Trainside Whiteman Caversham, Western Australia, Australia
By SubaRoo on 18-Apr-03. Waypoint GCFB41

ASHES, that is all that is left plus the metal (sharpener blade, spiral from notebook etc). I've included a photo of ground zero but the fire that happened earlier in the week must have been intense. Archiving might be the go.

This cache has been destroyed by a bush fire on 03 December 06 and regeneration of the area will take some time.

Had to get out of there as a big thunderstorm was about to hit. TNLN, TFTH

Found quickly and made the log as it was starting to rain

TNLN

Great start to the weekend. took foam headphones left vet pen.TFTH. Sorry wrong date was Friday.

Kids love Whiteman Park

A nice walk in this great park. Easy find. Better get back to York where we are staying for the Australian Orienteering Champs. TFTC

Found whilst in the area - see log for "Whiteman Park" for reason why I was here.

Thanks for the walk on a beautiful spring day
TN LN SL T4TH

Had a ball finding this one, managed to drag the family thru the bush only to find there was a path that lead us close, but the kids had a ball walking along the track and getting a close up of the trains. Took:Transformer figurine Left: Iceage2 slide SL T4TH

1240 Great spot enjoyed the walk. Took Koala.
Thanks "SubaRoo"

It was a race against time as I searched for the cache on my bike during twilight. I ended up cycling through the bush and several sand tracks when I got lost but found the cache and my way out just before darkness set in.

Easy find, watched a train pass by before I grabbed the cache, I wonder if there is ever a full sixty seconds go by without the driver blowing the whistle? LOL

TFTH L TB Bug A Boone

Nice find, although listen for the train whistle!!! Almost got caught by muggle train spotters.
TN LN

The train rumbled past and we worked out we would love to shove the horn up the driver where its nice and dark.

Found cache quickly and were exteremely disapointed that we had a big lunch as we had no room for icecream on the way out.

Thanks for the cache.

on our way to christmas carols in the valley we decided to check out dads new christmas present a little geko 201! but in our excitement we didnt check the time on our watch so we had to rush the hunt for this cache! lol but we found it and managed to get out of the park just as they were closing the gates. The kids thought it was great, dad was pleased his new gps works and mum was happy coz she got the find it was great team work and lots of fun doing our first find ever!!!!!!
left a kids transformer toy and took a small windchime.
CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN WE ARE OFF TO FIND ANOTHER TREASURE AS THE KIDS PUT IT.

Picked up TB Mr Liiix

great spot second cache found out here now,not a real great day for geo cacheing owell,took finger spelling and left mr liiix.

Found this one after the christmas event - this one actually took me a while to find, but eventually i did!

Took Go Kitty Go from the cache and left a compass/thermometer

Will have to drop back in to log go kitty go out as it hasn't been logged in yet

Found during event cache.

SL TNL:2 TB's t4th

a nice walk through the park on the way back from the wildlife park. ane asy find after a good think about it. t4th.

took penny and geocache stamp
left pewter koala and windchime
sl

Pushing on from "Lightning Strike" I decide to include a couple of the Whiteman Park caches and take a look at the venue of the proposed Christmas event cache.

Thinks have changed (for the better) quite a bit here since I last visited. What a great park! A good venue for an event cache.

Plenty of people around enjoying the fine day but had a muggle free approach to the cache.

Took: Carabiner clip.
Left: PaddyK Geocaching stamp.

We did this one after a long day out with the kids. They were tired and asleep in the car with their Mom while I quickly dashed off to find the cache. It seems like most of the people on holiday was at the northern side of the park. Very enjoyable walk without any geomuggles.

Thanks for a great cache!

This one has been on my to-do list for a while as it is so close to work - but why did I pick school holidays?
Anyway, I avoided the crowds and had a pleasant walk.
T paint brush
L 1948 Australia penny and utility clasp
TFTH

Quick visit and grab TB Dunerat.

Dropped off TB Dunerat, picked up TB Tigger.

Found the spot easily but were surrounded by muggle surveying students! Crept in and found the cache. The Crew made lots of swaps. Took TB Tigger Left TB Dune Rat

We enjoyed the day out with 26 family and friends(including Ewoks). We had lunch in the nearby picnic area then most of us walked to find cache. Thanks for putting a cache here and giving us a reason to visit Whiteman Park. Took lots, Left lots(there were quite a few kids) Also left TB Tigger Loves Caches.

Celebrated Leanne's (3 generations)birthday with beautiful weather on a public holiday and a little bit of treasure hunting. I think our kids took lipgloss and zebra and left other bits and pieces as the train passed by. Thanks for the cache.

Found this just before the train went past at 12noon great hiding place took photos of train. Took pony & left keyfinder keyring Thanks

This was an excellent location, a good walk and easy access. Nice to take the whole family. T4TH -Team Nolan

The box had perished from sun exposure. Cache box replaced and replenished. Go getm!

It was a nice day for a walk, so we started from The Village, and headed along the paths, past some of the amazing bits of landscaping. The monitors obviously realized that we were not trying to escape, so we had not trouble with Rover...oh, sorry. Wrong "Village".

Anyway, we reached the cache after watching the end of the Raptor Flight demo that was being held. (An amazing sight - try to see it! 2:30, weekends) We spent about 10 minutes searching all the really good hiding spots, until Rob turned around, and saw the cache just by his feet!

The cache, alas, has a badly damaged lid, and was 1/4 full of water. We emptied it, and dried most of the contents out, but some things were beyond saving, as mould or corrosion has set in. The items that could be saved we placed in the cache info bag, except for some plastic items that would not be damaged.

Took: Notepad
Left: Linux CD
Removed: Mouldy phone cover & stuffed toy, rusty pedal, rusty superglue, melted candle.

We have replaced the cache upside down to let it drain if it rains again, but we recommend that the container be replaced.

Still, it was a good hunt, and we got to ride the train back!

Thanks Suba-Roo!

The cache is being taken offline for a few days so that the cache box can be refurbished and repaired offsite. Hopefully back online by father's day!

[This entry was edited by SubaRoo on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 3:39:13 AM.]

Found at 3.50PM. It was lovely area and I enjoyed to walk the path. TNLNSL. Thanks for the hunt - SubaRoo

Found 5.20 pm, while surrounded by kangaroos at dusk...wonderful. Good time to go as no muggles (school holidays). Good hidey spot. Geokid took ball; left notebook. Thanks for this cache.

My first one v.happy found it easy.Signed log took H.P cards left small electronic game.

I've been caching on the railroad, all the live-long daaaaaay.

We tromped around in the rain for a bit, and found a muggle-cache nearby addressed to "Mum and Dad". Not wanting to know it's content, we continued on to the coords we were given, where Papa Bear_Left polarised his radar in the direction of the plastic fantastic.

We parked a little distance away and walked a large circle to get there, where Papa Bear overshot (usual Meridian behaviour) then turned around to see the cache quite clearly!
The Dutch blood must've sated the ticks as we never noticed any, so Mindsocket and Papa Bear quickly signed the log in the light rain and went chuffing up the track to the next one!

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This is a cache we are not going to forget easily. We walked from 'Whiteman park' in a straight line. It was a nice walk and the cache was found easily. After writing the log i looked down.......... ticks [:o] not one or two but more like 50 or 60. Very small, and crawling all over our shoes, socks and legs trying to get to a nice warm spot of skin. It took us about an hour to remove them all. It was horrible! We must have hit tick-city! The cache place itself was nice though, and the walk back along the railroad was fine too! Thanks.

Only our 2nd cache [^].

Took sheep, left bangles.

GOT IT

TOOK HORSE
LEFT FRIDGE MAGNET

Found it.

We brought our bikes to Perth especially to do some cycling around the parks etc. Since we havent cycled in Whiteman Park and Geo-terriers are allowed we thought this would be a wonderful place away from the crowds. We were right - even though it was school holidays the only place the crowds where gathered where around the "village green" area. We had the picnic spot all to ourselves!

We really enjoyed cycling the 8klms or so around the park and the two caches we hadnt already found made it an added bonus.

The "Travel Tiger" TB is actually in "What's the Point?" but I didn't record it's number when I spotted it so I can't virtually move it.

Another quick find! Dropped off the Travel Tiger TB to start his travels! The cache could use a new plastic zip-lock bag for the log book...

Found at 5:45pm. This one was a little tricky....very good hiding spot. Saw some big roo's hoppin around havin dinner...Lovely afternoon for it...Thanks for the hunt
TRD. TNLNSL.

Our last of the Whiteman Park caches - it is just getting warmer, we are walking slower. Found without too much problem
TNLC T4TC
Zensunni ( Anne & Ken )

1st of 6 for the day, seemed to be a big scout campout in the area. Nice area, attemped this before but park was closed. Daughter and family came ,had to carry the 2 year old alot! took-puffer fish,harmonica left-2 US dimes,2 US nickels Thanks, Auzrus

Lucky last for the day and another trudge, thats my 30 mins exercise for the day. easy find, took scissors & left Plastic crab & coral.

Found at 1:35 PM with Minibenkst. Our third one in the park today. TNLNSL. Thanks SubaRoo.

Found at 1:35 PM with Aushiker. Tool blue key ring and left sewing kit. Got the keyring for when I get my car! Thanks for the cache SubaRoo.

Hey Hey! First cache.
It took a few minutes, but the young fella found it much to his delight and my shame. Made his day.
Let him take toy boat and left 'Post Its'.
Cheers

...last cache for the day. We've walked from the "What's the point" and were very impressed with the railway bridge... It was a bit of a challenge for Ethan (3), but he managed it like a big boy.

Second for the day. Walked from "What's the Point" and found this one at 13:50, again without too much trouble.

TNLN T4TC

Matt

Last of the local trio and 5 for the day. Will try motorcycle caching another time before giving up on the idea

Found @ 3pm
Saw steam coming out from cache, which ended up being T4 Tint Toot TB, we then placed him down the track again.
Took T4 Tiny Toot Travel bug and left Beast and Lamb.
Thanks SubaRoo, what a beautiful spot for a BBQ.

Found at 1655. This is the third and last of the Whiteman Park 'threefer'. Like the other two, it was an easy find, and the container is a nice large one.

I dropped off T4 - Tiny Toot travel bug, which wants to visit railways. It should feel at home in this park.

Thanks for the three caches. I wish I were here on a weekend, because it looks like it would be a great park when everything is operating.

IN: T4 - Tiny Toot TB
OUT: Fisherman's Friend tin

Gentle stroll from the carpark, saw lots of wildlife.

Testing the new Magellan Platinum out. Bit scary this new stuff, but had old faithfull Garmin Plus II with us just in case. Cache is in good condition we took nothing, logged our visit and started our very first TB called That's Interesting, from there. There is no special quest for it just get out there and enjoy its travels.

Les & Jan
The Flybys

We were in the area showing Bugs TB the park and once we dropped him off, we decided to try another one before the park closed. Around 5PM, there were quite a lot of roos around, very nice. T: birdie L: plastic scissors. Thanks for the cache.

Found this one easily followed the path and track right to the cache
Next time I hope we get to see a lot more of the parks other activities.
Took - Nuffin'
Left - Calling card
Thanx for the hunt Subaroo.

This was our first cache as we are newbies.
Took our 10 month old son and went in the afternoon.
It was magic, lots of kangaroos. We were walking in the bush (had to carry bubs) just to find out there was a path a couple of meters away..
Didnt take us too long to find, we took the Toy Story cowboy (our little boy seemed to really like it), also took Sylvester the TB. Will take him to the northern hemisphere next month.
We left Birdie.

Its great, had a wonderful time. Afternoons are great in Whiteman park, all the wildlife comes to life.

The third cache of the day here in Whiteman Park. Wow, this cache is full of great stuff, now. Dropped off TB Ulster Slyvester, what a cute TB! Also left a tile game, different coloured paths have to match up, kids will love it. ALSO left Dr. Scholls Foot Powder, for those stinky feet, and mobile phone case that we picked up from the other cache, the zipper is broken, c'mon guys! Slyvester had a party last night so he needs a rest but can somebody take him back to Ireland?

[This entry was edited by The Cache Rangers on Monday, May 03, 2004 at 5:18:32 AM.]

I decided to tackle the three Whiteman park caches on bike.
I parked the car at the main parking area and set off to find this on first. I rode down and found it with out to much searching, I traded a couple of items and set off along the train track to get the next one.
cache is in good condition
thanks for the start of a good day

I found it today. It was great. I took the dog. Hot day today but nevertheless I still found it. Thanks very much Ruff 'n' Tuff[8]

Found cache quite easily, soaring heat was a distraction. Can hear the crickets!!! Took dog-ball - left LCD clip watch and card. Second cache for the day. 16:30

Dropped off a traindriver for the day and went geocaching. Nice walk to start the day. Left a Tiki and took Birdie

Found this Cache quite easily with Shane, a new GeoCaching addict * grins * ... took screwdriver set and left our calling card plus something (sorry, alzheimers!) Co-ords were spot on .. thanks, The Trekkers

Found easily with the Geo-Sister in tow this time. Geo-Mother was left back in the Jackaroo.
Took a shoulder strap and left a screwdriver set.

Great spot, found easy. This area is worthy of at least five caches, then you could go up there with the bikes, have a BBQ and then go caching.Never been here before and are now planning a day up here. Thanks for showing us this great area.
T;Bowhead bug & Duck,L;dog ball

Decided to do the Brilliant Swan Valley Cheese cache & finished the day by visiting this one. Great spot. Co-ordinates were spot on.
Took Shower Gel & sticky lion
Left Yellow Duck purse & Mouth organ
Also moved Bowhead Travel bug to this site for a visit.
We didn't start from the closest carpark but it was a nice bridge to cross & we enjoyed the walk.

Left Bowhead bug

Found with Devar.. Nice place.. Walk back along the Train lines, Its amazing to see how the signals and Rail Mech Worked back in its day

User's web page
What a great hiding spot! Also a really awesome day for caching.
Took the Sennheiser parts and left a bobblehead.

As wot said, we did walk back along the railway (no trains running) and had a really good look at how all the bits worked. The signals have wire running all the way back to the control house! It's amazing how it was all controlled before electricity and hydraulics!

Up bright and early.... er well, so it was early and wet but we trekked through the bush, fended off ferocious kangaroos and dodged spider's webs enroute for the railway line where lay our prize. The travel bug Gekko is a fine piece of wrought silver heh! heh! and we plan to plant him in our newest cache coming soon. Thanks! Whiteman Park is a beautiful place at best and like it was this morning with rainbows over head it was heaven. We left a collapsing doll...you press the button underneath.

found today and left the travel bug Georgy Gecko.

5.00pm Found it quickly and perfectly in the perfect weather. That's great location and we always love the bush. TN and left a golden lion. Noted there were some patchy fire burnt and cutting trees nearby along the railway. Luckily it didn't include the cache site. Saw several roo's nearby at the dusk Thanks, SubaRoo

Found it at 1.30pm. Great place for a cache site and never knew Whiteman Park was so big. Pays to be careful that know one on train sees you or anyone walking along the path which nearly happened to us. Took the Supa Glue and left some small toys

11:45 am. We were on our way to revisit the Duckstien Brewery (for food and a couple of bevies) in Middle Swan area, so it seemed logical to pass by here and do a bit of exercise. We parked 450 meters from the location because it seemed like an Ok distance to walk. The way in was mostly across parkland until the last 150 meters. then it was an easy walk though open bushland until the cache location. We overshot the cache by 40 meters but as the GPS averaged we narrowed the area down. We placed the coordinates as close enough to find it, so as previously said, TRUST YOUR GPS.
We added the watch bracelet we had collected from a previous cache and took the Spoon fridge magnet.
By the way it turned out to be a perfect day for a beer and a sit in the beer garden at Duckstien Brewery, we recommend it. Lyn Pat and Nathan.

Tricky one this!!!! Lots of hollow logs and you need to look carefully. Trust the GPS.

Kids took lollies and a toy kangaroo and this was replaced with a fridge magnet and candle.

Warm day for walking.

Found this one with Lizi and Lily, Nissan too. Scratched around in the dusk nearly gave up and there it was, very good. Put it back as found liked your spot. Took out tennis ball and left an audio tape.

Found this Cache with Pompey !
Took a while to find , as it was getting dark. It was well hidden.

Nissan...
Allan Sharon Teri and Jake, Steve Lizzy and Lily.