Siren Of The Sea 043 Paskeville, South Australia, Australia
By Fishy Tales on 30-Aug-24. Waypoint GCAXMFW

Quick find todaySpending a few days on YP doing this series & othersTFTC Team

TftcFound with a group of mad cachers after cleaning up pasky at the cito.loved roaming dirt roads and rock piles.Smiles and laughter all around

Thanks Fishy Tales for this fantastic geo art Tftc

A plan was hatched to target this freshly laid geo-art. But when?Today was the day that all 3 of us had mutually convenient times. So we hit the road. Plus, a few close by of interest as well. Also an Event in Kadina. Quite a day.Great Geo-art and all caches found relatively easily. Thanks to the CO for placing this out here for us to find. Another great day out with Chezel and Weredunn4. Logs signed 'The Three Stooges'TFTC SL

Spent the day with Cheesel and Wayne APN doing the Mermaid, plus surrounding caches, plus a geolunch event at Kadina to break the day up.Really enjoyed this series on the less-travelled roads here.All caches found and stamped with 3 Stooges.

Out with weredunn4 and WayneAPN again, this time to kiss a Mermaid to complete this piece of GeoArthope she can handle the 3 of us Quickly found and stamped with The Three StoogesTFTC

Logging this one as part of the team that placed this next instalment in the seemingly never ending series of marine-themed geoart on the Yorke Peninsula. It was a fun day out placing and finding caches around the back roads. Thanks Fishy Tales.

What an amazing weekend to be on the Yorke Peninsula with the gorgeous Snap Happy and the beautiful TheDame. We then met up with a great group of people doing what we do best - CACHE!!!Today we attended a CITO in Paskeville and then we all went off to complete the Siren of the Sea geo-art, find a few other caches in the area and we then finished with The Big Question series. What a fantastic series Siren of the Seas is - most of the hides were quickly found, but a few required a longer look. We cached with CPWanderer, GizmosGang, Mogni, SirSpectre, JJS2, TK2, Plesiosaur22, TubbyBooBoo, JeffEddy, Martini989, Tweety2, TravelinBees, AllisterW, Northstar76, Superman22, LiB, Earthlight, Shandyk, SpiderMonkeysMum and FrogHoppin. To save room in the log books our caching name today was "Siren Seekers" = "SS". Thanks so much for taking the time to place this series for us to enjoy finding.

Found after the Clean Up Paskeville Sports oval CITO. The siren of the sea geoart was found with a flash mob of cachers ( about 20 ). 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.

**Found by Snap Happy** Out and about with GoodLook and TheDame as we headed to Yorke Peninsular for the night. Today we met up with CPWanderer, GizmosGang, Mogni, SirSpectre, JJS2, TK2, Plesiosaur22, TubbyBooBoo, JeffEddy, Martini989, Tweety2, TravelinBees, AllisterW, Northstar76, Superman22, LiB, Earthlight, Shandyk, SpiderMonkeysMum and FrogHoppin. Our caching name today was *"Siren Seekers"*. Logs were either stamped or signed with this group name or 'SS' depending on the size of the log and container.After the nearby early morning CITO, it was time to hit the road. The teams streamed out of the starting gates in search of this fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish - They apparently loved music and often sang. Well, the only music today was from the radio in the car and the occasional 'found it' before making our way onto the next in the series and the few occasional and scattered caches along the way.Most caches were found quickly with a couple needing a longer search but all found. Caches were all in good condition unless otherwise stated.The thing I love about caching is the interesting stories, the extra interest and attention you take when traveling, the sight-seeing, the history, the interests of the individual COs, *the fantastic photo opportunities* and sometimes finding places that even some locals dont know about. I, like most cachers, look for more than a mint tin or a container under a bush. I appreciate the time that most COs take to construct a cache and write up a comprehensive listing and to create an interesting cache. **I love traveling this big land of ours.** I love taking the roads less travelled. I love the diversity of the land, the different scenes in the different seasons, the fresh air, the open plains, the lofty vistas and the magnificent waters. I even enjoy the longer scenic walks although I'm not as young and as fit as I used to be. I love the different coffee shops I find. I enjoy the times I cache with others but I usually cache on my own.The weather was lovely and a sunny but cool 19C . The vistas stunning and I particularly love the bright yellow fields of canola (especially if they had old buildings in them). The coffee shops and bakeries wonderful and the company fabulous. Many laughs ensued as we made our way North West.I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with Geocachers like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues. Thank you Fishy Tales for highlighting this area and for providing this game piece for our enjoyment. Thanks for the history lesson too. Appreciate your efforts. - PSorry for the generic log but doing so many in a day we lost track of individual hides. This does not mean we do not appreciate the enormous effort and expense gone into setting up the series.Many thanks Fishy Tales for the fun and laughs.**Warning**, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to learning new things and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. *Took:* Nothing*Left:* Nothing.Cache on! **#19360**

What a day out!! Started with a CITO at Paskeville with many from the previous nights dinner event in Moonta. Many others had driven over from Adelaide for a fun day out. Was thrilled to see some kangaroos bounding through the fields, not often seen here. A LOT of rockery was turned over and some interesting roads navigated. Logs as SS Gotta love a smiley face on the map. Thankyou for placing and maintaining it. TNLNSL

A beautiful day set the scene for travellers far and wide to meet and cache the wicked siren of the sea. All caches found, then off to a BBQ lunch. TFTC Fishy Tales, another beaut series. Signed as part of the siren seekers group.'For those who heed her call will meet their demise'.

What a weekend! Martini.989 and I completed our first lapof our D/T grid(YAY), then as an added bonus, we made ourselves a late inclusion on todays mission of the Siren of the Seas, ironically I had only completed the corrected coordinates in the last week or so. We teamed up with 2 other cars and off we went. I enjoyed our morning in the countryside, met some new cachers and genuinely had a great morning. Thankyou to all involved!

Another interesting stop, tftc.

What a great day it was. Working with quite few teams today the team name is siren seekers. Put a photo of all the names on here. Thanks for place these. What a fun day but now Im so tired. Connor_2011 was with me too.

What a gorgeous day to be caching. Found while out caching with a group we call the siren seekers. Teams included CPWanderer, GizmosGang, Mogni, SirSpectre, JJS2, TK2, Plesiosaur22, TubbyBooBoo, JeffEddy, Martini989, Tweety2, TravelinBees, AllisterW, Northstar76, Superman22, Goodluck, SnapHappy, TheDame, LiB, Earthlight, Shandyk, SpiderMonkeysMum and FrogHoppin. Log was signed as SS. Thank you for the series Fishy Tales.

Out today as a group caching around the backroads around Paskerville. Locating all this series plus the odd Trad and multi caches along the way. CP kindly organised a BBQ for lunch. We all had a great day. Logs signed as SS. TFTC

Found with an enthusiastic group of cachers!! There was some concern about the state of the roads after so much rain but in fact all were in good condition ( ........ although some were pretty narrow tracks!!) All caches were located although I think there was a collective groan when the hint "Rocks" was called out!! It was universally agreed that a series of this creativity and size would have been a considerable "Labour of Love" to set out!! Thanks for the cache ....... and the series!! We logged as the Siren Seekers!!

Today we hit the Siren trail with a team of cachers, all caches were found with many keen eyes, which was needed for some of the rock piles, logs signed SS for the group teams mentioned in a previous post, once we finished we all met up for a BBQ lunch with many contributions to the table, a memorable caching day outTFTC Fishy Tales

Logging as part of the team that helped place the cache and series on a great day for touring the back roads around Paskeville. Thanks Fishy Tales.

Claiming a beta tester find.

Today out and about on 244 of 274 days to get my daily cacher Emerald Using my Garmin Etrex 22X and MacBook Air!Thanks for the cacheTFTC

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Today Astro, doineedthis and myself left Adelaide early and managed to complete the mermaid and more. It was a sensational day out, lots of laughs and discussion. The day was windy, but it really ramped up before midday, sometimes it was hard standing upright, let alone keeping the containers and logsheet from blowing away. The rocks hides took some time, but we managed to find all on offer, and they were in good condition. Thanks to Fishy Tales for the placement and ongoing maintenance. Signed as TOAD (Team OZGrumpy Astro Doineedthis)

Today was the day of the mermaid. Ozgrumpy, doineedthis and myself threw ourselves into the water to chase the humanlike beings with alluring voices. Yes, we could hear the call from afar. No, this was not like a call from ancient Greece, but a call from Paskerville at the top of Yorkes. Somewhat of a different timbre for sure. And yes, there was lust for the caches and the temptation of danger. The wind was blowing a gale and the risk of falling branches was more than the risk of being lured under thew waves by your imagination.Just like the true mermaid, there was a divide between us humans and the siren caches. The divide was distance and the hide. The rocks caused some time to tick tock by. Then there was the waterfront approaching. Would the low-profile hull of the boat scrape the coral or be beached if it rained. This was to add to the chase.No weigh bridges were sighted. There was no time for stopping for the mermaid's kiss. Well maybe once.We left with a gross of mermaids and I left with a taste of limestone on the end of my lips. Again that's another story. Yes, there are pictures. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Thanks to Fishy Tales and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^] Caches signed as TOAD (Team OZGrumpy Astro doineedthis). I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

The Siren of the Sea was calling today, the call was answered by three, OZGrumpy, TeamAstro and me. Logs signed as TOAD (T)eam (O)ZGrumpy (A)stro (D)oineedthis.

Found it! An early start this morning with the aim to complete the recently published 'Siren of the Sea' GeoArt plus several other caches along the way. First log was signed at 06:38, the last at 13:19. Majority of the caches were quick and easy finds with the exception of a few hidden in rockpiles which required a bit more searching. With the weather starting to warm up I came across lots of flies and ants, several sleepy lizards, some kangaroos and 1 brown snake right next to a cache! (#081). With 10 caches left to find in the 'Siren of the Sea' I got notification of 5 new caches published near Port Wakefield so I quickly finished off the series before stopping by on the way home to successfully grab 5 FTF's!TFTC!

Came out for a drive to find some of the latest GeoArt on Yorkes, the Siren Of The Sea...Found another, easily, didn't need hint most of the time. Very little traffic on these roads too!Cool design of art.TNLNSLThanks

Time for the weekly Tuesday Trek and this time we were fortunate enough to be joined by another Confused Puzzlers team, muff1. With numbers on our side it was decided it was a good time to tackle the new Siren of the Sea series. After being picked up by the Starfish we headed north to the Rat's nest to meet up with her and the muffs before going west to today's playing field. All 144 Siren caches were found quite quickly except for those that weren't. And those were the only ones which had the hint refereed to, and that was usually 'rocks'. Glad it wasn't SPOR as when the piles are a metre high, a couple of metres wide and up to 50 metres long they can hardly be thought of as SPORs.Of course, as usual, a number of other caches were found before we split up with the Rat and the muffs heading towards home with the Starfish geo-vehicle heading in the other direction for a newish AdLab that I'd managed to convince the driver really needed doing.A long day, but a great day with great weather and great company, may there be many more. Thanks to Fishy Tales for adding to the playing field with this cache.Smilie #15413.I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, and their continuing connection to it. I also wish to pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past, present and emerging.*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*

Woo hoo time for a Tuesday Trekking, today there were four teams.The teams consisted of SA Sewer Rats, Brisal5, Muff1 and ttrogg.The starfish picked up ttrogg from his abode.They headed to the Rat's nest to meet up the Rat and Muff1.We then headed to the Yorke peninsula.To do the Siren of the Sea series and any other caches along the way.All caches were found and signed CoPu. Tftc

Muff1 headed over from Victoria to attend an event on Sunday of CPs, while we were there this series was mentioned so instead of going back to Victoria on Monday we decided to join the Tuesday Trekking Group and attempt to complete this series. On Tuesday morning muff1 along with a starfish the rat and ttrogg left the rat's nest at sparrow fart heading to upper York Peninsular. We managed to pick up a few other caches along the way, as expected, most geocachers will understand this. All caches were found, most were where we expected them to be one or two tried to play hide and seek and took a bit of extra looking. We signed the caches as CoPu for confused puzzlers to save time and log space SL Thanks Fishy Tales for putting out this cache and maintaining it for us to enjoy.

Something special or unusual goes here:The Generic Bit:Tuesday Trekking this week for some Confused Puzzlers. Bonus - the Muffs are in town from Victoria. I picked up Ttrogg and we made out way to the Sewer Rats nest to meet the others. [^] Our target today was the new siren series on upper York Peninsular. All caches in great condition and found easily except the ones in rocks. Trust me you will glad to have 4 teams looking for these ones. All signed CoPu for confused puzzlers to save time and log space.Of course we detoured and made stops for various other unfound caches along the way that at least one member or another needed. Another great day with about 150 caches and 5 labs found for me. A big day with a before 8.00 a.m. start and an after 10.00 p.m. finish. ***Thanks Fishy Tales for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Perfect sunny day for siren of sea series runAll good hereTFTH

144 new caches over on the top of YP[?] That's what I awoke to, this morningAfter a few PAF's[:X] and some GSAK and then GPSr[^] updating, it ended up that James0116, Rex and I headed off about 2.30pm to chase some new caches over towards the Paskeville area[^]We arrived back at my place about 11pm with about half of the Siren Of The Sea series foundOn a still, clear and cool night with stars above it was perfect weather for me for caching[:X] although James0116 froze a bit James0116 also saw a couple of wombats[:X]My animal experience was a poor, cold Shingleback Lizard curled up against one of the caches[|)][:X] and behind the rock that hid the cache[^] Sadly I cannot remember which number cache so I hope the lizard manages to not get crushed by the rock as people find the cache[^]We noticed Gum-Ako getting some FTFs too[:X] and asked her to join us but sadly, she had other things to do and couldn't stay and play Phone reception was patchy[xx(] in the South Eastern area that we started in, so make sure you have a GPSr or have downloaded your caches at Port Wakefield if coming from the South[^] or any other place with good reception if coming from any other direction![^]Most caches had pretty good coordinates[^], although the odd and occasional cache was a few metres off from where my GPSr showed GZ We had a few in the middle of the road and had to guess which side to go to: such is life and we had many a laugh or cry when the cache was found by the person on the other side of the roadAfter a few caches, the routine became: find the cache, undo the container and drop the both parts safely on the ground[^], then undo the internal container and drop both parts safely on the ground[^], check the time on the GPSr then write it on the log and stamp our stamps, too[^] Now for the reassembly process: into the internal container goes the log[^], into the external container goes the internal container[^] then back into the GZ hiding spot goes the whole kit and kaboodle[^]Thanks for a reason to get out and enjoy more country roads and being outside[:X][^] Woohoo! *FTF* 75 Joint FTFs and 1 Used 2B a Church micro TNLN. SL. TFTC Fishy Tales

*ftf*Great HideThanks Fishy Tales for the cacheJames0116Friday, 13 Sep 20248:48:22PM ACST4866

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