Logs for tom & nikki 

After moving overseas and finding out that Beautiful Bulyong Creek went for a swim in the floods, it's time for this beauty to retire. It was good while it lasted. 

A very nice spot and a nicely tucked away cache! Unfortunately the damp has crept into its hidey hole and the paper is pretty soggy... we couldn't record our visit for fear of ripping damaging the log.

TFTC!

Tom & Nikki (with star appearance from special guest Michael) 

Our last cemetery excursion was at nighttime with torches (no shovels!)...hopefully this time we were a little less suspicious as we paid our respects to a line of people gradually closer to our destination.

A nice little cache by a lovely old cemetery.

Left - flower
Took - small soldier

TFTC

Tom & Nikki + Michael 

A nice little hike up the hill, past a curious ginger cat living in a drainpipe... now immortalised as 'the curious incident of the cat in the drainpipe'.

Michael was almost slain by the treacherous terrain during wet weather, but we bravely persevered!!

TFTC, TNLN

Tom & Nikki 

At last! A full year after the first unsuccessful attempt with English cousin Robert, younger brother Michael was ushered into Hewett to right a great wrong.

The brave crusaders were rewarded with bountiful treasure (a green stone), richly traded for some very handy cue chalk.

TFTC... finally!!  

It wasn't a great day for caching (grey and drizzling) or showing overseas guests around the normally beautiful hills... alas.

TFTC, TNLN 

The hiding spot was excellent and provided some excellent photo opportunities for digital hijinx! Great spot and home to a friendly Echidna on that particular day.

TFTC 

TNLN, TFTC. 

Top spot, just like all the Goldfields caches!

Great day out with Dreaded Weasel and Rob.

TFTC. 

Very Sneaky!! Nice work.

TNLN, TFTC
 

A very nice cache indeed, and aptly named! Very Indiana Jones! Thanks to Rob and Dreaded Weasel for a great day's caching.

TNLN, TFTC 

Fghzcrq!! The others didn't laugh when I told them the clue. I guess it's in the way you tell them!

TFTC DISK

Took: Rhino Sticker
Left: Golf Tee 

The cache's first activity in a while!

A very quick scramble down the hill and a run back to the car were in vain - still missed our train! But it was worth it, we'll be back to get Over and Under soon and to spend some time in this amazing spot.

TNLN

Cheers

Tom & Nikki 

This cache is certainly one of the most spectacular I've encountered. An absoulte Gem of a spot and an amazing cache in many ways.

What an amazing collection within the cache.

The perfect weather gave us a wonderful chance to spend some time in Parra Wirra, which we haven't visited for far too long.

Thanks so much Zytheran

Took: Boo (from Monster's Inc) 

Many thanks for the cache DreadedWeasel.

Hope your travels are going swimmingly.

Warmest Regards

Tom & Nikki

Took: Dinosaur and Travel Bug
Left: Marble and Blood-type Keyring 

[One of the toughest caches I've encountered in terms of Muggle activity! Very creatively placed.]

This is one cache where being clumsy helps, I don't know how many times I dropped my coins making a phone call, GOSH!!

 

I just about wore out my shoelaces completely on this day of city caching! I had looked at the likely spot on my way past a number of times and thought that the cache was gone and someone had shoved rubbish in; WRONG!

Hopefully the take in front of commuters was so brazen as to be unnoticed!

TFTC 

Fantastic cache and one that required a little creativity during the morning uni rush!

TNLN 

Great to see the animal theme still going strong and what a great day for a stroll in Botanic Park.

Took: Wombat
Left: Ladybird (not strictly an animal, it was the best I could muster - hopefully some bright child will point out the discrepancy when it's next found)

TFTC 

Sigh, the first true DNF for Tom & Nikki and SplitScreen.

Searched hard by torchlight, with no muggles in sight; but to no avail. Perhaps we were too focussed on what we thought was the obvious spot, there's always next time.

Tough, open site DISK, nice work. 

Haha, we also thought we'd seen the location from afar. But alas, alack and well-a-day we were wrong! Found the real location easily by following the GPS (who would have thought)!

A nice peaceful little cache away from prying eyes and the crackle of the powerlines.

Took: eraser set
Left: money making advice

TFTC 

Another wonderful piece of Gawler's history in this cache. I'm truly ashamed how long it took us to connect the cache's title with its history. For some reason I figured that a Run was some an ancient term for a lane. OH DEAR!!!

TFTC DISK!

Took - Communion locket
Left - Keyring 

Oh the pine needles! We too were somewhat daunted by the potential length of the search but luckily the find was quick. Another part of Gawler that I used frequently before caching; I see it in a new light!

TFTC

Took: Canadian $2
Left: Keyring 

Great multicache!

Like some others we were led on a merry chase by the faded dates! We went back in the dark, and of-course couldn't see make any headway in working out where we went wrong! However, we had a bit of a look in a couple of likely spots near the miniature Arabella and lo and behold, it was found!

A fantastic tour of some more of Gawler's history.

TNLN - no timepieces with us (sigh).

TFTC Dylanja 

A perfect way to end a wonderful weekend on the river: finding our fourth cache in an area as far from home as we've cached in our short career.

Took: Bouncy Ball
Left: Gemstone (no, not a real, valuable one folks, sorry!)

TFTC! 

Great location, a picturesque bit of scrub by the river.
New coordinates got us pretty close considering the tree cover, and from there it was an easy find.

Took: Sauron's Schoolbus Bug
Left: Kiss me I'm Irish tattoo

TFTC 

Wow, seems like Ron had it all worked out; what a great little setup!

Took: Renmark SA Badge, Purple Frog
Left: Gawler 3 day event keyring, Harley Davidson Ring

A truly interesting cache! 

The first cache on a houseboating holiday, and one of two in this series that we aimed for.

A nice little cache in a great secluded location, as long as you're not put off by the green water!

Took: Gazoo
Left: Geocoin

TFTC!

Tom 

Another great cache DISK, and our first multi!

Took a while to find the clue - dodgy sat reception led us straight past it!

Took: Biblical verse and paperclips

Left: Pokemon Stone and "female bead" 

Great cache; nice area, well hidden and with a highly appropriate name. Thanks SAParrothead!

Left: skull ring
Took: Geocoin 

Not a muggle in sight, after the train had passed that is.

Took: Large rubber thing, biblical verse and Hi-5 CD - we couldn't resist playing it at max volume as we drove through Gawler!

Left: National Blonde Day Badge, "female" bead and something else that we have since forgotten (shame) 

After deciding that Indian was on the menu, we had an extra 30mins to wait for our order. A quick call to home got us some extra coordinates, and we were on the move for 'Cracked'.

After aggravating numerous local dogs by stealing into the park at night, we found the well hidden cache and returned in the nick of time to receive our Chicken Tikka straight from the Tandoor Oven. We returned home triumphantly with news of caches, and the much anticipated sub-continental feast!

TFTC DISK. 

Right as the sun went down, Goose Island was almost completely deserted. A single person remained, the scourge of geocaching in suburban parks: A dog walker!!

Once the perilous pooch had dragged its owner away we set about retrieving our prize, and another fantastic hide from DISK it was!

Took: 2 rupees
Left: Civil War Bullet Travelbug & Welcome Refugees Badge 

Definately a high traffic area!

The second find on a successful evening of caching in lovely Gawler, this cache required a casual lean against the hiding place and a gap in passing traffic!

Took: Tiger's eye marble
Left: 'squashed' marble

TFTC 

This was a tricky one DISK; hard not to look extremely suspicious poking around in Pioneer Park after dark! Luckily there was some good cover from passing traffic!

Left: No War Badge
Took: Teddy Bear

TFTC! 

After much searching through the undergrowth, the cache appeared! It'd have to be an easier find in summer without all those soursobs!!

Left: "male" bead
Took: Lyndoch Magnet

TFTC 

Dear DISK,

It's wonderful to find that there are so many caches around our lovely town of Gawler. The addition of the history surrounding the train was an excellent touch; it brough back memories of seeing it there as a child. It was a great way to introduce our visiting English cousin to geocaching.

The train theme has gone, and I'm afraid I couldn't do much to save it; We looked for a train at home, but alas, it was to no avail.

Left - bouncy ball
Took - Treble Clef Clip

Cheers

Tom and Nikki 

Wow!

Our first experience of geocaching!

We learned that muggles aren't just part of a multi-billion dollar fiction, and that DreadedWeasel's GPS was actually a sound purchase after all!!

Fantastic! 

2nd Cache Visited - Took a photo of Nikki, Chris and I 

3rd Cache, first series/clue cache

had to cross the stream via a fallen branch, while running late for work. Great fun!