Moor-Shepp Hidden Gem 25 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
By The Blind Side on 27-Jul-21. Waypoint GC9EE17

Found with Bogonghazy whilst spending a week away in the area. Thanks The blind side for placing the geocache

Found with LittleBoss2 as we headed down to Shepp for the day. Parked the car on the opposite side of the gulley and decided to do this little circuit on foot. Quick find here, thanks Craig

Tftc found with earthly 65

Very close encounter with a black snake near gz...beautiful, i thought...after i got over it...haha..tftc

Found it.

After the Tatura event, I took the deadly treadly to The Flats in Shepparton-Mooroopna.I had ridden some of these when they first came out, but had not come back for the newer ones.Today was the day. A lovely mild day for a ride. All the tracks and trails were dry, although the thistles were head high.I initially park the car near Little and Cemetery Roads intersection and unloaded the bike.I ride clockwise around to #47, then went back to the car for lunch.In the afternoon I moved down to the other end of Cemetery Road to try the eastern caches.A lot of walking to get to some of the caches.Thanks for this series, Robmc.

14:41A couple of days in Shepparton, gave the caravan a run & put us close to the Central Victorian Annual Get Together on Thursday.We spent a couple of days searching for the hidden Moor-Shepp gems, mostly by bike & we will return for those we missed, perhaps the water will be gone. It was good to find those with fresh logs this time.A BIG thank you to the CO who placed this series of caches.36906

A trip to Shepparton for some retail therapy, lunch and then a bit of caching in this area. The floods have certainly changed the landscape and made the tracks harder to follow. We decided walking was the best mode of transport. Glad we put off our trip until this weekend and that the CO had a chance to replace the cache during the week. SL at 2.15pm TNLN. We saw some kangaroos and even a fire truck making their way through the area on our short journey this afternoon. Thats enough of these for today. #10,814 TFTC The Blind Side

Cache replaced, good to go.

No luck. Suspect it has disappeared during the floods

Cleaned and dried cache contents and replaced, good to go.

Cache full of water, log to he replaced ASAP

My 290th find.
Loving this series.
Walking down these bike tracks reminds me of some funny occasions out here.
Thirsty girl child walking..
Cranky boy child after falling off his mountain bike.
Let's go for a bike ride she said, it'll be fun she said..
TFTC

First find without any assistance

Tftc

good cache

Cache missing after recent floods. Replaced, good to go.

With the floodwaters between Shepparton and Mooroopna beginning to recede I expect most if not all of the Moor-Shepp Hidden Gem Series caches to either be washed away or full of water so I am disabling all until I've had the opportunity to inspect and replace. This may take some months as the area is still not accessible and there are 48 to check.

Awesome! Out and about on trusty treadles aka the MTB exploring the trails and the impressive river red gum forest. Chipping away at a few caches with each trip to Shep visiting daughter who now lives here. Trails in good nic given it’s winter. TFTC and the fun!

Have a 50th Birthday in Shepp so decided to make a weekend o it and grab some caches. The wetness of the day didn't stop us from finding this one although our feet are starting to get a bit wet. TFTC

This is my 2nd bite at this "Moor-Shepp Hidden Gem" Series during my stay at Shepparton with a Life-Long Bestie for about 6 weeks. 17 hides added to my grab in a planned loop, today
The day was still and cool not icy and windy

I love this tree-forest walk as it is a pleasant way to build up my daily step-count with no Muggles to be a hinderance, if you don't count the birds

I started at M-SHG #27 through to #39 then across to #23 - #26.
Pls note: all caches were in good condition and their log books were dry

Cache #25 was found and logged at 12:26 on Thursday the 28th of July 2022.
TFTC The Blind Side

Headed out to do some geocaching after dropping geoboy @pokemon card game in shepparton. This geomum is on here own and I'm not complaining. Cache and log in good order. TFTC off to the next one.

Number 25…..quite a significant number in many peoples eyes….mostly because in my 2nd year of Under 17s football, this number was adored by many, as it was on the back of my football jumper, but enough about number 25, I needed to fill in another day in the calendar, and it’s been a long time since I nabbed one of my good friends The Blind Side’s hides, so on this beautiful July afternoon, there is no hole on the 6th of July anymore. Cache is great order. TFTC The Blind Side

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Last day in beautiful Australia so thought I would attempt to complete this series by The Blind Side
A few muggles around this morning even the four legged kind that thought jumping all over me with muddy pours was entertaining mmmm!
A nice grab
TFTC

Nice hide. TFTC

Staying overnight with a friend in Shepparton but it seemed a good idea to visit this area beforehand. Drove in via Little Road and then walked as I wasn’t too sure if the road conditions with the recent rains. On foot it was easy to dodge the puddles and savour the scenery. All caches were easily found This took me off tracks and through pleasant open forest TFTC The Blind Side

Found 5 of these caches back last year on the 24.7.21. Nice little hides hopefully will find more today tftc

Great dayout for walk Thanks for the catch

Another quick one.
Btw no connection to previous cachet today
TFTC

# 14339 Found and logged at 9:36:00 AM
Today caching in Shepparton and Mooroopna
Cachingin the morning dodging the heat after lunch
Thanks for the cache The Blind Side
Lgoody

We were in the Shepparton area today, spending quality caching time with Liz & Bruce and Hans & Linda. This area has changed a lot since we were last in the area, a lot rougher indeed. SL TFTC

TFTC. We are staying on the are for a few days prior to the mega in Wangaratta. Teaming up with Liz and Bruce and muff1 we spent the day exploring around the area caching as we went.
We stayed flexible with our caching plans. We headed down to the flats to,try our luck we were driving. Parts of the track were ok but some were not passable in the car. We did what we could without damaging anything.

Thanks for arranging and hiding. We are enjoying exploring the area and completing the series.

2 November 2021
9:44 am
1115
Many thanks The Blind Side for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.

Well what can I say, recently I have been introduced to the world of challenge caches. I’m now In the midst of brewing another addiction!
I have never found a cache on 2 November before and this special series is the closest to home. There were a few amongst the series that had recently been published that I hadn’t found. However for some strange reason I’ve never found this one which was a bit older.
A Geo buddy suggested that I couldn’t come here just for one cache - it isn’t really in my nature to go for just one.. However, The challenge was accepted, I restrained myself, and found just the one in cache. As a bonus there was a trackable in the cache, which I grabbed to take onto the next place.
Many thanks to The Blind Side for a fabulous series.

Cool

TFTC
Put in a trackable

Found it, follow the tracker closely. Hidden Under bark

Found 2:08/21 a quick find for number 25 always so good to see a yellow smiley
Thanks Blindside log signed and returned for enjoyment of others

Thank you again The Blind Side for continuing to provide us local's with caches close to home that we can search for without travelling too far in these uncertain times. I particularly like the variety and mix of hides, in a limited area for choice. We being dalerious and I, had a chance to come out today a bag a few more, leaving some for 'ron. All caches found in good condition. Keep them coming

OK, so Catnap777 and I were no longer in the hunt for the FTFs (we were way too comfy at home when these ones came out), but with a bit of time to kill between jobs this evening, they were the perfect distraction.

Relying more and more on artificial light, it was my turn to get my hands on the cache first.
Cat' and I grabbed 5 of the CO's latest instalments leaving just a few for a rainy day.
Although...... they do seem a lot easier to get to when it is not quite so rainy. [xx(]

TFTC and series The Blind Side, all found so far have been in perfect condition. [^]

About to do some cooking when the phone pinged: just another lot of new caches, I thought!
Probably in SA, I thought!
Imagine my surprise when there was 4 caches nearby[^]
Rex and I headed straight out in the trusty Corolla[^]
Into the rapidly darkening evening, into the muddy and churned up forest, into the quietness of a cold winter's night[^], into a night with visible stars, into a 3 hour tour!
The recent purchase of $20 Aldi rubber boots[:X] came in very handy[^] as there was mud, water, wet grass and even slippery slopes
We started at #27 and spent a looooong time there, eventually giving up and moving on to #26 which was found easily. The on to #25 by Shank's Pony[|)] which was another easy and quick find[^] Back to #27 which this time was spotted quickly (I finally used the right TOTTs[^]) and then another TOTT[^] allowed short arsed me to retrieve the cache and SL[^] Then another short walk in, through yet another wet creek, to #28 and we were finished[^][^]

Woohoo! *FTF*

TNLN. SL. TFTC The Blind Side

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