How Bazaar The Gurdies, Victoria, Australia
By Bounty Trackers on 16-Nov-12. Waypoint GC41D93

Building has been dismantled and there is no sign to get info off so I am achieving it.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 6710 finds

In the area for work with my colleague Kylie, but had time for just a few caches.
We soon had the log signed after collecting the required information.
Would of loved to see this place back in the day.
Cheers for the cache.

TFTC! Found this one today while travelling home from a holiday to lockdown. Really enjoyed the puzzle aspect! Didn’t have too many issues even though half of the original bazaar sign has gone.
P.s. geocached safely as I’m from an area with zero current covid cases and used hand sanitiser and socially distanced in all areas visited.

Stopped by here to have a look at a cache that I'd seen on the map for a little while but had never investigated.
The information was gathered nice and easily, with the middle digit the only problematic one which could thankfully be obtained from Street View.
I wasn't expecting this particular hide, something that I really should've seen coming, but it worked the part and is well placed.
The log was signed in no time and everything was replaced back as found.
Thanks to Bounty Trackers for giving us a reason to stop by here and learn a little more about this fascinating site - a FP for location and hide!

TFTC, Brainiac03

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Disabled due to corona virus

Greetings from Scotland. We saw this puzzle coming up on the SatNav. We thought it was time for a break for lunch so decided to pull off and stop close to it. We found the cache without any problem. One of the numbers gave us a bit of a problem. We think one of the boards has fallen? However, with only one digit missing it was easy to work our way into the box. A nice idea for a cache and getting the numbers. From previous logs it seems this place has been up for sale for a very long time. We wonder why it is taking so long to sell.


*This is our 10488th logged find. Found at 13:18 hrs.* TFTC

A day out caching with ahomburg, where our main aim was to head to an event in Bass. We picked up whatever we both had not found, and whatever else took our fancy. Thanks for placing the cache Bounty Trackers, we has to guess one number, but the others were easily worked out.

Date: 1 January 2020 Time: 2:36 pm
Find #10814

Headed out again today with beckNmonts a little later than normal due to a later night last night. Aim was the event in Bass and anything we liked the look of along the way.

Quickly gathered most of what was needed. Had to guess one of the numbers, but got in.

Many thanks to Bounty Trackers for the cache. TNLN.

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A nicely mounted cache. One of the secret numbers had to be guessed but not too bad.
Thanks Bounty Trackers.
Chiefton!!!

We stopped off to search for this cache on passing by today. We found two of the numbers required and having then located the very nice cache container by a process of elimination the third was acquired easily enough and access was gained. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and for the puzzle and greetings from Zimbabwe

What a good little 1st timers mystery! :3 shame how people are grots however

Took the opportunity to drop in on this one whilst in the area

Solved the puzzle reasonably quickly but was thwarted in searching for the cache until a muggle vehicle departed the parking area!!

30 minutes later the log was in hand, signed and returned before I was on my way

Many thanx to Bounty Trackers for providing and maintaining this cache. All in good condition

Found

Geomum solved the field puzzle a while back, and we then had to find the time to stop by and make the find. The place may have been sold, but it doesn’t look like any work has commenced yet.
Thanks Bounty Trackers, this was fun!

Fun little puzzle at an interesting site. Located the gz quickly. The old bazaar has recently been sold, so I wonder how long this clues for this will be available? Thanks for bringing us here at TFTC

Cheers

On our way to Phillip island for a few days and we decided to stop for a few caches on the way. This looked like it might be interesting and after finding the required info we were able to locate and open container. Signed log and we were soon on the way. TFTC

I had been working during the morning in Wonthaggi and, with a free afternoon, decided to take my time heading back home and stop for a cache (or many) along the way... and enjoy some scenery too rather than going up the highway! By now my scenic drive was over but before turning onto the highway, I turned to one side to look for this cache. The cache itself was an easy find and solving the field puzzle to gain access was much more difficult.

Thanks **Bounty Trackers** for putting this cache together... it is always nice to come across something a little different.

I knew today was going to be a lovely early spring day, so left early to get down here with the sunrise. The plan was a couple of Challenge caches, and a few needed DT caches, plus any bonus caches along the way.
This was a puzzle cache that when I read intrigued me, and from my many travels to Phillip Island for surfing as a young adult I could picture the area, but not well enough to solve from memory. Stopped the car and quickly solved the puzzle, then it not being summer, took the short cut thru the long grass to the cache.
Cache found in good condition and log file signed, before returning every thing back to the way I found it.
Thanks for the cache Bounty trackers
Hunter

Find #4457

I headed south down the highway today on a particular mission to fill a spot on my Ausmer/Jasmer grid. With that achieved I was travelling back north to grab some (very) late lunch in Lang Lang. Having made the find at the traditional cache nearby I still had time to take a look for this one. I had looked at it some weeks ago and realised there wasn’t too much to worry about with the puzzle. As others have mentioned the information is in part missing but not too difficult to work out what is needed. I parked nearby and soon hand the log in hand. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the field puzzle and the cache Bounty Trackers.

Love it cool with Crank1 TFTC

Its a lovely sunny Saturday and we have been cooped up at home for ages. Hubby said we should go for a drive but not too far... We love The Gurdies so headed there, with this cache in mind. Sounds like fun. We arrived at GZ easily and quickly found the cache, but now for the numbers. A quick look around gave us what we needed and hey presto the cache is open! Wow very cool. First of its kind for us. Have to give a fav point. Thankyou kindly.

Catching up on my logging...

Today I was out and about with GoodLook and Alansee - certainly a fun day.

Thanks so much Bounty Trackers for placing this cache.

A quick find when at GZ and fortunately it also didn't take us long to work out the code.

I have been in Victoria for just over a week (visiting from Adelaide), hanging out with the lovely micaparamedic and attending lots of events. Today we headed out to meet the awesome Alansee and to find a handful of caches - what a fabulous day we had!

Thanks so much for the cache Bounty Trackers!

How Bazaar some of the required information seems to be no longer there but with a little bit of imagination the log was soon in hand.
Thanks for a well done cache Bounty Trackers.

We see this question mark every time we travel this highway.
Today we stopped off on our way home from the event in Wonthaggi.
After finding the new trad nearby we came over for a closer look.
The numbers were gathered and the cache was soon opened to reveal the log. [^]
Thanks for the cache Bounty Trackers, now we will see another smiley on our way past

Out to Phillip Island for caching day with Crank1.
Today's weather was hot 32°C.
Thanks Bounty Trackers for bringing us here.

So fun great hiding spot

Continuing my journey through Victoria to pick up caches for the Victorian LGA Polygon Challenge & Victoria Country Road Atlas Challenge. Managed to get another 2 maps ticked off and 7 LGA's. TFTC.

The plan was in place today with DAB & the Tritonz to make our way over to Wonthaggi and surrounds to do some caching. We left early to make the most of the day with a long car trip needed and we had a great day out even with the rain, cold & windy conditions. We stopped here to stretch our legs and we made a quick find here after doing the numbers needed. Stamped and replaced as found.

**Thanks for this traditional cache Bounty Trackers**
**Smile # 5091**
**Container and log in good condition**

Heading towards the coast on this sunny day to attend an event and enjoy a few caches along the way. It was interesting seeing the old bazaar signs. The clues were soon sorted and the hide found. Thanks Bounty Trackers for the placement here.

Found on our way down to Wonthaggi. A pleasant little cache to start our day. TFTC Bounty Trackers

Great mystery!! Lucky thing the sign is still showing the info needed. Favorite point from us. We are spending 24 hours on the island, this is our first for the trip

Very unique idea for this cache. Well done.
Down visiting the relatives.
Just enough time to grab a cache on the way home.
TFTC

Found at 11:08 AM GAFF1.
Glad that the information from the name of the bazaar was not any more demanding as it is slowly disintegrating. We used to see this sign all the time when going to Cape at Easter and Christmas - wasn't it called The Gurdies at one time?
Thanks Bounty Trackers.

This was my third mystery, and it will always be remembered, and I'll tell you why. I've driven past this spot many times, I was never sure if it was open or not, but now it is more obvious. But back to the cache firstly, the puzzle was dead easy and didn't involve any crazy Calculonic skillz. Once I eventually located the cache, not that it was hard it's I generally don't look properly in the first place I go to and then spend and inordinate amount of time looking and over thinking others. I was 'stalked' by the neighbors, who were 'flying casually' they may have been then cache owners, who knows, but for the next part I hope I was some mild entertainment. Having locked to cache back up I turned to leave and prepared to walk down the slight slope to the road when my foot snagged on something and I decided to leap head first into the road. Well not quite leap, run stumble jog, then oh shiiiiiiii.... ow. Scrapped up my calf, shoulder, left arm and hand nicely - I suppose it's ok, but can I say it is a sportz injury? TFTC!!

Nice easy mystery than I expect...
Found it nicely before heading to Wonthaggi event.
thanks Bounty Trackers for bring me here and cache.

Tftc

Hey this was good idea , like it
Tftc

Dad was thinking of going for a little drive this fine Sunday morning and knowing I needed to find a Mystery Cache for this weekend's souvenir I decided to make a little geotrip of it.

We know this side road quite well as it's the back way to a friends house, so we have gone past this building numerous times from a once bustling business to its continual growing state of neglect.

Arrived to GZ- unsurprisingly the place was deserted. Quick number crunch and hopped over to find the cache. Found what I was looking for with ease and commenced opening duties. Nifty little thing!!

Just as we where about to leave and car came up behind us, assumed they where geocaches but they preceded to follow us out back onto the highway- maybe they where previously regular customers!!

Thanks for the cache Bounty Trackers

On our way home after attending a funeral, so called in to have a look at this one. A simple field puzzle and we were soon filling out the log.

Thanks for the placement Bounty Trackers.

I reckon I've been past this place 100's of times and I've never stopped. Cheers for popping a cache here.

On our "Main Island" trip from TAS. Thought we had this one under control but overthought it to begin with. Corrected our thinking and then logged the cache. Very strange location which seems to be screaming out for development.
TFTC

Well placed.

Memories of this place when it was booming. I loved this multi and the clues. A quick multi that flowed and a nice cache at GZ. A favourite point from me.

A very safe cache. Thanks.

Great little find on the way to Inverloch. Love the added code aspect!

Live nearby. Have probably driven past it thousands of times. Well done Bounty Tracker.

I've always liked this basic idea of forcing us to work to get the cache open, however it may be implemented. And the nearby abandoned structure referenced in the title is a little bit spooky. Thumbs up! Thanks Bounty Trackers!

Driven past this place many times on the past and often wondered what use to be here. Really looks like it would have been a fun place back in the day. Fun easy mystery to solve on arrival, cache in perfect working order. SL TB visited.

Travelling South after the Mega Event with OrionJ. Decided to detour to this one and solve on site. Soon had cache in hand. Signed and logged. TFTC

After enjoying the time in Cranbourne for The Melbourne Event, it was time to head back to Phillip Island for one more night with LHE Duo. Of course along the way there were a few caches to find.

Being a puzzle I had not paid much attention to approaching this one, as I knew I had not looked or solved it. However Mrs LHE Duo mentioned that it was one that could be solved on site. So we made the slight detour off the road and stopped.

A little look around and the information was soon in hand and some numbers put together. Soon working this on the cache and we had the log in hand. Got it signed and replaced and ready for the next visitor.

TFTC

Fixed cache all good again.

A quick and simple puzzle cache on our way to Phillip Island. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Good one to introduce newbies to puzzle caches. TFTC

Suscoe's 28th find of the day.
We decided to wander the back roads for a while to collect a few caches that we haven't been to as yet.
Heading home now and so a quick stop and find was pleasing,
Did what we needed to do and soon had the log in hand.
Thanks to the Bounty Trackers for this puzzle.
If only the walls could talk, the stories they would tell!!!

I needed a Mystery today and this was close to the Tooradin CITO event so here I am! A fantastic cache just as I have come to expect from these guys TFTC SL TNLN TBV - shall pop back at a later date and award a fav point

Find #12 of 26 on an epic 9.5 hour drive to Wonthaggi in the company of Zeus, Hera & Kids and Vanessa&Aodh.

I remember driving past here when the Bazaar was still in business. This is the first time I've ever stopped though. The cache was really fun! We took the opportunity to check out the old caravan park site and had a nosy at the old motel-style rooms. Fascinating! Thanks for giving us a good reason to stop here.

This was find #12 of 31 on a weekend away to Wonthaggi with The Rusty's and Zeus, Hera and Kids where we took 9.5 hours to travel to Wonthaggi because we were stopping to grab a heap of really interesting and clever caches.

I love old abandoned places, and this one was great to have a pick through and try to imagine what it once was. We soon worked out the answers to the questions but found the field puzzle a little stiff. The Rusty's and Hera wrangled it open, and we logged our finds.

Thanks Bounty Trackers, awesome container and idea for a cache.

This was the 12th on our "Will we ever get to Wonthaggi?" day trip that took 10 hours in the company of The Rusty's and Vanessa&Aodh. I love caches with combinations - we got the numbers but The Rusty's needed to provide the muscle to open the container.

I was up in Grantville for the weekend for band camp, and decided to do some caching on the way home. Nice little cache, I really like the lock box ones! Beautiful area, and a winery just up the road! Tftc!

Dropping the correct trackable in the cache

Oh if only i had counted my alphabet that would have been quicker... its a bit stifff... left a duck tb to continue its jouney

Look the weather as was so good weather, why not take my granddaughter to Phillip Island for the day. Better to go away than stay home as waste of good weather. Really enjoyed today. Poor her she was so tired as was very heavy sleep in the car on way to home to drop off her parent home.
It's 2nd attempt as on 30 March I was tried to open but was stuck and cant open. So email to owner to check but the number is correct.
Finally open it I think my muscle was no good enough to open.
Found it.
Thanks Bounty Trackers

Found this one with crig and geomum. TFTC [;),]

Out for a mystery on pi day, even though the month and day are mixed up. Quick find and not too difficult to work out how to open it. Would have been an interesting spot in its day. Tftc.

Quick find today, and not too hard to open. Tftc. Interesting spot, too.

This entry was edited by crig on Saturday, 14 March 2015 at 06:44:37 UTC.

Heading to the event in Wonthaggi, and picked up some caches along the highway.

Gathered the required information, and added our name to the log.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Bounty Trackers, for us and others to find.

We found this cache today at 11:50am as number 4 of 60 on our Head for the Rails Southern Tour. "A" found this one a few metres closer to the main road than the co-ords were pointing us and he stayed there while the rest of us retreived the numbers. Thanks from D, HA, H & A B-A.

We pulled up and answered the questions then rolled on to GZ. How come it had to start raining again just as we wanted to get out of the car? We got drenched opening and sighing this but as it was another good one it was worth it! TFTC

I remember when this place used to operate. It has been many years now, as you can tell by the state of disrepair. The lettering on the name of the building seems to have become a victim of the weather and some of it is laying on the ground which might make deciphering the 2nd clue a little difficult. Will contact the CO. TFTC

on our way to the market so stopped to check this one out, couldnt get it to open. tried again on the return trip this time superpops had the magic fingers to encourage the cache to open. a great hide. tftc

14/09/2014 12.25pm - 1st for the day - with dgfb33

With ceebee2013. A nice muggle free area. TFTC.

Great little cache this one. A quick stop on the drive down to Phillip Island. TFTC.

This was a fun cache to find. I have not seen one like it before. Thanks.

It was a beautiful day to be out finding some great caches with BorisB&Natasha.
This is only the second one like this that I have found and really enjoyed it. always good to find something different to put a smile on your face.
Thanks Bounty Trackers for the cache and the fun.

Out for another fantastic day of caching with Nut bear.
We have finally stopped for a look at this one as we have driven straight past on so many occasions thinking it was a typical mystery. But to our delight it was a very doable mystery. I tried to over complicate the answers and it was up to Nut bear to come up with the log. Well done!!!!
Thanks Bounty Trackers for another entertaining cache.

Drove past this one a couple of times before I'd actually had time to stop..
After working out the code and locating GZ.. Cache was quickly in hand, log signed and TB collected..
I wonder what this place would have been like in its day

All good

Found it today on the way to Phillip Island with Bounty Trackers.

BT had to do a bit of cache maintenance. So he just stood there watching me looking for this one. It didn't take me too long after I gathered all the information to complete this Puzzle/Mystery cache.

"Scrat" visited your cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.

Dropped off Geocoin "Geocacher's Day Geocoin bronze - richterskala"

TFTC Bounty Trackers

After a nice day caching in Wonthaggi, it was time for us to start heading back to the border but this puzzle cache caught our eye so we yanked on the steering wheel so the car had no other choice that to follow us
We arrived and gathered all information we needed and played the field puzzle to get our hands on the log.
A nice easy puzzle that you can do on the run and keep our time management skills well under control. We enjoyed this one so thanks 'Bounty Trackers'! [^]

Found with highrod on the way home from Wonthaggi. I have not seen this type before. Thanks for the easy puzzle cache. A favourite from me. Left friendship braid. TFTC

#6025 We hadn't come well prepared for puzzles in the area but this was one we could do on the go - you just gotta love that! Arriving at GZ we were soon nutting out the numbers with Coruze that was needed for GZ. We were greeting with a cache container that is very familiar to us as we have one deployed as well - still we were very impressed with it and the way it was hidden. Our thanks to the Bounty Trackers for an enjoyable puzzle cache and the fun, a FP from us. Cheers [^]

We came to Wonthaggi for the weekend for the mid year dinner event from Ballarat with passenger misscheif18 from Bacchus Marsh.
We found your cache How Bazaar on 6/07/2014 11:26 am. Nice easy puzzle cache in a very bazaar area!?
This is our find #3898 and find #8 today.
The cache is in good shape.
Thanks Bounty Trackers for the cache!

This was a weekend of finding all those caches that we continually drive past without stopping, because " there are heaps to do in Wonthaggi" and we will do it on the way home! But no today we stopped, and did the figures which enable us to log the cache. We remember when this place was operating so it was sad to see it in this condition.
TFTC Bounty Trackers

This entry was edited by The Swaggies on Sunday, 06 July 2014 at 07:53:36 UTC.

21/06/2014 Visited at 2:04 pm
Find 02 of 11 for the day and #1658 in total.

interesting hide in a spot that's easy to get to and a breath of fresh air for a mystery hide.
We appreciate the thought put into this one and had some fun working it out.

Echo 1 - Spice 1
("\(0o0)/") Thanks for the caching fun!

{Sent from a mobile mind, not just a mobile device.} °°° +

Best geo found by us yet with alkita85. Thank you !!! Great clues.

BEST CACHE TO DATE!! What a clever cache

A bazaar place indeed. Pretty quickly worked out the code. Never did like that drink!
Thanks Bounty Trackers

This was a really cool one thank you!

Been past plenty of times but there was allways muggle there,lucky today the coast was clear. Thanks Bounty Trackers FTC.

Found 9:35:00 AM, in the company of Muzza, during our March caching extravaganza.

TNLN, thanks Bounty Trackers.

It was my monthly caching expedition with Biggles Bear today. With over 40 caches and only 3 DNF's, it was a successfuly day's caching. Nice quick find and easy code determination.

Thanks to Bounty Trackers for the cache.

8/03/14 13:24
Find #946

Headed out with my caching partner Stemicmitsar to collect some cache for our respective D/T grids from the selection down along the eastern side of Westernport Bay and also grab whatever else we could along the way.

This was our first stop. Steve had already found this one so it was just me. With the information gathered, I was quickly out of the car to retrieve and sign the log. This was a nice change to the more typical Mystery caches.

SL TFTC

Found @12:18 #3428
While on the drive down to Phillip Island been keen to stop for this one before and well finally this time I remembered to stop. Struggle a little with the answer to 2 and some how number 3 as well but this I realized the answer to both which made be laugh. So sure enough the puzzle was solve and the log quickly sign. Very nice enjoyed this alot.
TFTC Bounty Trackers

Still on my way home.
Yeah, last for the day, time to go have a cold shower. Did I mention it's HOT.
Nice hide.
Thanks for the cache Gonefishen07.

We like these caches that are just a bit different from the norm. This gets on our Fav list. TFTC

We were on our way to Wonthaggi for the event with Team Crackers when we saw that we still hadn't yet done this one and they had. A quick stop to gather the information and then the cache.
Thanks Bounty Trackers for yet another great hide,
Regareds The Coffee's.