Like I am sure many others yesterday, I indulged too much in the food and drink department. So after a sleep in, it was time to head out and walk some of it off.
There were a few caches that I had been leaving for such a day in the local area. One was in Belair National Park and the other two were in the quarries half way down Old Belair Road.
Drove up to the Park Boundary and found the right fire track to get close to GZ. I grew up in this park in my early years – it was more or less my backyard. It seemed so bigger back then. GZ was located in the northern part of the Park (don’t want to give away too much).
We used to be able to ride our bikes all the way to GZ but it is so overgrown that it was a real struggle through blackberries to get anywhere near. Made it through leaving skin and blood along the way.
Once getting to GZ it was a relatively easy find – another “Z” cache bites the dust. Now to get out ……
The other two caches were in a quarry that we have used over the years for Road Crash Rescue training and Rope Rescue training so again I was familiar with the area.
The first was one of series of Mitcham Quarries which I still have a couple to grab and was a quick find at the base of one of the cliffs we use for Rope Rescue. The second cache was another “Z” cache …..
Many of the previous finders had resorted to using abseiling gear to retrieve this one – I was hoping to utilise my climbing skills.
I scouted out the cache location. I could see it from the other side of the quarry. There appeared to be enough hand and foot holds even for my large frame. Made the climb, retrieved the cache, back down, signed the log, back up to rehide the cache and back down without even losing any skin. 🙂
I think I had worked off enough of yesterday – well I was certainly sweating it out, so back hoe for a swim.
Caches for the day:
GC1KV2M – Alternative toMultiply is Divide
GC1XCD8 – Mitcham Quarries #2 – Car Crash Crag
