Logs for vitesse 

another stop on our "learn to use a gps" walk.
came from the railway direction because the walk led us that way but i wouldn't recomend it. it's a bit bush bashy and if you were to slip down the slope you might meet a train at the bottom!
good hide; had no trouble with sat lock.
no swaps as i left the goodies at the bottom of the hill. thanks 

found while showing a friend how to use a gps for bushwalking.
what better practice than to find an actual target.
was her first cache and my first for a while.
thanks. it is a beautiful spot.
took: flamigo
left: duck 

another find with lep1d0pt3ra.
horse name: we decided on speedy butterfly.
nice hide. got rained on walking home but it had its compensations. thanks for the cache. 

second find in the company of lep1d0pt3ra.
twas windy and rainy and keeping warm was indeed fun.
thanks for the cache. 

found this one with the help of lep1d0pt3ra. our first together as a new team. dodgy weather but a great day.
no swaps as i left the goodies at home.
nice little place this, thanks for the cache. 

dropped off Sad Ronnie because he fits!
 

stayed a couple of nights on my way back from sydney.
loved the spot, thanks.

Took: little red car
left: spinning top 

second bicycle cache; the first with both team members.

cycle caching is cool.

took: busy-bee book mark
left: little yellow car and ear plugs (for the traffic noise)
thanks people.

p.s. cache seems to be accumulating religious propaganda 

my first bicycle cache. had to walk the last bit though.
the co-ords seem to be about 18m out but i found it by sight while walking back to the bike for a drink.
camped in the park after the hunt.

took : a lock and hook
left : yo-yo, air freshener and ear plugs.

thanks, enjoyed it 

great spot, loved it.

took: little yellow car
left: frog and ear plugs.

thanks 

a very late log. just got back from a long trip.

looked and looked as we were camped at the ground but didn't find it. maybe needed the up to date info.
cheers. 

a rather late log, just back from holidays.

a great view on a nice sunny morning.

took: clip
left: octopus and ear plugs

thanks team.

p.s. needs a new bag for book 

the gps was no use in here so we used logic and guess work. great place for a morning walk.

took: clip thingy
left: glue stick, frog and ear plugs

thanks

p.s. the clearing seems to have grown over, never found it. 

bad gps fix again but found it after giving up.
nice view.

took: spring clamp + T.B. "sad ronnie"
left: diy plane kit and ear plugs

thanks 

found this on a freezing morning on our holiday in queensland to get warm. the etrex said it was -3 degrees!
nice spot but the caravaners all had generators that spoiled our sleep and wrecked our reception on the amateur bands.

took : yoyo
left :seahorse and earplugs

thanks 

had a bad gps fix on this but found it after a while by going up onto the road for better reception.

took: bear magnet
left: scented soap and earplugs

thanks 

found this at 15:00 on our way to queensland.
thought about camping but a bit close to rail and road.

took: black cat
left: cheesy mouse and ear plugs

thanks piggy 

i have just visited to check that all was ok and while reading the logs noticed a few people mentioned that you can't find it using a yellow Etrex.

the cache was placed using a yellow Etrex and can be found with one.

Tip: don't project, you will only trip up.

cheers,
vitesse 

Hi,

anyone going past brighton road?
i wouldn't mind a lift. 

found at 10:35 by half the vitesse team
easier this time as the wind was blowing me back away from the edge.
thanks maps
took : thermometer
left : highlighter pens and earplugs 

should i offer a prize for the first photo of the gardian lizard? he/she is getting plenty of attention. 

been planning to stop here for a long time but kept on driving past, and once you are past it's a hell of a job to get back.
found it at 22:30 ish by torch light on a nice balmy night.
the view is still nice at night.

took: bear
left: another bear

thanks Piggy
 

found this one at 23:15 with a non-cacher friend in tow
beautiful warm night and a great cache to do at night.
found it in a few minutes.
thanks Klems' Mob

took : a little safety pin
left : some dress making press studs 

finally got a chance to drive here and found the cache quite quickly at 20:30
haven't been here since my CB radio days (27MHz)

Took : frog
Left : earplugs and sun keyring

thanks Waterlogged 

found in the dark at 22:00

we had passed a horrible accident on the way from three riffles to here. (motorcycle cleaned up by car) so we kind of found it in a daze.

took : fridge magnet and paperclip bear
left : smelly tree and earplugs

thanks TeamHurtle 

found at 21:25
nice theme, took a bit of looking in the dark but fortunately we had parked closer to GZ than the monument.
thanks Waterlogged for the nice big cache.

took : pen (i assumed it wasn't the cache pen as there was a better on in log book bag)

left : solar stick and earplugs

also left Wickwar Wanderer and Penguin Pete TB to continue their journey. 

went to GZ and a few meters away found a camo floppy disk container, empty and sitting on top of the ground cover plants.

we placed it back where we think it should be, near ground level, so that it is hidden by the plants.
didn't have any suitable stuff or a book to re-stock it though.
thus began our day of christmas caching, it was down hill from here unfortunately.
HNY 

this one is brilliant.
when we first started geocaching, this one was offline so we never gave it any further thought. turns out it is only 260 meters from where we stay in adelaide.
during a bout of insomnia i headed off after midnight, GPS and LED torch in hand (gloves in pocket).
after a bit of poking about i had it! punch some stuff into the GPS and off to the next bit. loved this bit too.
gloves are required; i saw a huge redback and a huntsman nearby.
i'm begining to love night time caching

took : a tiny rubber snake
left : a tiny tea cup (found this in spiderman up north
thanks guys 

the contents were indeed damp. thanks abowie for bringing this to our attention. went there today and dried everything off. the colored pencils were very wet, so we took them home to dry. if they don't survive we will replace them with something just as nice.
 

the woodpecker is still safe. found this quite easily amounst the fabulous trees. a whole forest of these would be really spooky.
thanks Freddo.

took : a tortoise
left : a pair of earplugs (my other swap wouldn't fit; this one is quite small)

 

Did a quick detour on our way to adelaide and found this one without much trouble. an FTF to boot.
i liked the placement. easy to look for it without being seen. nice one, SA Bloodhound.

Took : emergency poncho
Left : a wind up dog and a pair of earplugs

 

Did a quick detour on our way to adelaide and found this one without much trouble.
an FTF to boot.
i liked the placement. easy to look for it without being seen. nice one, SA Bloodhound.
Took : emergency poncho
Left : a wind up dog and a pair of earplugs 

"just a couple more, made me feel a little better"
"believe me when i say its nothin to do with the letter"

hope to find a little more time and energy soon to do the last bit. 

very peacfull spot. nice place for lunch.
there is a right way and a wrong way to approach this one.
thanks Klems Mob.

took : paper clips
left : bag strap and earplugs

 

had a pretty good look but we couldn't find it.
the wind direction and strength was a bit daunting as it was trying to blow us over the cliff. some new looking cracks were a bit scary too.
oh well, will be back, hope the anchor will be too.


[This entry was edited by vitesse on Monday, August 29, 2005 at 3:14:55 AM.] 

nice bit of walking here. found both without any trouble.
the lid of the cache had a couple of cracks in it and was quite wet. we didn't have a suitable container with us so the best we could do was to place a large flat stone on top of the container to keep the water off.
this shouldn't make it any harder to find as the coordinates were spot on.
thanks Liz and Bruce.

took : little knife
left : dinosaur and earplugs

 

puff, puff, puff.

nice spot. thanks Liz and Bruce.

Took : crab and fish
Left : solar stik and ear plugs

 

got here early and grabbed the booty. had to wait awhile to put it back though as a whole bunch of spectators turned up to watch the surfing.
not much of ethel visible now.
thanks Freddo and kids.

took : purple whale
left : body jewels and ear plugs

 

got close to it but some fishermen were camped right near it. soon as we got close they made an untimely return from the beach.

oh well, next time 

found this one at 11:30 on a pleasant winters day

we guessed where it was then went looking else where because the GPS said so. found it easily once we trusted our judgement.

thanks Liz and Bruce.

took : scourer (which was usefull later in the trip)
left : surfer and ear plugs

 

second one of the day where the GPS was a bit vague.
found it soon enough though.
nice peacefull spot with great views.
thanks Alice.

took : frog and 4
left : a boat and ear plugs

 

found at 15:00 on a sunny day.
a nice easy find on our way to camping nearby.

thanks Sam and Jedda

took : map reading book
left : sun block and ear plugs

 

spent quite a while here before looking for the cache as it is such a magic spot.
we found the cache and it was very wet. we aired it out for as long as we could before making our swaps and while catching our breath.

thanks for bringing us here Liz and Bruce.

took : snake and clip
left : smiley face, egyptian figure and ear plugs 

we were secure in the knowledge that we weren't trespassing, but some of the golfers weren't happy at us being there. after all we weren't wearing silly pants!
we thanked them for their advice, ate lunch and waited till they passed.
it is luck we are both tall and not ten years older!
to save energy the swaps were done in situ.

thanks Team Wibble.

took : bear keyring
left : spooky spider keyring, spooky rubber creature and spooky multi colored ear plugs
 

came prepared with my matriculation table of the elements.
this came in handy. pity my greek is so poor though.

anyway after not too much fuss we found the new cache box and it was still nice and dry after all the rain the day before. nice little spot too.
thanks Bunya and B.

took : lizard
left : buggs bunny and ear plugs

 

got here a bit early for lunch so we had a snack instead.
the view is still pretty good.

thanks cheerful ronnies.

took : muppet dog
left : golly wog and earplugs 

our earliest find, 07:00. we took the chance to stretch our legs and organize the van for the days activities.
nice spot.

thanks Team Piggy

took : photos
left : footprints 

spotted this on the way out and we visited on the way back.
great bridge, great spot.
found very easily as the GPS liked it too.

thanks Ian Mac

took : aussie keyring
left : badge and ear plugs
 

passed through on a cold and windy morning.

had to dodge a few cars but not too much around at 09:00

did our swaps and went and had a look round the town.
spent money of course.

thanks GPS

took : rubber snake
left : rubber ball and ear plugs

 

we went there with high hopes of finding this one.

we tried three methods to locate the cache.

1) using the clues and the GPS.....failed. a couple of times we even had a good repeatable GPS fix.

2) using logic "where would i put it"....failed

3) using brute force. combing the area as if we were looking for a murder weapon.....also failed.

we spent about 2.5 hours before we had to move on.

this area is in a constant state of flux. falling trees and rocks and moving earth. i wonder if the cache has moved too?

still enjoyed the area. better luck next time maybe.