Glenrowan West Solar Farm Winton, Victoria, Australia
By Harrowang on 09-Feb-21. Waypoint GC963T0

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15-Nov-24
Taking a slow drive home from Albury. Im on my own so Im getting some caches in on the way. A beautiful night for it. Cache is all good, tftc.
 
25-Sep-24
Good
 
14-Sep-24
Quick find whilst passing thru this beautiful areaTFTC
 
21-Jun-24
Amazing to see so many solar panels, Found with jackez74 TFTC
 
21-Jun-24
Matho64 and I are on our way home from Shepparton and checked out the solar farms. At GZ it was a quick and easy find.TFTC Harrowang
 
20-Apr-24
Late this afternoon we headed south from Wangaratta but used an old road parallel to the Hume Freeway. Along the way we saw the extensive solar panel arrays and also noticed that there were two caches highlighting the solar farms. This was one of them.Despite accurate coordinates it took a few minutes of hunting before this cache was located - the tumble weeks had made excellent cover over the cache and we did not find it until we hit it with our walking pole. Although the outside of the substantial container had rusted somewhat, the inside and the cache it contained were in excellent condition. Thanks Harrowang for the cache highlighting the solar farms in the area.
 
03-Apr-24
Day out caching with the kids. I missed this one but found eldest l by the eldest! Lo to s of swaps for the kids TFTC
 
06-Mar-24
Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Staying in Wangaratta to visit friends and explore the local area. Today we decided to visit Glenrowan and do some Ned Kelly historical stuff. Of course we used Geocaching as our guide.The NKH series was our primary objective but of course there were plenty of other caches that jumped out at us along the way. All we found today had good coords, some logs were a little damp but nothing unsignable.TFTC Harrowang [^]
 
04-Feb-24
So after Mr ILT spotted an ekans at the previous cache while Mrs ILT was taking pics of a really cool Golden Orb she saw, it was her turn to retrieve the cache. She found a huge stick and proceeded to belt the grass like crazy. After spotting the cache she had to cautiously walk around to get the cache all the whole being totally paranoid. Log was signed as fast as she possibly could and replaced the cache.As she walked out she felt something hit the back of her leg! She jumped and bolted back to the car. She discovered it was the large stick she threw on the ground that attacked her. Thanks for the jump scares Harrowang!
 
07-Jan-24
Found our way to the cache on our way home form our stay in the high country. So pleased it was a large container as the grass was quite long. We often wonder when we travel past, just how they are going to maintain the grass under the solar panels.The best suggestion was to run sheep or goats.Thanks for this one Harrowang
 
30-Dec-23
Found with dad on our holiday tftc
 
30-Dec-23
Find 4485 on December 30, 2023Found on our holiday that took us from Ballarat to Sale. Then over the mountains to Dinner Plain and then Myrrhee for a couple more nights. Today we focussed on the Greta and Milawa areas. Cache is in fantastic condition.TFTC Harrowang
 
02-Dec-23
First day, Benalla to Ballarat. Beautiful start of the day, lots of caches and labs. Thanks to all the CO for their hides. J+J.au
 
01-Dec-23
First day of a little road trip to Victoria. Travelling from the Illawarra via Batemans Bay to Benalla. Lots of driving and only a few little detours and stops to pick up caches.TFTC Wilbert67
 
04-Nov-23
After today's FishAttack caching on Lake William Hovell, I bid farewell to my fellow kayakers and headed via a roundabout route back to Wangaratta where I was staying tonight. In order to avoid the long queue of cars through Glenrowan, caused by an accident on the freeway, after my last cache, I headed further south to this cache. Found it nice and quickly. By the time I dilly dallied a bit going further south, and then returned to Glenrowan, the queue had disappeared.My thanks for the cache, Harrowang.
 
12-Oct-23
Massive cache, lots of goodies. TFTC
 
29-Sep-23
How impressive are these solar farms? A lot of work has gone into this project, and I hope it does everything the designers hoped for in cleaning up our world.The container is in excellent condition, with just a few ants caring for it.Thanks Harrowang.
 
20-Sep-23
Thanks
 
04-Sep-23
Sometimes I think people must think I have a weak bladder when I duck behind a bush to sign a log. Lol.

Ground is a bit muddy but cache is dry. Tftc
 
08-Aug-23
TFTC
 
23-Jul-23
Out and about today exploring the area with Geowife and Geodogs having a cracker day. All good here. Now onto the next one for the day. TFTC
 
23-Jul-23
Found at 10:35am. Wow! what a colossal windfarm. We found this neat cache without much bother and signed log, thanks to our chauffeurs and thanks for the cache.
 
03-Jul-23
On our way home from a weekend away and decided to take an alternative route alongside the freeway here to pick up a couple of hides. It was getting quite dark by the time I arrived so thankfully the cache was quite large and easy to spot. These solar farms are huge, I don't think I've noticed them here before. Thanks for the cache Harrowang.
 
17-May-23
Find number 12036 at 1:39:38 pm on Wednesday the 17 May 2023
Travelling from Croydon to Goughs Bay via the long round about way chasing favourite points for this months GCHQ souvenir challenge. The bonus is that I get to find some great geocaches in the Victorian counrtyside Smile
Boy, this is really Solar City! Quick find.
**Thanks for placing this cache Harrowang**

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29-Apr-23
Nice little trip with the GeoKids and our niece. Easy find, the kids were super impressed! Biggest one we’ve found in a long while. TFTC Smile
 
22-Apr-23
Heading to Wangaratta after spending the day at Winton Raceway grabbing a couple of caches on the old highway as I went. Parked right opposite GZ and had the cache in hand quickly. Good to see the work being done here on solar and thanks to Harrowang for the cache highlighting this.
 
16-Apr-23
Heading home from the Rutherglen Mega Event I was driving past this cache so I stopped to make the find.
 
10-Apr-23
Found on our journey home from the Rutherglen mega, thanks for the cache
Took nothing left nothing signed log
 
27-Jan-23
On the way home from Bright and marked a few random caches to break the trip.

This cache was in excellent condition.

Thanks to Harrowang for the fun and the adventure.
 
20-Jan-23
A quick maintenance check on these two solar farm caches whilst working in the area. All good with the cache and contents and the TB is resting comfortably.
 
16-Jan-23
*Found on the 16 Jan 2023 @ 8:13 am.*
*Cache find # 14052.*

After completing half of my mission yesterday, It was now day and it was time to find a few caches in the Benalla LGA before heading to the centre of the Wangaratta LGA and then moving on to Craig’s Hut for a CITO.
As I was passing by this one so I had to stop, headed over to GZ and found the cache but it was open, after stamping the log I realised the problem when I went to close it, one side of the latch was bent and it wouldn’t close so I headed back to the car, grabbed some pliers and bent it back into shape, well enough so it would stay closed.

**Thanks to Harrowang for placing this cache.**
 
14-Jan-23
We decided that this would be the bookend cache for our Canberra trip. A solar farm on the way north and now a solar farm on the way south.
We have been quite taken by these solar farms and so on the way home we took a break from the highway to enjoy a two way road and a country pace.
Another good hide.
Thanks to Harrowang for this hide.
They are impressive structure spread out across the paddocks.
A favourite for being the last cache for the trip and for the location.
 
29-Dec-22
Caching on my way to Melbourne today. A quick find here today. Nice big cache ! Ya!! Tftc!
 
03-Dec-22
Lots of long grass. I had difficulty closing the container
 
18-Nov-22
Whittlesea Mega Trip Day 2. Holbrook to Whittlesea. I thought I had lots of time today, but wow is it easy to spend. I spend two hours doing the Labs, Lab Bonus and Multi IN Holbrook before heading onwards and southwards. I did a few rest areas and a few clusters of caches along roads parallelling th highway, but I only managed to get into the Whittlesea Show grounds just before the first event. The social event was fun and then there were a few extra caches to get once it was dusk. A great, if long day.

The next detour off the highway took me to three caches along the solar farm road. Three great caches.

Thanks for the cache Harrowang

38956.8 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Mega Event A#221

**Albida**
 
23-Oct-22
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22-Oct-22
No water across the road today, so got to check these two solar farm caches. All good. With all the rain recently, we hope you have added gumboots to your geocaching TOTTs.
 
22-Oct-22
Quick find in the way to Benalla from Glenrowan.
 
28-Sep-22
With the rest of the family in Sydney and a busy few weeks coming up at work I decided last week to have a day off to go caching. Looked at the map and initially thought about Shepparton but then saw an intriguing collection at Mount Major so that became my target. Picked what would be a sunny day (was raining when I left Albury but was fine most of the day - though very windy). In the end a successful day with 26 caches found and one DNF. Turned out to be a Team BGF day.

A couple of Harrowang caches to start the day. Was a little wet but all good here. This and the next solar farm sprung up over Covid. We saw it for the first time on a trip to Melbourne earlier this year.
TFTC Harrowang
 
09-Sep-22
Same again Way too wet. All the ground around it was under water today. I’ll come back when it’s hotter and drier and risk the snakes instead
 
05-Sep-22
On my way to Melb for work training tomorrow. With plenty of time up my sleeve I decided to cherry pick some caches along the way being a beautiful Spring day.

A huge solar farm ! And a nice big cache to match. Well stocked, and it good condition.

Tftc !

 
21-Jul-22
Quick stop for this one. Easy find once at GZ
 
11-Jul-22
Wow, that's a lot of solar panels! Nice to read some local future, as opposed to the history. Cache well stocked and an easy find. Perfect. Thanks for putting this together.
 
22-May-22
Very well done neat and tidy and well presented thank you very much for the cacha
 
15-May-22
A new waterproof container, a dried out log book and lots of swaps to sort through. Back in place and ready for finding. Have fun.
 
09-May-22
Disabling this one for the time being while we sort out a way to keep the moisture out.
 
08-May-22
Found today Mothers Day @9:10 am
After spending the night at Benalla.
Thanks for placing it here, the Solar farm is huuuge the way of our future. The log signed bag very torn and book wet because of it, replaced with a new bag but had to put the wet log in to it.
Thanks
 
27-Apr-22
Spent a couple of days caching with Bogonghazy around Corowa. Finding a couple of geocaches on our way home. Thanks Harrowang for placing the geocache
 
27-Apr-22
On the way home from a couple of refreshing days in Corowa with LittleBoss2, we decided to do a few caches. Great cache, adding a fave, thanks Harrowang
 
17-Mar-22
Catching up on some very late logs, now that I have time, while travelling.

Wow it is some time since coming down this way. So many solar panels, along these paddocks.

It was a quick find, once at GZ.

Thanks for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoyed finding it.
 
12-Mar-22
Found by The Empire + H
On our way to Albury and the surrounding area for the long weekend! A quick pit stop here in Winton to check out a few of the caches around the raceway and cemetery. Now back on the road and heading into Glenrowan for popcorn. Thanks for the cache Harrowang.
- M
 
06-Mar-22
This would be a really fun kid friendly cache! Love the design and had to use the clue until I realised there was a clear geotrack. TFTC ! Looking forward to more big ones around the area!
 
21-Feb-22
Quick little stop and find. Always gets my heart going abit being in the tall grass but was ok. Tftc
 
21-Jan-22
We are still being distracted with cache icons on our map as we head south. A ‘slight’ detour at the Winton turn off had us headed back north for the 2 Solar Farm trads.
This was a well themed cache, a favourite point added.
Thanks Harrowang for the placement.
 
18-Jan-22
# 14282 Found and logged at 11:01:00 AM
Completed Nad Kellys Letterboxes and a few otner while in Glenrawao for a few days
Thanks for the cache Harrowang
Lgoody





 
18-Jan-22
On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. I’ll leave the more interesting detailed log to Mrs Geo (aka: SeasonedBird, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird or Angry Bird) because she writes so much more eloquently than I and usually has much more time to do so while I’m driving. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC Harrowang
Find #8487
 
18-Jan-22
Found out caching with Wollaston following a great MEGA event at Wangaratta Mega.

Container condition good
Log condition lots of room

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC Harrowang

Find # 6079
 
18-Jan-22
Headed out before it got too hot to log the Ned Kelly letterboxes. Still have one of the helmet caches out of reach and now also a tree climb Letterbox Car is nice ‘n dusty and stood in a muddy puddle. Nice to see the grass has been slashed on the verge Rounded out the morning with 30 finds

Cute container. Thinking this array must be smaller than the solar farm at Broken Hill

TFTC Harrowang
 
18-Jan-22
Today we found Glenrowan West Solar Farm on our travels. We are meandering our way home from the Wangaratta Mega. 373,000! Quite an impressive number of solar panels all baking in the sun today.

Thanks Harrowang for being part of our geocaching fun.
 
17-Jan-22
Making our way back to Melbourne, we detoured a little here and there. This was worth turning off for! Nicely themed container. We followed the geotrail to GZ.
Thanks Harrowang

I had been set to attend another Victorian Mega but the damn pandemic began and for obvious reasons one was cancelled and one was postponed. I was pleased the postponed Wangaratta event went ahead but have to admit I was still apprehensive about the COVID situation. Although attending all events, (except 1 of the CITOs) keeping distance was still a priority. I had a great time touring with 1TOOLMAN and Budgietas although there was an empty void where SSR should have been.
As well as Wangaratta, we visited The Paps, Mt Buller, Benalla, Glenrowan, Winton and even popped in to Lex country, having dinner at Brady’s Railway Hotel. Our find numbers were low but our laugh count was high so I call that a win!
 
17-Jan-22
With the Mega in Wang done we snaked our way back to Melbourne Airport this was a quick find with the Goose and Budgie.

Wow these solar farms are IMMENSE OUT HERE ??

A GREAT CONTAINER that will last Well, and clever effort on the outside.
Very cool and lovely to see effort put into caches,
Also timely as our phones were running flat so we plugged into the cache and topped up on the run !
Cheers

FAV point for me for the effort.
 
17-Jan-22
Another great cache container on the drive back to Melbourne airport from the Mega

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The Mega in Victoria I had always planned to attend, but due to covid changes I was concerned, I wouldn’t be able to due to work commitments. As these commitments cleared up, I planned to go over and catch up with GoosenEgg, Stainless Steel Rat, and 1Toolman while in Wangaratta for a day caching to attempt to find 100 in one day. As things turned out Stainless Steel Rat was unable to go, so I was invited to join GoosenEgg and 1Toolman for the entire period. 1Toolman collected us from the airport and we immediately drove to Victoria’s 1st Geocache. From there during the 4 days, we visited Wangaratta, Mt Buller, Albury, Wodonga, Benella, Glenrowan, and Beechworth (although we didn’t make the bakery much to 1Toolmans disgust)

The trip was less about numbers and more about visiting places that I had only driven through before. We did manage to complete the Ned Kelly Helmet series and find a great Earthcache at Murmungee Lookout and another cache at “The Paps” which gave tremendous views of the area. The GPS maze, which I must say was one of the greatest attractions was also attended as with another cacher I was first through on the Saturday Morning at 8.15. It was great to get this icon on my profile.

Of the trip, it was certainly hot and humid, but we really didn’t get rained on in any serious way, with the major storm passing through at night time, otherwise it was just hot or very hot depending on the time of the day.

TFTC
 
16-Jan-22
Day 2 of the Mega for LuckyL10n and myself and after grabbing one or two more caches in Wang, we headed down to the NKH series to finish these off before heading off to Echuca on our round trip to Mildura before heading home.

On the way to Echuca we grabbed another 20 odd caches, while also visitng some of the silo art around the area as well Lake Mokoan for a few caches in there. A couple of interesting features were spotted, a bit of history learnt and a few dirt tracks where the AWD preformed very well.

Thanks to all the CO's of the caches we found. Most logs were signed SDL and L.L10n.

SmileSmileSmileSmileSmile
 
16-Jan-22
#12899 - 12:58:00 PM; Day 2 of the Wang Mega tour with Sol de lune. Returned to the Mega venue this morning to catch up with a few fellow cachers. The plan was then to hit the road to collect a couple more caches in town before heading out to finish off the Ned Kelly Helmet series (almost!), then to points south and west, with Echuca our proposed destination for the evening on our way to our furthest destination in Mildura. Finished off NKH and after grabbing lunch in Glenrowan, we were now headed further afield. No problems here and our names were soon in the log. TFTC Harrowang Smile
 
16-Jan-22
I sure didn’t have my eye in today after not being able to spot a few earlier…..going to put it down to the heat…..my excuse anyway. Here with kenare and kenbryl on our way home from the mega. Impressive farm…..weird but impressive tftc
 
15-Jan-22
Nice morning caching after NKH series run
All good here
TFTC
 
15-Jan-22
We stopped in here on our way out of Wang after attending MEGA. A nice quick find. tftc
 
15-Jan-22
Heading homeward after spending a few hours at MEGA we stopped in here to make the find. tftc
 
15-Jan-22
Another quick find the clue helped prevent us marching through long grass TFTC
 
15-Jan-22
Giving this one a collective fav point with the work gone into it. tftc
 
14-Jan-22
Great work on the cammo, blends in with the surrounding farms... ??
TNLNSL
Thanks
 
14-Jan-22
Heading from Winton to Glenrowan for a day of caching and just had to stop for a few along the way. Collected this one on our way back. Thanks Harrowang.
 
14-Jan-22
Out caching today around Glenrowan looking for caches. Found many, so changing to yellow smiley faces. Thanks for bringing to this location. TFTC
 
14-Jan-22
TFTC. Quick find with Aussie Fun Seakers. Love the camo on this hide. You can have a favourite from me.
 
14-Jan-22
A great cache loved the camo Found with little blue wren
Container wet inside managed to sign
A favourite point from me
Signed and replaced where founf TFTC
 
14-Jan-22
After driving through this area and exploring many trails and collecting some geocaches, we took this road back into Glen Rowan to stop at lunchtime.
We had no idea there would be so many solar farms in his area, and was surprised at the large area around us.
We found the home, and had a good chuckle to the theme. We took nothing, but did enjoy exploring the company which have such lovely reference to the area here.
Thanks
Harrowang. A FP here.
Domsky
 
13-Jan-22
Yahoo, I finally made it to the Wangaratta MEGA. Today I teamed up with Domsky and spent the day trekking around the countryside. We bumped into the Canberra girls and decided to cache the morning together. First was the NKH series, we signed the logs as QLDT and capc capital crunchers, there may even be a chamad stamp in a few, lol.

It was a great drive around and to see some really beautiful countryside down here. We continued on caching around town and around Glenrowan.
I am blown away by the history and the beautiful areas. Thank you so much for bringing me here, I had a fantastic day.
 
03-Jan-22
I’m ducking home for a few days to check on the menagerie of animals we have before going back up to Punka to continue our holiday leading up to the Wang Mega.

The kids didn’t want to get out of the car with me as the grass was too long for their liking. I had to use a stick to swish away some dreaded cobwebs before spotting the cache nicely tucked away.

We had a look and chat about the solar panels here. They sure do get enough hot sun out here. It’s a scorcher today.

Thank you for the cache here Harrowang ??
 
20-Nov-21
Good one
 
20-Nov-21
Another quick find with Sheepdog91 and Jigg61. TFCT.
 
20-Nov-21
No apples today
 
04-Nov-21
Another vast solar farm and another great sized cache.

After a short trip to Tumut to catch up with family and friends it was time to head for home today.
It had rained all night last night and was still raining as we left. This continued all the way until we reached Wodonga where it began to fine up. This meant we had no opportunity to look for any caches en route until then, but we still were organized to look on the remainder of the journey. We managed to find a number of traditionals, some of good size, a pre-solved puzzle and an Adventure Lab in Healsville.
They broke up the journey well!

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Harrowang.
**SKI Pair****
 
22-Oct-21
This solar farm and its neighbour just south sure look impressive [:o]
But why are they being built on productive farmland me wonders ?? !! Sad
I'd rather eat lamb or beef, even goat, than trying to chew on electricity Razz
Sure the world is hungry for energy,
but you won't get fat on it [:o)]

TFTC Big Grin
 
17-Oct-21
17 October 2021
12:18 pm
1055
Many thanks Harrowang for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.
Are very well themed cache with some excellent swag.
 
06-Oct-21
I chose to begin my return journey today on this road and once again went past this vast solar field.
Loved your cache.
Fav point
 
25-Sep-21
Decided on some caching today after working very hard in the garden yesterday! Took TB and left a different one. TFTC
 
11-Sep-21
Stopped by this morning to add a few more solar swaps. TB is still resting comfortably waiting for someone to take it on further adventures. Apple tree is bursting into leaf.
 
27-Aug-21
You could say ditto…It’s been amazing watching this massive solar project develop. Did not take any TB. Finally had an opportunity to veer off the highway to get a closer look. Great spot. Sorry a tad late - a post lockdown clean up of drafts? TFTC and the motivation!
 
01-Aug-21
Driving home from Benalla after some FTF chasing fun, we stopped for a maintenance check on this one. A bit of water lying around after all the recent rain, and even a bit of water in the container as well! Log book quite dry in its zip lock bag. We dried everything out and put a few moisture absorbing gel packs in to stop the condensation. We also left a TB for the next visitor. And now it is time to head for home after a sunny day filled with all sorts of caching adventures.
 
11-Jul-21
A nice quick P&G while driving through the area. Aptly themed as well. Inside of cache appears to be collecting condensation but cache log is dry thanks to its bag.

TFTC
 
21-Jun-21
Found by Mary and David at 15:05. Workers inside and outside this new type of farm were all near the entrance and not near us at all. Can imagine you travelling this road to pick apples. Our thanks to Harrowang.
 
14-Jun-21
Quick find passing through, lots of goodies inside the cache! Interesting to see the solar farm, lots of lambs around too! TFTC!
 
14-Jun-21
Saw the solar panels in the dark!
TFTC
 
21-May-21
We've escaped from home for a few days -the first break for at least three years.
Day five -the trip home, via the long road.

Thank you, Harrowang, for this cache.
#4132. Log signed at 1507Hrs.
(I often sign the log book as "W+W" to save paper/time/ink)
 
16-May-21
A new cache in the Winton Wetlands - Mokoan area[?]SurprisedBig Grin[:X]Cool
Sounds like a great reason to go spend some time up there!CoolBig Grin[^]Wink[^]CoolSmile
Especially since I have a heap of new geocaches there to find and an adv lab to do too![^][:X]CoolBig GrinSmileCool[^]
Not much else would make me get up that earlyRazzWinkBig Grin[|)]Wink

Rex and I found our first cache at 7.32am[|)]Wink and our last of the 23 Smilefinds at about 10pm on our way home[|)]Big GrinSmileCool
Huge day but a gorgeous one[:X][^]CoolSmileCool[:X]

Finally got to stop and find this 'off the main road' cache! [^]Cool[^] Even though it was in darkness (that's not unusual for usWink) however we still enjoyed it CoolBig Grin[^]Cool
It did take me a few minutes to work out exactly where GZ wasSurprisedRed FaceRed FaceSurprisedRed Face
Ok, I was tired[|)][|)][|)], I mean it was 9.38pm and we'd been on the go since the early hours of the dayRazz[|)][|)]Wink

TNLN. SL. TFTC Harrowang Smile
 
15-May-21
TFTC an easy find on our day trip out
 
10-May-21
An easy find, very clever sticking with the theme. TFTC
 
10-May-21
Quick find, very interesting swaps keeping with the theme. Thanks for the hin. TFTC
 
08-May-21
Quick find by geoson. Amazing the size of those farms. TFTC
 
Quick park and grab on the way back from geocaching in Glenrowan
We see that fellow family members are also out and about today......
Cool cache
Tftc