A Day in the Valley of Hidden Treasures Eudunda, South Australia, Australia
By postiegirl06 matmob mabar & cjpostie on Saturday 12 May 2007. Waypoint GC11QPF

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Thanks Everyone  

13th

PG forgot to thank Cached, for once again providing her brilliant organiztion of the TB & GC table! Love your work!
btw- PG has your blue drink bottle  

13th

Just a quick note to let you know that I will email out the TB and GC list in the next couple of days.
Thanks to Flipper & Co for the great pics uploaded to your site! Cool We also have copies of the 2 newspaper articles from our local paper 'The Mid North Broadcaster'.
If you would like a copy please email me your postal address and I will post you a copy.
Thanks again for all your postive comments re our Event hosting.There was a lot of talking at 5374 this morning! That's inbetween mail sorting ofcourse!
Lastly, I would just like to point out that Accommodation was available for the weekend, it was listed on this page!
It's just that nobody took us up on the offer PG06
The bonny night was excellent and a great finish to the day!
 

12th

What a great event, well organised, don't have anything to reference it too, but we had a blast, got the FTF for turning up way too early, and then were stunned to find by collecting 5 of those silver cuts outs we topped the list and took home first prize for the day. Was great to put the faces to the team names and pick up some more hints and tips for this interesting past time. Thanks to everyone involved in the organising of the event and to the Local generous sponsors. Will deffinately do it again.
Gayle & Mark - the A team of Flipper&co
http://community.webshots.com/user/flipper_5074
will load up pictures to my webshots site, it loads a bit quicker than here. - Gayle

[This entry was edited by FLIPPER&CO on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 4:19:07 AM.]
 

12th

What a fantastic day - enjoyed by all!

For anybody that's looking for it (all of you!!) - the River Deep to Mountain High competition - http://www.cachinggames.com

Thanks to the Eudunda Post Office and all the local sponsors!
 

12th

Well, though I didn't attend the event proper, TeamAstro was there in spirit. What a huge effort for all those involved in setting up the event. No way could this all be done on a small motor bike [:p].
clear skies from TeamAstro.
 

12th

I did not have interaction with that moose....
Sorry, entered it as a retrieve instead of a discover by mistake.... putting it back into the Valley event.  

12th

PG actually did attend this Event - she forgot and only wrote a note ! I guess I'm allowed to log it as a find [?]
 

12th

mabar attended event and I think I can say it was a success, if the logs I have been reading are correct.Thank you to all who attended.Thank you also to matmob postiegirl06 and cjpostie for helping make the day great
 

12th

Just wanted to write a separate note to thank and recognise Team Asrto's MAGNIFICENT bonfire! For us this was our chance to meet everyone as sport had us arriving only just in the nick of time for the event cache! So this is where we really put names to faces and got to meet people! What a fantastic night/atmosphere!!![^][^][^][^][^]
We would love to come to another of these!!!!!! Even camp the night!! [|)][|)][|)]
Thanks again
The Silver Snitch!  

12th

Thanks Postie girl, Matmob, Marbar and CJ Postie we had a wonderful time. This was our first Event Cache and it mmost certainly won't be our last! Thumbs up from all.[^][^][^]
Loved the disks! What a great way to level peg it so beginners and experts were really in the race together!
The kids' activity was a hit. Thanks for saving some of those caches for our little latecomers!
Thanks to the local community for the beaut prizes of which we won one!

We will be back to the valley with fellow geo-cachers in tow to do the permanent ones!

(What is the story behind The Tinkers House?[?][?][?]......our story is that we had to tinker with our car wheel and thought our caching was up, but happily no!)
The Silver Snitch
 

12th

What a great day this turned out to be. The postal service certainly delivered near perfect weather! It was great to see some of the lovely countryside surrounding the town, especially as it is greening up now.
Well done to the teams who did such a great job of organising the event. Thanks to Team Astro for the bonny afterwards - it provided a fitting end to the day.

Managed to find a hidden treasure - well hidden. In searching for the prizes in the kids activity, the kids managed to find 3 caches hidden in the park. 3? That's a bit strange, there is only supposed to be 2 here. Turns out that one of them was one of the Centenary of Federation caches that had gone missing more than two years ago! Can we claim 2 finds for that one now? And after 2+ years the contents were still perfectly dry!
 

12th

Thanks from DISK for a great day, full of friendly faces, good conversation, lots of tips and fun activities for us all.
We are finally able to put faces to the names we see on the logs !!!
Fantastic work from Postiegirl, Matmob, Mabar and Cjpostie - our first event cache will remain memorable for a long time to come.
 

12th

Congratulations and Thanks to everyone (especially the 5374 Post Office Mob) for a great day! Also our tireless navigator "Mrs S" (Stanleys), who can now use 2 gpsr's simultaneously!!!! (Let us know when you are back!) Thanks too to TeamAstro for a great Bonfire. From CamperVanWannaBe's.
 

12th

I think we were there, can't remember!

 

12th

Being my first time, I was really nervous about meeting lots of new people and although the Wackys had described the game to me I still didn't fully understand. You really need to participate to really understand the game and I had a ball and everyone I meet was really friendly, and the Bonny just topped the day off. Thankyou it was great.
 

12th

Thank you so very much guys for a wonderful day - the amount of organisation required to make it such a fantastic event was really appreciated by all in the Wacky mobile, even the miniature brat boy commented on your 'phenomenal effort' - as a bonus, it was great to finally put faces to some familiar names, and the Astro-nomincal bonfire made a spectacular finish to the day - hope to catch up with you all again soon
(PS sorry about the late log, unfortunately life got in the way of geocaching)
 

12th

Thanks to all that have planned this wonderful Event.
I got to meet lots of new faces, this game is really getting bigger every year.
It was only last October or November these locals started geocaching and already have put over 80 or more caches in the area.
I'll have to come back another day to find all the other caches
Cheers from Skippy&Lambchops
 

12th

I feel really humbled by all the thanks that people are involving me in. I only got the token idea off the ground due to the technology at my disposal. Apart from that, the ladies did all the work. By the way Trev, it will be a few more weeks before our ears return to normal. Sgt Doug and I had a fun time out on the road but I guess all the empty containers that we found began to dampen our spirits. It was a great chance to meet up with all the cachers that I hear mentioned by name but have no idea who they are in person. To the Silver Snitch crew .... Love the glasses. Wished I could have made it to the Bon Fire (read the others logs) but a prior appointment in Mt Barker prevented me from that. Turns out the bonfire may have been a wiser choice. Cheers to you all and good to hear everyone had a great time.
 

12th

Wow... what a cool day. Great to finally put some names to faces. It was good to be able to get a stack of caches done as well... even though Winterdragon and i came dead last!

Thanks to Postie Girl 06, Matmob, Mabar and DJPostie. It was great to meet you all and i hope to see you all down here for the SECS CCC event.

The little memento was really great too.

Thanks again.
BB
 

12th

Thanks for a great day out. Your organisation of weather, cache, fun, sun and people was totally cool. Fully sick event folks.
 

12th

Thanks so much to all the teams who attended our Day in the Valley of Hidden Treasures.

Nearly 50 TB's and Geocoins attended also - Awesome !
Please email postiegirl06 if would like a copy of the travel bug and geocoin list.

Final Results for the day were as follows

Flipper & Co 5125
samysteryinc 4450
SA Parrothead 4350
The Stanleys 3875
CamperVanWannaBes 3600
Cached 3425
The Wackys 3225
Skippy & Lambchops 3000
The Silver Snitch 2550
DISK 2250
The Kettles 2225
Freddo 1950
Nibs & Auzee 1400
Sgt Doug 1350
Poppadon 1125
Beaker/Winterdragon 850

A big thanks to our local business community for donating our prizes for the day - Much Appreciated !

Thanks to matmob and mabar for all the hours spent planning the day and to cj for organization of the game pieces.

Thanks to Astro for the after event event also - Great to see so many of you down there after the Day in the Valley.


 

12th

Thanks to postiegirl06, matmob, mabar and cjpostie for organising a great event!! Their excellent preparation ensured that all went smoothly, and a good time was had by all.

This was my first event cache, and a chance to put faces to some of the cacher names I keep running across. It was nice to meet you all, and will hopefully get to catch you all at the next event!
 

12th

Dropping in a TB and coin on the day.  

12th

Apart from precipitating divorce proceedings, based on navigation issues, it was a great day!(jk)
Thanks Postie girl, matmob, marbar and CJ Postie, you did good! All the elements were there. Good location, involvement for the kids, small and big, and perfect weather. Our main mission was to put faces to names, not only for us but our children, DKW_Hutch and Watchman -SA. Hence we took several photos, however we don't intend to post them, they are for family use only.
Congratulations to the organisers and "Thankyou" to the local business community for their support.

 

12th

Thanks so much to all the teams who attended our Day in the Valley of Hidden Treasures.
Nearly 50 TB's and Geocoins attended also - Awesome !

Final Results for the day are as follows

Flipper & Co 5125
samysteryinc 4450
SA Parrothead 4350
The Stanleys 3875
CamperVanWannaBes 3600
Cached 3425
The Wackys 3225
Skippy & Lambchops 3000
The Silver Snitch 2550
DISK 2250
The Kettles 2225
Freddo 1950
Nibs & Auzee 1400
Sgt Doug 1350
Poppadon 1125
Beaker/Winterdragon 850

A big thanks to our local business community for donating our prizes for the day - Much Appreciated !

We hope you all enjoyed the day and Thanks to Astro for the after event event also - Great to see so many of you down there after the Day in the Valley PG












[This entry was edited by postiegirl06 on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 7:13:20 PM.]
 

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Although I was a late arrival and couldn't participate in the organised caches because I could only stay a couple of hours I had a great time and learned of few things along the way.
Thanks for organising this event and will attend more of these in the future with the other half of the team.
A great effort from the teams involved in organising this event.

 

12th

Forty-seven travel bugs! There's only one cache they'll all fit in: "The Asteroids: Ceres"  

12th

Look forward to seeing you all today !

Cheers to the Penguins for their brilliant Postcard!
Sorry you are unable to attend.

See you at 10.30

 

11th

Team Astro's after event event GC12QAZ All invited !!!
 

11th

Would you believe more bugs?  

11th

Rostered on at Roonka http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f3a0bc64-df7e-49bd-a181-48fb3aeae36d so we can't make it , have great weekend everyone!
Cheers 'scargoes  

10th

Looks like I've dodged another commitment for that day, so would love to come along and meet some fellow cachers.

Adults 1  

10th

a very reluctant CNA - netball umpiring, lolly counter roster, club teas cooking and High School prom made it just too hard to coordinate in one day. It sounds great and well organised - have a great time all.  

10th

HI All,

check out GC12QAZ for the after event event. All invited!!!
clear skies, TeamAstro.

(NB: even though the event is actually archived, it is still on.) [^]

 

10th

Sorry to say that emeryco will not be able to make it. We like this area and we were looking forward to catching up with everyone. It sounds like Postie Girl and associates have done a great job organising things! Good luck with the event  

9th

1 Adult + 1 Adult = 2 Adults errr... Team A of Flipper&co will take note of trying to put faces to the names. Team R will be busy, so will have to drag them along another time.
caio till Saturday.  

9th

Dropping in TBG's Noob Cachers geocoin.  

9th

Poppa and Nanna (Don & Ruth) will be there Saturday.
Also dropping off The Critter Cruncher TB.  

9th

The Silver Snitch are coming! We have definite numbers
2 Adults and 3 kids will be there. Can't make it by 10.30 but will be there between 11.15 and 11.30 all going well.
Be great to see who belongs to all these fantastic names!
Dropping in 2 TBs.
(We'll try to have on something silver and we'll bring The Golden Elf!)  

8th

mabar just dropping some coins & TB's in  

8th

Sorry we won't be able to make this one unfortunately . Just too much to do. Hope it all goes well. Hopefully next time.  

8th

Well,postiegirl06 thought she better give everyone an update for this Saturday and I will be posting final numbers here by Friday.
We will be placing about 20 temporary caches around the district, along with the kids caching activity that will be held first in the gardens.
Some of the game caches are situated near GC sites,so you will be able to grab some of those along the way if you wish.We have also made booklets containing the GC listed caches for our area that are on display.
Game Cache notes and rules will be given out on the day.
First Prize looks a treat so you should have an added incentive to head to 'The Valley of Hidden Treasures'
We have decided that a Second and Third Prize will be awarded and a free raffle draw as well.
Look forward to seeing you all on Saturday !
pg also dropped in Geosquid Geocoin


 

8th

Sure... why not... there will be one from Beaker's attending. See you all then.
BB  

6th

1 Kangaroo and 1 Lamb will be at the event  

5th

Just dropping a TB and coin in - see you all on the 12th.  

5th

We will be there! CamperVanWannaBe's 1 adult 1 geokid aged 12.  

4th

More bugs.

Final RSVP (disregard the last)

2 Adults (husband is coming!)
1 x 10 yo, 1 x 8 yo.  

4th

Had to wait until now to work this out as the footy season is only just starting. However, the Kettle boys have opted to miss footy next week in order to be in time for the kids activity. So our numbers will be:
2 adults + 4 kids (all boys) aged 13, 11, 8 & 8.
 

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Would like to be there but a bit to far to travel from Lincoln for the event.  

2nd

Adults 2 Children 1 aged 0.75  

2nd

Well it's only 10 days till the Event and the 5374 mob have pretty well got everything organized

What a great collection of TB's and GC's !

If planning to stop over please notify us by the middle of next week if you are planning on using the School facilities

Could everyone please log their Team numbers attending to help us finalize our planned activities. The following format would be most helpful to give us an idea of the children's ages attending on the day.

Example : Adults 2 Children 1 aged 6 1 aged 9 etc etc

We have been given some great support from our local business community and the First Prize is looking great!
Lastly, although there is seating in the park please do bring your own deck chairs also -

You never know - you may need them on the Saturday night [?]
 

1st

More bugs from Victoria  

29th

Dropping some coins/bugs in.

Some of these aren't staying, they're coming to the UK with me.

 

29th

Another TB for the collection  

29th

postiegirl06 dropped in 3 TB's and 2 GC's today.  

25th

Lambchops and I will be there, not sure if we are staying overnight. How many others are camping overnight [?]

[This entry was edited by Skippy&Lambchops on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 4:05:52 AM.]  

21st

looks like a good crowd coming to veiw our valley  

16th

RSVP for 1 adult & 2 kids.  

16th

Dropping off a white jeep I have been saving for this event.  

14th

mabar dropped travelling geocoin in  

13th

Bug Drop  

12th

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*ACCOMMODATION UPDATE*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
WE HAVE ALSO ORGANIZED ACCOMMODATION FOR ANYONE WANTING TO BRING THEIR VANS/TENTS. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN CAMPING OVER FOR THE NIGHT/S THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS AT EUDUNDA AREA SCHOOL.
COST IS $10 PER VAN/TENT PER NIGHT.
* POWER,TOILETS AND SHOWERS ARE ALL AVAILABLE *
*+*+*+*JUST LOG A NOTE HERE FOR US IF INTERESTED*+*+*+  

12th

Madre de dios! el golco was a month early visiting the valley today . Nevertheless we had a great round trip from Tanunda to Burra and back: beautiful weather, interesting villages, countryside that reminded us of Spain and seven caches logged Doesn't get much better than this.
Happy eventing. I'll keep a watch on it from Hobart  

6th

Sounds like lots of fun. 1 adult 1 child maybe i'll have better luck finding caches this year then i did at the event.  

3rd

Thanks for the invite . Nibs and Auzee will be there.  

1st

The DISK team would love to come and meet you all (No - this is not an April Fools day joke)!
That is 2 + 2 will be there.  

31st

mabar dropped dreamcatcher geocoin in event cache
 

31st

Dropped in Ye Olde PMG Bike TB and postiegirl06's travelling postcard GC for the event.  

31st

We hope to have lunch wrapped up by about 12.30 - 1 pm to give everyone a few hours caching along with the activity we have planned.Please give us a bit of an idea on numbers for Adults/Children attending if you can.This will help us for numbers re our planned activites.
 

30th

Excellent idea, 2.5 x shonkylogics would love to attend!  

30th

A busy month, but we would love to come. Will confirm closer to the day. Bugger the kids Sat sports, we have to prioritise don't we?  

29th

What a great idea. We would love another journey to the valley.  

29th

And what a fitting place for this coin to begin travelling.  

29th

Smiley can begin travelling from here.  

28th

Love to come.
Pirate parrots strike again.  

28th

Published  

28th

Arrrrrrrrgh Saturday Sport strikes again to destroy all potential plans! Won't say definite no but an unlikely yes.
Currently checking all possibilities. Let you know our flight plan closer to the match! What time would you envisage lunch going to????????
Meanwhile hope your seeking is Muggle free!
The Silver Snitch!  

28th

hmm its tempting to spend the weekend up there camping and doing a few caches, since i havent been up there since CCC.

There seem to be a few caches around that are accessable by a lowered lancer, so ill have a think about it

Though the 10 man tent might be overkill this time, though those that witnessed the erection (of the tent) at the CCC did have fun

Will see how things pan out, and now doubt there will be many more caches placed in the area between now and then to tempt me even more