PATOG Series 108 Buchfelde, South Australia, Australia
By equipe de cinq on 26-Jan-21. Waypoint GC95MBA

With Gawler Tuesday Cubs

Clever concealment looked a bit, then it was obvious.TFTC

after having a second look, I was able to find the cache and log another find. well hidden, thanks for the cache

In the area mainly to complete the Anna Tommy series. But happy to find geocaches anywhere.Rented a bike at the Gawler Visitor Info Centre. Did 36 km total. And always into the wind. Took me about three hours. No problems here.

I am needing some exercise so thought the Patog by bike would be the way to go.Brrrp!! Wrong!I got to 61 where I aborted due to running out of fuel, water (I only carried 2L) and enthusiasm. I mean, really, what kind of twit does a long distance cycle in 35 degress? My kind of twit, apparently.Still, if it wasn't for the weather and the lack of fuel, I did enjoy the ride. Loved the information boards and the walking/cycling quotes along the way.

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 #12232}*

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 bittle making the top to break when undoing. Collected 39 over the couple days and 30 adventure lab caches. TFTC

2nd patog, thanks

Thanks

Tftc! Found with a turtle

TFTC Found with a bunny

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
11:52:35 am ACST
3661

Grabbing caches for this months souvenir challenge.
Enjoyed a walk. Cache all okay.

TFTC

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.

Thanks for the cache equipe de cinq

42493.4 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2011 Navigation A#194

**Albida**

This was our eighth find for the day on our caching morning with alisonborgas74. It was a lovely day for an amble along the NEXY bike trail. Us mums had a leisurely chat while the geokids did the hunting. The kids knew what they were looking for so another quick find. TFTC

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TYFC

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Fence

Express find

So easy

Found it TY stamped it with the wrong date. Oops TFTC

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

TFTC equipe de cinq
Keep smiling

Found it. Very wet paper inside. Could not sign.

Will be back for this one and the one near by. Mr and Mrs Magpie didn't like me hanging around so I very quickly left!

Log is very wet and the cache was out in the open. Put it back where we thought it went.

Day 12, week 2 of 5 weeks holiday.
Rockhampton Queensland to all over South Australia.
14 degrees, feels like 10 (there’s that lovely cutting wind back again)

Apologies, there is going to be a lot of copy/paste today.
I have decided to walk the trail of caches while Buttons goes and does a McClouds Daughters tour nearby.
What better use I could put my time to than wandering down a highway while I wait.
Hope she can find me when she’s done. ??

Log signed, cache replaced.

Note: the magnet detached itself with no way to reattach it.
Have slid the magnet inside the tube and with a little assistance against gravity with the wire, it seems to be holding.

TFTC

Found easily.

Walking off after a big lunch at the southern
TFTC

TFTC good stroll along the northern expressway with son and his grandad

TFTC

A quick find to earn half of a souvenir! TFTC

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

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Easy find. TFTC.

Kids love these

Tftc

TFTC

TYFC my 100th

needing a couple of caches to fulfill a challenge.
After dinner went out to garb the caches I needed. Tftc

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC equipe de cinq
Find #7092 at 20:01.

Out on caching adventures with Wollaston.

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

Log signed in first open spot in logbook with stamp

TFTC equipe de cinq

Find # 4720

I found these caches on my way home from a work trip to Adelaide. TFTC

Finishing off this series by bike. An enjoyable ride!

Found on an early morning walk with dog.

Out today to finish off the PATOG series and pick up a few others nearby.

It's taken 5 months with a few months off over winter.

TFTC

With the morning free we decided with the nice weather to tackle the top end of this trail, With our bikes out of action we decided the walk would do us good, we completed from 111 to 103 before needing to head off, all were found in good condition
TFTC equipe de cinq

4 of 4 for the day's geocaching activity. TFTC

Tftc! Found with conardel

Thanks for the cache found with Webberg

Found with Poppadon. Tftc

Found at 1:40 PM with Rostann. All good. TFTC

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.

Tftc Tnln

A quick walk from the nearby GTW Rd. Not too many muggles using the track late night! More deja vu.

Thank you to equipe de cinq for placing and arranging maintaining this cache
Not far from a crappy one of mine!

"A cache a day keeps the doctor away" - a pretty good fitness plan for 2021!



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- - Search at a good social distance whenever you can - or at least with nice clean friends - -
Things are slowly getting back to whatever normal might be - take it carefully!
Catching covid or gastro or anything really would mess up your streaks and challenges!
Keep away from all the nasty bugs ( except nice travel bugs of course ) Move them on!
[|)] - 2, 4, 6, 8,,, let's all go and vaccinate, one day when it's available lol !
[|)] - keep away from crowds as much as you can, they spread those nasty bugs! [:o)]
[|)] - go out and find or place some new caches in our safe country areas away from bugs!!

Life's good. Enjoy ! ! ! Cache the countryside!

Tftc extremely easy

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 another one Equipe de cinq.

An evening stroll and cache on the noisy Northern Expressway! TFTC!

Second for the day. Thanks equip de cinq

TFTC Out with little T today. This one was closer to our heights. Little T helped grab these 2, ge also liked watching the horsey trott around the track near-by.
Great day for caches today.

Stopped by to grab a few more of these to fill a calendar gap.
A little walk was had here...
TNLNSL
Thanks

We started the PATOG series today, we are working backwards and managed 111 to 93 with geokids in tow. Nice series, TFTC. HouseofJones

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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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.

Big walk today along the PATOG trail. Another 20’or so ticked off the list almost half way now. So that means I’ve almost walked to Gawler from Port Adelaide now, seems slightly mental. Hopefully will get the series done this winter.
Was a nice day for a walk until the banana cake energy wore out then had to pop into Gawler for an energy refuel and to get my target multi for the day.
Big day out for only 25 finds was shattered by the time I got home but think the exercise did me good. TFTC PATOG crew.

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 1:02:00 PM and was 8 of 14 finds today.
Apologies for the generic log but it is a powertrail. Thanks equipe de cinq

Found at 13:03 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 8:31 PM
Find 1499

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

Finally the weather cooled a bit - time for a nice stroll with the Dogs. Needed to watch for the harness horses being moved from the track to yard for the first few starting this end. Time poor so only did the first couple but will be back again soon to pick up where we left off (Minus the dogs as we spent more time de-prickling them than caching!) Cache found in good condition at exact coords - TFTC

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

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

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* @ 10:32

Somebody just honked at me from the freeway. Identify yourself!

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.