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rogerw3

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  1. Came across this 5 feet Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) near Hornsby in Sydney, in one of the many parks in the metro area. I was looking for a couple caches and would have missed him if he had not moved, they are not aggressive but they do bite and the wound will get infected due to the large number of bacterias in their mouth.

     

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  2. The 10 pack seems popular so I made up 3 more of them: 10 trackables for $36.00, 3 geocoins, 7 traveler tags, ALL UNACTIVATED, no micros!

     

    5 packs remaining, then I'm done! :laughing:

     

    I have 4 more packages left to sell!

     

    PM sent

  3. Here is more unusual encounter I had on the way to Scotchmans cache (GC131EN) here in Australia.

     

    On the way up the hill I was run over by a runaway Wallaby! I could hear a fight going on further up the hill between Wallabies probably over territory or maybe a female. At the steepest and narrowest point of the track I heard this Wallaby crashing thru the bush at top speed, next thing I know he is 10m away and coming down the hill like a runaway train. He saw me to late too really do anything, I squeezed to my left and he tried to swerve to the right but it was too late and he hit me in the side, I just had time to grab a handy branch as I feel flat on my... well let's say behind, he crashed into a thorn bush on the side rolled 3-4 times down the hill got to his feet somehow, stopped, looked back at me as if to say "what the heck are you doing here" and then went on his way. I can tell you there is nothing soft and cuddly about Rufous Wallabies they are hard as a rock all sinew, bones and tough muscles, I had the bruises to prove it for a couple weeks afterward!

    :laughing:

  4. I use my Pentax X70, 12Mp and 24x optical zoom. It gives me everything I need from super wide angle to long telephoto. I also use a smaller Olympus Stylus 300 to keep in my shirt pocket when I don't want to carry the X70 with me.

    Over the last 30 years I have used pretty much all Pentax and Olympus cameras ever made as I have always worked with the local importer/distributors for those brands.

    :)

  5. I have taken my new Geomate.jr out, and I am a convert, I went to a couple new areas for long bush walks and found the looked for caches with no worries. Until now I had been using my basic Garmin, but the Geomate.jr has worked flawlessly every time so I did not have to use the GPSr at all.

    I did get the Geomate.jr a while back, but I had to wait some considerable time for the update kit to be made and be available for dispatch. That was really the only downside as I could not use it without the update for Australia.

    The updating system is painless and straight forward. The whole thing a pleasure to use.

    :unsure:

  6. I am new at this game, but I have found out that I much prefer the hiding part to the seeking, at least so far.

    I have tried to attract cachers to the erea and to existing caches that deserve to get more traffic, so far it seems to worked out fairly well.

    I do not plan where to put my caches, I always carry 1 or 2 ready to go in my backpack and whenever I come accross a likely spot I will leave a cache there as long as there is a reason for people to go there, such as a spectacular vista.

     

    :signalviolin:

  7. I have to admit that I do not like Micro or worse nano, however it must be realized that other cachers do like these, so why should they be penalized for their preference. if you don't like tiny caches don't look for them thats why there is a size in the cache description.

    I do not usually go for these tiny caches, but I have made exceptions for some nearby caches. Mostly I don't intend to bother with them.

    All of my caches are standard size and I have no plans for anything smaller, again that is my choice and I would not want :) other cachers to be deprived of their ability to make their own choice.

    So live and let live and if the spot you wanted is already taken then move on, life is too short to worry about these things.

    The whole point is to have fun. :)

  8. Here is more unusual encounter I had on the way to Scotchmans cache (GC131EN) here in Australia.

     

    On the way up the hill I was run over by a runaway Wallaby! I could hear a fight going on further up the hill between Wallabies probably over territory or maybe a female. At the steepest and narrowest point of the track I heard this Wallaby crashing thru the bush at top speed, next thing I know he is 10m away and coming down the hill like a runaway train. He saw me to late to really do anything, I squeezed to my left and he tried to swerve to the right but it was too late and he hit me in the side, I just had time to grab a handy branch as I feel flat on my... well let's say behind, he crashed into a thorn bush on the side rolled 3-4 times down the hill got to his feet somehow, stopped, looked back at me as if to say "what the heck are you doing here" and then went on his way. I can tell you there is nothing soft and cuddly about Rufous Wallabies they are hard as a rock all sinew and tough muscles, I have the bruises to prove it!

  9. All of my caches (18 at present) are being found in a matter of hours after being published and all by the same team TEAM STILLLOOKING, not surprising really as they live in the same area. Still it is nice to know that I did get the coordinates right it gives me a good check on my caches.

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