PATOG Series 087 Andrews Farm, South Australia, Australia
By equipe de cinq on 26-Jan-21. Waypoint GC95MAD

Cache will be replaced in November.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.I am temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.If you require more time please be sure to post a note (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 28 days to keep everyone up to date or the cache will be treated as an abandoned cache and archived without further notice.

Had a long look but couldn't see it anywhere

Didn't find it

Looked around for awhile but didn't find.

the cache was not found where the others usually are as part of this series, so possibly may need replacing. I could of just had a bad day today, but the cache may need checking

No find for me. But I am the first DNF, so probably just having an off day. No surprise there!

Found with Pprime` as part of our Mega Leapday adventure.Thankyou for the entertainment here.

Found with T4mmmy on our Leap Mega Adventure.Thanks equipe de cinq for entertaining me at this location. *{Overall find #12250}*

Took the mobility scooter with me and made a start to get some of this Port Adelaide to Gawler trail done, as well as some adventure labs. Most caches were in good condition, but some are starting to get brittle making the top to break when undoing. Collected 39 over the couple days and 30 adventure lab caches. TFTC

Nice cache

James0116 and I had been talking about the PATOG series recently
As a result, it was deemed that today was the day for us to try and ride some of it to collect the caches on the way[^]

It seems that my new pushbike (without electronics) is a pretty good fit for me[:X][^] as by the end of the day I had ridden almost 22km[:X] from Gawler to Waterloo Corner and found 26 caches
The next half of the PATOG will bring me more finds as I've not found any down the Port Adelaide end, yet

Most of our ride was sunny[^][:X][^] with a bloody head wind making riding even more fun I did end up wishing that I'd chosen to start at the Pt Adelaide end instead of the Gawler end

About 4.30pm, we got rained on and combined with a now freezing wind[xx(] and a lack of sunshine, our now dampened bodies and spirits gave up and called 'day's end!'[xx(][xx(][^]

My lovely sister[:X][:X] had agreed to come and pick James up from wherever we ended up and take him back to his car[^][^], while I waited with the bikes until he returned in his car with the bike rack[^][^]
There I was lying on the ground, talking to kmace on the phone, while it rained on me[}:) I was cold, wet and chilling down fast![xx(]

James was back sooner than I had expected though and the car was beautifully hot inside[:X][:X]
A final short drive to Bolivar and I had Cappucino and donuts to warm me up[:X][^] while James had donuts and Maccas

Most of the Gawler end caches had spot on coords[^] However as we got closer to Waterloo Corner, we needed to spread out away from GZ to find the caches[?] Green growing things made finding the caches much harder and sadly there was a few DNFs for James0116 on some of the caches which I had already found.

Really pleased to have finally cleared this end of the PATOG[:X]
Now to see when the next chapter occurs!

TNLN. SL. TFTC equipe de cinq

Great Hide

Thanks equipe de cinq for the cache

James0116
Sunday,30 Jul 2023
1:35:12 pm ACST
3680

A cache a day for the hard souvenir - aiming for 28 days in a row.
TFTC equipe de cinq.

Replaced

Grabbing caches for this months souvenir challenge.
Enjoyed a walk with earthlight after attending the CITO.
Cache all okay.

TFTC

Replaced today

LíB and I enjoyed a walk along the bike trail.
On the track today locating caches in this series.
There were caches found damaged along the trail today and were repaired the best we could..
LiB will notify owner of which caches they were.
Most were quick finds on our walk on this cold but dry morning/afternoon
TFTC

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.

I am temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

If you require more time please be sure to post a note (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 28 days to keep everyone up to date or the cache will be treated as an abandoned cache and archived without further notice.

Southern Autumn adventure Day 44. Mid North section of SA trip Day 15. Gawler Day 3. The weather was quite a bit better then the last few days, and it was time to get out on the bike trails to do some PATOG caches. I managed to go too far for my poor scooter and had to walk the last three km's back to the car. Other than that today's section of trail went pretty well, much better than sections later in the week. After that exercise was over, I went onto some back roads for solved puzzles and other miscellaneous caches I was able to get to before I ran out of energy.

Apparently this one was one too far, and I also could not find it, so started my journey back.

Thanks.
Albida

After a few dnf this may need looking into

Another DNF to add to the activity of this cache.

Couldn't find cache, probably needs replacing

Perhaps is missing

Not in the spot found by my son
Maybe missing

No luck finding this one. Not the usual series location or container found unfortunately

Today I decided to head out on my bike and do a few more of the PATOG Series.

Sad to say this is still a . Another day, another bike ride and I may find this one.

TFTC equipe de cinq
Keep smiling

Parked at the end of the road here and made a short stroll to the cache. A quick find here in good condition thanks to the ongoing maintenance. Cheers.

Find #4530 on 3 Sep 2022.
TFTC equipe de cinq!

Tftc

Cache replaced

I'm converting calories into gas just not able to find the cache

After doing my housework I decided to jump on my bike and head off to do some caching as it was a beautiful, sunny winters day. I caught the train to the city and then decided to go on the new electric train to Gawler. Then onto the PATOG trail.
Days total - 20 finds and 5 DNF's which means I can come back another day and enjoy a longer ride between caches

TFTC equipe de cinq
Keep smiling

No luck

Had a good look around the sign unable to see

I found it wow

Caught up with Mattycat for a stroll along the Nexy, fortunately no DNF added to our list today all were found in great condition
TFTC equipe de cinq

Y

Woohoo

Fun

Found it

Very good spot

TFTC

finding your cache equipe de cinq, thank you so much for placing it.

24/1/22 found

A quick detour on way to elsewhere. tftc

Finishing off this series on the bike today, an enjoyable ride.

Nice hide TFTC

Another dash in from the side road. So. Much. Deja vu.

tftc equipe de cinq

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Back today to get a few more of the series.

Parked at 87 and walked up to 95 and then back down to 77 and then back up to the car. The only problem was the pen fell out of my pocket between The Nexy Gap and 77. I scratched my name in the log books as best I could. Found the pen on the path on the way back to the car.

TFTC

No 4. In this series . Finally some nicer weather today. TFTC

Thanks for the cache found with Webberg

Tftc! Found with conardel

On a lovely ride with brisal5, thewhitedoggang and Featherwaite, signing the log sheets with the acronym BAWF. There was barely any wind and no rain. A perfect day for a ride and cache. [^]

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

Doing this series with brisal5, Astro & FeaterWaite today
All logs signed as B.A.W.F.
Good co-ords, nice containers & easy finds make for a great day
Thanks for placing these caches, well done.
TFTC

Found by brisal5, TeamAstro, thewhitedoggang and Featherwaite, signing the logsheets with the acronym BAWF. Being cool, cloudy, no rain and with light winds, it proved a great day for a ride along the bikeway. Thanks for the cache and series equipe de cinq!

GENERIC LOGS FOR PATOG series! [8)][8)][8)]

Time to attack the PATOG series. [^] So the calls were made to find a group to take on the ride and a group of brisal5, Astro, WhiteDogGang and Featherwaite were available. So the acronym BAWF was formed to sign the logs. We chose Tuesday 8/6/2021 to make the ride but the forecast of a thunderstorm, continuous rain and howling winds caused the newly formed BAWF to balk and we delayed until Friday 11/6/21! [B)][B)] What a great day for a ride, overcast, a nice cool breeze and not a drop of rain to be felt. All caches were found in good condition except, one that needed a new cap (done) and one that needed replacing. (also done) Great day had but I felt like BAWFing by the end! [:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)]

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 equipe de cinq for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

A quick stop

Stopped by on my way home, to find a few more of these...
Quick find.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Gazz and jason

Tftc Tnln

This is the third series of caches we've found along the NEXY [|)] and it's been awhile since we've ridden the bike track . Have to say the place is looking like a dump these days (with enough bags and buckets lying around to clean it up as well) [:(!].
TNLNSL.
Thanks for one more Equipe de cinq.

Thanks

Saturday afternoon walk and cache! TFTC
Great view of the orchard. Are they almond trees?

A few cyclist's about today. Thanks equipe de cinq

Day 2 of working our way along this trail with the geokids. Found 84 to 92, quick finds, nice ride. TFTC TheHouseofJones

Claiming a cache find as part of the awesome beta testing cache placing crew for this super fun cycling series. All of the PATOG caches in the series have been found many times so our work must have been good. Kudos to anyone who does the full end to end ride in one session and collects them all. If you run it or walk it then you get extra bonus kudos.

Eventually some time in the future when the rail access is restored to Gawler it will be possible to catch the train to Port Adelaide, ride with the wind to Gawler, and catch the electric train home. From Patog one to Patog eleventy first. That would be awesome.

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After a lovely lunch with the Geohusband and hound at the Earl of Leicester they headed off back to the Cootie and I found myself with a few hours to kill.
With some eye troubles wanted some easy finds and the PATOG trail once again fitted the bill.
Enjoyed the walk. TFTC and series slowly but surely getting them done.

Out for a long bike ride with Uni and Medusa along the Northen Expressway and beyond. We parked a vehicle at each end and took the mountain bikes along the trails - 48.9kms and 115 caches in around 5 hours.
The bike trail allows one to see a lot more at 20kmh than whizzing past in a car at 110kmh. There is interesting WWII history in amongst the market gardens and salt flats. I really enjoyed the massive redgums and lushness around the Gawler River. On a hot day one would want to take plenty of water, there isn't a lot of shade or facilities along some of the stretches.
This cache was found at 12:18:00 PM and was 89 of 102 finds today.
Apologies for the generic log but it is a powertrail. Thanks equipe de cinq

Found at 12:19 on a perfect cycling day with Shonkylogic.

Thanks for the hide

Yay. Found it. Another fun adventure, many thanks for the hide.

GeoVenture Mega Event at Millicent, still looking forward to it!! A new date has been proposed for October 2021 now.

Found today with SpiderMonkeysmum and Laggy the pooch!!! We walked from #111 to #83!! ........ lovely day to go for a wander!!

A group of us(JJ52, mogni, Sir Spectre, Azzo7777 and Dad, Tallbikestan and I) decided to do this series. We started at number 1 at 8:30am and finished the series at 1:30pm with a few other caches along the way. TFTC equipe de cinq

Staying in Gawler Gateway for a bit. Today we headed out after a few hot days
Managed to get a few caches between Gateway & Gawler

TFTC equipe de cinq

A big day out was planned with allister w, sir_spectre, mogni, azzo7777 and tallbikestan to tackle the PATOG series and give my new ebike a good workout. [^]
We started early from #1 leaving cars there and then were picked up at the end. It was a fun, but very tiring day and we managed to find all the caches quickly except for a couple that required extra effort.
Thanks for the cache and series equipe de cinq.

All caches signed as Mystery Randoms

Awesome day out riding bikes with allister w, sir_spectre, tallbikestan, JJ52 and mogni!

TFTC equipe de cinq

Thanks for this Traditional Cache

Cache on!

Found on February 21, 2021 at 8:27 PM
Find 1478

Found Thankyou

Found out riding with my tallbike with some friends

Out with Tallbikestan, allister w, JJ52, azzo and mogni. Todays target was to do all of the PATOG Series using bikes or power assisted bikes. Getting dropped off at one end and getting picked up at the other end. The only problem we had was the one cache that needed a ladder, Tallbikestan's bike was just too short by about 1/2 foot. Easy found with the ladder deployed. i never got to complete the last bike trail, i only ended up finding about 11 of them. We even had a lunch break about 3/4 down the trail. A fun but tiring day out. All logs stamped as mystery randoms.

A big day out with sir_spectre, Allister W, JJ52, tallbikestan and azzo (and his Dad). Today we tackled the PATOG series and all caches were found, only a couple took more than a few seconds.
Thanks to equipe de cinq from mogni

There had been discussions between Freddo, Davidwazza and myself to place this series for quite some time but never got around to it till the other day. Finally we set off from Gawler and made our way to Port Adelaide riding the full 49km and enjoying the path as we went. Placing bee caches and removing the old series. A great day out despite the rain to start us off. I hope people enjoy the new series and a lengthy bike riding series.
Logging as a beta tester.
TFTC

Had other things on when these were published and decided I'd have to leave the FTFs for others. Initially had all today clear for caching and was wondering if I'd attempt the whole lot. Something else came up so I decided to settle for half, and am now thinking that was a very good idea. Doing the whole lot in one day, for me, I think would have been a mistake. Kudos to OzGrumpy for managing the feat.
All 57 caches looked for were found, some quicker than others but all in a condition reflecting their age. I'll be back for the rest.
Thanks equipe de cinq for this cache and a nice series to get the new bike out for

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Lovely day for a Sunday afternoon walk with the wife. TFTC

Another one with troyyugal

Today was dedicated to the newly published PATOG 111. I managed to complete the whole series by push bike in one day, yes that’s from the first to eleventyfirst. All hoovered up in a day like a whale gulping plankton. Collected 15 FTF which was nice. A highlight of the day was meeting other cachers on the journey, nothing like bringing cacheroachers out of the woodwork with a teaser of FTF. I met Malco, Csaba, two turtles, a lovely couple (larayugal) and a Hurtle. Thanks equipe de cinq for the cache and series. Fantastic work.

Published

*FTF* @ 12:42

Apologies for late log, ran out of charge!

Phone already dead at #88, but I thought I could "see" the hide from there and decided to try my luck. Bingo!

TFTC and series.

Today, I had organised with Freddo and gridge98 to ride the Northern Expressway bikeway to complete the *Nexy Challenge* series geocaches. We rode the full distance, and then in the afternoon, jesswrigley and I visited the south-eastern end of Cleland Conservation Park and took a few walks around the area. The day began cold spitting a little, but towards the afternoon, it turned out to become quite warm and not too hot; almost the perfect day to be outside and hiking.

Freddo, gridge98 and I had set off early to complete and collect the *Nexy Challenge* series, and concurrently, we stealthily placed the new version 3 series: the **PATOG** Port Adelaide to Gawler series. A discussion was had 6-9 months previously about arranging a day, and with my time running out of Adelaide, it turned out that Australia Day became our collective free day. Magnets were purchased, and cache containers were prepared. However, we ran into a problem early, as our plan to use magnets was thwarted when the sign poles were aluminum, not steel. Who would have thought that the frog's kryptonite would be metallurgy today? Nevertheless, alternative hiding places were found, and the series was rolled out. It was a significant session riding the 49 km, but at least they are now available for the community to find. Thanks equipe de cinq for the ongoing maintenance of this series, and hoping that this version can last longer than the previous two.

Note that this geocache was beta tested on 26/01/2021.