Fiona Longlegs South Dudley, Victoria, Australia
By Renroc on 01-Dec-11. Waypoint GA3994

On the hunt for moveables today and this was one of 9 DNF's,

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Fiona is scaring away the cane toads in the wetlands.

Fiona is in a sad state. Her legs have almost fallen off and the basket is difficult to open but she is still fighting those cane toads. The log was destroyed so I replaced the bag and popped a new log in there. I'll send her back into the wild soon.

Moved to Inverloch to enjoy Boxing Day

Moved to Inverloch to enjoy Boxing Day

Off to Sydney for a work Christmas party day-trip and I arrived near Melbourne Airport with a whole hour to spare. Happy to geocache my way around Keilor, this was a moveable I came across. TFTF Renroc!

Moved this cache along and it's now ready to be found. Thanks for attending the Meet the Moveable event and hope your travels are safe and far.

Headed down to Melbourne for the Meet the Moveables event at Brimbank Park, where this moveable, along with about 120 other were found. A good turn out at the event and everyone seem to have a lot fun talking about all things caching while finding the moveables and getting a start on the Journey or Destination summer game. A good couple of hours were spent in the area before witching hour rolled around and it was time to head back up the highway towards home. T'was an uneventful trip and with the number of moveable on offer, was certainly worth the drive.

Thanks for the moveable.....

great to find this one with many others at the meet the movables event.

Found during the meet the movables event

I loved reading Fiona’s story. So glad she is was at our Meet the Moveables event at Brimbank Park. She had obviously done her job well here, I didn’t spot one cane toad anywhere in the vicinity.

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Log it at Movable Event
Thanks

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Fiona is one of many movables found (but not moved), today in Brimbank Park.
TFTC Renroc

Found Fiona at the Meet the Moveables event today. She appears to have experienced a bad case of corrosion.

So many moveable. I hate copy paste logs but today I'll will fall. I'll make a separate note on caches I do anything extra with

The migration has begun. Come and meet the moveables. The migration has begun. Come and meet the moveables. https://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga13115

A quick pickup of moveables today for a secret meeting to take place in just a little while. Your geocache would like to join the secret activities so it may not move for a little while but it will be safe and sound and will be moved along (and hopefully logged quite a bit) in the not too distant future.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this geocache here today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

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Back out

Our travels have bought us to Melbourne and we collected this moveable whilst in the area.

Many thanks for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.

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A muster of old moveables in Canberra was called for, so a heap were collected and they have now made their home in and around Melbourne......hope they enjoy their new surroundings.

Spotted this moveable in the hands of Sol de Lune prior to its trip south.

Thank you for the cache !

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Time for a muster of some of the (older) moveables in Canberra. This one is now in my hands and heading off to Melbourne to find a new home and hopefully found a few more times.

ready to go again

Out for a drive today and decided to drop in and grab this one while passing.

Thanks for the cache.

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An evening drive with Black Bunny. We found these little fellows hiding in the bush in the dark and the fog. We figured that even Canberra would be better than that...

Fiona is a bit the worse for wear, sadly.

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Moved to Wingello State Forest. Drive through the camping area & take the track to your right.

Too lonely here so picked up & off to Penrose for lunch at the cafe. Will hide nearby with company.

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Moved to The Heads sharing the hide with another moveable.

On my way to do the nearby earthcache so had a look for this on the return. Took sometime to locate as had started to rust away & take on the appearance of its surrounds. I last found it in 2015 at Sidings Springs. Will hide it in Shoalhaven Heads. Thanks.

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Here we go! This is now in Abrahams Bosom Reserve at Currarong! Cache on!

Woke up this morning and saw this notification in my inbox - fantastic, a quick walk outside and there it was! Thanks Goldenwattle! Will move on soon. TFTC Renroc!

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Surprise drop at midnight. Under bush near walkway. Do not enter private property (unless you live there )

Seen with Goldenwattle. TFTC Renroc.

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After two DNFs it was a pleasure to find this one. TFTC Renroc.

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Fiona is now hanging out in Hume.

Found her snoozing out in Forde. I shall move her soon. First GA for 2017.

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Woot, finally have this one!

after a long rest to avoid being a casualty of Christmas lunch, she is out and about again.

A quick run down south to grab this one.

Thanks Renroc

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Found with Just a cacher on a quick night run to grab this one.

Nice to see an older movable.

Thanks Renroc

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Down and ready to go.....

GCA 1231 - 13242.

Found in the hands of LuckyL10n and Sol de Lune. Nice to see another old one still going.

TFTC...

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Grabbed after being dropped on an island and taking her back to mainland. Will move on shortly.

Thanks Renoc.......

I have eventually moved this cache along.

Thanks
Albida

#GA1034 - 17:00; Spotted the long legged Fiona in the hands of albida33 after a long trip south. No doubt she'll be hopping around the nation's capital for a bit now

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Collected on my trip north.

Thanks
Albida

Left this one at the Charters Towers cemetery.

Hope we have done the right thing here. Cachers have been logging this as a find for the missing Gc1ygw3 Clermont cache. The paperwork in the zip lock bag is saturated but after drying it out and prising it apart it is the paperwork for Fiona Longlegs. We will fix this one up a bit and drop it off soon. Thanks.

Came saw but not found – the GZ area wasn’t ideal for 1 person looking as other half wanted a arvo out of car – need a group of kids here as this area is muggle central

Have been camped in remote areas with no access so catching up.. Fiona is now in Clermont not far from water.

Camping at Campwin Beach but heading south as misses the seasons. Too warm up here. In my boot so don't come lookin'.

A virtual find for a virtual move.

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Another virtual move so don't look here. Heading north soon.

Virtual move only as Fiona at Mega. Don't look here.

Fnd today after driving up to the telescopes only to discover closed. On way to QLD with company.

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Wow! Fiona has long legs! Today she took a spin around the Solar System and decided to stay over on one of the planets. haha. You'll understand if you are heading her way.

I decided to leave her here because I was intrigued by the way the regrowth after a fire worked and how moving some scorched leaves around near Fiona's new home unearthed a strong smell of bushfire 2 years on! I'm guessing these leaves fell very shortly after the fire. There used to be a geocache near here that sadly did not survive the fire either.

Farewell Fiona.

Found Fiona today and decided to help her stretch her long legs. She's been stranded in the middle of nowhere for a while.

When I found all the rubbish under the bushes where she hid I thought for sure she'd be gone, but there she was. The plug in her bucket was well and truly stuck though.

Let's see how far those long legs can stretch...

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Fiona has decided to resettle in her home state to hopefully repel the invasion of cane toads - you never know, she might even be able to help with the Origin

Fiona had been resting in Brisbane for nearly 12 months. The half men had a ball finding her and she waits to take her next journey. Many thanks.

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Left Fiona in a lovely spot to await her next adventures. Hope i did everything right. To park you need to keep driving past until there is somewhere to turn around. Take care on the way back as you have to pull up fairly quickly and some people ae lunatics on this road. TFTC, i hope the next finder enjoys the hunt

Fiona has popped home to my place to watch the origin... (not sure but i would guess she is going for the cockroaches judging her expression when she sees the toads). I will take her out for a little trip probably tomorrow so she can continue her adventures!

The hide was very overgrown with lantana which might explain the long time between finds...

Thankyou so much for Fiona as she is my first froggy find...

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Hi Fiona,

I was in the area today and heard your cries for help but darkness was falling quickly and i am going to try to come for you on wednesday! Hang in there and eat some bugs while you wait... And maybe help me with your hint as i am not sure if that was written on the way into or out of the park.... Anyway i cant wait to meet you and you can tell me all about your adventures....

Cheers,
Irony9

"Can someone please come and collect me ? I have spread my anti toad dust all over here and have been here so long that I am really starting to go stir crazy. Anywhere will do.... no please make it somewhere there are some cachers who find GCA frogs. The Gold Coast was a good spot at the end of last year. Greatly appreciate some help thanks folks!"

I was up in Brisvegas visiting my little sister. There is a forest park near her house with a cool cache called "Indy Jones - Choose Wisely" GC1W3B1 and a lookout over the river.

I set off on the path to show Miss Longlegs the cache.... but as these frogs do.... she hopped off and went and hid somewhere.

See you frog and thanks Renroc for the cache.

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*** The cache has moved from Burleigh Heads ***

I decided to track down the nearby cache on a nearby "Mystery Island" as the tide was low and you could wade across.

After wading back to main land I found myself on the other side of the creek to this cache.

Down "Tallebudgera Drive" (not to be confused with "Tallebudgera Creek Road" on the other side) and over the little pedestrian bridge to get to the GZ.

After searching the wrong area for a bit I checked the clue and poked around with a stick for a bit more. Fiona was doing a great job of hiding from me but I tracked her down.

Back over the bridge past the local kiddies with a brightly coloured frog in my hand. They did give me some odd looks.

Thanks for the cache Renroc. I will find her a new home soon.

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No that we had moved her temporary companion Kikker and left her in Goonellabah, Fiona Longlegs seemed stressed and unhappy. When we asked her what was up she launched into a tirade of how she was perfectedly happy around Brisbane, she would prefer to travel even further north to investigate the origins of the toad invasion, and that we - by bringing her south to our place- were moving her in the wrong direction.

We told her that we had no plans of heading north anytime soon but would place her in a spot where should could easily hitch a ride on the M1.

This story is a continuation of http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga3971 Kikker's story.

Well we found Kikker and promised her that if we found Fiona Longlegs we would introduce them. After a pleasant lunch in a park in Fernvale a little research revealed that Fiona was hiding in Springfield Lakes and since it was only a short hop on the drive home we'd call in.

Our search in the area took us to a patch of land being developed for more of those swish homes in the area. A short hunt and Fiona's hiding spot was revealed.

"Hello Fiona", was our greeting, "Remember us? We have someone you might like to meet".

"Hello Petan, yes I remember you and I'm always eager to meet new people" was her reply.

As we walked back to the car she animatedly talked about her efforts in removing toads from the Springfield area and became very excited when crossing over a little bridge on the walkway. "Look", she said "See I have been effective" as she pointed to the remains of a toad on the edge of the path.

When we arrived at the car we opened the door so Fiona could greet the other frogs travelling with us. The look on her face when she saw Kikker was priceless and I regret not having my camera handy at the time. They continued to stare at each other all the way home and after we openned the door they rushed to the bathroom to see the similarities in the mirror.

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Found this one as Captain Terror was moving it. TFTC

Fiona is now visiting with Ge-andiamo Gnome (GA2800) in a spot where she shouldn't have to worry about cane toads. Plenty of other bugs around though.

They were having a great time when I left. Both were singing "Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday Dear Kate... Happy Birthday to you.."

No problem finding Fiona. She was sitting on a log. "aren't I good?. See, there are no Cane Toads anywhere near. I have chased them all away."

I promised to take her where she wouldn't have to worry about cane toad for a while.

As promised, we've left Fiona at the entrance to Griffith University's Nathan campus. She'll need to use her long legs to climb that hill to the School of Environment, unless she can catch a lift.

Worried that their might be cane toads around, she scattered plenty of her cane toad repellant around, although ants might be more of a problem.

We were driving along the Kyogle Road when we heard a piercing whistle. Startled, we turned into a road-side pullover, just near the rail line. We looked around for the source of the sound but there was nothing apparent, so we got out of the car to investigate.

"Hey you in the red car, I'm over here", was heard.

"Where did that sound come from?", I asked Mr Petan. He just shrugged his shoulders and continued to look over at the neighbouring paddock.

"Excuse me, are you blind? I'm over here, near the culvert", was the next statement made by *that* voice.

"I think the voice means over there", said Mr Petan as he pointed in the direction of the the concrete culvert.

"Yes, I think you could be right", was my reply. "The voice sounds like its coming from under those burnt sticks". We removed the sticks and found a gorgeous long limbed frog hiding there.

"Hello", she said. "I'm sorry I was rude, but this spot is dammed uncomfortable. Who are you and where are you from?"

Our reply was along the line of "We're Mr and Mrs Petan and we're from the Southern Gold Coast".

She asked if that was in Queensland, and we confirmed that is so.

"Queensland", she spat. "That's where those cane toads come from, I *hate* cane toads!"

"Yes, they are ugly things, and they do kill native wildlife." was our reply.

"I want to build a toad proof fence", she stated "across the Queensland/NSW border".

My response was that I didn't know if that was going to be effective, since there was many south of the border in the Tweed Region. "Look, we are heading up to Brisbane tomorrow. We can give you a lift and drop you off at Griffith University. I'm pretty sure their School of Environmental Science is doing some research into that, If not you could always state your case. Would that be satisfatory?"

"Yes, I think that would be perfectly satisfactory". was her reply.

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MattyRx, Renroc

Found: proper log to follow.

While having our dinner, Fiona asked us if we had any Cane Toads in Kyogle.

"Very few", I said, "and we don’t have any at our house."

She decided that she would be better off staying in Lismore to try and stop them from overtaking the town. Her supplier for the repellent she uses is there also! So on the outskirts of town she decided to get out at the old rail line, and sprinkle her repellent up and down the line – to make an impenetrable barrier so to speak. Good thinking, Fiona!

We decided to come to town this evening to grab some tea. We wanted to share our dinner with any hungry frogs that might want some sustenance (if you can call KFC that). A quick trip through Blakebrook found me two frogs – twins in fact; Blake and Brook. They’d told me that there was a long legged beauty waiting for us at the SES. We found her quite quickly, sprinkling Cane Toad repellent around the gardens at the premises. Must have been working because there were no toads to be seen! Fi accepted out offer of a lift and dinner so she jumped in the car and we went to town.

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Will be in place by 1800 on 2.12.11 Sorry for the delay but the log container didn't quite work original design.

Fiona is ready to wage war on Cane Toads.