Who's Scared of the Troll? Keysborough, Victoria, Australia
By Two_Drews on 10-Sep-12. Waypoint GC3BY5Z

The Troll has moved on. It was good while it lasted.

I searched for ages here and couldnt come up with the goods. I found something that certainly looked like a cache hiding spot but there was no-one home. Will send a photo to CO to confirm if I had the right spot or not. Either way, I will be back!

After having a DNF here the CO very quickly let me know that the cache had gone missing and let me log the find - thanks so much! A great hide, such a pity that people cant help but be destructive Thanks for a brilliant cache!

Pending maintenance check

TFTC - this took us a while to find and was very well integrated with the structure! We had to be careful to keep our feet dry and hair free of cobwebs. Very clever hide and thanks for placing in such a nice area.

No luck

Going to have to call this one a dnf. Muggle was exercising at the station nearby and just wouldn't leave. Hope to bf back in the area again to try for this one another time.

Finally! Lots of searching, my 5yo put one foot in the water, splash! Then the other, splosh! But was a well deserved find when we walked round the park and had one last try before heading home. Cheers!

After a few months after a DNF on this cache I was back with intent of making a smile. 20 minutes of searching had me scratching my head and at an end of where this cache may be. On multiple occasions I sat back and surveyed the area going over the area where I had searched and where else it may be. During a phone call on which I exclaimed there is nothing here I finally uncovered this clever hide. I am sure I went through and checked there but obviously not or maybe I had my eyes closed at the time. Great hide and after the frustration I can say I enjoyed it. TFTC

We started here today before our hunt for the series of caches in this reserve. We spent quite some time looking for this sneaky hide, but decided to try the other caches here to try and get a feel for the type of hides we are looking for.
With the success of the caches here, we came back to this one to have another attempt. We looked and looked, and was about to call it a DNF, when I put my hand on an object we had previously checked before, but this time a sneaky hide was found.TFTC Two_Drews.
Chiefton!!!

Damn. How did I struggle with this one so badly last time I tried? Oh..I remember. My GeoKid was 'helping'

Still..a great hiding spot.

Also a great spot to sit and eat my wrap. Sun shining. Wind blowing. Water gently rippling. Thank God its spring.

Thanks very much.

Find #4511

It was to be a day for dealing with some ’unfinished business’ of the geocaching type. Having already grabbed a couple that I had previously DNF’d I headed on to this one. This could easily be my longest ‘between drinks’ with my recorded unsuccessful visit here being more than four years ago in June 2014! I had kept a watch on the cache ever since and the mix of finds and DNFs didn’t give me the confidence to come back and try again until I was in the area tonight. Another cacher had given me a bit of a clue as to what to look for and after a short search tonight and some investigation I was really pleased to spot this cleverly hidden cache. I signed and was back on my way before any muggles could question what I was doing poking around here with a torch. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the original cache Two-Drews and to abl973 for keeping this one going. This one earns a favourite point from me for the very neat construction job on the camo.

This was our first stop on this small series which with the hint we found very quickly. It was found with us having found this sort of hide before.

I don't think I am scared of the troll, but I probably was the troll here so whether people are scared of me is another story. I was surprised to find this cache in the very first place I looked. I always find it interesting in how easily a cache is found or not. I have been stumped by D1 caches, and once found a D5 as easily as you like. This was well camouflaged, so I think I was just lucky here. TFTC!

Gave it what I believed was a really good go.
4 year old tried to help.
I thought I had it at one point when something came loose, but it was a red herring.
I'll have to try again when I'm not worried about her falling in the water while I search.

Might have just gotten the better of us.

Great hide. Accidentally put my hand on this one

Will have to come back as this one got the better of me. And starting to loose light

As a result of winning a double pass in a competition yesterday Rex and I had driven to Melbourne and arrived just in time to meet a former work colleague at the Regent Theatre in order to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert
When the fantastic show had finished, I dropped Amy off at her car and then decided it was time to get tea (after midnight, mind you ) and also my first cache find of the trip! [^]
While I found zero, nada, zilch caches on the trip down on the 4th May (obviously the force was NOT with me ) I did find 18 caches today though and only had 1 DNF with 1 I'm not doing that on my own look at a cache! [xx(]
Rex enjoyed his first ever visit to a beach at the off lead beach at Mentone and while he didn't get deep enough to swim he did have a blast running into and out of the water and fetching the ball [^]

I particularly loved this geocache and so did Rex! Rex loved the creek and splashed and played while I searched
My search started where I thought I had GZ according to my GPSr however after changing sides, I found the cache pretty quickly
Luckily the hide was loose enough that no tools were required as I sure didn't have any with me! [^]

TNLN. SL. TFTC abl973

Ha! Great camo. Thanks.

Good old @darkyp struggled with this one.. Needed the expert to come in and get him over the line.

Ha! I've defeated you, troll! I came looking for this cache nearly two years ago, and it eluded me. But not this time! Full disclosure, I had a muggle mate with me (who's now signed up as @Shhhlanksmk that spotted it before me. Turns out I was looking on the wrong corner the whole time! Anyway, took a tiny struggle to actually retrieve it from its camo, but successfully signed log and replaced carefully. I guess I'm shouting lunch for my mate today...! Thanks for the cache Two Drews, it's nice to see this unhappy face on my map turn into a smiley!

Lucky the cache was left somewhat exposed here otherwise I don’t think we would have found it. Tricky hide, well worth another favourite point. TFTC

Brilliant! GPS Co-ords were on point. Clue is in the title. Only issue I felt was it may not have been put back to make it a tougher find. TFTC

Very creative

Find 1271
This one had us searching for a good while. GPS was steady , so we sat on a rock and gave it a good deal of thought as we scanned the area. Geosense kicked in at last. Yes we had it. What a clever hide. Log signed and back safe again.
Thanks for cache and the chance to explore.

Yes! Took us a second look after completing other caches in the area. Sometimes you have to shift your perspective! Great hide!!! Very clever!!

### MAINTENANCE CHECK###

Cache ok
Logbook ok
Location ok

Who's Scared of the Troll? was transferred from Two_Drews to user abl973

Legoman9x and I read the logs and applied man force.. Albeit to the wrong thing. I saw two cockroaches that I still get the shivers when I think of them..
Took us a while to know what to apply force on. I tried to apply force on the cockroaches but they ran away while Legoman applied force on the cache.
Tftc

Found with Winniethebear. We were looking in the wrong location and some log information got us trying to become strong men. I had spotted something earlier, but gave it some force, but it didn't budge so thought it wasn't it. After looking around and trying some other things, we gave it another go. This time with a bit more of a bashing. This revealed the cache. Pretty cool camo. TFTC.

I have looked for this one before with no luck, I think having more water flowing under the bridge actually helped because this time I walked straight up, was on the right side and thought I wonder if it could be.... and it was! Then I couldn't get the damn thing out! A phone call to matt_geo and the plan was made to come back tonight with some tools to assist the retrieval. In no time we had the cache and added our names to the log. Thanks for the cool cache Two_Drews, very cleverly done.

cjfinda did the heavy lifting by finding this one but was unable to extract the log. I returned with her to use man force to encourage the log from its hiding spot. Great hide. TFTC

Found with JALMAC on a cold winters afternoon. Fantastic hide, very sneaky! Searched around for a while, but no luck even with 3 adults and 5 goekids. We were ready to walk away and post a DNF but decided to message a friend and see if they could help us. After receiving a clue we recommenced the search and soon found something I had touched earlier but not quite moved enough to see the container. Ended up having to use a nearby rock to knock it open enough to retrieve the log as it was very tight. Retrieved log and signed as daylight started to fade.
TFTC

Lovely day for a winter walk. Geodaughter made a fast find much to my surprise as it is such a sneaky spot. Thank you for this well hidden cache

Very nice work indeed. I do love a CO that goes the extra mile. Took us a few minutes to find it. TFT fun.

Finding this one was by a stroke of luck where geokid was standing exactly where he needed to be too see it! Thanks for rewarding us with our favourite cache of the month. Awesome and clever hide.

Enjoyed a early evening trip to the nearby park with the geokiddies and geohubby and took the eldest on the hunt for this beauty. Some great engineering here well done!

Very clever hide. Great job Two Drews, it had us sitting and pondering for a bit. We probably looked a bit ridiculous to any of the neighbors across the road. lol. tftc

Had an awesome time in the park here under blue skies in the heat.
A lot of birdlife here.

Wasn't sure about this cache, but decided to have a look regardless of the dnf.

Found!! Not in the first spot I looked but didn't take too long. Also one of the more creative hides I've come across in Australia so it gets a fav point.

Thanks Two Drews

#1481

Since moving from New Zealand I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches. I have got a nice streak going and hoping to let it run for as long as possible. This may or may not become easier now that I have found a job but I’m still currently staying with my brother (stinky tom) and his family which includes my nephew (stinky bob).

A big thanks goes out to all the cachers and cache owners without whom this lifestyle would not be possible.
The caches I’ve found in Australia so far have for the most part all been in great condition. Keep up the good work. Everyone likes finding a well maintained cache with a dry logbook.

WeRAmused and I spent a ton of time looking for this cache (much to the amusement of several dog-walkers going past), but alas it wasn't to be. The troll seems to have outwitted us this time!

A lot of early morning walkers. I did find a massive rat waltzing back to his home along the bank. But no cache for me.

frmen1 and I were heading to gz when we spotted a rather suspicious person duck down under cover. Walked up and leaned over the side and said "If you're geocaching, keep down, there's a lady coming with her dogs". Needless to say, we spooked her. Once the coast was clear, we took a team approach. 3 sets of eyes, a who you know and a what you know later, we had this lonely cache in our hands. After congratulating ourselves, we said our thanks and went our separate ways. So nice to meet others in the field. TFTC

After attending a table tennis event, thought I might chk if there were any local caches around. This one was not too far so 5mins later I was at gz. As I started the search, an unfamiliar voice literally scared the crap outta me!!! As I composed myself again... we quickly introduced ourselves and started searching together as a team. Tazzie mentioned that this one had many dnfs and had not seen daylight for abt 6months!!
We were adamant...so I phoned a friend and minutes later after a bit of "thumping" cache was found and log was completed. A very tricky one but a fun search with fellow cachers. Tftc!

Found with Tassie expat while exploring this nice area. tftc
I hope the previous cacher didn't **literally** crap her pants when we surprised her, but thanks to her help we found this extremely well hidden cache. The cammo was very tight, perhaps due to swelling.

We looked a good while, and we're sure we were in the correct spot. But just couldn't lay hands on it. Has us beaten today.

Hmmmm thought I would give this one ago especially with so many favourite points to it's credit
Unfortunately came away empty handed, just as other recent searchers
Either too good for me on the day or gone missing? Many thanx to two Drews for the hunt

I've seen some creative bridge caches in the past and by reading some of the logs I was hoping to add another...but couldn't find anything despite knowing what I was looking for...well I thought I was.

Too tough for me even with phone a friend.

Dunno what I was doing wrong. There was lots of evidence of other cachers around, so I knew I was in the right spot, but just couldn't spot it. Shattered, since this cache was the reason for coming up to Keysie! Oh well, another day.

Nice hide in a nice park during a walk with mark9375 TFTC

Cool easy cache great idea we could not figure out how to retrieve the cache until my dad 4bait came up with a solution using things around him tftc

Really one of the best ones. amazing spot. It took us two times to find it. Geodad came through

This was an excellent hide. Noticed something odd that after a quick inspection led to finding the cache. Amazing hide!

My husband and I came looking for this cache about two years ago without any luck. We spent a lot of time under the bridge, around the bridge and on top of the bridge. We walked away with a sad face.
We came back today for another look after receiving a little while ago at a cache meet another hint to this cache. So it didn't take so long this visit. It is a very clever hide and my husband wonders how on earth you came up with such an idea. Will give you a favourite from us. TFTC

This is such a ripper of a cache. Loved the design. Loved the chase. Loved the hide. We were nearly at the point of giving up when KcWriter made the discovery. Squeals of delight ensued. Cheers for a new favourite.

Yay.found it. After going back a second time to have another look.

Working in the area for a couple of days and wanted to skip the traffic queues by caching. Invoking the just one more rule. And I had lost my mojo. I had to ring TWO friends for help. I should have seen this before. Like others my gps had me on the other side. Cache is happy and safe. Tftc

Looked all over and under bridge but couldnt find it.

Headed down to Tatterson Park to go for a walk and do some caches. On arriving at the Park there were Muggle Cars, and Muggle People everywhere heading into the Leisure Centre. We thought we had definitely picked the wrong day to cache here. We parked the car away from the crowds and headed off to find the caches and to our surprise they were away from the high Muggle area. Stealth was still required as there were a few Muggle walkers around this part of the track, but Mr Pooky made a quick easy find. TFTC and bringing us to the great park and walking tracks.

Could not find this one will be bsck

With Zeda
ycee and Angelique Anja.

this one seems to be a tricky bugger

Well... This cache must be supreme above all others... Not that I or my tram are particularly great cachers, but this one has bested us. I crawled under thus bridge, walked over it, scoured it. Went around and did the circle series and came back before admitting defeat and logging DNF... The troll has suceeded...

Looked for 30 mins and couldn't find it. Went away to do the circle series and then came back and still couldn't find it....

6:57 PM #1332
88andy88 and I were searching everywhere for this. Some works were being done at one end so we were surprised when two lots of muggles actually ignored the cordoned off area and crossed anyway.
Before long, n0w0rries joined us and we all continued the search. Eventually n0w0rries made the impressive find.
Thanks for placing this cache, Two_Drews. A fav point heading your way

Out and about with OzHockeyChick and we were on our way to an event locally and have had our eye on this cache for a little while so we headed out early to grab it.
After completing the little series we thought we would grab this quick one....
NOOOOOO this was not quick at all.....
I pretended to be a troll and searched high and low for quite a while before reinforcments showed up and said N0W00ries i will find it.......And that he did after he spent another 1/2 hour with us searching .
Very good and well done.....
Tricky but it is there.....
TFTC Two Drews

omegaman1971
Just before attention the nearby Cache event tonight, gave me the perfect opportunity to grab a few more on the way. I grew up in Keysborough, and haven't been back in awhile. Can't believe how much it has changed. Didn't think this one was going to be available due to the barrier tape on the structure.
But all good on this great camo container. Very tricky guys!!!!
Cheers for the cache

Walking quickly to catch up with OzHockeyChick & 88andy88
I discovered a pair of trolls here.
Joined in the hunt and became quite familiar with a whole world of webs.
Balanced on rocks, craned the neck.
Eventually something was read and the search area was narrowed a bit.
Soon after the well hidden cache was in hand.
Not likely to ever get muggled there.
5/5 here today [^]
Now time to head for Braeside Park and a few more finds before the event.
Thanks For The Caches Two Drews.

Holidaying on the Mornington Penninsula, becca85 & I met up with newly converted addicts, Team Mason/Dani.francis11. We had a picnic lunch then headed off for a stroll around. A hard one here but soon spotted by Mum/becca85. TFTC

Clever troll

Great hide. Found on my second attempt.

Holidaying on the Mornington Penninsula, boo09 & I met up with newly converted addicts, Team Mason/Dani.francis11. After a nice picnic lunch, we set off for a stroll around.
We spent a little while here checking on the side the GPS indicated. No luck so we shifted to the other side and I very quickly had my hand on it. Kids were impressed. TFTC. +1 FP

Found but tricky

New Years Day morning and it seems that not many people are up and about early, so this would be to our advantage and we'd cache towards Sandringham area.

This was a nice quiet one, easy to find and return, without the likelihood of being muggled. With the log signed, we were on our way to the next cache.

A nice quiet park.

TFTC Two Drews

This is a great use of what's available. Worth a fav. Thanks Two Drews.

Found tonight on this wet and windy night, only nutters out tonight no muggles. TFTC
Great hide! Fav from me

After explaining the concept of geocaching to my cousins, we decided to set out and find some close to their home. I was doubtful we would be able to locate this one, but after a while, I touched it, informed the cousins but left them to discover it. They were thrilled. TFTC

On the way to the Melbourne Mega and grabbing a few caches along the way with Happy pants and Yoshi Warriors. Took a bit of a search and it was Happy pants who found it, after researching the hiding spot.
Thanks for placing & maintaining these cache for us to find.
#2484

4:13:00 PM: (25 of 30) Find#9988
Heading down the the Melbourne Mega from Canberra, left a day early to take the oportunity to stop enroute and do some exploring and caching , found with Tankengine
A very trick cache indeed and had us scratching our heads for quiet a while but put my had on it and I was a bit lucky to discover it , nice
thanks

Found after a thorough search, Yoshi Warriors said he had searched that area before we had just swapped spots and sure enough there it was....a very sneaky hide indeed, will give it a fave for the effort. TFTC Two Drews.

Heading to the Mega with Happy Pants and Happy Feet1, we thought we'd have a look at this seeing it had so many favourites. I took one side, Happy Pants took the other. The cache was found on my side...except not by me. I had checked out a certain area, but not well enough. Then Happy Pants checked the same area out looking from a different angle and soon had the cache in his hands. A well thought out cache placement, gets a fav from me.

OK - this one took ages, but we persisted, due to people saying it was cool! In the end, we found it, and it was indeed cool! Thanks TD.

We really struggled with this one Two Drews! The Elphin crew geokids were scrambling around keeping an eye out for trolls, spiders and muggles. But this time the cunning mind of the GeoDad prevailed and the cleverly hidden cache was found. We all agreed that of the six caches we did in this area today, that this was the best and most challenging. So thank you Two Drews for the fun and discovery of this lovely park and great cache.

TFTC! great hide. Good example of the great ways you can hide things!

Thanks for the effort, I loved this one!

WOW! Favorite point from me as well. Very well thought out. Searched for a bit and then walked off to find some other caches only to realize I was out of time and had to go to work so decided to do one more quick 'hands on' search and baam, there it was very impressed

Very clever hide was just about to give up when I found it

Unfortunately couldn't get the container out. Fantastic hide though grabbed some photos and you're getting a favourite from us. Tftc

Wow! This is easily the best cache I've come across (out of 22). Found it today with a geofriend. Took so long! I love the creativity! Thank you so much for the cache I really enjoyed it!

Tftc found with lukie1987 and his geopartner a fav of mine

Out and about with the misses and geobrother on the hunt in this cold but not so cold night. Tftc

Out for a day of geocaching, no real plans made just a casual day for once The windy conditions certainly made for a chilly expedition.

Saw this little group of caches and thought why not!! I much prefer to park and walk to caches instead of driving from cache to cache. Headed the the gz and had a play under the bridge. I heard someone walking across and contemplated jumping out and pretending to be a troll but decided it wasn't the best idea I had, so I stayed silent. After the muggle had passed i felt something move, EUREKA!!! A fav for me for the craftsmanship.

TFTC

I knew from the description I wouldn't have much chance with this one. Gave it 10 min but gave up after grabbing around under the bridge stopped being fun. Tried pulling out every bolt. There is one that's loose but that's not it.

That was a very clever hide. A favourite one for me. And to think we were planning to skip it! Glad we detoured. TFTC with deutz4544.

This is a ripper !!!!!
Very clever. Got it in about 5min but super hide. Best use of exhisting structure I've seen. With Rangerdf
FAVOURITE POINT !!
TFTC

Feeling like a troll I searched and searched!! Great hide thanks

Very well hidden, took two visits to track it down, only to realise I had my hand on it the first time. How very crafty! Brilliant execution!

After the 3 of us ate our lunch in this wonderful park, we went walking in circles collecting the caches in that series before heading to this bridge to,see if we could flush out a troll or two. A careful search by 6 prying eyes soo had this extremely well hidden cache in our happy hands. Giving this a favourite point for the ingenuity of this hide Thanks for the hunt Two Drews

2.30pm Out and about with echidna44 and au.fait for the day. We were blessed with great weather and surprising no one seems to know about this lovely parkland area. Having just being refreshed we continued with the circle circuit. The trolls seemed to out for the day or maybe they were at the football match nearby. It needed all three of us to flush this one out a real team effort. This is a very well placed thought out cache using what is already there to deceive. We left a note for the trolls for when the trolls returned.
Thanks Two Drew for our favourite for the day and bringing us to this lovely area. It gets a tick from me as a favourite