Captain Gnomerica Abbey, Western Australia, Australia
By caughtatwork on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA7882
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | Moveable |
Container: | Regular |
Coordinates: | S33° 39.412' E115° 14.881' (WGS 84) |
50H 337550E 6274512N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 8 m |
Local Government Area: | Busselton |
Description
Captain Gnomerica to the rescue
The First Avenger, Captain Gnomerica a.k.a. Captain America, genesis 1940.
A patriotic Super Soldier, fighting the Axis Powers in World War II and causing a phenomenal furore when his first cover saw him punching Adolf Hitler square in the nose. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby at a time when America needed a hero the most, 'Cap' became a hero without equal - a true Sentinel of Liberty. Caps shield has its own legacy: formed from an amalgam of steel and vibranium, it is almost indestructible and a symbol of all Cap stands for. Initially, a triangular, badge-shaped shield made from a bulletproof alloy, it was given a new design over time because of its close resemblance to other shields of the day. Stan Lee first introduced the now familiar ricocheting shield toss making the shield a true extension of Caps abilities. After 70 years, Captain America remains a symbol of all that is right and just; he is one of the few mortal beings who has been deemed worthy enough to wield Thor's hammer; he continues to fight for freedom under the Red, White and Blue.
Thumbs up, Soldier!
Captain Gnomerica is part of the GeGnome ][ Electric Boogaloo moving cache race for 2015/2016. Help him to move along and let his owner accumulate distance and moves. Log a find when you grab him and a move to relocate him. When relocating Captain Gnomerica please try and capture good co-ordinates and leave a good hint for the next finder. It's all about the fun of the game, not making him impossible to find again.
Captain Gnomerica would love to see his travels via pictures, so if you move him along a nice picture in his new location would make the owner very pleased.
Hints
sbex bs gerr |
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Decode |
Logs
An update will be posted within 28 days….
Will move along as soon as practical.
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—Geocaching games and competitions
—Prizes!
—Dinner on Saturday night
—Geocaching information sessions
—Beginner FAQ’s and question sessions
—Time to chat and catch up with Geo-Friends
—Puzzle solving techniques/tips
—Things for the Geo-Juniors to do
http://westozgeocaching.net.au
Picked up these moveables on the way back to the City after visiting York and other places in between.
Thanks for the cache.
Picked up these moveables on the way back to the City after visiting York.
Thanks for the cache.
On the trip out into the Wandoo forrest area with the better half doing some maintenance of my caches after a fire and we dropped off a number of moveable caches along the way.
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'Found' this cache in the hands of tbh after Gwiber 'dropped' it in Bridgetown.
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Moveable will be dropped closer to home soon.
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This moveable was one of the ones collected on the trip.
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Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
Attending "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.
We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.Four Fun, in South Australia published five puzzle caches that would bring good points in the Christmas in July game. Can we solve the puzzles? A few more adjustments to the route and the caches to find list and we would be off.
Having successfully completed our Melbourne challenges and gained our first Blaze Dragon Zone trophy it was time to focus on the Christmas in July game. We started on the Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park puzzle caches recently published by Four-Fun. With Four-Fun's puzzles found, several of J_&_J's puzzles found and the Christmas in July game over it was time to focus on completing the requirements for a few more Dragon Zone Trophies.
When we knew that there was a possibility that we would have a break from grand parent duties we had planned this slight detour so that we could find both GA and GC caches that would meet the requirements for several Dragon Zone trophies and several GC challenge caches in several states. As we had already visited all states and territories except Western Australia this year it was time for us to hop on a plane and head for Perth, Western Australia.
When we were at home we had noticed that Lazarus68 had been collecting moveable caches during a recent visit to the eastern states. We wondered if Lazarus would be back in the west by the time we visited and if we would have an opportunity to find the moveables that were in his care. So, we contacted Lazarus and the stars did align. We made arrangements to visit and we were able to log finds on quite a few moveable caches. Many thanks Lazarus68 for making these caches available for our visit. In turn, we left another ten moveables in the area which are also now in the care of Lazarus68.
It seems this cache didn't fare toowell on the recent journey, and is now in two parts. We placed his legs beside him as we returned along the track, and are hoping a future finder may have a little spare super glue to effect a repair. Isn't there supposed to be some mythical gnome hospital not too far from here?
This cache is hidden on the high side of the track behind a tree.
If it's okay with the cache owner, we'll hang on to this one for a week or so. We are planning a road trip to Woolongong, then Sydney in a weeks time, and would like to give this traveller a boost to the East coast of Australia.
Thanks caughtatwork.
We will find him a new home in the next day or two, but in the meantime he's having a nap in Gidget's car.
Let's move you along a little
Our thanks to caughtatwork for adding this fellow to the game
Cheers
Team Ladava