Into the Magpie Nest Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
By rufusstar on 30-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4TV6A

Archived as I haven't had a chance to resurrect this cache since it was muggled.

Appears to have been muggled. Will attempt to replace soon.
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Found a magnet but not the cache. Maybe it's been muggled?

Nice cache. Easy find.

Love what they've done with the place

Nothing like pretend play play to explain your position.. Dropped my phone and reached up

Awesome hidey hole

Good start to the weekend!

Nice area would not have come here if not for the cache

Nice spot!

Found

Fantastic hint

Today was the day for a long bike ride with a bit of caching thrown in. I got dropped off in Kew then meandered through Abbottsford, Collingwood, the City, along the Yarra then along the Monash through Camberwell then headed home. The weather started out sunny but slowly the skies darkened and there was a slight chill in the air.
This was my first for the day. A quick find. TFTC.

Tftc

Look at all possible places but still couldn't find

Looked at all the possible places according to hint and previous comments. Nothing! Don't know if incompetent or it's gone?

Couldn't find it plus had some muggles show up. Will try again another day

As suspected the cache has been left in the wrong spot. It is now safely hidden from casual view. Please note it lives in an enclosed space. The hint should guide you. Took a tag.

Much activity around here today. Walked in circles then decided to leave and come back at a quieter time

Our second visit here - last time the cache had been muggled. And we did spot it in the end. Here in the company of GJMMelb and quiet1_au today. TFTC

Second visit here, only this time with the cache actually here. lochb, G' of GJMMelb and I headed into the gateway again, where we found a muggle sheltering from the inclement weather but she ignored us so we set about searching. I spotted the likely spot but no cache was found, and I eventually located in is almost plain sight - I suspect there's been some cache creep, and the attachment has come detached too so it might require some CO TLC. TFTC The weather was quite cold and wet now and with the daylight fading we decided to call it a day.

Found with Lochb and Quiet1_au. This took us a while but Q eventually found this after a second look. Thanks rufusstar
GJMMelb

Very sneaky!!!! Good fun!

Finally found this one! Collingwood is beating my team Port today, round 20 2015

Thank you for an interesting lesson in footy history.

Good cache glad to find this one .muggles can be a problem

Tftc found with geobrother lukie1987. First time caching in near the city and this spot is awesome

Wanted to head to the city to find some awesome caches. Love the city at night tftc

Hot pies!

Thanks was tricky to find!

Last find for the day. It was nice to be able to park closely and walk the few metres to this cache. A quick find. TFTC.

Hint helped a lot! Happy dayz

Love the old footy grounds!! So much character.

Just enough room for a little swap.

On my way home from a meeting in the city and couldn't pass up the opportunity to grab a cache or two on the way through.
Nice hide, nice weather, nice history, ahhhhhh, just a shame about the club.
Thanks for placing this cache rufusstar

Tftc. Interesting old beer cans nearby, but you won't find any answers at the bottom of a bottle

Nice clue and location. One of the magnets is broken

Good spot, easy to find. Wouldnt have seen the stadium otherwise, so thanks

#661 2:28pm TFTC... I am sorry for the generic post, but I am MONTHS behind in my logging of caches... and it is becoming quite a stress. I need to churn though my backlog to get back up to date and I will endeavour to log more often in the future.

Fabulous spot. I love this location. Thanks!

Tftc!

Tftc!

Not sure why it took us so long! Tftc

Found with my partner in crime bbfetish on an epic night of pizza, churros and caching TFTC

Fond memories of Collingwood Football Fan youth. I went to my first game here many many years ago, and as an avid Magpies supporter, it will always be a fondly remembered place.

Picked up TB - will be useful to open all the bottles and remove all the teeth...

TFTC

Difficult as a Carlton supporter but found it

New log sheet.

I'm a massive AFL fan (tigers supporter) and this was a nice geocache to cap off the day. Coincidentally Collingwood play Richmond today. I hope the tigers get up. TFTC

Quick find at 5am while on my way home. Go Bombers.
TFTC.

Found it go pies I had to turn around a few times

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Some things never change - was here the day Nicky Winmar bared his skin. Iconic image. Tftc.

Three of us searched for a while and eventually the 6 year old found it!!!

Wow this place is busy of an evening. The warm weather didn't help with all the people out walking their dogs and coming through the main entrance while i was searching. Finally i got a minute of free time to properly search and sign the log.

Great find fith for the day took while lucky guess tctf

Find it upon entrance to the stand

Took an evening stroll with geomum and holdfast. Been meaning to get this one as its close to home. Left a smily face swap. TFTC

Logbook full on one side

Surprising how many muggles were out at this time of night, which made this foray into enemy territory that much harder. Go Tigers!! TFTC

We found this cache today at 4:20pm as number 8 of 8 on our Cache Awards Event Day. Three quick Collingwood caches after the Event cache today. We hadn't seen Victoria Park in a long time and were surprised in the development of the old oval. Really nice to find a cache here. We would have liked to have stayed longer but a huge thunderstorm gathered and we headed for home. Thanks from D, HA and H B-A.

20/02/2015 10:08 pm, Find # 4118.
Out and about searching for caches and this one was found.
Thanks to rufusstar for placing this cache.

Ah the memories...great to come here.

Tricky find!

What a challenge!

This was a fun one to find

Fantastic! I loved the history and really soaked in the sights, even if I'm not a football fan. It's wonderful to see so many people and families using the ground on a Saturday afternoon. The GPS was a little off but as we investigated the area the hint soon became obvious. Great cache, thank you rufusstar!

Quick and easy find with dad!

GPS was a little off, hint helped a lot ! Found w tcaz

Found on a caching run on a hot day. Have never been here before so thanks for bringing going me here and for the cache.

Love it!

Good to see this old ground get a re vamp. Looks great. TFTC nice hide

Cheers tftc

Nice spot. Maintenance req'd: Pencil blunt!

Easy to find. Nice hide
Thanks for that cache

Found with the geo-son and extended geo-crew during the early stages of a bike mounted assault on the caches of Collingwood and Fitzroy. All quite at GZ and, with the help of the clue, the geo-son soon had the CIH. All good at GZ. Many thanks rufusstar

Quick find. TFTC!

Simple find with help of the hint. Cute cache! TFTC

Took two visits but a easy fing. Tftc

Good little hide! And nice park, a lot more pleasant than my last time here, about 1990, to see the cats beat the pies. Those pie supporters are animals! Tftc

9359 and still counting.
TFTC, I like this park

Easy find with the clue. Loved the old main enterance gate.

Found with The Rock took trackable will plant when I go back to nz

Nice quick find to start the arvo

Tftc.

Thought we found it but realised it was just a distraction. Then low and behold, there it was. Tftc.

Found it, tftc

Found with Gunks during evening cache hunt on way home from city

Nice placement and a pleasant walk from the office in Collingwood. Not a magpie fan but there sure is some history here. Thanks for the cache.

This entry was edited by Quasar on Friday, 07 November 2014 at 08:56:33 UTC.

my geosissa found this

What an interesting little spot! The hint's a bit further on in the counting than stated, which threw me off momentarily. A bit of poking around and the cache was in hand. Tftc!

Love finding a piece of Melbourne history while caching. TFTC

What a RICH find!! Have been out of action for awhile but took my GF on the hunt ! Great spot.

Number 4 for the day TFTC

Quick find with hare_trishna TFTC

A clever spot! TFTC!

Found it

Found with a few muggles walking around.

Found easily enough

A morning meeting in Abbotsford meant I could readily nick by this one on the way back to work. Parked nearby and was soon at GZ and fairly confident of the nature of the hide - But it still took a fair bit of checking of various places before the cache was eventually located. Signed at a convenient spot and then headed off...

Probably timely to sign this one the day before Grand Final day, but given my football interest is absolutely zero, probably not as much appreciated as it should be!

TFTC rufusstar.

Finally stopped by this one. Obvious spot for a cache I guess. Brought back memories of my childhood when we would sneak into the games, obviously not by this enrtance... tftc