Birds of Australia - Chestnut-Crowned Babbler Sutton, New South Wales, Australia
By DARKSIDEDAN on 30-May-21. Waypoint GC9CJE5

Short Trip Away Day #1 [23/11] of 3To start my holidays, I decided to head over to Canberra for a short trip away. This trip of course included geocaching. I left home just after 7am and slowly made my way over while finding caches along the way. I had an early lunch at Gold Creek KFC and decided on finding the mini power trail along Majura Ln towards Sutton. A nice easy going PT and it was a nice quiet road for it. Next I found a few caches around Sutton and then I started heading over to motel but not before finding an evil hide by Loci612 plus two other quick finds. Lastly I checked into the motel had dinner and went to sleep. TB visit. A big thanks to the CO for adding this cache to game for the Geocaching community to enjoy. TFTCs!

Out this morning to grab this series. Caches generally found OK unless noted. Thanks

Found with a group during Mega event. DARKSIDEDAN, thank you so much for placing it for everyone to enjoy and highlighting this area.

My family and I headed down from Brisbane to Canberra to spend the Easter break visiting relatives living here. The lure of a Mega event in town at the same time was just a coincidence, honestly .After an enjoyable stay, sadly today was the day I had to commence the long drive home. With rain falling as I departed and an extreme wet weather event forecast further north I was apprehensive as I started the drive and my relations were urging me to stay another day to avoid the predicted heavy rain. As a result I was fairly sure I wasn't going to get any caching done today and intended just cautiously making my way north as far as I safely could. I was not far out of Canberra when the rain had all but stopped, so I took advantage of the fortuitous conditions to stop to find this cache. No problem spotting the hide and I added my name to the logbook. TFTC

After spending 5 big days in Canberra for the Capital Geo Bash, it was time for me to leave Canberra. On the way out I tackled this Birds of Australia Where I Go trail. All caches found without problems. Thank you DARKSIDEDAN, for placing Birds of Australia - Chestnut-Crowned Babbler for the geocaching community.# # #14570 # #

Reperio 10:41Day 5 of our Capital GeoBash mega event trip to Canberra with Miss Vitruvius, and today it was time to head home, but not before finding plenty of caches. We decided to line up the caches around the Sutton area, which had plenty of high DT caches, and plenty of easier ones as well. This one was one of the nicer drive by caches we found today.Gratias DARKSIDEDANAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

I have an interest in birding and it was great to find a bird themed series. Congratulations for the details put into the descriptions for each cache - this was well done. Apologies for some generic logs as most of the caches were found quickly. It was nice to see some variation before containers and the type of hides. Thanks to DARKSIDEDAN for the cache.

Day #6 Geobashing After a late night dash for a FTF, we were unprepared at the time for some of the other nearby caches so a group of us returned to finish them this morning.OZHockeyChick and I then spent the rest of the day touring the northern part of Canberra and into NSW, picking up all sorts of targeted caches.Back on the birds trail as we etch closer to Canberra again.A big thanks goes to DARKSIDEDAN for taking the time to add Birds of Australia - Chestnut-Crowned Babbler to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Looking for caches to find when visiting Victoria? Why not check out the geocaching lists available on the [Geocaching Victoria Website](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/). There are plenty to choose from including all of the previous nominees and winners of the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards.

Canberra Geobash Road Trip 2024. Day Six: Heading north-east again to finish off some LBs and WIGs we didnt have time for last time.The Birds of Aus WIGs were amongst them. Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, DARKSIDEDAN ~~

Found while out caching with The Booos a quick find here today TFTC

Quick find while passingThanks DARKSIDEDAN for placing this cache GC9CJE5

During our weeks trip with Bare Foot Guru, Infoferret and Trinity to the Canberra Mega we logged as a combination of "BFG, CF, BIC, BITC" depending on who we were caching with at the time. The trip took us on a flight to Melbourne first, then a drive to Canberra, followed by a drive to Sydney before flying out again. Where possible I will add commentary to each find about the cache. Thanks for all the caches, hides and effort put into hiding and maintaining them.Found this one quite far off road in nice potential snake hole

Catching up on caches found in Canberra during the Mega. Out in the Sutton area gathering challenge caches this morning. A detour off the highway for this one.Thanks Darksidedan

Enjoying the glorious autumn weather picking up Wherigos and Challenge caches while visiting Canberra for the latest Oz mega.Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for the Wherigo placement.

Find No: 9319. Down from Newcastle NSW, in Canberra for the Geobash MEGA, thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN!!

*** draft log for stats tracking, more later ***GC9CJE5 Birds of Australia - Chestnut-Crowned Babbler30 March 2024T14:59:45 AEDTTFTC DARKSIDEDANTook a min, sat nav was wandering. So hot, paused beforehand for ice cream and smoothie.

Out and about again, headed around Canberra for the MEGA. Super excited my first MEGA and heading over with 2 others from the Cockburn Crew - signed log as WAC to save time.This is 14623, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to DARKSIDEDAN for the caches we found.********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********Head over to Australian Capital Territory for Capital GeoBash MEGA - Canberras first ever Mega Event. Easter 2024 (GC9PNFB): - 5 day event at Canberra Park adjacent to EPIC (Canberra Showgrounds) on the Federal Highway, only 6km from the centre of the city.The mascot for the Mega is Gangles the endemic Gang Gang Cockatoo, a bird you may see or hear while in Canberra.The official website - geobash.ozmega.com.auACT has over 4700 active caches, power trails, and over 100 Lab Adventures. Heaps of challenge caches, hikes for geocaches for all levels of skills and fitness.

*In the area with woolwood9 heading to the MEGA Event.* ????We cached from Sydney to Canberra, then after the MEGA, up through Yass, Cowra and Bathurst to return to Sydney.*We had a great 3 weeks and enjoyed finding many good caches.* ????We soon had the container found!SL *tm/ww NZ**Thank you for putting this cache out for us to visit!*

Over in the area heading for Canberra to attend the Easter Mega with tmann421Tons of caches done while here and this was one of them.Enjoyed the touring around and all the containers foundLog signed tm/ww NZThanks for the placement and the effort put into maintaining these hides for us to find.??????

Here's one to find today. Thank you for placing the cache ?? DARKSIDEDAN.

Caching with a crew from WA and signing WAC on logs. After a morning at the gadgets and labs, we headed out of the city. We had hoped to hit big numbers but instead we hit big terrain; way worse than expected. Thankful for the assistance from others in terms of ladder and pole use. A tiring day but one for which I am grateful. Thanks for this hide.

A couple of massive days of caching. We are a group from WA so are signing logs WAC as the WACrew. Please excuse dates as its been tough keeping track of online logs in order. Thanks for this hide. Its been fun so far.

Got it with WACDG ????

Found it First time caches in Canberra areaBeautiful country nice drive Weather awesome With Deaf team Thank you

We simply couldnt find this cache with limited time to spare. Off to another hunt, thanks nevertheless

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 13202.A nice quiet drive along here this evening. All of the caches were found fairly easily. Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for the cache.

Found while attending the mega in Canberra. I had a great time caching and catching up with friends.This is one of the caches found today.Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for the cache.

Found on a typical Autumn day with Roostaman,. . Another found while at the ACT Mega event. Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN, ***MrsRoosta***

Found on a typical Autumn day with MrsRoosta.In the area for the ACT Mega and a few caches of course.Not many muggles around and a quick find, thankfully. . Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN, ***Roostaman***

Part of the Sandgroper contingent that has come to the Mega to explore new hunting grounds. Its sure to be a great week with many finds and laughs with lots of great friends and maybe some new ones along the way. Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment. Logged as WA6.

Had a quick stop at the accommodation for a freshen up and lunch and afterwards headed back out again and made a bee line for this cache that we were able to locate quickly and complete our 4/4 states for today after starting the day in WA, grabbing a find in Melbourne while transferring and finally completing the set in the ACT & NSW.Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for placing Birds of Australia - Chestnut-Crowned Babbler for me and others to find.I added my name to the log at 12:10 on 27/3/2024.This is find number 8249 for me.

Another beautiful sunny Canberra day. Out and about with our WA5 team and Neva2Old. Logs signed as WA6.Cache found with no issues. Cheers

I am here for the Capital City Geobash and staying nearby so today I decided to make the appropriate detour to make the find. Thank you for placing and maintaining the cache.

Day 2 of my Canberra Mega adventure. A brisk start to the day, but the day is looking good. Out and about with some other West Aussie teams and very happy to claim a smiley here . Some logs signed as N2O or WA6This is my 12525 find Thankyou DARKSIDEDANfor placing and maintaining this cache.

Over here for Canberra Mega from Western Australia picking up caches. TFTC looked as WA6 (Geotrakka Meme28 Burns345 and Neva2old)

Very happy to be here for my first Mega event from WA. Out with Meme28, Burns345 and Neva2old. Signing as WA6 today. My personal aim is to try and boost my numbers to hit my next milestone whilst here.Many thanks DARKSIDEDAN for placing this hide for me to find and adding to my adventures. This will be my 7875 find.

Enjoying the pre Mega couple of days out in the countryside with our group, RoddyC, hatzofff, grannysmith1947, and Imbunda. To save space on the logs, we have signed as 5 for QLD.All caches found today were in good condition and a credit to the cache owners who placed and maintained them for our benefit ??

It was an early morning start of challenge caches and then a morning CITO in a park. Next it was a couple of tunnel caches before a discussion of what was next on the list for today. I then managed to agree to work in with the Queensland 5 and collect caches in the Sutton area. We started off in Sutton however there is no going past a good pie shop and this one even had a cache just near it. Yep lunch and a time to work on those target caches of the area. logs were signed and caches replaced as found, a very interesting area, thanks for the hides and bringing me up here.There is a nice trail and a very easy road to follow for these caches so the aim was to get as many as possible on the way. I think this will also play with my OCD of not finishing series, which I hate to leave unfinished. A return trip or some late night planning is on the cards here. OH how to mess with peoples heads, lol.

We found your cache today 24 March 2024 1:32pm , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

Found stamped log and replaced. Thanks to Darksidedan

TFTC,In Canberra for a week of golf. Today is our rest day, so what better to do than find caches close to our accommodation.Visited trackables.Needs a new container.

Looked like it was on the highway. Left it. Now I can see how to get to it on satellite map. Next time.

Found no babblers, but found a cache. TFTC

Quick find with SJG66

Out with O319 for an afternoon of caching. TFTC

Coast WeekendTrip to Huskisson and Moruya and an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first earthcache hide. Quick find and all in good condition. Thanks for hiding this cache DARKSIDEDAN

Found! This one took us three goes. We had worked out the wrong coordinates on our first couple of visits, but today we are back!The sun is shining, which is lovely after a couple of wet days, and it was a quick find for us today. Thanks Darksidedan Domsky

Found after a short search, my first attempt at one of these with a lucky guess as to where it might be. Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN

Found with Moonb1, McLookers, Maccamob, Muzza, Pprass, Team Crackers, Rabbitto et al on yet another day caching in the Canberra Area.

Found by Mary and David at 09:00. Our group visit is over and we are heading back to Victoria, and home tomorrow. A wonderful few days, and even the weather was kind. One last find here before we depart. Our thanks to DARKSIDEDAN.

Found in the company of the Vic 1 team
Last day of our Canberra and surrounds caching charge and we once again found a lot of interesting places that we hadn't been to before. Not as much walking today!
Thanks to DARKSIDEDAN

Our fourth and final day in and around Canberra in the company of McLookers, Alansee, moonb1, Team Crackers, muzza, maccamob, Rabbitto and pprass (signing logs as VIC1). We're primarily targeting AdLabs and solved puzzles before the Mega next Easter. Our path today began at Sutton, then south past the airport, on to Kingston and Manuka, Belconnen and Gold Creek. It was a big and successful day. Yours was one of many we found today.

Thanks DarksideDan for this cache placement.

We found this cache on Day 4 of our Vic1 Canberra Run in company of Muzza, McLookers, Micaparamedic, Alansee, Moonb1, Maccamob, Team Crackers and Pprass. A quick birds and animals run to start the day. Thanks from D B-A

Day four of group caching in Canberra. All caches signed as Vic1. Found in a large group consisting of McLookers, Micaparamedic, Alansee, Moonb1, Rabbitto, Team Crackers, Maccamob and Pprass.



My thanks to DARKSIDEDAN for the cache.

Today I set out on the bike towards the destination of Sutton. Started early in the morning and was cruising down the highway at top speeds. Went through Majura Lane to get to Sutton which is where the majority of the finds occurred. The main target was the Birds of Australia wherigo geoart, but had a couple other finds sprinkled in. Most caches were in good condition but a fair amount were in a bit of a bad shape. A nice lunch at the Sutton bakery/pie place and returned home. TFTC to the cache owners!

A slightly odd place for this one to be, but the hiding spot was perfect. A quick find at GZ and in good condition.

Back again today, after not finding it in the past. We had a good look again, and can see where others have dug around, but still nothing for us.
Thanks DSD
Domsky

After visiting a water cache that we scoped out yesterday, we returned today with the appropriate footwear and made the find. We decided to call into this one on the way home for another find to add to the day. No issues locating this one, signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the cache placement DSD and thanks for the invite along for the mini adventure FFLL ladies

After calling past a wet one yesterday and coming back today with the right equipment to attempt it. We were finished quicker than we thought we would be. So we decided to call past this one as well.
No worries at GZ signed and were back on our way home.

Thanks for the wherigo and hide DARKSIDEDAN and thanks for joining us Rapidlywild.

A trip to check out some of the awesome places in NSW & ACT and grab some old caches. TFTC.
Today is full of Wherigos. All were good hides and reasonably quick finds. Tricky. Lucky I know these roads around here.

We spent the day around this area. All In all it was a lot of fun finding our way, just via bearings and the compass. This one was our only DNF for the day.
Thanks Darksidedan for the series and new wherigo challenges.
Domsky

Cache checked today by mountainsbeyond on my behalf. They reported that The cache is in good condition and that there is plenty of space in the logbook. Thanks to mountainsbeyond for helping with the maintenance of this cache.

A drive out into the plains, not mountains, beyond Canberra finding caches in this cool little series and performing maintenance on behalf of of the CO as required. Extremely soggy landscape at all the cache locations, and in several cases little creeks are running over these back roads. Most caches signed simply as 'MB' today.

This cache was located quickly at GZ and is in good condition.

Thanks, DSD!

Decide to head out of the house to catch up this one was looking at me so decide to get this one done and wow it a great trip TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

A quick find here today, the cache was easily found and is all good

Day 5 of e.gregory1 and I’s trip to Yass, NSW and surrounds for a week away to find a few caches. Today we headed from Goulburn to Bowning, hitting the local trails around Goulburn and North of the ACT and a few others around the area before attending an event in Sutton for the afternoon then heading back up and out to Yass area.

Thanks for the cache

Found on a week-long caching trip over to NSW and Victoria from Adelaide with gridge98.

Our main targets were the wherigo and challenge cache series’ around the Yass and Goulburn areas, although we also found quite a few other Unknown, multi, letterbox, virtual and traditional caches of interest along the way. We even managed to attend an event at Sutton and did a couple of caches just over the border in the ACT.

The middle of winter around the shortest day was probably not the best time to schedule our trip, particularly as we were camping. But despite a little bit of rain one night and sub-zero temperatures on another, the weather wasn’t too bad, albeit on the cloudy and cool side.

In all we covered about 3,300 km over the week and managed almost 350 finds each.

Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for the cache.

On a quiet caching drive today with Aquilus1, picking up a few oldies, a few virtuals, wherigo's and others. Thanks for placing

I did these before with barb2e, Joolay and Kittykatch, but only ever logged one. So I have come back to do it properly.

TFTC

After the busy (and wet) summer had finished, The Rats floated the idea of a trip to the area around Canberra and Yass with Steeba and myself. We compared diaries, and had a two day mid-week window where we could make things happen, in the week wedged between Easter and ANZAC Day.

The weather was on our side for the first time in I forget how long, and we were able to make the most of our time opportunity.

A lot of excellent caches were found, and some fantastic terrain caches too. A few power trails, some crafty hides, some hard hides, and even some climbs that I could not do... even with our ladder!

Thank you to all of the cache owners for placing their hides. This boiler plate log does not reflect the quality of the hides. Most importantly thanks as always to my two great caching mates for their company!

Cheers

The Gong Gangsters (steeba, Hoojar and The Rats) took advantage of an extended Easter / Anzac break to head out for another caching juggernaut through the Southern Highlands and Yass regions. Blessed with beautiful weather we targeted a few powertrails and high D/T rated caches.

After 2 full days we'd collected a plethora of finds, made some new friends, laughed alot, pushed our bodies beyond the comfortable level and most of all - had a great time with mates. Thanks to all the CO's for your caches and those who tagged along.

The Rats, Hoojar and myself teamed up for an assault in and around the Yass area for a couple of days- a most enjoyable caching trip with my mates. Plenty of power trail type finds but a lot of great variety here and there, particularly around Yass itself. We started off on Wednesday night and finished up Friday afternoon. TFTC!

A quick find after a slow solve a few weeks ago. Found as part of a big caching day. TFTH

Out and about collecting a few recently solved caches. Never easy but always fun. Found without issues, signed and replaced. TNLNSL TFTC

Out on a run towards Sutton and then Murrumbateman and this series of WIG's were my first stop. Caches found without issue and all in good condition.

Thanks for the series DSD....who knew there were some many different Birds of Australia.

Thanks, DSD. This one had scattered answers.

Out with Mr Jd for the first time this year -tftc

Day 46 of our southern trip. More caching around the ACT, day 4.

We enjoyed the caches we found, yours included.

Aha! The last of the Birds. Thanks for the whole series, DSD. Solving at home and on the fly bad been a lot of Fun.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on February 24, 2022. TFTC, DARKSIDEDAN.

Day 46 of our southern trip.

Decided to do another day in the Sutton area as long as the rain holds off.

Travelling & Caching with RoddyC.

Our last bird for today.

TFTCache DARKSIDEDAN

Grabbing some of these bird series while we’re in Canberra house sitting.
TFTC

Headed into Canberra today with fitzy_1965.

We decided Whitlam was the place to be today...... although we stayed a bit longer than anticipated. Next on the list was a regular so we 'swung' passed Aranda to pick that up. After we go done what we needed to do whilst in Canberra, we headed over to 'lower' Black Mountain for a bit of a walk. It was a bit warm but satisfying to pick up some of these caches. I still need to come back to pick up more of the challenges…. But they will keep for another day.

Last for the day was this Wherigo on the way home. Thankfully a quick find.

Thanks to the CO’s for maintaining these caches and for bringing us here today.

26,646. My 1,000th Wherigo find. Found with minniek as we started our trip home today.

After finding an array of fine caches in Canberra today we started our journey home. But we had our eye on one more cache - one more Wherigo to get me to 1,000 Wherigo finds - Yay !! Finding 753 in the On Your Bike series in South Australia sure helped ! I'm sure this will help in many challenge caches in the future. Nice quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache exactly as found, then headed off home.

Thanks DSD !! Love a good Wherigo.

With my holidays coming to an end decided to head down to Canberra and surrounds to grab a few more solved Marvel Mystery puzzles, another set of Bird wherigos (why wouldn't I want more of these) & a couple of challenge caches I have qualified for and a couple of other caches

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache DARKSIDEDAN

The following TBs visited for the distance - Hawkesbury Tiger, 2011- 2021 NSW geocoins, Area 51 Tag, Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, Cache In Trash Out Tag, CITO Micro Geocoin, dirty Black Juke, Four Elements Geocoin, Mary Hyde's compass, Optical Illusion Geocoin, Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, Trackable Building Brick, Wales Flag, Wheel of Caching Geocoin

An early evening cache run collecting a few solved puzzles on our way to Ulladulla for a delivery. Stopped off and collected some caches around Collector and Sutton before heading to the ACT for the night. All caches found to be in good condition. With the cache in hand we signed the log then replacing as found. Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Vanlith The Youngling, Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), teamMerlin's Football, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, Merlin's Steed, GEOCACHING WITH JORDYS GREEN LOGO

Greetings from Tasmania..

Solves this puzzle was age ago, finally make go up here for few holidays..
Accompanied all7 , Awesome enjoyed drive on the lovely country for run series…
Hate long long grass, difficult through to GZ.. some of caches,
Sign the log with good dry
TFTW

Full log to follow

Out to find birds of Australia today, all found relatively easily with the hints...
TNLNSL
Thanks

This was the last morning for this trip with ilook4geo, so we thought we would just pick up some more of the Birds of Australia series caches. This was a success here and the log was duly stamped with both names. Thanks for this cache placement go to DARKSIDEDAN.

Happy to be able to log some caches found today along with goingplaces2. Cache located, log stamped, all replaced. Job done! TFTC.

After Events and CITO...Drive around to Sutton for fun day...I looked everywhere for 30 mins then i text to geofriend to explain where cache hide but cant find then back to CITO saw Dan talk about missing cache .. he offer me put logs to found... tks

It was decided that we would go and get these caches today. Nice and close and a lovely day to be out and about. More wet weather is coming so great to use the nice day to enjoy being outside. Have not been down this road before (shock horror) but enjoyed the drive.
Thanks for getting me out and about DSD.

After spending most of the day driving around finding, opening and solving the answers for about 20 ALs I joined up with Joolay, Barb2e and Isopeda for a run out to grab some wherigos and traditional caches.

All that we looked for were found and signed. Some had water in them but all logs were dry thanks to the zip lock bags.

TFTC DSD

Out to collect some of these with Joolay, Isopeda and Smittengranny. Tftc

Day 3 already. Up early after another wet night. Temperatures have dropped and we are far away from summer, but nevertheless ready for caching. A few caches around Belconnen and then a park run. After the Parkrun back to doing adventure labs and weather suitable caches around Canberra.
TFTC Wilbert67

A long day caching starting at Collector and heading along the back roads to Goulburn before heading to Breadalbane and back to Collector. Found about 100 caches and finally cracked the 8000 cache mark.

Thanks to all the COs for putting out these caches.

#12016 - 12:22:00 PM; On a solo mission and with limited time, decided to grab a few more in this series, which are on the close to home list. All found in good order, but can't say the same for the road! TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

Found with SA. TFTC

**This Cache**
The Wherigo bird series took a few trips to pick up the required data, and there were new learnings in the use of different triangulation applications (apps). So, we learnt new skills through trial and error and had lots of fun undertaking this activity as a group effort.

Quick and easy find at GZ. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN.

**Our Day**
With the previous day’s constant rain ️ and continued overnight falls our planned 30+km cycling trip down and around the Orroral Valley swamps had to be postponed.

So, where do you go on a beautiful sunny Winter’s ️ day when the ground is too saturated to hike and too muddy to cycle on dirt tracks?

At the 11th hour, our weekend plans were brought forward combining two adventures into one ️very, very long day driving around the north of the ACT. With Contesta and GeoPartner we headed out early seeing, in the gorgeous morning sunshine ️, Lake George that should be full soon if these rains continue. Many paddocks and fields are partly under water , livestock were standing water, and some backroads had in parts turned into streams.

It was cold and very windy in some areas so we spent much of the day running between GZ and back to the warm car for the best kind of exercise! Fortunately, all GZs were quite straightforward and none required extensive searching. Just lucky today!

Yep, the car is muddy but nothing soap and water can’t fix. Home in the dark tired and exhausted but happy for our productive day in great company. Now for bed - after a shower of course!

Today’s adventures with StarsAlign and geoPeter, out and about around Collector and surrounds on a gloriously sunny ️ winter’s day after all the rain of late.

All logs in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Thanks to COs for placing and maintaining these caches

#15729 @1315
A mini Sunday afternoon mission with AngelG27 to grab a few caches to top up find numbers, etc. Cache location previously approximated. Once near GZ we continued on foot until the bearing pinpointed the cache. TFTC.

Cache 7981 on 25 Jul 2021.

Another stupid day to go caching! Crazy cold, wet and windy weather. But I am getting close to finishing my challenge so am not going to let some inconvenient weather get in the way. TikvaNZ graciously joined me as he wanted a cache today too, so at least I had company on my fools errand.

Found four from four luckily and time spent outside the car was minimal! And helpfully, we mapped out where the Australian bird Wherigos were (in broad terms) so that was a good investment for a future day.

All caches found relatively easily, although the Wherigos well did take a few minutes more to sort out the exact location.

Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for the cache and the fun!

Miskit and I went for a short drive so that I could grab this cache. Despite getting bearings from four places, my estimated GZ was approximately 50 metres out. So I had to walk around and get three more bearings. The hint was extremely helpful for this one. I might have been searching for a lot longer if it wasn't for that.
Not sure that I've ever seen a chestnut-crowned babbler. Nice little spread of letters in the name of that bird.
TFTC DSD!