Bushy Park Syndal East, Victoria, Australia
By Datruk on 27-Feb-10. Waypoint GC24CEN

As there has been no response to previous request to attend to this cache, this listing is being archived to stop it showing up on search lists, as the cache owner is either unwilling or unable to maintain the cache.

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### **MAINTENANCE REQUIRED?** ###
I notice from one or more recent log entries that **this cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.** Therefore, I am temporarily disabling it so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

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Please respond to this situation by **13th January** to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. If you require more time, please be sure to post a "Write Note" log (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

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TFTC

Found with ICW. As noted in an earlier log the container has lost its lid. This has allowed tiny creatures to invade the cache and gnaw at the log. Tftc.

A not so pleasant smell in the air today. I'm not so sure if it was the cows or possibly the smell of fertiliser. As others have said a nice easy find. TFTC

Quick find, really nice and peaceful here on this cloudy day.

What a surprise it was to find such a large tract of land tucked away in suburbia. A pleasant change from the neatly manicured linear reserves that are dotted all around the place. The cache itself was a quick an easy find, so we had plenty of time to just soak up the atmosphere of the place before moving on. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Found it. It is missing it's lid

TFTC!

Out with the geofamily on a local run exploring the area. This was a quick easy find but the hide will need some love. The log is half eaten but still OK after someone added the snap lock bag.

Tftc tnln sl

Easy find, needs maintenance though, kudos to the GC that replaced the zip lock bag. Bit damp with spider friends from the rain. TFTC

Another dusk run for my daily cache.
Found GZ easy enough.
Given the time of day I was pleased to find the area basically deserted.

Found the cache away from where it should have been, out in the long grass, where it was only a matter of time before it was going to be another council mowing tragedy.

The cache is still missing its lid. Besides being damp, the log did indeed very much look as though the Hungry Hungry Caterpillar had 'signed' recently.

I replaced the damaged plastic seal bag and returned the cache to where I thought it belonged, then garnished it with what camo I could find.

A very traquil setting - expansive views illuminated by a full moon rising over the treeline. The cockatoos down by the creek were in good cheer.

Thanks for bringing me here Datruk. TFTC.

TFTC

Hi Datruk,
The lid to the mint tin has broken off, and some kind of critter is eating the log book. Can you please replace?

Dog and I went for a walk on this beautiful, clear autumn morning. We began at the gates near High Street road, but missed the first one because someone was in the hide. This one was a nice easy find that I managed to grab in between the many walkers. The lid of the container has broken off and it looks like some kind of caterpillar has been eating the log. The log sort of looks like some of the pages of the Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar. Thanks Datruk.

omegaman1971
Have been getting some of the caches in this area over the last few days. Really needs a new container, but didn't have one on me today.
Cheers for the cache

What a surprise it was to find such a large, and relatively intact area in the middle of suburbia. Yet another place that we would never have seen except for a geocacher and their hide. The cache itself was a quick and easy find, which left us with more time to just soak up the atmosphere of the area. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Lid missing, TFTC

TFTC

Got it. Beautiful part of the world.

Nice easy find

Thank you . A lovely walk with photo opportunities. I keep finding locations but not finding the cache so this is good for the soul! Explorer13

2nd find. Nice walk, cows in the meadow

Easy find on our day trying but to get a couple of local caches. Tftc.

Brought me back to an area I haven't been to in years! Nice little spot- TFTC

Took a bit of searching but eventually found it. Great view, lots of snails

Great one to do while out walking with the family.

TFTC. In Bushy Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Not many people about and this was a nice easy find. The resident snail had released the cache container but was still in the vicinity. Cache retuned to the snails care are covered over a little.

About time! Can't believe I missed it the first time!

After doing my last delivery for the day this cache was only 600 metres away.
A good excuse to park my truck and go for a walk along the reserve.
Dodged a passing muggle as she jogged by and the cache was found quickly.
I moved away a bit and added our tag to the log book.
As I went to return it I noticed the jogger was headed back this way.
Using the camouflage as cover the cache was replaced and covered.
I then headed towards the nearby herd (is four enough to make a herd?) of cows and exited into the side street.
A pleasant stroll to finish the day.
Thank you Datruk.
PS: I left the resident snail on the cache.


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All I found was a pen so wasn't sure if that was part of the cache or not. Most people said it was easy so got frustrated that I couldn't find it! Try again tomoz

what a great spot. Walking the dog at dusk ... quiet, birds, nature. got to GZ quickly and there is really only one option for a GC but in the absence of a description of what the cache is, which is really annoying, a quick look yielded nothing and I wasted time trying for some other desperate options. but then got back to the original spot and found it buried in the undergrowth. so placed it somewhere more "central" and covered it. TFTC

First find of the day out riding with the geokid. I looked for this one a couple of years ago and logged a dnf, but jumped onto it pretty quickly this time. There was a seat nearby last time that was gone now, and the GPSr was leading me straight to that last time, but with the seat gone there was only one place to look. Signed log. TFTC.

Found after orienteering.
TFTC

Nice easy find

Quick stop easy find for geo kids

Took a slight detour to have a look for this one under the cover of darkness. The advantage was it was nice and quiet to search. The disadvantage was that it made it a lot harder! Ended up spending a lot more time on this than I probably needed to. After doing a couple of laps I went back and looked a bit closer at a few areas and soon had the cache in hand. TFTC!

Nice quick one for the geo kids
Tftc

Extremely quick find by muggle friend as the cache was in the open, have hidden it more carefully. TFTC

Found it after a delay due to muffles.
Added a heart to the one already there. Great spot.

I found myself in the area so I thought that I would do a quick park and grab. It took a little bit longer than expected firstly due to the number of muggles making the most of the wonderful winter's sun, and secondly because my geosenses didn't kick in immediately. TFTC.

Found at 16:35
A nice quick find, sign and replace between all the muggle walkers/riders.
Thanks Datruk for the cache. I love these trails.

Out for our walk on a cold winters day doing some caching along the way.

Previous log regarding the snails made it an easy find.

Thanks for bringing us to this local walking track and area which we did not know existed.

TFTC TNLN

Came past here on the way home from work as i needed to fill a space in my calendar. I was a bit indecisive about which cache along this trail I was going to target however when i arrived at this GZ and found the area deserted I was quite pleased with my eventual decision. The cache was found very quick and apart from a few snails on the outside the cache is in very good condition. TFTC

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Had to wait while all the bike muggles were going past.TFTC.

Nice place for a stroll in the rain. Very busy with walkers and cyclists. So it was lucky to be a quick find after everyone passed giving us a moment. TFTC

TFTC

Found fairly easily but needed a little bit of care to remove and replace due to a number of muggles with dogs as well as bikes. Nice walk along the pathway and we saw a black shouldered kite hovering over the grassland before a number of smaller birds forced it to move away.

Found it easily with the help of Geopuppy

3:14 pm #216
A pleasant afternoon bike ride with 88andy88.
Found this one nice and easy. A quick look around to make sure no muggles approaching. TFTC

Continuing on the track nice hide

Our GPS was not behaving well however an easy find once the muggles finally cleared. TFTC.

TFTC

Hmm... either too late, too dark, too tired, too well hidden or my GPS was completly wrong... either what, will try it next time... in about 2-3 years

Quick find, TFTC

Not where expected but found in seconds due to good co-ords. Log in good condition

quik find! tftc

Night find. Peaceful!

Out for a stroll with MJR and folks. Went around in circles for a while but finally spotted it. Thanks!

No pen so dnsl nice hide just off the track

On the way to visit the bird hide, alot hotter day tan we expected so we are hopping between the shade. TFTC

#41! Nice quiet track. Sound of cockatoos and trail bikes! Nice and easy. log in good condition and dry. Tftc!

Wow felt like I was in the country! Thanks for bringing me here.

Quick and easy. Nice walking tracks around here.

TFTC

Found during a walk along this path. People living in the nearby houses have a wonderful view.
TFTC

Exploring the area by caches and this was the first. Sobad spotted a good way in to the track. Heading for GZ we hoped the walkers would pass us before we got to the cache which they did. Then a quick find before passing one of the returning walkers as we went back to the car.
Thanks.

We tried this one in dusk and it was hard had to come back during daytime to find it.

I arrived at gz with geodog and geotoddler in tow and spotted something unusual - a pen in a fence! That led me astray for a while; it's very kind of someone to leave a pen there for other geocachers, but the gps kept pointing me elsewhere. I ended up making a quick find after disregarding the pen, dodged some joggers and made my way back on the path. TFTC Datruk!

We had taken the geobeagles to a WOoFFDA (Whitehorse Owners of Family-Friendly Dogs Association) event to celebrate the construction of a fenced-off dog park in Vermont. The beagles had hung around there for ever sooo long to have their photo taken for the Whitehorse Leader that we thought they would like some proper walkies. We noticed nearby Bushy Park on the GPSr and it looked like a great spot to take them for both walkies and caching, which is becoming one of the beagles' favourite pastimes.

We parked the car in a nearby street and had a lovely stroll along the trail to GZ in the last of today's sunshine. [^] Thanks to the spot-on co-ords we found the cache easily in the first place we searched and signed the log at 5:35 pm. TNLN. After finding the cache we had a bit of trouble getting the beagles to move as they were mesmerised by some mooing wildlife in a paddock near GZ.

Thanks Datruk for the well-hidden cache and for bringing us to this very beautiful area. Seeing as we still had a bit of daylight left, we continued along the trail to the nearby Wetlands cache.

After 3 DNFs in a row so glad to get one. Cheers!

Tftc nice walking parth easy find

Found it

Found it...my first geocache!


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Came past today to find a few local caches and once the muggles on foot had gone we found it. A nice day for a walk. TFTC

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A quick stop on the way through. It's amazing the sights you see. Don't often see cattle in the burbs....

Out on a Friday afternoon caching run with Big_beno to clean up a few around this area that hadnt been found yet by us.
Cache is all in good condition and all is well with the log. TFTC TNLN SL

Quite walk after orienteering. Amazing what there is to see in this area. TFTC.

Enjoyed looking at the cattle in this part of Melbourne

Sneaky spot

Good quick find in a beautiful spot of open area. TFTC

After a easy walk to the gz this afternoon this one was found after a short search. Noticed some egrets enjoying the company of the cows in the nearby paddocks on our way in. Thanks Datruk for the cache and walk.

Thx for the cache.

Found while bike riding took path tag thanks Datruk.

Found at 4:03 PM GAFF1. Pretty sure that there used to be a series along this track by Nutcache - a power trail before Power Trails were invented
We were surprised by the hide, so much so that we left that spot right upto the very last possible spot to check [B)]
Thanks Datruk.

Thanks found it

TFTC great walk

Great location, look out for cows!!

Went out today and replaced the cache with a new container as the old one was to easy to spot.

TFTC al be it quite soggy.

Log is stuffed! TFTC

The cache is there and safe , but you cannot say the same for the log, it is a mushy mess and can't be signed.It only needs 5 minutes of attention and a replacement log and all will be ok.TFTC

Having seen the Reviewer's Note we thought as we were in the area we would check this one out anyway. The cache is safe, but the log is a mushy mess. It only needs 5 minutes of attention and a new log and all will be ok.Unfortunately we didn't have anything with us to rectify the problem. Sorry.

Easy find but log needs maintenance. We left a sheet of paper so we could sign.

Nice easy find with the geofriends. The log was totally destroyed though. Left some paper so we could sign but log needs replacing. TFTC!

A great little walk. If you didn't know better, you'd not think you were in the middle of suburbia.
Nice easy find.
The log was totally waterlogged and trashed. We added a few new pages to write on

Found it. Note is unreadable due to water damage