Wooden Work 17 Follow my Steps Portland, Victoria, Australia
By Team Crackers on 27-Dec-04. Waypoint GCMBJH

TFTC! 29 September 2024 5:35:46PM 8548 thanks to Team Crackers for the cache! Really enjoyed the time in the area.

Beautiful placeHelaas niet gevonden

We looked around, up and under the stairs but could not find the cache unfortunately.

Checked on this one today to find it laying out in the open but all good. Rehid a bit better before leaving

After yesterday's Father's Day Festivities, I dragged Cracker Dad out of bed much earlier than he would usually be to pick up a few of the Portland Caches before driving back to Melbourne. While collecting the information for Portland's Coastline Adventure Lab. I almost missed the answer to the adventure lab because I excited to find this cache in the first place and looked and the waves and light were picturesque against the yellow rock. Thankfully CrackerDad reminded me. Thanks for the cache Team Crackers (aka Parentals) for making me walk down the steps and get some great photos.

We looked for over 15 minutes, Muzza had found it before, but neither of us made the find today. Just a great muscle workout to and from.

Travelling with iluvtrekking from our home state of WA on. SA caching foray. Staying in Portland for a few days to grab some of the local hides. Its been sixteen years since since we were last here so enjoying the re-visit. Thanks for the hide

We are travelling with richlink on our Annual Caravan Geocaching road trip, using geocaching as our guide. We are staying in Portland for a few days, wandering around the area enjoying the amazing sights this area has to offer. TFTC LNCU.

In the area for The Winter Solstice trail run, so after Saturday morning Parkrun, we set off to see the sights and some geocaching Nice easy find tftc

No pencil

Too far to walk back for pen see photo for log. TFTC fabulous spot

What a beautiful day and nice waves. No pen.

In Portland for a few days and did a tour of our local caches to check their condition.Happily this one is all good.

One of most scenic Geocaches I have seen.

Find number 12992 at 9:58:14am on Monday the 26 February 2024Well, I'm on my way, Adelaide here we come. I have seven days to get there and I'm travelling via the wiggly geocaching road so I hope I've allowed enouth time Today I'm travelling across to the Wellington South Australia via Branxholme, Portland, Nelson, Mount Gambier, Kingston SE, Meningie and Tailem Bend. Found all my targets bar one so, not a bad day on the trip.A quick find once I arrived at GZ with quite a few huffs and puffs in the process.Amazing views from this amazing structure, I hope it gets the funds it needs to make quite a few repairs.**Thanks for placing this cache Team Crackers**---Don't miss finishing the Ballarat GeoTour before it ends on 4th March 2024. A list of the geocaches can be found [here](https://coord.info/BM9GWJ5). The final GeoTour Event is the [Farewell Ballarat GeoTour](https://coord.info/GCAFQ8B) on the 18th February 2024!You can also get prepared for the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards by checking out our preliminary lists [here](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/).

Stay in Portlands for 4 days. Enjoy walk toward cache. Great view here. I realised I found it here way back on 31st Dec 2012. Forgot to log it online.Thanks for bring me here again and cache

Easy find after we worked out which platform and which LH post. Tried several, all within 5m till we got the right one. Another great view from the top.

Tftc greetings from Austria

Weve been to this beach before for the earthcache. That day there was some sort of surf competition going on so absolutely no chance to look for this one. Today we were the only ones there and eventually after quite a search we finally found the cache, yay!! TFTC

TFTC on a visit from Tassie, amazing to see evidence of landslips. No one surfing today

Found while walking the GSWW. A great location. A quick find after reading a previous log. TFTC.

Now that’s what I call a view! A great decline to get here. I’m not looking forward to the up! Oh & a favourite from me as well. Tftc

Found on left. Was not the platform the GPS said but was within 3 mtrs.

While in the area, I checked out another Wooden Work cache. While speaking with the CO it seems as though this may be missing, or I couldn't follow his directions very well. Permission to log was given.

Thanks Team Crackers for bringing me to this wonderful location.

Revisited it is blocked of

Meh

On my home from WA and dropped in to
see Dad as well as do some maintenance checks
Could not believe on a day like today there were still many surfers out today.
All good here.

Another beautiful view! TFTC. Will be back for a surf when the conditions are right.

Great view today found with Caitlinlou

Found it after 5 minutes or so. Nice spot, good exercise too. Made a toy swap. SL TFTC

Took a while to find but beautiful spot

Logging the find as today as we are back again but was actually found on 12 march 2017 whilst travelling with Papi4506 and OzHockeyChick. Sorry I didn't log initially.

Day #3 of the adventure in Western Victoria. No changes to the itinerary today after going wildly off plan yesterday. Previous iterations included Millicent, no Millicent, Millicent and no Millicent again thanks to the archaic border rules. Today we are setting out to complete the GSWW and the CBWT GeoArt.

I visited this location twice. All the way down, all the way up, then all the way back down again and all the way back up again. The first journey was for the ad lab. The second was after realising there were two caches at the same waypoint that everyone else other than me had logged on a previous trip . I soon found the cache as the light was fading and signed the log.

Thanks Team Crackers for placing this gamepiece in the wild for us to find.

Suscoe headed out early this morning to enjoy some sea side and GSWW caching.
This was our first stop and what a delightful start to the day.
The wind was just picking up while we were here.
Well the steps lived up to their reputation but in the end were not as difficult as we thought that they might be.
A quick find once the levels were sorted.
Thanks to Team Crackers for this hide.
What a delightful location.

Lovely clear skies and gusty winds determined our sight seeing in the area today. We tried to avoid extended hikes after a big day yesterday. We couldn’t resist a Wooden Work cache along this rugged coastline and were rewarded with spectacular views.

Thank you for your cache and adding to our road trip memories in the area. A favourite from us.

July 3, 2021 3:09 PM

Another golden oldie found this afternoon. Not without a bit of a mishap with eldest geodaughter taking a slip at the bottom of the first flight of steps, even with me holding hands for support! So with herself and Mrs P not wanting to go any further down I made the easy find on my own. Thx Team Crackers, nice size cache in another spectacular part of coastline.

Omegaman1971

In town for a few days for work, doing some training with the local Vicses team. It has been many years since I have visited Portland, but always enjoy my time here.
My may focus was the adventure labs in town but had sometime for this cache. Couldn't believe how steep the stairs are here.

Cheers for the cache Team Crackers

Find number 8606 on 26 May 2021

On a road trip to Western Victoria, picking up random caches as we check out the area. This was day 9 of the 16 day trip and we had now arrived in the Portland / Cape Bridgewater area. Today we took a trip to the Cape Nelson Lighthouse and returned along the coast road and stopped here on the way back to check out "Yellow Rock" and also find the cache. It was a long way down to the cache but it was an easy find as the cache was visible on approach as it was laying on top of all the undergrowth out in the open. We signed the log and replaced it where it was supposed to be. Mr Pooky then continued to the bottom and up onto yellow rock.
What a great little spot. TFTC.TNLN.

Gefunden

Took us a little while to locate this one (we were on the wrong platform). Once we got to the right spot, cache was quickly in hand. Tftc

Restrictions have eased a bit so all good to go again.

A family holiday to the south west! We arrived in Portland, set up camp and headed off to explore. We headed here hoping for some rock pools but alas the tide was in and it was a bit rough. Never mind we enjoyed the views and the kids still managed to get wet. An easy enough find on the way back up. Thanks for the cache and taking us to a stunning location.

Due to the new Covid 19 restrictions Geo Caching is not a reason to be out so we are disabling our caches untill safe to enable again.
Please stay home and be Safe.

Great spot. Thank you

Fun box of goodies

Tricky but amazing view

Found after our tour of the lighthouse. Certainly enjoy our visit this afternoon and it was certainly blowing a gale this afternoon. Tftc.

Man those stairs are steep in spots, a quick find. love the container. TFTC.

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 10452.

This one was way harder than it should have been, caching with an iPhone on an overcast day it took a bit to locate but I got there in the end.

Thanks Team Crackers for the cache.

Today we went to Cape Nelson. We found beautiful nature, rocks, beaches and walks. From time to time we also found a geocache. Thank you for the cans.

Over thinking again!!!! Tftc... no surfers today

Found it! Stopped to enjoy the view here on our walk along the GSWW. Muggle Heather waited at the top as I went down to find the cache. Searched too long in the wrong spot but eventually spotted it just before I gave up! TFTC SL

This is a great location for a geocache with great news and was nice just to be here.
TFTC

nice one

Good find

After a prolonged holiday out of the state it is time to get a maintenance program going and fix any problems.

Unfortunately we came here on a popular surfing day, we can say the container is still there so hope all is good inside. We will check next visit.

Happy Hunting.

Out and about for a day trip to Portland with Whyt Knight and our families. It was fun to relive a previous visit, but this location caught my eye as somewhere to stop and check out, which I had not taken the family to the last time I was here. On the way there, despite the girls needing a toilet, the hole in the ground on the way in was passed up as we reached the stairs. A steep walk to GZ, and a few laps of the structure, and a detour to collect the earth cache clues, and we soon had this one in hand. Nice to see this one live on for so many years. Enjoy this series with caches far and wide. tftc Team Crackers

After a photo on the beach the found was made and we started back up the steps
TFTC

A new day in Portland. Today we drive by car round the Nelson peninsula. Here we found several caches, here at first an earthcache, then this one.

Greetings from Germany and
TFTC El_Mue

Found earlier today, nearly got muggled out, quickly scribbled our name on the page and replaced.

Found on a girls day out caching with hevwalker, scramping and cabbos. Stairs are a nightmare for my knees and lungs but I made it. Always up for a challenge.
I even managed to get over and under to GZ and grab the cache.
Plenty of Wooden Work in this set of stairs

TFTC Team Crackers

Wow what a view!!!! And wow what a lot of steps....hahaha.... great for my fitness or lack of maybe. On our girls caching day out hevwalker, 3LG and Cabbos enjoyed our time here. After a look around the cache was spotted from above... yes.... now to get it. 3LG came to the rescue....we had it in hand quickly, signed and replaced. We headed down to do the Earth Cache at the base of this long line of steps. Stunning views and beautiful area. TFTC

Heading to Portland for a day caching with 3LG, scramping & cabbos...it was a great girls day out...
We took the steps...the count was 166 to the bottom...we did stop at GZ to grab the cache on the way...such a beautiful area...
TFTC Team Crackers

While staying in the area, geodaughter and I decided to discover some new places and caches. We found ourselves alone here, so we sat on the rocks and watched the waves pound below our feet. It was truly amazing! Oh, and we found the cache too! TFTC

I had in my head, that the wooden work series was a series of puzzle caches made from wood. I’m not sure why I thought a team that blows things up would also painstakingly create wooden geocaches. But it was my thought. (Don’t worry, I would much rather blow things up, perhaps we can work on a bomb like RoyMerc’s) Today, I was laughed at for quite some time by another geocacher for my assumption. I enjoyed the cache regardless of my pre-conceived ideas. TBH I’m now laughing at myself. Perhaps I can learn some woodwork and go around creating the “What I thought the wooden work series was” series. TFTC Team Crackers

Je n’avais jamais mis les pieds en Australie, c’est bête mais ça me semble vraiment très loin ,Jusqu’à Noël 2016 ou ma fille nous apprend qu’elle va vivre deux ans à Melbourne, Et voila des vacances programmés pour février 2018 (la bonne saison pour le sud/est de l’Australie)
Pendant trois jour nous visitons la capitale culturelle de l’Australie, avec ses grandes tours de verre,ses plages ses street art et le nouvel an chinois en prime Puis on visite

Un petit vol en avion et nous voila dans la capital financière de l’Australie Sydney pour trois jours avec son fameux opéra sa Sydney Tower de 309 m et sa fameuse baie visité en bateau On fera un petit détour par les Blue Mountain avant de rejoindre Melbourne par la côte en passant par l’Australia Rock et nos premiers phoques et les Blow Hole de Kiama
pour la suite se sera la fameuse « Great Océan Road «  avec les douze apôtre , Apolo bay et les peroquets qui nous mange dans la main à Kafe Koala
Direction les Grampians avec ses cascades ses pentures aborigènes et ses falaises abrupts ou l’on aperçois nos premiers émeus
Encore un tour en avion pour atterrir à Hobat avec les 25° sur le marché et les 6° au sommet du mont Wellinton et 90km de vent Nous quittons Hobart pour le National Park Freycinet  et sa belle plage de Winglass Bay et ses 1250 marches pour y arriver A Cradel Montagne nous avons marcher plus de quatre heures pour voire un woombat ,Le clou de notre voyage se sera les 3 heures de bateau sur Brunny Island avec ses falaises ses phoques ses albatros et surprise au retour un petit valabi blanc nous attend
Le bilan de ses 5 semaines en Australie après trois mois de préparation
- 37000 km en avion (9 avion)
-4000 kmen voiture (4 voitures)
-350 km à pied (4 chaussures)
- 120 caches (un GPS)
-18 logements
-un très beau pays
Je remercie tous les poseurs pour m’avoir permis de faire mon loisir et de découvrir des lieux qui ne son pas dans les livres de voyages


I had never set foot in Australia, it's stupid but it seems really far, Until Christmas 2016 where my daughter tells us that she will live two years in Melbourne, And here is a holiday scheduled for February 2018 (the good season for South East Australia)
For three days we visit the cultural capital of Australia, with its large glass towers, beaches, street art and the Chinese New Year bonus Then we visit
Then we head for Phillip Island where we meet our first kangaroos, little penguins and breathtaking landscapes. Walking is the best way to explore the Wilsons Promontory Nature Reserve. Nicknamed 'The Prom' by locals
A small flight by plane and here we are in the financial capital of Australia Sydney for three days with his famous opera his Sydney Tower of 309 m and his famous bay visited by boat We will make a small detour by the Blue Mountain before joining Melbourne by the coast through Australia Rock and our first seals and the Kiama Blow Hole
for the sequel will be the famous "Great Ocean Road" with the twelve apostle, Apolo bay and the peroquets that eat us in hand at Kafe Koala
Head to the Grampians with its waterfalls, aboriginal hinges and steep cliffs where we can see our first emus
Another plane ride to land in Hobat with 25 ° on the market and 6 ° at the top of Wellinton Mountain and 90km of wind We leave Hobart for the National Park Freycinet and its beautiful beach Winglass Bay and its 1250 steps to arrive at Cradel Mountain we have to walk more than four hours to get a woombat, The highlight of our trip will be the 3 hour boat ride on Brunny Island with its cliffs, seals and albatrosses, and a little white valabi on the way back
The results of his 5 weeks in Australia after three months of preparation
- 37000 km by plane (9 aircraft)
-4000 km by car (4 cars)
-350 km walk (4 shoes)
- 120 caches (a GPS)
-18 homes
-a very beautiful country
I thank all the installers for allowing me to do my hobby and discover places that are not in the travel books

Find 2871 on our family holiday to SE SA and SW VIC on the 18 January 2018

Day 4 saw us in the rageing heat so not much geocaching happened. We managed a few finds before 10:30am where we declared it too hot and retired to the beach for a cool swim.

This was our penultimate find due to the heat. A great spot to visit.

TFTC

found it. Well my very own Indiana Jones did a great job (even though you did need to leave the track lol) yes the trick is which platform. GPS all over the place TFTC the waves and costline beautiful

Wow after a long search we found it, cheers

What a great location! Took lots of photos. Saw surfers heading home. Love this place!

A great location visited on a very rough day

Found the cache in good condition after checking out the nearby earthcache. Big surf today. TFTC Team Crackers.

Climbed down all the steps, fortunately no problem with returning up them. Diligently reading the clue and trying a couple of spots found me the cache without a heap of difficulty. A group had just left the area, and there were no replacements on this cool windy day, which was very convenient. Then went down to the "beach" here - no one surfing, they'd have had to be crazy to do so with the weather conditions.

TFTC

-- ITA --
Purtroppo siamo già rientrati da questo bellissimo viaggio che ci ha fatto conoscere una terra molto diversa dalla nostra Italia.
Sebbene non basterebbero mesi per riuscire a visitarla tutta nei venticinque giorni a nostra disposizione abbiamo cercato di vederne il più possibile.
Con circa 4500 chilometri in auto e sette voli interni abbiamo fatto quanto umanamente possibile.
Ad esclusione di Western Australia ed ACT, abbiamo toccato tutti gli stati ed in ognuno abbiamo avuto il piacere di recuperare almeno un cache.
Ringraziamo tutti gli owner per aver reso il viaggio ancora più speciale.
Le risposte ai quesiti delle earthcache e delle virtual cache seguiranno il più presto possibile.
TFTC

-- ENG -- (google translate)
Unfortunately, we have already come back from this wonderful trip that made us know a land very different from our Italy.
Though it was not enough months to be able to visit it all in the twenty-five days at our disposal we tried to see it as much as possible.
With about 4500 kilometers in the car and seven domestic flights we did as humanly possible.
With the exception of Western Australia and ACT, we have touched all states, and in each of us we have had the pleasure of retrieving at least one cache.
We thank all the owners for making the trip even more special.
Earthcache and virtual cache answers will follow as soon as possible.
TFTC

Found after an extended search.
After checking the clue... It was which platform and which left post?
In the end Mrs Riddell saved the day... The wild weather was starting to spit as well.
Then we proceeded to the earth cache.
We thought that this was just the most awesome lookout!!!
TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 23.271 E 141° 34.883

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 23.276 E 141° 34.901

Distance from original: 91.1 feet or 27.8 meters.

As the steps to GZ and beyond have become unsafe and are now blocked off we have moved the container to a better location until we can make a new container and find a better hide.
We hope there was no inconvenience.

10:40 am #2994
Found during a road trip to Portland and various areas in south-west Victoria with Papillon4506 & Geoturtle37.
2017 - The year of facing fears. This tested my heights fear slightly, but I managed it ok. I think I'm getting better with heights now.
Went straight to where we thought it would be, but no luck. Checked the hint. Not there either. Extended the search to a slightly different section and bingo! YAY!
Thanks for the cache and bringing us here today.

Found on a long weekend geocaching road trip with Geoturtle37 and OzHockeyChic. This one has us going for a few minutes using the old clue until I homed in on gz, but it was all good in the end. I see that gz has been moved and updated now too. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

On logging this cache we see that the co-ords have been updated, so pleased that we did this one on the 12th, if we had left it any later we would have had the in correct co-ords. We understand why they have been changed. We spent some time talking to a local surfer and he believes that the outer platform may not be replaced as the cliff face above it is coming away and at some point in the future will slip.
The cache is in good condition. SL TFthe walk down the stairs and back up again LOL

Found by The Empire and Sully
In Portland for the 8 Months to the event in Alexandra event. Time to spend the afternoon caching, it was a little wet - but that didn't stop us much! Steps, oh the steps! Quickly found after some log reading... Thanks for the cache Team Crackers.
- M

Found with The Empire on our afternoon assault of Portland and surrounds. We came across some magnificent sights and views today, was well worth the drive down from Ballarat. The Empire soon had his hands on this one, we added our names to the log and were on our way again. Thanks to Team Crackers for another in the Wooden Work Series.

Two things came to mind as we walked towards GZ: the superb views and that we would have to walk up all those steps to get back to the car. We were thankful for accurate coordinates as the hint is no longer relevant. The lower sets of steps have fallen away and the access to the area below the platform has been stopped. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Team Crackers for the cache.

We found ourselves with a three day break to play with, so we seized the day and made our way to Portland for a couple of nights.

This location was magnificent, and the wooden work was very impressive too. Some of the steps are leaning a bit, making us feel we were leaning sideways for a short section - very funny. It appears that the structure is under some sort of rebuilding or renovation plan, and there is now a new way down to the bottom, which makes the original cache placement off the beaten track, so to speak. We have discussed this with the CO so they are aware. Cache is in good condition though, and was being guarded by a lovely large skink when we visited. We also enjoyed the geological feature at the bottom.

Thank you Team Crackers for bringing us to yet another fantastic place on this coast. Another fave from us.

Found it down the steps where you're not supposed to go at the moment due to unstable cliffs and the clue makes no sense at all. This cache may need to be shifted.

Found it. The hint didn't make sense. But the cords were spot on.
J and ella

Quick easy find. TFTC SL.
TNLN
Photo log as pen does not work.

Despite the access being closed to the beach and partly to the cache, obviously you can still find it.

Really annoying to see people not using both sides of the log paper.

On a road trip from the ACT thru northern Victoria, to South Australia then back through Victoria (great Ocean road) and caching along the way. Whatever cache we happened to pass and I was in the mood we stopped to find and log. Some easier some harder:-) TFTC
Ok,this cache is on a path that is closed off to the public due to unstable cliffs. I ventured within the GZ found cache and scurried off. Thanks

Quick find but area with the cache has been fenced off due to unstable cliffs. The location may need to be altered. TFTC

found after The Surf Coast Event 2016 mega event. Slowly caching back to SA. found it after doing some nearby earth caches.

Wow, you guys pick the best locations to hide your caches. Love this area of the coastline with its magnificent views.
Thanks so much Team Crackers for the great tour around the unknown for us.

Beautiful view. Thanks Crackers!

Found on a great cool day with no muggles. TFTC

Alas a surf comp underway today so unable to search TFTH

Day 2 in Portland, did some sightseeing and grabbed a few caches on the way.

Gee - these are wooden works - they go on and on.
Once again, geo-wife drew the short straw, due to geo-hubby's bad knee.

A sunny day, with big waves crashing in, made an amazing view.
Cache was located after a short search, signed and replaced as found.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Team Crackers, for us and others to find.

There are two containers hidden here, double dip! tftc-s

many thanks to Snap Happy for placing a temporary cache here for us so it is good to go again until we can get there.

**Find #7659...**

*Found whilst en-route to Portland*...

A beautiful morning to be out and about grabbing a few smilies with Happy Feet as we headed to Portland to perform some maintenance on a friends cache...

A short stroll, a short search, found the cache, stamped the log and returned... Fantastic views and cache found safe and sound...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment Team Crackers...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...

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In the area visiting family, so will take the opportunity to grab a cache or 2. Grabbed this cache with Snap Happy. It was interesting to see were the errosion has collapsed the cliff face further along but this cache was safe and sound, well before any fenced off area. A quick find was made and then we enjoyed the view. Now back up all the steps.
Thanks Team Crackers for placing & maintaining the cache for us to find.
#2956

We have been quite busy with work this time of year and will have no time to visit until after Australia day.
We will try and get there in the next couple of weeks to see what is happening with the stairs.