The Spring Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By The Artful Dodgers on 12-Sep-11. Waypoint GC34290

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

Will go and check on cache

The Artful Dodgers

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.


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tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

DNF

We have been there 2 times now and we cant find it any hints?

Third time looking, still haven’t found it

I quickly found this cache. However, I haven't pen but my stamp and it is so big for logbooking a little logbook. Thank you for the cache!

Found with dad
TTFC

I feel like the beauty of geocaching is it brings me to places that I can drive past each day but not realise they exist.

Thanks for the cache in this location.

Another one. (

Thanx to the hint I could narrow the search to two locations and in the second it was

So exposed but well camouflaged

Well done son!
I'm sure I would never have looked there!
I'm with SY02008

Another tiny one. Took us a while to find. The comments do really help.

Not obvious, took about 20mins

Tricky find but similar to another local one

slow find

The Artful Dodgers I found your cache The Spring on 16/9/18, 12:46 pm. This is my find 2091 and find # 4 today. After reading previous logs had an idea where it might be. Yep, after a quick look around, there it is. Thanks for the cache! TNSLLN

Sadly DNF, looked for ages

Came back like 5 mins later and found it. Wasn’t looking there

Woo

Thanks!quick find!

No luck for me! But on further thinking I have some ideas. Will be back.

Yay! Found today whilst introducing a friend to geocaching. TFTC!

Come out come out wherever you are?

Found it

Out with oldmorty and ADI.
This afternoon was a bit of a blur being taken to a number of The Artful Dodgers caches by ADI.
Needed help to find this one. Found but nowhere near the spring. TFTC The Artful Dodgers.

Definitely still there!!! Iv found it before and a few people were saying it had disappeared but I went to exactly the same spot and it was still there!

2 DNF's in a row. Again definitely in the right spot but couldn't find.

I made this one very hard for myself. I must have "looked" at it in the first minute, but didn't see it. Once found, extracting it was a chore. I went back to the car for the tweezers and managed to get it out. In doing so, I tore off the first name of the new log, (JordsAU). My pen just disappeared too...so I signed with a stick. All part of the fun of geocaching. TFTC

Tftc! Sister found in secondsgreat clear view of the city today!

19 Mar 2018

Found with morry9.

With a spade of newly published caches at the top of peak hour, it was a question of "do I bother venturing out now or later on?". Morry9 was keen and I battled the bottleneck roads to reach his place. We went from there over to Wollstonecraft for the intriguing, large sized, 'Pirate's Treasure TB Hotel' (GC7K992). We switched to foot mode at the suggested parking co-ordinates, and we we walking down from the trail head, we bumped into the Cache Owner, who had just returned from adding the logbook to the cache. Unfortunately, by the time we had reached Ground Zero, it was too late anyway, as bella at waggy and one half of BoogieRouge had already beaten us to the treasure. Nevertheless, we signed the log to claim a joint 3rd To Find and quickly discovered the trackables inside the TB hotel. Thanks For The Cache HUNbat.

The next closest, newly published cache happened to be in Vaucluse, 'Gaslight 2' (GC7KJ8B). AlphaDeltaIndigo wanted to join us, so we arranged to meet up and pick her up on the way through. Alas, as it turns out, the notification soon went off advising the other half of BoogieRouge had been and gone already, before we had made it through the congested roads. Oh well. We had made it this far, so why not continue. While the co-ordinates are out by about 25m, it was fairly obvious where we needed to be looking, and we soon had the Cache In Hand. We signed the log to confirm a joint 2nd To Find. Thanks For The Cache The Artful Dodgers.

While we were in the area, we thought we would return to the final location of the 'Sydney Bombardment' Multi Cache (GC67CBM). Having previously worked through the various stages, we knew where we needed to be. After a string of Did Not Finds, no update from the Cache Owner and the last recorded find being on 19 Jul 2016, we decided to help the game along by throwing down a replacement cache. Thanks For The Multi Cache nathys.

At this point AlphaDeltaIndigo had to head home, so we dropped her off at the bus stop and continued onto 'A Grateful Tribute' (GC572X6). I had attempted this one in Feb 2016 but was unable to locate it, and subsequently logged a Did Not Find. This time, however, our fortunes had improved and we spotted the cache straight away. I am almost certain it was not there before but pleased to turn my DNF frown upside down (or the right way up).

With the sunlight gone, we pulled out our torches and swung by Vaucluse Bay for 'Beach Paddock' (GC535VN). This would be a lovely spot during the day, I'd imagine. A quick and easy find for us under artificial light. Thanks For The Cache Denikoje.

We began making our way back towards the city and pulled into the crescent surrounding Ray Avenue Reserve for 'Rakes Creek' (GC5DH1T). Another quick find under torch light, with morry9 managing to spot it straight away.

I noticed, for some reason, 'The Spring' (GC34290) was appearing on my map as having not been found. I recall having the same discussion with morry9 last time we were over this way, that he had already found it and I was certain I had too. Well (excuse the pun), I wanted to be sure to clear it once and for all. Emma's Well is an great little landmark by the road side. Even though I was somewhat parched by this stage, I decided against drinking from the spring. An easy find and I was first to sign in the newly replaced log.

We were on the right side of New South Head Road (actually, the left side) to try our luck at 'Kings Cinema' (GC58ETD). We parked the car in the underground car park of the old cinema (now a supermarket). Ground Zero was quite active, so we decided to grab dinner first at the nearby Thai restaurant. After finishing our evening meal, we returning and made another straightforward find. Who would have guessed this building used to house a cinema, just by looking at it? Thanks For The Caches The Artful Dodgers.

"JordsAU

back in place

Will check cache

Is it still there? Nothing found

Three of us spent a lot of time combing this area but came up empty. We read through past logs so thought we had a good idea of where to look (and where not to). Expanded our search but still found nothing.

Couldn't come up with this one today after about 30 min. Checked nearby location based on hints but wasn't there either :-/

Did not find. Will have to try again another day.

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. Find#: 916

Found at: 5 December 2017

Buddies: none

Weather: cloudy

Muggles: none

Cache condition: good

QAEPAG. Great views around. TFTC TNLNSL

Find#: 916
Found at: 5 December 2017
Buddies: none
Weather: cloudy
Muggles: none
Cache condition: good
QAEPAG. Great views around. TFTC TNLNSL

TFTC had no pen

This one had me puzzled for a while, but then I thought outside the box and quickly had cache in hand. TFTC.

Tftc

Quick found after a ride around. TFTC

Sneaky little cache. I was too focused on the obvious. Good thing Sandysa had her head in the game. The cache was soon in hand! Thanks!!

Ah, didn't find it

Must have bussed past this spring 1000 times in my lifetime and never knew it was here!! Great little cache (and I do mean 'little'!)

TFTC

A beautiful day for geocaching around Vaucluse and all the bay.
Quick found for this little cache.
TFTC

All good here. Quick find . TFTC

TFTC!

Ohh sad it was the 6th geo today, we found all the others but oh well. If anyone can tell us a clue please, WE NEED IT!!! We went home with a frown on our faces including Bella the geo pup

What a neat little feature!
Driven past many a times and never ever realised this was here. A few people have thrown coins in for some good luck
Thanks for sharing
TFTC TNLNSL

A nice quick find at this interesting spot. Very nice views near here as well!

TFTC

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This, the second of the morning took way longer than it should have. Notwithstanding that there are less muggles on a weekday the constant flow of traffic bothered me while I was gardening. Gardening finished and no reward I was about to leave before walking up the hill once more. Ah success; pity I didn't read the logs more thoroughly. TFTC The Artful Dodgers.

I had the wrong idea, the I had TaurusSix come to the rescue.

Soon found and on to the Watson's bay walk

Found! TFTC

Interesting spot. Tx

Such an interesting feature at the side of the road! Thanks for the cute distraction. This one had me fooled for a while. Tftc

Coming up the hill, don't look at the well!

It was SO small, tip is don't look at the waterfall, attractive has two meanings!

Attractive has two meanings!

a quick find with the boys, after not being here, since we first started.
TFTC

OCW Mrs A on a balmy winters day. On foot and keen to grab some caches and explore the area.
Mrs A headed on down to the shops at Rose Bay while I headed for The Spring. I too walked past it and did some contemplation where upon I returned and made the find. Looks new. Signed the log and rehid. TFTC The Artful Dodgers.

A few walks past it before I spotted it walking up the hill. TFTC!

Another little nano to light up my day. Gotta love Syd. TFTC.

New log book in place

Another one with a full logbook. Spotted quickly. TFTC!
Cache Nr. 600

The logbook is full - please replace.

First we looked at the weatherforecast, before we decided were to go.
But it should be a good day for a nice walk, so we took the Ferry to Watson bay.
There were enough caches in the gps, so nothing could go wrong.
After the multi we decided to take an alternatieve route back to the Ferry.
Now we came very close to this one.
First we loket at the wrong spot, but soon we had a cache on our hands.
Thanks for this one.
#6262, 15:25H

All good here, TFTC

Arrived and left on foot as part of an eastern caching expedition on a beautifully fine mid-winter's Saturday.
I've been back and forth on this road over a good many years now and I've never before noticed this historic site. Thanks for the opportunity to appreciate this piece of eastern Sydney's history. Nice one.
Cache find was straightforward with use of the coordinates to lock us on.
All in order; log signed, cache then safely re-hidden.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

Today i made a trip east with my mate Gazmag, starting at Rose bay and trekking to the Gap i managed 17 caches in total and took in some very nice scenery.

TFTC

AMGSARI and myself did the train and ferry ride to the Eastern Suburbs today, located plenty of caches and walked our feet off in the process.

Plenty of water at the spring today, TFTC

Tks ... The Artful Dodgers ... GazMag

#2,640

Parked nearby and a had a short walk up and back for an easy find.

TFTC.

A great hint here in that it was entirely accurate but didn't give anything away. raindoctor struck out from the group's thinking and quickly found the cache.

Tftc

This one took rassilon256 and I up someone's driveway, before runaroundtheworld reread the hints and raindoctor to make the find. Another nice spot, thanks artful dodgers!

Thanks for bringing us here! Would have missed this if it wasn't brought to my attention by a cache! Good teamwork here as I had no idea where to look but eventually what the team members said made sense and we made a find appropriate to the hint.

cache in place

Found with 3rd Rose Bay Scouts

i dont think that it is there anymore looked for ages and nothing

Today was a combination of Amateur (HAM) radio and Geocaching activities. We took part in the Sydney Amateur Radio Ferry Contest, put on by the Waverley Amateur Radio Society, which had HAMs jumping on and off ferries all around the harbour chasing points. Waverley club station VK2BV was setup behind the Rose Bay Ferry wharf, to act as a control/check-in station. Managed to make a respectable 32 “contacts” during our trip over, and back, from Manly to Rose Bay on the various ferries & wharves.

After visiting the waypoints for "Forgotten Nuns" multi (Final GZ was too far away for today) we walked down New South Head Road to this one. It was a surprise to see the nice little trickling spring so close to busy New South Head Road, and thought it such a waste for the spring water to be flowing down the drain.

Quickly spotted the tiny cache container nearby, signed the log, and then replaced as found. Thanks for the spring, and the cache, Artful Dodgers.

Find #1038

Couldn't find

Night time search, searched the spring and 7 metres away at lit up area, couldn't find =(

Found it. A bit away from co-ords but lit up

Sorry I could not find this one.

Did not need previous logs saw as walking down hill, it is 7 meters out

After reading the logs we soon had CIH TFTC

[red]#5682[/red]
Today I went by train and bus from Normanhurst to Watsons Bay. I went along from Watsons Bay to Bondi beach on the harbour site.
This was my 6th cache today.
After a while, I could find it.
[green]TFTC[/green], [blue]SchwesterN01[/blue]

Coords a a bit off. But I was well lit when I found it

Couldn't find it coz so many people passed by and were curious about what I was doing...Bad timing..

#2280 (5 of 6 today)

Got the coordinates for a team cache last night, and since I had business in that part of the city, I made it my priority, and picked up another five as well before heading home.
A few caches in the area were missed due to an impossibility parking nearby.
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Fascinating spot on the main road. Quick find a short distance from the spring.
I do wonder what the water quality is lke and if good, there's a real waste of water here.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Previous logs were very helpful ... i would be still searching without this help

Nice little spot. Cache quickly located. Thanks for the cache.

Tftc

#9 Sydney

TFTC

easy. tftc

Most unusual to see a wellspring flowing out of heartbreak hill, I had never noticed it before. TFTC The Artful Dodgers

Found it. TFTC The Artful Dodgers