Stanley's Retreat Safety Beach, Victoria, Australia
By BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear on 25-Nov-12. Waypoint GC41WV4

Sadly with the silly season upon us it almost seems impossible to replace with doing a midnight run. Will hopefully give Stanley a new outlook soon.

After waiting for a new part, cache has finally been fixed. Went to reinstall it last night but due to all the rain the timber has swollen and the cache wouldn’t fit. Will try again when it has dried out.

Cache has been retrieved and after some repairs will be back asap.

Disabling until it can be fixed

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Looking at past log, we were not the only to have this problem, I think it might needs some TLC.

Definitely needs attention. Rusted to pieces

This one needs to be fixed

After a bit of a search we found it.
Except the log is missing.
TFTC

Found logbook but couldn’t sign. Have sent pic to CO.

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Found it

HAHAHA, Oh gosh, Me and my mum were so confused for awhile, the app saying that we were on it but I read some of the logs and managed to make out a hint, it was an incredibly clever hide and it deserves to be a favourite :] Absolutely amazing!

I originally found this cache with my Mum heymissjo, but now that I have my own account, I am logging. Thanks for the cache.

For the past few years I have cached as part of "team heymissjo", but now I am old enough to have my own account so logging the find. Thanks for the cache.

A little behind on my logs, but found with heymissjo and two minis.

What a awesome hide super impressive cache thank you so much

#1329
What a perfect time to be at gz, as the sunset over the tranquil bay. It’s brilliant mauves and pinks could be seen shimmering in the ripples below. This was to be the final cache for The Welder and I today and our final targeted cache that drove us to do a road trip down the peninsula today. Another very clever cache and worthy of a favourite point. Thanks so much.

What a beauty! We knew we were in for a great experience - 220 FPs and the name of the COs cannot be wrong. Glad we came on a winter's day, it might have been tricky to be stealthy in summer.
And yes, here is another FP. Thank you for a cool hide in a great location!

So, a couple of first for us here today.
Somehow we have managed to never ever visit Safety beach. Also, a 200 plus favourited cached that actually deserves it.
Bravo, well done on such a neat hide.
Fav added to the pile.

I'm sure that this is not as hard as it seems but today with the temperature in single figures and a 30k+ Sou'wester blowing more than 10 minutes out there just wasn't in me. Next time.

So clever!! An exciting one to find. Loved this

What a fun cache!! One of my favourite hides, thank you

What a creative idea! Thanks for the find

This cache gets my very last favourite point and other highly favourited caches we found this weekend will just have to wait until I earn more.

Found and signed with catnap777 on our ANZAC Day weekend trip down to Melbourne and beyond chasing caches languishing on our wish lists.
We pulled this cache from another list of Victorias most favourited caches.
It deserves every point it has and a whole lot more.

A fantastic cache very well constructed that made us both smile when we discovered it.
Log signed and retracted in good condition.

TFTC BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear. Congratulations on having at least two caches listed in Victorias top 20.[^]

dalerious and I decided that we just haven't done enough caching this month so we decided to make the most of another long weekend, this time caching Melbourne. Easter week we headed up to Canberra and signed a bag load of challenge caches; same happened in Yass. Noice, right .
Well this week we were chasing favourite points and counties.........
No wonder this cache has so many favourite points. Awesome guys. Not a young cache either but it is standing the test of time.

Brilliant! Took a little while, even after dad identified the container!! Tftc

Well crafted. Fav.

Thanks to BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear for the fun and the adventure.

Fantastic Cache. Beautiful view and sunset
Tftc

Great work. Well done. Give you a favoritpoint

With an event on Elephant Rock that look amazing a crew of Neville_devil, AusFox;, Dromaniax and Donutholes was arranged for an early morning ferry ride and a day loaded with caches. Key caches were targeted for their D/T ratings and other because of the degrees from home for other challenges. Then there was also some unloved that was begging as well. All up it was a fantastic day with great mates with caching providing a good excuse to be out and about.
AusFox and Donutholes had to head home early so they caught the ferry back while we continued on a long day caching our way back home by car around the bay.
Another fantastic cache but that was expected with the amount of favourite points it has amassed.
Thank you BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear for all you hard work

Nice Find
TFTC BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear

It was a very early start as team NADDS headed off for a caching expedition on the Morning Peninsula. Team NADDS consists of neville_devil, AusFox;, Donutholes, Dromaniax and Sims_family. Go NADDS. We had put together a list of caches we wanted to target, and we were also happy to pick up other caches along the trail. We were blessed with stunning weather, and it is always great fun to cache with a group of mates. We caught the first ferry across and picked up an Adventure Lab, and then started to work along the East Coast. This was a targeted cache, with that many favourite points, you want to find out why. We found out why and we will add to the cavalcade of cachers who have added an FP. Mr Dromaniax almost broke his ankle leaving GZ, so be careful out there peeps. The cache is in great condition. Thank you for this cache BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear.

Just me and the boy today, little sis with mum. What to do? Geocache, of course!
No wonder this is a favourite, very cool hide!
TFTC

Found fantastic cache

Hehe I'd read some previous logs so I knew I was looking for something a bit out of the ordinary, and this did not disappoint! So clever. I love caches that have an element of surprise. A favourite point from me

TFTC took a while to find, but soon had the log in our hands. Found with Algae on w weekend get away for to this end. a fav from me.

Wow what a great cache! Can see why it has so many favourites. Somehow made a quick find. While it was warm today, not as many people around, easy to have a quick search! A favourite point from us!

So cool

Oh wow this is brilliant! After finding a cache just up the road by the same CO yesterday that also had more than 200 fav points, we just had to come to this one today. Well it was worth it.

I have never seen the beach so busy. This actually worked in our favour though as there being so many people around meant that no one was looking at us.

This hide is just pure genius. Easily the best one we have ever seen.

Once again, so glad that this cache remained when the others were archived. I wish we could have done the full trail when it was active.

We are giving this a favourite for sure!

How cool! After a beautiful swim nearby saw all the fave points. Straight onto this somehow. Took the long way around in and the wiggly way out haha. Fave added of course. TFTC

Out and about with Muzza for the day.
We stopped by here for my second attempt - my prev was thwart by kids needing food and the loo. OML loved this. FP from me!!
TFTC BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear

Today is the day we head form home. We are aiming to get the 11 o'clock ferry, but with the navigator and driver we have, I'm not holding my breath. Once we found gz it was a bit of a head scratching kind of moment until Jenno3 done a lil something that revealed what we needed. OMG!! Another ripper!! It wasn't until after we left that we realised how many FPs this one had, and I can see why!! Another added! tftc

Today was our last day at ver this way and we had a couple more that we wanted to get along the way back to the ferry. Our morning didn’t start to well from a cache find perspective, but all of that was soon forgotten when we arrived here. I’m sure each place we stop has different coloured water!! After the obligatory Ooohs and Ahhhs we got down to business. We narrowed in and had a bit of a poke and prod around. I love it when we find a cache which is a bit out of the ordinary, definitely worth another fave point (the caches 202nd). Tftc

Heading home today after a few days away in the area. Started the morning pretty much the same as our time here…. Not too lucky the we got to this one….kenare said how many fav points it had and I was thinking here we go again….. but we love these special type caches and weren’t going to give in. Reading some previous logs we set upon gz and did the poke and prod and scratch of the head then all of a sudden…..how darn clever!!! Absolutely brilliant and a fav point from me….thanks for the effort you put in for all of us to enjoy

Heading down the Mornington Peninsula to visit family, I thought I would knock off work early and collect a couple of caches and enjoy the beach. This was 1 that I had targeted.

Taking a walk, we strolled from Dromana to this one along the beach. Lots of people enjoying the the beach and board walks. Got to this GZ at just the right time as we had the place to yourselves. Quickly worked out where it would be and with 1 person on look out, took a minute or 2 to work out how to sign this enjoyable cache.

Thanks for a favourite cache Boris B, Natasha & Nut bear
Hunter

Wow

2nd attempt to find this one. Just too many muggles. It’s too hard to have a really good look without looking suspicious.

Have to come back and try again.

awesome como

Might have been due to kids being tired and cranky but we couldn’t find. Will come back another day

So creative, love finding these hides

Definitely one of our favourites! After picking up our new car in Mornington, we cruised down the coast. Saw this and thought we'd give it a go! Fantastic! Very clever! Signed LBC because logbook is tiny

Found it

I had my eye on this one for a long time. At gz I was eventually sure I was at the right place but just couldn't figure it out. What a giggle to suddenly find it! Thanks so much BorisB&Natasha and Nutbear, Your hides never get old! This one deserves every one of its many favourite points and I gladly add one too

Best one yet, I pulled the top off that metal post & took a photo inside cause I thought it was stolen. Awesome cache

Haven't been out casheing for a while and this was a cracker to start with happy ld read some past logs for a little clue. Deffently a fav for me

TFTC. Got a good giggle out of this one.

I did a decent search and gave up, kept walking and didnt find another cache near the marina. On the way back i gave it another pass and bingo. the other people’s descriptions helped. a very fun cache.

When I started caching I was shown this cache back when it was disabled over lockdown. came back today to sign log and must say this is an awesome hide
TFTC

Enabling while it seems safe to do so

Disabling till life is normal again

Caching with Mieleikki today and this one took longer than it should have. She made the find, the extraction and signed the log. I was just there for aesthetic purposes.

TFTC!

We are caching with AF-BEE, GeoWinch78 and 6ftzpr&1/2zip this trip is to grab as many of the 'Old Caches' as we can and any more we can find in-between. We made our way down the beach to GZ to find the cache. This a very creative cache and gets a Heart from us. Thanks BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear for doing such a clever cache. It makes me smile everytime I think of it. I would not rule this out as being one of my all time favorites.

Fav point! Found with AF BEE, 6ftzpr&1/2zip, and ondago while on a geocaching vacation. Thanks for placing this cache.

We are on a geocaching adventure with ondago, AFBEE and GW78 finding lots of fun caches along this route to Albury. Enjoyed finding this creative hide. TFTFun

OCW GeoWench78, 6ftzpr&1/2zip, and ondago...caching our way from Albury to Melbourne, stopped at this highly favored cache as we were passing by...enjoyed this very creative and unique hide...TFTC!

Visiting a friend nearby and got the shout out to come and help Kristysadventures on this one. She had found GZ but need a fresh set of eyes to find the log. Good teamwork. TFTC

After finding the container fairly quickly I had no idea how to get the log... 20 minutes later roaming Howie shows up and within 30 seconds said why don’t you just do this?!
I can see why it’s a favourite and I’ll add to that.

So creative! We were joined today by my family who love here and my two young nieces were amazed as was my brother. Thank you for helping them understand the fun that geocaching is with your fun and creative caches. TFTC

Saw something suspicious, went and checked it out (even took the lid off and took photos). Nup. Went back to looking. Just about to leave and I asked Geojack to try one last thing - bingo! Damn, how did I miss that??? Nice hide - fave point from us too! Just glad we persisted (and Geojack decided to get out of the car and join us). Tftc

Found by Mary and David, in company with pprass, at 14:10. The first day on the Bay Trail for both teams. Could have picked better weather though. Only the second day of summer, but there was a cold south-westerly blowing, and rain showers passing through, so we lost a couple of hours in the morning waiting for the worst of the rain to pass. Really enjoyed this one. We've found similar hides before, but this implementation is unique, and thoroughly deserves a FP from us too, to go with all the others. Our thanks to BorisB&Natasha.

Found at 2:09 PM GAFF1 in the company of maccamob.
Today the beach looked nothing like that photo in the cache page - actually the water was right up to the rocks!
Spotted something unusual and went around to check it out after a bit of poking here and there a very clever hide was found where the cache name suddenly made sense
Thanks BorisB&Natasha

Wonderful! such a clever hide. Thank you.

Awesome hide . Tftc

We would much preferred to have carried on caching but it was time to head on towards our overnight accommodation, but before doing so we simply had to stop off to search for this cache having noted the number of favourite points it had received. On arriving at Ground Zero we began our search and after a bit of looking around the cache was then located - and then of course we could see straight away why this cache has so many favourite points! We signed the good fun log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for another truly great brilliant and of course another favourite point awarded! Greetings from Zimbabwe

Found it.
Brilliant hide

Made after the CITO and the Underwater events with Riddell and my Chinese colleague's help. After the events we walk to this GZ, took a while to found it but it worth the effort.

Thank you BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear for the brilliant idea! A fun one!

Geocache n 542

This was near the CITO this morning, what a cool cache, nothing I have seen before. A fav point added

Today was a good day out, made my way down to safety beach/Mornington Peninsula area for a CITO and event. Then headed back via some bike caches. All finished off with an experience with the police.

TFTC

Awesome!
Loved this one. Excellent hide, brilliantly executed.
A favorite.
TFTC

Had to laugh on the way home after the nearby events 'cause that's when the penny droppe..
Squeezed a visit here in between the events and spotted what I wanted but had to come back to look more carefully later.
Then of course I looked to see who the owner was. Of course, that explains it all.
A FP coming here for all the above reasons.
TFTC BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear

Found on 22 Sep 2019 at 9:27 am.
I was up earlier than normal for a Sunday so headed down here early before the CITO just up the beach a bit started so a perfect opportunity to find a few more of these to finish off the series one day. I was very cool and quite windy which was good because it kept the muggles away.
I found this one while doing the CITO which was an excellent excuse for being where we were. With our gloves, rubbish bags and rubbish picker-upper things we looked right at home. Another awesome cache here...now I know why it's called that. A favourite from me.
Thanks BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Thanks for the interesting cache. Loved the walk and went for a nice paddle at the beach

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Made the find quickly but took a bit longer to locate the log. Very clever hide. Thanks for the cache

I’ve seen Stanley around a lot lately. He’s been touted to the local citizenry about the new Ankh Morpork stamps (they’re cabbage flavoured apparently). Stanley is also well known for his little “moments”. Last week someone told him that collecting stamps was stupid.... we’re still trying to get him down from the Tower of Art.

Tftc sorry 4 late log done with monkeymann007

Wow I am impressed, this is Definatly my favourite for the day, very clever and took some finding. Found with Mums Jules n Lisa .. from Cairns xox

I love these...
Absolutely awesome.
I think our lucky krystal helped.
Thanx for the hide.
Fav point

Very, very clever. Found with MonkeyMann007 and Lise Junglemonkey

Out and about with echidna44 and au-fait for the day down in this lovely area. Our first for the day a what a great start. We had it totally covered with one down and two up. The forces were with us as a local cacher just happened to be walking by to give us some guidance. This one certainly measured up. Now for the next challenge Excellent, well made camoed hide. It gets a favourite from me. Thanks for the cache BorisB&Natasha & Nut Bear

Out with xambo4u and au.fait, we decided to cache along the foreshore, starting at Safety Beach. A cool day with intermittent rain was not enough to deter us.
This cache had us searching for a while until another cacher approached and gave us a hint.
An absolutely fabulous hide. A favourite point.
Thanks BorisB&Natasha & Nut Bear

Found your cache today. Best one I have seen. Give me hard time to look around up and under. Luck I notice something it's not right one. BINGO Got it. fav from me. BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear , thank you so much for placing it.

Great! Favourite point for cache container! TFTC! Great hiding spot.

James and Harley’s adventures....amazing cache!

Awesome hide TFTC

One of the best I’ve found in Victoria so far. Ingenious! TFTC TAD

Really cool cache. Deserves all its points. My PIC ended up making the discovery, alright with some serious direction from me. Sometimes it just takes another pair of eyes. Or hands

2:10 pm #7086
The last for the day for jimbo_80 and me. We were determined to find this highly favourited cache.
We looked and looked, read logs, looked at photos, even PAF’d. Finally J_80 came up with the goods. Wow! I can see why the fav points. Another added right here.
Cheers BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear

I'm a bit embarrassed that we had to resort to a PAF... We searched everywhere here and I thought I was being pretty thorough - I have no idea how I didn't spot that! This is some amazing handiwork and was the perfect ending to a day's caching where we found a lot of high quality caches. Thanks BorisB&Natasha & Nut bear, love your work : )