Dare to be Free Dareton, New South Wales, Australia
By Ms Maddy on 11-Jun-21. Waypoint GC9CMMT

These caches were placed before the floods that took out a few caches along the river. If no one can be bothered putting a piece of paper in the cache, then its time to go ????? Ive done a lot of maintenance on the road and in very remote areas. It ensures the longevity of caches. But for some its just about the smileys.

----------### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUESTED PLEASE** ###----------Hi there Ms Maddy,It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is some sort of issue. The recent logs may contain more details about what sort of issues are evident.The cache has been [**temporarily disabled**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235), so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location, until the issues/s can be addressed.**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days,** so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.#What you need to do:-#You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-- **Check On The Cache** - once checked, place an Owner Maintenance log and then enable the cache.- **Place A Write Note Log** - indicating a date when you expect it will be restored. - **Adopt Out or Archive** - depending on whether you want it kept or for it to disappear.Full details for each of the above choices can be found at [**GEOCACHE MAINTENANCE**]( https://wiki.groundspeak.com/display/GEO/Victoria) on the Regional Policies page.You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of the above. Well, when the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned. It would be far better if you decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.Thanks for your cooperation,Bunjil (Pete & Helen)Volunteer Reviewers - Australia[3B]

We had trouble signing as the log book is very full.

Nice little spot and if not for caching may have missed it so thank you.TFTC TNLN

We were heading back towards Mildura after spending a couple of hours caching around the Perry Sandhills so rather than return via the Calder Hwy *again* we decide to take this alternative route and grab a cache or two along the way and this was the first we came across.TFTC

Found with Bogonghazy, sorceysal, geo dog whilst caching in Mildura. Quick find. Thanks for placing the geocache

After a game of golf at Coomy, LittleBoss2, Sorceysal and I decided to grab a few on the way back to Mildura. Quick find here, thanks Ms Maddy

A few days caching and golfing around Mildura with bogonghazy and littleboss2 and this was on the radar today. TFTC

Dare to be Free, lots of golfers out today, quick find Tftc

TFTC nice by the river

Found this little guy on a nice quiet morning. Then "fooooore" as a micro sized golf ball made its way towards me. Luckily old mate wasn't Greg Norman as he assumed and the ball landed about 25 metres from where he stood. Log is full bit otherwise in great condition.

A simple little hide we came across while exploring Dareton today. Spotted this pretty quickly and added our names before continuing on to the golf club. Thanks Ms Maddy for the hide, great views also

Found this micro cache at 5:08pm. TFTC lovely view of the river.

Today we headed out of town to Wentworth and then worked our way back through Merbein and surrounds to Mildura.It was a clear sunny day, but wind kept the temperatures down and at time we were greatful to be in the car. Some lovely scenery was encountered from desert like scrub through farming land and the banks of the Murray.We managed Earthcaches, a Wherigo, multis and trads as well as puzzles. We also encountered a number of great cache containers.A busy but enjoyable day.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Ms Maddy.**SKI Pair****

Another delightful day in Mildura and surrounds.It started out a bit chilly, near 1 degree on the dashboard. Again it turned into a fantastic day with blue skies, sunshine and 18 degrees. No complaints from us at all.We wandered about a bit today finding interesting caches and locations.Thanks to Ms Maddy for this hide.

We found your cache today 8 May 2024 11:40am , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC Ms Maddy

WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 3 - Moulamein to Werrimul via Balranald, Robinvale and Gol Gol. After a great night at the pub with a fun band, I had a great night sleep before heading off. Typical outback NSW, no bakery's open, so I saved some money there. I started caching in Robinvale, and with all the effort for the puzzles, it was a very short return. Plenty of DNFs. I decided to bypass central Mildura and went around the Silver city highway for a few caches before heading to my nights stop at Werrimul. I first came here with Ballooning in about 2007, so I like to visit occasionally. Only a few blokes playing pool.My trip here was bit of a detour, but in the end I was happy to see three good finds around this small town of Dareton.Thanks for the cache Ms Maddy46388.9 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2015 Photo Cacher A#325**Albida**

A quick find while staying at the nearby caravan park - TFTC

Drove down from Broken Hill today to stay in Mildura overnight before heading to Swan Hill tomorrow. We took the dare to find some caches around Dareton and we found this one. TFTC Ms Maddy.

Out and about and travelling from Broken Hill to Mildura and finding caches on the way. Stopped at GZ for this cache and after the search, cache was found and log signed. TFTC

Tftcquick stop before heading off on our rented houseboat.Found with adinache, kazzatran

Found. Thanks.

Day two of our holidays with friends on a houseboat. This is our first find in NSW for this trip. TFTC

Sydney to Adelaide Road TripDay Three: Around MilduraWeather: perfect!Another cache in the series. Where is Dare to Dream? A fairly quick find here, not quite where I was expecting it, but returned as found. Thanks for the cache and the series Ms. Maddy. Its officially a mega.GCA1DNA The Great Leap ForwardAdelaide, South Australia, February 29, 2024.Wed love to have your company.

On a wild and woolie day tftc

Sir_spectre and I decided we needed to get away for a few days, so off to Murray Sunset NP and Mildura we went. Not a huge number of caches were found, but we had a great time exploring the NP. We fixed anything we could.Thanks to Ms Maddy from mogni

Found after dinner and under torch light. Quick find. Out with Mogni for a 3 day weekend, leaving friday morning and coming back sunday night. The plan was to go to Cowangie in Victoria and then head in to Murray-Sunset National Park then head on to Mildura and come back via Rufus River road ( in New South Wales ) to South Australia. Night 1 was in the Murray-Sunset National Park at Mopoke Hut camp ground and Night 2 at Mildura then going back to Adelaide. It must have rained recently in Murray-Sunset since the sand wasn't like fine power as expected and other sections of the National park had bypass tracks around the water filled ruts in the main track. Going around one of the bypass tracks i staked a tyre on the friday but didn't notice it to saturday morning. The stake went right beside the tread and the inside wall of the tyre, the stake was the size of my finger tip. Also turns out that i got a screw in my rear tyre thrusday night leaving work. There was alot of reinflating tyres this trip. The flora change in the national park was surprising but i figured that is due to weather or not the ground was sandy or muddy. When we got to Mildura we targeted the 2 multi's mogni wanted to do and of course they were the ones with 7 and 11 stages. After that we targeted the caches with high amount of favourite points and then left the next day via New South Wales so we could get the virtual at Lake Victoria and some of the older 2003 around the border track. A good weekend away 4x4ing.

A quick find while in the area to find the Wentworth CORS, lots of golfers nearby but not a problem to us. TFTC

Well done quick find TFTC

Nice quick find

Thank you!

Quick find with tassie expat while exploring this interesting area. Accurate coords and in good condition. Thanks for placing it. Nice view of the river.

A super quick find with frmen1. Great view of the river too. TFTC

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Staying in Coomealla for a few nights and was glad that there were caches close by so I Dareton eed to find them. Had read the logs, so was a bit curious as to what state the cache was in. Had driven along the area a couple of times before today and the road was good. Today, being free, I parked next to GZ and wandered over. Went to the wrong side first and when circumnavigating GZ spotted the cache, which most likely would have been out of flood reach, and was in excellent condition. Signed the log and then replaced all as found.
Gratias pro cache Ms Maddy

Water levels are still too high to access.

Thanks to Ms Maddy who gave us a find ... GZ is under water. See previous note for pic! It has certainly come up high. TFTC Ms Maddy

While travelling through the area we picked up a few caches along the way and this was one of them.

Caches and contents were very good.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Tftc

Travelling from Perth to Canberra with lots of side tracks.TFTC.
Great cache setup.

Perfect location! Watch for bike riding muggles!

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure, yes I know we have wandered over the border. Never mind, it is a wonderful, day albiet cold and wet, and we have joined forces with FelixII so we are off to see what we can find. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

Full time nomads visiting Mildura to finally tackle the Paddle Steamer with iluvtrekking. Of course we have to stop in town and find some caches here before we go 'bush'. Great weather this morning (although too cold for us) after last nights storm. Off to visit Wentworth today.

TFTC Ms Maddy

Visiting the area for the Tri-State events weekend. A quick find with AnyMules & KiwiOzzie on a lovely Riverland day.
TFTC MsMaddy

After a big day day yesterday for international geocaching day we explored the area with Mattycat and Perfect Di, visiting the caches at Dareton was next on our list, found after a short search
TFTC Ms Maddy

Wandered off with Purrfect Di [:X] , and met up with the Froghoppin duo [^] [^] and a whole bunch of other crazy cachers around the place too. Saw some sights, cached three states, and ate a whole lot of pub and cafe meals! Found far fewer mint tins than usual - gold star to Vic and NSW for that one!!!

Happy Geocaching Day weekend!

Born free. Us cats dare everyday [:o)]

Much thanks to Ms Maddy for locating and maintaining this cache on our NSW geo-map


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Wandering the countryside - searching, spotting strange items and signing cache logs using some or all of the resources of GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife), Whereyougo, Garmin Montana 750i, Montana 680t, Etrex 35, Samsung S21u, Samsung S9, with Geocaching App, c:Geo, or Geooh Go, and Android Auto and other maps... or often with just a guyess or plain old dumb luck
Heaps of that luck stuff actually !!!

*All the online logs are composed and published with GSAK of course.*


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Caution! Caching is a very hazardous activity!
Look out for sand, mud, snakes, surprise cliffs, roos, wombats, things falling from trees, bulldust, and floods, and try not to get tetanus from rusty mint tins and don't fall off your ladder...
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- and do watch out for germs and bugs !!! . [xx(]

Make Travel Bugs the Only bugs you share and pass on
Keep a safe distance - cache the countryside


Truly fantastic of all those placing quality caches out and about around the country areas,
in sensible safe places especially! - it keeps our game fun, and interesting

Appreciate you reading all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, apparently! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and we can put an end to these long logs !!!





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Nice hide
TFTC Ms Maddy. Found on 21 Aug 2022 at 1:57 pm. Find # 2574

A nice quick cache.

I found this D2.0/T2.0 Traditional on 21/8/2022 at 13:57. It was find #15508 for me. Thanks Ms Maddy for placing and maintaining this for us to enjoy in the wonderful state of New South Wales.

Thanks for placing a amazing geocache for me to find.
I found this cache during a weekend in Mildura, in celebration of international geocaching day.
Thanks for your cache.

I dared to come over here and find a few cache...
All three were quick finds.
TNLNSL
Thanks

An easy grab after the geocaching event today

We have travelled from Shepparton to do the three states border hopping for the international Geocacha day world recordTFTC lunch Wentworth

Thanks Ms Maddie great hide a lady offered to help find my golf ball
Everything looking nice and new
FP for your effort
Signed and replaced??

Tftc Paul and Lou Blue Mountains NSW

10966 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1025. On a run to Wentworth for the day. Container in good condition. Well done an FP from us. SL Tnx Ms Maddy

TFTC

I’m having this week off as others at work had the Easter break off so it was my turn and another trip up North to Mildura was planned.
I was able to leave Melbourne nice and early to get a few caches in on the way up to Culgoa.
So after a great feed and a couple of beers and of course great accomodation at the Kaneira Hotel I headed up towards Mildura to see how many I could find in the Paddle Steamer series.
I managed to find 115 and 165 in the last couple days but the uni joint in my right knee has finally said enough is enough with all of the getting in and out of the Geocruiser so it is time to spend a casual day around Mildura.
I got up nice and early to attend the Dawn Service at the park and it was great to see so many people there paying their respects.
After a wander around town and then completing the Turtle series which was the second reason why I came back up to Mildura it was time to keep my wandering around.
I crossed the mighty Murray river and I’m now wandering around Wentworth and surrounds.
I’m taking the long way back to Mildura to check out this side of the Murray.
Just one person out practicing his swing today.

Thanks Ms Maddy TFTC.

Decided to go the long way home to retrieve some caches tftc

Found during a road trip via Wentworth, Menindie Lakes, Wilcannia, Cobar, Bourke and Cunnamulla to Charleville and back over 10 days, camping out at some great spots along the way. Met up with e.gregory1 at Bourke and we spent the next four days caching around Cunnamulla and out to Eulo, Yowah and Charleville, before e.gregory headed up to Townsville and I made my way southwards towards home. I camped out near Balranald last night and spent the day caching from Balranald to Wentworth, then finding a great campsite on the Murray at Merbein Common. Thanks for the cache Ms Maddy!

Last day in Mildura, had to go to Wentworth this morning. Picked up a few caches on the way. TFTC

A quick find on a day out geocaching north of the border from Mildua. TFTC.

Thanks for placing them with wife on night duty i have runaway and grabbed a few caches in the area. we found this cache all good

A good day was had while grabbing these caches
Thanks for placing them

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Easy find with earthlight
Tftc

Found with The X-Trailers travelling the back roads between Mildura and Wentworth.
TFTC

#13066 - 10:15:00 AM; Day 5 of the Wang Mega tour with Sol de lune. Finished off "The Turtle Series" this morning and collected this cache as we started our journey east for Narranderra, where we plan to spend our last night away. Another solo find for me as Sdl had been here before. No problems getting my name onto the log! TFTC Ms Maddy

Nice boat trip along river. Great hide.

25,441. Found with minniek, Sol de Lune and Smittengranny during our post Christmas / New Year trip over to South Australia and Victoria to tackle the On Your Bike and Paddle Steamer series among many other caches.

This cache was a nice quick find. Next find of many for our trip.

When minniek and I were in South Australia in January this year (2021) doing the On Your Bike series of (then) 100 Wherigo caches, we were talking to the CO who mentioned that a whole lot more were soon to be published, and they were - 512 more ! So once back home we set about solving all those new ones which was at least something to do during 'stay at home' orders effecting us. Then once they were all solved we planned a trip over to grab them. Then just to add to the fun the latest 152 were published just in time for us to spend time solving them all so we could get the whole set. With our caching friends Sol de Lune, Smittengranny and albida33 this series was our main aim, but with the 'Around the World in 81 caches' series, various solved puzzles and the Paddle Steamer as standby if we got the time.

We managed some BIG days caching and finished off the On Your Bike series in three days, then attempted the mammoth 'Around the World in 81 caches' series and some lovely high/rare D/T caches - all in searing summer heat peaking at over 40 degrees ! Once they were finally completed we headed over to the Mildura region for another two blistering hot days doing the Paddle Steamer series. After camping for five nights we finally relented and got hotel rooms for the last two nights and worked the air conditioning to the bone.

All in all an amazingly fun time was had, and we have all made room in our calendars for when the next part of the On Your Bike series is published - no pressure ! Highlights included many of the fun tree climbs, the pole caches which increased our skills at the recovery and replacements of those styled caches, and the relaxed times and banter around the camp site at the end of each tiring day - including New Years Eve !

Thanks to all the COs for contributing their caches to our fun times, and I must apologise for the generic logs as we did find well over one thousand caches which now require logging !

Decision was made to join in the Smittengranny, fitzy_1965 and Minniek convoy to South Australia to tackle the On Ya Bike series and Curlwaa caravan park was our camping spot for day 1. Once camp was set up for the night, we headed off to find a few local caches. We had no issues with this one and the cache was soon in hand and our names in the log.

Thanks for this little 'Dare' series of caches and for also showing us around a few areas Ms Maddy......

Day 1: SA/Vic Christmas holiday trip

Last Christmas holidays, fitzy_1965 and I (along with two geo-kids, Death Killer & my_name_jeff_1) headed to SA to visit family whilst we could, and to collect as many counties and caches as possible along the way. We decided even before getting home that we needed to go back. The added incentive of more On You Bike series sealed the deal.

Fast forward through 2021 (because who wants to remember that), and here we are again heading West in the hope that we get our negative COVID-19 test in time to cross the border.
In convoy with Sol de lune & smittengranny, we stopped at Curlwaa for the night. After setting up camp, we decided that we needed a little cache therapy after a full day of driving. A sneaky five caches for fitzy & I.

All caches were found quickly and easily.

After spending the day travelling in convoy with Fitzy_1965 and Minniek, Sol de Lune and I decided to go caching with them once we had finished setting up camp nearby. This was one of the six quick caches we found before dinner. TFTC Ms Maddy SL

Lovely views of the river here as we searched for the cache. We even got to watch some golfers tee off across the road.
Thanks Ms Maddy for the placement.

Found

Tricky hide
TFTC

Couple of spiderwebs made me hesitate claiming this one. TFTC

Found it

Beautiful and calm day by the river. Nice quick find. TFTC

A Lovely day for caching. Our Murray River looks Beautiful today. Found a New Golf ball that must have done a slice. TFTC

Published

Excited to see a new geocache pop up on the map we pulled in the fishing rods, got the boat back onto the trailer and home before coming out to seek this cache! Very accurate coordinates led to the find! Great views at gz. Thanks so much for placing this here, we really enjoyed the adventure in coming to find it! {FTF} @2:31pm