Percy Inverloch, Victoria, Australia
By mr_roo on 01-Dec-12. Waypoint GA4884

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Type: Moveable
Container: Small
Coordinates: S38° 37.701' E145° 43.181' (WGS 84)
  55H 388555E 5723687N (UTM)
Elevation: 30 m
Local Government Area: Bass Coast

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Percy

 

My entry to the 2012-2013 Geocaching Australia Moveable Race.

 

Percy is the No. 6 green engine and is the junior member of The Fat Controller’s railway. He is Thomas' best friend and his favourite job is delivering the mail

Rules of the event

Rules (not guidelines)

  • Your cache must be a form of transport or anything, even peripherally related to transport.
  • Your cache may be store bought or hand crafted.
  • Caches for the competition must be published on 1 December 2012 Australian Eastern Time (GCA Time)
    Geocaching Australia has the facility to automatically publish your cache on 1 December 2012
    Please refer to the Geocaching Australia wiki for more information
  • You are welcome to join the game after it has started provided you list the hidden date and published date as 1 December 2012 and add the word bingo to your cache tags
  • You are required to add the word bingo to the tags on your entry at Geocaching Australia
    You can add the word bingo to your tags by visiting your cache page and clicking on Tag in the Actions section in the right hand navigation section of your cache page
  • The game commences at 00:00:00 1 December 2012 AEDST and concludes 23:59:59 31 January 2013 AEDST
  • The game administrators decision is final
  • You can find and move your own cache during the game period provided it is not the caches first move
  • Caches must be found and hidden by the same cacher (i.e. no mailing the cache to another cacher to hide)
  • Only moves count towards your bingo card and you must move the cache at least 1km to count as a valid move
  • There is no limit to the distance other cachers can move the cache
  • Other cachers in the game will find / move your cache, but they are requested to move it on within 2 days

After Januray 2013 this cache will change to a normal moveable

 

Goodluck Percy! May you travel far and wide!

Hints

haqre ybat tenff
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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It looks like this cache is MIA. If it turns up again the cache owner can reactivate the listing by placing an "unarchived" log against it.
 
19-Oct-13
I had a good look for Percy, but even with the help of the hint he could not be located.
 
12-Mar-13
Moved 102.06km
Percy enjoyed camping in Bear Gully over long weekend.
Now hiding place for next finder
 
26-Feb-13
Forgot to log it after found it.
Moving now
 
01-Feb-13
Found Percy enjoying a hiding spot with GA1920 at 20:05 while on my trek along Gardiners Creek this evening.

I left both Percy and his partner in place after signing the log.

TNLNSL. Thanks mr_roo.
 
26-Jan-13
found while on a australia day bingo hunt. left in place
 
18-Jan-13
Moved 25.59km
Dropped off early morning. Travel far. Thanks.
 
15-Jan-13
Grabbed while playing bingo at lunchtime. Percy is coming with me for a play. Will move soon.
 
15-Jan-13
Moved 18.2km
Percy came here and then ran away, don't bother looking!!
 
14-Jan-13
I decided to fill my afternoon chasing a few Bingo's around trying to fill my cards.

This was one of quite a few I picked up today.

Percy was hanging out with some friends.

I'll move on soon.

TFTC Very Happy
 
10-Jan-13
Moved 2.23km
Moved them here tonight. A few are under the steps and a few are on the Northern side of the scout hall.

Thanks again Smile
 
07-Jan-13
Whoops forgot to log that I picked this up fairly quickly Very Happy

Thanks, already moved on Smile
 
07-Jan-13
Moved 14.94km
Ground level, in front of sign, dead middle, behind bush.
 
07-Jan-13
Grabbed at 5:15pm
 
01-Jan-13
Moved 5.32km
Dropped off on the way home after our New Years Day BBQ in Cranbourne.
 
30-Dec-12
Bounded into our hands courtesy of a bunny rabbit!
 
30-Dec-12
Moved 322.41km
Down in the hands of another cacher to mix the numbers up a little
 
28-Dec-12
Quick find with Black Bunny on another mad trip - well, as mad as he gets these days, anyway....
 
28-Dec-12
A quick find with Just a cacher on a road trip down south.

Thanks for the cache
 
27-Dec-12
Moved 268.99km
A nice little park.
 
25-Dec-12
Got it.
 
20-Dec-12
Moved 4.71km
Moved on this arvo with Kittykatch on a walk with the geohounds.
 
20-Dec-12
Spotted this afternoon on the way home from work. Will move on straight away. TFTC noikmeister & Tuena Shocked
 
20-Dec-12
Moved 1.05km
Moved on this afternoon on the way home. Nice set of engines noikmeister & Tuena Mr. Green
 
19-Dec-12
Picked up on a quick runout at lunchtime. Will move on soon. TFTC noikmeister & Tuena Surprised
 
19-Dec-12
Moved 4.42km
Dropped off in a peaceful spot, with convenient parking
 
18-Dec-12
Found on my way to work
TFTC
 
13-Dec-12
Moved 11.48km
 
12-Dec-12
My second train in this great park after work today.

Albida
 
08-Dec-12
Moved 6.61km
Placed in Redwood park as well as many others. Cheers... Dancing
 
05-Dec-12
Found on a moveable run before sunset. A nice easy find in a familiar spot. Will move on soon. TFTC mr_roo!
 
05-Dec-12
Moved 21.29km
All steamed up and ready to go again.
 
04-Dec-12
GCA 644 - 6502. Found this and two of his friends together today. Sol will move them on.

TFTC !!
 
04-Dec-12
Grabbed, along with two mates. A few more items added to the stash.

Will relocate tomorrow....

Thanks for the set.
 
04-Dec-12
Moved 16.92km
Managed to drop it so it could be picked up straight away
 
03-Dec-12
597. Well another one nabbed after being in the hands of Winglen. Lots of goodies too - pity I'm not a collector - NOT.

TFTT and the pointer.
 
03-Dec-12
Moved 14.01km
Dropped off quite a bit further west where I'm sure he won't stay long.
 
02-Dec-12
Our first find in this year's competition.. Very cute, thanks Mr Roo.
 
02-Dec-12
Moved 9.72km
ACT sided of the tracks, rock on!
 
02-Dec-12
Woot, another bingo number! Thanks.
 
02-Dec-12
Moved 15.86km
Down and ready to go
 
02-Dec-12
A quick grab and off we go again.
 
02-Dec-12
Moved 11.29km
Down and ready to go
 
01-Dec-12
Found on an evening walk.
 
01-Dec-12
Moved 3.3km
Moved and ready to go
 
01-Dec-12
So close to home, had to grab it will move soon
 
01-Dec-12
Moved 1.17km
Off and ready again
 
01-Dec-12
Last for the morning before heading home for chores and Ju decided to join us for this one and made a reasonably quick *FTF* after using some logic. TFTC
 
01-Dec-12
Go Percy go!!!!!!
 
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