Meet the Family North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
By maccamob on 19-Feb-03. Waypoint GCD7BD

TFTC

Today out and about on 264 of 274 days to get my daily cacher Emerald Using my Garmin Etrex 22X, Garmin Montana 700 and MacBook Air!Thanks for the cacheTFTC

Today I got an early knock off and decided to head out and find a cache before heading home. I never knew this cemetery was hidden in these back streets. The places you discover while caching.I PAF to confirm I was in the right place as I didnt like the idea of lurking around here.My coordinates were correct and after speaking to a fellow cacher I soon made the find.TFTC maccamob Keep smiling

Found after an extended search as I didnt expect the hide to be located where it was.Sneaky!Great multi!FP for you!TFTC

I still feel weird about a physical container inside an actual cemetery plot. But I contacted a previous finder, so I knew exactly where I was looking. Once I knew where it was, I found it easily.TFTC

Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache maccamob.

The Leap Day Mega was a great excuse to come down from Queensland and weve had a busy time exploring Adelaide and surrounds cache by cache. Meeting up with friends old and new, we sometimes cached with them and sometimes alone but always had a great time. Although I have been to Adelaide before, this trip has shown me so many new and interesting places as Ive chased LGAs, oldies, challenges, interesting D/T combinations, rarer cache types and favourites. Thanks to all COs for placing and maintaining these caches for everyone to enjoy.

Date: March 1, 2024 Time: 1:51 PMFind #14802Last day in Adelaide with the team for the great leap forward, a more casual day, caching today with Earthbound Chief, BeckNmonts and Team_Crumble, just chosing some select caches along our way. Another fun day caching.Massive thanks go to maccamob for placing this one.

Yesterday we attended the Mega event "The Great Leap Forward" and then met up with Ahomburg, BeckNmonts and Earthbound Chief for a day of driving, walking, eating, getting too much sun once again and of yes - caching!Today we set out to do it all again - more coffee, more sun, more walking, more laughing and more caches.Thank you maccamob for placing and maintaining this cache for our fun today.

Today we found Meet the Family on our travels. On a brief visit to Adelaide for Leaping Forward so many caches, not enough time! We had to do this onea) its an oldie, b) its a maccamob cache, c) a cemetery!Thanks maccamob for being part of our geocaching fun.

Found in our group of six Queenslanders unsupervised in Radelaide mega'ing. It's Leap Day which is a lot more exciting than Christmas! And we are finding a whole variety of caches today. All logs signed or stamped as SQUIRM. Thanks for the cache maccamob

The day has finally come, its Leap Day!! Team SQUIRM are running around town in Staceys mom playing Leap Day Bingo trying to get as much as we can on our lists. Tftc maccamobFind #5689

Leap DayThis is the reason SQUIRM are in Adelaide Today is all about types, sizes, the odd D/T and anything else we step over (read detour 30 minutes to) when someone says theres a . just around the corner oh yeah, and The Great Leap Forward Mega and Side EventThanks maccamob ??

Find 4716 on February 29, 2024Day#3 on Fergzters trip to the Great Leap Forward Event. Found with LionJrb who was more bold than I was to find the cache. All is well with the cache. TFTC maccamob

During the glory days of the Royal Ankh-Morpork Post Office, a branch was also based in the city state of Quirm.Due to a miscommunication in the twilight years of the Ankh-Morpork monarchy, the king issuing an order with his mouth full, Quirm's branch of the Royal Post Office once employed trained ostriches as delivery staff.

Happy Leap Day 2024The SQUIRM team has travelled from Brisbane for the MEGA. We are here for a week and a bit of Fun, Fringe and caching.I got to have a sleep-in today instead of getting up at the usual 5.15amn.Now we are all back in Stacey's Mum and ready for a day of caching. Look out Adelaide

Out caching with Fergzter, we like to look around old cemeteries, and we even have some relatives nearby. The GZ was worked out quickly but deciding to find the cache had us pause a bit. Thanks for the cache.

We made a quick job of finding the necessary data the went to find maccamob's ancestors. Then we checked and double checked our figures.....came up with the same answer each time.We finally paid our respects to Elizabeth. I am awarding a favourite....cos the CO said I had to. ??TFTC maccamob

Well that took awhile. And kept looking at the right place. Thanks for the cache

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I have no problem, strolling around a cemetery or graveyard, finding information that leads to the final container. As long as the final container is located outside of the graveyard or cemetery. So once I realise that the container was located inside, I just moved on.

After spending a fair bit of time looking at many Elizabeth's and reading back over the previous logs. My daughter and I came back for a 2nd look and finally located and signed log.

Great hide. Found it with a very excited 7yr old.

Collected the numbers, crunched them for a GZ then off I go
Arrived at GZ, had a brief look & wondered where…….then it hit me nice hide indeed
TFTC

I came out on a caching adventure with pie_mom who was having some trouble locating this cache. I arrived at gz and the first thing I touch is the cache. Good camo but not good enough for making pie!

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Thanks maccamob for this cache. I spent ages searching on a previous attempt. Today, makingpie made a quick find. Good camo.

Good camo which fooled me on my first visit. Happy to make the find here today

Good little multi close to work.

Often i go for a short walk at lunch time, using this cemetery as a half block route, if pressed for time.

Great hide. Very ingenious indeed.

SL TFTC

We came, met the family, said g'day and signed the log. A nice resting place, never would've known it was here. TFTC

No luck today

We’d just had a DNF at a multi around the corner and weren’t feeling all that great about it. We decided to drive two blocks to have a go at another.

This one was a lot more quiet than our last attempt but still we were trying to be respectful and quiet. A very cool hide and a favourite point awarded and we will certainly be having a drink for all those that came before us. tftc

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC maccamob
Find #5553 at 11:29.

Found while caching with Wollaston and Liz&Bruce.

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out and maintaining hides and showing us your special part of the world

Log signed with group stamp

TFTC maccamob

Find # 3199

TFTC, found with Chandler

I really enjoyed this short multi. A quiet peaceful cemetery and a unique hide.

Fav point from me.

Thanks for the cache maccamob.
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Found no thanks to our wayward GPS but good spotting by geohubby. Tftc

Enabled following rleaxation of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Disabled for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. Although exercise is ok, beaches, parks etc are gradually being closed, and we are being asked to stay home. The virus can be transmitted by surface contact, so please don't take the chances. Geocaching is a game, and we are dealing with a serious Public Health issue, so we need to get our priorities in order. Please stay at home!
We believe the responsible thing is to disable all our caches, until this crisis passes.
Thanks.

Apologies for the late log.

Found whilst the lovely micaparamedic came to Adelaide to visit me before covid-19 lock downs. This did take us longer than it should have!

Thanks for placing and maintaining the cache maccamob.

Over in Adelaide for a few days. Decided to grab a few to meet an LGA Challenge. This was one of the LGA areas I needed.

I found Elizabeth Harvey.

Thanks maccamob for placing this cache.

Needing a multi-cache for today's calendar day, I decided to visit this cemetery just north of the city. I think I had eyed this previously, but during those times in winter, it was dark and hence uninviting to complete. I never realised that this was such a 02/2003 hidden oldie!

I ended up parking up towards the side streets rather than the main road, and walked to GZ to collect the clues. Only initially, I collected the clue to the wrong family member, that had mentioned sleeping away, but not the Doctor part. It should have clicked, but I just figured I had missed something. Then I needed to find the rear entrance, which was unclear to me. I ended up walking the full distance to what turned out to be front / main entrance. Why can't a waypoint be added to make this clear? There just didn't seem to be any cemetery maps around to clearly note the rear entrance. So all the way back again to the gate I walked through, and easily collected the required numbers. It was only then that I had realised I had visited the wrong grave, so back to Waypoint 1.

From there, I calculated the numbers, and headed off to my GZ. It took five minutes of looking around, and then extending my search before noticing something. Upon closer inspection, a cache was found. It turned out to be more small sized than regular, but perhaps the container size has changed over the years? Thanks for the cache maccamob - the cache container and logbook were in good shape this evening.

Trying to be as respectful as possible.... finally found! Thanks for the hunt. Tftc

Took awhile, but standing, reading, thinking and looking around like a catcher...there it was! Great hide. Left our pathtag as a reward for next cacher. TFTC

Thanks Maccamob for this cache. I did a bit of reading before arriving but clearly not enough. Great stonework at WP1 btw. Back to the entrance to grab the next round of numbers and punch them into the navigator. Arrive at GZ and tentatively poke around for a bit. Having not seen one like this before I didnt recognize it. Back to the car to recheck the numbers in the warm and confirmed I had it right. Read a few past logs and had some fresh ideas. Re-entered the cemetery and identified the likely source and came up trumps. Thanks for the family history, the info and the chance to visit a quiet cemetery on a cold clear afternoon/evening. Book signed and carefully replaced. Everything in great condition, FP for you.

After working 1/2 a day Saturday. The rest of the day was given over to doing some multis with a few puzzles thrown in as i was passing the finals. this was the first of the day and after lunch. i strolled around and got some numbers. At gz i knew where it was straight away, i have seen this type of thing before. Nicely themed container.

Found the cache. We think the container is in the incorrect spot at the moment. Have notified CO

08:40 20 Jan peaceful area. Visited to while away some time while waiting for the 09:30 ringing at St Cuthbert's. Log dry, no pen/cil.

A quick find on a quiet Saturday morning. Took a circuitous route back to the car and was surprised to see within 30 metres of each other the graves of a former State Attorney General (Herbert Angas Parsons), a two time Premier of SA (John William Downer) and the Government Chief Astronomer who was also responsible for building the first telegraph line across Australia and introducing electricity to Adelaide (Charles Todd). TFTC.

Found it

Great hide

We do enjoy a cemetery and this one is rather magnificent. I enjoyed my walk around it in the rain tonight. There were a few Elizabeth’s where my gps was pointing but got the right one in the end and made the nice find. I parked at the right gate but thought it was the wrong gate so got my step count up wandering between the two gates. TFTC another multi for my tally trying to get to 250 by the end of the year.

I came to attempt this cache about a month ago, walking around the nice and peaceful cemetery collecting information to come up with co words for Gz, once I was at GZ I was trying to be mindful not to step on graves out of respect. No luck then for me.

After attending an event last weekend and this multi came up in discussion as a similar hide was placed in mt gambier but has since been achieved (we assumed). After getting a good understanding aboutt where this might be, I came back tonight to have a look in the dark and I came away with the goods. I am to the biggest fan of doing disrespectful things such as this but I guess it is okay when the CO knows of the people inside.

TFTC Maccamob

DNF

Found after collecting info. Was unsure if correct as position was wary to go into . Signed log and explored the cemetery. A fav point from me . Just love these types of hiding areas.

Awesome cache thankyou. Quite interesting to look around and discover. Definatelly a favorite. Tftc

With poppadon. Good one! Tftc

Found with Rostann at 3:00 PM. Clever camo. All good.
TFTC

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Started this multi ages ago. Wandered round and found the required information easily. Manipulated the data to get the required coordinates and there I stalled. Several visits, most muggle interrupted, all gave no result. At a recent event I checked my coordinates with a previous finder and confirmed that they were correct.
So this morning, with renewed confidence, I made a small detour on the way to work, and wandered in again. Today however, the GPS wanted me in a slightly different spot, and this time I saw something that I had not spotted previously, and which turned out to be the camo for a cache. Extracted the log, signed and replaced. Really glad to now have this one off the map and enjoying the smiley that comes with the find.
Gratias pro cache maccamob

Interesting history here.

Some amazing stonework. Respect.

TFTC

**# 19535** Found on the SA leg of our 2017 escape trip.
A perfect Spring day for a drive around in north east Adelaide again.
Not any muggles around today, and mostly good quick finds.
A special hide at GZ that took a while to locate. Well done.
Thanks for the cache maccamob,
***Roostaman***

Yippee I found it this time. Great cache

1st cab off the rank today was this Multi that I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish [^] Grabbing the required details for the final was quick and easy... and that final! That does it for me well done, I loved it... have a Fave point This Multi deserves more Favourite Points SL at 08:42 on Sat 26 Aug 2017. The cache and contents are good and dry TFTC maccamob

An unfound for over 12 months now found. A TB also found so will move on. Great Multi that we could finally get during daylight hours after a number of attempts at night. We met yhd family and paid our respects. TFTC

A DNF for me

Got the final co-ords quickly but had trouble locating the final cache.

A pleasant stroll in these quiet grounds. Found in the only place it could be. TFTC. Cheers
Dropped off a TB I have had for way too long.

Found 1086
Found while out cacing with Snap Happy and SASewerRats I hope this logs properly because I am currently trying to teach myself how to use GSAK and a GPS...my apologies if I get it wrong.
Thanks maccamob for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment. Cheers Tomboy 711

**Out and about on a Adelaide Cache Chase**...

A beautiful afternoon to be out and about grabbing a few smilies with Tomboy 711, parislaura and SA Sewer Rats...
Plenty of fun, laughs and good times...

A short stroll, a short search, found the cache, stamped the log and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment maccamob...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
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*Find #7769...*

Out and about caching, laughing, with Snap Happy, Tomboy711 and Paris Laura.
While we were in the area today we stopped by to pay our respects.
Paris Laura made the tricky find.
Love the history in these places. TFTC

Managed to find this little multi on a lovely day out with SnapHappy, Tomboy711 and SA Sewer Rats. Thankyou for bringing us here. RIP

Very enjoyable multi...... completed with clare007 and my mother!!! A favourite!!

Out with CPWanderer & his Mum today.

Was very glad for the shaded trees as it was a humid day.

Found the cache after a bit of clever searching.

Lovely area that seemed to go back ages in space.

Definitely a favourite

Found with 2011*turtle. We loved this cache!!! TFTC

Found with vj187 on leap year day. A great cache. TFTC

This one was on our to-do-list for quite a long time. We solved the first stage several months ago, but could not found the cache in the final location. I went back to have another attempt about several weeks ago, but still have no clue. Double checked the input data, nothing was wrong. Luckily, this time, J discovered the hidden spot. It should be there, or where else?

Signed the log book. Take nothing, left nothing.

Thank you for the cache, maccamob. Now we can cross this one off on our list.

Found it yesterday. Clever hide. TFTC

After double checking my coordinates with another finder, I made a return in daylight. As much as I didn't like treading where one should not, I managed to get the container in hand. TFTC. Hopefully I won't need to do one like this again (the grab - the puzzle but was great). 13/10/2015, 16:55 Find #948

Dropped by to grab the TB needed for the Unlock the Mystery cache. The container has changed since my last visit. Very nice.
Sadly someone has taken the TB but not yet logged it. I will wait.

Clever. TFTC

This entry was edited by H423L on Thursday, 01 October 2015 at 20:15:59 UTC.

Had a pretty good search around. No cache of size 3 to be seen.

this is such a fun cache to find. thoroughly enjoyed it. left nothing. took nothing. TFTC!

Lovely day to pay our respects.... Thanks

Had dropped by to visit my own family some time ago.
Saw this had been replaced, so returned today to pay respects [8)]
A busy place this afternoon, but between muggles, cache was soon in hand and log signed.
Replaced carefully
Given a fav point - I think it deserves one after all these years and for being maintained too
tftc maccamob

This entry was edited by Mattycat on Wednesday, 01 July 2015 at 11:36:45 UTC.

We have a pretty poor success rate with multis so we don't go looking for them very often, decided to give this one ago, Since we were nearby anyway having grabbed a traditional not far away, enjoyed wandering around in the cemetery, soon had the final worked out. Cache did take awhile to find, clever little hide
TFTC

Suscoe was out and about caching in the very good company of the Random Walkers this morning.
Another sunny day in Adelaide and we could put up with the chilly start to find a few more caches.
We were pleased to find a maccamob cache here and it was no surprise with the location.
We did the required gathering of the details and then sorted out GZ, hmmm could it be......
Yes it was.
Thanks to maccamob for taking us on this journey to meet the family.
A glorious Winter's day to enjoy another of your caches!!!!

Cache replaced.

Good to go.

We should be over that way in a few weeks, and will fix it then.

Off line until we can check/repair/replace.

Didn't find it.

Catching up on finds and not finds.
Sadly this was a not find, but now I can see why!
Will return, I have family here too

Passing close to this one today, so stopped to make a find. We had no idea this was here! Found the first lot of info quickly, but then had to back track for the second lot, having failed to read the cache info properly. . Found ourselves wandering around at GZ, but the needle eventually settled to make the find. Oh dear!! . Geowife not happy with the location, feeling it's disrespectful to have to walk on the edge of someone's grave - even if it is one of the CO's relatives. It had us wondering if this is actually the correct location or whether some cache creep has occurred. . As noted previously, the container has seen better days and is not water proof. TNLN SL Thanks for the cache.

Nice multi whilst waiting for the geomobile to get a quick service.
Huge cemetery, never been in here before.
Container is shot. Hope someone can change it over soon. I will if I remember at next car service.
TFTC M&D

TFTC Mark & Nay. Found while visiting some relatives. Box will need replacing soon.

Before Brisal5 leave the geo hunting day, he make sure we found this multi; a couple of good memories from Aussie M&M, Ms M ^^ TFTC

Found after visiting friends nearby. A very clever, we'll put together cache. May need some upgrades/repairs in the near future. TFTC

Found after visiting friends nearby. TFTC

Found with my bestie exploring our ancestors on a foggy Sunday morning - so many interesting epitaphs here SL TFTC

We've placed this cache back in it's correct spot today!

We were pleased to find this cache on the fifth attempt.
This cache is our first multi cache.[^]
TFTC
[Logged by Geoson J]

This cache has been our nemesis for a while... good to finally locate it!

Our car was being serviced nearby so walked around this area for a little while
TFTC