Merry Bush Christmas 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By Benjamin Screamer on 02-Nov-21. Waypoint GC9J1DN

After being summoned to the area with instructions to bring a ladder for a nearby cache, we headed back towards home, collecting caches along the way.Quick find here

TFTC

Found

Find # 16082Down in Melton to hit up some caches and Adventure Labs. But main reason was to go motorbike helmet shopping. After checking out a couple of bike shops in Melton, I headed around town grabbing ad labs. But then decided to head to Keilor to check out a few more bike shops... With shopping done I headed back to my original plan, "cache around Melton", hitting up The Toolern Vale Triangle and the Merry Bush Christmas trails and what ever other caches came up on the GPS. All caches found had no issues. It was great to be on some back tracks and make finds in an area I've had my eye on for some time now.TFTC Benjamin Screamer

Found

Cool find

Another easy find, thanks. Nice view

Lovely size container. This countryside is really nice. We are enjoying the walk. TFTC.

Good

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Could see it from the rd have replaced it back it its correct spot

Tftc found with Anzac Mondane

Found on a lovely day with Cinematicjojo

Out on the road with Mrs Cogs in the PeuGEOt to do a series of caches in the Toolern Vale area. TFTC

Another lovely present. Christmas in July! Thanks Benjamin Screamer and clear skies from TeamAstro. ?? Cache the planet! ?? ??| | I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ??

These park & grabs are perfect for todays weather. Easy find, thanks

Out for lunch in Melton so thought we would grab this series on our way home. TFTC

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Found it. Tftc

Out doing some cache maintenance and these were in the way. Tftc

Thanks

Found it

Another great series in this area. Collected all these today. Great fun containers and hides. Thanks.

Found! Thanks

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Chin47 3,4_24

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Found it

Thanks!

Great hidey hole

TFTC!

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Had to wait for a couple of cars to pass me here, however they didn't seem too worried by my presence, so all was good and the cache was soon in hand and the log signed.Thanks for another one....and another TB dropped.

Found by Mary and David at 13:05. Also snug and dry. A quick one again. Our thanks to Benjamin Screamer.

Team_Riley taking our kids for the first time in years. Our 6yr old sons first geocaching experience.TFTC

Omegaman1971Support Your Local Villain Live - Laugh - Lurk First To Find: 149Sidetracked Cache Finds: 115In the area with Rebel Acts for our last Geocaching day of the year and I was attempting to hit 2000 finds for the year and get my 13000 cache.Rebel and I actually started this series on the same day back in 2020This is one of the caches we successfully found today, Cheers for the cache.

Out and about with My good caching mate Omegaman1971, there are always plenty of laughs while we are turning caches into smiles.This is one of the caches found today.Thanks Benjamin Screamer for the cache.

12:25"Intervening Days" the pause between Christmas and New Year!After attending The Intervening days CITO 2023 and Intervening Days (Revisited) XV Events, we had the time to seek out a number of Bush Christmas caches we had previously missed.Thanks to Benjamin Screamer for hiding caches for significant dates. 36268

After a day hiking around Mount Sugarloaf we stopped off at this series on the way home. Merry Christmas and thanks for the cache!

Merry Christmas

This is my idea of Christmas... left alone to do my own thing! TNLN, TFTC

Drove up to Ballarat for a Double Significant Morning tea, some AdLabs, and a few Xmas caches on the way home. A lovely day to be out caching..I just noticed this little run of caches when the TDOC23 cache was put out. Today I made a clean sweep of them, a nice Xmas present.A quick find, but reading the hint now, I don't think it is where it should be. Might need a check.Thanks, Robmc.

Thankyou

Thanks

Happy Days

wasnt hidden correctly unfortunately

We set off for a half day of TDOC23 caches over west which ended up being a full day of including other caches and we didn't get home till 7pm lol As we were heading this way we decided to look up to see what COTY22 nominees were in the area as well. We saw this series was on the way to the TDOC23 cache so we stobbed to grab these too.
Oh I forgot to mention on the last log that my maiden name is Hogg, so these may be long distant ancestors of mine!!!!! Great idea for a series which you can add to each year, very cool
TFTC Benjamin Screamer - GJMMelb

I had a number of plans for today's geocaching run. They included :-
20 caches in Macedon Ranges LGA.
12+ caches in Moorabool LGA.
12+ caches in Melton LGA.
CITO, Event and Tree Attribute in new LGA.
2002 old geocache.
And most importantly - Geodetic Survey Way Point.

Not sure about Melton & Moorabool LGA numbers, will have to recheck LGA borders but had a great day with 41 finds in total, in lots of different environments. Highlight would have to be Mt Macedon.

Another car past. Busy back road

Thanks for the cache Benjamin Screamer
Hunter

Thanks to Benjamin Screamer for this hide.
We found it soon after arriving at GZ.
A nice spot.
We now have the Christmas caches all found. Looking forward to this year's installment if there is to be one.

Complete darkness already. It is as if someone forgot to pay the power bill. **Lights out!**
A few passing muggles, but they didn't even stop to see if we were alright.
That's okay, and so are we.
*Took the traveler to move along...*

Bounding along like a reindeer pulling a sleigh!
Another great find in this series.
Left the BernieH My Little Pony trackable here for a visit.

Nice one

had run out of time on my last trip in the area and decided to return today to complete this series. With Cachemas on the way it was the perfect time to get into the spirit.

The road was a little busier than expected, but I suspect there was a gathering occurring at a nearby property.

2021 was another year of Covid. Sure was nice to get out over summer again. Spend most of this Christmas break out in Gippsland chasing dead premiers, LGAs and UBD and Polygon challenges.

The cache here was found in good shape.

Thanks Benjamin Screamer for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.

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We just got back from overseas yesterday and the countries visited had hardly any caches, so we are well behind in this month's wheel of challenge. So, a huge day of caching: ad labs, trads and of course hunting out those with lots of favourite points. Nice easy series, thanks.

Awesome

I was only just made aware of this series so it was great to be in the area and able to find them all . . . . so far. It is a rather wet day but we managed to find everything without getting wet. It is a really lovely area that you have brought us to. Thanks for showing us this lovely are with these caches.

Headed out west with Geoturtle37 to attend a cito and to do a bit of scooter caching. The day started with black clouds and heavy rain en route, but soon turned into sunshine, albeit a tad chilly.

Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, Benjamin Screamer
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Great hiding spot

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Merry Christmas in April

While staying in Melbourne we picked up a few caches in the area and this was one of them.

Cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Swapped Thomas!!!

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Out and about with Echidna44, this series makes me think of Xmases past. This was another Xmas spent in Dubbo with our daughter and her partner. The cache was found quickly and easily after a short search.

Out with Boabtree, we had a lovely day caching in the Toolern Vale area.
Oh - the Covid lockdowns - thank goodness we don’t have then now !!
Thanks Benjamin Screamer.

After the event and CITO this morning, I headed towards Sunbury, picking up some trads along the way. All good.



My thanks for the cache, Benjamin Screamer.

Nice one

Lovely cache again. This little series is just like christmas, unwrapping each present is a new pleasure.

The Trip

I think the stars have finally aligned for a two night trip, caching and camping along the Great Dividing Range. It seems that every time i have planned a caching trip in the last six months something has come up to thwart my plans or cut my trip short. I have high hopes that this week it will be perfect.

I started at Moorabool Reservoir and will be collecting caches from there in the direction of Riddells Creek although i have a lot to find so am unlikely to make it that far. The weather is glorious and there is a cool lilt in the air which makes for a pleasant change from home, and the shady forests are vibrant.

Champagne caching!

Quick find thanks for the cache

Find #2947 for me. Found at 12:43 pm with my dog Bonnie after attending the Intervening Days event in Melton. This was another quick find for us. The cache was in excellent condition, but for some reason there was only one small swap left inside this one. Being a Christmas-themed cache that just didn't seem right, so I returned to the car to grab some more swaps to add to it. Thanks for the fun series and the cache Benjamin Screamer!

*Found on the 28 Dec 2022 @ 9:06 am.*
*Cache find # 13882.*

I had headed to Melton today to attend the Intervening Days (Revisited) XIV event but with a bit of time up my sleeve, I decided to go a little bit further North to find a few other caches in the area, this being one of them.

**Thanks to Benjamin Screamer for placing this cache.**

TFTC! 4 December 2022 5:26:28 pm 4266
Thanks for the cache!

Decided to take a Christmas trip through the years along this long dirt road. Judging by the length of it, you've got another 20 + on it. I look forward to starting a tradition of returning every christmas to nab the next iteration.
I'm continuing to enjoy all the hiding spots you seem to find and I'm honestly blessed to have these long arms of mine.
6 quick park and grabs for all the years but I found myself chilling out at times admiring how beautiful this part of greater Melton is. Would love myself to have a property out here one day.
Thanks BenjaminScreamer.

In Melbourne to attend the Mega at Whittlesea with tmann421.
Enjoyed the short trip around locating a few caches before heading to the event
Log signed tm/ww NZ
Thanks to the cache owners for the efforts with the hides

We have arrived in Melbourne to attend the MEGA Event at Whittlesea, so of course we came over a few days before to do some geocaching first!
woolwood9 and I had a good time and this was a cache we located.
This area had seen a lot of rain, all the grass was wet and some large areas of flooding.
Very wet near this one!

SL *tm/ww NZ*
*Thank you for helping to show us around different areas and adding to our enjoyment*

I don’t like putting my hands in places like this but luckily there was a tool nearby that helped my get what I was seeking. After ascertaining that there was nothing else in there I managed to return cache with signed log book to its hiding spot. TFTC

Found by caughtatwork on 30/10/2022 at 9:42:00 AM
A quick find on this geocache this morning. Very wet out here this morning, but the cache was all dry in its hiding place.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for placing this geocache here for us to find today, for without those who like to hide geocaches, there would be nothing around for those who like to find geocaches.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF1

Rated: for Overall Experience

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Look hard this one is a little more tricky

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Initially thought my arm wouldn’t be long enough, but thankfully a suitable TOTT was picked up and did the job for me. Really tranquil spot. We’ll, I’m already looking forward to next year’s cache. T4TC

Found it

Great cache thanks

Caching with the Geobro - lots for the day - TFTC

A nice clean newish container

Kids found this one super quick using the hint

Find easy find on the way to sunbury

Find number 10647 at 11:23:06 am on Friday the 24 June 2022
They said Go West Young Man and so I did. I dropped my caravan off in Campbellfield for service this morning and had a couple of hours to kill, lets go geocaching
On the way back to pickup the caravan now and grabbing odd geocaches as I pass.
**Thanks for placing this cache Benjamin Screamer**

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