8W Ocean Grove Beach Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia
By Saltie on 07-May-23. Waypoint GCA8C4N

Coordinates changed from:S 38 16.288 E 144 32.443Coordinates changed to:S 38 16.287 E 144 32.445Distance from original: 11.3 feet or 3.4 meters.Tweeked the co-ords a little to be more accurate

Oops forgot put log on 10/11/2024 TFTC ??

Stayed at BIG4 Bellarine Holiday Park for 11 days with the Australian Deaf Caravan & Camping Group. A few of us cachers went out geocaching, and here's one we found today. Logged as Deaf Caravan Group (crank1, silence49, Lance51, Deafcat, Deafsanta, DeafVW, Codawives, and dutchaus). Thank you for placing the cache Saltie

Found it Awesome thanks for share Silence49 Lance51 DeaafVW DeafSanta DutchAus Crank1 Codawives

Staying at Big4 Bellarine with Australian Deaf Caravan Group for 10 days TFTC

Deaf caravan geo group - codawives, deafsanta lance51 silent49 deafcat deafvw crank1 dutchaus TFTC

Deaf caravan geo group - codawives, deafsanta lance51 silent49 deafcat deafvw crank1 dutchaus

Deaf caravan geo group - codawives, deafsanta silent49 deafcat deafvw crank1 dutchaus

A very great camo. Thanks for the hide. Logging with deaf geocachers

We started this one looking too low first and then things became clearer when we looked at the container size and thought about where it might be located. TFTC.

Will have to come back another day, had a good search around but had no luck

A bit wet and windy down here but it meant I had the beach and the path mostly to myself which was just as well as I somehow managed to make this harder than it probably is. Eventually I spotted the hide and was adding my name to the log, thanks for the cache Saltie.

Wow, after me and my partner spent atleast 15 minutes circling, and numerous times nearly giving up as the rain set in, it was finally spotted. TFTC

Another quick find after a short walk. Taking care with following parking suggestions..

Out for some caching with Jonescrew while camping for a few weeks at Ocean Grove. The weather was a bit ordinary today for a beach walk, even had a light shower. But at least we weren't getting burnt. The caches took much longer to find than expected with some clever tricky hides. Bit windy at this cache! Tftc

Had a boy look here, big sis found with a girl look.....bahahah Out caching with Larafolk on holidays. TFTC. Family affair today!!!

Not more steps! I can see someone having sore calves after today. A nice quick find with only a couple of muggles around. TFTC

Staying in Ocean Grove for the weekend and Geocaching, walking and sightseeing was on the agenda today. This series covered all those bases so we set our Strava and headed off. Loved the series not so much the steps as we took the beach route. Lots of people out today, enjoying the weather and heaps of dogs out having fun either chasing balls or enjoying the water. Quick find here, nice hide TFTC

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We are down here for a few days, this time staying on the Barwon Heads side of the bridge. We set off nice and early this morning to beat the hot weather and found a couple in Barwon Heads, then headed over here to this series. Once we found 10W the plan was J would walk to 9 whilst G would move the car. However there was no parking near 9 so he headed here to 8 whilst J walked to 9 then up to GZ but no G?? Where is he? A quick phone call established he had found this one and was now walking back to 9. Lol TFTC Saltie - GJMMelb

Suscoe dropped by here this morning.It was a pleasant stop with a little light rain.One surfer and a nice swell.Thanks to Saltie for this hide.

Took me a few takes to get it- but I found it in the end! First one after joining premium! TFTC

Found and we are racing the storm now, might be time to head back to the car

Views from the stairs were great. A quick find.

TFTC Saltie

Lovely morning to wander in and out along the coast with a caches to find as I progressed. Great that more caches are appearing on the Bellarine. Certainly enjoyed my wander TFTC Saltie

Always a good day when out caching and finding them.
Thanks for the cache Saltie

Today we headed down to OG to try our hand at all the latest cache placements since our last visit. Amazing how many newly released caches there has been in such a short time. A bonus for the caching community and us of coarse.
Now with the fit Triton legging it from each pedestrian entrance down to the caches and back again, I waited at the other end while he done the dirty work.
Thanks Saltie for the cache placement.

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Oh the modern world - 16 km's to visit the bank!, more like to olden days! But, what a great opportunity to enjoy the views from the 8W beach!

Thanks to Saltie for adding this cache to the gameboard.
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Parked on a star street. Indeed a few stars here. Achenar second brightest, I use in the clap method to find south. I digress.

Found on a trip to Mexico City from the town north of the border….

Thanks Saltie and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

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SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

Even though weather not conducive to beach activities, passed a dad with two kids returning from a swim, woman walking her dogs and an elderly lady returning from a walk. Thanks Saltie for placing this cache and contributing to this great game. Happy trails, Deanside

Headed over to Ocean Grove for a Bowen Therapy session, and after the session decided to go for a walk, which is always a good idea.

It is a long time since I have been to this spot on the Bellarine, probably the last time was when I was at the Collendina Hotel to see a new band called INXS, way back when they hadn't even had a hit.

It was a little chilly this morning, and it took a little while but finally we had it.

The cache is in great condition. Thank you Saltie for this Traditional cache.

A winter swimmer was getting dry right on top of this cache first time round, Who would of thunk it!! After visiting a nearby cache the return trip had this tricky one done and dusted reasonably quickly. TFTC Saltie

Always great to hear “no.... I got it”! Sorta like nah yay !!

This one took us a hot minute to find but got it in the end. Thanks Saltie for hiding these. We've been keen to geocache here for a while.

*A Winter's Visit To Pa! #2*
There was a lot of discussion about cache hunting techniques. DesHut narrowed the field down a bit, and then he and SueHut started to raise the possibility of a "bison in a tree". and the pros and cons thereof. I was more inclined to think otherwise - in my opinion, a cache on a fixed, stable structure was more likely to last the years.
I won't disclose who was right or wrong, or why, but it turned out I spotted the cache first. Discretely walking away to let the other two have a go, I was horrified to watch DesHut practically put his hands on it, to not notice.
I'll leave it to you to imagine the conversations had thereafter
Thanks heaps, Saltie!

Good winter's afternoon to be caching with 2 companions, and this was our second. In the right region from the start but failed to fully explore the correct object. Moved away slightly and one of the others swooped. Thwarted again. Grrr. Good fun though. Thanks for establishing this one in an area where there aren't many potential hiding spots.

Oooo that’s a bit sneaky. Good one

Found it on the second try

We had a lovely walk along the beach on a stormy afternoon.
Found this one pretty quick and signed the log ??.
TFTC

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On a glorious sunny day, we went walking and caching while staying at Queenscliff.
Loved looking at the waves. Easy find, thanks Saltie.

Found while on a day out and about. Took minute or two but got there. Thanks for the cache Saltie.

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