Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations - Saddleworth South Australia, Australia
By Hoppincats on 04-Jul-23. Waypoint GCAAYJZ

First we did the Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations series in Port Wakefield and then we drove up to Kandina and worked our way to Moonta doing the next section of the Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations series. All caches in this series where found. Found with Mogni and JJ52. This weekend it was off to do the Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations series both in Port Wakefield and also the Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations trail between Moonta and Kandia plus any other caches that we passed along the way, plus JJ52 was hosting a event in Moonta for her 20,000 cache. It was a busy Saturday day and night, since we went caching after the event in the dark as well. Sunday started with co-hosting a CITO event at Paskeville early in the morning then meeting up with about 20 other teams and doing the Siren Of The Sea geo art then a early lunch and then moving on to do the The Big Question geo art with the remaining teams that haven't already done it. Then it was time to drive home only stopping for a couple more caches. No snakes were sighted but i did get nearly a dozen bug/ant bites over 3 different gz's and stung by a bee in the chest. For the first time in a very, very, very long time i didn't need to replace any full log sheets ( nano log sheets don't count, do your own maintenance ). A very, very tiring weekend given the amount of km's either walked or pedaled but a good weekend away. Surprisingly the weather was a lot better than expected not to hot or cold given the thunder storms either this week.

Having had a crazy busy time at work, I needed some distractions, and a weekend of caching was just what I needed to put off my marking for a couple of days. Several power trails and some other geocaches were found, some signed as mystery randoms, others as siren seekers depending on who tagged along with us. Any geocaches that needed some attention got it Thanks for hiding these caches for us to find

A weekend away was planned with sir_spectre and mogni to the Yorke Peninsula to complete the Abandoned Railway Sidings caches then meeting up with others to tackle the new mermaid geo art and then the new Big Question caches. It was a busy but fun weekend with a couple of events thrown in and lots of caches found along with me getting to my 20,000 milestone. We had perfect weather and the dirt roads had mostly dried out after the big storm during the week. All in all a successful couple of days.After completing the Abandoned Railway caches in Pt Wakefield we headed here to start those from Kadina to Wallaroo and Wallaroo to Moonta, some we completed in the car and others by bike and most were found without too much trouble.Thanks for the cache Hoppincats.

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Love the hiding place

Quick find with Bindi the geo pooch..Thanks for the hide!

Day 3 of trip to Yorke. Weather is looking iffy today so concentrating on puzzles, multis and labs around Moonta.Onto the bike for a few more abandoned caches.Gentle rain falling.Cheers

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Had a day off so decided to go for a quick trip to Moonta and grab a few caches.Was with Margieh who found it only a week ago so she pointed me in the right direction for this one.TFTC Hoppincats

Another one off the list...Thanks Hoppincats for the cache

Nice and quiet! TFTC

Thanks Hoppincats for placing this cache and for the ongoing maintenance. Find #9778 on 18/7/2024 at 1:10PMOut on a rare weekday adventure to find some caches and see some of our great state. This involved some driving, walking and riding to collect many types including some puzzles that have been solved for a good while. My second caching trip in the red cachemobile.

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Been posted with Sarge5556 tftc

Just hanging out, tftc with jeffner5556

Out with an old relic (Cheezel1961) on the pennyfarthings today, we cycled from Wallaroo to Kadina to Pt Hughes and back to Wallaroo, picking up the railtrail caches and nearby ones that we rode past. An awesome day, finding 118 caches and riding 62km.Really enjoyed these bikepaths and cruising around these lovely towns.

Out with some old geezer called weredunn4 targeting ARSS series of caches out of Wallaroo on the bikes.Of course there will be a few other caches well cross paths with that well also have to snaffle.Caching and riding a bike, great combinationTFTC

On a trip to Port Broughton for a Park Run event and weekend away camping, with some coffee and lunch in us, we did some of the bike trail caches. Fantastic trail. Thanks for the caches!

This was a lovely series along the trail here, we parked at one end and I rode back to catch up to Courtneyrose, all but one cache was found on our ride. This weekend Courtneyrose_ and I headed to the Copper Coast for a night away, our plan was to attend parkrun at Port Broughton followed by a nice day out on the bikes completing the larger section on the Copper Rail Trail from Wallaroo to Moonta. A nice night away with nearly 100 finds for the trip.Thanks for the cache

Such a shame the line became disused, and in our 150th SA year too So many old stations gone but not forgotten! Thanks for the cache listing Hoppincats and for having us as part of the beta placing crew! ------------------------------ ------------------------------PS:Don't forget to put the SA June Long Weekend in your diary for 2024 too... leap back into the 80s - GCAK1D5 - Lameroo's Ludicrous Legwarmers Caches are logged using the resources of gsak, garmin, and androids, occasionally AI too! (And a little rubber stamp ) Work gets in the way - and some may take longer to log than others due to mixed technology and need for sleep! The skill and talent of some Zenior Zombies helps, and maybe a spot of luck too [:o)] I do appreciate if you actually did read all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, or so we've been told! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log... someone actually did read to the end and alerted me to just a project GC badge that requires long logs. Is that all? Oh well, thanks for reading!Well at least it's not as bad as finding a mint tin! Did you get that... stop putting out rusty mint tins, just stop it, now!!! C'est fini... For now... ... until tomorrow!

Great find

TFTCOut & about on this gorgeous Saturday with geo hubby Animal62, collecting some smiley faces for our maps.

TFTC nice find quick drive by out and about with geo wife LynSteNet on a Saturday afternoon collecting smileys for the map

Staying next 2 nights in Wallaroo. Getting a few caches around Moonta and surrounding area.

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*Another nice find with woolwood9 today.* Day 2 on the Abandoned Railway Sidings / stations trail.Thanks Hoppincats for putting this cache series out for us to visit. SL *tm/ww NZ*We really enjoyed the trail! On the bikes in this area and could have done with a shop on the way!It got very hot and I was pretty keen on an ice cream or at least some more drink.Appreciate the good maintenance and tidy caches.Some tricky hides but we managed to find all but one in this section.

Over to attend the Great Leap Forward Mega Event with tmann421.Have done a few km collecting caches and have enjoyed the tour aroundThanks to all the cache owners for their efforts in placing and maintaining these for us to findSigned log tm/ww NZStarted in the early morning on bikes to grab these ones before it got too hot. Took four hours return and by the time we got back it was over 40 degrees.Enjoyed the trail

Great little hideTFTC

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We had a great day visiting many Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations. We appreciate the history that has been included.Thank you!

Cool find!

Logging as a beta tester now several finders have earned their smilieTFTC Hoppincats

Went and did some more of the Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations series between Wallaroo and Moonta. All caches found fairly quickly and were in good condition. TFTC

Quick find. Thank you

Quick find while away on holidays

Bit of a day out in Moonta checking out some wonderful mining history. Time for a couple of drive by caches on the way home. Quick find in good condition. Tftc

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Travelling Australia in our caravan since February 2014.

We cycled from Wallaroo to Moonta and return collecting smilies. This is the 2nd day on the bikes, and I can tell you we both felt it this afternoon.

The way we ride geo bike trails is we ride out 1km (approx) intervals and attempt a cache and so on all the way to the end and then pick up all the unattempted caches on our return, this way when we are weary and got sore ...... parts we are on/off the bike at more regular intervals.

The flies were horrendous again today but worse on the ride southbound on the way back we had a headwind which we were very grateful for as it limited the flies until we stopped to hunt for a cache.

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Found with Team Waldron and Freddo during a day of touring the Abandoned Railway Sidings/Stations series around Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta, signing the logs as TWFF. A great day for a ride with a cool temperature and light(ish) winds. Thanks for the cache and series Hoppincats!

Freddo and Team Waldron headed to warmer climes around Broken Hill, Cobar, Bourke, Cunnamulla
and Charleville.

After a cold start in Broken Hill the weather improved once we got further north. Sadly our last night in Broken was wet which, pardon the pun, put a dampener on things.

All up it was a great week away and lots of caches were found with only 3 dnfs.

Thanks to all who placed and maintained their caches. The occasional cache was damaged and we refurbished it and we also left new logbooks as required.



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The son of the son of the son of the son of a railwayman. I know railways and their stations. Grandfathers in CR and SAR. That makes me a SCAR man. My first pay check was from CR. Cold hard cash in those days.

Riding into a head wind going out. Tail wind and down hill going home. Cache found and logged by one of team for the day.

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Köszönöm a rejtést.

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SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Can’t wait!!

Travelling with richlink from Perth to Darwin up along the west coast and home again through the centre and the Nullarbor. We are on the home stretch now, just a few days in the Yorke to pick up a few caches.
It's a wet and blustery day today. In fact, it's too wet and blustery for us to ride the track as planned. So we hopped back in the car to find what we could from the road. Thanks, hoppincat.

Travelling with iluvtrekking up the WA coast to Darwin, down the Centre and in the Flinders. After spending some time in Peterbough and Minlaton we moved to Moonta to grab finds in Moonta and surrounds. Out on a wet and blustery day to do the Wallaroo to Moonta section on this series. Thanks Hoppincats ‍

maybe not FTF but first to log and solved so i must get done sort of bragging rights? great late morning for a stroll!
TFTC- appreciate some new smilies close by!
the change in style adding 30 seconds to find…

This is a great bike trail, nice and flat, rest stops, and a heap of cache to find along the way too.
Found 45 of the 46 latest ones, mostly straight forward hides, but with variety in hides and cache sizes.
Dropped my *FTF* geocoin through too.
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I guess logging a few finds is easier to do in a timely manner, than 46 finds after a 2hr drive home then sleep...

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