SideTracked - Wallan Wallan, Victoria, Australia
By TreeTrio on 29-Oct-23. Waypoint GCAFK0N

Accio 11:04:26Down to Melbourne to escort my mum to hospital - and after a great weekend caching all over Melbourne (and visiting her occasionally) - heading back north to home today. Made a stop here to stretch the legs now that we are out of Melbourne suburbia - nabbed a quick cache - and we carry on. Thanks.Thanks TreeTrio for entertaining me at this location. *{Overall find #12953}*

Side Tracked find 333I was lucky to get a park. Tight parking. As others have mentioned, very well hidden. It was beginning to look like a DNF, when I suddenly spotted it. Cache and log are good. TFTC TreeTrio.

Nice quick find!Thanks guys

Found by The Empire + HWe left Bright in the morning, the crisp mountain air still fresh as we set off on our drive back to Melbourne. The early light cast a soft glow over the landscape, highlighting the mist clinging to the hills and the dewy greenery along the roadside. The quiet streets of Bright slowly disappeared behind us as we made our way onto the winding roads leading out of the Alpine region.By the time we reached the open plains, the familiar sight of Melbourne on the horizon marked the end of our journey. The shift from the serenity of the mountains to the bustling energy of the city was striking, but the calm of the morning drive stayed with us, making the return feel more relaxed and reflective. Easy drive-by with the carpark quiet this afternoon. Thanks for the cache TreeTrio.-M

ThaAaaank you

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Nice little find, I was a little rusty once too

Passing another Sidetracked cache we just had to pull in to find it. Luckily we were able to park really close and there were hardly any other cars in the carpark. Near GZ there was really only one likely contender for the caches hiding place. It took considerable hunting to find the cleverly hidden little cache. Thanks for the fun!

We found this cache on our way home from a big weekend away attending the 2024 Cache Crawl from Riddells Creek to Echuca and back home to Melbourne.TFTC

Nice quick grab sign log before any muggles were around TFTC

A great spot for a cache and well hidden. Signed my name on another Sidetracked cache thank you.

found it

Accompanied with theashleys7 for caching day at Mt Disappointment. Logged as KASA24 as a team so we found it and nice hide. Thanks Treetrio for placing the cache

Logged as KASA24 as kangas11 and I both had a big day today caching together at Mt Disappointment and writing our team name instead of both our caching usernames saved us time. I did the driving while kangas11 did the finding & logging. Tomorrow back to Mt Disappointment for more and well be swapping our roles. TFTC!

On my way to Rutherglen for the weekend with my family I remembered about this cache as we drove across the train line. A quick diversion into the carpark for me to make the find and then we were able to continue on our way.Thank you TreeTrio for this cache and it's addition to the SideTracked series.

Nice beautiful day to grab some finds!

Coach replacements today? Unfortunately no toilets around, so had to move on.

TFTC loved this sneaky spot

We were heading to Canberra for our second Mega in as many months, and when you are driving a long way, it is wise to break up your drive to prevent driver fatigue.With this in mind, we stopped quite a bit on the journey to find a good number of caches and endeavoured to get closer to qualifying for more Challenge caches.We will use some relatively generic logs with the sheer number of logs we need to complete after the Mega. We are tired and have insufficient brain power to do much more than that.We would like to thank all the cache owners for placing the caches for us to find, and unless otherwise noted, we found all caches in excellent condition.Thank you, TreeTrio, for this Sidetracked Traditional cache.

Found by Mary and David at 13:15. A FP for a very well camo'd cache. Our thanks to TreeTrio.

Find number 13055 at 10:45:34AM on Wednesday the 20 March 2024Ducked out for a cache or two this morning with the intention of turning it into a journey Just chasing SideTracked's, oh, and some windmill clues for my Canberra Mega trip so I finished up going Croydon, Montmorency, Epping, Wallan and on and on and Tallarook and Euroa and home again Just ducked out...A nice handy park right beside GZ made for a real quick find **Thanks for placing this cache TreeTrio**---Dont forget to get prepared for the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards by checking out our preliminary lists [here](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/).

Day off today so thought wed head out & gather some smiles. Good hide. Plenty of cars here but no one about. TFTC

It was time for a sidetracked hunt with goinplaces2 and a lot of logs were signed to add to our tally for this series. This one was nicely hidden. TFTC.

We went on a SideTracked run and it was good to look for these on a weekend. There was plenty of parking available at each stop. This one was quickly spotted, the log was signed and replaced and we moved on. All this was while a train was at the station. Thanks for this SideTracked cache go to TreeTrio.

We knew where this cache would be hiding as soon as we pulled up. SL at 3.14pm Not much activity here at all! #10,777 TFTC TreeTrio - definitely time to head homewards north up the Hume Freeway. Thanks for getting us sidetracked a few times today.

easy find TFTC

A quick find while out caching with Little Blue Wren,TFTC

Eagle eyes geokid walked straight up to this one. Didn't even have a chance! TFTC!

Back in the area for a Parkrun, so time to tick off the new caches that have been added since our last visit Nice easy find tftc

TFTC! 5 January 2024 4:57:46pm 7067Thanks for the cool hide.

14:54Massively SideTracked with n0w0rries before this afternoon's predicted rain storms.Tallarook... Broadford... Kilmore East... Wandong... Heathcote Junction...And Wallan.Another clever hide, TreeTrio.The sky was getting blacker, and there were flashes of lightning as I took a few photos. Time to head home.SideTracked #101#8150

A SideTracked day along the Hume Highway with nirgalagrin. We drove out almost to Seymour and cached our way back into the city.After waiting patiently at the level crossing for an outbound train to crawl through we headed to GZ.Racing to beat the incoming storm front.

Found it

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. We could not resist chasing the new sidetracked caches in the area today. I am not a fan of bisons but this was a neat hide.Thanks TreeTrio for the cache.

Omegaman1971Support Your Local Villain Live - Laugh - Lurk Caches Found: 12917First To Find: 149Sidetracked Cache Finds: 111I was out with Rebel Acts, putting some smiles on the map and having our final catch-up before Christmas. It was nice to revisit an area we hadn't been to in a while.Thank you for the cache!"

2 for 2 today, and my first find in the Shire of Mitchell. TFTC

bunadoorian and I were up this was visiting our son and his partner. We came here on the way home. I found the area first but bunadoorian had his hands on the actual cache first. Great hide! Found just in time as a train was arriving just after we left the area. TFTC and for bringing us here TreeTrio.

I think that I would have struggled without the help of the hint. But after a short search the cache was found in good condition and without too many previous logs. TFTC.

I had been up in the hills east of Wallan chasing down a challenge caches that I had just qualified for and was now on my way to Darraweit Guim to check out the caches placed there. On my way through Wallan I took the time for a small detour to look out this cache... so pleasing to see SideTracked caches popping up all over the place. A nice easy find... with the help of the Hint. Thanks **TreeTrio** for placing this cache... and adding to the growing number of SideTracked caches in Victoria.

Really good hide!TFTC

Tftc, found recently with lilbassgirl

Another sidetracked cache to add to my collection. A clever hide. TFTC I'll give it a favourite.

Found on a quiet run to fill another date on my caching calendar. TNLN. TFTC

Tftc, found with fourtwelve after our dinner adventures

Very nicely done here. Definitely muggle proof. A very pleasant afternoon for caching and the hide was very quickly isolated and signed. TFTC

Nice Spot TFTC!

Nice quick find to keep my streak going. Tftc

I was finally having a weekend off from work and I also need to get out of the house after the crappy week that I just had.After a bit of maint on some of my caches I decided to come up Old Sydney Road for a drive and take the back way to Wallan and to find a couple of recent caches.Housing estates are just popping up everywhere around here.After find one of the parks series I headed to the station.I was expecting to go past the pub (Rattlers) but noticed it was not there anymore as I had been to a couple of functions there in the past.Nice and quiet here to today as Im guessing it would be busy here during the week.A great hide was soon located and another sidetracked cache located as well.Thanks TreeTrio TFTC.

##Published - thanks for contributing to Geocaching with this Listing.##*Don't forget that regular visits to check on this cache will keep it healthy as well as keep seekers happy. Be sure to log an Owner Maintenance log each time you visit to check on the cache.*> When you go to hide a geocache, think of the reason you are bringing people to that spot. If the only reason is for the geocache, then find a better spot. - [briansnat](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=ba29da86-34a1-4e11-a403-9dad810cdd44)

{FTF} A new record located the cache after it had only been published for 10 mins. Winning. A great hide and clue. Luckily not too many muggles around today. I use this train station a bit to go into the city. Thanks again TreeTrio