GCA Caches in Victoria Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au Geocaching Australia 2009-09-02T04:03:19+10:00 2009-08-22T00:00:00.000Z GA1553 War Incursion Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1553 War Incursion Geocache Geocache War Incursion ?? Caulfield North Victoria Australia Other Regular 1 1

Timely Chance at Incursion Truth

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Solomon's Ford GCA

Welcome to the 29th cache by "Keeper of Time". This cache will take you to a area not visited very often and in navigating to WP1 you will find yourself wondering if you are about to drive down someone's drive, trust me, if it keeps the cows in you have found the correct way. I tried to find out more information about Elizabeth Stringer but do date have not been successful. All I know is that she left an endowment that funded the building of a Bluestone Lodge, there must be so much more to her story and I hope to add to this cache page as I find out more.   At WP1 you will be outside the subject Bluestone Lodge, you will need to find the answer to the following to be able to calculate GZ. What year was the building handed over to trustees = ABCD   The short walk to WP2 at S37 11.878 E144 22.953 will soon be filled with spring flowers and should make for a great display. At what age did Elizabeth Stringer pass = EF   It's now off to the cache at S37 11.(B-A)(E-D)F E144 22.(B-A)(E+D)(D+A) The cache is an ammo can with a 2 litre sistema container in it and it is hidden in a typical geocaching manner, I hope you enjoy this peaceful area. Please ensure that the cache is well hidden before you leave and I would ask that you help maintain the standard of the cache by placing quality swaps only. As always, be mindful of the local wildlife both good and bad. 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava around 2.00 pm Unbelievable. A FTF after 4 weeks!!!!! I spotted this one as published very early in the month but a caching trip to Wagga and some heavy duty renovations at home prevented us venturing up to Malmsbury earlier however we reached a milestone in our project around midday and made this cache our objective quite certain that c@w would have finally got out of Melbourne. On to the cache and a very nice little multi it was providing a some interesting history in an area we would never have visited if not for K.O.T. and GCA. Misty rain and a very cool breeze set in as we parked the car but we were not going to be deterred. The information was soon gathered and calculations made then off to be surprised when a picturesque if badly depleted reservoir came into view through the trees. The well hidden, large and very well stocked cache was soon in hand and the generous FTF prize was claimed. Took FTF trophy Left pack of Australia playing cards Back to the car to find a herd of cows had slobbered all over it and the mirrors had been folded back but all was goodness. Our thanks to Keith & Jill for this very good quality addition to the GCA cache pool. Cheers Ian & Sandra Team Ladava 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Other 2009-08-02T00:00:00.000Z GA1540 Pattersons Ridge Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1540 Pattersons Ridge Geocache Geocache Pattersons Ridge TeamGeoPlesk Newbury Victoria Australia Virtual Other 3.5 2

This virtual will have you visiting (well with your eyes) Patterson's Ridge.

The Site: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:DOCUME_1PaulLOCALS_1Tempmsohtmlclip1D1clip_filelist.xml" /> <link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:DOCUME_1PaulLOCALS_1Tempmsohtmlclip1D1clip_themedata.thmx" /> <link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:DOCUME_1PaulLOCALS_1Tempmsohtmlclip1D1clip_colorschememapping.xml" /><style type="text/css">  </style> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> The property below GZ is the town set from the iconic Australian film "The Man from Snowy River". It’s a marvellous testament to the Australian Film Industry and a national treasure, as the film really placed the Australian Film Industry on the map. It’s an interesting place to take some photographs and have a little look, worth the detour while visiting the other caches atop Blue Mountain. Please do not cross the fence near GZ, its PRIVATE PROPERTY and the owner would not be very happy if you were to go and have a closer look. That doesn't mean, however, that you cannot have a look from this side of the fence, as this is a part of the state forest. GZ will place you just near the church, which shows the condition of the buildings on the property. It’s still in use today and provides the scenes for a number of commercials, music film clips and TV series.<o:p></o:p>     <img height="300" border="2" align="middle" width="400" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1540/161.jpg " alt="" />    To Log: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:DOCUME_1PaulLOCALS_1Tempmsohtmlclip1D1clip_filelist.xml" /> <link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:DOCUME_1PaulLOCALS_1Tempmsohtmlclip1D1clip_themedata.thmx" /> <link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:DOCUME_1PaulLOCALS_1Tempmsohtmlclip1D1clip_colorschememapping.xml" /><style type="text/css">  </style> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> To log this cache, you will need to visit the site and provide a photo of yourself in front of the church. You will also need to go home and do some research into the property, and you will need to email me the name of another production filmed at this property. There are at least 10 both international and Australian productions filmed at this location.<o:p></o:p>  <img height="300" border="2" width="400" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1540/87.jpg " alt="" />   <o:p></o:p> I decided not to place a cache at GZ as there are two fantastic caches nearby and thought that it might serve as a good excuse for you to dapple into Australian Film Industry's history in order to log this one.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Good Luck and Happy Caching<o:p></o:p> Kattemingga 2009-08-15T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 10.30am I was suppried to find the FTF still available and managed to work out the correct way in before leaving home but it was still an interesting drive in to GZ as the recent rain had made the track very slippy. Parked up and admired the view over the fence, had fun trying to take a photo of myself with the necessary veiw in the background but got there in the finish. Email sent with requested information. 2009-08-02T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other One down... three to go... 2009-08-02T00:00:00.000Z GA1542 Mt Blackwood's Flask Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1542 Mt Blackwood's Flask Geocache Geocache Mt Blackwood's Flask TeamGeoPlesk Pentland Hills Victoria Australia Traditional Small 2 3

The Site: Mt Blackwood is a magical place, with brilliant views of the city and the Lerderderg State Park. The site of the cache is actually appart of the state park, however it is a very isolated patch of grassy woodland which seems to have been conserved for the simple fact that it is being used as a communications point. Never the less, it is great to see that some patches of native vege are being preserved. I particularily love the grasses!   The Cache: The cache is a small container with no room for swaps. Its long and round and you should be able to find it without too much trouble. Take note of it's design because it might come in handy later on!   Nearby: There is also another cache located near-by, listed on Geocaching.com for anyone who is interesting in logging it. Its located at: S 37° 33.414 E 144° 21.639 You can log it via <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=be2bbea2-a291-476a-b7c6-44c9a42e1796">this link. </a> Also coupled to this series is a fairly easy Mystery Cache which you might be interested in solving. Its listed on Geocaching Australia via <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1544">this link</a>.   Further Information: See <a href="http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=130">Park Victoria's Park Web page </a>for more information about the park. Stumped? 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z feathertop Found We were here to do the GC cache and added a GCA cache for good measure. Much more protection down here than up the top where a fierce cold wind was howling. Wouldn't want to be up here when it is snowing. Thanks 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z featherdown Found Thi might only be my second ever GCA find but it was in a spectacular spot with a most unusual container as well. TFTC 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 4:25 A quick drive down the hill from the GC cache and we were first to find on this new GCA cache. A pity it won't be found as often as the one up the hill, but I certainly enjoyed them both. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for this cache experience today. I've also answered the questions for Mt Blackwood's Mystery, so maybe we'll be up for two FTF in a row. Woohoo. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache with caughtatwork today. It was very cold here today but I loved the black thing on top of the hill and that we were on top of an old volcano. Thank you. 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Two down, Two to go... 2009-07-19T00:00:00.000Z GA1528 Cobaw #1 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1528 Cobaw #1 Geocache Geocache Cobaw #1 Feathertop Newham Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2

An Easy Traditional cache in the Cobaw State Forest

This is the first cache placed by Feathertop under the GCA banner. I was driving through the Cobaw State Forest this morning and decided to lay this cache and a GC companion under 200m away. This forest is criss crossed by a network of trails popular with trail bike riders but the Ridge Road provides easy access for 2WD vehicles from the south. I was able to park around 100m from the cache off the road and it is a gentle stroll though the forest and granite outcrops to the cache. The cache is a 1 litre ex fruit container painted black and hidden in a manner familiar to most and has a small selection of swaps and a logbbok. Hidden in a very large hollow tree. 2009-07-26T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 11.30am I usually work on Sundays but having finished early it was great to get out and do some of the local caches. I don't know why we have never been around here before as it's so close to home. Parked very close but then my GPSr had all sorts of problems getting a good lock and we spent about 10 mins walking around before it settled down. Once at GZ it was just a case of being brave and putting my hand in. TNLNSL Many thanks Feather 1 for the cache 2009-07-21T00:00:00Z Romax Found 7.45am Found by Roma and Max. It wasn't a toss up really! We hadn't had the opportunity to search for a GA hide for some time now having been pretty much restricted to Bendigo and close surrounds for the past several months, so this one just had to be first cab off the rank. Satellite reception could have been better but your good numbers had us close enough to make an easy find. We signed the log and made no exchange. Thank you Owen, this was like old times again. Cheers, From Romax. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z feathertop Other 2009-07-11T00:00:00.000Z GA1523 try traversing the wall Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1523 try traversing the wall Geocache Geocache try traversing the wall crashmancory Geelong Victoria Australia Traditional Micro 1 1

in a hole in the wall knee hight, mnms mini container

try doing it from left to right, first, as the hardest part i found was there, then try it the other way... the pillars are a bit tricky have fun! its pretty easy i put it there cause its a realy fun wall to climb 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z DTB Rastan Found Nice hiding spot! 2009-08-22T00:00:00Z laralunts Found Found at 4.15. Another find for our geocaching day TFTC TNLN 2009-07-25T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 12:54 For some reason this cache wasn't in my GPS or PDA so I called Facitman for the co-ords. It was a relatively simple find in the end after walking all the way up and down the wall a couple of times. I certainly wasn't going to climb it though. I wouldn't have gotten more than a couple of feet off the ground I expect. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks crashmancory for this cache experience today. An interesting bluestone wall in the middle of nowhere. It would be interesting if you could dig up some history on the wall and add it to the cache page. Would make for a much more interesting read. GAFF 1. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z arboristben Found Found Cache today at 4:45pm nice spot for a cache no muggles as it is the weekend and no office workers around. This is my first FTF cool TFTC crashmancory 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z lash78fan Found Found cache today at 4:45pm no muggles nice cache thanks crashmancory for the cache 2009-07-11T00:00:00Z crashmancory Other 2009-06-24T00:00:00.000Z GA1503 Eagle Eye Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1503 Eagle Eye Geocache Geocache Eagle Eye crashmancory & lilo Lara Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

nice walk, may as well go to the top while your at it

follow flinders peak walking track, see if u can spot the eagle 2009-07-12T00:00:00Z sparrowfall Not Found Looked for this w/ sloth & eddie_highpants. No luck - despite quite a hunt :( 2009-07-12T00:00:00Z sl0th Not Found A puzzling one. According to the GPS we were right on top of this one +/- 3m. Checked all the clear hiding places in the local boulders but no joy. Leaf/brush litter was deep but nothing seemed to come to hand with a little bit of rummaging. Spent probably 30 mins on this before moving on. It's either a very clever hide, not there, or we are idiots :) 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z WB-Holden Found Found this cache today with friends FTF yay 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z lash78fan Found found with wbholden tftc tnln 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z crashmancory Other 2009-06-23T00:00:00.000Z GA1500 Yucky Spring Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1500 Yucky Spring Geocache Geocache Yucky Spring Crash and Lilo Geelong East Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

Our first cache :) A smallish plastic container with a blue lid. This seems to be a relativley unknown spot in Geelong despite it being very close to a lot of things. Dont Drink the water! 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z feathertop Found THere was a cool wind blowing across the bay but the water colour was an intense turquoise colour. Not tempted by the waer and the cache easily found with its distinctive lid all exposed. TFTC 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z featherdown Found A nice quick find with feathertop at lunchtime. Parked up on the road and dropped down to the cache by the spring. Thanks 2009-08-22T00:00:00Z laralunts Found Found at 4.15 A great spot for a cache...gets a bit wet if the sea is rough.. Didn't taste the water cos the pump wouldn't work...spring water is great with cordial though. TNLN 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z dajjct Found Didn't taste the spring as the punp wouldn't work. Found the cache but did not have a replacement container on hand. Placed contents in zip lock bag. Took swaggie. 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z dajjct Other Grabbed this while visiting Geelong. 2009-07-27T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 12.40pm Nice drive along the front towards this cache, parked close by before walking down to the cache area. Mrs Keepeer spotted the cache and made a quick retrieve. The cache container is cracked in many places and will probably not survive the next decent downpour. TNLNSL Gave the water a miss, I have a few caches by springs and the taste of rusty blood is an aquired taste(and not one that I like). Thanks Crash and Lilo. 2009-07-11T00:00:00Z lennyboy Found Found the cache today at 10.00am with beanie Dropped off 2 swaggies Signed the log Thanks Crash and Lilo for the cache 2009-07-11T00:00:00Z lennyboy Other Dropped off this swaggie today Thanks 2009-07-11T00:00:00Z lennyboy Other Dropped off this swaggie today Thanks 2009-07-03T00:00:00Z janaliel Found Found fairly easily at a spot we had never been to! TFTC TNLN 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z lash78fan Found found with wbholden i founf this and let wb-holden be ftf as he had the gbs 2009-06-27T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 11:34 The first cache of the day and as I was coming down this way, it had to be the GCA cache. Wheeeeeeeee! An interesting location. I have been here before to find Common Ground but I don't remember this item being here. Although it was some years ago so maybe I just forgot. I certainly didn't partake of the Yucky Spring as it certainly looked yucky. Probably tastes like a mineral spring though. Oh, yeah, yucky. The cache was found easily enough, but not before coming upon another GC cache only a few meters away. Whoops. Watch out for logs in the log books that get mistaken for each other. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks Crash and Lilo for this cache today. Seems like we have swapped log this week. Thanks also for supporting GCA. I really appreciate GCA caches and this was on my must do list when I saw it come up during the week. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2009-06-27T00:00:00Z arboristben Found Found Cache nice cache had a taste of the springs nearby and it was yacky might taste better cold 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z 3up Found Nice little area to visit, but I didn't feel up to sampling the water. TNLNSL TFTC 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z WB-Holden Found Found this cache today with friends TFTC FTF YaY 2009-06-23T00:00:00Z Lilo Other 2009-06-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1498 [CATS] - That's a Big 'Un Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1498 [CATS] - That's a Big 'Un Geocache Geocache [CATS] - That's a Big 'Un caughtatwork Bullengarook Victoria Australia Traditional Large 1.5 2

The 107th cache by caughtatwork takes you into the Wombat State Forest.

The original state of the Wombat State Forest was not well documented. Known history begins with the gold rush era of the mid 1800's. Much of the forest was logged out during this time to the extent that a Royal Commission in the late 1890's called this exhausted forest the “ruined forest”. To prevent it from becoming agricultural land timber workers maintained their presence in the forest. The goldrush subsided and most of the claims abandoned. For 50 years the forest was closed with the only activities aimed at rebuilding the structure of the forest and the timber regrew. By the late 1960's the lack of regeneration became apparent. In the mid-1970's industrial logging began using a silviculture technique called "shelterwood". This involved removing up to 80% of all trees, followed by a regeneration burn, then a final removal 10-20 years later. During the 70's and 80's large areas of the forest were considered for conversion to pine plantations, with large sections at the western end successfully bull-dozed and converted to pines. In the mid 1980's, the Timber Industry Strategy was introduced and regional sustainable yields were set. The forest is a lovely place to drive though if you can ignore the sounds of quad and motor bikes that gather in this general area most weekends. You should be far enough away from the usual hordes that they won't bother you. There is a small area where you can pull off only some 30 or 40m from GZ and you ca easily stroll to the cache location without and problems. The area is heavily covered in trees and your GPS may jump around a little. As you are looking for a large cache, this shouldn't cause you too many problems. Just look for a place you could hide a 15 litre container and you should be good. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 15 litre plastic container which has been enclosed in a huge ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find but if you get stuck the hint is a giveaway. Technically 15 litres is not a large cache, but it's close enough for me. I hope you enjoy your drive through the area. Hidden behind a large fallen tree and covered in bark about 40m from the road. 2009-07-05T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava 2.20 pm Another magnificent piece of cache engineering by caughtatwork but on an even grander scale than usual. Only half a day's caching this weekend after carrying our the more mundane chores so I insisted this was our number one objective. What can we say after Keeper of Time has said it all. We love the forest caches and as Keith has said I have never seen an ammo can this large and absolutely crammed with and incredible range of goodies. Took glow sticks Left doll and 1947 CD Thanks once a gain to c@w for yet another CATS contribution. Cheers from the Bandicoot and Meerkat (Well one scratches around looking for lunch boxes in the bush while the other keeps lookout) 2009-06-21T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Yehhhh, FTF at 3.45pm I was not suprised to find a number of new GCA caches appearing today but it was a bonus to find one of them was just 13km away. We jumped into the car and drove the dirt roads for about 12km towards GZ. This part of the Wombat State Forest is a jumble of dirt roads, fire access tracks and kangaroo runs but we know the particular track to GZ quite well. The area seemed very fresh and green after the recent rain we have had which made for great drive. Once at GZ we pulled over in the obvious spot and started the walk to GZ, the GPSr did jump around a bit but looking into the bush we could see a likely object so made our way in that direction and the cache was found with 16m to go. Now I know the cache is called "That's a Big 'Un" but that ammo box is HUGE, I don't know what type munitions it would have held in is previous life, probably a couple of cruise missiles!!!! We opened the box to find a blank first page in the log book, YESSSSSSSS. This has to be one of the best caches we have ever done with a fantastic sized cache as the prize. Many thanks C@W for showing us all how to hide a proper cache the time, effort and money you have put into this one is very much appreciated and we are honoured to be the FTF. Took Glow Sticks Left A ring Keeper of Time and 2 x cars Thanks C@W for the cache 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published 2009-06-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1497 [CATS] - Over Werribee Gorge Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1497 [CATS] - Over Werribee Gorge Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Over Werribee Gorge caughtatwork Darley Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

The 106th cache by caughtatwork overlooks the Werribee Gorge

Five hundred million years of geological history - from ancient folded sea-bed sediments through glacial material to relatively recent lava flows - have been revealed in the Gorge by the down cutting action of the Werribee River, accelerated in the past million years by the formation of the Port Phillip sunkland along the Rowsley Fault. You won't be in a position to see these geological features from GZ as you are in a position to look over the gorge towards the Pentland Hills in the distance. If you look carefully you will see cars on the Western / Ballarat Freeway. There are a few other caches in this area so take the time to find them as well. They are very much worth the stroll. Carparking for this cache is excellent, only some 100m or so from GZ. When you park you will see which way your GPS is pointing. There an easy access track to the area so look for the access point marked by two pine poles. Otherwise feel free to struggle up the very steep embankment. When you get to GZ you should have no problems at all finding the cache and then you can admire the views across the Werribee Gorge. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 2 liter sistema container which has been enclosed in an ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find but if you get stuck the hint is a giveaway. I hope you enjoy your visit to the Werribee Gorge. Under the pile of rocks, 2m gorge side of the track 2009-06-29T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 12.00 noon This cache has us seeing more of the area than was necessary having decided that the cache was on the other side of the train tracks. We parked at an obvious spot and saw the necessary items mentioned in the clue so up the trail we went. Once at the top of the hill we were concerned that we were on the side of the rail line, we though it did not seem right so walked all the way back down again before relocating to the correct side of the bridge. Tried the direct straight up approach and was rewarded with finding the cache where there was some great views then took the longer way back down. TNLNSL Thanks for another great caching experience C@W 2009-06-22T00:00:00Z 3up Found Too nice a day not to go and grab this one. I'm surprised no one else found it before me. Its been a while since I drove down that road. Have driven over the top plenty of times in my job. TNLNSL TFTC and my first FTF 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published 2009-06-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1494 [CATS] - Balance Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1494 [CATS] - Balance Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Balance caughtatwork Lara Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

The 103rd cache by caughtatwork is at the You Yangs Regional Park

The granite peaks of the You Yangs rise dramatically in the Werribee lava plains. Although only 352 m in height, they dominate the landscape and are clearly identifiable from Melbourne and beyond. The park is open from 8:00am to 4:30pm and you should take the Great Circle Drive to g to the car park. Car parking is available some 200m from the cache in the Gravel Pit car park. From here you can see a track leading you towards GZ. The track is uphill, but gentle and anyone should be able to walk up it without issue. One of the granite rocks that feature so much in this area appears to have been precariously balanced on end, possibly by a giant child in the dream time. As you approach the GZ you will see it standing there, looking like it's just about to tip over. I expect it has been there longer than I've been here and will likely be standing long after I have gone. If tht doesn't happen, then the cache is a goner. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 2 liter sistema container which has been enclosed in an ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find but if you get stuck the hint is a giveaway. I hope you enjoy your visit to "Balance".   Hidden under leaf litter and small rocks, in the crack, 1m in front of balance. 2009-08-15T00:00:00Z laralunts Found Easy first find. Found within a minute or so of finding the big rock 2009-07-18T00:00:00Z stagetree Found It's great to see some ammo cans returning to the bush. The view from GZ was pretty spectacular as the low Winter sun had lit up the hillside opposite in a sort of dusky orange. We even got a glimpse of the sea on the approach to GZ from the carpark. Cheers caughtatwork, thanks for a great end to a days caching. 2009-07-12T00:00:00Z sparrowfall Found Found w/ sloth, eddie_highpants & sloth's geodogs. TNLNSL TFTC. 2009-07-12T00:00:00Z sl0th Found Found with sparrowfall, Eddie_Highpants and the dogs. Cool little spot and an interesting bit of geology. Thanks for taking us there C@W. Last cache for the day before heading back to Melbourne. TNLN SL TFTC 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z Lilo Found Crashmancory liked the box it was in! Well hidden and a nice little walk to find it. Loved the rock formation, lets hope it doesnt fall down anytime soon :) 2009-06-22T00:00:00Z Gecko Found Found today at 4:30pm on the way home from work. Think that this may be my First Geocaching Australia find. Great evening, very peaceful and quiet. Thanks caughtatwork. 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published 2009-06-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1493 [CATS] - Melbourne Views Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1493 [CATS] - Melbourne Views Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Melbourne Views caughtatwork Lara Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

The 102nd cache by caughtatwork is at the You Yangs Regional Park

Glorious views across the western suburbs towards the Melbourne CBD await you at this cache. The granite peaks of the You Yangs rise dramatically in the Werribee lava plains. Although only 352 m in height, they dominate the landscape and are clearly identifiable from Melbourne and beyond. Parking is available at the car park only some 200 metres from the cache location and you should follow the bike track up to the cache location. Be aware that bikes have right of way in this area and they come screaming down from the top of the hill so keep your eyes carefully peeled left you get bowled over in their haste. When you get to GZ you should find the cache easily, but watchout for the bikes, they will appear from nowhere and you don't want to get compromised. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 2 liter sistema container which has been enclosed in an ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find but if you get stuck the hint is a giveaway. I hope you enjoy your visit to the You Yangs Regional Park. Hidden at the base of the burnt gum tree, 5m off the bike track. 2009-08-15T00:00:00Z laralunts Found Another easy find...once we got there. Parked the car in the wrong carpark and walked a bit further than we needed to. Great view. Spotted an echidna on the way back. ntnl 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z lash78fan Found found with weholded 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z Lilo Found Cool cache, thought we might not be able to find it because of some work being done on the bike tracks but turned out all good. 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published 2009-06-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1496 [CATS] - Basalt Plains Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1496 [CATS] - Basalt Plains Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Basalt Plains caughtatwork Staughton Vale Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

The 105th cache by caughtatwork is in the Brisbane Ranges

Little more than an hour's drive from Melbourne takes you to the state's richest wildflower habitat. Set in a low range of mountains dissected by rocky gullies, the unusual geology of Brisbane Ranges National Park has preserved plants that have long since vanished from the region, together with a correspondingly diverse bird population and the greatest density of koalas in Victoria. Parking is very close to this cache as you are able pull off onto a nice gravel area some 150m from GZ. You can then follow the track almost directly to GZ only leaving the track when your GPS says about 30m to go. The ground along the way is level but rocky so be careful where you place your feet. When you get to GZ you might want to admire the Basalt Plains that cover almost the entire Western Suburbs. Formed by the ejecta from volcanic activity some 5 or so million years ago, the local volcanos are only deemed dormant not extinc, but I doubt any will erupt again in our lifetimes. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 2 liter sistema container which has been enclosed in an ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find but if you get stuck the hint is a giveaway. I hope your enjoy your visit to the Brisbane Ranges and I also hope you enjoy the view from the cache location. Hidden in the end of the fallen tree. 2009-07-26T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava including Grandchildren around 11.30 Well, well well, a 2nd to find and what a magnificent view all the way to the city. With of mission of babysitting this weekend and with their specific request to go treasure hunting, a trifecta of caughtatwork's CATS hides seemed the prefect solution for boisterous, noisy and excided kids. We love bush caching and your invariably well stocked were very well received. Took stuff and left stuff in a bit of a frenzy Our thanks to c@w for another masterpiece. 2009-06-29T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 9.00am We saw this cache launched a while back but we did not think that it would still be unfound, the Brissy Ranges are one of our favorite areas to cache in so we really looked forward to a return visit. Found the parking area quite easily and we then set off down the track towards GZ, great views across and along the valley. We soon got close to the cache and started to search the likely areas, my GPSr lead us to a different area at first but soon pointed towards a spot where the cache was found. We love this size of cache and it was chock full some quality swaps, the blank first page was a real bonus. Took Nothing Left Car + Stickers Many thanks C@W for another great GCA cache 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published 2009-06-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1495 [CATS] - Highway to Nowhere Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1495 [CATS] - Highway to Nowhere Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Highway to Nowhere caughtatwork Staughton Vale Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

The 104th cache by caughtatwork is in the Brisbane Ranges

Little more than an hour's drive from Melbourne takes you to the state's richest wildflower habitat. Set in a low range of mountains dissected by rocky gullies, the unusual geology of Brisbane Ranges National Park has preserved plants that have long since vanished from the region, together with a correspondingly diverse bird population and the greatest density of koalas in Victoria. The very strangely named McLeans Highway runs through the Brisbane Ranges but it certainly doesn't fit the usual definition of a highway. It's more of a goat track than what we would call a highway. Still, you can take your 2WD up the Highway to Nowhere easily as long as you take it easy and watch / listen out for other traffic. The road is very narrow and while you won't any problems negotiating it, meeting a vehicle coming the other way means pulling right over to the side to allow you both to pass. As you get near GZ there is a small pull off about 150m from the cache. The stroll is uphill to the cache location, but it's an easy stroll and not that far. As you get closer to GZ you will encounter hundreds of grass trees which in the dew and mist of a cold winters days is very enchanting. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 2 liter sistema container which has been enclosed in an ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find but if you get stuck the hint is a giveaway. I hope you enjoy your visit to the Brisbane Ranges. In the open fork at the base of a multi trunk gum tree under thin twigs and leaf litter. 2009-07-26T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava including Grandchildren around 1.30 Well, well well, a 2nd to find and some adventurous driving on that fairly rugged track in. With of mission of babysitting this weekend and with their specific request to go treasure hunting, a trifecta of caughtatwork's CATS hides seemed the prefect solution for boisterous, noisy and excided kids. We love bush caching and your invariably well stocked hides were very well received. Took stuff and left stuff in a bit of a frenzy Our thanks to c@w for another masterpiece. 2009-06-29T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 9.45am Having found the nearby CGA cache we suddenly though that we might be in for a FTF on this one too. What a fantastic drive in along the highway, we think that C@W is very brave to drive a 2wd to this cache location. We were very glad (but not supprised) that we did not meet anyone comming the other way, not sure how easy it would have been to pass. Found a great place to park and then it was a short bit of geofittness towards the cache, we found it in an obvious location and we were please to be able to log this one first. Took Nothing Left Car + Stickers Thanks C@W we are starting to get used to this type of quality cache from you. 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published 2009-06-17T00:00:00.000Z GA1485 Bamboo Oasis Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1485 Bamboo Oasis Geocache Geocache Bamboo Oasis caughtatwork Museum Victoria Australia Traditional Small 2 1

The 101st caughtatwork cache brings you to Chinatown in the Melbourne CBD

<img align="right" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1485/564.jpg" alt="" /> The magnificent Facing Heaven Archway was hand made in China using traditional techniques and materials. It was shipped to Melbourne in many pieces and assembled in Cohen Place under the supervision of highly skilled Chinese craftworkers. It is the perfect backdrop for photographs and the main entrance to Cohen Place, Chinatown Square and the Chinese Museum. In the same square you will also find the stage doors to The Princess Theatre which is a 1488-seat theatre listed by the National Trust of Australia and is on the Victorian Heritage Register. If you visit this location while a show is being bumped in or out you will encounter massive prime movers backed perfectly into place to allow the stage, sound and light equipment to be easily transported in through the stage doors. An interesting component to the square is a small rectangle of bamboo that seems to thrive on the lack of water and light, but significant amounts of neglect that sometimes befalls this little area. Some days it is pristine and others there is rubbish in the gardens. It may just be a case of when the garbos make their rounds. You are seeking a small cache container hidden in a location suggested strongly by the name of the cache. It is not a standard plastic box, so when you see it you may not initially recognise it. Give it a poke and if it moves then you've probably found it. Try to be gentle when tightening the lid as they tend to stick and the next finder may have problems opening it again. Occasionally there are beer bottles and cans in the garden area and while I have never seen a broken one, please treat the area with care and consider hand protection before diving in to find the cache. I have also never seen and needles / syringes in the area, but again prudence should take precedent and you should care for yourself before trying to find the cache. The area is open to the sky above, but surrounded by buildings on all 4 sides, so gaining satellite signals will be tough. The EPE measured when the cache was placed varied between 7m and 9m. The cache is wheelchair accessible and is marked a terrain 1 which should be another hint as to where you can start looking. The difficulty of 2 has been assigned as satellite coverage can be spotty and this area of Chinatown can be very busy at all hours of the day, so muggles may be another challenge. If you are without a GPS in the city, check the Google Map. It should give you enough of a view to find the cache sans GPS. I hope you enjoy the area and the opportunity to help Geocaching Australia by finding another of our caches. In the bamboo garden bed, at the corner, behind the recycling bin, it's round, made of plastic and looks like the top of a drain. 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1040 Well, I don't like going in to the CBD at all - in fact, a cache is the only thing that will entice me in there these days. Today, it actually required 2 caches - one new GC one near the Rialto, and this one on my way back to work in Hawthorn. At least I didn't think I'd have much trouble finding this one - I've been to this spot before while doing another (now archived) cache and could remember the location quite well. On arriving near GZ though, I thought I might be in for some trouble as there was a tour group nearby with a guide giving them some background on the history of Melbourne's Chinatown - but they were 20m away from GZ and GZ itself was a great spot to take a seat and do a bit of checking of sundry items of (motorcycle) equipment while surreptitiously retrieving and logging the cache. I was (pleasantly) surprised that the co-ords shown by my Oregon while sitting at GZ were within 1m of the published ones. TNLN, but did pick up a GC TB that had been deposited there. Thanks caughtatwork - I'm always happy to pick up a GCA cache [:)] 2009-08-11T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Checked the cache location this morning after getting some coffee and the cache is in place, nice and secure. 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z Wyoming Wombats Not Found Only staying a few metres away from GZ so very disappointed when I couldn't find it. Checked the clue but still no luck. I have a horrible feeling that it ain't there 2009-07-23T00:00:00Z zombiekitten Found We love this place! It was a lovely cold evening, bright and sparkly, just like the area should be. Not a lot of muggles around, so the cache was quickly felt, then seen. We're starting a travel bug with a food theme here to mark the occasion of our FIRST GCA find. Yay! \(^_^)/ Of course we only figured out now that this make stracking a little more challenging, but oh well. Thanks for making us stop to take in the night. 2009-07-22T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Late night find after seeing "Harry Potter" - by the way the stage doors are for Her Majesty's not Princess Theatre! TF our first GCA cache C@W! 2009-07-08T00:00:00Z feathertop Found I have been away for many months and in that time a few caches have sprouted up. I always keep a weather eye out for GCA caches as they are a good native supplement to my overall caching diet. By chance one turned up in Chinatown where I was lunching today so I took the opportunity as you do. I distinctly remember finding one in bamboo around here a few years back but this one was infinitely easier to find and retrieve. Thanks c@w for this one and no swaps made. 2009-07-04T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman at 16:48 Final cache of the day before Rhinogeo and I met some friends for dinner before the footy. GZ was fairly quiet today and we circled GZ a couple of times while we considered the hiding options. Unfortunately for me I heard Rhinogeo call out those fateful words.....'Huckle Buckle Beanstalk', but soon after I also had the cache in hand. Nice hide and a good size for a CBD cache. TNLN (No caching bag today) Thanks caught@work 2009-07-04T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 4/7/09 16:48 [:)]. Fourth and final cache found this afternoon prior to a rather disappointing night's footy at the [i]Darklands[/i] After walking around and around the bigger than usual urban container was revealed [:)] TNLN Cheers c@w 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z pwags Found I decided to detour via Chinatown to grab this cache on my way through the city this morning. On arriving in the square, there was a guy planted right at GZ, playing with his brand new iPhone. I decided to wait it out, and it took around 15 minutes for him to move on. I then moved in for the find, which took longer than expected, as I was initially looking for something similar to the old "Chopsticks" cache that used to be a block or so from here. I eventually laid my hands on the cache, well hidden, and cleverly constructed. TNLN. Thanks for another creative inner-city hide, c@w! 2009-06-19T00:00:00Z PrincessDiala Found Found at 8.50pm with muggle bf. Nice and easy. TNLNSL Thanks caughtatwork for the cache! 2009-06-18T00:00:00Z dabs01 Found FTF @ 2:00pm. Took a while before foot traffic quietened down enough to be able to retrieve the cache. Even before I was able to retrieve it there was someone who made a beeline to the general area and then sat in the right location, and I was wondering if this was another geocacher or not. I was finally able to get it. Replacing it was another problem altogether. Lots more people milling around. Is that person behind me using his phone or the inbuilt GPS? A large truck had pulled up and the driver looked like he was watching me. The cache hide was in his direct line of sight, so after 15 minutes couldn't take the risk of being spotted trying to return it to it's hiding spot. Also had to get back to work, so I had to take the cache with me (sorry). I will get it back very soon - after work, hopefully as it's getting dark. Will update the log again shortly. TCLN. 2009-06-18T00:00:00Z dabs01 Note Cache safely returned @ 5:30pm. In - eraser, Out - nothing TFTC 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Published and ready to be found. 2009-06-14T00:00:00.000Z GA1482 Damn Water Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1482 Damn Water Geocache Geocache Damn Water Keeper of Time Monument Creek Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

Welcome to the 28th cache by "Keeper of Time" and the 1st listed on GCA. This cache will provide you with the chance to turn off the back road and drive down a narrow dirt track. Access should be quite easy in a 2wd car but may have some large puddles after rain. As you approach GZ look for the gate across the track and park in front and to the right, what you will see in front and to the left is Lancefield Resevoir No 1 which is in the Deep Creek catchment area and supplies drinking water to Lancefield and surrounding areas. Water storage in the local area is at an all time low and the area is on stage 3a restrictions, at the time of placing this cache local storage levels are as follows.  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%"> <colgroup><col width="125" /><col width="44" /><col width="44" /><col width="44" /></colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td width="49%">   </td> <td width="17%"> Max </td> <td width="17%"> Current </td> <td width="17%"> % Full </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> Campaspe Reservoir and Reservoirs B and C </td> <td width="17%"> 361 </td> <td width="17%"> 114.04 </td> <td width="17%"> 31.6% </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> Kerrie Reservoir </td> <td width="17%"> 341 </td> <td width="17%"> 202.077 </td> <td width="17%"> 59.3% </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> Lake Merrimu </td> <td width="17%"> 32516 </td> <td width="17%"> 3167.06 </td> <td width="17%"> 9.7% </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> Pykes Creek </td> <td width="17%"> 22119 </td> <td width="17%"> 539.704 </td> <td width="17%"> 2.4% </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> Rosslynne Reservoir </td> <td width="17%"> 25368 </td> <td width="17%"> 728.062 </td> <td width="17%"> 2.9% </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> Total storage </td> <td width="17%"> 80705 </td> <td width="17%"> 4750.943 </td> <td width="17%"> 5.9% </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> With just 5.9% storage left it make me wonder what happens when the damn dams run dry? In true C@W style the cache is an ammo can with a 2 litre sistemma in it and is hidden in a typical geocaching manner. Please ensure that the cache is well hidden before you leave and I would ask that you help maintain the standard of the cache by placing quality swaps only. As always, be mindful of the local wildlife both good and bad. 2009-07-21T00:00:00Z Romax Found 8.45am Found by Roma and Max. Having a day off from those commitments that have tied us to Bendigo for months now and with a couple of new hides fairly close by we were pleased to have the opportunity to search for another GA cache! It was also pleasing to find another of our favourite containers well hidden in a typical manner. We signed the log and made no exchange. Thank you Keeper of Time for placing this cache. From Romax. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z feathertop Found We were on our way to lay a couple of caches in the nearby Cobaws so I decided to visit this one on the way. In fact featherdown had no idea we were searching for a cache until I handed here the GPS and said go find it. By now we were under 20m away. Not much water in the reservoir but a bit on the track but my 2WD negotiated things okay. Thanks Keep of Time for such a generously stocked cache way our here. Much appreciated. TNLN 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z featherdown Found Found this morning with feathertop. It was a very misty morning in this part of the world and I was grateful that feathertop was using his car and not mine as he negotiated Monument Road and then the track into this cache. Nicely stocked and easily found Thanks 2009-07-18T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava around 5 pm What else can we say that hasn't already been said, a magnificent and well stocked cache in the bush at an interesting location with the rather sad looking water storage nearby. Talking of water storage, why doesn't this blinkered government build a new dam on the Mitchell. The damn thing has flooded twice in the past couple of years and apart for damaging crops and flooding low lying houses it just flowed out to sea but I better get down off my soap box. Back to caching and I saw this new cache pop up a few weeks ago and so it was a priority for our little outing in this area today. Took pedometer Left a bag of marbles Our thanks to Keith and Jill for the cache and bringing out to their lovely little bit of bush. Cheers from Ian & Sandra Team Ladava 2009-07-05T00:00:00Z Riddell Found It was Sunday afternoon, the clouds had cleared and we took a break from the housework for a bit of caching. We parked some 500m from the cache because we didn't like the look of the muddy puddles having had a boggy experience on a backroad in the past. We had a nice walk into GZ to clear the head and get a bit of exercize. We enjoyed the hide and it is nice not having to use any stealth when retrieving the cache. Thank you for bringing us here. TNLNSL TFTC. The Riddellers. 2009-06-14T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Other Enjoy. 2009-06-14T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 7:15pm. Wheeeeee! A GCA cache. Hmmmm. It's 6:30pm. Do I? Don't I? It's 50km as the crow flies from home and a little over an hour drive according to the driving directions on the cache page. Should I? Shouldn't I? Do I give the FTF opportunity to someone else? Nope :-) Into the car jumps GabGab and I for an hour drive to find a cache armed with co-ords, GPS and a torch. The drive was a little faster than the driving directions but it was still a long time and as we approached the turn off we missed it in the dark and had to do a bit of circling around before finally coming across it. Next time we take a map printout. In the pitch black we fired up the torch and with only about 20m to walk we headed towards GZ looking out or possibilities. As we swung the torch around there was a magnificent possibility which we checked and ... bingo. A very happy little girl and just as happy dad. We pulled the cache (and what an excellent choice of cache, ammo can and 2 litre sistema) out and were rewarded with the FTF prize and a black log book. How much better than this does it get? Not much. GabGab was very pleased with the prize and hasn't stopped talking about the cow clock until bedtime just a few minutes ago. Thanks Keeper of Time for this cache. I was going to leave it until next weekend, but as I've got 6 GCA caches to hide next weekend, this was the best opportunity to try and grab it and I'm glad we did. This will be betting an overall rating of 5 from us. A great drive in the country, a great cache and FTF. Nothing beats that. GAFF 1. 2009-06-14T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache with caughtatwork, very late tonight. It was exciting and scary in the dark but we had a torch and it was fun to look around in the dark. caughtatwork spotted the hidey hole and we pulled it out together. I loved the FTF prize. I think I love the cow watch more than anything else I have ever found. Thank you Keeper of Time and now it's my bed time. Thank you. 2009-05-29T00:00:00.000Z GA1471 The Travellers Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1471 The Travellers Geocache Geocache The Travellers caughtatwork Museum Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

The 100th cache (woohoo) by caughtatwork is a short walk from Flinders Street station or a leisurely stroll along Southbank.

With a lack of GCA caches in the city area, this one should serve the right purpose and get you into the CBD for a nice traditional, regular sized cache which can only be found at Geocaching Australia. The Sandridge Bridge at 178.4m long is a historic former railway bridge over the Yarra River only a short walk from Flinders Street Station. In 2006 it was redeveloped as a new pedestrian and cycle path and public space connecting Queensbridge Square on the south bank of the Yarra to Flinders Walk on the north bank. A series of metal statue-like structures called "The Travellers" have been erected along the bridge. Telling the tale of migration to Victoria ,"The Travellers" slide quietly across the bridge 3 times a day. Unveiled just three days from the start of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 10 sculptures are a tribute to multiculturalism. The bridge originally provided a direct route from Flinders Street Station to Port Melbourne carrying the Port Melbourne and St Kilda railway lines. It was last used for freight in the 1950s, and passenger services closed in 1987, with the replacement by light rail lines of Melbourne tram route 96 to St Kilda, and Melbourne tram route 109 to Port Melbourne. The Sandridge Bridge, registered as a Melbourne heritage site was built by David Munro in 1888, one of the first railway structures in Melbourne to use steel girders rather than iron and still stands today, almost a good as they day it was first erected. The cache is hidden in such a manner that it is only visible from one direction and you will need to be within about 1m of it before you can spot it. It is a magnetic camouflaged 1 liter biokips (lock-n-lock style) container that matches the surrounding structure. Take the lower path. Between stone and steel. 3m above the path. 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z mark_rattigan Not Found Didn't find it. Didn't fancy searching for it in the dark with an empty bag, clothes and syringes scattered around. Maybe another time. Thanks anyway. 2009-08-09T00:00:00Z WazzaAndWenches Found One of our rare trips to the big smoke when we had time to go caching. With the Wench being incarcerated in hospital, it was up to the Wenchette and I to find this cache after an enjoyable breakfast nearby. Luckily I had looked carefully at the map because I forgot to download the co-ords to the GPS before heading south. GZ was deserted right up until I went to return the cache to its hiding spot. The muggles appeared from both directions and held up progress for a few minutes. Cache returned eventually! No swaps made. Thanks C@W. 2009-07-23T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Our 2nd GCA cache! - found exactly where Piggles said it would be and she had to go and collect it! Fortunately it was dark with few muggles around TFTH & C C@W 2009-07-16T00:00:00Z feathertop Found I strolled down here at lunchtime without my GPS as I had a pretty good idea from the description where and how it was hidden. In the end I spotted it from the path so it was an easy grab once I checked for joggers in each direction. I well remember the GC cache on the other end and the exposure I felt then accessing that cache. Much quieter at this end. TNLN Thanks C@W 2009-07-09T00:00:00Z sl0th Found Found @ 2.45pm after a 15 minute search. Very sneaky hide :) Spotted from the path and sparrowfall was sent in for the grab. High speed cycle-muggles were an ever present danger. A nice little distraction from the office, which is only 200m away. TFTC TNLN SL 2009-07-09T00:00:00Z sparrowfall Found Found w/ sloth on our coffee break. Glad I decided to do casual Friday on Thursday this week. Would not like to have gone for it in my slippery work shoes :) Cache is in great cond. TNLNSL TFTC. 2009-07-04T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman at 15:48 Having missed the opportunity to find the original Travellers cache on this bridge it was great to pick this one up today. Arrived at GZ as Rhinogeo and I had chosen this as a meeting point but as I started to search a call from Rhinogeo dragged me away. Some time later Rhinogeo and I returned to GZ and after a brief discussion we had the cache in hand. Congratulations caught@work on the 100 hides Took Cheesy Pigs Pathtag (I just couldn't leave it there!) 2009-07-04T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 4/7/09 15:48 [:)]. 2nd of four finds for me this afternoon with Facitman We had originally planned to rendezvous at this GZ to start our afternoon's caching but the lack of available parking at the casino forced a change of plans The cache was found relatively quickly during a lull in the muggle traffic, helped by my prior experience of having found other c@w caches around the traps [;)] TNLN Cheers c@w 2009-06-29T00:00:00Z Cheesy pigs Found When we read in the cache note that it needed maintenance, we were shocked - the cache was magnificent! Then we realised that C@W had replaced said cache just before we arrived [;)] Mrs CP knew just where it would be - so she asked Mr CP to go retrieve it - and there it was. Coordinates were spot on too. Well stocked cache, with that element of danger (being spotted by muggles!!). We really enjoyed this one, the walk down the Yarra was so nice, on a brilliant Melbourne day. Took nothing, left Cheesy Pigs pathtag. Thanks C@W [:D] 2009-06-25T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Cache contained replaced at 6:30 this morning. Hey, there's a lot more lighting here than I expected. It was a breeze to find and replace. Now that I see the cache I think I know what the problem was. The HDD magnets (two of them) are very, very strong and it appears that they held on and the plastic simply shattered around one of them. Luckily I didn't have any as strong when I made up the replacement, so this problem shouldn't occur again. 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Yoy! That's one damaged cache. I wonder how that happened? I will get a new one painted up and magnetised this week and hopefully have it replaced in the next couple of days. Anything that's damaged I'll piff and bring some additional swaps just in case. Thanks for the photo jezarocks, it made the damage very, very clear. 2009-06-23T00:00:00Z jezarocks Found Well after finally finishing off Flagstaff (GC1GK9B; as the old GZ became a squatters camp), I could easily have done some other nearby GC.com caches to get my stats up and all, in the easiest possible way. But no, I decided that completing a GCA cache should be the top priority. I just missed a 55 tram and didn't want to talk, so two trains later and I was at Flinders Street. Made my way down to GZ and the cache was soon found at 17:05 without the hint. Was saddened, however, to see the cache is already in such a sad state, especially for such a recent hide. The container is badly cracked though still well stocked. Dropped in my Antarctic Compass Rose geocoin for a visit even though I can't log it here. Daylight was fading rather quickly in the time I signed the log and returned the cache, though the location really comes to life once the sun goes down. With all the city lights reflecting off the Yarra, that hopefully made for some nice photos. Thanks C@W for placing this cache in such a neat city location. 2009-06-23T00:00:00Z jezarocks Note Sadly this cache is already in need of a replacement container. There is not much left of the old one. Hopefully it survived the rain tonight; at least mostly everything was in plastic. 2009-06-05T00:00:00Z Crisp image Found I found this one with out even using the GPS on our way back to our accommodation after shopping and before we went to see Wicked. After reading the description and committing it to memory we proceeded to search it out. Funny thing is that it was in the first place I looked. It was a bit of Dajavu(?? Spelling)as I did this cache when it was at the other end of the bridge. No swaps made today but a good bit of fun. Thanks Regards Crisp Image 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z pwags Found I was in the city this morning, and there was this newly-listed cache sitting there on the top of my "new caches" email. "But my GPSr is at home! Let's just see if Google Maps can show me where it is anyway." Zooming in on the satellite view gave me a pretty good idea of the general vicinity, and without the GPSr I decided to check out the hint, just to increase my chances. I headed down to GZ from Flinders St Station, and spent a good 30 minutes scouring the area, climbing and scrambling. I was about to give up, hoping that it would still be there on Monday when I was next coming through (with my GPSr), when I decided to stop, stand still, and think like a cacher. "Where would I hide it if I was c@w? Somewhere reasonably accessible, but unlikely to be found accidentally by a muggle." And then, after a short and easy final scramble, there it was. A couple of passing muggles gave me a strange look as I made my way back to the pathway, but otherwise a problem-free find. So good to get the FTF on this one... a bold hide, a big cache, and another well-needed city location. Many thanks c@w - I enjoyed it! TNLN. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Partic Found Doh! Saw this on my way to the airport today and would have had the ftf by an hour if I'd done this on first instead of last. Though pwags ftf log certainly sped up the thought process giving a find in 5 minutes. 2009-05-29T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Travelling into the CDB? Try The Travellers. 2009-05-29T00:00:00Z roundcircle Note Arrgh, on a day I'm not in town... 2009-05-23T00:00:00.000Z GA1463 Windmill Troubles Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1463 Windmill Troubles Geocache Geocache Windmill Troubles TeamGeoPlesk Warrandyte Victoria Australia Traditional Micro 1.5 3

This cache is located within Glenns Reserve, a very little known about reserve opposite the Pound Bend tunnel exit in Warrandyte.

Glenns Reserve is a wonderful place to relax and soak up some of the Australian bush. Its a magical area of open woodlands, wetlands and riparian vegetation where people seldom visit. Infact I spent the most part of my year 12 studying down here and only once have I come across anyone! Some History... This reserve, as you will notice walking around, has a reasonable amount of infrastructure built into it which is for the most part, now in a state of disrepear. The area was origionally earmarked to become an environmental centre for Parks Vic, thus the boardwalks around the wetlands. There was origionally planned to be a bridge accross the Yarra from Pound Bend, however for whatever reason that never happened and as a result of this the plans were never carried out. I would imagine that this is because the access to this area is somewhat off the normal track.   A Great Walk... If you are going to attempt the cache, park at  S37 43.955  E145 11.848  and jump the fence. Its all Parks Vic land and they allow visitors so all is good! If you wanted to explore the area but don't know where to start I'll let you know of the track i usually follow... You follow the main road down the hill untill you reach the buildings, have a look round before taking the road to the left that you would have just past. This takes you down to a landing just above the yarra. If you look closely you will see some of the old pylons from a bridge that once spanned the yarra here many many years ago. Continue following the Yarra downstream along the track and have a look at the wetlands. These realy come in to their own in the winter and i have very often seen turtles down here, so keep an eye out. Keep walking along passing the old boardwalks but beware, they are in bad condition so i don't recomend that you walk along them. If you keep an eye on the other side of the river you should be able to see the exit of the pound bend tunnel. Keep going along the track and eventually you will come across the cache near the windmill. At the time i placed this cache the wetlands here were more or less empty... i've never seen them empty so this was quite a supprise and really brings it home as to how much trouble (waterwise) we are in at the moment. Once you have foun d the cache you should continue up keep going downstream to find the other cache here called "Some Inspiration" at S37 44.305  E 145 11.560 which is a gc.com listing. Then return to the windmill and continue up the clearing where you should come across heaps of kangaroos and a realy large open space. As you walk up the slope take note of all the trees here, they were all revegetated about 15 years ago, looks good but could use some understorey and ground cover! All in all its interesting to see some of the older revege projects (i'm also an enviro nerd!). Keep on walking accross the field to the buildings and return back to your car. Also keep your eyes out for the albino kangaroo which i have seen here many times, its a very interesting charactor.   The Cache... This cache is not so much about the difficulty in the final hide, its about the location so don't expect that you have to climb the structure. Its an eclypse container slightly camoflagued and hidden away. It shouldn't be a difficult hide to find. Enjoy this spot, its one of my favourite places just to go walking and to chill out! Magnetic 2009-07-05T00:00:00Z LinearZZ Found We noted the reference to this cache in the log of the nearby GC cache and LZZ(f) realised that we had already passed close by the likely location. The "camouflaged" container was surprisingly easy to spot although getting to it was not for her liking - LZZ(m) had to retrieve it. Troubles indeed. 2009-06-09T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Found The Coffee and Cache gang put on their winter gear, except for Geoboy who didn't think it was going to rain, and set out down the track past some wonderful scenery. We were astonished by the relative remoteness and lack of human occupation, although we did wonder about the occupants of the other car parked at the entrance. As we approached the cache is started to rain and we spied two people at the GZ. It turned out to be Franklj who we had not met before, although we have done numerous of their caches. They had been aiming for the nearby GC cache and had stumbled upon Windmill almost by accident. Meeting Franklj was a huge coincidence since I had just emailed him last night to ask about a cache of theirs, and here they were in person! As the rain down we had a very nice chat and got somewhat wet, particularly Geoboy, whilst I signed the log which (Mrs) Franklj had been good enough to find for us. Franklj left us to return to their vehicle whilst we pressed on to the GC cache. We took a heap of pictures in this unique place. Thanks TemGeoPlesk - a wonderful experience. 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z franklj Found Lovely to meet Coffee and the whole caching family at this cache - we gave Steve an easy find! My wife and I were at 'Some Inspiration' not far away where I read out the description of the cache. My wife went searching for the structure and I searched nearby for a cache. We were both successful which was great! Thanks TeamGeoPlesk. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1530 OK, I got my chores done at home in good time, so I managed to slip out this afternoon for a couple of hours and get the crop of new caches around Eltham-Warrandyte. This was the first - and a nice, easy find it was after an enjoyable drive on "less travelled" roads and a good walk through, what appeared to be, an old property which has been reclaimed by Parks, Victoria. I didn't see a soul while I was here, but did share the area with a good number of kangaroos and rabbits. Thanks Team GeoPlesk - it was a genuine "Southern Cross" windmill too. 2009-05-27T00:00:00Z Dicksontwo Found Our first challenge was finding the parking spot which shows our expertise or ineptitude level and lack of preparation. But after a tour around - Thank you and well done TeamGeoPlesk, exactly the kind of cache we enjoy, A little known spot that we probably would never visit, beautiful, peaceful (we so dislike these urban caches where you can't search properly for fear of being seen), a pleasant walk giving us "olds" much needed exercise and a "found it" (1.00 pm) as a bonus! Even a 3TF. LNTN. Took a bit of trash out. Would have loved to have stayed a while but our detour cost us time and we had a commitment. Saw the Tunnel, though, and took a photo for later posting.Congratulations Teamgeoplesk. Maybe we will meet at Australia's First Mega Event (visit link) 2009-05-25T00:00:00Z teamkittens Found Out on a damp MTB ride to find the nearby GC cache and decided to wander over and grab this one too. Interested spot, the dilapidated boardwalks make for some careful riding on. TNLN Thanks for the cache. 2009-05-25T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Found _16:30 Easy find but could not convert for double with the GC nearby. Thanks. 2009-05-24T00:00:00Z magpie17 Found Fantastic area. Never seen so many kangaroos in one place before, and never imagined they would be so close to Melbourne. They weren't much help with directions but we found the actual cache pretty easily anyway. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Go out and get them guys, we are about to move across Melbourne so this will be the last for our GCA caches out here, but stay tuned for many more to come over craigieburn way! Our parents live just up the road so i'll be here quite often for maintanace. As a bonus for those seeking a FTF for this cache, there is another one just near by which will be listed on GC sometime tommorow night... so you will get a head start if you are interested. Its called 'Some Inspiration' and is located at S 37o 44.305 E 145o 11.560 Good luck and enjoy! 2009-04-19T00:00:00.000Z GA1437 Eltham Lodge Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1437 Eltham Lodge Geocache Geocache Eltham Lodge TeamGeoPlesk Research Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 3 1.5

The Eltham Lodge

After reading one of Caught@Works blogs on GCA about the lack of Victorian GCA caches, i decided it was high time the north east got some! So here we go, this one and a few other near-by are just the start! This cache is placed within a reasonably unknown reserve in the hills surrounding Eltham. The reserve is littered with mining relics from long ago and has a large range of wildlife, including sugar gliders, owls and many possums. I am unsure of this reserves history but I am keen to learn if any geocachers know a little more about this area. The reserve is on the corner of Gum Tree Road and Reynolds Road. There is parking on Gum Tree Road just near this first co-ordinate; however I do not recommend approaching this reserve from the Mount Pleasant Road end of Gum Tree Road as the road is very steep. The best access is from Reynolds Road. The site was also the location of my first cache "There is gold in them there hills" (long since archived). You will find the cache near gz, but at the moment that is all the information you are going to get! Its a little different to the standard cache but i recon you should be able to work it out! Good Luck! Its all in the name 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed ! What a fantastic hide in a lovely reserve. This was a great hide for our 400th combined national and international finds. Thanks for the hunt TeamGeoPlesk Dropped swaggie 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Other FlyingPigSquadron has parachuted swaggie into the cache 2009-06-27T00:00:00Z stagetree Found A great walk through an old mining area. I just had to keep my eyes on the young daughter. Her mother would have been mildly disappointed if I'd managed to lose her down some sort of hole in the ground. ;-) Plenty to see. Heaps of birds and a lot of orchids underfoot just about to flower. I love the creative hide. I was puzzled at first about how to open it but nailed it in the end. Cheers TeamGeoPlesk, thanks for making it a memorable day and showing me a bit of Eltham I'd never seen before despite being born here. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1645 I've been through this area on numerous occasions, but haven't visited this reserve before. It's the sort of cache I really like - it gave me that feeling that I could have been a thousand miles from civilization while I was heading through the bush to GZ (until I spotted that huge water tank, of course [;)]). The hide was easily spotted, which takes nothing away from the huge enjoyment I get when I come across a cache that's been as well thought out and engineered as this one has been - and it did take me a couple of minutes to figure out how to open it [;)]. It's a pity that, as a GCA cache, it will not get the number of visitors that it deserves [:(]. TNLN Thanks yet again Team GeoPlesk - another great cache. 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Found *STF* After success with Some Insperation we headed off to the Lodge as we pulled up it all came back to me - I had been here before and remembered well "There is gold in them there hills" - golf balls. At GZ I thought I would have to go down a fox hole but no - a very well constructed cache - clearly a lot of work went into it. I would not like to do it in the dark though. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for all your efforts. Out: Our first Swaggie "Mystic Marble". 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Other Our first Swaggie 2009-05-04T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Note Thanks to Coffee and Cache for the tip off... and congrats on the ftf! Looks like i had this one down as a nano... well its actually a regular sized cache so cache page updated. 2009-05-03T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Found Our first GCA FTF. Geoson and Dad set out this arvo to see if we could log our first GCA FTF. We wondered if there might be some difficulty with this cache since it has gone unfound for 2 weeks, but we found the brilliantly engineered cache after a short search. A lot of work has been put into this dual-function cache. If you want to know what that means, you'll have to visit :-) It probably goes without saying that we had never been to this piece of wilderness before. This is our favourite setting for a cache, and we were not disappointed. It was nice to get the FTF, but it's a pity the competition was not a bit more serious. We left a Swaggie we picked up close by a short while ago. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk - Good one. 2009-05-03T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Other A small move into a great cache. 2009-04-20T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other There you go guys, have fun! And if your planning a trip over here then just keep in mind i've got a few more to place for GCA over the next week or two! 2009-04-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1435 Research PMG Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1435 Research PMG Geocache Geocache Research PMG TeamGeoPlesk Research Victoria Australia Multi Other 3.5 2

I've always been supprised that there were no (or very few) caches in Research when Eltham is quite cache-dense! I'm also supprised that there have been no new caches placed in the area since I left at the beginning of last year! Now that i'm back i'm going to change that with a few caches!

This is a fairly 'boldly' hidden cache which is in plain view of any happening to walk past. Its here to offer GCA cachers a challenging cache to complete in the north-easten suburbs. This is a simple offset cache where at WP1 you will need to collect six digits. These digits will then be used to solve the location of the final container, with is a small sistema container, painted in cammo. The numbers you will find will be in the following format    ABC DEF   To work out the final co-ords simply calcuilate the following. The cache is a short walk from WP1. S 37 42.(A-D)(E-1)(F-C) E 145 10.(D+B+B)(C-B)E   Hope you enjoy the challenge! [WP1] Hmmm... what might PMG stand for? [Cache] Log it! 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z stagetree Found Found this cache on the first attempt. It just took me over a week to complete. Unusually for me I had no trouble finding the first clue. This is where things took a left turn. :-( There I was , standing there so amazed at my own cleverness that I forgot to read the rest of the instructions, made a few assumptions and ended up driving down many of the back roads of Research. The assumed GZ led me, very weirdly down the street of a friend who has made many finds with me. "No..." I thought. "No one could be this subtle. Could they?..." as I approached their house. Paranoia now kicking into high gear. After all, I'd eventually get around to doing a cache close to home. Was this all going to be a big joke on me? I remembered to start breathing again when assumed GZ was about 200m metres short of the friends house. I now pulled over and reread the notes. After smacking myself on the back of the head I made my way back to the same carpark to start again. It was at this point that I received a phonecall that meant I had to get home urgently. So. One week later I found myself back again, dodging the footballers and dog walkers, making the relatively easy find and signing the log. The effort was well worth it. This was a great cache to do. Thanks for teaching me some new tricks TeamGeoPlesk. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1630 Well, this one really had me going for a while - I was really tickled when I managed the breakthrough and have to say it was the pick of a good bunch I did in the area this afternoon. TNLN Thanks once more Team GeoPlesk - a really clever bit of work here which I really appreciated (and I'm so glad I had the place to myself while I fiddled around looking for inspiration [;)]). Well done indeed with this one!!! 2009-05-03T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Found This was the second of TeamGeoPlex's caches we found today. It took a little while to locate the numbers, but we felt clever when we did. A muggle would never figure it! The actual cache was found by Geoson a few minutes later. Thanks again TeamGeoPlex. TNLN. 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 12:42 Wow. So very many people around at the football today meant I parked in somewhat suspect circumstanes and hoped I wouldn't be away for too long. The first redirector was very cleverly done. I really enjoyed the method here (not to give anything away). The final co-ords were as promised a short stroll away and I strolled over to GZ where a quick search revealed the cache. Would I get a FTF or are others now hunting GCA caches? Wheeeeeeeee! *FTF* for me here today. Most excellent. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for this cache hide today. It's 37km from my home base but I still get the FTF today. Not too many people seek GCA caches so I hope you persist and not move it to GC for the numbers. A much appreciated little workout this afternoon. *Overall Experience: 4* GAFF 1 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z darkvala Not Found Attempted this today. WP co-ords didn't yield the required numbers? Will have to drag someone else along to help on this one. dv 2009-04-18T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other 2009-04-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1434 Batesford Crossing Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1434 Batesford Crossing Geocache Geocache Batesford Crossing Janaliel Fyansford Victoria Australia Traditional Micro 3 1

Basic magnetic cache. Take a moment to look at the bluestone bridge. It must be great when there is water flowing...maybe one day! The difficulty level is due to the need for some level of stealth. At times there will be lots of muggles - a camera would probably be a good prop! Hope you enjoy this stop that brings a reminder of times past. six down, ten up 2009-06-27T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 4:14 Hi Janaliel. After meeting you at Flash Mob IV where you said you;d hidden a GCA cache down this way I felt I had to find it when I was next down here. Well, I wasn't exactly down here, I was over near Portarlington, but on the way home a quick bypass on the bypass brought me to the cache location. A great bridge showing some of the very skilled work that I'm sure we have lost over the years. A nice quick find of the cache as well. As I had headed here specifically to find the GCA cache I didn't leave enough time to find the GC cache nearby so I'll need to come back again one day. Maybe if you place another GCA cache I'll come and find that one too. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks Janaliel for this cache experience today. With the Geelong bypass so close, this is a much easier area to get to than in the olden days. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z Marshall's Geelong Found Marshall's Geelong found this cache today our second FTF! Found with gritgirl, jazz and hayze, TFTC. 2009-04-18T00:00:00Z janaliel Other 2009-04-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1436 The Breeze Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1436 The Breeze Geocache Geocache The Breeze TeamGeoPlesk Research Victoria Australia Multi Micro 1.5 1.5

A very quick and simple multi!

This is a very quick and simple multi for anyone travelling through Research! The first waypoint will bring you to a plaque where you will learn a little about the artist that created The Breeze, which received an art award and its pride of place to all whom are travelling out of Research. At the plaque you will need to work out:   A- Day of the month the sculpture was unveiled B- Month of unveiling CDEF- Year of unveiling   The cache is only a short walk away at: S  37 42. F(F-C)(E-C) E 145 11.C(B+F)A   Hope you enjoy! Magnetic 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed ! Driven though Research in past life - pre Breeze - thanks for these Aussie caches TeamGeoPlesk 2009-07-30T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Found 16:00 King Jnr Gee I was almost on top of this cache while I worked out the coords for GZ. In the spirit of "but is it art" I had often wondered about this sculpture as I drove past. Thanks again TeamGeoPlesk. 2009-06-27T00:00:00Z stagetree Found I've driven past here many times and my god! Has it changed since I was a kid. A quick, easy find as advertised. Just the thing with the young daughter in tow. We then had a toddle around the small reserve then off to lunch. Cheers, TeamGeoPlesk. May you continue to put more caches around here. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1605 It was nice and quiet here this afternoon, and I had no trouble getting the info from the plaque and calculating a likely-looking GZ. The cache was a quick find soon after, although I had to wait for suitable breaks in traffic to retrieve and replace the container. Thanks again Team GeoPlesk - it's a really lovely area for caching, with lots of interesting artefacts and heaps of obscure little roads and tracks heading into hidden places. 2009-05-03T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Found We parked in the ELT car park and the location of the clue was readily apparent, so Geoson took off to get the details. I found a place to do the computations, but Geoson took off to investigate a suspicious pile of stick. I found the cache! Thanks TeamGeoPlex - Nicely done. 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 12:53 Hey, I've been here before. Not for a cache, but my wife occassionally directs at ELT and so I've parked in this carpark quite a few times over the years. The clues were easy (thank goodness) and the cache was revealed in very short time. Beaten to the FTF though. Hey, I didn't know other people found GCA caches. I thought it was just me. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for this cache experience today. Beaten to FTF by about an hour, but happy to put another GCA cache on my found list. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z darkvala Found Grabbed FTF on this one at 11:30. I have been to ELT a few times when I used to live in Greensborough. Great to have a GCA FTF and also it was my first find of GCA caches. Gave up on the other FTF nearby. Will revisit soon to hopefully get to log another GCA find. Thanks heaps for the Cache! Darkvala 2009-04-18T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other 2009-04-14T00:00:00.000Z GA1432 Eltham Swaggie Hotel Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1432 Eltham Swaggie Hotel Geocache Geocache Eltham Swaggie Hotel TeamGeoPlesk Templestowe Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 2.5 1.5

An easy Swaggie Hotel to be found just off Main Road in Eltham

This is a simple Swaggie Hotel which will hopefully get a fair bit of traffic from GCA Swaggies! Its located in some specky bushland in Eltham which can be best accessed via Hohnes Road (Turn at Eltham Lower Park) and then onto Homestead Road. This reserve is in great condition and is also a home to the Eltham Copper Butterfly which can sometimes be seen here. The difficulty of this cache has been raised because it will need a little bit of homework. I have placed 5 new swaggies in this cache. The all have notes, codes and passwords. In order to log this find I am going to ask that you provide your own swaggie to start its journey (its free!). It would be fantastic to see this as the birthplace of many new swaggies! To create a swaggie see <a href="http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Swaggie">this site for information </a>or <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/my/swaggie/new/">create your new swaggie here</a>. The cache is only about 4 meters from the constructed path and should be an easy find. There is also a travel bug hotel located just up the track at S 37° 44.188 E 145° 08.286 which you may be interested in visiting if you have not already done so. Enjoy your walk and remember, please bring you own swaggie. I will accept you creating your own swaggie and placing it in a cache closer to your home in leiu of placing one here, or if you already have active swaggies you do not have to release a new one, but i still encourage you to do so. Happy Caching TeamGeoPlesk I'm stumped! 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed ! Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for bringing us back to a park we used to bring the kids to when we lived in Eltham - heaps of police activity today, including the chopper - was it the lacross players waving weapons of mass destruction or was it those two old fogies rustling through the bushes ? 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z FlyingPigSquadron Other FlyingPigSquadron has retrieved and moved onto another Oz Cache 2009-08-13T00:00:00Z stagetree Note I strolled down to have a look at this cache while in the area dropping off travellers into the nearby TB Hotel. When I got to GZ the container was out in the open, very visable and far from any hiding spot. I rehid it in what I think was its original place (as per clue). All contents were in good condition and dry. These were: Log book and pencil in zip loc bag. Three swaggies. * Jimmy the Jolly Jumbuck * Mystic Marble * NSW Tourer Who knows what happened. Muggles? Animals? I did see a fox nearby but we'll probably never know. The frustrating thing is that I can't even log the cache 'cause I haven't made a swaggie for it yet. :P 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1705 The last of 6 GeoPlesk caches in the area for me today - and a spot I seem to remember visiting on another occasion. As I cruised down the road past GZ, I wondered where I could safely park, and how I would get into the reserve - but both problems were solved at the next intersection and I was left with a pleasant stroll of 150m to GZ. I thought I'd managed to collect a rather friendly dog just before I got to GZ, but I eventually managed to convince him to return to his owner (he obviously thought my heading through the bush was much more interesting than her boring stroll along a path [;)]). TNLN Thank again Team GeoPlesk 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Found _17:00 There are some great Swaggies in this cache thanks TeamGeoPlesk for setting it up. In: Swaggie: Mystic Marble (back again) Out: Swaggie "Memories are Made of this" 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Other I was trying to work out how big this was. 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Other didnt go far but thanks for being with us 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Grabbed Calcu-ma-lator from the recently hidden swaggie motel. He will be dropped off, probably next week, in a cache to continue his Calcu-ma-lating evil ways :-) 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other I grabbed Ball of Knowledge from the new Swaggie lounge and when I asked if I should do one more, it said yes, so I took a 3km round trip to BBC Anique Apples Won't Back Down. A most excellent suggestion from this swaggie. He will be back in action probably next weekend. 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 1:55 Three GCA caches in one day. Will my fluttering heart be still :-) I was kind of hoping for a FTF on this cache knowing how much Victorians hate the GCA caches, but alas, a 3rd to find will need to do. Mind you I'm just as happy about being beaten as that shows more GCA cachers getting out there for a find. I have been to this park before and it was very nice to come back and check it out a bit further dow the hill. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk. I grabbed Ball of Knowledge which answered yes to another cache before heading home, so BBC Antique Apple Won't Back Down (being the closest) was sought. A great little pair of swaggies I grabbed from this cache. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2009-04-18T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Found C&C ventured out for their 2nd GCA cache this afternoon. We found the Swaggie Hotel in a nice bit of bush we'd previously found a GC TB Hotel. The cache was easily located and the kids had a nice time examining the various swaggies which were quite imaginative. We took a picture in the vicinity. We collected Mystic Magic and left our own, and first, new Swaggie named "Memories are made of THIS" which as you will see, it literally and figuratively true. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk. We enjoyed ourselves. 2009-04-18T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Other Our first Swaggie is a tribute to all those great memories we have of interesting places and caches. 2009-04-18T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Other Nifty swaggie the C&C geokids took a liking too. We'll see if we can find a suitable place to drop - err - place it. 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z TaylorBrats Found First to Find! yay! A first for the TaylorBrats!! TaylorBrats DS (J) found it at 19.10hrs Thursday 16th April 2009. He said the cache was out by about 10m on the co-ords, but I'll have to go back and check it when I get the chance. Plenty of lacross playing muggles about, but none concerned with our expedition... Left: Jimmy the Jolly Jumbuck Swaggie. Took: Hands Up! water pistol Thanks very much for the cache, and for getting us into the swaggie world! 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z TaylorBrats Other Pulled from Eltham Swaggie hotel 16/4/2009 by TaylorBrats youngest. Will squirt some suckers and move it along asap! Thanks for the Swag! TaylorBrats. 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z TaylorBrats Other Jimmy is off on his travels. Any photos of fab places more than welcome! Weren't really sure what to do with this whole swaggie caper, so we hope we got it right! 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Here you go guys, i think this is the first swaggie hotel (although i could be mistaken) so have some fun. Try to remember to make your own free swaggie. Good luck and have fun. 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Swaggie Drop 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Swaggie Drop 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Swaggie Drop 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Swaggie Drop 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Other Swaggie Drop 2008-11-15T00:00:00.000Z GA1272 Christmas in the Ranges # 5 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1272 Christmas in the Ranges # 5 Geocache Geocache Christmas in the Ranges # 5 Team Ladava Bullengarook Victoria Australia Traditional Small 2 1.5

<div>A cache designed for the entertainment of Teams attending the ‘2008 Christmas in the Ranges’ event presented by The Ranges Cachers, Spruce Mooses, Keeper of Time, Riddell, ian-and-penny, feathertop and Team Ladava.</div> <div> </div> <div>This cache will remain active as a reminder of the well attended event.  </div> <div> </div> <div>Enjoy</div> 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z 2Dudez Found I was some distance away from where the cache was when our group found it. A testimony to the cleverness of the cammo. Many thanks for another tricky one! 2008-11-23T00:00:00Z Spruce Mooses Found Found by Adam while at the event. Wonderful hide! Thanks Team Ladava 2008-11-23T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found in company of many.I now cringe when Team Ladava says just put out a new hide.All that time sitting doing not much at all but dreaming up more devious ways to keep cachers confused.And just to add insult to injury he goes and puts in an offset as well.And they call me mongrel. Tnx Team Ladava 2008-11-23T00:00:00Z Riddell Found Ahhh..how many times have we done this before. I seem to recall other caches of a similar standard and configuration. Yes, like the others the offset co-ords throw you a bit, but the idea is to search. Can't make it to easy, can we? Thanks to Team Ladava for a most interesting series of caches and the variations in styles. It opened my eyes to the possibilities. The Riddellers [:)] 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z feathertop Found This was the first of the series that I found and I must not have prepared myself for these as I got a rude shock when I first couldn't find it. Widened my search area and then found the well hidden cache and I knew then I was up against a formidable foe in Team Ladava. TNLN 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Romax Found Found by Roma and Max in the company of Phetlern. As a point of interest we were both using Garmin GPSMap60C & Cx receivers yet our machine, (60C), had us searching about 7m away from Peters, consequently he made another find for this search team. This container is well worthy of its chance to remain and challenge future searchers. Romax. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z McAdies Found Found by McAdies. This along with all the other hides were fantastic. It was good to do them throughout the day with lots of different caching teams. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork. So many good caches today in the rain and hail. We chose a good time to be escorted around the traps by Team Ladava today and I'm glad they were there as I'm not sure I would have found this one without a lot of other people looking at the same time. It is a cunning hide and one that is worthy of bearing the Team Ladava stamp. Thanks Team Ladava for these caches today. It brought another level of fun to the event. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Robmc Found A nicely made container. Most GPS's had us in the corner, so there was only one way to go from there. It still took a while. A great series. Thanks, Robmc. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found By the time we got to this cache we were all looking for the now usual cumming hide to be fooled again by a more traditional hiding method. Even then it took another cacher in the group to find it. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z SamCarter Found Found with pandpp, whose company I had enjoyed on our excursion around this impressive collection of caches. This was our last of the Christmas in the Ranges hides, and although we had been given a hint by another cacher earlier in the day, we found ourselves backed into a corner and the clue had me thinking of/searching for an object of a different size. After fearing I might have to give up I widened the search a bit, and then spotted another well-camouflaged hide, just as the owner arrived with micaparamedic in tow. (#506) Thanks for an inspiring collection of caches, Team Ladava; I'm not sure I have the time, skills and imagination to do as well, but it's certainly something to aspire to. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z bogonghazy Found Came across another team as we approached it, who luckily for us, picked it up in our presence, signed our name for us, and put it back again. Ahh, teamwork at it's best. TFTHelp Chewinprickles & Gang, and TFTC Team Ladava 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Kinkell1 Found Someone had just found this as we approached so we got to log the find too! Nice camo!! TFTC 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z pandpp Found The co-ords were out, intentionally we were told. Crikeys, it was hard enough without the extra resistance offered by this factor. A nice technique. I'd walked right up to it, but was facing the opposite direction, so didn't even see it, let alone give it consideration. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Alansee Found Another cache found with a group at the event. Robmc came up with this one despite a bit of a furphy from a previous finder. At least either this one or #6 should stay also please Team Ladava! 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 15:00 Found in company with team Romax while at the Christmas In The Ranges event. Another component in an amasing collection of caches - a Geocaching Expo perhaps! TNLNSL - TFTH Team Ladava. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Uncle Jiffy Found Found by (shown to) Uncle Jiffy on 22 Nov 2008 in the presence of many others and the guru who made and hid it. I wasnt even close on this one. Well done Ian another great hide. TNLNSL 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Trunksnsuch Found Way to go - mob effort - never been part of one of these before. Great cache that I would have been pleased with myself to have found on my own. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z pprass Found Found at 3.00pm GAFF5. Once again not good enough to find it. Didn't know about the "intentional offset" as we would not have poured over that structure for so long. A good camo in any case. Thanks Team Ladava. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 22/11/2008 14:29 [:)]. This one took a lot longer as we searched in and out and around about until after Ian of [i]The Swaggies[/i] called a helpline the cache was revealed [:)] TNLN Cheers Team Ladava 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Freeunicorn Found Found in company with the get-together group at the christmas event.Thanks Team Ladava and the organising Team. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z The Swaggies Found Rhinogeo and us were having a little trouble locating this cache and as we could see the next group fast approaching we had to call the help line and they pointed us in a different direction. Found pretty quickly after that. We had also seen another one of those in Bendigo recently, so we should have found it quicker. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Dicksontwo Found Logging as a find with some embarrassment as it was part of a lesson in how devious some Hiders can be. Very well done, Team Lavada, you took our experience to a new level. 2008-11-21T00:00:00Z Team GraMon Found [272] 6.55pm. Another great one on a damp evening. 2008-11-21T00:00:00Z cdmark Found We headed out on the day prior to the event to case out the area and thought we would have a crack at a few of the specially created caches for the event. We managed to snare this one in between showers and glad we did, what a great clever hide. Well done again Team Ladava. Crafty buggers! 2008-11-19T00:00:00Z teamppss Found Found in company of Chelsea08 prior to the event on the weekend due to time constraints for me and Chelsea08's inability to attend. Another well postioned and well thought out cache hide in the series at this location, good to see this one will stay after the event. Many thanks Team Ladava, looking forward to the event on Saturday 2008-11-15T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Other Available now 2008-11-15T00:00:00.000Z GA1271 [Ash-Wed] Macedon Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1271 [Ash-Wed] Macedon Geocache Geocache [Ash-Wed] Macedon vk3jap Macedon Victoria Australia Multi Regular 2 1.5

[Ash-Wed] Macedon

The first in VK3JAP's Ash Wednesday Series of caches dedicated to the Fires of "Ash Wednesday" - Wednesday February 16th 1983 which impacted this area heavily. **Please do not do this cache if you are just out for a day of numbers** The cache has historical significance and one best left for a day when you can enjoy it. A Sunny day at GZ with a coffee from the Coffee Shop not far away would be ideal - there are plenty of places for kids to play and for you to rest, read and enjoy. This cache has been made as a Multi-Cache such that it won't attract the drive by numbers bandits though it is not an overly challenging cache, well you might have some fun at WP1 I hope. The cache constitutes some of the design ideals from the various caches I've done and I think should touch the caching buttons we all like - a fun find, an Ammo Can with good swaps, a lovely spot backed with interesting history - the Final GZ is quite topical. This Cache is a Trifecta Multi-Cache - a Trifecta? Have a look when you open the cache log book, it's multi faceted, you'll see what I mean.. don't just be in a hurry to sign the log and move on. When you get to GZ please take the time to read the first section of the log book, it contains information about the events for which the cache is named around, there are also photo's in there as well. I do hope you take the time to write a decent log entry in the book and online as tlnlsl-tftc's not appreciated on this one. The Listed co-ordinates are those of WayPoint 1 - at Waypoint 1 you will find a clue which will lead you on to the actual cache(GZ)     2009-08-10T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found again 3.30pm One a rare day off work I was showing a friend some of the caches in the area. It was great to revisit this cache that I previously logged on GC so I thought this time I would book it as GCA. Cache still well hidden and in good condition. TNLNSL Thanks again vk3jap 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Alansee Found I don't do that many GCA caches for several reasons, but this one was well worth the effort. A very well done wp1 and neat hide at GZ. One of the things that I value about caching is that it enables us to take the time out to remember people and events that need to be remembered. The memorial near Linton is one such that comes to mind. Thanks to VK3JAP for highlighting this are as well. 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 3:14 A nice afternoon to go caching had most of the family out at Macedon and surrounds today. Not looking for anything too hard we thought this one might be fun. Well we were right about the fun and not too hard. A bit of wandering with the GPS and we came across something not quite right and we found the redirector. A cunning and clever piece of work at the redirector and quite a bit of fun to see and use. A quick drive to GZ and the cache was in hand in short order. It was great to see another ammo can in the wild. They're rare as hens teeth, but are always fun to find. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks vk3jap for the experience today. I will be logging this cache at GCA and GC but not TC as they cancelled my account for not finding enough TC's. *Overall Experience: 4* GAFF 1 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache with caughtatwork and mummy. I liked the first part and the ammo can. I love ammo cans. Thank you. 2008-11-30T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Thanks TNLN TFTC. Dear vk3jap, today featherdown and I found your great cache. As we approached WP1 the fire brigade guys were out having a yack with each other so I could not search without arousing unwanted attenetion. It seemed ironic that with the theme of this cache that the fire brigade may thwart me. We gritted our teeth and retired for a latte and when we returned I found the coords just where I knew they would be though this is a great hide. The events of 1983 are still with me as I was living near Kyneton then but on the fateful day I was trapped in Melbourne. The folowing day I returned to assist with mopping up operations with the Pastoria volunteers. My most vivid memory was of a family friend who raced out from Melbourne to save his property in the Black Forest. As he arrived the jet engine roar of the approaching fire caused him to drive his near new volvo straight into his farm dam lest he become another victim. Thanks for this cache, well put together and an ammo tin too. 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z teamppss Found Great cache with a clever WP1 hide to start off with. Loved the log book and all the work put into the contents of the book. Great research as I have lived in the area most of my life and still vividly remember that evening sitting on top of Mt Gisborne, the fire sounding like a freight train as it headed toward the Mount. I joined the CFA a couple of weeks after the fires and am still an active member today. Took sparklers and left lip gloss. TFTC vk3jap 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z Riddell Found For much of the state "Ash Wednesday", or February 16 1983, strikes fear into our hearts, however for locals this fear commenced 2 weeks earlier on 1 February. The fire started near Braemar College in Woodend at around 1pm and it is believed to have been caused by Woodend Water Board contractors using a grinder to repair a water main. The fire soon spread through the forest towards the settlements of Cherokee and Kerrie, both deep in the Macedon Ranges gullies. The entire upper part of the range became an inferno spreading quickly toward Riddells Creek. As night began to fall the sky behind the town was glowing red. The fire ended up destroying 18 houses, including houses in Yaamba Road and Mt. Charlie Road. 60 people took refuge in the Riddells Creek Primary School after evacuating their homes. Resources used at the fire were 76 tankers from brigades as far away as Otway Ranges, 6 Bulldozers and a number of aircraft including an RAAF Hercules bomber, 2 helicopters and 2 light aircraft who all assisted by dropping retardants on the fire. The Hercules is credited with saving 2 houses at Cherokee. The fire burnt approximately 6200 hectares, including 1000 hectares of State Forest. When Ash Wednesday hit, the local brigade had only just finished mopping up after the February 1st fires. The rest is history. I recommend reading "Out of the ashes" - Celebrating the Centenary of the Riddells Creek Fire Brigade By Teresa Boydle. Another cache found, another nice day out. The Riddeller 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z vk3jap Other Set to Active 2008-11-14T00:00:00.000Z GA1279 Theres a bear down there Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1279 Theres a bear down there Geocache Geocache Theres a bear down there Oakman Walkerville Victoria Australia Traditional Small 2 1

You need to follow the signs

Located in South Gippsland this area has a lot to offer. A natural area fronting bass strait and opposite Wilson Prom this camping area has it all including a spetic toilet system.  Pit fire places as well, suitable for caravans, camptrailers ect. This Cache a small camoflarged plastic container has inside * log, fork and bulldog clip. BYO Pen   Jura lbh frr "C" bire n grag. Ybbx R 122 qrt nobhg 12 feet sbe urer 2009-04-15T00:00:00Z oakman Note Visited site 15/4/09. Checked cache location still in original spot contents appeared muggled replaced with various item 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z pprass Found Suppose we found it by default. Once again you have to read the hint to find the cache which is odd. btw- the hint should be "zrger" and not "srrg". Thanks Oakman. 2008-11-16T00:00:00Z oakman Other Placed Friday 14/11/2008 2008-10-04T00:00:00.000Z GA1222 [CATS] - A Stony Backwash Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1222 [CATS] - A Stony Backwash Geocache Geocache [CATS] - A Stony Backwash caughtatwork Fishermens Bend Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

The 99th cache by caughtatwork is a Geocaching Australia only cache for those who aren't hung up on the GC vs. GCA differences.

This cache is located in the Stony Creek backwash, to the north of the Westage bridge. Even from here the sound coming off the traffic on the bridge is quite loud. For thousands of years the Stony Creek has carried its load of rainwater on a serpentine journey from St Albans, Sunshine and Yarraville to its destination at the Stony Creek Backwash by the Yarra River. In addition to carrying the rainwater, the Backwash provided life to the flora and fauna as well as providing food and necessities to the Aboriginal Marin bulluk clan. The Quarrymen arrived in the late 1800s and used the Stony Creek bluestone to supply stone for Melbourne's earliest public buildings such as Pentridge. Stony Creek Backwash was a quarry ground where the tramlines would run to the Yarra docking area to deliver ballast to ships. Assisted by the help of the Friends of Stony Creek the area is once again becoming an important natural asset. Water birds that visit the site are the Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia), a usually spotless bird with a distinctive black spoonbill and black legs. The Great Egret (Ardea intermedia) is also present while being a threatened species, it gracefully flies in random bunches while hunting like a stalker. It is an irregular visitor but always graceful when present. Located near Hyde Street the Backwash supports a rare stand of White Mangroves (Avicennia marina). The White Mangrove is a tough species. It is likely to be the first species to grow on newly emerged mud banks, putting up its distinctive peg roots (pneumatophores) and being sturdy enough to survive in less than ideal conditions. This cache forms part of my Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small and micro caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache. The cache you seek is a 2 liter sistema container which has been enclosed in an ammo can for long term protection. The cache is not hard to find and there have been some items left close by quite deliberately to ensure your find is simple. I hope you enjoy this cache and the general area. Look for the wood and concrete at the base of the tree. 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z Toy Car Found This was my first of 5 caches found today on my way to Werribee. Had a nice walk on the board walk before going to the cache. It is good to see such a full cache. Took Screw Drivers. Left Toy Car. Thanks for bringing here. 2009-07-25T00:00:00Z PrincessDiala Found A quick and easy find at 7.45pm. Love this series, makes a change from the micro and small caches in this area. TN L: Panda finger puppet SL. Thanks once again caughtatwork for the cache! 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 10.05am Navigating towards this one found us whizzing past looking for somewhere to park. The first spot was nearly 500m passed !!!! oh well, we need the fitness I guess so we power walked back and found a likely track in. Saw lots of muggles walking dogs but were lucky to hit a quiet patch as we got to GZ. Uncovered the cache in the first place we checked and with C@W's signature container it was a great and well stocked cache. TNLNSL Many thanks Peter it was a refreshing change to find a big-un amongst all the micros and nanos that we searched for today. 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z Alansee Found I was aware of this spot from Birdwatching days and so an easy, enjoyable stroll to gz and a quick find. thanks to caughtatwork for yet another hide. The rest of us will have to keep working on them. 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z Coffee and Cache Found C&C father in-law is researching all the creeks and rivers that flow into the yarra, so we thought we'd journey over this side of town today and have a look at the place where the last creek flows into the yarra. It was cache No 626 for us, but our first CGA only cache. About time I reckon. No GCA caches were a bit unpatriotic, but one is ridiculous so we are going to have to find some more. Not too many out east where we are however which is a bit unfortunate. The cache is a beauty, with the best swaps we've seen in a while. Pity we forgot to bring ours. The kids had a nice time anyway. Great view of the bridge from here. Took a few photos. Thanks caughtatwork 2008-11-16T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1650 After doing the new GC cache 200m south at the Westgate Memorial, it was just a short trip to this one. I rode my motorbike down the track and parked only a few metres from the cache, but I wish I'd had more time, as I would have liked to have followed the very interesting looking boardwalk leading across the water at the entrance to the backwash and done a bit of a circuit of the area. It's funny how spots like this were once considered to be untidy, rubbishy swamps unfit for much of anything - but now, despite the heavily industrialised surrounds, they are becoming recognised as important flora and fauna habitats. TNLN Thanks caughtatwork - a very nice cache it was too - I hope it manages to attract a good number of finders. 2008-10-10T00:00:00Z Spruce Mooses Found It was a lovely afternoon for a walk in the sun, and given we were both home early it seemed like a perfect time to get this cache. Walked the long way around over the backwash. Found the cache nice and easy. Left some badges, took nothing. Thanks C@W for the cache! 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z pwags Found FTF at 2:55pm this beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon! We enjoyed the pleasant stroll to this cache, not really expecting to get the FTF after seeing it listed last night... surely someone would have beat us to it this morning? An empty logbook - always so good to see. Excellent also to find such a big cache so close to the city - this must be one of the closest ammo cans to the CBD? We concluded our visit with an enjoyable lap of the backwash. TNLNSL. Many thanks c@w for another great CATS cache. 2008-10-04T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other It's alive, alive I tell you, alive bwahahahahaha! 2008-05-31T00:00:00.000Z GA1107 Camp Hill Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1107 Camp Hill Geocache Geocache Camp Hill Rigger64 Brandy Creek Victoria Australia Virtual Other 1 1.5

This Cache is on to of a hill & the views from on a good day are great.  I found this spot whilst working in the area on the telco towers nearby. There are also a couple of winery's & guest houses in the area as well. It can get a bit Wet/Muddy here after it has rained but you should still get in with a 2WD.   Your mission should you choose to accept is: Email me the answers to the following Quetsions.. 1. How many spots denote visible features? 2. What is the Elevation of Camp Hill? 3. How many other markers are there around the outside main feature?   & what is the signifagance of them? 4. & Finaly Get a Photo of the main Feature with GPSr showing the Co-ords.   Ok To Q3 Part 2 Orintation Pionts 2008-07-15T00:00:00Z cycliste Found What a pleasant surprise to find a new cache within easy cycling distance of home. Beautiful day so headed straight up there and had the answers to the questions within the hour. Great view and was surprised to see you can see French Island from there. Thanks for the ride and the cache. 2008-06-29T00:00:00Z Rigger64 Note I have made some changes to this one 2008-06-02T00:00:00Z Geodes Note Is this really a virtual - if so, what info do we need to gather and send to you? The description indicates there may be a real cache there and, if so, then this should be classified as a traditional cache [:)]. 2008-04-27T00:00:00.000Z GA1078 Red Earth Treasure Chest Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1078 Red Earth Treasure Chest Geocache Geocache Red Earth Treasure Chest Team RooBok Mooroolbark Victoria Australia Other Regular 2 3

A puzzle multi-cache, the given co-ordinates are the best place to park, NOT THE CO-ORDINATES OF THE CACHE.

“Mooroolbeek” is thought to be the name given by the local Wurundjeri Aboriginal people ("moorool" meaning red and "beek" the earth). The name "Mooroolbark" was to be popularised with eventual European settlement in the late 1800s. A rural hub developed around the train station that offered rail access to Melbourne. The clues to this cache are hidden in the "Red Earth" Series available at GC.com <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8ff5bbed-990e-4870-8580-2c6636425bd7" target="_blank"> Red Earth 1 - Transport</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b70706c8-1349-4798-9013-f40fe47c920b"> Red Earth 2 - Sport</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d74be201-59a9-4e33-ad6e-29b772478768"> Red Earth 3 - Vista</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=068247c6-5062-4267-ab4c-aaa8a5f1a789">Red Earth 4 - Recreation</a> The co-ordinates to this cache are S37 45.((A*(x+y))+(A/B)+x-y) E 145 18.((A*x)+x) The container is a 2 litre ice cream container painted brown and original contents include: <ul> <li>stickers</li> <li>yo-yo</li> <li>plastic soldier</li> <li>Malta pin</li> <li>Corona keyring</li> <li>blue squashy-face</li> <li>plastic wolf</li> <li>pair of Bombardier cuff-links</li> <li>and a BWS discount voucher</li> </ul> <table width="80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"> <img border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/kid.gif" alt="Kid Friendly" /> Kid Friendly <img border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/handicap0.gif" alt="No Wheelchair Access" /> No Wheelchair Access <img border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/date.gif" alt="Available year-round" /> Available year-round <img border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/snow_icon.gif" alt="Available in Winter" /> Accessible in Winter<img border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/sight.gif" alt="Scenic View" /> Scenic View <img border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/pw.gif" alt="Muggles" /> Beware of Muggles!</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center">Generated by <a href="http://www.9key.com/selector.asp">The Selector</a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Hide looks like a giant bonfire ready to be lit. 2009-03-23T00:00:00Z franklj Found I am a babe in the woods with this type of cache. Tftc Team Roobok. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z mattatk Found Found today by my son, Will (grade 1 & he got all the maths right!!) TFTC great view 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z Robmc Found Thanks for this series. We completed it at night, daylight savings isn't working for long enough for us to get over here. A great view from GZ and a nice hide. Thanks, Robmc. 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found We didn't have the necessary info to complete this series but did collect all the clues, so after a phone call to a friend we inserted the said clues and soon found this cache. Not a bad spot either and despite it being dark the view was pretty good. Thanks indeed. A most enjoyable series 2008-07-04T00:00:00Z pwala Found After completed cache series, gladly found this one @ 5:25pm without any problem. Nice park and enjoy stroll with Everlasting. TFTC [:)]. 2008-07-04T00:00:00Z Everlasting Found Accompanied with pwala for the day. Excellent one. SL. Thanks Team RooBok for organising the cache and hunt. 2008-06-17T00:00:00Z davroy Found Found @ 1920. Found with ggkof whilst on our usual Tuesday caching night. All the preliminaries done, it was off to this one. First the hill, then the fence, but no problems there. GZ was obvious, but where is the cache? Found in the first place I looked. The view at night is great. 2008-06-17T00:00:00Z ggkof Found Found @ 19:25 with Davroy on our regular Tuesday night caching evening. Quick find once we had gathered the clues from the rest of the series. TFTC. TNLNSL 2008-06-05T00:00:00Z Scooters Mob Found Found @ 14:10. I was out at Lilydale for work with a colleague and told him about caching. I think we have another convert as he was very excited to find that the this existed. He was going to sign up tonight. TNLNSL TFTC 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache with caughtatwork today. It was a bit tough climbing up the hill but when we got there I found the cache. It was very nice to look around and see all of the houses and things. Thank you Team RooBok. 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 3:39 Plugging in the clues collected from the first 4 of the Red Earth series, we were surprised to find the cache so close to number 4. Not to complain at all. We trudged up the hill fearing the fence, but as we rounded the corner and saw the open gate we feared no more. As we got to GZ there was really only one obvious place, but which tricky location would it be in. GabGab came up with the goods at this location while I was around the other side. I fear for this type of container. They are not waterproof and while the cache is out of the rain, condensation may build up and cause some issues as time goes by. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks Team RooBok for this series of nice easy caches for a sunny Sunday afternoon. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1440 I've had the coords for this one since last Monday after doing the prelims, but the weather for the rest of the week was a bit ordinary, so I wasn't keen to do a pre-work motorbike ride to finish the series off. This afternoon, things had fined up quite a bit so I managed to slip away from home and do a few quick ones out this way. I parked at the recommended spot and, after a short walk, it looked as though I was heading for private property behind a chain-link fence. Luckily, there was a gate which looked as though it is permanently open and I headed through - to be greeted by some pretty extensive views of the surrounding area [:)]. At this point, there was only one spot where GZ could conceivably be and, after a quick search, the cache was in hand [:D]. TNLN Thanks Team RooBok - a fun series which took me through some areas I hadn't visited before, despite living fairly close and travelling around here quite regularly. 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z 38 degrees south Found I'd enjoyed the tour of the preliminary Red Earth caches this afternoon/evening, and really wanted to find this one before heading back home. Approaching GZ, I too thought I was doomed by a fence, but it appears that there has been public access to this area for quite a while. Not only is the view from GZ excellent, but it's the manner in which the view is approached and presented that makes it even more impressive - well, at night, anyway! TNLN & SL at 7pm. Thanks Team Roobok for the cache - a top way to round-out the series! Regards, 38degsouth. 2008-04-26T00:00:00.000Z GA1080 Joshua's 2nd Birthday Bash Cache Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1080 Joshua's 2nd Birthday Bash Cache Geocache Geocache Joshua's 2nd Birthday Bash Cache Team RooBok Mount Evelyn Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1

A small lock-n-lock container.

Lillydale Lake is a man made lake in Lilydale, about 45 kilometres east of Melbourne. It is a beautiful place where many people  can go for a paddle, ride there bikes and have picnics and barbeques. The lake was built to protect the township of Lilydale from flooding after big storms. Construction began in May 1988 and was completed in June 1990. It was officially opened on July 5th 1991.  The total cost of building Lillydale Lake was around 2 million dollars. There are some beautiful wetland areas around the lake to visit with many species of birds to be seen. The most common sightings are ducks, parrots, cockatoos and owls. This cache is being placed on the day we held my son's 2nd birthday party at the lake. Initial contents include: Thomas the Tank Engine, plastic giraffe, plastic racing car, plastic spinning top, Corona pin & a squishy face. <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" align="center" border="0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Kid Friendly" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/kid.gif" /> Kid Friendly <img alt="A good cache for your lunchtime" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/lunch.gif" /> Lunchtime Cache <img alt="Available year-round" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/date.gif" /> Available year-round <img alt="Restroom" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/rest.gif" /> Restrooms available <img alt="Water" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/drink.gif" /> Water Available <img alt="Available in Winter" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/snow_icon.gif" /> Accessible in Winter <img alt="Muggles" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/pw.gif" /> Beware of Muggles! <img alt="Park and Grab" align="middle" border="1" src="http://www.9key.com/images/cache_icons/grab.gif" /> Park n Grab</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center">Generated by <a href="http://www.9key.com/selector.asp">The Selector</a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Look under the log. 2009-07-07T00:00:00Z PrincessDiala Note Attempted this cache today..... SO many muggle children around in the payground and muggle adults sitting near by on the benches and both big and little muggles lining up for icecreams at the van... Wisely decided not nab this one, instead lining up for an icecream =oP__ Trip was not totally wasted =oP 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z Team RooBok Other Nice and dry and container replaced. Thanks to all the cachers for the heads-up. 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z Team RooBok Other Challenge 17: Personal Property Passing coin through as part of the Veni, Vidi, Vici game at cachinggames.com and doing some maintenance at the same time. 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found This was my first cache that I have found in Victoria. I am having a holiday down in Melbourne with my relatives. I am staying with my cousiens, Auntie and Uncle down in the Lilydale Academy. This was my fourth day with them. It was looking to be a nice day so we decided to go for a walk around the lake. I then remebered that there was 3 geocaches around the lake. So we found this one before we went walking. And skipped the other two for another day. It was fairly easy finding the cache. But there was alot of muggles that day so we had to be stealth. A nice conainer but it was soaking wet in side and In could barely right on the log book. But we had a very nice walk around the lake. Took Nothing Left Nothing TFTC. Any cache in a location like this is worth stopping. 2008-08-28T00:00:00Z Alansee Found After a disappointing could not look at a nearby cache, this one was an easy find and far enough from the crowd. Cache was very wet inside so I emptied the water and replaced upside down in the hope that that will prevent water getting in. TFTC. 2008-07-24T00:00:00Z davroy Found Found @ 1535. Another GCA cache found and logged. This one was tricky due to the many muggles on the nearby playground. I was able to grab the cache unseen however. Cache was full of dirty brown water, logbook was damp but was still able to be written into. TNLN 2008-07-05T00:00:00Z Everlasting Found Happy Birthday to Joshua. Lovely park. Accompanied with pwala. She found it. No swap. SL. Thanks DelBoy1203 for organising the cache and hunt. 2008-07-05T00:00:00Z pwala Found Gladly found this one without any problem. Love this park - been there many times, enjoyed the day with Everlasting. TFTC [:)]. 2008-06-11T00:00:00Z Scooters Mob Found Found @ 14:50 this is in a very conspicuous place under the eyes of lots of muggles. easy find. TNLNSL Thanks For The Cache 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 3:59 We came out to this side of town from the very west of Melbourne today just to grab the 5 Red Earths and this GCA cache. Always a pleasure to see some other GCA caches coming up on the radar. As Geodes mentioned, this cache is so very, very close to a former cache in this area. Only about 2m from my recollection. That particular container ws gnawed at by furry animals, so you may need to keep and eye on this one just to make sure it doesn't get eaten. As per Geodes' comments, the cache container is not waterproof and I had to empty some more water out of it today even though I don't think it has rained overnight. Condensation is a problem with these types of containers and as they flex in and out with the change in temperatures, small amounts of moisture get in and over time will cause the swaps to get all icky. Nevertheless once the cache was found the two girsl screamed off for the playground while I did the logging. We spent another 15 minutes or so playing on the playground. It's certainly the right ace to entertain kids, but it's also so high in muggles, so future finders may end up being seen despite their stealth tactics. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks DelBoy1203. It's good to find another 2 GCA caches. Especially ones I haven't hidden myself :-) Thank you for supporting the site. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache with caughtatwork today. He found this cache today and then my big sister J and I went to the playground while caughtatwork wrote in the log. I loved the playground and I really liked the big spiders web. I had a great time at this playground today. Thank you DelBoy1203. 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1500 When I saw this one - and checked the map to see where it was, memories started flooding back - there was once a short series of caches around Lilydale Lake (the "Ultimate" series of 5 caches) which were so absolutely exposed to muggle view that they were the curse of many cachers. They were some of the earliest caches I did and I still have strong memories of them (the "Cashin's Mill" one was quite an amazing hide in its 1st incarnation) and it looked as though this one was going to be placed very close to where the 1st one in the series had been. As it turns out, it is hidden on the same object, although in a slightly different position and the deja vu was almost overwhelming [;)]. This area is virtually never free of muggles, even on lousy days in the middle of winter, but today wasn't too bad and, under cover of taking off my pack, helmet, gloves, jacket, etc and fumbling through them as if looking for something, I was able to be (hopefully) surreptitious in my search and was able to locate the cache fairly easily. I was surprised that it's quite a big one for such a position and, unfortunately, it had quite a bit of water in it. I emptied it out, and the log book is fine in its ziplock bag, but I think that container is just not waterproof. TNLN Thanks again Team RooBok (or DellBoy1203) - it's a nicely hidden cache and should be fairly safe there unless muggles decide to see what people are looking for. PS Happy Birthday to Joshua [:D] PPS The coords for this one are S37o 45.927' E145o 21.483' and the coords for the old "Ultimate #1" were S37o 45.928' E145o 21.483' - quite a coincidence!!! 2008-04-05T00:00:00.000Z GA1057 [CATS] - In the Pink Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1057 [CATS] - In the Pink Geocache Geocache [CATS] - In the Pink caughtatwork Balliang Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

The 91st cache by caughtatwork takes you into the Brisbane Ranges National Park.

Reids Road is the approach to the cache site and parking is available only some 50 meters from the cache location. Reids Road is a dirt road and when wet can be slightly muddy, but the road base is hard and you will be able to get there in the smallest of 2WD vehicles without any problems. The cutting here is quite fascinating with a definite pink hue to the rocks on the west side of the road. The east side is quite normal for this area. The whole of the Brisbane Ranges National Park is quite amazing with various eucalyptus trees and grass trees growing through the park. Please note that this is area is not quarantined due to the proliferation of Cinnamon Fungus a.k.a. Phytophthora cinnamomi which causes die back amongst the native flora in other parts of the park. This cache has been placed as part of my [CATS] Campaign Against The Small series. There are a plethora of small caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache, so here's one right here. You are looking for a 2 liter sistema container hidden inside an ammo can which has been disguised to match the surroundings. What could be better than a drive in the country, a view of the bush and a cache at the end. I hope you enjoy this cache. Under the slab behind the cutting. 2009-07-26T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava including Grandchildren around 11.30 With of mission of babysitting this weekend and with their specific request to go treasure hunting, a trifecta of caughtatwork's CATS hides seemed the prefect solution for boisterous,noisy and excided kids. We love bush caching and your invariably well stocked were very well received. Took bike lock, ball and skipping rope (I think) Left Harry Potter card pack, horse and kick sacks (I think) Our thanks to c@w for another masterpiece . 2008-12-21T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found 4.03pm : Cache 7 out of 10 for the day In the car : Ian(vk3jap), Gina(GeoGinaG), Jordan & Ksenija Found by : vk3jap Notes : Had to grab this one, we had actually driven straight past it when going to GC1AXFK! .. certainly is quite a pick piece of rock and I'm always amazed as the various cuttings they do to make our roads. TNLN TFTC - Team VK3JAP *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2008-10-17T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found GPS had a few issues and led us on a bit of a wild goose chase. After a few minutes we decided to ignore the GPS and use our common sense and soon found the cache. Really enjoying the CATS - they are great for the geomunchkins! T - rubber ball, car and clip L - 2 lightening mcqueen pens and some bubbles 2008-07-06T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman and the Facit Family at 12:58 Cache name made perfect sense as we drove up! Parked the car and found another well stock large cache! Took nothing Left stickers Thanks caughtatwork 2008-07-04T00:00:00Z pwags Found Our first find in the Brisbane Ranges this morning... great to find an ammo can well hidden out here. TNLNSL. Many thanks for this cache,c@w! 2008-06-22T00:00:00Z feathertop Found It seems bizarre that this is only the second find on this cache. Anyway I was not going to drive right past it and had plans to find it along with all the others in the area. A nice rocky feature and a great hiding place too. TNLN thanks caught at work. 2008-04-26T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 8.45am Well I'm tickled pink to have a FTF on this one. I saw it appear along with a few others a couple of weeks ago but family commitments prevented me from getting here till now. I had watched it for over 2 weeks and I am amazed that no one has beat me to it. As always the cache was very well stocked and was a great start to a fun day of caching. Took Torch Left A "Keeper of Time" x 2 plus 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2008-04-05T00:00:00.000Z GA1058 [CATS] - Kangaroo Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1058 [CATS] - Kangaroo Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Kangaroo caughtatwork Staughton Vale Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

The 92nd cache by caughtatwork continues your tour into the Brisbane Ranges National Park.

Thompsons Road is the approach to the cache site and you should turn into Kangaroo Track as you mosey along. Tmopsons Road is a dirt road and when wet can be slightly muddy, but the road base is hard and you will be able to get there in the smallest of 2WD vehicles without any problems. Kangaroo Track is somewhat narrower, but the road base remains hard with only a few shallow potholes to watch out for. Take it slow and your 2WD should have no problems getting to the cache site. The whole of the Brisbane Ranges National Park is quite amazing with various eucalyptus trees and grass trees growing through the park. Kangaroo Track was one that I happened upon while cruising around the area and thought it would be nice to have a cache along this quiet little track. Please note that this is area is not quarantined due to the proliferation of Cinnamon Fungus a.k.a. Phytophthora cinnamomi which causes die back amongst the native flora in other parts of the park. This cache has been placed as part of my [CATS] Campaign Against The Small series. There are a plethora of small caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache, so here's one right here. You are looking for a 2 liter sistema container hidden inside an ammo can which has been disguised to match the surroundings. What could be better than a drive in the country, a view of the bush and a cache at the end. I hope you enjoy this cache. Two meters off the track in a tree stump. 2008-12-21T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found 3.11pm : 4th of the day out of 10 In the car : Ian(vk3jap), Gina(GeoGinaG), Jordan & Ksenija Found by : Team vk3jap Notes : Another nice [CATS] cache by C@W we were thinking of driving right down this track but decided to go hunt some other caches whilst in the area. TFTC - Team VK3JAP *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2008-08-24T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Featherdown and I were driving into this are to find a couple of caches and this was a cache I was not going to miss. It is always nice to see big well stocked caches but a little sad that others will probably drive right past here in search of other booty. Thanks Peter. TNLN 2008-07-06T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman and The Facit-Family at 11:40 After the complexity of Musical Mayhem Doo Be Doo Be Doo it was great to find a nice traditional cache. And BIG too [:)] Parked nearby and found after a brief search. Took watch (s-facit was pretty pleased) Left scoobies and gel pen Thanks caughtatwork for a fun day in the Brisbane Ranges 2008-07-04T00:00:00Z pwags Found Another great CATS cache from c@w - well hidden in a wonderful part of Victoria. TNLNSL. TFTC! 2008-04-26T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 10.00am Great drive in to GZ and yet again I am amazed to have my 2nd FTF for the day. I was hoping to get both of the new cache put out here but had to wait for my chance to get to the area. Missed the last side turn and ended up doing a bit of bush bashing over the last 100m. Really loved the grass trees, there everywhere. Took Skipping Rope Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2008-01-28T00:00:00.000Z GA0981 Where has all the water gone? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0981 Where has all the water gone? Geocache Geocache Where has all the water gone? madloch Tallangatta Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

Where has all the water gone is a beautiful location - even with no water!

A great place to picnic, walk, launch a boat and swim (sometimes!). The hume weir usually makes this location a perfect place for water activities but at the moment, with the hume dam ever so low (around 18%) , there is no water to be seen. It's an awesome opportunity to walk all the way across the river bed! Or, you could take a picnic and do a spot of geo-caching! Beware the nosy neighbours that overlook the picnic bench and GZ. Original cache contents: Notepad & pencil, Rex coaster, hair decoration, witch clicker toy, 2 x army men, and a key tag. Leave no rock unturned, below the picnic table. 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Not Found 10:50 Had a fairly good look here as no-one was nearby, but came up empty handed. Perhaps if I had lots more time I could have found it, but maybe it's not there either? There certainly doesn't appear to be much water here, another boat ramp is not quite long enough... 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z Peekans Found Our first search and first find! Great view and found cache in good condition in good hiding spot. Took: clicky toy Left: Hi-Bounce ball 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Marcus Vitruvius Found Found at 0550. Have driven by here a few times before, but had never the time to stop by a grab this one. By the light of the torch, this one was found completely exposed in it's hiding place. Will be an interesting cache find once the water level rises again. TNLN. TFTC. 2008-03-29T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 200803291245 [:)]. The RhinoMobile turned this one into a nice driveby so while The Seagull waited in the vehicle I was able to make an easy find of the partially exposed cache [8D] TNLN and re-hid the cache better than I found it Cheers Madloch 2008-03-13T00:00:00Z Romax Found 11.15am It is nice to be able to find a cache on the Australian website, and a pity that these hides don't get as much attention as their more international cousins! However we enjoy both sources, as a geocache is a geocache, no matter where it may be located from! In: Mondo. Out: Goofy Soft Toy. Thank you madlock, we guess you may have to make a minor relocation if we ever get enough aqua pura to refill this water feature! Romax. 2008-02-02T00:00:00Z D J GeoDog Rascal Found Out for a ride on my bike today to find a couple of caches and do some maintainance on a couple more. This was my 2nd FTF today. Was surprised on how easy this one was to find. It was very visable from below, but not so from the top. This cache will be submerged when (and if) the lake once again reaches 100%, it will have to be moved before then. Also seen 2 of the largest quartz rock peices I have ever seen, very close to the cache. Signed log at 1640, and covered it a little better. 2007-10-16T00:00:00.000Z GA0902 Honeysuckle Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0902 Honeysuckle Geocache Geocache Honeysuckle Browny1331 Glenisla Victoria Australia Traditional Small 2 2

This is an area we annually visit each year from South Australia.  We camp generally for a week in an area not far from this cache where abundant animal life prevails. Hopefully you will see kangaroos, emus, echidna's, lizards and maybe even a snake on your hunt! This cache is in a pretty obvious place and shouldn't pose a problem to most. Be mindful of where you park your car, for yours and other road users safety, as there isn't much room off the main road.  Make sure you enjoy the peace and serenity when you turn off your car engine! The birdlife is abundant and fabulous to listen to. The cache is a small blue Eclipse mints tin inside a resealable bag. It has only a small pencil and a notebook crammed inside which may pose a little difficult to get out at first. It may pay to bring a spare biro or pencil with you just in case. 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z demath Not Found does this one still exist? 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z GA0873 Buckleys falls giraffe Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0873 Buckleys falls giraffe Geocache Geocache Buckleys falls giraffe finchfella Highton Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

One in a series of 6 caches hidden in about 200 metres

2008-06-21T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 12:25 This series popped-up as we were doing some other caching in the area. TNLN..SL TFTH Finchfella. 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z Bushfire Found Down in the area to check on my GC cache and noticed that this cache had been muggled so picked up what was left including log book and rehid where I thought it had been. 2007-11-10T00:00:00Z cheeeeese2001 Found Nice easy find - the biggest problem was the number of muggles around. Is much quieter during the week. I agree - this cache won't last as even if it doesn't get muggled, it won't survive the weather. TNLN, thanks. 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z Romax Found 12.35pm Found by Roma and Max. Being in the general area for a geo event, and now having easy access to GA cache locations courtesy of c@w, we set about searching for this series. We agree that the container could be of a more durable construction but we enjoyed the placement and the search. We signed the log but TNLN. Thanks finchfella for your effort. Romax. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 1:20 What a nice area for a cache. I walked down from the top carpark so I was able to take in the general area on the way down. It's quite a pleasant walk. The cache was an easy find as the method of hiding is a complete giveaway. I won't be surprised if this gets muggled given where it's hidden, the way it's hidden and the proximity to the path. The cache container is completely unsuitable as a cache as the plastic is very thing and water will get in, even just through it's somewhat protected from the rain. As the temperature changes over night and during the day, this container is going to crack up. It would be worth putting the log book into a ziplock bag to protect it from the elements and there should also be a stash note which tells muggles what to do should they find it. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks finchfella for a nice easy cache in a nice area. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z GA0874 Buckleys falls giraffe 3 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0874 Buckleys falls giraffe 3 Geocache Geocache Buckleys falls giraffe 3 finchfella Highton Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

One in a series of 6 caches hidden in about 200 metres

2008-06-21T00:00:00Z Phetlern Not Found 12:55 Lack of time and muggles, combined with fresh sour grass meant we need to come back some other time for this one. 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z Romax Found 12.45pm Found by Roma and Max. Although the posted co-ordinates did prove to be accurate it took us longer than it should have to find this container. However when found we discovered water had entered this much more substantial container. The nearby river level had obviously risen after recent heavy rain and partially intruded into the container niche. We dried out all the items and although the log book is slightly damp it is still quite serviceable, we swapped a Mondo Figurine for a Pirate Magnet and replaced all items in 2 zip lock bags. We also took the liberty to replace the container about 1m nearer to the path, still well within the published co-ordinates range, but maybe not yet entirely out of high water level reach! Thanks again finchfella for placing this cache. Romax. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Not Found I couldn't find this cache today. The GPSr was a little all over the place and there were a lot of places it could be hidden. Not quite sure whether it was a small or micro, not sure whether the terrain and rating are correct. I gave it a good 10-15 minutes, but this one has beaten me. 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z GA0875 Buckleys falls giraffe 4 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0875 Buckleys falls giraffe 4 Geocache Geocache Buckleys falls giraffe 4 finchfella Highton Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

One in a series of 6 caches hidden in about 200 metres

2008-06-21T00:00:00Z Phetlern Not Found 12:50 Muggles and lack of time meant we couldn't do a proper search for this one. We'll be back. 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z Romax Found 1.30pm Found by Roma and Max. We did have troubles here initially searching well below where we made our find! We put this down to geo reception as much as the posted co-ordinates accuracy. In: Mondo. Out: Knight Magnet. Thank you finchfella for this cache and the series. Romax. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 1:51 Whoops! This is definately not a terrain 1. There is no way a wheelchair could get up to that access point. I was initially looking for the cache along the path in line with a terrain 1 and difficulty 1, but after 10 or so minutes, I gave up on that idea and set wandering in larger and larger circles. The GPSr was pointing me in both directions from the track so I wasn't sure exactly where to go and I can across the cache only because I saw the blue lid rather than any seeking skills. I recommend that the terrain rating be changed to a 2 and maybe the difficulty to a 1.5 or 2 as well as the cache could be in any on various nook and crannies in the rocks. I'm not sure the cache will survive the temperature changes over the summer and is likely to let in moisture over time. The log book should probably be placed in a ziplock bag and a stash note should be included as well. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks finchfella. This experience wasn't quite as nice as the others in finding the cache, but the area where the cache is hidden is quite pleasant and so quite enjoyable. *Overall Experience: 2* GAFF 1 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z GA0877 Buckleys falls giraffe 5 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0877 Buckleys falls giraffe 5 Geocache Geocache Buckleys falls giraffe 5 finchfella Highton Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

One in a series of 6 caches hidden in about 200 metres. Easy to get to.

Easy caches, close to the car park, not too far off the paths, basically laid out to train hiders and new finders to geocache.  Please send feed back. 2008-06-21T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 12:45 This series popped-up as we were doing some other caching in the area. Given the similar name we are having a bit of difficulty working out which is which! TNLN..SL TFTH Finchfella 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z Romax Found 1.00pm Found by Roma and Max. Took a while to find this one but perseverance paid of. We Left a Mondo for the cache and took a Whistle. Thanks again finchfella for this hide. Romax. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 2:01 Another terrain 1 cache that shouldn't be. A terrain 2 or so rating on this cache would be more appropriate. It would be impossible to get to the cache (or even the general cache area) with a wheelchair which is what a terrain 1 should be indicating. The difficulty wasn't too far off, but that's only because I lucked out on finding it after spotting something not quite right. The cache was very difficult to retrieve as it was slipping further and further under, so when I rehid it, I stuffed something else down first which may relieve the situation for future hiders. Again, this type of container is prone to leaks and the log book should be in a ziplock back along with a stash note to give an indication of what this thing is doing here. The views across to the falls where glorious and very much worth the effort to come down here from Melbourne today. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks finchfella for this cache. There is some feedback in my logs today. Nothing too serious, but a little more attention to the terrain / difficulty ratings and maybe a few more caches under your belt to determine accurate co-ordinates wouldn't go astray. Thanks for this series, of which I am yet to collect 1, so I will return. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z GA0872 Buckleys falls finchfella Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0872 Buckleys falls finchfella Geocache Geocache Buckleys falls finchfella finchfella Highton Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

One in a series of 6 caches hidden in about 200 metres

2009-02-14T00:00:00Z Marshall's Geelong Found Marshall's Geelong found this cache with no real trouble. TFTC. 2008-06-21T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 12:25 This series popped-up as we were doing some other caching in the area. Given the similar name we are having a bit of difficulty working out which is which! TNLN..SL TFTH Finchfella 2007-11-10T00:00:00Z cheeeeese2001 Found Easy find in a nice location with too many mozzies. I agree that the cache description needs more thought. 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z Romax Found 12.35pm Found by Roma and Max. Good co-ordinates made for another easy find. We signed the log but made no exchange with the exception we did leave some more note paper for future logs. Thanks again finchfella. From Romax. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 1:16 An interesting location for the first of 4 GCA caches today. I drove down from Melbourne just to get these caches, so I was pleased with the general area in which they were located. Very pleasant. This cache was a little bit of a surpsrise as I was initially looking for a small cache, but the obvious location was only big enough for a micro. I didn't really check the co-ords as the most obvious place wasthe first place I checked. A quick look and there was the cache. A micro indeed. A change should be made to reflect the correct cache size. The terrain was probably a 1.5 more than a 1 but someone dedicated could consider this suitable for wheelchair access. Took nothing, left nothing. Thanks finchfella for this cache in a nice area. *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2007-09-20T00:00:00Z Bushfire Found Found this cache late Thursday and was not very happy that six new GCA caches are within 160m of Barwon- Old Paper Mill GC139ZR which was placed in May this year.No log but signed the note book page inside the micro.Did not bother to look for others. Have had a chat to the owner who is teaching students on how to use a GPS, and this is a good idea. Three out of the top nine hiders in Victoria 2007 with 79 hides between them had offered to help these guys but they went ahead and put the six GCA caches within 160m of a GC cache!!! Not good enough. 2007-07-22T00:00:00.000Z GA0819 [CATS] - Pickup Sticks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0819 [CATS] - Pickup Sticks Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Pickup Sticks caughtatwork Bullengarook Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2

The 88th cache by caughtatwork takes you where giants have played with their pickup sticks and left them around for the regular sized people to find.

Firth Road will take you to about 100 meters from this cache. There is a small 4WD track that will take you down to the cache site if you're suitably equipped but if you're in a 2WD, don't worry, it's a relatively short stroll of about 100m to GZ. Firth Road is a dirt road and when wet can be quite muddy, but the road base is hard and you will be able to get there in the smallest of 2WD vehicles without any problems. I suggest you follow the track down to the bottom before you attempt to leave the track. You can bush bash earlier if you want to, but it's probably harder to get through the bush here than it is if you just follow the track. You will notice lots of giant pickup sticks in the area and you're headed to one of the larger bundles. If you're heading out in the wet, tread carefully as the track is much used by 4WD vehicles and motorbikes and a slip into a rut may sprain your ankle. This cache has been placed as part of my CATS series. Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache, so here's one right here. You are looking for a 2 liter sistema container hidden inside an ammo can which has been disguised to match the surroundings. What could be better than a drive in the country, a stroll through the bush and a cache at the end? I hope you enjoy this cache. The longest and largest pickup stick which is broken in the middle should reveal the treasure. 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z richard lewis Found 2009-05-17T00:00:00Z richard lewis Found 2009-05-17T00:00:00Z richard lewis Found 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava around 2.00 pm Well, the Easter painting mission was finished and it was time for a few hours caching however babysitting a strong and boisterous Staffi. for our son and his wife told me a few rural caches was the way to go. Scanned, GCA for some forest caches and this one popped up so off we go into the bush again. Oh dear, as we approached GZ there was a feeling of 'we have been here before' as we had been a few metres from this one only a few weeks ago but no matter, an ammo. box in the bush just brimming with goodies is always a good find. Took torch Left salt and pepper shakers Our thanks yet again to C@W for your contribution to CATS (now I know what it means) and a return to the wonderful forests on our doorstep. 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z Teleturnbulls Found Found at 1530. My first GCA cache and what a beauty. Took the GeoFalcon a fair way along the 4wd track for a bit of fun and enjoyed a fairly easy find, albiet a very well placed and hidden one. Another great C@W cache, top quality containers and swaps. Highly recommended. t: Pouch l: Walkman/ Pedometer TFTC Teleturnbulls 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z Teleturnbulls Found Found at 1530. My first GCA cache and what a beauty. Took the GeoFalcon a fair way along the 4wd track for a bit of fun and enjoyed a fairly easy find, albiet a very well placed and hidden one. Another great C@W cache, top quality containers and swaps. Highly recommended. t: Pouch l: Walkman/ Pedometer TFTC Teleturnbulls 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Alansee Found Found straight after a nearby cache in a spell in the rain. This is lovely forest and I don't think that I have ever been here before, thanks caughtatwork. 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Team GraMon Found [277] 4.10pm. Found in company of cdmark & GeoJnr, our 2nd CATS. Nice hide. TNLN TFTC 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 22/11/2008 16:24 [:)]. I certainly wouldn't want to try and pick up any of these sticks but I was lucky enough to have a break in the rain to enjoy a quick find TNLN Cheers c@w 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z cdmark Found Found with Team GraMon and GeoJnr. We headed the short but pleasant walk from 'How The Might Have Fallen' to this one. GeoJnr was pleased to get a closer look at the burnt our car and Mon enjoyed absolutely wetting herself with laughter as I went A over T on the way to this cache. Fun by all and me not able to get a chiropractor appointment the following Monday. Nasty. The well stocked ammo can was found by Mon and GeoJnr enjoyed making his swaps again. Another quality hide C@W. Well done. This is a beautiful area and made even more so after and during the rain on the day post the Christmas in The Ranges event. 2008-11-06T00:00:00Z teamppss Found Revisited the area again to get this, didn't know this was here when I got "fallen giant". Another good hide in a nice area . TNLNSL TFTC 2008-11-02T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found Date/Time : 2NOV @5.15 pm Who: Vk3jap & Cache Mistress Nola Finder : CMN In : Nil Out : Nil *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 3 Notes : Last bush find for the day, always nice to find an ammo can. Have been here before (how the mighty have fallen)..! Note to self, when doing CaW caches always check GCA for nearby hides of the same ilk! Cache in great condition. 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 2.00pm Enjoyed the walk in to GZ but then my GPSr could not make up it's mind where to point so we ended up searching a few likely areas before finally finding the cache. Another great container and some good quality swaps. TNLNSL TFTC C@W 2008-03-22T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 14:40 Picked up this GCA Cache after having done the neighbouring GC Cache. A smaller pick-up-stick was blocking the road so we were pleased we didn't try to 4WD all the way in! Found the cache site was 3m NE od GZ but that was with very poor satellite coverage (2 + 2 at half strength). TNLN..SL TFTH Team C@W. PS - Agree with your sentiments re CATS. 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 9.00am Found by Roma and Max. It was with some de ja vu that we arrived at this site, as it was only recently that we had paid a visit to the neighbouring .com cache. Now that we are more organized this duplication should occur less often, we hope! We left one of our usual Mondo Figurines and took a Finger Puppet Bear. Thanks C@W for another "real"; container. Romax. 2007-10-28T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found I thought this cache was much better than the one across the track, although i do have a soft spot for a GCA cache! TFTC TNLN 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z Mr Emu Found Found today by Mr Emu & Demon Boy @ 11.50 a.m., GAFF1. Imagine our surprise when we looked at the GPS after finding "How Mighty the Fallen" (GC14HD4), and saw another cache on the map - and a "rudely" short distance away too! Aha, a GCA cache. Nice to see another nice big container, and we must admit that we purloined the idea of putting 2L Sistema containers in ammo cans from you - what a great idea. Thanks for the cache caughtatwork. Took: Nil; Left: Nil 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z feathertop Found I would have picked this up the day I picked up the GC one but for lack of knowledge of its existence. However today I was with Oenze and after he logged the GC cache I convinced him to sample his first GCA one. Once he realised it would not bite him he and I logged it. TNLN thanks c@w. 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z oenze Found Found at 4:29pm. and 23rd of the day. Accompanied by Feathertop on another saturday out caching. This is my first GCA find after a bit of a search. TNLN, Signed Log , Thanx Caughtatwork....[:D] 2007-08-05T00:00:00Z Teliko21 Found My partner actually looked and found the details for this one and decided he wanted to go out and try find it. His car is probably not the ideal vehicle for that track, I think we got to within 500m of it when we decided we would actually be able to walk there faster than we can drive. We walked past a burnt out car near GZ, evidence of previous attempts to get to the cache? It was an easy find when we finally got there, thanks for the cache :) 2007-06-24T00:00:00.000Z GA0799 [CATS] - Grass Tree Right Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0799 [CATS] - Grass Tree Right Geocache Geocache [CATS] - Grass Tree Right caughtatwork Pentland Hills Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

The 86th cache by caughtatwork takes you on a stroll through the bush.

Mount Blackwood Road will take you to about 200-300 meters from this cache. There is a turnabout near the waterpoint where you can clearly see the track that will take you on a short stroll to the cache site. The Australian grass tree is one of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins. The grass tree you seek is to the right (hence the cache name) of the track as you approach from your car. It shouldn't be hard to find at all. Please be very careful when you are looking for the cache as the grasslike foliage is tough and not forgiving when poked in the eye or ear. This cache has been placed as part of my CATS series. Campaign Against The Small. There are a plethora of small caches appearing around the traps and I believe it's always nice to find a larger sized cache, so here's one right here. You are looking for a 2 liter sistema container hidden inside an ammo can which has been disguised to match the surroundings. What could be better than a drive in the country, a stroll through the bush and a cache at the end? I hope you enjoy this cache. Hidden under the skirt of the grass tree. The grass tree can been identified by an unnatural pile of rocks in front and behind. 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z feathertop Found I left featherdown in the car as she still hadn't thawed out since Mt Blackwood summit so I trotted off alone. Somehow I left this one out when the other nearby GC cache was published. Today I rectified that omission. Nice big container with tell tale hints guiding the way. Thanks c@w Took playdough left tape measure and keyring. 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z janaliel Found Thanks for the cache. We did three today that were all highly appreciated by the geojuniors! A lovely walk and a treat to have two close together (especially for the littlest who doesn't appreciate having to walk anywhere!!) Think we might have to come back and try the walk another time. Dusk was fast approaching today! Took case, left $3 and a bracelet. 2009-04-10T00:00:00Z johnny_mud Found Found at 1358 by Johnny Mud, Mrs Mud and GeoSam on our way into Wombat State Forest on an Easter camping trip. Great spot to stretch the legs, have lunch and walk the dogs - although we managed to leave on of the dogs leads tied to a tree (without the dog though - he came camping with us!). When we visited on the 13th on the way home the lead was still there so we grabbed it back! Thanks for introducing us to this great area. T - Bubbles. L - Tin of Fantastic 4 tattoos. TFTC! 2009-01-28T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found Found this one first, and it was better than the other in my humble opinion! I did this first and while i found the co-ords a little out, it was much more of a adventure! Thanks for this hide C@W. TNLN 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 11.30am Found by Roma and Max. After spending as much time as we could afford, attempting to find a 2wd way into another nearby GCA hide, (the recent rain had put an end to any chance we may have had), it was a relief to drive to within less than 200m to this GZ. We signed the log and exchanged another of our Mondos for a Necklace. Thanks again C@W for placing this cache and the method we used to pin point it. Romax. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z Mr Emu Found Found today by Mr Emu & Demon Boy @ 2.45 p.m., GAFF3. Believe it or not, we needed the hint! The GPS had us searching a bit far off, and we narrowly avoided being consumed after bumbling through a bull-ants nest (well spotted Demon Boy). It was a good hint, that made it obvious where to look. Our thanks to caughtatwork for this GCA cache that was a pleasant surprise-addition to our discovery of the nearby Grass Tree Left. Took: Nil; Left: Nil 2007-07-15T00:00:00Z 2Dudez Found 4th of 12 finds for the day (10 GC.Com and 2 GCA) Found in the company of TeamRav. After finding it neighbour, we went looking for this one. Deano actually walked straight past it as the GPS was telling us it may have been 8 meters away. A search commenced away from GZ, and as the needle settled, we were brought back to the right location. Missed out on the FTF by a day. No swaps made. Thanks to C@W for another great cache. 2007-07-14T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 10.30am Having visited a neaby cache last week I saw this one a few days later and had to wait the rest of the week before I could return to try for a FTF. So walking back down the track had me wondering if any one else had notice this new .AU cache. The seach was quick and we saw the empty first page YEHHHHHH my first .AU FTF. We think the larger caches are much better than the micros and this was full of goodies. Took Yo-Yo Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Fish Stickers TFTC C@W we always love searching for your caches 2007-05-28T00:00:00.000Z GA0771 Ballarat Cityview Webcam Cache Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0771 Ballarat Cityview Webcam Cache Geocache Geocache Ballarat Cityview Webcam Cache 2Dudez Eureka Victoria Australia Webcam Other 2 1

A webcam cache using the Ballarat Cityview Webcam on the Town Hall

<img alt="" src="http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/868ecfeb-8fc7-442d-934e-7774ec322c02.jpg" /> Our 1st GCA hide, and the 1st webcam Cache in Ballarat. The camera rotates around the sites listed below, so you will not have to wait here for any more than 30 mins for the camera to come back to this spot. There is parking nearby. The co-ordinates will take you to a statue of Queen Victoria , if you look up and across the street you will see the sphere that the camera is housed in. The camera is viewable at <a href="http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/cityview">www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/cityview</a> It stays on each site for approx 1 minute before moving on to the next one. The order of movement is below, and the ones followed by an asterisk are sites that will give you a clear place to to be seen. The best spots are at the waypoint given, or at the front of "Her Majesty's" around the corner in Lydiard St. This list will be handy for whoever is sitting in front of the computer to take your picture, so they can call you when the camera is a couple of moves away. If you want, you can hold up your GPS to prove it is you, or put a sign on the ground with the GCA logo or your Username. Please attach your picture to the log of your visit. We will also accept pics from any of the asterisked sites. If you are short of time and have missed your photo opportunity, one of these spots will be OK, but harder to get a clearer image. If you watch the webcam before you attempt this, you will know where you will have to stand. THE SITES Queen Victoria Square * Armstrong Street Nth St Andrews Cathedral Ballarat Base Hospital St John Of God Hospital Sturt St West Cnr Sturt & Doveton * Ballarat Train Station Ballarat East Eureka Centre Mt Buninyong Cnr Dana & Lydiard Streets Ballarat East Ballarat North Ballarat West * Mining Exchange Sturt Street East Victoria Street Cnr Sturt & Lydiard * Bridge Mall * Old Post Office Alfred Square Craigs Royal Hotel Her Majesty's Theatre * THE CAMERA THEN REPEATS THIS SEQUENCE Disclamers: We do not own or control this webcam. We do not get any warning when this camera is down for maintenance and/or repair. If the webcam is not working, for any reason, a photo taken of you at the statue with your GPS is acceptable. Don't attempt at night. There is a floodlight that points upwards and the bright light flares the webcam's view of Queen Victoria Square at night. The camera was working when this cache was submitted 2007-06-07T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found I spotted this one on Sunday, but it was too late to head into town. And until today I have not been home until after dark. Not that getting home after dark is all that hard at this time of year. I think the sun rises about 10 and sets about 4. I wanted to take the geoferret with me, but thought the FTF would only wait for so long, so today instead of lunch I had cache. I don't stand out too well. I should really have been wearing bright orange safety gear to make me stand out. I'm even waving! Happily I could see the camera pointing at me, because there were a few people looking at me whilst I stood in the middle of Sturt Street. Thanks 2Dudez. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0771/816609148.jpg'> 2007-04-29T00:00:00.000Z GA0735 One of the Others Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0735 One of the Others Geocache Geocache One of the Others roundcircle Buninyong Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

This Cache is in a small Revegetation Reserve

Ballarat is fortunate to have a number of small reserves that are trying to maintain patches of original vegetation. They are small area's that are designed to entertain native flora and fauna, rather than people. This is the first in an occasional series of GCA caches hidden in some of the smaller of these reserves. Please enjoy the location. This cache is a 200ml Sistema container. (Sorry, I know I complain about micro's in bush settings. I have not been able to buy an ammo box, and there aren't any really good spots for one anyway. Once the cache has had a couple of finds I'll add a detailed hint.  Whilst I think it's well hidden, the hide should stand out to most GeoCachers.) Note to self. Add a hint. 2009-08-22T00:00:00Z Marshall's Geelong Found Marshall's Geelong found this cache today with Cheryl, On our Trip in Ballarat. TNLN TFTC 2009-07-16T00:00:00Z bristlehound Found Great to find these little areas of natural bush left to enjoy. Should be a lot more of them, especially in otherwise built up areas. Many thanks for showing me this one Round Circle. Nice easy find in a very pleasant location. 2008-02-05T00:00:00Z dazza1 Found Straightforward find today, now I have some finds under my belt, visited here some time ago and didnt get close. Note : beware the jumper ants that live by the cache !. TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache. 2008-02-05T00:00:00Z dazza1 Found Straightforward find today, now I have some finds under my belt, visited here some time ago and didnt get close. Note : beware the jumper ants that live by the cache !. TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache, Roundcircle. 2008-01-02T00:00:00Z McAdies Found Found by McAdies A nice little reserve. It is so important to have these in towns. Great habitat for native wildlife. Thanks for the great cache 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z rebulus Found Even in the dark this was not hard to find.Thanks for the cache roundcircle 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z March Brown Found Easy find in the dark, A quick walk down thru the bush and back. By the way I do not think a 200ml systema is a micro if you think that your going to get a shock when you do come across a genuine micro cache. Thanks roundcircle 2007-11-08T00:00:00Z Romax Found 11.00am Found by Roma and Max. Although this is not our first one of the 'others' we have found, now that we receive advice of their details regularly, thanks to c@w, we hope there will be many more to follow. As this container was so well hidden we were surprised to read that it had been found accidentally by the custodians of this area! We signed the log and swapped a Mondo for a small Timing Device. Thanks roundcircle for placing this cache. Romax. 2007-06-09T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Found Found by caughtatwork at 2:27 A nice simple cache for nice simple folk this afternoon. The GPS had us very close to GZ and the obvious locale was, er, um, obvious. It should be noted that Landcare found and replaced the cache on 6th May, so the protectors of this patch are aware that your cache is here. Took nothing, left swaggie. Thanks roundcircle. It took me a while to get to this cache, but as a GCA cache I was certainly going to do it. Thanks for keeping 'the others' in the game :-) *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2007-06-09T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Dropping Gold Rush Swaggie #05 off in this cache. It's a tight squeeze, so hopefully the next finder will move him along to larger accommodation. 2007-06-09T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache with caughtatwork. He found it first, but I think I knew where it was before he got it out. Thank you roundcircle for a nice easy cache for my small legs. 2007-05-27T00:00:00Z sully1 Found Found quickly and easily. Had no idea of the residential developments around this way. We were actually the 3rd to find, although we will be the second to Log. There was a note in the Log Book, obviously they had read the Geocache Stash Note (proves that it pays off) and they replaced the cache, logged their accidental "Find", and left a piece of "Uneaten Chewing Gum". We did get a laugh. At least they were happy to "play the game". And it was Landcare that found it. TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache Roundcircle 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z 2Dudez Found My second trip to Buninyong today, as I didn't see this one listed when I found Roundcircle's other new cache this morning. I thought I knew most of Buninyong, having previously spent many years as the Computer Technician at the Primary School, but I never knew about this reserve. Cache found reasonably quick. Took FTF Certificate Left CFA noise clicker Thanks to Roundcircle for another cache in a place I have never been. 2007-04-08T00:00:00.000Z GA0733 Erica's Easter Explorer Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0733 Erica's Easter Explorer Geocache Geocache Erica's Easter Explorer eat_cache Koondrook Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

Off the main river track about 3-4 km SE of Koondrook

We had an easter egg hunt, and left a little gift. The cache theme is easter bunny, I'm sure you'll get my drift The areas been burnt out you might find a burnt out log If the rangers flood the island this cache site will be a bog! Between two tracks near the water is an easter tree that's big (trees are a christmas thing dummy!) If you go there at the right time, you can pick yourself a f**       This tree definitely doesn't belong in the Gunbower!!! 2007-12-26T00:00:00Z The Morris Found Found on our way home on Boxing Day. Nice easy find. Took lolly wrapper, beer bottle cap and hald finished crossword and left a few items. TFTC 2007-12-04T00:00:00Z Romax Found 10.30am Found by Roma and Max. Well this one had our "all knowing"; Garmin auto routing, voice prompting receiver totally confused as to how to approach GZ. We just turned it off and used always reliable OziExplorer to navigate the tracks in! What an unusual and beautiful tree, but not yet quite the time for a feed! We swapped a Mondo for a Cat Bell. Thanks eat_cache for placing this cache. Romax. 2007-07-15T00:00:00Z Bunyips & Bilbys Note Needs Maintenance - upgrade contents. 2007-07-14T00:00:00Z Bunyips & Bilbys Found This cache is located in a lovely spot. But a great pity about the contents of this cache,they desperately need upgrading. Took: nothing. Left: nothing. 2007-02-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0681 [Urban Volcano] - Cabbage Tree Hill Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0681 [Urban Volcano] - Cabbage Tree Hill Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Cabbage Tree Hill caughtatwork Toolern Vale Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

The 80th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Cabbage Tree Hill is a dormant lava hill volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A lava hill is a volcanic cone composed primarily of lava flows rather the explosions of ejecta or pyroclastic flows. Sometimes the cone can contain a convex profile due to flank flows of viscous lava. Many lava hills grow by internal intrusion of lava that causes swelling and oversteepening of the dome. Rockslides build up an apron of talus blocks around the lower sides of the dome. Lava hills can form mounds several hundred metres high and from several hundred to more than 1,000 metres in diameter. Thick lava flows sometimes move short distances from the dome and distort its generally circular or oval shape. Regrettably the cone of the volcano is on private property so you will not be able to get to the top of the dormant volcano, but as you approach the cache location you should be able to see the distinctive volcano shape. Cabbage Tree Hill is defined as a volcano of local significance by the Geological Society of Australia.<br. If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 1litre sistema container. I hope you find the experience of being on the slopes of an urban volcano interesting. At the base of the trees along the fence line under a small pile of rocks and tree needles. 2009-05-22T00:00:00Z str 4x4 Found found this cache with the kids at 8.45 am great fun 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z McAdies Found Another nice stop with a volcano. This one wasn't as impressive as the others but still worth a look. TFTC 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Kinkell1 Found Another one found with McAdies after the Melton event. TFTC 2008-11-29T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found Time : 8pm Onboard : Ian(vk3jap), GeoGianG & Ksenija Finder : Ian Items in: Nil Items out: Nil Notes: been meaning to grab this for a while but never had to GPX file with the right info in it, now that I can work GSAK correctly I have.. Colorado worked a treat. Cache in good nik. TNLNSL TFTC - team vk3jap *Overall Experience: 3* GAFF 1 2008-08-11T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Last one for the day. Had to move on the first time as a pair of young men were scrapping something off the car parked across the road in front of the house. They probably thought I was the police. The airport nearby was one of my favourite places to ride to when I was a boy. My friend and I would watched them take off and land for hours. One day we conjured up the courage to ask for a ride and were taken to Pyke's Ck and back. That was my first plane ride - fantastic. A little known fact is that the airport was sometimes used to film scene for the TV show 'The Flying Doctors'. Thanks for the cache series C@W. 2008-02-10T00:00:00Z The Morris Found We didn't tell the girls what the significance of this was until we leaving. Our daughter has been a bit toey about volcanoes after seeing the one belching in Bali and the damage it caused. A nice easy find and the girls were actually thrilled at the thought of there being volcanoes in Australia. Exchanges made. TFTC 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z four-fun Found Find #70 of 71 for the day but only the first GCA cache [:D] Cheers again C@W 2007-12-18T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found Found it today on the way back from the Airport. The house over the road looks directly at GZ, but I think the final location is hidden from their view. Another interesting location, and a well stocked cache. I didn't have any swaps today. TFTC. 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre 10.45 onway to Hoppers Crossing and find these Volcano sites. Took Doll Left Car. Thank you 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 12.15pm Found by Roma and Max. This was the 3rd of 17 finds on our day dedicated to searching for GCA caches only. The observant watchers may notice 2 .com finds bearing this days date. This was because that American orientated site refused to recognize a find after the witching hour, while it was still functioning in the previous time zone to us! Our first find in what turned out to be a very interesting series. We have driven throughout these areas depicted, with little or no thought as to their origins. In another Mondo, out Keeper of Time. Thanks once more C@W, this has been the start of a pleasant drive in the country. Romax. 2007-10-28T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found This was a nice find today, its great to learn about these things and bag a few caches at the same time!!! Cheers TNLN 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 8.15am 1st of many C@W GCA caches, nice easy start to the day and the first lesson in local vulcanology. Took Sheep Eraser Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2007-07-28T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1200 Took pig Left sheep.Most interesting to learn about this area and the past volcanic activity.Tnx caughtatwork 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z Robmc Found Another huge volcano! This one started or River Deep outing today. We met Ian of Ian & Penny fame. He was just doing one quick cache before Grandfathering duties kick in. Thanks for another in this series, Robmc. 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z ian-and-penny Found Found this one in the company of chewinprickles, geojen21 & robmc as part of their journey through River Deep, Mountain High. T:N L: Screwdriver. Thanks c@w for pointing out some of the geographical features of our local area. 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found Another one we needed for the game this year but a very good cache nevertheless. Met Ian from Ian and Penny fame at this location. Thanks C@W 2007-06-07T00:00:00Z feathertop Found My 4th and last volcano cache found on my return from Werribee. Look forward to finishing this series soon. Love the theme. Thanks c@w. 2007-06-03T00:00:00Z pickupfamily Found Found by Pickupfamily Dad, Nana and kids (Pickup Dragon and Pickup Tiger). This one took us a little longer than its neigbour as there were a few hiding spots. As Dad and the kids followed our noses, Nana followed the GPS and called us over to what turned out to be the right spot. Another fascinating location and well-stocked cache. Thanks C@W. We TNLN. 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache today for the River Deep to Mountain High game. Then caughtatwork checked it for maintenance. 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava 2.40pm Our first GCA cache Nice and easy Love the info. you put on all your caches caughtatwork Took pencil Left Waeco pen Thanks again 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Second for the day... In - Kanga figurine Out- Lizard 2007-02-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0680 [Urban Volcano] - Sheoak Hill Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0680 [Urban Volcano] - Sheoak Hill Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Sheoak Hill caughtatwork Toolern Vale Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

The 79th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Sheoak Hill is a dormant scoria hill volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A scoria hill is a conical hill formed by weak explosive eruptions of generally basalt magma. These relatively small cones are the most common volcano type. They are characterized by steep slopes on both sides of the edifice, which lead up to a wide summit crater. This edifice is composed of ashy tephra (volcanic rock and glass fragments). Unlike stratovolcanoes, many scoria hill (or cone) volcanoes have only one eruption event. Regrettably the cone of the volcano is on private property so you will not be able to get to the top of the dormant volcano, but as you approach the cache location you should be able to see the distinctive volcano shape. If you take the time to drive around the volcano (via Black Hill Rd and Ryans Lane) you will see that the former crater is being mined for scoria. As you drive up Black Hill Rd you will pass the entrance to the excavation site and will see the large scoria blocks that are being extracted. The further you drive around the volcano, the more destruction due to excavation you will see. If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 1litre sistema container. I hope you find the experience of being on the slopes of an urban volcano interesting. In the dead tree stump attached to the still living tree. 2009-07-05T00:00:00Z littlegrub Found Nice spot,and a good find. Just watch the traffic a bit. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z str 4x4 Found found this cache with the kids good fun good hide 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Alansee Found Cache found easily and just as I was logging two more car loads of cachers from the event pulled up! Thanks for the cache caughtatwork. 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z McAdies Found Saw Alansee at the cache when we pulled up so it was an easy find. TFTC 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Kinkell1 Found Found with McAdies after Melton event. Cachers almost everywhere we stopped!!! TFTC 2008-09-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Jiffy Found Found by Uncle Jiffy on 13 Sep 2008 at 14:20 Thanks for my first GCA cache. I have been very slack with GCA caches, there is one 580m from home (that I havent found yet due to muggles). Ahh well better late than never I suppose. Thanks C@W for the tour of a couple of local volcanoes. TNLN 2008-08-11T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found I've enjoyed doing some of this series a few months ago and decided to complete the set. On a cold wet afternoon, this was a pleasantly easy find. The horses watched on as I signed the log book from the car. 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found found by Bevfre 11.00 .Easy find as it was not covered by any thing, TN LN SL Thank you caughtatwork 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 12.30pm Found by Roma and Max. After negotiating some State Parks tracks earlier on today, this proved to be an easy drive by. Once again we signed the log and exchanged a Mondo Figurine for a Blacklight Torch, and another thank you to C@W for placing this cache. From Romax. 2007-11-21T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found Driving along a route I have not used before, TomTom alerted me to a couple of caches from the un-found list. This one was real drive by. This is a different looking volcano to the others in the series that I have done. No swaps today. Thanks for this cache and an interesting series. 2007-10-28T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found Found this one today nicely, its good to see a series of caches exclusivly for GCA members! I very much like this series and look forward to eventually completing all of them in due time! TFTC TNLN 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 8.30am Dodging the high speed muggles we quickly found this cache. Must be something about GCA caches that has them stuffed full of qulity swaps, and this one was no exeption. Took Bubbles Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2007-07-28T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1145.Left bandaged bear fridge magnet and notepad.Removed TB Just In Time to place it in another series.Tnx caughtatwork 2007-06-07T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Nice easy drive by and the start of 4 today in this great series. A really good theme and what I like a rural cache as well. TNLN thaks c@w 2007-06-03T00:00:00Z pickupfamily Found Found by Pickupfamily Dad, Nana and kids (Pickup Tiger and Pickup Dragon). A quick easy find. No sign of sheoaks from here. Interesting to learn the geology of the hill. To us lay-people, the hill towards the city looks more volcanic than the "real" volcano. A well stocked cache, as expected from c@w, thanks. We TNLN, except left a geocaching.com TB "Just In Time" TB11ZB3, as this was the first sizeable cache I've found in a while where it could fit. Forgot this was a GCA cache, so can't log this properly. I'll try to head back out to collect this if it doesn't get collected by somebody else. 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache today for the River Deep to Mountain High game. Then caughtatwork checked it for maintenance. 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava 3.15pm Nice and easy again Took Goldrush #5 Swaggie Left keyring Thanks again caughtatwork 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Other This is our first Swaggie so we thought we would move him on a little further up the road but only a little further as we were about to call it a day. 2007-02-19T00:00:00Z Geof Found Had a swaggie on board that hasn't seen a cache for a good wile so when I saw a GCA cache come on screen I headed off the HWY. After a bit or crusing the western desert dirt roads at the state limit and testing a few dead ends I found a road that seemed to be heading for GZ. It soon turned to tar and GZ was found. This cache adds new meaning to the term driveby. Left Gold Rush Swaggie Had passed the hill in question on the way to GZ. Have also been to the summit of another of these hills in the area before. Thanks C@W hope the swaggie has a good stay. 2007-02-19T00:00:00Z Geof Other Thought I'd taken this swaggie on my NSW trip some weeks back but alas it didn't come. After a good deal of searching at home when I returned I found it finaly. It now has a new home with a volcanic view. 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Bit windy when the trucks come past!! In- Western Bulldogs lanyard Out- Allen Keys 2007-02-03T00:00:00.000Z GA0679 [Urban Volcano] - Greek Hill Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0679 [Urban Volcano] - Greek Hill Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Greek Hill caughtatwork Truganina Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

The 78th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Greek Hill is a dormant composite lava / scoria volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A composite volcano creates a steep volcanic cone built by both lava flows and pyroclastic eruptions. A pyroclastic eruption is an eruption where fragmented (clastic) rock material is ejected from a volcanic vent. Scoria is a bomb-size (> 64 mm) pyroclast that is irregular in form and generally very vesicular. It is usually heavier, darker, and more crystalline than pumice. Greek Hill is defined by the Geological Society of Australia as a volcano of local significance. It's certainly of significance to the family who live almost on top of the eruption point. I wonder if they know what they're living on? Regrettably the cone of the volcano is on private property so you will not be able to get to the top of the dormant volcano, but as you approach the cache location you should be able to see the distinctive volcano shape. At the cache location you should be able see the rocky outcroppings which are left over from the last major eruption. The majority of the roads that you would have followed to get to this cache are lined with ejecta from the various domant volcanos around this area. If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 400ml sistema container. I hope you find the experience of being close to the slopes of an urban volcano interesting. Not in the rocks but at the base of the electricity pole. 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Spent ten minutes listening to my nephew saying, checking under here, I think it's this one, and what's this? several times over. In the end we resorted to the clue and realised we were off the mark. No swap - admired tiny remnant of volcano and headed off. 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre 12noon TN LN SL Thank You caughtatwork. 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 1.15pm Found by Roma and Max. We are managing to maintain 15min intervals between our finds even though we did have a smidgeon of a problem removing this container from its niche. However persistence paid off in the end. We TNLN & SL TFTC C@W. Romax. 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 9.40am Continuing our urban volcano spotting with this easy drive by. Cache was in good condtion. Took Nothing Left 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2007-10-05T00:00:00Z anthonyandheather Found Easy find without to much difficulty. Geobaby enjoyed the drive. 2007-09-23T00:00:00Z feathertop Found On a dry sunny afternoon I found this my penultimate volcano cache. The logbook is just a tad damp now but quite useable and I dried it out a touch more before moving on. Thanks c@w. 2007-09-09T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Thanks for the advice about the logbook. I was able to get out there today and dried it out in the sun and the breeze. Not quite good as new, but very usable to say the least. 2007-09-08T00:00:00Z SamCarter Found I was distracted briefly by the large number of possible hiding spots (and was kicking myself for not having printed out the cache description), but then I found it. As noted in the log before, the logbook was rather wet. I tried to dry it out a bit in the sun on the dashboard, but I only alleviated a little of the dampness problem. I've separated the pages with some scraps of paper which I hope will help (I actually had a spare log book, but it wasn't small enough). Anyway, an interesting location -- the west must have been spectacular when these volcanoes were doing their stuff. TFTC. 2007-09-05T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found Found this one in a rather soggy condition. Tried to dry it out the best we could, but unfortunately the log book was soaked through and through. Notified C@W - hopefully the log book can be resurrected. T - beads L - travel soap 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Robmc Found Another steep hill in the flat plains of the western suburbs. Of course I got out and went straight for the rocks! This is our sunset cache (and cold it was). Thanks, Robmc. 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found Found today just on sunset. Actually we had to wait from 5.00 to 5.30 for sunset and due to the clouds it wasn't as spectacular as I'd hoped. However back to the cache, it was interesting to read about it and learn a bit about the local area. Thanks 2007-05-06T00:00:00Z vp4 Found First of Urban Volcano series for us. Very interesting description. I wouldn't have thought this a volcano but there you go. T puppet L Alien, SL TFTC 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache today for the River Deep to Mountain High game. Then caughtatwork checked it for maintenance. 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Our first ever cache!!!!! Heaps of fun and totally addicted!! In - Pooh bear figurine Out - Frog 2007-01-05T00:00:00.000Z GA0663 [Urban Volcano] - Round Hill Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0663 [Urban Volcano] - Round Hill Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Round Hill caughtatwork Kings Park Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

The 77th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Round Hill is a dormant shield volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A shield volcano occurs when magma is runny (not viscous) and gases can escape easily. These eruptions are not very explosive and lots of magma reaches the surface to form lava flows. This type of volcano makes a cone built up from layers of lava. Because the lava flows easily, the cone is broad and has a flattened dome-like shape. Round Hill can no longer been seen as a hill as the majority of the slopes have been urbanised and built upon. The area to the north of the cache site which is fenced off forms the Broadcast Australia site for the former 3L0 (Victorian London Office) now 774 ABC Melbourne and ABC Victoria. The majority of the radio tower site is the northern slope of Round Hill. The actual eruption point is less distinct but is located somewhere around the Melbourne Water storage tanks about 200-300m east from the cache location. I wonder whether the people living in this area are aware that they are living on the slopes of a dormant volcano? If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 200ml sistema container. You do not have to enter any garden area to access the cache. It is easily accessible from the concrete footpath. I hope you find the experience of standing of an eruption site of an urban volcano interesting. Almost dead centre between the two flagpoles, under the rocks, accessible about 6-12 inches in from the footpath. 2009-06-21T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1400 It was raining quite steadily by the time I arrived at this one and parked in the nearby carpark, so I didn't have to worry about foot-muggles too much and I guess all those in cars couldn't have cared less about my untied shoelaces or why I was having so much trouble getting them tied properly. Another cache with a very interesting theme to it - who would have thought this was once a volcanic cone (it sure doesn't look like one now) and how did you come across this little pearl of information anyway? TNLN Thanks again caughtatwork 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by one half of Team Ladava around 1.00 pm on a rare day our caching by myself while the other half lay in bed with the flu. Plan A was that we would be half way to Adelaide by now on a week's Geocaching holiday. Oh well there is always plan B. You are certainly correct that it is very hard to pick the area as a volcano but an interesting location none the less. Had to ignore those hundreds of car born potential muggles on this one and just go for it A quick stop over and one of those soft serve ice creams Romax enjoys and it's off to the next c@w cache TNLN Our thanks to c@w for the cache Cheers Ian Team Ladava 2009-03-16T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found at 11.30am Second time looking for this cache and this time the ground cover had been pruned back making the hiding spot easy to find. Very interesting information about this area C@W, it's difficult to imagine the amount of volcanic activity that took place here. TNLNSL TFTC caughtatwork 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman and the Facit-Family at 11:43 Arrived at GZ and used the provided car park to approach GZ, started looking the wrong way but soon were more on track (the hint helps you get focus!). s-facit found the cache and after a quick log we were on our way Thanks caughtatwork, we did spend some time discussing the volcano but it's just not as exciting as a 10,000 foot high mountain spewing lava [:D] 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 28/12/08 1143 [:)]. The nearby venue d'Arche provided a convenient parking spot for the Facitmobile and while we were all looking in different locations s-facit spotted the cache [:)] TNLN Cheers c@w 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z vp4 Found what a busy spot. Out on a sunny afternoon, tftc sl nino this was our 4th for the day. 2008-08-14T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found A quick find in the middle of the night, under the light of the golden arches. One in the series to go. 2008-01-17T00:00:00Z pwags Found Quick & easy find. Thanks for the volcano lesson, caughtatwork! Took keyring, left smiley. TFTC! 2007-12-16T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found Nice an easy find! This series is great and am looking forward to visiting all of the listed urban volcanos! Thanks C@W TNLN 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre 1.30 pm Had Lunch at Birmbank shoping centre.Took Car Left Finger Black Bear. Thank you caughtatwork 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 2.30pm Found by Roma and Max. This proved to be a very opportune venue to find a cache, clean up after a long mornings searching, and enjoy some repast, although these places aren't usually our preferred eating spots, with the exception we do enjoy their soft serve ice creams! We TNLN & SL. Thank you C@W for this very enjoyable series and for all the challenges you have offered us today. Romax. 2007-08-31T00:00:00Z wheels Found Found another one about 5:50 pm. It was a bit busy but we waited a little while and then found it easy (thanks to the clue.) thanks c@w took shark left panda puppet(found in city of the dead) 2007-04-12T00:00:00Z sevenstars Found Nice hide, bit tricky to grab without being seen but made it look natural. thanks C@W 2007-04-07T00:00:00Z sevenstars Not Found I know where it is but couldnt get it due to extremely busy spot this easter weekend. Will return another time. 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Not Found Bit busy for a Friday afternoon and didn't want to get caught! Tried to find but felt like I was being watched.....will attempt another day. 2007-01-12T00:00:00Z cachebuster Found Found a small cache - didn't take anything as we didn't have anything small enough to fit. A lot of people around - so had to be discreet. Thanks again Caught@work. We are off to find the next one. 2007-01-09T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Dropped in here today on my way to Melbourne, finding this, the first of three c@w caches in the hour. An easy find once the clue had been decrypted. thanks c@w TNLN 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found The fourth in our quest to write our name on the first page of each volcano log book. This one proved to be the trickiest of the lot - J spent a lot of time "tying his shoelaces". A little bit of advice - don't stray from the path, J found a nasty, sharp thing (syringe) under a rock in the middle of the garden. Took the blue frog and left the great white shark. 2007-01-05T00:00:00.000Z GA0661 [Urban Volcano] - Mount Cottrell Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0661 [Urban Volcano] - Mount Cottrell Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Mount Cottrell caughtatwork Chartwell Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1 1.5

The 75th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Mount Cottrell is a dormant shield volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A shield volcano occurs when magma is runny (not viscous) and gases can escape easily. These eruptions are not very explosive and lots of magma reaches the surface to form lava flows. This type of volcano makes a cone built up from layers of lava. Because the lava flows easily, the cone is broad and has a flattened dome-like shape. Mount Cottrell is a low lava cone resting on a broad lava shield formed by the radial eruption of numerous thin fluid lava tongues. The flows are symmetrically distributed around the vent producing an almost circular shield of considerable bulk although less than around 100 m in height. The massive nature of this mountain is best appreciated when viewed from a distant point such as the You Yangs. The slopes are of low angle apart from the summit area where a bluff of hard dense basalt 5m high surrounds a shallow crater. The basalt dips in towards the crater with further dips on the northern side. Regrettably the cone of the volcano is on private property so you will not be able to get to the top of the dormant volcano, but as you approach the cache location you should be able to see the distinctive shield volcano shape. If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 1litre sistema container. I hope you find the experience of being on the slopes of an urban volcano interesting. Behind the large boulder on the eastern edge of the road near the telephone pole. 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z joffa1970 Found Nice spot, cache in good condition, hasn't been logged for a while. Who would think the city is 30 mins from here. Joffa1970 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z vp4 Found Our last for the day on our welcome daylight savings hunt. Now I've been to both sides of Mt Cottrell SL NINO TFTC 2008-02-18T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 200802181812 [:)]. Another nice quick drive-by of this magmatic series on my way to Geelong for work TNLN Cheers c@w 2007-12-29T00:00:00Z four-fun Found Second GCA find for the day - much to Skippy's surprise. I think I'm slowly bringing him around to the side of GCA [^] 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Took my nephew on a hunt for a few caches close to his home town. This reminds me of a cache I helped my sister (Dragon's Pearl) hide on the other side of the hill. Had no swaps, so enjoyed the slightly elevated view and headed off to the next one. 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre 11.45am took Car Left Rubber. Thank you caughtatawork. 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 1.30pm Found by Roma and Max. Although the day has warmed up somewhat from when we first set off this morning, it is still ideal weather for geo searching, and we are making the most of it. This time we signed the log and swapped a Mondo for a Yo Yo. Thank you again C@W, for placing this cache. Romax. 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found Not too much traffic today, but what there was was very fast. But there was plenty of room for me to pull off the road. Took a minute to find the cache. Again this was an interesting site. There are lots more rocks here than were visible at the other urban volcanoes. Thanks for another interesting series. TNLN. 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 9.15am This road is so busy I had to stand and admire the veiws for some time before having a clear run at grabbing the cache. Yet another great location and a well filled cache. Took Bubbles Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z dazza1 Found This cache actually took me 2 goes as passing traffic made the search difficult the first time. Finally got there on my next pass. Nice to have something to look for on the drive home. TNLNSL. TFTC. 2007-09-08T00:00:00Z SamCarter Found Another interesting bulge in the landscape; my second urban volcano for the day. I was surprised -- though perhaps I shouldn't have been -- by the extent of the dry stone walls. Despite c@w's trademark well-stocked cache I TNLN, but TFBMH. 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache today for the River Deep to Mountain High game. Then caughtatwork checked it for maintenance. 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Other I've dropped this swaggie into this cache for caughtatwork to grab out and move along for the River Deep to Mountain High Game. 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Grabbed this guy in preparation for another move. 2007-03-25T00:00:00Z Horus Not Found Called in here on the way back to the airport for our return to Tassie - I just had to try a Victorian GCA cache while we were here, there just didn't seem many around where we were staying. Unfortunately time was against us and we didn't have long to search the area, it just seemed to be a needle in a rockstack and we ran out of time. Very interesting cache listing, probably the best I've read for a roadside cache and of course the rocks we managed to search in took on new meaning knowing the story behind it all! A lot of cachers (including myself) could take a leaf out of the caughtatwork book when they list their caches. We will be back, and next time we'll do some pre-planning and nab a few more GCA caches. 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found After checking the newly published caches J was eager to head out and get our very first "FTF". We had no idea there were volcanoes around this area so headed off to get an education and write our name on the first page of each volcano log book. Took beads (D put them on and told us he was "vewwy pwitty) and left duck beak mask. 2007-01-05T00:00:00.000Z GA0660 [Urban Volcano] - Mount Atkinson Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0660 [Urban Volcano] - Mount Atkinson Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Mount Atkinson caughtatwork Chartwell Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1

The 74th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Mount Atkinson is a dormant shield volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A shield volcano occurs when magma is runny (not viscous) and gases can escape easily. These eruptions are not very explosive and lots of magma reaches the surface to form lava flows. This type of volcano makes a cone built up from layers of lava. Because the lava flows easily, the cone is broad and has a flattened dome-like shape. If you take binoculars or have decent eyesight you will be able to see the butresses of lava that have cooled and solidified near the top of the cone. Regrettably the cone of the volcano is on private property so you will not be able to get to the top of the dormant volcano, but as you approach the cache location you should be able to see the distinctive shield volcano shape. If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 400ml sistema container. I hope you find the experience of being close to the slopes of an urban volcano interesting. The rock, the rock, it's under the big rock. 2009-08-27T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava around 6.00 pm Another in the series that really makes you aware of the geological events that shaped this part of the land. You would certainly drive by without being aware of this feature if not for C@W and GCA The container was well and truly weathered in after the elapsed time from the last find but all is well despite a couple of clips missing. The rock on top should maintain the seal TNLN Our thanks to c@w for this cache and the informative series 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z vp4 Note This cache has had a near death experience. We found it exposed and with the lid clips half gone making it hard to reseal. A new container may be required. 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z vp4 Found Found as the sun was setting giving us a good view of the "mountain" In Dinosaur, out duck, SL Enjoying the series TFTC 2008-02-18T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 200802181801 [:)]. I had been close to this cache a couple of months ago but didn't have time to find it. Not so tonight - a nice quick drive-by [8D] TNLN Cheers c@w 2007-12-29T00:00:00Z four-fun Found I didn't realise there were so many volcanoes in Victoria!! Another nice easy find thanks C@W, with ome nice views. Cheers, TFTC. 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Our final volcano cache for the day. Rhino98 was so excited by the gold plated possum in the cache, I had to find something in my bag to swap it with - one Jason Culina socceroos coin. Thank you for the fun series of cache C@W that me and my nephew enjoyed doing after school. 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre 11.30am Took car Left Possum Badge Thank You caughtatwork 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 1.00pm Found by Roma and Max. Another easy drive by, placed strategically between the local inhabitants dwellings! This time we took a Tape Measure to make room for a Mondo. Once again our thanks C@W, for establishing this hide. From Romax. 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found Another in the Urban volcano series. This one stood out from the car. Another area I found interesting with the information in the notes, that I would not have visited with out a cache. And a well stocked cache. No swaps from me. TFTC. 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 9.25am I am starting to be able to spot the lumps in the distance as we approche GZ. Managed to get covered in dust twice my high speed passing cars. Another well stocked cache with a view. Took Bubbles (getting a colletion now) Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2007-09-25T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Thanks for the notification anthonyandheather. A replacement container has been placed in position with the same old log book for continuity. Thank goodness there has been little rain recently otherwise everything would have been ruined. 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z anthonyandheather Found Easy find, however recent roadworks have all but destroyed the container. Tried to place container in a way to avoid further damage but a new container would certainly be nice. Did not have any replacements on me. Sorry 2007-09-08T00:00:00Z SamCarter Found It was a glorious day to be out discovering some of the interesting humps and bumps in the Great Western Plain: it isn't as flat as I thought. TNLN. TFBMH (thanks for bringing me here). 2007-07-29T00:00:00Z dazza1 Found Beware all finders of the Web building cache hitchhikers ! Nice quick drive -by. TNLNSL. 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found Again interesting to find out a bit more about the area. Thanks C @ W 2007-06-11T00:00:00Z Robmc Found I think Deringer need to learn how to make a Mountain cache like this. It was tough, but we made it to the top (I think, we weren't too sure where the top was [:)]). Thanks, Robmc. 2007-06-07T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Volcacno cache no 3 and as this one has not been found in a while it was well hidden and web encrusted. TNLN thanks c@w 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found On a mission to find all of the Urban Volcano caches. Never knew this was in our backyard!! In- Pooh Bear Figurine Out- Lizard 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found The second in our quest to write our name on the first page of each volcano log book. A nice easy find in a quiet location. Took the purple frog, left the little carrot. 2007-01-05T00:00:00.000Z GA0662 [Urban Volcano] - Mount Kororoit Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0662 [Urban Volcano] - Mount Kororoit Geocache Geocache [Urban Volcano] - Mount Kororoit caughtatwork Kurunjang Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1 1.5

The 76th cache by caughtatwork takes you to the site of an Urban Volcano.

Mount Kororoit is a dormant shield volcano right on the edge of the western suburbs of Melbourne. A shield volcano occurs when magma is runny (not viscous) and gases can escape easily. These eruptions are not very explosive and lots of magma reaches the surface to form lava flows. This type of volcano makes a cone built up from layers of lava. Because the lava flows easily, the cone is broad and has a flattened dome-like shape. Mount Kororoit is a small asymmetric conical hill with a flattened summit, steep southern slopes and a long, gentle northern slope of eroded lava. On this flow is a broad, swampy depression north of Holdens Road. The hill is predominantly of scoria and is capped by a rocky outcrop of lava and lava agglomerate. Several narrow arcuate ridges of vesicular lava are prominent on the summit and the northern slopes and suggest a complex internal structure of the volcano. You will be seeking the cache very close to a very large product of this volcano. Regrettably the cone of the volcano is on private property so you will not be able to get to the top of the dormant volcano, but as you approach the cache location you should be able to see the distinctive shield volcano shape. If you take a trip further down the side road (which is a dead end) you will see much more of the shape of this volcano. If you have ever wondered why the western suburbs are so flat, you will be standing on the major reason. The cache you seek is a 400ml sistema container. I hope you find the experience of being on the slopes of an urban volcano interesting. Behind the large boulder of scoria at the top of the dirt, under a pile of smaller rocks. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z str 4x4 Found found this cache in the dark with the kids great fun 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Alansee Found I figured that these were old volcanos but was interested to learn about the type of flow. Cache found easily thanks caughtatwork. 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z McAdies Found Cool spot. Love learning about earth features. TFTC 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Kinkell1 Found Found with McAdies after Melton Event. Didn't realize this was so close to a school I used to work at! TFTC 2008-12-17T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found Not that interested in Volcanoes but do find these interesting, thanks for the efforts CaW. TNLNSL - vk3jap 2008-12-06T00:00:00Z Team_Ninja Found Found by Team_Ninja while on our way to get a christmas tree from the nearby tree farm. A nice easy cache however the outside was covered in earwigs. TNLNSL TFTC and the very interesting write up caughtatwork 2008-09-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Jiffy Found Found by Uncle Jiffy on 13 Sep 2008 at 14:35 Thanks for my second GCA cache. Who would have known there were so many (thankfully extinct) volcanoes around Melbourne. Thanks C@W for the tour of some local volcanoes. TNLN 2008-08-11T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found A simple find. Despite the big object, I still felt exposed. Quickly logged as a bank of rain came it. The wires overhead made some very strange noises. BTW - I helped dig a trench on Mount Kororoit to lay cable for the high radio transmitting tower on this hill, back in Jan 1989. It belongs to the local community radio station 3RIM. I volunteered there for about five years. 2008-08-07T00:00:00Z richary Found Nice quick drive by this one on the way back from Ballarat to Tullamarine to fly out. Wondered why so long between visits but didn't spot at the time it was a GCA cache. Shame that more aren't found. Interesting rock you found there. TNLN, thanks caughtatwork. 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre 11.15 What a rock, Took Mondo Left Snake. Thank You caughtatwork. 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 12.45pm Found by Roma and Max. We are glad we were not around when this piece of volcanic expulsion came back to earth! One can be forgiven for not contemplating that event, when looking around this serene rural country side now! We took nothing and left a Mondo for the cache. Thank you C@W, we are enjoying this series. Romax. 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 8.45am Enjoyed the drive from a another cache in this series and yet another quick and easy find. We really love the country locations and being taken to place so close to home that we would not easily find ourselves. Took Nothing Left 3D Stickers TFTC C@W 2007-06-07T00:00:00Z feathertop Found My 2nd volcano cache this morning on my way south. A great view form up here and the scoria was a highlight and a fitting place for the cache. TNLN thanks c@w 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Found I found this cache today for the River Deep to Mountain High game. Then caughtatwork checked it for maintenance. 2007-05-05T00:00:00Z GabGab Other I grabbed this swaggie today to move to another cache for the River Deep to Mountain High game. It's a very nice swaggie as it looks just like the real thing. 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava 3.30pm Took pencil Left Nemo thermometer Left Goldrush #5 Swaggie Thanks again caughtatwork 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Other Dropped Gold Rush Swaggie #5 in GA0662 as we were going to call it a day. In hindsight we should have taken it to the more popular Long Forest East as we got our second wind an continued on there. Oh well. 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Other I seem to have been unsuccessful in dropping this Swaggie in GA0662 so will try grabbing it again 2007-02-17T00:00:00Z xesist Found Found quite quickly, amazing to think that all the rock in this area came from these millions of years ago. Great view out here, wish it would rain though and green the place up. Took little lizard, Left Pokemon energy card. Thanks for the great cache. 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found The fifth and final in our little volcano adventure. It was great to learn about the volcanoes responsible for our local landscape. The area looks awesome at night. Thank you caughtatwork for an enjoyable geography lesson and the opportunity to write our name on the first page of a new cache log book, not once but five times! Took the fish skeleton keyring and left the DVI to RGB video connector. 2006-11-13T00:00:00.000Z GA0633 [Machines of War] Black Powder Mill Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0633 [Machines of War] Black Powder Mill Geocache Geocache [Machines of War] Black Powder Mill caughtatwork St Albans Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

[Machines of War] Black Powder Mill is the 68th cache hidden by caughtatwork

<img align="right" src="http://www.caughtatwork.net/geocaching/images/GA0633_small.jpg">This cache is not strictly a Machine of War, but it was certainly a major contributor as part of the Machinery of War. The former Albion Explosives Factory is significant for the remnant elements that symbolise the region's close association with Australia's explosives and chemical armaments industry. In particular, the massive construction of the Black Powder Mill (Building No 745) represents a reminder of the dangerous nature of the materials being processed. This building includes two massive concrete walls to direct any blast away from other processes towards the open area of Kororoit Creek, electrical equipment and gear drive system in a separate basement, bituminous covered floor to provide a non-sparking surface and externally mounted lighting. You can read more of the Machinery of War at the two information signs, one directly at GZ and the other further around the Black Powder Mill. You are seeking a 200ml sistem container containing a few swaps as well as log book and pen. The area is now surrounded by housing so you may need to be circumspect in your searches. You do not need to enter and trample the garden beds at all, the cache is easily reached from the path. I hope you enjoy this part of the Machinery of War series. Under the rock and then the mulch at the garden edge under the information sign. 2009-06-21T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1330 I do enjoy a cache that highlights an aspect of history (mind you, I enjoy most of those that don't too [;)]) and, as with most guys I guess, I find anything to do with blowing things up is always especially interesting - so it was with particular attention that I read the info sign and learned a small bit of the background of the munitions industry in Victoria (and, in particular, this area). I just hope they removed it all before they built all these new houses! TNLN Thanks caughtatwork 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by one half of Team Ladava around 4.00 pm on a rare day our caching by myself while the other half lay in bed with the flu. Plan A was that we would be half way to Adelaide by now on a week's Geocaching holiday. Oh well there is always plan B. What a fascinating piece of history and thank goodness it seems to be on the preservation list. A quick and easy grab with the container in open view making the find easier. I hid it more securely after I had signed the log. TNLN Our thanks to c@w for bringing us here as I will certainly bring the other half of Team Ladava back to this location. Cheers Ian Team Ladava 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman and the Facit-Family at 11:23 The whole Facit-Family set off for the event today with Rhinogeo on board. After stopping at a cache for Rhinogeo, that we had already found, we headed for our first find of the day. After grabbing a coffee nearby we arrived at GZ for a quick find by e-facit. Wrote our log while reading the information boards and discussing the building. Very interesting history and great that this building has been preserved. TNLN Thanks caughtatwork for another Machines of War cache 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 28/12/08 1122 [:)]. On a caching excursion with the Facit-family the location was an education for the facitettes and an eye-opener for me to see the level of development in an area I had studied from a soil contamination point of view The cache was found quickly by e-facit while I was looking in the wrong place [:p] TNLN Cheers c@w 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z vp4 Found Interesting history, this area has definitly changed over the years. NINO SL TFTC 2008-02-23T00:00:00Z pwags Found Would have been tough without the hint. Looks like this one will become more difficult very soon when all the new neighbours move in, with direct views over GZ! TNLNSL. TFTC, c@w! 2007-12-22T00:00:00Z 38 degrees south Found Found after dropping junior38 off at the airport - we don't normally venture over to this side of town otherwise! It was raining, but luckily the cache was located after a short search so we didn't get too wet here today. TNLN & SL at 7:15pm. TFTC. 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 2.15pm Found by Roma and Max. We started this series some time ago and were pleased to be able to add another successful find to it. How the location around here has changed from the days depicted by this remnant of the past. We TNLN & SL. Thank you again C@W for this cache, and for placing hides on this GCA site. Romax. 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z Cached Found The things you find hidden on the edges of suburbia! Thanks Cached & Wackys 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z The Wackys Found Found with Cached on a long weekend run to Victoria - TFTC! 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 11.00am Very interesting hitory lesson here. I had no idea of this area so the information on the board and the building were much appreciated. TNLNSL TFTC C@W 2007-06-10T00:00:00Z Robmc Found I was hoping we could go inside, because these type of buildings usually have very interesting structures. But it was not to be. We got the cache though. Thanks, Robmc. 2007-06-10T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found Very interesting place indeed and one I wouldn't have known, in fact didn't know, was here. Thanks 2007-04-07T00:00:00Z sevenstars Found Found after some poking around a very similar location only meters away. Looks like a bunch of sugar ants made a nest under the cache and got crawled on but harmless. In: Car Out: Troll Doll (17month old team member 'badger' fell in love with this at first sight!) TFTC! 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Nice and quiet in the dark!!! In- Troll doll Out- Elephant finger puppet 2007-01-28T00:00:00Z GabGab Found Found this cache on the way home from the pizza shop as we had to get a travel bug out of it to send on its way. 2007-01-24T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found Visited this evening. Needed the hint to guide me to have a dig at GZ. An interesting piece of history. TFTC 2006-12-17T00:00:00Z feathertop Found It appears that I am the first to log this one. Very interesting structure in a quiet suburb at 6.45am on a Sunday morning. Thanks c@w 2006-11-05T00:00:00.000Z GA0629 [Machines of War] The Sunbury Gun Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0629 [Machines of War] The Sunbury Gun Geocache Geocache [Machines of War] The Sunbury Gun caughtatwork Sunbury Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

[Machines of War] The Sunbury Gun is the 67th cache hidden by caughtatwork

<img align='right' src='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga0629/858.jpg'> The Sunbury Gun was presented to the Shire of Bulla in 1922. "On Tuesday last the Hon. Russell Clarke M.L.C. officially handed over to the Bulla Shire Council the gun which bears the following inscription on a brass plate :- Presented to Janet Lady Clarke by the Government of Victoria (Defence Dept) as a memento of the last Sir W. J. Clarke's patriotic action in regard to the maintenance of the Rupertswood Battery of Horse Artilley Oct. 4th 1897". The Machine of War itself is an Armstrong 12 pounder, sliding block, screw breach, rifle bore weapon. This type of gun was the first wrought iron gun as well as the first breech loading artillery and first rifled gun used in the British Service. The cache iteself is hidden as close as is possible to the Machine of War without being attached to the machine as the machine itself it behind glass to protect it from the elements. It is placed such that you do NOT have to step on any plants at all and you do not have to leave the grass in order to find the cache. If you think you may have a hard time searching, please refer to the hint which is quite detailed. The cache is a 200ml sistema container containing the usual log book and pen as well as a small assortment of small swaps and has been disguised somewhat to match the surroundings. I hope you enjoy viewing the Machine of War. Stand at the edge of the paving such that gun is pointing straight at you, the cache is 1m to your left, right at the northern edge of the garden bed. 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z Flyinggorilla Found This was our very first cache find, we found it on Sunday around 5pm, no-one else in sight. Quite easy to find, though buried deeper than we imagined. We often visit the gun and the war memorial, so it was fun to find that it had an extra secret. The container had water inside but the contents of the plastic bag were dry. Took nothing, left R2D2 and bracelet. Iain, Alex and Bernadette 2009-06-20T00:00:00Z WazzaAndWenches Not Found Looked and felt and rummaged, but, alas, no joy. Used the hint and spent a fair amount of time searcing but was forced to abandon as the clouds started leaking on me. Did enjoy the story of the gun, though. Thanks C@W for another CGA cache. 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other No sign of any works around GZ and the cache is in place and ready to be found (as though anyone will find a GCA cache anyway). 2009-02-25T00:00:00Z Riddell Note Warning: Men at work! The cache is inside a construction fence at the moment. I will let you know when the fence is down and if the cache is OK. The Riddeller. 2009-02-25T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Other Warning: Men at work! The cache is inside a construction fence at the moment. 2008-11-02T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found Date/Time : 2NOV @ 11.27am Who: Vk3jap & Cache Mistress Nola Finder : vk3jap In : Nil Out : Nil GAFF : 3 Notes : Finally found wish I remembered the gloves! TNLNSL TFTC - vk3jap 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Jiffy Found Found on 5 Oct 2008 at 13:45 Driving past on another adventure and thought it was about time to add another GCA cache. Nice gun. Easy find. Thanks C@W TNLNSL 2008-08-14T00:00:00Z Riddell Found Ahhh...at last I can rest. Found without any trouble. Thank you for placement of the "new" cache. The Riddeller. 2008-08-07T00:00:00Z richary Not Found Drat. Had the clues and everything but not the latest logs from the weekend. Drove past, looked as per the clue and even investigated the new mulch but maybe didn't dig deep enough. One for another visit. 2008-08-03T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Thanks for the DNF log The Riddellers. It alerted me to the potential of a missing cache and after an exchange of information and pictures I visited the area this morning. The cache had indeed gone missing, but expecting the worst, I took along a replacement and er, um, replaced it. It's in exactly the same spot, maybe a little deeper under the mulch, but the new mulch over the cache should be a give-away. 2008-07-30T00:00:00Z Riddell Not Found OK...I give up! Maybe i'm just not looking hard enough, but, after months of intermittent searches of the site I think I have exhausted all the options I have, clue included. Short of getting a metal detector (just in case there is something metal in the cache) or taking a gardening job with the local council so I can dig the garden bed over, I cannot find this cache!!! Do you know how frustrating that is. Can someone prove me wrong, find the cache and provide me some proof of its existance. Take a photo or take me there and show it to me. Thanks, The Riddeller 2008-03-24T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1000 on a very quiet Easter Monday.With the company of Team Ladava.SL Tnx caughtatwork 2008-03-23T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 15:15 Found in conjunction with Team CDNB. An interesting piece of machinery, unfortunately we were not on target today with the GZ being 6m ENE of the cache site! TNLN..SL TFTH C@W 2008-03-21T00:00:00Z pwags Found Found on our Good Friday Sunbury Search at 11.20am. A lot of people nearby at the special church service in a temporary marquee, but their attention was on proceedings there, so this was an easy find. Parking was a little more difficult, though! Thanks for another War Machine, caughtatwork! 2008-02-23T00:00:00Z Ayzeds Note The blue pen in the cache seems to have given up the ghost... 2008-02-23T00:00:00Z Ayzeds Found Found by Mr.Ayzeds. Beware the "N" of the clue - more a matter of NW! Took stretchy gecko, left Dash. TFTC. 2007-12-17T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava 8.40 pm We must be slipping. This well hidden cache has eluded us until we called on the Tem Ninja help line. Thanks guys. TNLN Thanks for the cache caughtatwork 2007-12-09T00:00:00Z Team_Ninja Found Found this one about Lunch time with a friend. Took: African Warrior Left: Metal T-shirt Keyring TFTC!!! 2007-10-30T00:00:00Z Partic Found Dejavu - this is part of another Sunbury multi I did a while back. Thanks for a more detailed visit today. 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z team marengo Found D+C with Brooke and Amy found this late at night after dinner with good friends, we needed to use the clue but we are not sure that the clue is accurate but anyway we put it back in the spot we had found it (well hidden) Took little frog left teddy bear pin. Thanks 2007-01-03T00:00:00Z pickupfamily Found Found by Pickupfamily Dad 1900hrs after a FTF chase up this way on a gc.com cache. This find was harder than it should have been, even with the help of the hint. TNLN. TFTC caughtatwork. 2006-12-17T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Dropped into Sunbury this morning for a 6.30am find with not a soul around. The clue was instrumental in making this a very quick find. TNLN Thanks c@w, now off to another machine of war. 2006-11-29T00:00:00Z Romax Found 9.00pm Found by Roma and Max. Our first attempt this afternoon was thwarted by a function in the nearby hall with people coming and going. Although we had a quick search we were unable to locate this well hidden container. We retired to our daughters for dinner and returned at 8.45pm. We only had to wait about 15 minutess for the last person to lock up and leave the hall before we could search without interruption. Having resorted to the hint in our earlier attempt we now made our find, wondering how we missed it the first time! We left a Mondo Figurine and took a Finger Puppet. Thanks again caughtatwork. Romax. 2006-10-29T00:00:00.000Z GA0620 The Tardis Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0620 The Tardis Geocache Geocache The Tardis smileypj Eaglehawk Victoria Australia Other Small 2 2.5

In True Tardis Fashion, this cache will be in one location, mysteriously disappear, only to reappear somewhere else.

You are 'The Doctor' and will responsible for the next location of the Tardis. Even the oh-so-clever, Doctor has some guidelines to follow... The 'edge of the universe' is within 25km of the Bendigo CBD (traveling to parallel worlds is not possible). Co-ordinates for the CBD are: S 36o 45.550 E 144o 16.730 If you are unsure of how far away you are from the CBD, enter these co-ordinates into your GPSr and see just how far away it is. Some other simple guidelines: When you grab the Tardis please rehide it again the same day or at the latest within 24 hours. Log your find here as soon as you can so others are not trying to find the cache you just moved. When logging your find at geocaching.com.au, please insert the co-ordinates in the coords box. This allows the geocaching software to automatically update the new location. K9 has confirmed that multiple finds is allowed, with two guidelines. Wait for 7 earth days before searching again. Ensure that another 'Doctor' has transported the Tardis to another location during this time frame. The Tardis is a blue telephone box (pencil case), that isn't fully watertight, so place it carefully with this in mind. Unlike 'Time Lord' technology, it is as big on the inside as it looks. It does contain some small swaps, that have a 'space' theme (stick to the theme if at all possible), as well as a log book, pen and stash note. 2009-08-15T00:00:00Z Phetlern Note 15:30 Space Time On arrival at the designated space point we found the completely gutted shell of the TARDIS. A search of the sourounding immediate space yielded no evidence as to what had happened to the time traveller, but we suspect the machine must have been attacked by Darlicks. Not wishing to stay too long lest we suffer the same fate we retreated back to our own space vehicle. In the void between the TARDIS and our vehicle we found many of the remains including the log. At the moment the TARDIS is being re-equipped with the necessary devices to allow the Time Lord to travel further. 2009-06-11T00:00:00Z Romax Note Paid another visit to Dr Who and his remarkable Intergalactic vessel now observing another period of R&R within its designated galaxy! Romax. 2009-05-31T00:00:00Z WazzaAndWenches Found Visiting Bendigo today to catch up with a number of Bendigo based cachers at an informal gathering. Great to catch up with old friends and make a few new ones as well. Wandered off the track on to a blackened moonscape suffering from natural disaster earlier in the year. The Tardis was securely awaiting collection and helped transport us to the gathering. Afterwards we found a new home for the Tardis, just a short trip through the time-spac continuum. How appropriate...Just sitting down to log a find/move for the Tardis and the Wench stated flicking through the channels on the box of wisdom, only to stumble on a station promo telling us "coming up next...The Doctor". Thanks smileypj. 2009-05-03T00:00:00Z Romax Note We dropped in on Dr Who today curious as to where he had parked his police box this time! We are sure, on arrival in this environment, that the first chore he would have done would to be sure the Tardis's fire prevention system was operational, although in this moon like surrounds there is really nothing left that could burn! Container is well hidden awaiting it's next move. Romax. 2009-05-02T00:00:00Z toyahmary Note proper cords 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z toyahmary Found good hide close to shops but in a spot it would not of got found in.....has been relocated to a total diffrent spot and hopes he can contiue moving around 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z toyahmary Note sorry done wrong cordinates will go get proper 1s now sorry 2009-01-07T00:00:00Z Romax Note Dr Who, having now completed the Tardis damp proofing refit, has parked his time travelling vehicle in a quiet, tree'd environment nearby to a suburban shopping centre, the ideal place for some R & R. 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Romax Note Tardis will be off line for a few days while Dr Who does some spring/summer cleaning 2009-01-02T00:00:00Z Phetlern Note Moved on again. 2008-10-26T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found Now found a new hiding spot where the energy source is high. 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z cdmark Note Hi all. It has come to our attention that we made an error with our log and the coordinates were not incorrect. We believe we have no added the correct ones. Apologies to smileypj and anyone that has gone looking for it. How embarrassment. 2007-12-15T00:00:00Z Team GraMon Found [200][AU02] 5.30pm - Found with cdmark and GeoJnr - We found this Tardis and moved it to the next spot - This was a good one for our 200th cache - what fun [:)] TFTC Smiletpj - cheers 2007-12-15T00:00:00Z cdmark Found Found with Team GraMon. Refer 'moved' log. S36o 43.702' E144o 16.317' Found with Team GraMon today. I have been wanting to log this one since we started Geocaching earlier in the year and finally remembered to bring the updated coordinates with us this time. We enjoyed the drive to GZ that The Timelords (The Morris) transported to and the cache was quickly found. Relocated to another area nearby for the next Doctor to find. Just look for the small tree that we accidentally had an altercation with and you will be in the right direction. Thanks smileypj. Cheers. Doctor who-oh, doctor who Doctor who-oh, the tardis Doctor who-oh, doctor who Doctor who doc, doctor who Doctor who doc, doctor who http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk 2007-12-15T00:00:00Z cdmark Note Found with Team GraMon today. I have been wanting to log this one since we started Geocaching earlier in the year and finally remembered to bring the updated coordinates with us this time. We enjoyed the drive to GZ that The Timelords (The Morris) transported to and the cache was quickly found. Relocated to another area nearby for the next Doctor to find. Just look for the small tree that we accidentally had an altercation with and you will be in the right direction. Thanks smileypj. Cheers. Doctor who-oh, doctor who Doctor who-oh, the tardis Doctor who-oh, doctor who Doctor who doc, doctor who Doctor who doc, doctor who http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk 2007-11-25T00:00:00Z The Morris Note Located on our way to Junortoun. Morphed to an area Geogirl likes to visit for an extreme swing. 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z smileypj Found Introducing TRees to moveable caches through Geocaching Australia. Was great to see it again. Moved to a reasonably muggle (Darlek - spelt?) free zone. If warm, beware of our slithery predators. 2007-10-14T00:00:00Z Romax Note 4.30PM Found by Roma and Max. Dropped in on Dr Who and thought for a moment he may have been overwhelmed by a Dalek, but then, much to our relief, realized he was only refilling his BBQ bottle! Although we found ourselves searching at the best time of day, and week, for this venue, with The Tardis security in mind, we felt impelled to move it on a mere 700m or so, where it can still observe the comings and goings of far more primitive means of astral transport! Romax. 2007-10-13T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found Having recharged the thermo-nucular power cells, Tardis has departed to investigate some antiquated aerial devices that were noted passing overhead whilst sitting in the Whipstick. Given the nature of the vantage point it would be best to approach the location early morning or very late afternoon/evening. 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z Roostaman Note On my way back north I noticed he did another time warp back to the gold digging days and landed somewhere near one of the old spots. Hopefully it will not take as long as the last spot to be moved again. Roostaman. 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z Romax Note We didn't want to spoil hondos different approach to hiding The Tardis, by relocating it ourselves, so we have been patiently waiting, (as has Dr Who), for some one else to experience and enjoy a find by his method! Now we can search for it again ourselves, thanks to Roostaman 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z Romax Note And search again we did! Dropped in on Dr Who once more, found re-charging the Tardis batteries in a secluded whipstick forest setting. Once again the Tardis had morphed into its surroundings so well it took us a few minutes to locate it! However the published homing beacons proved to be accurate, and perseverance resulted in a find. Thanks smileypj one more time, It is good to see Dr Who on the move again. Roma & Max. 2007-09-30T00:00:00Z Roostaman Found I have been in town for the weekend & just spotted this lonely traveller and thought he should be moved on after such a long rest. I had a long look at the last co-ords for the clue with another local, and we declared that it has gone missing. So with the help of another local I returned tonight and found it just where it should be. As we are staying in a caravan tonight we will make a quick timewarp overnight dash back up to Wagga Wagga, NSW and then return again in the morning with a new location. (Check out the photo, extra pun intended) Thanks smileypj, Roostaman. 2007-02-07T00:00:00Z Romax Found 10.00am Visited by Roma and Max. Using our interpretation of Dr Who's instructions we search unsuccessfully, until his Galactic Controller telepathed a clue, which changed our approach significantly. The Tardis remains at this present location to provide the same challenge to future, probably more astute, searchers! Thanks to hondo222 for this entirely different approach, and to smileypj again for initiating this ongoing enjoyment we are experiencing tracking Dr Who's travels encircling planet Bendigonia. 2007-02-02T00:00:00Z Romax Note We found the rather cryptic directions at the posted co-ordinates a couple of days ago, but have yet to unearth this elusive Tardis. Although the instructions appear to indicate a search area of a kind we are unable to decipher any numbers that may help! We certainly could use K9 if we knew how! This project is on going. 2007-01-28T00:00:00Z hondo222 Note The Tardis isn't to be found at the given coordinate, only a message that will guide your path beyond the stars. As your image is required to complete the journey - bring a camera. 2007-01-26T00:00:00Z hondo222 Found Found this afternoon after avoiding Daleks disguised as prickly shrubs and looking out for any Billy Goat Gruffs that maybe lerking under the bridge. With the Tardis in hand, quickly departed to try and catch up with the meteorite we saw last night to send it on its way. Footnote:- I've always been a bit cautious a bout going under bridges since being terrorized as child in my early years about stories of Billy Goat Gruffs hiding under bridges ready to menace unsuspecting travellers. 2006-12-29T00:00:00Z Romax Found 3.45pm Visited again by Roma and Max. This was our second visit to GZ today after a failed attempt this am. Resorting to a popular internet search engine known as, "friendly email help line";, we triumphed over the simple, but very effective camouflage cloaking method that Dr Who had resorted to. We will continue to follow this time traveler as it circumnavigates its way around the center of its, and our universe. 2006-12-28T00:00:00Z smileypj Not Found Had a good look through this prickly environment today, but no joy. The Tardis must have gone into invisible mode. A question... do I need to go underground, or is the Tardis accessable from the surface? 2006-12-24T00:00:00Z hardyman Note The Doctor has yet again materialised in another subterrian alien environment. 2006-12-23T00:00:00Z hardyman Found Located the Doctor in his sub-terrain location and are now traveling the iniverse looking for another place to resurface. 2006-12-17T00:00:00Z smileypj Note After speeding several earth days in the 'void' the Doctor and his new companion 'Star Dog' (not as attractive as Rose or Jane - Sorry) have returned to Terra Firma. The Tardis is now located in a rather eerrie spot, and will only reward the brave with a find. The GZ co-ords are accurate, but unless you've got a special blue light screwdriver or alien tenticles, humanoids will need to find another way!!! 2006-12-12T00:00:00Z smileypj Found Was collected today on dusk. Great camo job on the very blue tardis. Will find a new suitable home soon. 2006-12-09T00:00:00Z The Morris Note Was beginning to think Buzz and Tuzz had kidnapped the Tardis. Took top and left prism glasses. 2006-11-17T00:00:00Z bevfre Note Found by bevfre 9.30am,mooved on to find out about Buzz & Zuzz. Thank you to all on this space journey 2006-11-15T00:00:00Z The Morris Found What an interesting construction - probably should have a permanent incentive to visit. Took golf ball and left glow stick. 2006-11-15T00:00:00Z The Morris Note Popped into a large ziplock bag because the weather is so lousy. Needs to move before the swap meet on Saturday. 2006-11-14T00:00:00Z Romax Note 3.15pm Visited by Roma and Max. What can we say! This industrious alien micro race are indeed busily constructing an interplanetary transport device, using only available terrestrial materials and their obviously superior intellect! If their propulsion unit can make this object fly, they should be working for NASA and not marooned in this sector of the universe! We can only recommend a visit to this construction site, before Dr Who moves his Tardis on. Romax. 2006-11-08T00:00:00Z hondo222 Note Although the Tardis hasn't travelled far in distance it now seems to be in another dimension. It has landed in a multi storey complex of an alien race no bigger than the size of an ant. How this city came to be in this place is a mystery. The inhabitants of this complex and vast structure may be hard to see. I do have my suspicions' that the alien are constructing an intergalactic rocket and if the Tardis is to be retrieved it will need to be soon. When locating the Tardis do be careful as not to damage the alien structure/spacecraft. Could the next Tardis traveller take a picture and post it on this site - i forgot mine 2006-11-07T00:00:00Z smileypj Note Vooosh, Vooosh, Vooosh. The Tardis has landed again. If you remember the episode 'Fear Her' from this season, the Doctor didn't land very well and couldn't open the door. It's happend again. The Tardis door won't open in it's current position (it's also very dark). When the Tardis was last opened, the vacuume sucked out a couple of the space cadets. In their place, an ancient orb, with many craters has appeared. 2006-11-06T00:00:00Z smileypj Found How cool is this, I can legitimately find my own cache. Thanks TT, it was a great hide, using those anti-gravity motors supplied by Romax. The other cool bit is that I found it using google earth and the geocaching Australia kml file... no GPS required. It also helped that I'm very familiar with the area in which it was hidden. Tardis will re-appear very soon. Do, do, do, do, do. Or should I say, Vooosh, Vooosh, Vooosh. 2006-11-05T00:00:00Z TeamTandoori Found Found this one after being alerted to its local galactic travels in the Bendigo universe. It has now morphed to a "time bridge" in planet Huntlyonia. Thanks Smileypj for such an innovative cache concept. Team Tandoori. 2006-11-03T00:00:00Z The Morris Found Had decided to grab this during my lunch time as it wasn't too far away. Took a colleague who had just returned from having a very bad time at court but was dressed for success. "I know a great way to manage your stress - come with me." Well the stockings were torn, the dress was dirty, good shoes were covered in mud, her hair was covered in cobwebs and she didn't find it. Apart from that she seemed to have had a good time. Took glow stick and left astronauts who've been lost since the demise of "Lost In Space." Placed near a very familiar spot. Rule query Peter: I presume we can find it again once it has been rehidden? 2006-11-03T00:00:00Z The Morris Note 2006-11-02T00:00:00Z Romax Note 3.00pm Found by Roma and Max. Tardis has had 2 new Anti Gravity Engines fitted and is presently just hovering, in test mode! Thanks Smileypj, we think it does look to be bigger on the inside! TB 576863 has been returned to Bevfre to continue its travels with the other intergalactic mob! Romax. 2006-10-30T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found by Bevfre,11.45.Now on the move.Buzz & Zuzz have joined DrWho to help,Took Green Monster Left Caterpiller & TB 576863.Thank You Smiley PJ. 2006-10-30T00:00:00Z bevfre Other Drop Off Tb No 576863 2006-10-30T00:00:00Z bevfre Note Now Landed in Bush. Some clever people around this area.TB No 576863 Buzz & Zuzz With Dr Who, 2006-10-29T00:00:00.000Z GA0619 [Machines of War] Central West Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0619 [Machines of War] Central West Geocache Geocache [Machines of War] Central West caughtatwork Footscray West Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

[Machines of War] Central West is the 66th cache hidden by caughtatwork

<img src="http://www.caughtatwork.net/geocaching/images/GA0619_small.jpg" align="right"> Central West is a new shopping plaza built on the site of the former RAAF Stores site at Tottenham. The Machine of War at this location is a Vampire marked as A79-321 along Ashley Street, Braybrook. This is actually an ex-Zimbabwean FB.52, serial R8128, imported into Australia in 1988. The cache iteself is hidden as close as is possible to the Machine of War without actually having to climb up to the machine to grab it. It is placed such that you do NOT have to step on any plants at all and you do not have to leave the grass in order to find the cache. The cache is a 200ml sistema container containing the usual log book and pen as well as a small assortment of small swaps and has been disguised somewhat to match the surroundings. You will very likely be noticed by lots of muggles as you seek this cache, so try to be circumspect if you can. I hope you enjoy viewing the Machine of War. At the very base of the pole supporting the Machine of War under the mulch. 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1145 It's not often I get out this way, but it's definitely getting harder to find caches near home these days and I'm forced into unfamiliar territory more and more often. Anyway, like most guys, I get a kick out of most wartime/military relics and it was great to visit this one today. I can remember a chap I used to work with a fair while ago had been a Vampire pilot with the University Squadron - strangely, for someone used to traveling in such things, he never had a car license! The cache was a nice, quick find and the area was surprisingly un-busy today. TNLN Thanks caughtatwork 2009-08-22T00:00:00Z BlueStorks Found Our first cache and a great way to start. Looking forward to more although our kids think we are crazy. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z freddymcs Found Found this on a busy Saturday afternoon. I'd come too far to not have a go at it. Retrieval was easy. Sitting in the car after signing the log, staring at the plane in the rain and trying to figure out how to return it was tougher. In the end, a previous cache hunter's trick of using photography at least made me feel better even if in my case it was unconvincing for onlookers. Great cache, thanks for taking me there. Took a wooden acorn; Left a poker chip. 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z sparrowfall Found An easy find early in the morning :) TNLN DNSL.. no pen! TFTC 2008-12-03T00:00:00Z bogonghazy Found I walked past this plane 2 days earlier to, you wouldn't believe it, buy some sistema containers for caches I intended to place. Nice spot, and I think the plane may have moved up from the corner of Barkly St some time ago, but it's been in this area as long as I can remember. TFTC TNLNSL 2008-04-16T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 200804161524 [:)]. A nice quick find with some photography to excuse my moving around GZ until I located the cache [;)] TNLN Cheers c@w 2008-03-30T00:00:00Z vp4 Found Found today while visiting parents nearby. What happened to the original Vampires that used to be on display. If I remeber correctly there was one at the entrance to RAAF stores in Ashley St and also one at the entrance off South Rd. (Did these two end up at the RAAF museum at Point Cook?) In acorn, out nothing SL TFTC 2008-02-16T00:00:00Z pwags Found A quick drive-by this evening. Would be much more difficult during daylight, but easy in the cover of darkness. The cache was visible as I approached it, but still intact - good to see after a few months of inactivity. TNLNSL, then ensured cache was well covered in its original location. TFTC, c@w! 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z Cached Found I used to live here! From what I can recollect, my block would have been in about the toy store. 1SD, located at RAAF Tottenham is obviously lost to the past. Thankyou very much for rekindling some memories here. Cached & wackys 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z The Wackys Found Found with Cached on a long weekend run to Victoria - TFTC! 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found I headed out to a few GCA caches this afternoon. This was an easy find as it was not well covered. I fixed it a bit better when I left I hope. What an odd place for this plane to end up. What would an archaeologist think if they were to dig it up here in a thousand years. A foreign war plane being used to flog fast food and cheap furniture in Melbourne's West. I believe this is the 500th log for a GCA cache in Victoria. I doubt it will take long to get to 1000. Thanks to all the team who made this possible. TFTC. TNLN. 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 11.20am As we turned into the car park I was not sure about searching for this one in such a visable location, however I should not have been so worried. The locals were too busy getting on with life to notice me and the cache was soon in hand. Inside is still nice and dry and in good condition. TNLNSL TFTC C@W this one is the 9th of your GCA caches we have found today and we really enjoyed the journy, this is also the most number of caches we have done in a day (and it's not even midday!!!). 2007-09-22T00:00:00Z caughtatwork Note Ack! Now that's some serious water seepage. The log book has been replaced, as has the stash note, the ziploc bag and all of the swaps, as well as the container, just in case it was the culprit. Thanks for the heads up Partic. Cache is all ready and good to go. 2007-09-19T00:00:00Z Partic Found Pulled up in the shopping centre car park by accident this morning (was in wrong lane at Footscray, then just drove west - GPS was misbehaving) and there was a cache icon on the screen once the signal finally kicked in. Finished shopping and found a rather wet cache very quickly before heading off to my client's site. 2007-09-19T00:00:00Z Partic Note I've seen damp caches before, but this was the wettest I've ever seen. Drained lots of water out of the cache, but the log book is extremely soaked. Looks like there had been a pipe leak nearby that was nearly dried out, but would have flooded the cache. 2007-08-26T00:00:00Z cdmark Found My brother lives nearby and we have spied this 'plane on a stick' for some time. A nice quick and easy find whilst waiting for our pizza! Cache a bit damp but remains intact. TNLN. TFTC caughtatwork. Cheers. 2007-07-22T00:00:00Z solomonfamily Found _11:00 The beauty of taking wrong turns is that you alway fly into another unfound cache! Thanks again caughtatwork. 2007-06-10T00:00:00Z Robmc Found I wondered what a Vampire was doing in there middle of a shopping center, now I know. Late at night meant there were no muggles, Ahhh.. Nice series. Thanks, Robmc. 2007-06-10T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found I'd actually been considering placing a GC cache here and I find there's one here already. I suppose I still can place a GC cache here too??? Anyway thanks again C@W 2007-04-07T00:00:00Z sevenstars Found Very busy++! In: Mini-Smiley Playing Cards Out: Squishy Frog Thanks for the cache! 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Kids loved seeing the aeroplane up close.....good excuse to be in a desserted car park in the dark. In- red car Out- bouncy ball 2006-12-17T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Another easy find pre 7am when the carparks were empty and noone could see what I was up to. This completes a trilogy of war machines this morning. Thanks c@w for the series. 2006-11-29T00:00:00Z Romax Found 8.30am Found by Roma and Max. This was a good time to inpect this war machine as the few muggles in sight were going about their own business and taking little notice of a couple of senior tourists. In: Leopard. Out: Finger Puppet. Thanks caughtatwork, from Romax. 2006-11-13T00:00:00Z murf Found FTF @ 1355 8 of 13 for the weekend. Had to employ some "urban camouflage" for this one, as the area was very busy... I just couldnt seem to get off the phone! ;-) I managed to grab and replace it without arousing suspicion (I hope!). The only worry I had was when I first arrived there was a worker wandering along at GZ picking up rubbish... he left soon enough and it turned out the cache was hidden well enough that he wouldnt take it with the rubbish :-) I wrote in the log that I thought this was my first GCA cache, however when I got home I realised that I had actually found one in Deniliquin 2 days before on my way south. TNLNSL, Thanks C@W. 2006-10-21T00:00:00.000Z GA0613 [Machines of War] Veterans Reserve Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0613 [Machines of War] Veterans Reserve Geocache Geocache [Machines of War] Veterans Reserve caughtatwork Spotswood Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

[Machines of War] Veterans Reserve is the 64th cache hidden by caughtatwork.

<img src="http://www.caughtatwork.net/geocaching/images/GA0613_small.jpg" align="right">Veterans Reserve is a small reserve on the corner of Mary St and Melbourne Rd, Spotswood with the Spostwood and Kingsville RSL just beyond. One of the few features of this reserve is one of the various Machines of War that have served their country well and have now been retired. I drive past this particular machine every day after dropping one of the caughtatwork kids off to school and thought it would be an interesting locale to bring the finder. I am unsure of what this particular machine is named, however its use is obvious and in its heyday its destructive capability would have been astounding. You are seeking a small 200ml sistem container hidden upon the Machine of War. Very low to the ground. 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z Toy Car Found This was my last of 5 finds today on my way to Werribee. When I arrived at GZ and saw the machine, I was surprised to read that the cache was a small not a micro. I nromally find mirco caches on machines like this. TFTC 2009-07-25T00:00:00Z PrincessDiala Found Found at 8.00pm. A small fluffy grey tabby cat was watching me retrieve the cache from under the pointy end of the machine. TNLNSL. Thanks once again caughtatwork for the cache! 2009-07-18T00:00:00Z sparrowfall Found Got a chance to return today after a previous DNF. Found it this time no problem :) TNLNSL TFTC. 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 12.00 noon Sometimes you just get the feeling as you approach a cache that you might spend a lot of time looking in, under and around an item but this cache was not one of them as we walked straight up and found the cache. TNLNSL Many thanks C@W for an easy find. 2009-05-29T00:00:00Z DingoDean Found Found with STR 4X4 TFTC TNLNSL 2009-05-29T00:00:00Z str 4x4 Found found @ 10:00 am with dingo tnln tftc 2009-04-20T00:00:00Z janaliel Found Oh it's for caches like this that I love having kids - some to do what kids do best and some to check likely places from strange positions!! So we found it and logged it. TNLN TFTC 2009-04-11T00:00:00Z sparrowfall Not Found DNF.. even with the hint. Took a look in the obvious spots but no luck. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found Grabbed this one on the way home after a day in town with the kids.. TNLNSL TFTC - vk3jap 2008-12-22T00:00:00Z Facitman Found Found by Facitman and the Facit-Family at 21:03 Third find of the night as darkness fell.... time to head onto Wyndham Lights! Having searched many of these machines over the years we fell into a routine as the four of us circled and probed. After a short search Facitman was heard to cry 'Huckle Buckle Beanstalk'. This resulted in blank stares from the rest of the family and a quiet chuckle from Rhinogeo. Soon after s-facit also had located the cache with e-facit requiring some prompting. TNLN Thanks caught@work, nice to find something larger than an eclipse tin on one of these. 2008-11-16T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1605 I'm not sure how I've missed doing this one before - not too many GCA caches get placed in the east, so I'm not totally fastidious about checking for them, but I was annoyed once before when I realized I'd passed right by another in this series in Altona while doing a nearby GC cache and I've certainly checked many times since this was placed, so I got a real surprise when I did a quick scan of the area prior to squeezing in a quick caching trip after visiting family in Brighton today and spotted it right near the freeway exit. Anyway, despite it taking a bit longer to locate than I was happy with (it's hard to look when you're wearing a helmet [;)]), I got it without too much trouble - and it was certainly a lot speedier than my 1st cache in a similar location (a Kiwideb micro on the cannon near the clock tower in Ringwood). TNLN Thanks caughtatwork - it's actually had a good number of finds - more than usual for a Vic GCA cache I'd think. 2008-10-03T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found Last one on a very moist and windy day. By the looks of it, this is aimed at the Telstra Dome! Took: Dino Left: "Saluting their Service" Pin and Batman Stickers 2008-08-24T00:00:00Z Alansee Found This is actually my first GCA cache log although the second one I have found. The other is a longer story..... I was in the area so decided to try it out. As I said on the last similar hide I logged, I do not recall finding two caches hidden in exactly the same manner on these items. This is another variation. Thanks Caughtatwork. 2008-07-22T00:00:00Z feathertop Found I have often driven past here and not known a cache lay nearby. However last night I saw where it was and took a short detour here on the way to Werribee. A very easy find but with such a large container when usually a micro is used, meant this was the easiest gun find I've ever made. TNLN Thanks caught at work for a great little series that I think I have finally finished. 2008-04-16T00:00:00Z Rhinogeo Found Found 200804161555 [:)]. It's always good to visit another 25-pounder and this is one of the few I've encountered with a complete (and comfortable to sit on and log a find [;)]) wooden seat [8D] TNLN Cheers c@w 2008-02-03T00:00:00Z vp4 Found Found today while out caching. Didn't have the paperwork or co-ords but remembered this artifact from the picture. Had a little poke around and sure enough cache was in hand. Good to see retired artilery. in dinosaur out soldier SL TFTC 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z Cached Found Park on the front, park on the back. No shortage of parks here! Thanks! 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z The Wackys Found Found with Cached on a long weekend run to Victoria - TFTC! 2007-10-12T00:00:00Z chewinprickles Found With Robmc or should I say Robmc was with me, (my car this trip), and we decided to drop in. Also a chance to try out my brand new Garmin etrex Legend Hcx. Just bought in from the States. Seems it works and it didn't sent me down the wrong side of the road either. There was a bloke sitting in a ute with a view towards us which neither of us noticed for a while. Hope he didn't see too much! BTW The gun is a 25lb Short Gun Howitzer. Built by Vickers Ruwolt during WW 2, Thanks C@W 2007-10-11T00:00:00Z Robmc Found Driving past on a caching mission and decided to drop in. I have driven past here many times, even been to the RSL once, but had never looked at the Machine of War. An easy find and a good start to the night. Thanks, Robmc. 2007-08-07T00:00:00Z Silent C Not Found I'm not having a good day. Another no find. I left the GPS in the car and just looked on the canon. Gave it what I thought was a good looking over, but no joy. There was some dirty old paper stuffed in behind the sheild that may have hidden the cache behind it, but was not that commited to putting my hand down there. SC 2007-07-17T00:00:00Z Serious Yahoo Found I am new to this and found the cache in about 5 minutes. Cache in good order, logged my find. Snake Out - Construction Worker In Thank You 2007-07-16T00:00:00Z roundcircle Found I was on a very limited time budget when I arrived here. As soon as I pulled up the neighbors started to unload a heap of stuff out of their car which over look the cache. So I was trying hard to be discreet. But they never even glanced at me. I think I could have done the cache in fancy dress and they wouldn't have noticed. As I was short on time I used the hint and quickly had the cache in hand. When i was leaving I noticed that someone had set up an office partition and a pot plant on the nature strip. Was this here to block the view of the neighbors? Perhaps there were some rouge street accountants who like to work behind it, hidden from passing traffic. Very weird. . <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/1158'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0613/thumbs/tn_241645053.jpg'> </a> 2007-06-27T00:00:00Z Partic Note Dropped back in here this morning to pick up the Geocoin I left last week so it can go back into a GC cache. 2007-06-18T00:00:00Z Partic Found An easy find this afternoon on the way back from Highpoint before battling some traffic. Didn't realise it was a GCA cache at the time, so will most likely need to shift the geocoin I left there myself in the next trip west. 2007-04-08T00:00:00Z sevenstars Found Found! in: scratchy with an axe out: tiger and ball thanks :) 2007-02-15T00:00:00Z LIVERPOOLRED Found A nice quick easy find on the way home from some other finds nearby TNLN TFTC Cheers LIVERPOOLRED (Y.N.W.A.) 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Kids found this one! In- tiger Out- bouncy ball 2007-01-03T00:00:00Z Scooters Mob Found Found @ 09:20 with Next! and Clarks Mob 1st of 21 in our caching expedition to the other side. Nice Canon In: Blue snake Out tiger 2007-01-02T00:00:00Z Next! Found 09:26 was found with Scooters Mob & Clarks Mob. Hate to be on the receiving end of this. T: flower L:gold soldier. TFTC 2006-11-29T00:00:00Z Romax Found 9.00am Found by Roma and Max. We were pleased this location was relatively inconspicuous as we had GZ to ourselves. The size of the container limited the number of hidey holes and we made an easy find. In: Tiger. Out: Dinosaur. Thanks again caughtatwork, this is proving to be a very interestig series. Romax. 2006-10-24T00:00:00Z Spruce Mooses Found We love a good Spotswood cache :) especially when it's just down the road. Picked up on the way home from work. Took Bouncy ball, left flower. Thanks Caughtatwork 2006-10-21T00:00:00.000Z GA0614 [Machines of War] Eternal Flame Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0614 [Machines of War] Eternal Flame Geocache Geocache [Machines of War] Eternal Flame caughtatwork Seaholme Victoria Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

[Machines of War] Eternal Flame is the 65th cache hidden by caughtatwork.

<img src="http://www.caughtatwork.net/geocaching/images/GA0614_small.jpg" align="right">The Eternal Flame burns outside the front of the Altona Council Chamber and Civic Centre on Civic Parade in Altona. Another of the features at this location is one of the various Machines of War that have served their country well and have now been retired. I am unsure of what this particular machine is named, however its use is obvious and in its heyday its destructive capability would have been astounding. You are seeking a small 200ml sistem container hidden upon the Machine of War. Behind the front shield. 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z Geodes Found Found by Bob at 1540 The last time I visited Cherry Lake, I can remember admiring this gun (I always admire them - I lust for explosions and noise BwaHaHa!) and it wasn't until I got home and did some subsequent checking, that I realized there was a GCA cache hidden there and I was rather annoyed at myself for not being fully prepared. Anyway, I resolved to make sure I got it next time I was in the area - and today was the day. Things were pretty quiet and I had surprisingly little trouble locating the cache (I've done a fair few of these, and they can be tricky!) - but the magnet was a goodie, and it made a decent clunk when I replaced it and I was fearful that the only muggle in sight (a kid near a car 50m away) might have heard. I was out of sight though, and didn't seem to provoke any attention and I was soon on my way. TNLN Thanks again caughtatwork 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z Keeper of Time Found Found 10.25am We usually find that caching on a Monday is easier than a weekend as the muggle factor is usually lower, but not with this one. So many windows and probably a worker behind each one wondering what those 2 people are doing walking over our nice manicured lawn !!! We were lucky to find the cache in the second place we looked so we were able to quickly sign the log and return it before the hoards ran out shouting at us ..... TNLNSL Thanks C@W for another in this series of GCA caches. 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z PrincessDiala Found Easy enough find found at 5.15pm TNLNSL Signed in front of the flame a few metres away. 2009-04-26T00:00:00Z Ha1fDead Found 2009-02-28T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found A nice an easy find after a day of nothing much realy! Saw it was a GCA cache and so naturally had to go in for the find! Thanks for the hide C@W. 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z TeamJEKL Found We had a lovely day at the beach before hand and stopped by this one on the way home. TFTC 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z vp4 Found Our first find for the afternoon of GCA hunting. Have crawled over a few of these while caching. In bat out dinosaur, SL TFTC 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z feathertop Found Found at 5.06pm while in the area this afternoon for work. Nice to see the flame burning nearby and the cache was a bold size for this bit of machinery of war which usually attracts a micro. Thanks caught at work. 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z pwags Found Found on new-year's eve (with colldier and lna), 20:30. Left another dinosaur to keep the 3 others happy, and took Miss Piggy! 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z colldier Found Nice and easy to find. Found with pwags and lna. A lot of passing traffic here so it was good that it was nearly dark. We were impressed with the method of affixing the container! 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z Romax Found 7.00pm Found by Roma and Max. Our 17th and final find on our search only for GCA caches day. The caliber of all our finds today have been as good as, and certainly even better than some that we have experienced, when searching for .com hides. Not wanting to be controversial or take sides, all of these hides have done for us exactly what we enjoy most about Geocaching, brought us to interesting venues, cunning hides and most of all the enjoyment of making a find. Thank you C@W for this cache and all the others of yours we found today. Romax. 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z Cached Found I don't remember this being like this when I lived in the area about 20 years ago! Thanks Cached & wackys 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z The Wackys Found Found with Cached on a long weekend run to Victoria - TFTC! 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z Scooters Mob Found Found @ 15:20 with NEXT! TNLNSL TFTC 2007-09-10T00:00:00Z Next! Found 15:17 was found with Scooters Mob. TNLNSL TFTC 2007-08-11T00:00:00Z Partic Found After obtaining C@W's assistance on some google map matters during the week, the least I could do would be one of his caches! 2nd of my finds in his Machines of War series. 2007-04-08T00:00:00Z sevenstars Found found on the way home from a 60th birthday with the kids. they were fascinated by the flame and why it was there. thanks c@w 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Spanner&co Found Used to drive past this everyday.....never would have thought to look a little closer. In- Pig Out- Bouncy ball 2006-10-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0584 Catalina Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0584 Catalina Geocache Geocache Catalina Rescue-201 Lake Boga Victoria Australia Traditional Micro 1 1

log only container

since the cache was vandalised and was left open to elements it was relocated near the base of a tree . under bark 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z roundcircle Not Found Had a good poke around, but it wasn't to be found. We did not that there is evidence of a tree being removed and a looks like the stump has been ground out, though the GPS pointed to the other side of the area. Interesting spot all the same. Thanks for bringing us here. :-) 2009-07-18T00:00:00Z ROMA123 Found Very surprised this once was still here, it hasn't been found since Dec 2008. Looked for it but unable to locate, so went to closeby GC cache and found that one, so went for a second look for this one and came up with it. A bus full of muggles parked in the GZ did not help the difficulty level !!!! TNLN SL 2008-12-29T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk Found Nice and easy hide after reading the description. No such luck with the nearby gc cache though. Thanks for the hide! 2008-10-03T00:00:00Z barryi Found TNLN, recorded log. TFTC. Location was a bit obvious when we arrived as litter had been cleared from base of nearly all trees, except the one with the cache. We evened up the litter spread before leaving. 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found now thet took sum lookin' but wif' She who must be obeyed we Triumphed! Thanks Acko 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z firesafe Found After finding the other cache nearby, we had to find this one this year through to the snow. A quick find given the amount of bark around and trees present. TNLNSL TFTC. 2008-01-23T00:00:00Z The Morris Found After finding the oh so very close neighbour quickly the lure of this hide was too much to ignore. This one will always be remembered. It was that special time of day when the flies have not yet departed but the mosquitos have arrived. As I turned over yet another mountain of bark, swatting insect and cursing a fresh snakeskin sent me scuttling back to the car. Heart rate returned to normal the cache was located within 6 inches of the snakeskin. TFTC - a relocation might need to be considered. 2007-01-06T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1530 TNLNSL.This cache was out in the open.It is exposed to being muggled,placed it at the base of a tree.It needs maintenance.Tnx Rescue-201 2006-11-09T00:00:00Z Romax Found 3.00pm Found by Roma and Max. We had visited this site only recently with our grand daughters, returning them home after school holidays. Arriving at GZ we expected to have difficulty finding this container amongst all the leaf litter but this proved not to be the case. As this cache is located only 38m from it's .com neghbour, which is still safely in its hidey spot, perhaps the owner, on his next maintenance visit, could consider moving it a couple of hundred meters away, as there are many suitable spots nearby. TNLNSL Thanks Rescue - 201. Romax. 2006-07-24T00:00:00.000Z GA0522 Beside a Lake Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0522 Beside a Lake Geocache Geocache Beside a Lake Ms Sassi Macedon Victoria Australia Traditional Regular 1 2

This is a nice little lake between a pine forest and a railway. It is very pretty on a cold morning when the mist is rising off the water.The lake was used a few years back by "Elvis" (the water carrying helicopter) to fight the fires around Trentham and Macedon. Quite amazing to see how quickly Elvis could take up the water and go again. This is Ms Sassi's first cache so hopefully it is found easily, and you enjoy the area. The cache can be approached from several ways. A nice little walk around the lake or make your way via the pine forest tracks by car. Think clay and old tree stump 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Alansee Found A really nice stroll a long the lakeside today, and the cache was found without any dramas. I was back 10 minutes later for the other one nearby! Thanks Ms Sassi. 2009-02-20T00:00:00Z Teleturnbulls Found Found on a cache maintenance visit to my nearby GC cache. Nice easy find on a well placed and hidden cache. A much loved local spot. TNLNSL TFTC Sassi. 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z Riddell Found Saw I could have saved myself a bit of a walk by parking closer. But, anyway, enjoyed the stroll and found the cache without too much trouble. TNLNSL The Riddeller. 2008-08-14T00:00:00Z teamppss Found Found after a quick stroll by the lake. I was here with the CFA during the last Macedon fires and saw plenty of Elvis action, he actually dumped beside our fire truck when the flames were above the height of the pines, it was a very welcome relief. Took TB "This Bug Like Pie" but had no swaps on me this time. TFTC 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z vk3jap Found found it.. lovely spot near the lake. TNLNSL TFTC => VK3JAP : Ian, Gina, Jordan & Ksenija 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z vk3vcs Found Found with vk3jap crew Nice spot. Thanks Dave and Casey 2008-04-06T00:00:00Z pwags Found Found this afternoon at 3.30pm. A great little lake, would have been amazing to see Elvis hovering here! We had to be subtle at GZ, as there were a couple of fishing families close-by. Log book is a little damp and smelly... could do with some maintenance sometime soon. Many thanks for bringing us here, Ms Sassi - we loved it. TNLNSL. 2008-03-22T00:00:00Z Phetlern Found 17:15 Great little spot - we'd seen 'Elvis' working from here too - many years ago now. GZ was 10m SE of cache site today with tolerance of 8m and only 2 Sats coverage. Came in one track and went out another. TNLN..SL TFTH Team Ms Sassi 2008-03-21T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found at 1745 by baby&Mrs gopher with Team Ladava.What a wounderful stroll to GZ.TN Left Poodle.Contents wet so dried as best we could and removed dsome of the mud out of the lid seal. Tnx Ms Sassi 2008-03-21T00:00:00Z Team Ladava Found Found by Team Ladava with baby&Mrs gopher on their Sunbury and beyond sojourn. OK, this was my second try and I have no idea why it eluded me the first time but we were happy to return to this delightful spot for a second visit. Our thanks to Ms Sassi for bringing us here. 2008-02-03T00:00:00Z Ayzeds Note Headed back today & trimmed the offending camouflage off the O-ring. Hopefully it will be properly sealed now. Would have dried out the contents a bit but abundant muggles having a good time on a lovely warm afternoon made the exercise a bit fraught! 2008-02-02T00:00:00Z Ayzeds Found YAY!! Our 50th cache! Poor GPS coverage, and abundant muggles, made the finding a bit hard until we used the clue. Great hiding spot! The cache is very damp. Some of the camoflage is covering the O-ring, so its not properly sealed. We'll head back in the next few days to fix it. Took 2 mondos, Left 3 Pigs figurine, & Dash figurine. TFTC Have lived nearby for 15 years, but never visited this lake before. Beautiful place, with a large group of muggle teenagers having a great time swimming. 2007-12-30T00:00:00Z bevfre Found Found By Bevfre 9.15am on way to Melbourne. A nice walk round the lake which we enjoyed.Then we found the cache.Had to dry out cache, full of water. SL. Took Car Left Game of Dominos Thank you MS Sassi 2007-12-12T00:00:00Z alienmapper Found Found again after reading that it was gone, this time it has been covered by soil from stump, look a bit harder. Might need a bit of maintenance. 2007-12-09T00:00:00Z bevfre Not Found Think it as gone 2007-10-07T00:00:00Z TeamGeoPlesk