Power Trail In A Can - X Kambah, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By cantanga on 10-Jun-11. Waypoint GA3228

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Type: Traditional
Container: Micro
Coordinates: S35° 23.885' E149° 3.945' (WGS 84)
  55H 687599E 6080850N (UTM)
Elevation: 576 m
Local Government Area: Australian Capital Territory

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Well more of a Jar than a can

Powertrails are a craze that seem to be sweeping the geocaching world. Love or hate them they are here to stay it seems. In the good ol' US of A they have trails up to 1,500 caches. Here in Oz we are a bit lazier. We have much smaller trails seemingly usually between 10 and 30 caches. We even have the smallest powertrail, Roundcircle’s Aussie powertrail of a single cache. Even Canberra is in on the powertrail action with the Tuggeranong hill powertrail series and the bikers series.

However, powertrails are still too much effort. Having to move at least 160m to find the next micro seems like a lot of effort, and the worlds shortest one does not boost your stats enough to make it a really worth it. But what’s the solution?

Well this cache is!

A powertrail of 10 caches all conveniently located in a single jar. Like all good number boosting caches these are micros and hidden unimaginably and in a boring park with no interesting features in suburbia. Somewhat like Zalgariath's -= POISON CACHE =- there is nothing going for it except to flush out number hunters. Like this cache I will also post a wall of shame for those who don't log it online as found (provided I'm motivated enough, after all it is a lazy cache).

In order to claim each cache you must fill in each of the logs after all you should have to do something to be able to boost your stats. I will delete any online log that is not on the cache log.

This is a limited time only cache due to the absurdity of it (I kind of feel dirty placing it), so grab your numbers before numbers run out.

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N oynpx wne ng onfr bs ohfu/gerr yvtugyl pbirerq va yrnirf pbagnvaf gur genvy.
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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31-Jul-11
Dear MacGuyver, Enclosed is a rubber band, a paper clip, and a drinking straw. Please save my dog.

Oh and to the person who asked "WHY?" in the log, the answer is because. Sorry i can't be more helpful but your question was lacking in detail.
 
29-Jul-11
While Anna got her nails done, I thought I would dash down to Tuggeranong quickly for a handful of finds.
Tougher than I expected in the dark, but quickly achieved nonetheless.
Thanks.
 
28-Jul-11
Grabbed this one with Ju after a stage practice at Erindale tonight. As we approached GZ the cache was sitting there exposed.

After retreating to the Geomobile we signed the logs and replaced the cache with the described camo. TFTPT Clapping
 
17-Jul-11
I like the aspect of Urambi Hills from this area. Inspecting the contents of the jar was quite amusing. I thought it worthy of trotting back to the car to happily log in air-conditioned warmth. T4TCs
 
09-Jul-11
Took a while to find but ok. The clue really helped. Very cool concept! Nice area. TFTC. Clapping
 
26-Jun-11
Lucky last, A quick check around for muggles, bailed out of the car (without slamming the door, that's just muggle bait) a quick walk back to the GZ, replaced and recovered then back to the car the long way around the park. All in all a different sort of cache trail.
TFTC.
FIN
 
21-Jun-11
GCA 185 - 4014.

Found nice and quickly this afternoon after work.

... Numbers !

TFTC !
 
19-Jun-11
The second one-stop power trail Ive done in the last 2 weeks, having also done RoundCircle's power trail in Ballarat...and we're done, thanks.

Thanks cantanga for the novel caches.
 
18-Jun-11
And finished. Still smiling to myself at the cheekiness and silliness of this one. Anything that gets a vote from a teenager who is completely over caching is certainly worth a second look. He dubbed this concept 'awesome - well as awesome as caching gets!' Thanks Catanga for the novelty and the super efficient, environmentally friendly power trail Cool
 
18-Jun-11
Hi, our name is the Gigglygecko Clan and we are geocachers. We have to admit that sometimes it really is only about the numbers as this cache is proving. Still, if GCA are happy to publish this power trail, then we are more than happy to find it Smile. Enjoyed the hunt once we settled on the correct bush, it's a good way to move the mulch around! Lazy gardening and lazy caching - some things just go together. Thanks for this series and for the RSI in extracting and signing so many logs in one go! TFTMs.
 
17-Jun-11
(still neverending story, continued!)

So, the powertrail did take a little longer than what i expected. Do i put it down to stupidity, lazyness, lack of satilites in sky, leaves, or sheer dumb luck? I dont know.

Left a pen, and a safety pin, for future finders. (Because i'm sure i'm not the only person who was grumbling and cursing that "OMFGHOWTHEHELLAMIGOINGTOGETTHATOUTOFTHERE?" Smile)

The end! Thanks for the lolworthy cache series Smile
 
16-Jun-11
An interesting idea for a power trail.....and as the saying goes, you post it and they will come.

My visit was after dark and it tok a couple of minutes to find the cache. Signed the logs in the comfort of the car and then replaced the cache as found.

Thanks for a different type of cache.
 
15-Jun-11
Found in the dark with Albida now thats what I call a fast powertrail TFTC
 
15-Jun-11
After the initial find in the dark, the challenge was to get the notes out ! Thanks.

TNLN

Albida
 
14-Jun-11
Found with McPhan. TFTC Smile
 
14-Jun-11
312. So with all logging duties (childish giggle at the use of the word duty)taken care of it was up to the Kid to return the mother cache to it's hiding spot. We kept an eye out for the slack-jawed yokels but they were safely in the distance.

So I hope us number tarts (cleanest version) are keeping you as entertained as you are entertaining us - and upping the finds per day count.

TFTC and the Malcolm the spot.
 
14-Jun-11
And finally, I was expecting to be busted by another cacher any minute, this was taking so long. Eventually I was able to re-lid the jar and put the cache back where I found it.

Thanks for the laugh and the numbers.
 
14-Jun-11
A new challenge completed in a power trail series, to find or not to find.

An interesting idea cantanga and well done variation on Zal's Poison cache.

All found and signed. Thanks for the cache(s)
 
13-Jun-11
I'm not just into caching for the stats, but I couldn't let the opportunity for a quick and easy power trail go, especially if it is time limited. Found all ten. TFTC
 
13-Jun-11
Weirdness, Loopiness, CRAZINESS, madness, BUT FUN. Found and signed all.
 
13-Jun-11
Well – that was a bit of fun! Got a call mentioning that there were some new GCA caches in my area! And that they hadn’t all been found yet… So I had a look – what the??? Ah well, if there’s a cache in my area, I better find it – can’t let it be my closest unfound cache now can I ??? How annoying would that be! – In the end this was rather harder than expected! But chooo ooo *FTF* at 1.41pm!
 
13-Jun-11
 
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