Picadilly (DNF)
From the main car park we walked over a kilometer to our next geocache hunt – Picadilly (GCYMJB), another of the cphoenix Monopoly series caches. Picadilly is a yellow square on the traditional English version of the game.
It was a lengthy but relatively flat walk out to this very isolated location. Along the way there was a sense of eeriness - being so isolated, quiet, the air heavy and muggy, and the sound of the bird life in this area was deafening at times.
On arrival at the lookout area we took in the scenery and made an effort to get a little closer to Ground Zero – which we found near a rocky area a little to the west of the lookout. The clue mentioning something about a cave had us climbing down the rocky outcrop in search of caves and openings.
We’d searched for about 10 minutes amongst the thick dry undergrowth, the day is hot – and I am always weary of snakes in these environments.
My vigilance paid off. Just as I was climbing around the rocks to check out possible hiding places for this cache I encountered what I believe to be a juvenile brown snake – only about 30cm in length. According to Wikipedia, “The Eastern Brown Snake is the second most venomous land snake in the world“, so I wasn’t really keen to stick around in case it’s parents were about.
TeamWolfie made an executive decision to leave the area immediately – abandoning the hunt for this cache!
Tags: bush reserve, large-cache, Monopoly, snakes
Bad Experiences, Caches Not Found | Wolfie Ben | 
December 27, 2008 9:24 pm
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