A South
Australian state celebration
Roll up
Roll up
The state is having a very special birthday.
10 Years and we are still Mad about the cache
Sam.
On
New Years Eve join us at Lyrup in the Murray Riverland to
drink a toast to South Australia's longest running active cache
which will be celebrating it's 10th Birthday.
This special cache has reached double figures so come celebrate a
decade of caching and see in the new year at one of the birthplaces
of caching in this state.
The Riverland Geocache by Sam Morgan (GC114) placed on the
01/01/2001 was the second cache placed in our state after the first
placement of Sandy Creek in December 2000.
Since then the Riverland Geocache has gone on to be the oldest
active cache this state has with a total of 170 finds as of July
2010 and is a much loved find when you read back through the
logs.
The Parrots are going to set up a camp in the Lyrup
Community Sports Complex Oval and invite you to join us for a
couple of days of fun.
On Friday the 31st set up and have a New Years Eve party.
On Saturday the 1st Jardry is hosting an event on the reserve by
the Lyrup ferry.
Saturday night we will organise a dinner at the Lyrup Community
club.
Sunday pack up for home and do some CITO.
Mrs
Parrot has created a commemorative pathtag for the first 45 teams
who log and attend the event.
If you
are thinking about alternative accommodation to camping at the oval
we suggest you book early as the river is always popular during the
holidays.
Our
thanks to Team Madcat for their support of this event.
Jul 9 by Funky G.O. (101) - Apr 20 by buckling-wheels (253) - Apr
20 by MSMACKA (305) - Apr 18 by someuser (1065) - Apr 6 by
wandering starfire (362) - Apr 6 by Jellyfish (1399) - Jan 26 by
shonkylogic (1360) - Jan 4 by earthlight (382) - Nov 2, 2009 by
Tealby (2259) - Oct 25, 2009 by winglen (3530) - Oct 25, 2009 by
RexTrex (1200) - Oct 4, 2009 by TiedyeSmileys (1803) - Aug 30, 2009
by The Swaggies (2072) - Aug 30, 2009 by oenze (3274) - Aug 29,
2009 by Marcus Vitruvius (3729) - Aug 29, 2009 by Team Rubik (4883)
- Aug 29, 2009 by baby&Mrs gopher (1248) - Aug 27, 2009 by
morrikins (116) - Aug 23, 2009 by snapper!!! (2440) - Aug 14, 2009
by Lilysu&Boxer (563) - Jul 15, 2009 by Team CKTJ (15) - Jul 2,
2009 by chewinprickles (4128) - Jul 2, 2009 by Robmc (5681) - Jul
2, 2009 by feathertop (7533) - Jun 18, 2009 by Sydneykiwi (462) -
Jun 11, 2009 by Gemini7 (326) - Jun 6, 2009 by DJC3575 (400) - Jun
1, 2009 by anyones guess (256) - Jun 1, 2009 by Orange Angels (628)
- May 27, 2009 by deegees (193) - May 5, 2009 by hittin the road
(376) - Apr 12, 2009 by Redmond (477) - Apr 12, 2009 by Tweety2
(919) - Mar 9, 2009 by sushilord (2532) - Mar 8, 2009 by Dazzatron
(1357) - Mar 4, 2009 by McPhan (3287) - Jan 18, 2009 by Biggo (335)
- Dec 22, 2008 by DISK (2039) - Nov 17, 2008 by BaldEd (2482) - Nov
8, 2008 by Adrian Mc (2658) - Oct 1, 2008 by Scenic routers (2020)
- Sep 15, 2008 by albida33 (3861) - Aug 29, 2008 by Nibs (3319) -
Aug 2, 2008 by Drift Kid (969) - Aug 2, 2008 by froghoppin (1147) -
Jul 27, 2008 by Alansee (7970) - Jul 3, 2008 by The SBI (518) - Jun
30, 2008 by ian-and-penny (2520) - Jun 29, 2008 by SA_bike_boy (72)
- Jun 7, 2008 by TeamHurtle (2960) - Jun 7, 2008 by Team Ermalesh
(1878) - May 11, 2008 by bwickham (3) - May 6, 2008 by nanapat
(130) - Apr 8, 2008 by Everlasting (7845) - Feb 18, 2008 by
flipside5341 (15) - Jan 23, 2008 by The Noodler (281) - Jan 20,
2008 by are we lost (16) - Jan 14, 2008 by firesafe (2889) - Nov
11, 2007 by Lizards with Latitude (21) - Oct 24, 2007 by Fred6603
(1137) - Oct 12, 2007 by Lead 'n Lace (497) - Oct 6, 2007 by
michnet76 (25) - Sep 30, 2007 by Team Krakkatinni (14) - Sep 29,
2007 by Trunksnsuch (1349) - Sep 23, 2007 by team bloopy (808) -
Jul 22, 2007 by Team GeoMac (68) - Jul 15, 2007 by Jardry (679) -
Jun 14, 2007 by mtbikeroz (4008) - Jun 10, 2007 by NKJ (324) - Jun
10, 2007 by richary (2604) - Jun 8, 2007 by Romax (2822) - May 31,
2007 by emeryco (784) - May 5, 2007 by crane2 (725) - May 4, 2007
by homedg (1470) - Apr 26, 2007 by Mine Hill Bandits (66) - Apr 21,
2007 by Riverland (6) - Apr 9, 2007 by wombat warriors2 (181) - Apr
7, 2007 by The Wackys (1348) - Apr 6, 2007 by FLIPPER&CO (1695)
- Mar 11, 2007 by MODU_au (578) - Jan 31, 2007 by postITgirl10
(1279) - Jan 22, 2007 by snowone (413) - Jan 20, 2007 by The Silver
Snitch (770) - Jan 18, 2007 by Gum-Ako (1295) - Dec 30, 2006 by
team ozki (9) - Dec 27, 2006 by Ferretters (535) - Nov 10, 2006 by
Stealth_Ninja_Penguin (2044) - Nov 10, 2006 by nomad_penguin (2044)
- Nov 5, 2006 by Poppadon (384) - Nov 5, 2006 by dkw hutch (78) -
Oct 31, 2006 by Gypsy & Hoover (30) - Oct 28, 2006 by datto
(39) - Oct 28, 2006 by Gypsy & Hoover (30) - Oct 24, 2006 by
Dik: (505) - Oct 2, 2006 by scojohara (340) - Jul 25, 2006 by
UdderChaos (486) - Jul 22, 2006 by ghf (80) - Jul 20, 2006 by The
Barramundi's (839) - Jun 13, 2006 by mupnkate (12) - Jun 11, 2006
by doheng (691) - Jun 10, 2006 by growingupisoptional (1643) - May
21, 2006 by shirro (34) - Apr 24, 2006 by anam cara (115) - Mar 21,
2006 by Team Yota (283) - Mar 12, 2006 by bwpbwin (306) - Feb 24,
2006 by fatnav (424) - Jan 8, 2006 by Riptide (718) - Sep 5, 2005
by setsujoku (2146) - Aug 21, 2005 by Green Gecko Gang (98) - Aug
9, 2005 by MSMACKA (305) - Jun 13, 2005 by stanleys (1716) - Jun
13, 2005 by H. (34) - Jun 12, 2005 by Team Bounty (265) - May 22,
2005 by TheDTeam (37) - May 20, 2005 by Team CKTJ (15) - Apr 25,
2005 by four-fun (4760) - Jan 16, 2005 by TheRatPack (179) - Jan
15, 2005 by Zytheran (1729) - Jan 5, 2005 by Posspet Boys (2271) -
Dec 22, 2004 by llourd (469) - Oct 4, 2004 by TheDTeam (37) - Oct
3, 2004 by Team Wibble (2017) - Oct 2, 2004 by Freddo (5829) - Oct
2, 2004 by Gordon Patrick Samuel (410) - Oct 2, 2004 by Skippy.
(4146) - Sep 28, 2004 by Beaker's Bunch (1497) - Sep 8, 2004 by
XanBrother (14) - Jun 26, 2004 by SA_ParrotHead (4979) - May 7,
2004 by TeamAstro (5492) - Apr 16, 2004 by GeoDean (231) - Apr 13,
2004 by The Panky Pack (50) - Apr 10, 2004 by TGDU (82) - Apr 10,
2004 by TeamLangy (634) - Apr 4, 2004 by reverb (224) - Mar 8, 2004
by Team Crackers (6030) - Feb 21, 2004 by Rav 4 Raiders (788) - Feb
2, 2004 by Team Balfang (6) - Jan 27, 2004 by Sweetpea & Scruff
(98) - Jan 2, 2004 by Bazzars (25) - Jan 2, 2004 by Rabbitto (3767)
- Dec 28, 2003 by boodi (85) - Nov 15, 2003 by The Rats (4300) -
Oct 11, 2003 by Team Stargazer (196) - Sep 29, 2003 by madreb (70)
- Aug 30, 2003 by Klems' Mob (1298) - May 30, 2003 by Rob_vk5trm
(23) - Apr 19, 2003 by Biggles Bear (4201) - Apr 5, 2003 by
Barryd_SA (568) - Mar 23, 2003 by dasubi (24) - Mar 16, 2003 by
gypsycacher (1052) - Dec 8, 2002 by Gunnell & Pandaabear (488)
- Dec 8, 2002 by Haggis (251) - Oct 25, 2002 by Tangles (3069) -
Aug 16, 2002 by maccamob (9529) - Jun 16, 2002 by Slider &
Smurf (646) - May 21, 2002 by Team Piggy (592) - May 19, 2002 by
Mok'n Maccas (41) - May 10, 2002 by Liz and Bruce (7371) - Apr 27,
2002 by Tysonium (124) - Dec 16, 2001 by KarmicKev (183) - Dec 16,
2001 by independence (14) - Sep 25, 2001 by Team Spanner (485) -
Aug 30, 2001 by riverlander (2) - Aug 22, 2001 by Nomads (953) -
Aug 5, 2001 by subyau (16) - Jun 4, 2001 by alex (1815) - Apr 14,
2001 by TeamGeoCoopers (928) - Mar 25, 2001 by gahpee (1322) - Jan
15, 2001 by karl and sharyn (10)
Attending
SA_Parrot Head
SA Mystery Inc
Dazzatron
four-fun
Geotrecaz
Tigersden
McKee Clan
Adrian Mc
Someuser
honeysucker
Southern Cross Caching
FLIPPER&CO
schatzsuche1
Jardry
Burton's
froghoppin
Cached
Rabbitto
Aussie M & M
Tk2
mogni
The Wackys
Robtas
Gum-Ako
winterdragon
January 1 by MadCat (130 found)
We were disappoined that due to work commitments were unable to
make the event for New Years Eve. We were however truly amazed by
the turn out of dedicated cachers to the event, especially
considering the plague proportion mosquitos the Riverland has been
experiencing and the heatwave over the weekend. Good on you all for
braving the conditions and managing to have a good time.
We were glad to be able to attend the Dinner at the Lyrup club,
catch up with a few old faces and meet a lot of new ones. Thanks
all for a great evening. We are glad that the cache has lasted as
long as it has and that people were willing to come all this way to
celebrate it. Hopefully it won't be flooded and will last for
another ten years for cachers from everywhere to enjoy.
Great job ParrotHead and we loved the Mascot Madcat which was truly
a mad cat and the pathtags were great!!!!!!!!!!!
We hope this year to at least double our finds lol! Which last year
was actually three, not two as previously thought. We have enjoyed
caching over the years and hope to continue to into the future, we
have mostly loved the way that you find things that you just would
never have known were there if it were not for the cache. Our
children are 4wd, camping babies and so they have enjoyed the hunt
for treasure also and I am sure if they put the pressure on we
would be inspired to find many more, more often.
Cheers Sam and Jedda
*So good to see that there are so many that are still mad about the
cache!!!!!!!!!
December 31, 2010 by SA_ParrotHead (5253 found)
Well this event was an idea that I had several years ago and I am
very happy to have been able to host it with Mrs Parrot.
When I told her about having a 10 year birthday party for this
cache early this year she was happy to help me make this a
reality.
We looked around for a venue then we contacted Mad Cat and he was
happy for us to go ahead.
So the planning began in earnest. We couldn't get the venue and had
to relocate to the river which then started to flood .
We then managed to relocate back to our original spot thanks to the
wonderful people of Lryup being willing to host us at their sports
ground.
Mrs Parrot did so much work in the background. Organising the
pathtags, making contact with people at Lryrup and the party bags
for everyone.
Leading up to the event we began to worry about the mosquito's but
we went ahead and I am very glad we did.
The day started hot and just got hotter.
People rolled in over the day and started setting up camp. Flipper
delighted in showing us his thermometer which was registering 43
degrees
The McKee Clan rolled up and commenced to erect a tent city.
We escaped to the river during the day for some respite and
Southern Cross and schatzsuche1 came down with a hammock which they
strung between 2 tree in the river.
Back to the sports ground and a BBQ dinner before setting up on the
oval.
We had lots of entertainment with a lighting show, spots of rain
and a dual rainbow.
As the sun set we formed up a circle of citronella candles to try
to hold back the barrage of insects.
Flippers bug zapper died when it was overrun by insects.
Still we didnt care we were having a great time.
It was also Mrs Parrots birthday and several rounds of Happy
birthday were sung.
Mogni brought a birthday cake which was very nice of her. Thank you
so much.
We had a great time waiting for midnight and Skippy lead us in a
countdown.
Then there was hugs and kisses all round as we welcomed in a new
year.
Out came the birthday cake to celebrate the birthday of the
Riverland cache.
We sang Happy Birthday for the cache a bit more socialising then
off to bed.
Up in the morning and fired up the BBQ to cook Bacon and egg
sandwiches.
We got through 2.5 kilos of bacon and 2 dozen eggs. Lots of hungry
geocachers.
Later In the morning a group of us went over to the cache and sang
another rousing verse of Happy Birthday.
Then off to the Lunch event organised by Jardry.
People then stayed by the river or went out and did some caching
before meeting up for dinner.
Then over to the Lyrup Bowling club for our evening meal. The event
you have when you are not having an event.
We were delight to see Sam and Jedda and with about 30 other people
we had a great night at the club.
Then in the morning those of us left packed and headed off, some
for home and others to look for more caches.
Thank you so much to all of you who came and made this such a
wonderfull time.
We loved putting it on and from the comments you sure seemed to
have enjoyed it.
The Parrots think this log sums it up very nicely -
December 31, 2010 by Gordon Patrick Samuel (431 found)
WOW!! What a way to see out the year! So many things stick in our
minds...The pathtag, the heat, the party bag, the heat, sitting on
the oval being squirted with water, 43.5C in the shade, catching up
with friends both old and new, the heat, the wonderful double
rainbow that lasted and lasted, the heat, the clouds getting
heavier and darker, the heat, sitting on the oval enjoying the
raindrops falling on our heads, the heat, the lighting show that
lasted all night, the mossies, the heat, the bbq, the mossies, the
citronella candles everywhere, the mossies, the aroma of gallons of
aeroguard, bushmans and other assorted bug keeper offers that
didn't work, the mossies, the birthday girl enjoying being sung at,
the mossies, the birthday cake, the mossies, seeing in the new
year, bed, fantastic bacon and egg breakfast, singing happy
birthday to a cache in the middle of nowhere, attending Jardry's
picnic event, caching with four other teams, the dinner that wasn't
a dinner (officially), the rain, bed, caching on the way home just
to make the trip even longer. WOW!! what a weekend! Many, many
thanks to Mr and Mrs Parrothead for the organisation that went into
the weekend and all of the little 'treats' that were so generously
given!
