Gallery of log for A Path Tag with a Story !
Our log from 3 May 2014 tells part of the story.
"One of our targets for this trip was to look for three of the older caches in Australia in an attempt to fill another three cells in our Month/Year Hidden grid. Yesterday we met the requirements for Lane Cove and today we went to look for "GCF1 Frying Pan" and "GC17C Aero-Vale". It was a somewhat interesting drive towards GZ with the first part of the road sealed and the remainder gravelled of varying quality. The initial surprise when we arrived were the number of campers in temporary residence. After finding a suitable park, we looked at the task of crossing the creek. After trying to keep feet dry, we threw caution to the wind and plodded our way through the shallows to get to the other side. GPS recption was very patchy with marked variations to GZ even as we stood in the one spot. After making ourselves familiar with the area we took a very close look at the spoiler photo and tried to match it to the surroundings, taking in account that things have probably changed since the photo was published. Finally we found a location and a perspective and began to search. After a further five minutes, prodding resulted in a different sound. Eureka!! We had found the cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. After signing the log, we replaced the camouflage and headed back to the creek, highly elated with our success. We got back to our car just on the hour after setting out. As we changed footwear we discovered three hitchhikers - those leeches were quickly removed and dispatched.Thanks davew for maintaining one of the iconic caches in Australian Geocaching history - we really appreciate your efforts. We also wondered why so few people have visited this cache given the time since it was published. It is one of the great caching experiences which we would recommend most highly to all. This caching experience certainly earns a favourite from us"
What we omitted from our log was that we found a pathtag in the cache placed by Aussie Liahona on 14 April 2014. We don't normally log pathtags straight away (preferring to batch log them at a later date) but finding this pathtag was special because we had been in contact with Aussie Liahona early in our caching history, had kept a loose contact over the years and had noticed that they she visited Frying Pan just three weeks before we arrived. Finding the cache was very special and finding the pathtag in a special cache just made the experience even better. A copy of the pathtag image has been added to the Gallery.
Thanks fitzy_1965 for a great refelective cache.
"One of our targets for this trip was to look for three of the older caches in Australia in an attempt to fill another three cells in our Month/Year Hidden grid. Yesterday we met the requirements for Lane Cove and today we went to look for "GCF1 Frying Pan" and "GC17C Aero-Vale". It was a somewhat interesting drive towards GZ with the first part of the road sealed and the remainder gravelled of varying quality. The initial surprise when we arrived were the number of campers in temporary residence. After finding a suitable park, we looked at the task of crossing the creek. After trying to keep feet dry, we threw caution to the wind and plodded our way through the shallows to get to the other side. GPS recption was very patchy with marked variations to GZ even as we stood in the one spot. After making ourselves familiar with the area we took a very close look at the spoiler photo and tried to match it to the surroundings, taking in account that things have probably changed since the photo was published. Finally we found a location and a perspective and began to search. After a further five minutes, prodding resulted in a different sound. Eureka!! We had found the cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. After signing the log, we replaced the camouflage and headed back to the creek, highly elated with our success. We got back to our car just on the hour after setting out. As we changed footwear we discovered three hitchhikers - those leeches were quickly removed and dispatched.Thanks davew for maintaining one of the iconic caches in Australian Geocaching history - we really appreciate your efforts. We also wondered why so few people have visited this cache given the time since it was published. It is one of the great caching experiences which we would recommend most highly to all. This caching experience certainly earns a favourite from us"
What we omitted from our log was that we found a pathtag in the cache placed by Aussie Liahona on 14 April 2014. We don't normally log pathtags straight away (preferring to batch log them at a later date) but finding this pathtag was special because we had been in contact with Aussie Liahona early in our caching history, had kept a loose contact over the years and had noticed that they she visited Frying Pan just three weeks before we arrived. Finding the cache was very special and finding the pathtag in a special cache just made the experience even better. A copy of the pathtag image has been added to the Gallery.
Thanks fitzy_1965 for a great refelective cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience.
