Passed 50, made 100 and now for 5000 Salisbury Heights, South Australia, Australia
By SA_ParrotHead on Sunday 15 August 2010. Waypoint GC2BXHR

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Congratulatons on all of those milestones
Sounds like another great event that I have missed, but i am sure good wishes and good will abpunded anyway
Cheers!  

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Some pictures of the event  

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Dropping in some TB's  

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Team "A" at 3-00 pm

WOW. What a celebration!!!!! Gayle and myself felt most impressed by The Parrots' 5000th find, 100 cache placed !! well done, we hope your next 5000 will be as much fun.

We arrived just before the appointed time, were stunned to see people with shields and swords trying to kill each other,.......... hang on a minute, thats not someone fighting over a FTF is it ???? naahhhh just some people having a friendly joust.
Mrs. Parrot was doing a fantastic job on the BBQ, well done.

I think everyone had a wonderful time, we were lucky the weather stayed on our side, I think ASTRO had arranged CLEAR SKIES for us!!

we signed the PARROT log, enjoyed a snag or 2 and were most greatful on a piece of the celebration cake.

Well Done !!

Cheers from the FLIPPERS,

Gayle/Mark.

Ps our 1800 find.
 

15th

Forget add my trackable.  

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just dropping our bug in  

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cant edit to add another bug so have to add another log ?  

15th

Had a fantastic day with fantastic cachers. Congratulations on the achievment. Huge Effort. Great to mingle and swap adventures look forward to the next event this one was great cheers
 

15th

Huge congratulations Parrothead. I'm sure you realised this but there were many many people at your event (me included) that you introduced to Geocaching. You have helped me plenty to understand many aspects of the sport and it was great to see such a fantastic turn out. Thank you so much for all you have done. Enjoy the special bottle of Port.
 

15th

Yet another fantastic event put on by the Parrots, and another wonderful time catching up with everyone and meeting lots of new fanatics.

Congratulations guys on your amazing numbers, and an enormous thank you for all your efforts and friendship along the way!!!
 

15th

Passed 50, made 100 and now for 5000
Find 1023 My Way Without a GPS.
Congratulations to the SA_ParrotHead family on your latest milestones.
Thanks for a great afternoon and the chance to do market research on the purchase of a GPS.
The weather was Fine Elsewhere.


 

15th

well what can you say about a day like this, we came we ate ,drank an ale, laughed even had a photo or 2 found a cache made some friends all the things that a parrot likes to do.

Well done Andrew and Deb what a great day and Great friendship look forward to doing a lot more caching with you when we get back to adelaide
 

15th

Great day for my first bevent Hopefully many more to come Congrats on 5000
 

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Thanks for another great get together! Unfortunately I heard that a small group were heading off to nab one of my nemesis caches, so I just had to tag along... By the time we got back, the party was winding down.

Congratulations, many happy returns, and thanks SA Parrothead!
 

15th

(Part 2)

Easter 2007 and I thought it would be a good idea to drive across the Nullarbor plains to grab Astro's Neptune cache. I made it to the border then turned around and came back. June and an another event at the Mount. Then in July Skippy and I headed north and I completed Astro's Solar system series way out the back of Arkaroola. The first person to complete the series and a mighty find meal Astro shouted me when we got back. Then in September 07 Freddo, Skippy and I decided it was time to get rid of the Windmill cache and drove over to the ACT for the weekend so it would stop showing up in GSAK. In October we went over to Victoria and daks took me out caching for a couple of days Back home and we brought up 2000 finds. Then a trip over to Pt Lincoln and a drive throught their excellent national park.
Christmas Crakers in the park and then it was a new year. In March 08 Skippy and I headed to Queensland and had a go at a 24 hour cache run which wouldn’t have been possible without the assistance of madmyers and TheKnacks. Back in SA and a trip around the Riverland and a visit out to Taplin Gate. Then in May another trip to the Mount before heading off to Broome. They have 6 caches over there.
In July Skippy, Freddo, Astro and I travelled over to Melbourne to say goodbye to a dear friend and fellow Geocacher. 3000 finds came in October when I joined up with Nibs to do the walk from Alligator Gorge to Mambray Creek campground in the Flinders Ranges. November saw us on the Oodnadatta track and my it was wet. They closed the track while we were on it. Christmas by the lake event and then onto 2009. Back down to the Mount in February. Then the river and Yorkes the next month. In April we headed way north driving up the centre all the way to Darwin. Then back in time for the June event. With a repeat visit to Yorkes two months later before heading over to NSW for my 50th birthday. A climb of the Harbour Bridge and some caching with Richary then back home. At the end of the month a walk with Nibs through Tourille Gorge. Then in October out to the Gammon Ranges. Then another Christmas by the lake event and we finished up the year with our 4000 find after some wonderfull kayaking caches in the Murray. Followed by a couple of weeks caching round the state. We saw out the New Year at Ceduna.
2010 and a seaside event with Shane and Josie down Victor way. By April back over Yorkes way. Then March we headed out for the Mega event via the coast road to Vic then up the Hume highway. May saw us playing with Famer Owen and Prime Ministers along with Someuser, Southern Cross Caching, Mystery Inc and Firesafe whom we met along the way. Then in June another event and here we are.
This doesn’t mention Tuesday night caching or probably caching more than sleeping not to mention all the weekend caching trips I didn’t record.
So that's how I got to five thousand.

Of course this only mentions a few of the people the Parrots have met along the way. So yesterday it was fantastic to see so many who have been a part of our journey.
Thank you so much for coming out and braving the weather.

Caching for me is all about the numbers of people you meet along the way.

Once again to everyone who was there or sent me a message thank you for being part of our journey.


This entry was edited by SA_ParrotHead on Monday, 16 August 2010 at 06:19:34.  

15th

FTF for the Parrot flock don’t anyone even try to challenge I had my knights out practicing before the event just in case.

I started this wonderful journey in April 2004 and now it has become a way of life.
It is with pride that I can say that if I had my time over again I wouldn’t swap my geocaching experiences for anything.
I bought a GPS because when I went on holiday I liked to wander off from a hotel in any random direction and getting back could be a challenge some times.
However I was lucky to be working with Jay from Team Miray who asked me if I had hard of Geocaching and the rest is numbers.
I can still remember my first cache RAAF chapel followed by On Finals then 5 days later we were in Queensland looking for caches and 2 weeks after that NSW. So in 4 cache finds I visited 3 states.
Back in Adelaide and after a few more traditionals I did my first Multi "Mars" by Team Astro. What a great cache to find out about a multicache.
Two months after starting caching my path crossed Unicycle and Gunnell & Pandaabear Which must have been my luckiest day ever caching. Heading for 50 (Road to Portugal) and my logs seemed to cross the path of Sam from Cached more and more and we finally managed to met over a curry.
By August we had 100 find on a Nibs cache (missed you today you have been a big part of this journey) and we have gone on to share a few ports together.
In October we were invited by Gunnell & Pandaabear to join them and some other caches to go to Chowilla in the Riverland near Renmark and so we got to meet GPS, Skippy, Freddo and 2ks away. At one stage all our 4WD's were lined up at a cache and up rolled a tiny 2wd car and out jumped Team Wibble. Then in Jan 05 we went to Mt Gambier and I had great fun swimming to I bags the Island with Adam from Beakers Bunch.
A year had rolled around and we had about 340 finds and got invited away again to Pt Lincoln. This time I decided to make an impression on Skippy by running up the back of his trailer on a dirt road. That friendship must be the most positive experience that has ever come out of a crash.
June 05 and we attended our first June event at Naracoorte. Then my first trip out to Marla with cache finds along the way.
The caches kept piling up and I kept meeting lots of people along the way. Freddo's Holy Grail event Sept 05 was our 500th find. Events have been great as you got to meet the people who had given you so much joy.
Our first event "Christmas feasting in the city" then into 2006 and Four-Funs Loft Peaks series. Then in April 2004 a wonderful thing happened in my life when Beaker invited me to join their trip across the Simpson. I have always loved travel but this took it to another level and I got to find "Pluto" while it was still a planet and stand at Poepel Corner. More caching in Queensland and NSW, Comet Spit was so much fun and we met Wingaap who organised a coffee morning with the locals.
Another June event and a Shonkylogic puzzle. I so love your map it's on all my GPS units. Then I had a go at "The Magnificent Journey.(GCRBP2)" and made a start at the Onkaparinga River series and finished the Lofty peaks series as my 1000 together with Skippy.
Ocober saw a trip to the Flinders with Skippy for an event along with Cached, Zytheran, Burtons, Freddo, The Wackys, Nibs, shonkylogic, chizbeki, Team Ermalesh and The Barramundi's. October events have gone on to become a 4WD tradition.
A trip to Alice. Then to Big Desert and Ngarkat to play in the sand with Cached and Beaker. Then a trip down to Mt Gambier with setsujoku and Skippy for the SECS at Christmas event. Breaking my leg a month before didn’t slow me down. Caching in a cast. Wacky’s even put out a cache close to my home above ground level that I had to climb to in my cast because she knew I would.

(Part 1)

 

15th

Thanks for a great event. Lots of achievements there today..we even did our 300th today!!.. Congrats everyone.
 

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Thanks for putting on a great event. Special Thanks to Mrs Parrot for expertly cooking the BBQ. Well done.... we enjoyed the spread very much. The weather held off which was a bonus. Nice to catch up with all cachers, chatting, swapping stories, tags and trackables. I will do my best to move on as many trackables as possible as I was given so many!
What a great bunch of people the caching community is!
Thanks again. Josie
 

15th

All of demolineux ended up attending. Very good turn out for such an unpredictable day, weatherwise. Congrats!
 

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Only half of the crystaldragon79 team could attend, but a good time was had,
 

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Always amazed by those huge numbers of finds and hides, that's a lot of Tupperware passing through your hands. Great as usual to catch up with the geocaching fraternity as well.
Congratulations.
TFTE(vent).

 

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Well done to the Parrots for yet another amazing social day. You do it with such ease [^]. Oh, did I congratulate you on your 5000th - amazing that these milestones can be made here in Au! I heard that you are giving up now - but please don't. You company along the journey makes it all the more fun - plus we need your helpline!!! Clear skies [^][^][^][^][^][^][^]
 

15th

Well, after being introduced to geocaching by ParrotHead via the newspaper, we had to attend this event .
As usual, had a great time talking to people (never do seem to meet even half those attending) and were particularly happy the rain held off [^]. The snags and cake were yummy as well .
Also quite amazing to hear what other cachers are achieving [8].
We had a great time . Congratulations on the 5k finds and thanks for the event (and our addiction [^]) SA ParrotHead.
 

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What a great afternoon. Even with jousting entertainment as well. Congratulations Parrothead - I just have 2000 to go .

There was plenty of cache chatter, pathtag swapping and some group caching to boot. Thanks for the event.
 

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Congratulations! Lovely chance to meet some new people and exchange a story or two, look forward to the next catch up.
 

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Congratulations on all the milestones . Sorry we couldn't make it , had a family show that went longer than expected, looks like everyone had fun!
Cheers 'scargoes (P&F)  

15th

Congratulations on your 5000 cache milestone Parrotheads! It's a fantastic achievement that only a handful of dedicated cachers have reached (nice to see a few sprinkled amongst the crowd). Really enjoyed the day, collected a few caches in an area that I don't normally get to, and joined in on a quick foray with MargieH, firesafe, PostItGirl, honeysucker, Sushilord and the intrepid Farmer from Cobar to a find a couple of caches in the immediate vicinity of the event! Thanks again Parrotheads, and well done!
 

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A great time was had, and a few bonus caches made for a great day.

PS I am one of the 'thinkers'. The ten minute discussion with o'cholio helped me with countless puzzle caches in Victoria.

Well done on your achievements SA_Parrothead.
 

15th

Another great event by one of the great geo familys. Thank you so much for the invite and the cake Sir Parrot and to Mrs Parrot an even bigger thank you for cooking such a lovely BBQ. It was apparent all the pre-work you guys put into making such a well planned & hiccup free event.
Congrats on reaching 5000, a milestone most of us only dream about [:d]

I suppose now we will have to get our caches publised on Parrots back fence and in the garden so he can still clock up a few finds while doing those household chores that are due now the big 5k has arrived

Great to see such a good turn out, a true reflection on your influence to the caching community.

I just hope I get an invite for the 10k event promise I'll stay put and not dissapear for a quick cache stroll [:i]

PS: Happy Birthday to Riley & Mr. Parrot (Not sure who's the bigger kid

Cheers and one more big [red]Thank You and Congrats to the Parrots[/red] from Southern Cross Caching
 

15th

Congratulations Parrotheads. Thanks for the invitation and chance to meet other cachers. It was our first event cache and hopefully many more to come.
 

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Went with Dennisc52. Very good day and met awhole bunch of people at the party. Great bbq by the parrot heads and congrats on reaching the 5000 mark. Hope to see everyone at the next event.
 

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I am so glad I came today... It was a really special day and the Parrots have gone all out to make sure everyone enjoyed themselves...

Congratulations on achieving such a milestone... I think I will only dream about doing things like that...

As with all these events there never is enough time to catch up with everyone but it always makes good for the next event....

Thanks guys for a truly wonderful day...
 

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Thankyou to all the parrotheads for putting a great get together and a very big congratulations for you 5000th find - hope that you are now able to get those house hold chores done that you promised your wife .

The rain held off and we were able to mingle, play some footy and have a genuinely great time. We look forward to seeing everyone again soon
 

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sorry i coundn't attend. i was in adelaide ready to come, but had an emergency medical situation at home (300kms away) that i had to get back for.

Congratulations on your 5000 milestone.

 

15th

Medieval action. Pirate action. It is nice to know that there are stranger people than geocachers.
Wonderful afternoon chatting to lots of people.

Congratulations on your 5000 milestone. Well done.

Happy birthday too...
 

15th

My first event in this area, great park, great people, thanks Mr Parrothead, and congratulations on your FTF
 

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Well Mr Parrot it was you that got us into this hobby back in Oct 2005 up at Garys house in Strathalbyn looking for a toy lizard using your gps, now look at us, you at 5000, and us touring the country enjoying the places caching brings to us.

From great events like this that makes it like a big family get together, to some amazing places we wouldn't have found, It's all good, thanks for the event.

Cheers from The Barramundi's
 

14th

With us now sitting on 2999, count us in. After today's weather, I think some celebratory ales at the Old Spot might be in order for tomorrow...  

14th

Congratulations to the parrots on their milestone, unfortunately we will not be able to make it to your celebrations , hope you all have a great day and happy hunting.  

13th

Will make an appearance but weather will determine how long we keep Geo kids out.  

13th

have come all the way from Cobar to attend.
well really came down to meet Honeysucker and drive some farm Equip back, Honeysucker demanded that we attend or he wouldnt drive back so we will be there to help celebrate the day  

12th

Yep. Add another to the list. Wouldn't miss it!  

12th

We've been working very hard at freeing this date and I think we've done it [^], so count us in !  

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I will be there with bells on.... Am looking forward to it....  

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Love to help celebrate these magic numbers
Any small TBs & GCs that want a boost to Europe and can wait a month, we'll try to help
Cheers 'scargoes (P&F)  

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Sadly as sickness has hit us yet again we will not all be able to make it, but some of us will try our hardest to make an appearance thanks.  

12th

Passed 65, made 35 and 1000+ my way without a GPS.
I will be there after the Heart Foundation Walk at Hallet Cove in the morning.
The puzzle for the day.
How much does a Pirate pay to get his ears pierced?
 

11th

I'll try to get to this event, sounds like it is worth attending just to see the pirates in action.  

10th

Big D, E and Lil D from demolineux will try and be there, it's right when Lil D has his arvo nap...  

10th

The Mc clan will be there.
2 adults and 2 kids.
 

8th

Chugger and I wouldn't miss it for the world!  

7th

We'll be there, and might even make the most of it and pick up a few other caches in the area.

Couldn't really miss such an achievement.  

7th

Oh I so want to be there... I am working extemely hard to get there.... Will keep you posted...  

7th

Mr Wibble has secured the morning shift at open day at Uni so we should be free in the afternoon to make the trip up to celebrate.
Mrs Wibble would offer to cook cupcakes again but these events are getting so big that its almost impossible to keep up with the numbers - I think we were outnumbered 3 people to 1 cupcake at the last event! We'll think of something to bring to help celebrate though.
 

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We went out this morning and did a few caches ready for the party next weekend.

So Shane looks like you have no excuses now.
 

7th

I reckon I'll be there....  

6th

Just confirmed with Farmer--brown that the Drive to Cobar will be postponed till the next day so we can attend a treasure of a day.
 

6th

Sound good - whynot I come and celebrate for your 5000th....  

5th

Congratulations on a huge milestone
Jim and I will be away on a 4WD bash, hope you all have a great day  

5th

How can we refuse, so close to home..
Great chance to come and meet you all , as we are relatively new cachers.  

5th

Dropping in a few trackables.
Schatzuche and Southern Cross are heading to Europe in September. We would love to take any TB's or Coins with us that are wanting to travel. So bring them along and let us know where they want to go.
Cheers  

3rd

Pirates? Shonky? Well maybe, but Parrots are cute

I'm not going till the Parrot logs 4999


 

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Are pirates shonky?  

30th

Sounds like fun, look forward to seeing you all there. Congratulations to the Parrots!
Josie  

30th

I love events so close to home we will all be there to help celebrate  

29th

This event is going to be the biggest collection of pirate bugs and coins.  

28th

On the 15th of Aug I'll be freezing my arse off in a 3-foot snowdrift in the Victorian highlands [xx(], so wont be able to make it. I know where I'd rather be [^].  

27th

Hopefully 3 x JO's will be there.  

26th

We will be there with Pirate Party Loot Bags and a Pirate Puppy in tow.
Not to mention the gorgeous Birthday Boy.  

25th

Well Silver if you want to dress up like a pirate wench I sure wont complain,
but you dont have too.

Cheers Parrot  

25th

Do you want us to dress like pirates too?
 

25th

We would love to join in the celebrations. Mrs S has managed to stay off of the roster for Open day for the first time in a while so count us in.  

24th

Hi,

Craig, Jacq and Minibaby would love to attend. As this is our first event do we need to bring anything apart from drinks?

Craig_Jacq  

24th

The Commodore and I will certainly try to be there!!!  

24th

Just made 1490 finds

Only 10 to go.....  

24th

2 from the Flipper team will be there too.
cheers
Gayle & Mark  

24th

"Have we got anything on on Aug 15?" I yell.
"Yeah Adelaide Uni Open Day for the Chaser" they yell back.
Expletive expressed by the Keeper!

Then decision: I will go with her in am, hubby can take over in pm and I WILL GO TO THE EVENT!  

24th

I wouldn't miss it!!  

23rd

Me, my beagle (who must not be fed anything no matter how cute she looks at you !), my hubby & my Mum please.  

23rd

will try and get there  

23rd

We (2) will be there to see who's shoulder is wearing you.  

23rd

I will ask the Boss if I can attend  

22nd

Carrrrrnt see any reason not to be there  

22nd

See you on the 15th of Arrrrrrrrrrrrgust.  

22nd

Clearrrrrrr Skies. [^][^][^]  

22nd

A meet just around the corner - ill be there and will love to celebrate with you guys  

22nd

Can't wait the clan will be there.  

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[blue]20[/blue] to go.

There you go C4 I added a picture