged using the resources of gsak, garmin, and androids, occasionally AI too! (And a little rubber stamp ) Work gets in the way - and some may take longer to log than others due to mixed technology and need for sleep! The skill and talent of some Zenior Zombies helps, and maybe a spot of luck too [:o)]----------Cache carefully and make sure Travel Bugs are the Only bugs you share and pass on Clean as you go and cache the countryside Big thanks to those placing quality caches out and about around our country areas, in nice safe places and containers especially! - it keeps our game fun for all Of course we do appreciate if you actually did read all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, or so we've been told! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where it is I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and perhaps we can put an end to these long logs !!! Maybe not though - as someone actually did read to the end and alerted me to just a project GC badge that requires long logs [:o)] Well at least it's not as bad as finding a mint tin! Did you get that... stop putting out rusty mint tins, just stop it, now!!! C'est fini... For now... ... until tomorrow! PS:Don't forget to put the SA June Long Weekend in your diary for 2024 too... leap back into the 80s - GCAK1D5 - Lameroo's Ludicrous Legwarmers

Heading to Lameroo for some JLWE planning by following an unfound cache route with Mattycat, with temps for the weekend over 40 degrees we had the car nice and cool plenty of fluids and hopefully some quick finds, always nice to knock off another in the church series, info collected calc completed then off to GZ for a quick findTFTC Gizmo's Gang

Quickly found with Nibletricecakes on Day 6 of our Adelaide Leap Year Mega trip. TFTC.

Found on the long way to Adelaide! What a lovely little town and a great place to explore. Thanks for the fun and adventure.

Tailem Bend Day3 Camped at the Waterfront Caravan ParkToday we continues our journey along the Heroes Trail one we had started some years ago.We chose a small section, found many good hides many reflcting the geocaching owner.Thanks Gizmo's Gang for hiding this cache.

Found it! Collected the info needed and made a quick find, nicely hidden. TFTC Gizmos Gang!

Caching from Perth to Canberra via the Nullarbor. TFTC.Great straight forward Multi. Nice.

Quick find on way to a quilt shop. Tftc

Adelaide and train trip Day 14. Travel Blackwood to Hay via Karoonda, Pinnaroo and Ouyen. Eventually this time away has come to an end and it is time to head home. I chose a bit of a zig zag route through the Mallee country to visit some new bits of road and some new caches in main road towns. I did a few caches around Sherlock first before heading to Karoonda to fix up an old log and finish a multi I started earlier in the year. Next was a back road run to Pinnaroo via some old school caches. From Pinnaroo it was a straight run the Hay for a great night. I read the plaque for this back in April, so it was great to get back here to visit the cache before moving on to the west via some back roads.Thanks for the cache Gizmo's Gang44753.9 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Compass Rose Gold Glossy A#156**Albida**

25/10/2023 1:07:00 PMStopped in town for a coffee and one cache or so I thought.... I spent about 2 hours here despite the weather being less than optimum, G .with pioneer park being the big draw cardThanks Gizmo'sang for bringing me hereFind recorded using GCAroid and logged using GSAK

Out today with Cheezel doing more of the WH series. Cache found and log signed.

Out with weredunn4 picking up a few caches in the Tailem Bend / Karoonda area.A quick find stamp and return here todayTFTC

Interesting to look around KaroondaAll good hereTFTH

Day 2 of my Geocaching weekend away to do a maintenance Run on all my caches along the Murray River and surrounding areas. Today was from Wynarka to Berri and fixing all my Wandering Hero caches and getting some more finds along the way of course.It wouldn't be a day out caching without a "Used 2B a Church Cache" or 2.TFTC Gizmo's Gang

Our Second Day up here that yielded about 118 finds. Most of the finds were along the wandering heroes series...An early 7am start with hot weather predicted.Caching with Mclookers, GoodLook and The Dame today so we had a lot of banter and fun.2 nights in Karoonda meant plenty of time to complete a few local caches.Cheers Thanks Gizmo's Gang

We worked out this multi whilst we were in the area checking out some of the Wandering Heroes.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.

Grabbed the info last night and found the cache late today.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 Gizmo's Gang.

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Out and about in the great company of Suscoe, we had the co'ords sorted quickly and were happy to add another "Used 2B a Church" to our collection.

Thanks to Gizmo's Gang for adding this cache to the gameboard.
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Suscoe was out for another day of caching with our very good friends Phetlern. It was a cloudy and rainy day at times with lots of cloud and wind. It was so different to yesterday.
We continues to found lots of caches, with finds along the Wandering Heroes trail, The Armpits series and the Ice Cream Series along with a few other nearby caches and Adventure Labs as we wandered the countryside.
We enjoyed finding these caches and we had a fun day out.
Thanks to Gizmo's Gang for this hide.

Tftc from Argentina!

Pa and I are on the move from Pinnaroo to Karoonda. Originally I suggested a day trip out from Pinnaroo to the caches at Marama so that I could pick up another LGA. Pa noticed the Silo Art in Karoonda and so we have camped here for the night.

We arrived in time for a cuppa then took an amble up the beautiful walkway into town. After lunch I commandeered the car and set out after as many of the remaining caches around town as I could. This was one of them.

All caches were found in good condition unless a comment is made.


TFTC Gizmo's Gang

A quick find while spending a few nights in Karoonda on our way to NSW.TFTC

The Rats were in the area, so we stopped by to gather our info.
Did our sums and headed to GZ.
A quick find and stamp. Tftc

Accompanied with crank1, we enjoyed the trip and detour find it and sign the log. Thanks for the cache and hunt.

On my way down to Murray Bridge getting more of the Wandering heroes trail that have appeared since I was here last. Staying in Karoonda tonight.

Out for a days caching with Seatherwaite and Astro.

Our journey took us as far as Alawoona and then back to Murray Bridge via a less than direct route..

A quick calculation and then an easy find..

TFTC

Nice church, glad they saved it. TFTC Gizmo's Gang.

*Another geocaching adventure with woolwood9.*
Our main focus was on the "On Your Bike" Wherigo series, which we really enjoyed.
Biggest disappointment was solving all the Paddle Steamer puzzles, then driving within 4km of them before finding the roads all completely turned to sticky slush and unusable!
*We visited many other good caches and other trails on our trip and had a lot of fun!*

**Really appreciate the cache owners effort putting this container out.**
We soon located the hide.
All logs stamped: **tm/ww NZ**

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.

Found by Mary and David at 16:00. We do like these little multis. A FP for the park. Didn't know it existed before today. Our thanks to Gizmo's Gang.

Came along here for a quick find with goingplaces2. Enjoying spending some time around Karoonda again. Thanks for this hide.

While on our way east with ilook4geo for a couple of days, we stopped here to pick up this multi cache, which proved to be an easy find. The log had both names added to mark our visit and all was returned to place before we continued on to the next cache. Thanks for this cache placement go to Gizmo's Gang.

My first of this series..

Found with PineappleGoldy - TFTC

Today Goldy and Goose made the journey down to Murray Bridge, Karoonda and surrounding areas for some caches.

We decided to make a day of it before and after the "Come Climb CP's Tower" event.

A successful day, with 29 finds for Goldy and 31 for Goose. With 1 DNF.

We gained the numbers and set off for GZ, where a quick find was made.

Cache retrieved and signed with stamp.

Thanks Gizmo's Gang for this cache.

This cache brings Goldy's total find count to 1638 on the 18th of September 2022.

Found with GooseyC

History lesson

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. It is a wonderful day, just perfect for geocaching.

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.

Heading to the Riverland for the Border Hopping Events grabbing some caches along the way TFTC

Thanks Gizmo's Gang for placing this cache. Found on 24/7/2022 at 4:05 pm.

Out for a day of caching in the mallee. Getting a few more smiley’s on the wandering heroes trail. Thanks to all the COs for the placement and ongoing maintenance.

Spending the weekend in the area and exploring this great little town. I particularly enjoyed visiting Pioneer Park and I gathered the required info for this cache while there.

Quick find at GZ.

Thanks for the cache Gizmo's Gang.
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A nice and easy multi in town cache is all good

A trip to Victoria with Freddo for 3 days to complete the paddle steamer and find a few caches in Mildura and along the way to and from, all the caches were signed respective of the day FG23, FG24, FG25 or our own caching names.
Total of 468 finds for the trip

Thanks for a great series

Loving Karoonda’s history especially here at the Yurgo Siding. Of coarse we explored the area while collecting information for this multi and a Labcache and seeking out the trad.
At GZ the hint made for an easy find.

Thanks Gizmo's Gang for the multi placement.

Data collection was straightforward and we soon had coordinates consistent with the checksums. Then it was a short drive to GZ where accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Freddo for the cache.

A lovely old church. A very quiet area today. Explored the area before gathering info with The X-Trailers. TFTC

Nice quick multi
Found with earthlight
Tftc

We flew back in from Perth and then picked up our car from the airport and are heading up to meet up with friends to have a go at the On Ya Bike series. Of course we weren't going to drive passed any caches that we happened to be coming close to and this was one of them.

This is the first time that we have ventured off the main street in Karoonda as in the past we have just pulled up at the bakery to grab a coffee or use the facilities whilst doing the Wandering Heroes. We pulled up at wpt 1 and thought that it has been a long time since this one used to be a church. We collected the required numbers, did the checksum, which agreed and then headed off to gz where the cache was located in the second place we looked and the log book now contains our name.

Many thanks Gizmo's Gang for the cache, you never know where you are going to find one of the Used 2B's.

I headed off today for a few days of caching and camping. This was on my target list of caches of interest.

The required information was soon collected and final coordinates calculated. Then it was a quick find at GZ after a short drive.

Thanks Gizmo's Gang for the cache.

Found It!
Jesus has left the building. And the building has left the town. I collected the numbers, drove to GZ and quickly found the cache.
TFTC

finding your cache Gizmo's Gang, thank you so much for placing it.

Today we moved our camp from Loxton to Karoonda doing a few caches as we traveled down the road. On arrival at Karoonda we were greeted with strong cold winds, what a change from Loxton. We stopped by our cache
Wandering Heroes - SA Friendly Cachers - GC3EFAG we would like to thank the person who has done maintenance since the last time we were able to pop by and replace the container.
While in town we had a fantastic tour around the town bought to us by the local A/L, we have seen these features before but it was wonderful to refresh our memories. We only came across one crappy bit of dirt road but how else would we know how good the rest of the dirt roads that we travelled on were otherwise.
We found the co-ords to be more than satisfactory and all caches were in good condition and did not need any maintenance.
SL TFTC

TFTC. While completing the Adventure Lab we spied the plaque required to solve for the final GZ. Quickly worked out the final coordinates and made a find. The container was out in the open so we hid it back to match the hint.

Borders are open (sorta) and Christmas is fast approaching so this can only mean one thing, WATBAC returns to SA to spend time with family and friends. This can also only mean one thing, that a caching day out with my geomum, Doctor Owl, was long overdue and very much needed (because apparently I am not great at finding time to go caching otherwise). So I sent a text to let Doctor Owl know that I was in town and Doctor Owl let me know that she had some maintenance to do on some of her Wandering Heroes caches. Perfect, there are a lot of them that I haven't done (in that I had previously only done about 10). So off we went...

After grabbing the necessary details while doing some other nearby caches, we soon did the maths and head to GZ. I had to groan a little bit when I saw the container because in my professional life, I am doing my PhD in forensic soil science and collect lots (like frankly far too many and have a freezer half full off) of soil samples in these tubes. Admittedly though, mine usually have blue lids but that is just a brand/cost based thing. I do sometimes have red lidded tubes. Side ramble about tubes beside, it was a nice easy find and TFTC.

Having seen the original location it was nice to see this church. Careful calculations and a short drive and the cache was spotted.

Nice little church. Used 2B in another town.

I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count.

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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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...

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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.

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Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

Found during a circuit from home, through Murray Bridge to Karoonda and Sherlock and back along the backroads near Tailem Bend. Stopped here to find the sign, do the calculations and head off for the find. Thanks for the cache Gizmo's Gang!

After a great trip around half the country, up the west coast to Darwin via Kunnunura, Katherine, a amazing two weeks in Darwin, out to Jabiru and Litchfield. Down the middle to Alice Springs then on to Millicent for the Geoventure2020 (in 2021).
We then hit the road to cross the WA border before it closed due to a few cases in SA.
Now we are home with a few of the major repairs finished, it is nice to have an opportunity to catch up on logging some finds that need more information as part of the logging requirements.
A huge thank you to all the COs along our travels.
TFTC

Caching with the JAMS crew finding Wandering Heroes caches. We ended up finding over 300 and hiding 2 more. We replaced a lot of containers that were broken. We had a few showers of rain early which were getting us wet but they didn't last too long and it ended up being a nice day. Thanks to all the cache owners for placing the caches.

Another JAMS day was organised to tackle the Wandering Heroes trail (JJ52, allister w, mogni, sir_spectre plus tallbikestan and BratKat). We started the day with rain and hail as we drove through the hills towards Tailem Bend but by the time we started the series we just had a couple of light showers and then for the rest of the day it was fine although we had strong cool winds.

That didn't stop us though, and we had a fun day finding around 300 caches plus an Adventure Lab in Karoonda. We had come prepared with lots of spare containers and replaced a heap of broken containers and sometimes logbooks. We managed to get to Sandalwood where we called it a day, so now have plans to come back and completed the last of the series.

This was my first visit out here since 2016 and by the end of the day I had 197 finds plus the Adventure Lab which I was pretty happy about.

We stopped in Karoonda for something to eat and to complete the Adventure Lab and a couple of other caches in the town including this one.

Thanks for the cache Gizmo's Gang.

Out with the JAMS crew JJ52, Mogni, Allister W and sir_spectre, plus TallBikeStan and BratKat on this run. The logs where stamped as Mystery Randoms. The target's today where the Wander Heros trail ( as far as we could get ) plus any other caches in the towns or close to the road and the nearby Lab cache in Karoonda. We got slowed down by the rain till almost lunch. No wildlife sighted, not even a kanagroo. We found over 300 + caches, some of us had found some of them before but we are aligning all of our maps to the same finds. We replaced over 40 wandering heroes caches we found broken, most logbooks where dry and put in the new cache. Any logsbooks found close to full had a scroll added to the cache and all broken caches we removed and put in the bin. By the end of the day we had over a garage bag full of broken caches.

A big day out with the JAMS crew plus two. JJ52, Allister W, mogni and sir_spectre were joined by Tallbikestan and Bratkat. We found over 300 caches sadly I had already found most so only cleaning the Wandering Heroes for me. We had to replace and repair lots and threw 3 bags of rubbish out.
Thanks to Gizmo's Gang from mogni

Found out geocaching with friends as mystery randoms

Today was about reducing the remaining number of segments of “360° from home” as per Project GC. I have five segments left, all easterly of my home point in Gumeracha, and fortunately the Wandering Heroes series captures all five, but I won’t be going as far as Loxton today.

It’s hard to go past a Used 2B. Not a wandering Hero, but still within the desired 360° segment. Easy calculation, and I elected to drive to GZ. TFTM Gizmos Gang.

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Honeysucker, Liz & Bruce. Blue sky day, so it’s a great day for caching. TFTC Gizmo's Gang
Find #3424 at 15:21.

Thanks for arranging this hide. Travelling with Wollaston, Honeysucker and SeasonedBird.

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

We have been travelling around this great country, calling into see many different places,
now is a quick chance on the computer to catch up with logs and to put some smileys on the map for where we have been.
Thanks to all the COs for some great finds.
TFTC

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

Found the final walking through town last night, drove out this morning to collect.

TFTC

It was nice to return to the Pioneer Park. Thanks Gizmo's Gang.

We spent a couple of hours driving to Karoonda and grabbing any Wandering Heroes caches that have been published since our last visit and then completing the caches including the Lab cache around the nice little mallee town.
We loved the beautiful artwork on the silos and were very impressed by the facilities around town.
The playground and Pioneer Park are very impressive for such a small place.
Many thanks for this multi Gizmo's Gang

Out with geo pup today and headed for Karoonda, when we stopped for this one, fascinating and very interesting place, enjoyed walking around seeing the other buildings here as well, great history, a definite favourite, cache and log in very good condition TYFTC

Today headed to Naracoorte took me 8 hours to get there.
Decided to detour via some country caches including a couple of new wandering heros (both lovely cachers of our community) and to Sherlock to nab the newer additions to the great series there.
Really enjoyed my drive and the hides a couple of perlas were found. Only one dnf for the day and managed to avoid the rain.
Karoonda was in full swing with local footy on wow what a difference a few hundred extra people out and about makes to the town!!
Thanks to all the hiders!!
After doing the lab caches which took longer than expected due to the footy (gate closed near to gun) I couldn’t resist a Used2B nice little church and quick find at GZ TFTC Gizmos Gang

After driving DPA down to, but not around, The Bend I set about finding what I could find in the surrounding area. Firstly it was off to Sherlock to finish off, again, The Great Detective series. Then north to Karoonda for the AdLab there and all Karoonda physical caches. Then down to Tailem Bend to fill in time until DPA needed picking up. Ended the day with the AdLab, 32 physical caches and no DNF's.
Thanks to Gizmo's Gang for putting out this cache for me to find

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

A plan was hatched with Rapidlywild to attack some of the caching trails down in VIC/SA. With the boarders slowly staying open we thought Easter might be a safe time to try since the QLD boarder was still too fragile to attempt going to the MEGA and it also looked like it could be rather wet there.
Our team “The Mob” consisted of GoodLook, LíB, Rapidlywild, The Drovers, feathertop and ourselves. This team ended up being very productive and some new friendships were made. Always a bonus in my book. All logs were stamped with “The Mob” to save space and time.
After completing all the trails, we had set out to do and a couple more for good measure it was time for this mob to go its separate ways.

After deciding to bail from doing the wandering heroes we looked on the map and noticed the ROTF trail. So headed out early with Rapidlywild to see what they were like. Weather was lovely and overcast and besides gaining a passenger being a rather large huntsman at one of the caches the trail went pretty smoothly.

After finishing off the ROTF trail we meandered our way back to Loxton collecting random caches of interest.
Nice easy multi to pick up on our journey. no issues with this one.

Thanks for the hide Gizmo's Gang and for the fun Rapidlywild

For the first time in a long time, it was road trip time. With COVID-19 keeping everyone at home for so long, the borders were finally opening and the feet were itchy for a decent caching trip. Plans were made with FurfacesLL to do a 10 day road trip across to Mildura and Loxton to do a heap of caching and we were excited. Across the 10 days we racked up over 4,300km in driving, multiple hotels/motels, brought home enough red dust to create our own sand pit in the back yard and collected over 1800 finds between us. It was a massive trip and lots of fun was had.

We teamed up with GoodLook, FeatherTop, The Drovers and LiB and signed most logs as "The Mob". There were a few caches which were signed as individual team names as some teams had already completed said caches, those will be noted individually.

Our target caches were the Turtle Series, the Paddle Steamer Series and the On Ya Bike wherigo Series, heaps of other caches were also collected along the way but our primary target caches were completed which made us all very happy and very tired geocachers.

With the Turtle done, the PS Series done, the On Ya Bike done, the TdU & TdF done as well as the Riddlers done, our targeted caches has been accomplished. With the teams now split and it was back to FurfacesLL and myself, we had heaps to choose from. Yesterday we did some Wandering Heroes caches which were time consuming. Today we chose to head further south and do the ROTF series instead.

Picked this one up after finishing off the ROTF series. Decided to do the multi while in town, nice easy multi to do and another "Used 2B a Church" cache ticked off. No issues with the find, signed and replaced.

Thanks for the hides Gizmo's Gang And thanks FurfacesLL for a trip to remember [^].

Apologies for the late logging.

I enjoyed an amazing and busy... yet relaxed week away with GoodLook... just what I needed ??
We met up and cached with interstate teams... The Drovers, FurfacesLL,
Rapidlywild and feathertop. Mostly we signed or stamped as "The Mob" and some with our individual stamps.
This cache was found on the homeward leg of a fantastic geo-vacation.
I recognise the effort in placing and maintaining geocaches for us to find and it is greatly appreciated.

TFTC Gizmo's Gang

Multi completed with LíB.

Most of the caches we found during our geo-vacation are stamped as The Mob (consisting of The Drovers, LíB, FurfacesLL, Rapidlywild, feathertop and myself), however a handful contain our own caching names or initials. So pleased we had a group of experienced cachers including tree and ladder climbers, AND a 7.5m ladder AND a 12m telescopic pole! We found every cache in this series.

The various series we tackled during this trip included: The Paddle Steamer, The Turtle, On Your Bike, Around the World, The TdU, The TdF and some Roonka puzzles put out for a June Long Weekend some time ago. Plus many random caches that we passed.

2020 was not a great year, and the beginnings of 2021 have also been tricky - so when it looked like the various borders would be open again (without quarantine restrictions), a trip was spontaneously planned and I was able to pull together a number of my caching friends who hadn't cached together before to form "The Mob".

LíB and I started in SA, drove to Victoria and ended our trip in SA; FurfacesLL and Rapidlywild came from Canberra and The Drovers began their journey from NSW; and then a few days later, feathertop from Victoria, joined us to complete the On Your Bike Series and other caches in SA.

We filled our days with piling in cars, hard core caching, Adventure Labs, crazy funny CB radio chatter, some laughter, some tense moments (OMG some of the ladder and tree climbs on this trip were crazy!), lots of lovely meals and even live music from a band called "Kung Fu Jesus" - nope, that is no joke.

We had hot weather each day (well into 30s), so I am thrilled that I now own a car fridge to keep the drinks icy cold (loving them at about 1 degree celcius).

A sincere thanks to for placing this multi cache.

Arrived at the given co-ords, and enjoyed our walk around Pioneer Park.
Collected the required information and did the calculations.
Then it was off to GZ, where the cache was found quickly.
We signed the log, and replaced as found.

Many thanks for placing this cache, Gizmo's Gang, for us and others to find.

A nice quick multi. We had an interesting chat with a friendly local. TFTC Gizmo's Gang

Having done the trad and adventure lab stage, I was in the right spot to grab the details required and calculate the coordinates. After walking to the AL Bouns, I then took the short drive to this one where I found it in the second spot I looked.

Thanks for the cache Gizmo's Gang.
Found on 5/3/21 at 12:59.
Find #12568.

Nice simple multi after a bit of a walk around Pioneer Park on my way to the Riverland & beyond for the long weekend. A quick find today.
TFTC Gizmos Gang

I’m not sure I am ever going to run out of these. I used 2B caught up but it never lasts long. TFTC

I was along for the ride. I used2be left out but now I am here today.. Talk about addiction.

Thanks to Gizmo's Gang and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^]

Nice to fill another multi calendar day

Another in this never ending series.
Did the quick calcs while completing the nearby lab caches.
Quick find after the short drive.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Grabbed this cache with CPwanderer & Gizmo's Gang,
as we drove back from the Riverland.
There were two new caches in the area,
so of course the other one, then had to be located.
Thanks for the cache & the multi Gizmo's Gang

Joint FTF at 8.05pm with clare007!! Whooo Hoo !!!! We had travelled through Karoonda this morning on a caching trip to the Riverland. Saw this come out and hoped it would still be unfound as we travelled home!! Certainly a "different" church cache ...... not very often the entire building moves!!!!! Thanks Gizmos Gang for the hide!!

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