Moor-Shepp Hidden Gem 28 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
By The Blind Side on 27-Jul-21. Waypoint GC9EE1W

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 CraigGot lucky here, first place we looked

Tftc found with earthly 65

Tricksy alright...we liked it tootftc

Out exploring the area and enjoying a walk along the river. Totally amazed by the evidence of how high the flood must have been.

We like when they are tricky!

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.A DNF for me here today. GPS was bouncing around a bit and I couldn't locate the cache.Thanks for this series, Robmc.

11:02A 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.Very obvious this cache has been covered in water but log nice and dry.A BIG thank you to the CO who placed this series of caches.36883

Cache check post floods. Located high and dry.

Today we decided to explore how far we could take the GeoCruiser exploring the Moor-Shepp Hidden Gem Trail. Boy the flooding has made a mess of the tracks in here. Those we tackled we were able to drive to within 150mts today.Sadly a DNF for us here today.

Long grass, short shorts =itchy stingy legs!
Clever hide, not so clever attire..
TFTC

good one

Cache remarkably still in place after floods. Log wet, replaced. Cache is 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.

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 #28 was found and logged at 10:32 on Thursday the 28th of July 2022.
TFTC The Blind Side

Time to fill another day in the calendar, and 28 is the lucky number. Chris Lewis is probably the best number 28 I seen play….but David Kernahan is my fave. The younger brother of superstar Sticks Kernahan, and funnily enough, played at the opposite end of the ground to his brother, down at full back. Could have played more games for Carlton….but a young Stephen Silvagni showed some potential at full back and took his place. TFTC and a awesome series 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.

TFTC

Nice find

Easy

Fffoouuunnndddd iiiittttt

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The sun has decided to come out which is making being out in the bush a little easier.
Clever hide TBS
TFTC

Quick easy find 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 was hidden in a manner that could easily confuse an inexperienced cacher TFTC The Blind Side

Thank you for the catch great little find very well

Found after a quick search. Good hide

Cool little cache here tftc

# 14346 Found and logged at 9:00:00 AM
Today caching in Shepparton and Mooroopna
Cachingin the morning dodging the heat after lunch
Thanks for the cache The Blind Side
Lgoody

#4763 A quick trip across to Shepp today to walk a few more of this series with the geohounds. We managed 10 finds and 6kms exercise before pulling the pin due to heat and hunger.

Well we got lucky here putting our paws on the cache in the first place we checked. Very well executed and tanks for the cache The Blind Side.

Spent a while looking but got there in the end

Nice little cache took me (and a few others) 20 minutes to find TFTC

A little more challenging to find. Almost gave up. Thanks

Our last find for the night as we head home to beat the setting sun. Thanks to The Blind Side for the hide.

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 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.

This was a clever hide that had us going round is circles for a while.
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. [^]

Found number 28 will be back another day for 26-27 as I must get too work
Log signed and returned to its hideout
Thanks for the fun time Blindside.

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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