my day off.

friday is a good day. and today is friday. :)
 
was thinking whether to work today but in the end decided against it. the friday just before sem 2 starts shall be spent....geocaching! woke early at around 845am. early considering its the hols. got all set and left for supavalue after brekkie for some last minute stocking up.
 
Gear..
backpack+maps+water+biscuits+muffin bar+mars bar+oranges+towel+tripod+cam+torch+GPS+cables+misc small items
 
got the mars bar at supa and had a check at my cache by the river. at about 930am i set off for the 3 planned caches for the day. 20+km away near ellis brook. had wanted to get company along for this hike/hunt but there wasnt really anyone i could think of. no one as crazy as me here i spose. ohwells. i was more prepared for this hike cos i had printed out the caching instructions from the website. all i had to do now was follow it and be careful. caching alone this far out i was a lil worried naturally. but soon i sortof got used to it and just concentrated on getting to the caches.
 
#1. tackled cautiously. the views were great and i encountered my first hillside worth of thornbushes. they even go through jeans! ouch. wad to do. wad to do. this was also where i saw 3 kangaroos on my way up. too bad they were too far away. nvm.
 
#2. a short drive from #1 took me to the main carpark of ellis brook reserve. a few cars in the area and after a quick check of 'equipment' i was off again. this was up up up all the way. phew. had to stop a couple of times to catch my breath. but that got taken away by the scenery. :P
i was basically heading toward the top of a small waterfall and there were a few lookout platforms along the way. when i got to the top i was able to locate the cache pretty easily.
 
#3. this one was in the same area. from #2 i carried on and crossed the waterfall near the top. there were people having a picnic at the rocky outcrop. nice. from there i went around 500m and got to it. this one was the highest of the 3 i tackled today. which naturally means that a good view was guranteed. i wasnt disappointed. after loggin my third n last cache of the day. lunch awaited! :P on the way down i was overconfident n didnt use the gps. took a wrong turn n met mr kangaroo. turned on gps in the end n ended the misadventure.
 
result? 3/3 ... 100% success rate for today.
 
i actually prefer these harder to get to caches. its like the caches are easier to find cos they are much larger. well they can afford to be much larger cos not many people are as likely to stumble upon them. a plus of all this is the scenery that i've come to love so much. maybe its because i suck at finding urban caches that are so small and well hidden (they have to else they would be pillaged easily by geomuggles). anyway. its just a different kinda satisfaction. :P
 
all that matters is that i enjoyed myself today! :)
 
on the way home i stopped by ranger camping store and lost myself in there for an hour i tink. so many things that i wanna buy. i am terrible. i wanna go camping.
 
shall blog later.. dinner n big brother awaits..
 
update: no time to blog tonite, gotta sleep cos of work tml morn!
 
*pics taken with tripod n my trusty dimage X*