Ruins Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
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geotrakka on 11-Apr-24. Waypoint GCAP5BB
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Out n about with m4yb grabbing some caches. Second day of our 2Jay getaway and another nice day for the hunt. Thanks for the hide & geotrakka
Megawat60 and I sadly missed IGD24 due to his knee upgrade. So now, making up for it with a few days in Toodyay. Plans for Day 2, starting on the Clackline Road for the puzzles we managed to solve then back in town. Many thanks geotrakka!
Found it. TFTC geotrakka. Up here trying to clear the area of green dots. Happy to make the find here, replaced as found.
Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Back in WA to visit family and work Grain Harvest. Now staying a few days in Hoddyswell with Iluvtrekking. We headed out towards Hoddywell falls first up. We only got to 300mts from the parking point before abandoning the car. 2 1/2 hrs later back at the car with 4 smilies. 
Saw lots of wildflowers on the enjoyable walk. Then we headed off to town to grab a couple more caches. TFTC geotrakka
Saw lots of wildflowers on the enjoyable walk. Then we headed off to town to grab a couple more caches. TFTC geotrakka Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for us to enjoy team geotrackka. Out with team adinache for the day finding the last few in Toodyay before we leave. Attended the Cito in the morning and found this one then a nice walk along the river. Thanks to all the cache owners for organising such a fantastic weekend.
Find 10 of 15 on the Sunday morning of IGD, dodging the showers and trying to get to 20 for the day to hit our 13000 milestone.Unlike us, but we kept driving around town until all the caches were found! This was a quick one following the beaten path.TFTC geotrakka!
Out and about on the last day of IGD2024 picking up a few smilies to finish the weekend off.Found quickly while at the CITO just the rains started.geotrakka I found your cache at 9:02am, this was the 2nd of 5 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 8842. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.SLTFTC
Great hiding spot, thank you for the cache geotrakka!After a busy couple of days for the IGD weekend, I grabbed a few more hides around Toodyay and Gingin on the way home. I had more ambitious plans but ran out of time, probably because I stayed in the car during rain showers ??. Thanks again to all those who placed hides for the weekend and made this trip to Toodyay a lot of fun!
Thank you! Day 3 of the IGD weekend in Toodyay. Finding some final caches in Toodyay before taking a very indirect route home.
Out and about in the wheat belt for IGD weekend. A beautiful drive with the wildflowers out and Canola blooming. All good here.Some logs signed as N20 This is my 13943 find Thankyou geotrakkafor placing and maintaining this cache for others to find .
Found with TeamBarritts on day two of caching during the IGD weekend August 2024. Tftc!! Thanks arnottfamily too! ??
Another find with TeamBarritts and BJA3. Thanks for the hide. I have found a cache here before years ago.
Day 2, in Toodyay for the IGD weekend with BJA3. Thanks for placing and maintaining this hide for us and others to enjoy!
Put with iluvtrekking collecting more finds on the IGD event weekend. Hope to complete before the predicted deluge arrives. Thanks geotrakka
Hitting the roads again with richlink tracking down all the new caches in Toodyay. Thanks to all who have placed caches for IGD.
In town for the IGD event with the machman. Wandering about finding caches and Adlabs. TFTC
Out with Jaypre on the IGD24 weekend in Toodjay. Thanks to geotrakka for hiding this cacheThis will be find number 283 for me TFTH
Out with Elliejay2024. I am curious what was there. I cant even imagine what it could have been. Maybe they built it just for cachers to ponder. TFTC
Teaming up with Burns345 and Kapelula for the IGD weekend, we choose certain caches first.Definitely some old ruins from the toodyayian dynasty Cache found in good condition. Cheers!
Found with Orrsome Family and Deefa71 on the IGD24 weekend. A milestone cache for Orrsome Family. Tftc 
Out n about for IGD in Toodyay with deefa and fam steiner aka mum and dad ?? tftc this is my 2500 cache. Huge milestone for me woop woop
Back into Toodyay today for a 2nd day of IGD fun, great event last night with a bunch of other like minded individuals, travelling in with Kyzabra and meeting up with Granett, today's caching plan was to hit up the challenge series and anything else we could fit in between the events and tonight's drive home. This cache made the tight list. _______________Followed the geopath to rack and ruins________________Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache geotrakka you help make the game what it is today. AlliedOz
Nice quick fine here today. Its IGD weekend again this year we are at Toodyay. A pretty hectic time at the moment so was only able to get up here for the day. Left home early and picked up Allied Oz on the way before meeting up with Granett in town. we had a rough plan of what we wanted to do during the day but as per usual plans will change.This was one of many we picked off during the travels today. A good mix of traditional Multis, puzzles and challenges as well, obviously the many labs around town.Many thanks to geotrakka for placing and maintaining Ruins. I was here on Saturday and this is my find 11541.
TFTC.This is my 1127th find!In the end, I'm feeling more and moreThere won't be any endNo ice walls, no frozen firmament to clearly defineThe corners and lines of our divine inventionSo paper-thin you see right through itBut I bet when you can't find an edgeBy a map half-writtenIt could feel like the end to have to keep goingThe inkwells of prophecy and cartographyDried up long agoThey're hoarse from speaking of our studied hesitationTo shoulder the weight of our bad-b?having'Cause when Atlas shrugs, whose back is breaking?And I know how it feels to th? handsHeavy as the heavensA weight that could fold you to keep holdingWell, you'll stand like you stood as a babeTalking at the house plantsOn your own, honest and trulyYou'll rise like landPulled up at the sound of some strange commandmentA moon of light reflecting fullyAnd I guess it would feel like rebirthOut of some kind of dying to see yourself so glowing
Out for another great IGD with Spatial Riq, found a really good variety of Caches, Challenges and Labs. Many thanks to all the owners
Saturday, Day 2 of IGD, was filled with adventures around Toodyay. The morning was spent at the event hall, running introductory sessions and chatting with those who came through.After a hearty lunch, I rushed off to try and snag some tags before returning to town to pick up SirFancy. We then decided on our plan for the afternoon. Opting to head out into the countryside, we targeted a series of puzzles, challenges, and multi-caches. Despite the wet weather in the area, we werent sure how much wed be able to accomplish along the dirt tracks, but fortunately, there were no issues, and we completed all of them.Back in town, we grabbed a few traditional caches before joining the community for dinner and birthday cake at the evening event. We finished the night by joining a large group for a night cache mission in the rain.I had an absolute blast today, and it was great to see so many geocachers out and about. By the time I returned to the accommodation at the end of the long day, I had managed to log 45 finds, sign 12 challenges, attend 2 events, and record only 1 DNF. Thanks go to geotrakka for placing and maintaining the Traditional cache Ruins for me and others to find.I added my name to the log at 16:43 on 17/8/2024.This is find number 9213 for me.
"Found it! Remembering the words of Confucius: 'It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.' Onward to more discoveries!This is my 5246 find.Thank you geotrakka for placing and maintaining this cache.SirFancy West Oz Geocaching committee member.www.west-oz-geocaching.com/
I owned a cache here once but had to archive it as the ruins have became private property (according to the shire back in 2022)This is what the ruins are from:Gumleys Mill foundationsIn 1942 Millars Timber and Trading Pty. Ltd. was given permission to build a sawmill at this location, in the vicinity of Toodyays first railway station. The company leased a little over one acre from the West Australian Government Railways and had the use of a siding to load railway trucks. Machinery in the mill included a large engine which ran most of the saws and a smaller engine which powered twin saws used to reduce the logs to manageable lengths. Today only the concrete foundations remain of this building.Edward Gumley managed the mill and dealt directly with local landowners, arranging timber leases on behalf of Millars. Leases, for either one or two years, gave Millars the exclusive right to harvest wandoo or jarrah on the property. The timber was branded for identification and landowners were paid per cubic foot harvested. This was a popular arrangement as farms were then able to be established more easily on the partially cleared land.In 1947, mainly due to post-war labour shortages, Millars closed the mill and the equipment was dismantled and shipped elsewhere. Edward Gumley and a number of other mill employees also moved away. In late 1949 a new company, Industrial Extracts, was established in Toodyay. The core business of this company was the extraction of tannin from timber and a factory was built approx. 4.5 km from here, by the Avon River near Millards Pool. Industrial Extracts also took over and re-instated the sawmill.In the early 1950s Gumley returned to Toodyay to manage the mill once again and by 1954 had purchased it. He continued milling at Toodyay until the 1970s when timber became difficult to obtain and the mill was permanently closed. During its operation Gumleys Mill processed extensive quantities of hard wood for many uses including housing and railway sleepers.
Travelling into Toodyay for IGD 24. Stopping to collect smileys on the way. No problem with this cache. TFTC ??
Feeling inadequate not having been to Toodyay for a very long time. Trying yo restore my overachiever status with half a day out. Slept in and waited for two deliveries before heading off at 11am. Traffic was horrendous on the way back and it took almost two hours from the challenge series to home. Weather was glorious sunshine while caching but it did start to rain in patches on the way back. Ive checked the weekend forecast and its looking wet wet wet. Thanks for this hide.
Out and about again, headed out to Toodyay to do a pre-IGD cleanup with Lachlan1.77. We saw a few FTFs appear on the map and some which had been there a few days already. The plan was to grab FTFs first then work from there which took us from Toodyay to Northam and back.After doing the new Ad Lab grabbed a few caches around town before doing the puzzle power trail.This cache finder number 15947 for me.Thanks to geotrakka for the caches I have found
Headed out on a day trip to toodyay before IGD to clear up some of the caches. Cache found TFTC
Flying visit to Toodyay today so limited caching time. Still managed a couple. Thanks for the cache.
Headed out to Toodyay today for a little look around ahead of the IGD event thats planned. Love see the work some local / not so locals put in to making these events a success, without geocaches to find half the fun would be missed. TFTH
WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 69 - Swan Valley Perth to Goomalling via Toodjay and Calingiri. After a great time being stationary around Perth it was time to move on. I fund plenty of caches along the way and did a couple of nice Labs in Toodjay before lining up for a very nice morning tea in the bakery. I retired to the Goomalling pub for the afternoon and was joined by Sacada and Aquillus for dinner. we made plans for a day of series caching for the next day before a very cold night.I arrived in Toodyay and started doing town caches and two sets of Labs. This was a quick roadside stop and no problems with th cache.Thanks for the cache geotrakka48235.6 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 Earth Geocache A#17**Albida**
Out for a day of caching with Gwawr and Nont.Log signed and replaced.Thanks for the cache.
Chwiliwr and I planned a trip out to Toodyay today to do as many caches that we could in the area however due to medical instructions no walking was allowed so it was only those caches that we could park nearby that could be attempted.All caches attempted were found without problems. Logs signed and caches returned as they were found.Thanks geotrakka for placing this cache for other cachers to find.
The Better Half and I planned a trip out to Toodyay today to do as many caches that we could in the area however due to medical instructions for me there was no walking was allowed so it was only those caches that we could park nearby that could be attempted today.All caches attempted were found without problems. Logs signed and the caches returned as they were found.Thanks geotrakka for placing this cache for other cachers to find.
Out on a run to Toodyay today, for a visit to the bakery. Picked up a few caches while in the area. Been here before for a cache, nice to return. All in good condition today. Cheers geotrakka! 
Join us in Augusta, in Western Australias South West, for WA Goes Big 2024 (GCAGV8Y) on Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. Log your will attend now!
Join us in Augusta, in Western Australias South West, for WA Goes Big 2024 (GCAGV8Y) on Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. Log your will attend now!After a lovely cooked breakfast at our B&B we set out into the mist for our first find of the day. TFTC geotrakka
