Leckie Park Adventures #1 Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
By Haz0410 on 12-Apr-23. Waypoint GCA77AY

Snips and Co and I wandered into town to explore and look for a few geocaches.As we approached there was a group of people who looked like they were very interested in the river bed... i thought they were panning for gold but they didn't have pans.. turns out they were some new geocachers. we had a lovely chat with [BeatrixWanders](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=7daa82ca-a3ad-4254-9f28-dde8fc45bcba) and her camping crew. [@Snips and Co](https://coord.info/PR2TFBV) marvellously showcased how adaptable her walking pole could be to 'pan for a geocache'.. yep a little tap here, a big dig through leaves there and thunk! that's the sound of a plastic container! log was soon signed and we were on our way.

Upon arriving at GZ we noticed a few people rummaging about with phones in their hands. What could they be doing we thought. Yup, looking for the cache... We introduced ourselves and met the lovely BeatrixWanders, who was just beginning her geocaching adventures.They had been hunting for a while for this cache and we were already dubious due to the DNF logs this did not stop us from giving it a good crack. AND, bingo, using a stick to poke and prod, was that wood tapping on plastic I heard? Yes! This was a fun one, thanks Haz0410

TFTC ,2 lovely ladies helped me out.

Sorry

Couldn't find it. If someone can give me a hint I'd be grateful!

Epic find!! Added a dino named Gerry

Bingo! First find, lot of leaf litter made it slightly tricky.

TFTC - left a sticker

TFTC - left a sticker

Good find

The heavy leaf litter makes this one a little trickier in the middle of autumn! Thanks heaps

Not sure if take or not

Found with Bogonghazy and Geo pup. Thanks for placing the geocache

Found with LittleBoss2 and Geo the puppy as we head to a weekend in Mansfield. I've driven past this too many times. Thanks again Haz0410, took a while

Found

Nearly gave up, but had to remember the storms and debris may be hiding it more

Unfortunately there was a lot of wasps around and I wasnt willing to risk being stung so Im having to log a dnf

I was thrilled to see some new caches in town since our last visit which would help me nicely with my streak.We began our search (only wearing thongs mind you - big mistake) and went up, then down, then up again.We were struggling. Where could this one be? We were about to bail when I had one more look and it was right there. Infront of us the whole time. Thanks Haz0410 for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy. ----------------------------------------------------------Are you ready to nominate in the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards? Start preparing by checking out the 2023 geocaching lists available [here](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/) and find some of the new caches ahead of nominations opening.

A group of us were camping nearby, and as RoamingHowie was still on a caching streak, we popped into town to grab a few bits and pieces and of course find a cache.We chose this cache for today as it was one of three that had been published since we were last here. We parked nearby and made our way across the bridge. We past a muggle befre we crossed, but he was so busy with his phone conversation that he didnt pay us any attention. This left us to scramble to our hearts content. We looked over, under, around just about every plausible location. Still scratching our heads, I decided to call a recent finder to ask for a hint, but there was no answer.I began typing out a message thinking we could move onto No 2, and come back for this one tomorrow, but just as I was about to hit Send, RoamingHowie says found it!.Phew. He needed these three - one per day - otherwise wed be driving a while to find the next closest unfound cache on Sunday.Anyhoo, we signed the log and returned to camp, happy to return tomorrow for No 2.Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, Haz0410 ~~

We are staying at Marysville for a few days and came up to Alexandra to find a cache out near Fawcett. We dropped into the info centre to use the facilities and whilst I was in there GMelb met the lady at the info centre (& her very cute dog) who helped place these caches. Cool!! Oh the doggy was so cute, our doggy is at home with our son and we miss her (oh and him!) lol Anyway back to the cache. This was a nice easy find with a good clue TFTC Haz0410 - GJMMelb

Last one for the day and fortunately not a difficult one. Now time for our 2 hour drive home. Hopefully, we will be back with more time and our bikes for some riding of the trail.

Off to Alexandria to do some maintenance on the cemetery caches with BettyBoo3747.Collected a few AdLabs on the way, and the occasional traditional. The third one we tried in this series, and another quick find.Thanks, Robmc.

A little bit trickier to spot this one, but its there. Thanks for the hide

Easy first find for the year

Thanks fo the easy and fast cache!

Found at11.45am. Out for a Sunday drive. A coffee in town and walk back to the car.Good to see a cache with goodswaps for kids, not trash.TNLNK&M

Flooding has gone down

Severe flooding will put back up in a few days time

Thanks for the cache easy find and slot of cute treasures.Ken/tash/Hil

Love it

We are visiting the area from South Gippsland for a few days of caching and exploring. Found quickly and all in good order. Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC

What a day for a ride along the rail trail...

Coming back through Alexandra after visiting Eildon village and discovered 3 newish caches in Leckie Park. Time to stretch the legs and find them! SL at 1.54pm What a great box of treasures! Took: sea creature Left: silver feathers pathtag #10,460 TFTC Haz0410

This one rocked.

Thanks for the Cache Haz0410, in town for the day, I took advantage of a lull in the program to add these new caches to my collection. The park being quiet for a Saturday morning, I was able to subtly retrieve the container and sign the log without arousing suspicion.Regards from Victourer

A neat hiding place. Thanks for the cache. DD from Qld.

On a cycle adventure through the rail trails. Tftc.

Great little box of tricks.

Was a bit tricky but found it

TFTC

Found with cousins on a walk! TFTC, found it!

Love the little prizes! Was hidden well. Love too see some in the area!

Well done for the FTF Archie B1 & B2 Gitzy26 and Jandersons

Nice quick cache, beautiful day to be out and about. We love this area

Lovely day in Alex

The bonbons are going to be a little empty this Xmas.

Reasons being, Haz0410 has emptied all the treasures into this geocache.
Very generous people around these parts of the world.
The bananas took the Makita battery drill and the Golf Rangefinder hopefully to improve my score on my next round.
I left a pineapple hopefully to cover their generous booty because that's was all we were carrying.
The bananas are not rich like the people around here.

The plan is to stuff these treasures into our bonbons.

Hopefully we get them back at Xmas time. These gifts that keep on giving.

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