Tacos for dinner, hard and soft, plenty of meat and salad. Still not satisfied. "Do you wanna...?" There was that look in his eye. He knew we shouldn't do it. So many other things we should be doing .... but I could tell at once what he had in mind. And I wanted it tooo....
Yep - a quick dash out for a cache - Ted's Toybox.
Ahhhhhh, that's better. Time for bed.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Our Brisbane caching experience
Earlier this month we flew to Brisbane for a conference, and of course we managed to fit in some caching while we were there. It didn't take us long, with Queen's Place being found within a couple of hours of arriving.
The next two days were taken up with the conference, but then we got to our free day on Sunday. We had a list of 12 caches on our bookmark list, and the rain wasn't going to stop us trying to find them all. We managed to visit 11 of them, and log eight finds. Most of them made Mr S a bit uncomfortable, being urban caches, but it was a productive visit.
Our two favourite caches were On the Horns of a Dilemna and Lover's Expo. Trying to put The Ringleader back in place posed a challenge for Mr S, and he was starting to panic that it wouldn't go back.
We've put the photos on our Flickr page, so you can see what we got up to.
The next two days were taken up with the conference, but then we got to our free day on Sunday. We had a list of 12 caches on our bookmark list, and the rain wasn't going to stop us trying to find them all. We managed to visit 11 of them, and log eight finds. Most of them made Mr S a bit uncomfortable, being urban caches, but it was a productive visit.
Our two favourite caches were On the Horns of a Dilemna and Lover's Expo. Trying to put The Ringleader back in place posed a challenge for Mr S, and he was starting to panic that it wouldn't go back.
We've put the photos on our Flickr page, so you can see what we got up to.
Friday, February 8, 2008
What a day!
We prepared for our geocache-a-thon by compiling a list of 14 caches to find on the day. They were:
Our second stop was the multi-cache Pemulwuy. We well and truly blew our time limit on this one, taking about 90 minutes. We were making progress for all of this time and didn't feel like we were wasting our time. The first waypoint was hidden very cleverly and we had to try approaching it from a couple of different angles before we got it. Once we found GZ we spent a lot of time on the wrong side of the rock, but it was a quick find once we changed sides. After this success we rewarded ourselves with breakfast.
The next cache we visited, Dead Wood, had one of the craftiest containers we've come across yet. With a muggle in a nearby backyard cleaning his pool, Mr S was a little reluctant to keep searching. Once the muggle went inside, Mr S was happy to continue searching and was finally successful.
It was hidden in a false branch at the base of the tree stump - very clever!
Cache number four was Plugs Leads & Thingymejigs. We didn't log this one, as we used up our 30 minutes trying to find the best way to walk in to the cache. Our TomTom in-car GPS put us close, but in a spot with no walking track. We drove to a spot on the other side of the creek, but again, no trackto be found. Seeing as though we didn't get to GZ we felt justified in not calling it a DNF.
Road Less Trodden was fairly straightforward, with a nice walk in and a quick scramble up the hill to the hiding spot. Previous finders had mentioned the amount of damage that was being done to the vegetation surrounding the cache location, but it didn't look too bad to us.
We were all set to do AO#2 - Ubatuba before lunch, but the track leading to the cache has been closed for 12 weeks while maintenance is being done.
The next cache we visited was Point in the Park, which was pretty easy. The nearby plaques of historic sites gave us an idea for a series of caches we could place.
Hidden Oasis tested our balance skills. Mr S was a bit unsure about this one due to the fence that had to be walked around. The green slimy patch on the weir had Ms S worried, but she conquered her fears and was brave enough to replace the cache.
Ms S did a quick grab of Newline, then we moved on to Wirrabara Waste. This was a special cache for us, as it was the first cache that our travel bug Danny & Delinda visited after we set them free.
We came across another brilliant hide at Thirteen Sixteenth's. Ms S did a good job grabbing this one. The cache was hidden behind one of the round red reflectors that was attached to one of the logs.
Sally's Way and The Park were found in quick time, then it was on to our last cache for the day.
Granny's Scramble was another example of the TomTom putting us close, but in a spot where we couldn't get to the cache. We consulted the old-fashioned street directory, and where ab;e to find a more appropriate place to park. Like most of the previous finders, we missed the easy track in and spent a lot of time trying to find a track that took us in the right direction. Ms S had to overcome her fear of green slippery rocks twice, but got through in the end. We saw two dragonflies near the cache, so we named them Danny and Delinda, after our travel bug. The walk back to the car was much easier, as we found the easy track back. We could see how easy it was to not find it on the way in (unless you were a local with a knowledge of the park).
So that was our first cache-a-thon. We broke our previous record of five finds in one day by finding 11 today. We're on our way to our goal of making 200 finds by the end of the year.
Now that we've found a few caches in the local area, we might need to look further afield for our next cache-a-thon. There are more photos from today and our other geocaching adventures on our Flickr page.
- El Guarda (GCVQZ4)
- Pemulwuy (GCVA58)
- Dead Wood (GC16MDX)
- Plugs Leads & Thingymejigs (GC148PM)
- Road Less Trodden (GC12AR1)
- AO#2 - Ubatuba (GCMMN6)
- Point in the Park (GCTPE7)
- Hidden Oasis (GCTPE2)
- Newline (GC18DA6)
- Wirrabara Waste (GC10XA0)
- Thirteen Sixteenth's (GCWC87)
- Sally's Way (GCMNQX)
- The Park (GCN3X3)
- Granny's Scramble (GCM9XM)
Our second stop was the multi-cache Pemulwuy. We well and truly blew our time limit on this one, taking about 90 minutes. We were making progress for all of this time and didn't feel like we were wasting our time. The first waypoint was hidden very cleverly and we had to try approaching it from a couple of different angles before we got it. Once we found GZ we spent a lot of time on the wrong side of the rock, but it was a quick find once we changed sides. After this success we rewarded ourselves with breakfast.
The next cache we visited, Dead Wood, had one of the craftiest containers we've come across yet. With a muggle in a nearby backyard cleaning his pool, Mr S was a little reluctant to keep searching. Once the muggle went inside, Mr S was happy to continue searching and was finally successful.
It was hidden in a false branch at the base of the tree stump - very clever!
Cache number four was Plugs Leads & Thingymejigs. We didn't log this one, as we used up our 30 minutes trying to find the best way to walk in to the cache. Our TomTom in-car GPS put us close, but in a spot with no walking track. We drove to a spot on the other side of the creek, but again, no trackto be found. Seeing as though we didn't get to GZ we felt justified in not calling it a DNF.
Road Less Trodden was fairly straightforward, with a nice walk in and a quick scramble up the hill to the hiding spot. Previous finders had mentioned the amount of damage that was being done to the vegetation surrounding the cache location, but it didn't look too bad to us.
We were all set to do AO#2 - Ubatuba before lunch, but the track leading to the cache has been closed for 12 weeks while maintenance is being done.
The next cache we visited was Point in the Park, which was pretty easy. The nearby plaques of historic sites gave us an idea for a series of caches we could place.
Hidden Oasis tested our balance skills. Mr S was a bit unsure about this one due to the fence that had to be walked around. The green slimy patch on the weir had Ms S worried, but she conquered her fears and was brave enough to replace the cache.
Ms S did a quick grab of Newline, then we moved on to Wirrabara Waste. This was a special cache for us, as it was the first cache that our travel bug Danny & Delinda visited after we set them free.
We came across another brilliant hide at Thirteen Sixteenth's. Ms S did a good job grabbing this one. The cache was hidden behind one of the round red reflectors that was attached to one of the logs.
Sally's Way and The Park were found in quick time, then it was on to our last cache for the day.
Granny's Scramble was another example of the TomTom putting us close, but in a spot where we couldn't get to the cache. We consulted the old-fashioned street directory, and where ab;e to find a more appropriate place to park. Like most of the previous finders, we missed the easy track in and spent a lot of time trying to find a track that took us in the right direction. Ms S had to overcome her fear of green slippery rocks twice, but got through in the end. We saw two dragonflies near the cache, so we named them Danny and Delinda, after our travel bug. The walk back to the car was much easier, as we found the easy track back. We could see how easy it was to not find it on the way in (unless you were a local with a knowledge of the park).
So that was our first cache-a-thon. We broke our previous record of five finds in one day by finding 11 today. We're on our way to our goal of making 200 finds by the end of the year.
Now that we've found a few caches in the local area, we might need to look further afield for our next cache-a-thon. There are more photos from today and our other geocaching adventures on our Flickr page.
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