Sandstone Viaduct Parwan, Victoria, Australia
By Biggles Bear on 28-Jun-03. Waypoint GCGBZ4

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16:45
Like others we hunted around but were not able to locate this one today.

Thanks for bringing us here Biggles Bear.

Had another go here today, at least there wasn't as much water as last time i was here in november.
Next time im on holidays in Ballarat ill check this one out on my way home again, hopefully ill have more luck next time around
Thanks Biggles Bear!

Searched with 2 groups for this cache will mo success, suspect been spoiled

Clambered down to the creek and spent a while looking with no success. However I only checked one side (where the coords led me) so maybe more looking time required! I will have another go! Thanks to Biggles Bear for this one.

Scrambled all around here, but no sign for us. Swept away in the last floods, or just too hard for us? Who knows.

It might be one of those obvious ones that I am good at missing... or not. Another cacher arrived while I was searching - there's a fair chance he knows how frustrating I found this one... Thanks for the close-up look at an impressive structure.

Not too much water today, just water in the creek. Earned the terrain stars climbing down and back up again. A great location for a cache. Drove past this one 6 months ago coming from Adelaide and wanted to get it but missed the turn-off. This time I planned ahead so I wouldn't miss it. SL. TFTC.

Just one of the 75 caches found during my 'Intervening Days III' cache hunt. Found with Marshy (Blacklegend). Made the short detour to GZ. Last find for the trip. Tricky find at 4:11 am on our loop through Ballan back to Melton and on to home, well I have been caching for 22 hours now. Marshy attempted to find the cache first but couldn't get down enough so I gave it a crack. Very tricky and steep down the side of the sandstone viaduct, attempt with great caution. Found the cache hidden below. Signed the log. TFTC.

52nd and last of 52 for the day after attending Intervening Days III. Found with Marty (Quasar3671) now in night caching mode with flashlights out.... Well this one brings me up my 1600th find. I initially tried to get to this one, but was not able to. Not agile enough. Marty however was, so he made the scramble to the cache. I lit up the way with the torch. Interesting placement, and a bit of a challenge. TFTC.

What an adventure this one turned out to be. With the Creek a tad full of water, a non-wet approach was ruled out (wimps we are). However, my Comrade, whom I will call 'Courageous Darren' descended from the Bridge itself and back up (so I could fill in the Log - I wasn't game to risk the rickety plod legs who have trouble even on level ground). 'Courageous' descended and ascended not once but twice (the second time to put the cache back). I'd NEVER recommend anyone do it the way this lissom lad undertook. Still, some superb photos of the over 140 year old Bridge. Pity there is some spoiling graffiti, which makes me both cringe and angry - and the scrawl was not in the least witty or particularly interesting. The location (which will have great potential as a Picnic spot once the new Highway route opens) is quite the contrast with the roaring traffic and the construction of the new bridges nearby.

Nice Hide

TFTC

tftc, shame there was no fish

Had a good look but seems a bit to wet and fast...

Not a cloud in the sky as geoteen decended to find and sign. TFTC

Looked for this one around lunchtime in the pouring rain.
I always stop here on my way to and from Ballarat, and i have NEVER seen water flowing through here, wow!
Next trip i'll be back for this one

Quick find after work on a road trip with Slink1 TFTC TNLN SL

Quick Find After Work on a road trip with Dunko TFTC TNLN SL

The last time we were here this one was out of operation and someone had rolled a car off the nearby cliff.
We found it easily and then got a few nice sized rocks for the garden
Took rocks... Left nothing........
TFTC

A lovely old bridge- a pity people use the area for a dump. The Jeep that had been rolled over the edge last time we were here is gone.
Last find on a glorious summer day out with old wine bottle!
TFTC!

TFTC SL

Found at 1500. Very bad smell near by.
TFTC

FTF!!!! For the new cache!!! Thanx!

Cache replaced.

The cache has been replaced by an eclipse mint tin.

Checked this today while checking my own cache. Definitely not where it was when i found it previously.

Cheers Gordo

Glad I'm not the only one. Only hunted for 5 or 6 mins as we didn't have a lot of spare time. Will call in again when it's back on line....

BB, 3 DNF's, might need a check.

Thanks for making me stop here, fantastic bridge and a lovely walk around the base (apart from the trash) Have driven over countless times and always wanted to stop and have look.

Looking forward to logging in the future.

Thanks
Jeff

Looked hard and well for this one. Could not find. Up and below. GPS a little over the place, but looked and looked.

Has it Gone??

Will check this one out the next time we pass by.

Looking at post from 28/09/09....no way was this cache here. I found an awesome spot where I think it might have been once whilst out with Sauceoz..... Perhaps those massive storms & rains washed it away with all the rubbish. Not much rubbish about but a lot of rushing water evident.......

Attempted this one with Moosemoosemoose and came to the asme conclusion the storms a few weeks ago could well ave sent this cache on it's merry way.

Might be worth the cache owner having a quick check to see if it is where it is suppose to be.

Found with son Australia day. Live locally, might arrange a cleanup on cleanup Australia day!

Took matchbox truck, left mcdonalds goop shooter.

Cheers g_ordo

What a nice old bridge, spoilt by the rubbish.

Great hide, interested in the accidental find log by the absailers.
TNLNSL TFTC

A lovely bridge, unfortuntely the picture postcard spot is spoiled by rubbish been thrown into the creek. Found with Mr Jibblets on a caching day in the western suburbs after leaving 'Intervening Days II (Event Cache)' TFTH...SL....TNLN

A nice easy find, found with the Walenator's on a caching day in the western suburbs in transit back from 'Intervening Days II (Event Cache) we made a quick stop to grab this cache in a picturesque area only to be let down by lazy muggle's using it as a rubbish dump.
Thanks for the cache biggle's bear
TNLN SL

nice little walk, tnln, tftc.

Found after the Merrimu event cache. Had our eye on this for a while but couldn't do it with the Lil' monster cacher in tow. Not one to do after rains as it was very slippery. Also lots of glass, so no thongs. TFTC.

Found by The Empire
15/11/09 @ 7:10pm with The Lone Random
What a steep hill to mountain goat down...
TNLN SL TFTC
- M

Found By The Lone Random,
W The Empire.
@ 7.10pm.
The area around GZ, although is pretty invaded with old junk is really quite amazing.
Once we finally went through the effort of getting to the true GZ the cache was quickly in hand.
As i have with many caches like this, I have been unprepared and worn thongs. Saying my feet were dirty after is an understatement.
TFTC, The Lone Random

VERY interesting. Lots of interesting GEOLOGICAL formations there too. Loved the track down, TFTC.

we found it thearea needs a cleanup though

The place was full if rubbish and dead bodies but we found it.

quick easy find, although it was more likely to be a spot for a hobo hotel rather than a cache, smelt like rotting apple, eww. tftc

This cache was a smelly one, the area is covered in rubbish and leaving the area in peak hour traffic isn't easy either...
TFTC

We initially didn’t see the track down and when no likely hiding spots could be found at the top, checked the GPS again and thought: “Oh, no! How do we get down there?†Then we spotted the track and 3 keen geocachers went down under the structure, while 2 others waited warm and snug in the car. Spotted a very obvious hiding place and quickly scrambled to retrieve the cache. A spectacular driveby with great views. 25 of 27 for the day. Many thanks for bringing us here, Biggles Bear. One of our favourite caches.

Tristan has come for a flying visit back in time.

9th of 10 finds on my caching b-day daytrip with a shiny new gps unit found at 8pm.

Bit scary getting to GZ this late at night. Took us a little bit to locate GZ, gps had us a few metres away..

Koala TB came for a visit and met happy dwarf tb, happy's decided to travel together with koala for a while.

T: TB L: golf balls

Find # 174
Last one for the day.
T: nothing
L: 7 Dwarf's Happy
TFTC

I was actually headed the wrong direction to do this one but put in the extra km to loop around as soon as I could to come back to it after catching a glimpse of the structure, this was too cool not to visit.
Many thanks, enjoyed the search and the placement.

found @ 1:30 nice spot good hide thanks

Did this one after nearly missing the turn in the rain & darkness!
A head-mounted light for this is recommended at night!
Scrambled down to GZ and once down noticed the spot quickly. Hope with some of the drinking/camping muggles around here this one doesn't get spotted.
A great place to put a cache, and a place we would never pull off the road for if we didn't know we could come down here.
Thanks again for bringing us here.

How many time have we all driven past this interesting place, great to have a look around down there TNLN

This one was found after a short search of GZ. Our final cache with our friends the Dragonfreys, although we hope to join them for some caching in Canada someday. TFTC in this most interesting of spots, mostly bypassed and really appreciated. The log is full and unfortunately I didn't have a spare, I apologize.

Found with the whole Razz'l'Dazz'nCo. on the way into the airport for the beginning of our flights back to Canada. We've really enjoyed the caching in Victoria while we have been here and this was another interesting find in place we would have never seen otherwise. Dazz was the determined soul to make the find after many of the rest of both teams had surrendered. Thanks for the fun and good spot to break up the drive with some exercise.

nice spot few 4wds hanging about the spot quick find

Good fun cache in an area I've never stopped at before. I managed to get down, climbed up, found cache, signed log, replaced cache and then continued up some more.

Back in the car and continued my trip to the airport.

Took coin to move on and TFTC.

I'm not sure it was a joke. It was a genuine long shot guess, which turned out to be right. Obviously I enjoyed this one. TFTC.

What a great location! CruiseWolf jokingly claimed to see the hide from far away - we were surprised to see that he was actually right TFTC.

Found this at 16.25 with 1SR a part of the one always awake team VKC1SR after the “Intervening Days Event “at Melton.
We decided to have a look at this old bridge and very glad that we did as it is very impressive.I would like to know how they got the keystones in the middle of the arch without modern equipment! Took the long way down and grabbed the easy to find cache, put the Red Ant into the log book as our 17th find today and then headed for Geelong after a wonderful day meeting a lot of fellow cachers. Thanks Biggles Bear for the cache to bring us out here.

Found this afternoon at 1625 with Bushfire after the event at Melton. Good to finally get this off the list. What a top old bridge, the work in making it is amazing. Thanks for making me stop and look.
An easy find
TNLN TFTC

Found this on the way home from the 'Intervening Days' event at Melton. This was a very impressive bridge, and a great view of it after climbing down. The area was even of interest geologically. Thanks for showing us this, we wouldn't have had a clue it was here without your help. We dropped in JMCz's Geocache America 2007 Geocoin #8, but took nothing. Mt Whitney geocoin paid a visit but didn't stay. TFTC.

Whitney 1950 geocoin paid a visit.

Found today with WB-Holden at 4:50pm. Interesting little spot and wondered what car is burried under bridge?
Thanks Biggles Bear.

Looks like a lot of people pass this way looking at the previous logs.
I was also heading home via Melton so I couldn't pass this one up.
I didn't go the most direct route, I actually walked around on the track and approached the cache up the creek.
Good to see how these monuments stand the test of time.
TFTC
TNLNSL.
The Riddeller [?]

Time : 7.54pm
Onboard : Ian(vk3jap), GeoGianG & Ksenija
Finder : Ian
Items in: Nil
Items out: Nil
Notes: A Funny area around this spot.. quite crappy in many ways yet still very interesting. I actually quite enjoyed being taken to this spot.. like so many other caches, have driven past it many times so thanks for giving us a reason to stop.

TNLNSL TFTC - team vk3jap
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

this one involved a bit of climbing, but peter managed with out any problems. daughter joanne was with us and she seems to be enjoying the finds. +cement truck - TB 464431

found it 2day while i was"coming home" i had to pass home and then go back!

great little spot, havent been here for years.

took english knight

left TB "grand slam"

TFTC

scott&nat

Final cache of our wonderful day! Took a while to figure out how to attempt this one! after scaring a few bunnies away, SUCCESS!

Took Orange Key ring
Left glass easter egg

TFTC!!!!

What a beautiful spot, well worth the visit, we overshot this one and had to go back. left orange keyring took hot wheels.

Really enjoyed the challenge of finding this. Starting to get used to what to look for. TFTC, TNLN. Nearly forgot, log book only has 3 entries left.

So many times I have driven past this location and thought to myself: "That looks so interesting. I really must make the effort to go down there and have a decent look at it one day!" Thanks for making that day finally come. Even if it did mean muddy shoes on my way to go visiting. TNLN. Many thanks for the cache.

Dropping "Tag!" in for a visit.

Visited at 14:04
Echo got to have some fun at this one while Spice played back-up.
The place really is quite peaceful from the bottom as long as you don't get muggles deciding to try and peep at you from over the railing like we did...
Great place for a cache!
TNLNSL TFTC, find #350 for Echo & Spice.

This cache has annoyed me a couple of times on the road trips from Adelaide to Melbourne when it has snuck up on me and I am past it before I knew it. Well that is a trip I don't do these days but took the opportunity to stop and find on a return trip from Ballarat to Melbourne during a work visit from Sydney. Stopped, looked, considered the terrain rating and found an alternative that dropped that rating a bit being in work clothes. Quick find, grabbed the TB. Thanks Biggles Bear.

Found 1.45pm Took Batteries Left Kirsty the Koala TB, the second log book is almost full.

Found with pwags and tongdog.
Thanks for the cache. TNLN!

Chivalry definately isnt dead, as my geo boyfriends serial and pwags retrived this cache whilst i stayed in safety and observed. definately not for the non-advanturous. TNLN

Found on the way home from our Brisbane Ranges day out. It certainly deserves its Terrain=3 rating, took a bit of an effort to get to it. TNLNSL, thanks for showing us this lovely old bridge, Biggles Bear!

Found quite easily today. Another great example of how things used to built.
TNLNSL. Thanks Biggles Bear.

Found @ approx 13:20

Had to think a bit logically for this one, and after a little expedition, prize was in hand, though not quite what I was expecting from the description.

What a beautiful example of the old school way of building things.

The area looks fairly clean, but still some junk in the "creek"?

Took troll
Left Hot Wheels

Thanks BB for the hunt and the history.

Finally I found it!!!
Since the reporter investigated on Tuesday, Vic Roads has had trucks in the area for 2 days. Those that have visited recently will notice an amazing difference! I don't think VR got down to the bridge....all the car bits and the oil drums behind it are still there, but a lot of rubbish has gone. Hope they now look at getting rubbish bins installed, and then they empty them regularly!
TNLN...TFTC

Got an email from Moorabool Leader today.
My Thumbs down is going to be published this week and they want to do a story about the rubbish...what have I got myself into?

Found in the company of Chati and GeoLoch on this ANZAC day 2008!
I have passed this way alot and since starting Geocaching I have thought that this would be a great place to put a cache, only to realise that there's already one there!!
Nice structure, just a shame about all the rubbish!
T: Lollies L: Aldi token. Find # 407. 1.30pm.
Thanks!!

What I learnt today!
Don't leave your headlights on when you leave your car!
Had a short search and looked back to car..yikes..lights were on. Went back and turned them off, but too late! Battery was flat! Rang RACV and stayed by car, but I am sure I could have found the cache if I had have looked further! Hope to go back next week with headlights off!
April 18..tried again with no luck. Terrain is too difficult for my knees! I have never seen so much rubbish in one place, even a partially buried car, and the picnic area has no rubbish bins. I'm going to give a thumbs down in the local paper to whoever is responsible for its upkeep! It is a really beautiful area, spoiled by all the junk!

[This entry was edited by Kinkell1 on Friday, April 18, 2008 at 4:00:10 AM.]

Found by McAdies.
On way to a job and stopped on the way.
Great old bridge. Really good workmanship.
TNLN

Our last find of the day with The Swaggies after catching up at the Ballarat event .
TNLN SL TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

Last of the day with L'Red. Logged at 1740 hrs. It was an easy find once you thought about it. W also like old bridges and this being a sandstone one made it better.
Thanks Biggles Bear.

Found at 0920. Wow. This location blew me away as I didn't quite expect to see this structure here. Firstly, I love stone bridges, but to see one made of sandstone was pretty neat. Cache was found as soon as I got down to the right level. Really wish I had my camera with me. Fantastic spot.

TNLN. TFTC.

I let the flyman do the hard bit this time. Nice area to break the drive.

Found with jandj. Nice little layby.

Found on the way to Melbourne. When I came up, some lost sheeps watched me.
TNLN TFTC
Kird

I found it on a short break on my way to Melbourne. TFTC Nina74

Found by Bob at 1340

I just love these old bridges - I have such profound admiration for the artisans who were able to create such attractive and long-lived structures from stone. Fortunately, I think these skills have not been totally lost to the community and there's been a revival in interest in bluestone kerbs and buildings - although the heyday of the mason is probably long gone .

TNLN, but did take a TB

Thanks Biggles Bear

My final cache for 2007, found on the way to Melbourne for New Years Eve celebrations. Also my 101st find.

We were reluctant to stop as the temperature had reached its expected 41 degrees, but commonsense prevailed and we stopped anyway...not going to let a little bit of heat stop me caching [xx(].

The cache was found quickly after the scramble down and some swaps made and Travel Bugs dropped off at this magnificent & solid structure from days gone by. Covered in sweat, the flies carried us back to the top and into the waiting air conditioned car to complete our trip.

Took: Sticker
Left: Travel Bugs & Keyring
Signed the log

Thanks for the cache Biggles Bear!!!

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found along with 4 fun while on a cache assult
Thanks Biggles Bear

Nice lump of sandstone!
Still in really good condition too, considering how much traffic it must see.
Cheers, TFTH.

Found at 11:20 am on the way to the airport. A bit dusty after the search but worth the exercise. Have seen this bridge many times in my travels up and down the highway, unaware of it's secret. Took koala eraser and left glue stik. TFTC