E.M.U. 7: Signal Frequency Anglesea, Victoria, Australia
By Mr Emu on 13-Feb-09. Waypoint GC1K2YZ

I was originally planning to "Temporarily Disable" the caches in this series while I reconfigured each of the first four puzzles (E.M.U.s 0, 1, 2 & 3 were confirmed as within the boundaries of the Great Otway National Park) and moved the caches to acceptable nearby locations. As it turns out I've spent (wasted!) the last week of my holidays trying to do just that, but am not at all satisfied with the results. In many cases the point of the cache was a unique viewpoint that I wanted to share - not something that is easily substituted. The puzzle workarounds were starting to look a bit ridiculous, and although E.M.U.s 4, 5 & 6 were in the Anglesea Heath and could have stayed, the series is pretty-much "broken". I don't even want to talk about the cursed E.M.U. 7 !

I am very sorry to disappoint the cachers who had recently convinced me to keep this well-appreciated series alive. I tried, but after the last week's effort I've decided that it's time to retire this specific series. Don't worry, the unique containers will be cleaned and freshened-up. You never know when the "caching muse" will strike!

Thanks to all of the cachers who attempted the puzzles and made the trek to the caches. I really appreciated all of the generous comments in your logs.

*** If there are any cachers who found at least three (3) caches in this series and have not yet claimed their "pathtag bonus", please get in contact with me as soon as possible with your preferred mailing address. (Now that I've got the logbooks in hand, don't worry if you can't find the "verification codes" - I can verify claims.) ***


*One final comment: in the process of collecting all of the containers today I was once again disappointed to see all the signs from our fellow citizens who don't adhere to Parks Victoria rules e.g. multiple well-worn (and illegal) mountain bike single-track created in National Park, people walking German Shepherd dogs off-leash in bushland in National Park (where on-leash is acceptable), rubbish strewn through carparks and bushland etc. My faith-in-humanity meter is lying idle on the "0" mark at the moment...

At least I got some good exercise. Those caches weigh almost 7kg, and I think I covered quite a few km of bush tracks.

Well this was my last to complete in this magnificent series.

Thanks for the heads up in the end Mr Emu to put me in the write direction.

After noticing the closure of Coalmine Rd, I too headed up to the end of Golf Links Rd.

I found a path that virtually took me all the way to GZ and was soon signing the log.

I walked over to the open cut mine and took a couple of photos of the coal seam and was off.

A fitting end to a great day of caching.

Hope you come up with another series in a diferent location Mr Emu.

Love your train of thought!!

TFTC

The curse of E.M.U. 7 returns for one last effort!

As can be seen from recent logs, there are access and accompanying safety issues - as well as clear environmental issues (regeneration area) - associated with this accursed E.M.U..

I am obliged to disable the cache immediately, but for those seeking to knock this off their list I will leave the container in-place - as promised - at least until Saturday 08 January 2011. It is up to you to find a safe access route (a walk downhill from the now-blocked-off Messmate Track?).

Soon this will all be behind us...

Cache # 148 for us and first for the day on the day we had decided would be the day we finished off the series. A hint from Mr Emu had given me the clues I needed to work out the puzzle, so thanks for that ! A pretty devious one to be sure.

After a hard bike ride through the Ironbark basin in the morning (yeah, I know I said we wouldn't, but after talking about our walk yesterday with surf-club fit people.. a group of us did..and it was fun !), I was looking forward to some short strolls from the car to these caches.

We hadn't read the previous logs at this stage so were unaware of the reasons for the road closures we encountered and the fact it included pedestrians. On finding our progress foiled, a quick consultation with Google maps showed that an approach from the end of Golf-links road would get us closest. After a short hike through what juc_jr#2 loving called "the snake paddock", we arrived at GZ. We had worked and walked so long for this, we weren't going to give up easily, so we reluctantly crossed the barrier into the revegetation zone.

After a short hunt, the container was in hand, logs were signed and it was back down the track, across the snake paddock and on to the next one.

Thanks for the cache and the series Mr Emu ! I'd have to agree with archiving this one, unfortunately, given the story about the mine. Wonder if they will get in trouble for that ?

mmm will make my charge on fri/sat interesting!!

02/01/2011 14:37 Found: #172 #12/23 Huge (for me) cache day with lochb and PrincessDiala. This was the hardest puzzle for me and a hint by themd got me on track to decoding it. I was pleased to have all 7 done and keen to come down and do all these. My car GPS insisted we drive into Coalmine road but the girls were concerned about the road closed. We decided to drive up anyway and on reaching the plastic barriers we read some previous logs. We even passed a family walking and riding bikes. It seems the cache is now in a re-vegetation area. A mere 5 minutes after signing the log we drove a little way down the road to see the view when the local ranger turned up and told us the road was unstable and we all had to leave, even the pedestrians. Apparently the mining had undermined the entire cliff. As you see from the other logs the girls managed to charm him and let us go. When reaching the barrier we found it had been shut by the ranger who had asked us to replace it closed when we left. Timing is everything. Thanks Mr EMU.

This puzzle was the last one to solve, it took me a while to decipher the men, but then I got stuck again.
I needed some guidance from Mr Emu to kick start me again in the correct direction. After some letter manipulation in excel, I had what I needed to be able to find the cache.

On Coalmine Rd, we drove through the barriers as I guess all the previous finders had done and took the shortest route to GZ.
Once again I was in awe at the magnificence of the coal mine, and was a bit disappointed that the viewing area and carpark were now closed off.
We parked nearby a track on my gpsr which wasn't an obvious track any more as the Parks are trying to re-vegitate the land here. (In hindsight - our mistake. Oops.)
Once we'd made our find, we stopped near the fence to take a few pictures of the mine..
A ute pulled up next to our cars and a Ranger walked up and introduced himself as Richard.
He explained that the road was barricaded as the mine had (forgotten the word) too close to the edge of the road, and now it is unstable. Yikes!
(Which also explains the fenced off car parking a viewing area.)
Having the camera out was probably in our advantage, as well as having certain accents

As sad I am to say it, Mr Emu, its probably best that your archiving this one.
Many thanks for this puzzle series, the much needed guidance and this location, Mr Emu!

Xxx
Found today in the company of two others from the Vic puzzle solvers group - PrincessDiala and Landau351, before this series is being archived.

This puzzle was the last to be solved. Nice work, Mr Emu!

We were driving towards GZ and past a “road closed ahead” sign, when I remembered Mr Emu’s advice that we might be able to get through as the barrier is mobile. Indeed, it had been pushed aside by someone else before us. So up we went. We found the cache quickly despite the lack of a path (that has disappeared now). We were just admiring the huge coal mine, standing next to the fenced-off car park and information display, when Ranger Richard came and explained to us why we didn’t want to be in this area: The coal mine has undermined the road, and left the whole area unstable and at risk of coming crashing down. We were surprised at his calmness, considering we’d been found in a restricted area’ Maybe it was zat schtrong dscherman ackcent and PrincessDiala’s and my innocent smiles?

Thanks a lot for a great puzzle series, Mr Emu. It’s said to see all of these go without replacement. Can we somehow convince you to keep these caches active?

We found a reference to a handy little decoder for this type of thing recently, so the puzzle wasn't too hard (just laborious). Getting to GZ was a little difficult due to the condition of the road, but thankfully someone had decided the road wasn't closed anymore and moved a barrier [^], saving us a drive back down the GOR through the horde of traffic. This was our last find in what has been an excellently constructed series of puzzle, with terrific hiding spots and awesome cache quality. They will be making it to our favourites list and quite possibly the Pool Room bookmark list. Such a shame they have to go. TFTC and this excellent series, Mr Emu.

Kirky popped in to my place on 11/12/10, to advise that he had just finished the E.M.U. series because they were being pulled. We fired up the lap top to find that all of Mr Emu's hides were being pulled. WHY?? Please!! So that was it, had to get these before they disappeared. Luckily these were spared for three weeks..What an amazing series of puzzles!!!!! some I saw clues straight away, others I drew blanks. After almost a week of searching ( sorry for all those I neglected (work and home)) I finally finished the puzzles. I think I owe two or three thanks for small hints to Kirky. Anyway found them all in two outings. I Have had a whinge about this series being closed in every log, so enough is enough. BUT..... Get real PARKS VICTORIA, what harm do we do to OUR PARKS. Mr Emu (P) Thanks for this awesome series.

This entry was edited by ClamManandClan on Monday, 27 December 2010 at 13:50:35.

A quick note for anybody who may be interested in attempting the E.M.U. series. I have altered my recent archiving plans (at request) so that all eight of these caches (#'s 0-7) will remain active up to - and including - Saturday 08 January 2011. After that date, I have no option but to archive the caches permanently.

* I am quite happy to provide guidance/hints for those that need help, but you will still need to do some work (and walking!) in the end.

Heard that these are going to go off line and having solved the series a couple of months back did not want to miss out on the find. Excellent Series and am sad to see Mr Emu pulling the pin on these ones. Thanks for all your hard work Mr Emu. Great job and these will be missed.

Although this puzzle cache has been enjoyed by geocachers for almost 2 years, I have considered the environmental impact of it's placement in light of the "Leave No Trace" ethic, and decided that it's due for retirement.

Collection and Archiving of this cache is planned within the next month.

Well its taken me a fair bit of time making sense of this 1 and some others,
really enjoyed these challenging puzzles,and all the great locations we've been to today........
Thank you Mr Emu for a great day out .....

Suscoe's first cache of today.
A delightful walk to GZ and there was the cache exactly where it should be.
A few chats to Bushfire helped make sense of these dancing men, thanks for the hints!
Took Egyptian, left Chinese figure.
Thank you to Mr Emu for this cache and series.

This entry was edited by suscoe on Saturday, 20 November 2010 at 17:26:32.

2010-07-03 13:01 After a nudge in the right direction from Mr E.M.U. I had this puzzle solved. I don't know why it didn't click initially as I have completed a puzzle similar in the past. We headed here after E.M.U. 6 and on the way in with about 2km to go there was a track closed ahead sign. Oh no we said but all was fine. The closure was about 1m after a turn into the track to GZ. We were in a 2wd but we were able to make this a drive-by. We made the find and we had now finished the E.M.U. Series. We enjoyed it thoroughly and wish to thank Mr Emu for all the hard work putting this series together.

Finally , the last in the series, found at 3:15pm. It was almost an anticlimax, although there was a difference of opinion in the approach. Nevertheless, it was a great series absorbing a lot of time to solve the puzzles and it was a really enjoyable team effort, fortunately not involving us in too much of the holiday weekend traffic. Thanks Mr Emu, your creative ingenuity knows no bounds.

Found with EuDes and Asume.
Thank-you for the late nights and finally a wonderful day day on the surf-coast and beyonds.
A Fantastic cache series.

This was the final in our assault on the Emu series. Another good puzzle, that for once did not involve Google and straining for ideas. It was just a matter of doing it! Mrs A did the hard work on this one. Another interesting location and the log was signed and the series completed.
took ball (to help the ocntainer close)
left frog
Thanks Mr Emu we had a great time on this series, it really strained our brains from start to finish, it took us to some fantastic locations and the effort put into making the cache containers defies description. Intend to recommend this series on GCA.

It was almost with a little tinge of sadness that we arrived at this one for the 15:15 find as that meant that this sensational series was now over. Although Alsume had done virtually all of the solving work for the series, including this one, the ones that I were involved in were fantastic challenges and resulted in the loss of many morning and afternoon teas at work . The whole story generated through the series was great and the workmanship on the cache containers has to be seen to be believed . Much kudos to you Mr Emu . Also, the drives and walks to each one were terrific as were the final locations (although I guess that's a bit easier to say when one is in an off-roader ).

TNLNSL. Many, many thanks for a truly magnificent series Mr Emu .

Find # 3144 and 12th of the day at 12:22 pm. Accompanied by Feathertop on our Great Ocean Road TripAnother nice drive-by, TNLN, left my mark in the log, Thanx MrEmu....

I am very familiar with these little men but have not seen them deployed in this formation before.
Today's approach to GZ had us dodging enemy roadblocks threateneing us with another long walk until an unexpected detour delivered us to within 40m
Surprised at the different cache container too.
Can't believe we have finished.
What a morning's work and what a wonderful series of caches.
Thanks Mr Emu

This was cache # 41 of 43 for the day, on our tour of Geelong and the Surf Coast. We headed down the road and found some enemy road blocks, thankfully we turned up a track just before the blockade, this track took us to GZ and the cache was soon in hand, we enjoyed the lookout and seeing the power plant. My thanks to Mr Emu for the cache.

Found while out with Acts2YouthGroup on a caching day. I confess that I didn't solve this one but managed to get help. I can't therefore actually say that I solved it before lunch! lol Thanks Mr Emu. We noticed that the cache was different and figured that it was because of the fires. There are still barriers on the road but the road itself is open.

Found with bucketeer
Great series
Grabbed the path tags
Thnaks Mr Emu

We found the road to the parking area barricaded and closed off.
The parking area & lookout itself was fenced off, but we still managed to sneak past the guards (there weren't any) and receive the last E.M.U. @ 1144 hours.
I needed a couple of words to steer me to solve this last puzzle, but only to really confirm what I suspected.
Great series, loved the theme, graphics for the puzzles, locations and those wonderful cache containers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Mr Emu.

Today, we and Indiana08 were in the area and finally wanted to finish this cache off properly - by signing the log. Our last visit was just after a fire erased the previous implementation.

Alas, when we parked close to GZ and readied ourselves to home in, we realized that the calculated coordinates were no longer on the GPSr - grrr. This dented our enthusiasm only slightly and we set out on the hunt anyway, using our "in-built GPS" (= memory). First we had to find the parking spot we used last time when we had to come via Messmate Track and then try to retrace our steps. This was made a bit more challenging by the fact that our first visit was in the middle of the night with only a few dim torches, and that the area is now nicely recovering from the fire.

After a bit of hunting around, the original spot was found and the new cache soon in hand. Yipee

NINO, but signed the log this time and took note of the code.

Thanks again Mr Emu for this fantastic series.

Found at 1.55pm GAFF1 in the company of maccamob and Phetlern.

We were prepared for the hill climb up Messmate Track if necessary, but the Coalmine Road was open (as confirmed by Mr Emu) so we headed straight to the cache the quickest way from No. 6. We have seen the open coal mine many times before, but always from a distance, so it was fascinating to see how big and black it is up close.

The cache was found after overlooking the hiding spot as we were again looking for the familiar container from the previous hides.

Another tricky puzzle that p-pprass had wasted a lot of time on the wrong assumption, but satisfying when it was worked out.

Thanks Mr Emu for a very entertaining series, from the cleverness of the puzzles and the tying in of some of the actual locations to the marvelous cache containers - the attention to detail was fantastic.

ps: Don't you think that M. Nimonic looks a bit like Mr Emu?

13:55
It took the initiative of ppras to mobilise the forces of maccamob and Phetlern to launch the offensive. Knowing that is was six months since the demise of the navy vessel; we assumed we would be searching for the fused hard rocky masses of the former robots. Phetlern could not have joined the hunt without the invaluable contribution of CDNB as their brains trust.
This puzzle signalled the conclusion of our E.M.U. search, and a most enjoyable search it was too. The solution to the coded location is attributed to our brains trust who worked on a hunch which signalled the answer.
Thank you for a fantastic series Mr Emu, one that has a great theme that intertwines with actuality and cache containers that are a credit to your ingenuity.

Thank you for the pathtags.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by Mary & David at 1355, in company with pprass and Phetlern. Needed a nudge on this puzzle, but then enjoyed the process of decryption and working out the coordinates. As Coalmine Road was open, we came directly from E.M.U. 6. Hadn't realised the scale of the mine operation across the road. A short walk from the road brought us to GZ, where we were briefly fooled by a different container being used. Our hearty thanks to Mr Emu for an amazing series of puzzles and containers, and for the surprise reward awaiting us. A memorable day of caching indeed (although more was to come, but for different reasons).

[This entry was edited by maccamob on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10:57:33 PM.]

A quick ride on the trail bike to E.M.U. 7 today. I can report that Coalmine Road has now been re-opened, so there is no need for a detour.

(In fact, the detour along Messmate track is not an option now that the clay has become wet and very slippery. I made it halfway up the hill (i.e. on a reverse-route) before deciding a retreat was in my best interests! It took a long time to get the clay off my boots, pants and motor bike when I got home!)

Coalmine viewing area still fenced off, but views can still be had from nearby.

Oh bother - the road closure really threw me out! The GPS was unsure where to go, and had us doing quite large circles around the outskirts of town! After quite a long detour we were back on track, and U.M.U. 7 was found! The physical part of this series was completed in just over five hours. The mental part took quite some time more!
As this was the "new" cache, I was the first to log in the new log book. It was a great little hide, and I made sure it remained out of sight.

Bushfire offered Speedy Stamps the use of his cachemobile as his machine is far to low for these rugged bush tracks. Like all others to solve this devious series the other hard part is to find them.
Bushfire joined Speedy on all the walks but waited at the start of Troubles on the Track and Speedy went for the very hard walk to # 2 alone but I keep an eye on him.
At the last cache for the day I decided that Mr Pete should be placed down here and then retrieved to continue his travels.



[This entry was edited by Bushfire on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 5:11:13 AM.]

I absolutely loved this series but nevertheless it came to an end. I am still going to log this as a find as the cache was reduced to a pile of ashes, we left the remains at the cache location so if other cachers try to find it they can. RSF1010 will email the cache owner photos of the cache remains. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Thanks anyway, Indiana08

This cache has been incinerated [:(!]

Thanks to today's visitors for letting me know about the sabotage.

Let's summarize the history of this cache:
1. Lengthy detour required only days after publication due to Anglesea Borefield Project.
2. Coalmine viewing area (and parking area) also closed only days after publication - presumably linked with the Anglesea Borefield Project.
3. And now, the unique cache container has apparently been stolen, with contents incinerated on-site by parties unknown. Ouch!

I guess it's three strikes and you're out! I'll try to get to Anglesea as soon as I can to investigate. Hopefully RSF1010 won't send me any photo's - it might be too distressing!

I may place an "offset-offset" temporarily, in case any geocachers have made plans for a visit in the coming weeks. I'll let you all know! Certainly happy for today's cacher's to claim "a smiley". (Is that you signatures I see in the ashen remains? )

*(One good/bad thing - this container was a little different to the other 6 "real" emus, so I'm only 95% shattered about it's loss. I'd been thinking of extending this series based on that difference, but now I have a strong feeling that there might be a "curse of E.M.U. 7" theme instead )

sad to have the series come to an end like this , enjoyed the puzzles and the adventure. but sorry to say, some idiots have trashed the final cahce was burnt and area was roughed up a bit also. thanks MR EMU for the great adventure. tftc

This should have been the glorious finish to this amazing series - but it turned out to be a sad and disappointing find as it looks as if somebody thought it was funny to steal the trademark container of the series and burn the content. The burnt remains are still recognisable as being a cache. May the emu/phoenix rise from the ashes!
Needless to say we took nothing and left nothing. Could not retrieve the code or sign the log, of course.
Thank you Mr Emu for all the exercise of our grey matter in this outstanding series!!

The Cursed One has arisen from the ashes!*

A regular-sized replacement cache has been deposited within 1m from the original location, so an update of your coordinates is not necessary. Be aware that you may get black on your hands when recovering the cache, so come prepared with gloves or wet-wipes.

*I initially got the impression the cache had been muggled, but to my surprise it seems that a scrub fire did the damage. This may have happened as part of a recent environmental burnoff. The original outer can be re-painted and re-lined, but the internals were just a melted blob. The question of whether or not these caches are fire-proof has been answered [xx(]

**EDIT: Entry should be dated Sunday 10 May. Please note that the detour is still in effect.

13:46

We both really wanted to finish the whole series, but unfortunately it wasn't to be

With all the others in the series found, we were hoping that this would be an easy finish to the series, but with the recent bad weather making the roads terrible we had to abort with 2km left to go. We had gone 2.5 weeks without getting the car really muddy around tassie, but this cache put an end to that, with mud well and truely covering a fair portion of the car. M even managed to put the back end of the forester into the ditch. Thankfully it came out just as easy as it went in

We shall return though to finish the series off, as the puzzles and the caches themselves are top notch and the best that we have seen in a long time!!!

A lengthy detour is still required to get to this cache, and on the advice of setsujoku I have copied the information from the earlier note to the cache description. I visit the area regularly, so when Coalmine Road re-opens I'll post an update. Sorry for the inconvenience - a bit of a pain now that we have had some rainy weather.

And thus concludes my E.M.U. series of caches today, and what a fine way to finish. The first access road I tried to use was blocked so I had to make a large detour to get here. Once there I was greeted with more wonderful views and a sunny change in the weather.

I have to agree with Bushfire's opinions of these caches, it is certainly one of the best planned and executed series I have seen. The locations were well considered, the containers fantastic and the puzzles very satisfying to solve. Throw in the prizes on offer and the high production values and it's hard to fault them.

Great work Pete, please keep up the great work, the caching community really appreciates your work.

Thanks,

R - B

After playing a round at the neaby kangaroo-infested golf course (SO worth a visit!), CSJ and I went to claim this one. I thought I'd mapped out the easiest way to drive there, but somehow we missed the correct road and ended up on a very holey, mud-puddley, narrow, steep dirt road. Luckily we were driving a Volkswagen Golf, which are perfect cars for off-roading, as it turns out. We drove right up, shooed away a kangaroo, dodged a few bull ants, and had the cache in hand within minutes. Very nicely done cache, from the puzzle to the container...TFTH!!! [^]

Wave the Flag! We did it! Pteranodon, VKC1SR, Bushfire and Suitman completed this one a little wet, cold but very happy! Great caches, great locations and great company! What more could you want? OK - a campfire, port, coffee and some CTB's (Chocolate Teddy Bear biscuits) ... good flying weather would also be handy...
Thanks for all your efforts in this series Mr. Emu, it was appreciated.

Found in the company of Bushfire, VKC1SR and Suitman. I loved this puzzle, the best of the series in my opinion and the focus of a number of hours of thought. I've really appreciated the work you've put into this series, so thanks again, Mr. Emu.

There was no wombat in the cache container, so TNLN

Well a team assault was in order for these tricky puzzle caches. Headed off with Bushfire, Suitman and Pteranodon.
A nice easy find at 1445. Loved the container. TNLN
Well this looked like it would be the easiest puzzle, Wrong!!!
Many many hours trying to solve this.
Really appreciate all the effort you have gone to Mr Emu. The puzzles were great and all different. The containers are fantastic.
Highly recommend this series to everyone, do your best at the puzzles as the destinations just top it off. If you are organised and have a basic fitness level you can achieve all the finds in half a day. We are not the fittest bunch and we made it.
Now just if I can stop dreaming about Nemo and his team!!!!

[This entry was edited by VKC1SR on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at 12:14:45 AM.]

[This entry was edited by VKC1SR on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at 12:15:15 AM.]

Dropping in Bobby coin as this is more than a fair cache Guv!

This EMU #7 cache was under attack from Pteranodon, VKC1SR, Bushfire and the Suitman in a combined attack. We found it at 14.45 and because of the driving skills of 1SR we made this one another drive by. The container was different in this cache and I don’t know why. I feel sorry for Packetstorm4 & RHPS who was one of the four cachers who had found almost all of these cachers before we attacked them today. [Have just read the logs and cannot believe how close they were]
Many a time Mr Emu has stated in his logs that he was taken to an area that he did not know existed and that was the case today as we were in his backyard and he showed us some wonderful scenery. So for that we thank you very much.
Well done Mr Emu on a fantastic series have really enjoyed the challenge. Finally it is completed.

[This entry was edited by Bushfire on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at 3:15:17 AM.]

Wow, this one proved alot harder than first assumed. Infact, on first glance we thought this would be the easiest, but boy were we wrong! This is the last that we needed to finish off the E.M.U series, geowife and I teamed up with Sankecatcher to complete these puzzles, with Packetstorm and RHPS hot on our tails! For a couple we were pipped at the post as were they when we got to them first. Geowife and I stayed up quite late solving this one so that we could hopefully get our final find before Packetstorm and co got theirs! Our hard work paid off and Snakecatcher and I were able to complete all finds before our worthy competitors. I must admit to a few gentle hints along the way but not without first proving our reasoning, methods and attempts at solving all the puzzles. Infact one hint left Geowife more confused than she began!
If anyone needs help solving the puzzles, we can try and lend a hand but to be honest, I don't know how many of them I could solve again LOL! We tried so many methods on all of them and we have about 50 pages of scribble notes floating about I'd be hard pressed to find the right ones again! Also, Mr Emu has made us swear secrecy on some aspects.
I can't say enough good things about this series and the time and effort that has gone into all aspects of it. It is by far the best cache series we have done and I think it will remain that way for a very long time. Goodluck to anyone trying to beat it!

[This entry was edited by Geewok on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 4:50:11 AM.]

We fnaly got it. Geewok went out in the morning and I went out to get it tonight. (as I was at work, D'OH) enjoyed all of the puzzles. Thanks Mr Emu for another great line of puzzle caches. TFTC NINO. Second to finish the lot!!!!

FTF woohoo can't believe we finally found it... has taken us many many days to decode but finally with a bit of luck we found the coordinates. we got a bit lost trying to find the detour location but we finally got there and were soon on or way to gz.

awesome cache

FTF!
RHPS and i have been picking our brains for the last 3 days trying ever so hard to finish this one! Little harder than initially thought!
Detour was extended slightly as we were quite unsure where we were actually going. Watch out for those March Flies! Everywhere!
Were nearly there!
TFTC

Touring around Anglesea today, I discovered that Coalmine Road is closed from the eastern end, and the parking area & viewing have been temporarily fenced off. It won't affect retrieving the cache, but makes it a bit more painful to get to. I'll post an "alternative strategy" soon.

T-E-M-P-O-R-A-R-Y D-E-T-O-U-R

4WD:
Travel up the hill from Anglesea via Harvey St or Noble St, then down the steep Messmate Rd (southern end). The track was dry and graded today, so it might even be possible in a 2WD, but this is not the usual case Be careful!

2WD:
Follow the dirt section of Harvey Street, turn west along the Aireys Inlet-Angelsea Rd (Ingoldsby Rd? NOT Gilbert St), then turn right at No.2 / Bald Hills Rd. Continue until you turn right again into the western end of Coalmine Road.

The Car Park is no longer available, but there is room on the side of the road to park. Unfortunately views are not as good, and the information boards are not accessible. Sorry folks - out of my control. I'll update / delete this post when I find out that the situation has changed.

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