#9 King Of The Hill! Gladstone Park, Victoria, Australia
By Team Champion! on 01-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5A2JB

Unfortunately there does not seem to be any evidence that indicates that steps have been taken to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement. It would appear the owner of this cache listing is no longer interested in the cache and the cache has been abandoned.

As such the cache is being de-listed (Archived). If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

If you wish to contact me regarding this cache, please send an email via my profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the cache name and GC number.

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###**CACHE OWNER ACTION REQUIRED PLEASE**###

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Hi there Cache Owner,

This cache has come to my notice as there is a 'Needs Maintenance' log that that indicates there is some sort of issue with the placement and it needs your attention please.

Check out the Guidelines here: [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable the cache**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235) - I have Disabled it for you this time.

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) within 14 days,** so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Check on the cache, repair and/or replace the cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (within 14 days). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. For ongoing issues (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 28 days so as to keep everyone up to speed.

- If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it,**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when I next look at the cache page, it is likely that I will unfortunately have to de-list (Archive) it on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

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The container is broken! But was a fun walk uphill.

Found a broken tube, about the size of a micro, that may have been the cache, photo attached. CO needs to check if it is still there.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Pretty cool didn't take too long to find except it was broken when my partner and I got to it

This one wasnt too hard to find. One of the kids found this one. Great clue. Log is getting a little tattered but not in urgent need of attention.

This one wasnt too hard to find. One of the kids found this one. Great clue. Log is getting a little tattered but not in urgent need of attention.

Well I tried but couldn't ride up the hill, so off the bike and walked to the cache area and a quick find due to the clue. Thank you Team Champion for getting me up here for a great view.
And I'm looking forward to going down.
Greytiger

I was missing a few caches in my quest to find as many caches as I can in the 15k zone of 3001, and this was one I had not found. This was one of them, and I had a spare afternoon.

Nice walk up the hill

Lovely afternoon walk waiting for our flights.

Urgh! Cycling up here was HARD work. But rewarding. What a lovely view! I found the cache by accident?!

Nice one. Tftc

12:15
Moonee Ponds Creek has undergone a total transformation over the years! Today as we pedaled around 18 kms along the trails collecting smiley tokens, P-P relived his childhood adventures among the tall gum trees, rocks, ferocious thistles and scented aniseed as he grew up in Strathmore.
We saw someone run up the hill from the bike trail with a pack on their back WOW! After Moonee Ponds Creek Trail #17, we rode the road route to pick up this neat little smiley and admire the view.ekers

**FEEDBACK TO CO:** The container we found was 'Micro' in size, not 'Small' as the cache page advises. Cache page needs to be amended to "Micro" to meet your finders' likely expectations and to conform to the guidelines please.

Thanks to 'Team Campion' for placing this cache on the geo-gameboard.
23345

Cool

Like the spot

Found after a bit of a search and strenuous journey. Not what we expected. TFTC.

Wow, what a hike up the hill!! eventually found what appeared to be a cache after a lot of searching. Doesnt match the description at all as it had no room for swaps and no pen. Not sure if it is a throwdown or not but it had a lot of signatures so we added ours to the list then flew down the hill on our bikes!!

Out and about with Trailstevo, back on a trail we thought we had completed last year but a whole heap of new cache which is great. Lucky the rain held off and we covered about 12km in total and double figures of hide. Was a perfect work out. TFTC

After collecting a bunch of cache along the creek trail with Gunks, grabbed this one fairly quickly and started our journey back to the car. TFTC

A nice quick find, but definable not where I expected. Careful of all the boxthorns, they have poison in their thorns that make a scratch hurt for hours! I loved the view here, thanks for bringing me here and for the cache!

Quite a puff to get to this one from the creek below. A nice ride down the slope back to the trail. Thanks Team Champion!

Beautiful views from up here. Well worth the trek!!! Thanks for bringing me here with your cache.

TFTC. Out with Moroldies.

Found with little blue wren.TFTC

Popped by tonight on the way to indoor cricket to make a find of this cache I travel past quite regularly.

I was hoping to make my way down this famed hill to another cache just down by the creek, but my search here took longer than I had anticipated. It is quite well hidden, and I'm sure searching in the dark didn't do me any favours!

A very well placed cache here Team Champion, even if it is made a little harder by the misleading cache description!

TFTC

The hint and container description had us confoozled for a while, but ignoring those the clever hide was soon discovered, log signed and returned, whilst Muggle Hubby was busy taking photos of the wonderful view from up here. Our first for the day, and your coordinates were spot on. Thanks for placing the cache here for us to enjoy the scenic view.

Approaching from the top I hadn't expected this view to appear all of a sudden. On a cool and breezy Saturday morning muggles weren't an issue!

Thanks to Team Campion for placing this cache.

Was out in the area with Square_Pegs so swung past here to find this cache. Thanks Team Champion!

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Got off work a bit early today so picked a couple of caches to do on my way home
Parked at the top of the hill and had a short walk across to GZ
Great view of the valley and path down at the bottom so glad I didn't walk up from the bottom huff puff
Read the hint and got no where broadened my search and found the cache that did not match the description but oh well
Thanks Team Champion for placing this series TFTC

A small window of time between kids birthday parties to head out and look for a few caches saw me heading out to nearby Westmeadows. There is plenty of choice out here, mostly thanks to Team Campion but I've only been out this direction a few times so I had plenty to choose from.

I parked in a nearby street at the top of the hill and so it was only a short walk over to GZ. Luckily it wasn't any further away because there was a couple partaking in some other activity a bit further down the path and I didn't want to get any closer for further investigation. After a few circles around I spotted the little container and signed my initials in the log. Certainly great views from up here as advertised and another perspective on familiar areas. Thanks for the cache Team Campion.

Was good found

15:10
Revisited on a walk around the creek between the showers with the nozy on this damp Anzac Day (Lest we forget).

Not sure the nozy appreciated my dragging him up the hill, but he did appreciate the view and the smiley.

All in good nick. And all downhill from here.

Found it ... but description of container size and the possibility of swaps is in correct.
Love view ....
TFTC

I Don't know why this should require maintenance as it is all good and ready to go!

-Tc

Had been saving this one for a lazy cache day, And today, that lazy day had arrived. Nice evening for a short walk with some impressive views. A nice Oval to kick the footy or play with the dog. There were some muggle cricketers near by in the practice nets, but lucky for me they were just leaving as I arrived. The cache description and clue need up dating, so bring your own pen and an extraction tool for the log. Thanks Team Campion. A fantastic location. here. TFTC

Came back today easy find tftc

Morning

I just ran a pocket query on the attributes

* Night cache
* available 24-7

Obviously this doesn't make sense and given this is a traditional cache, it can't be a nightcache

Thanks and cheers

10:12
I had an early call out for some emergency IT work, so figured I might as well take the scenic route home.

Huh... I didn't know the local canine obedience school meets here. Well, well.

Last time I considered this cache, it had gone walkabout, so I figured I'd visit today while I was pretty sure it's here. A nice quick find, out of sight of the dog trainers, and I enjoyed the view for a few minutes before heading back to the car and other obligations. Thanks, Team Campion, for the respite from the more serious tasks of the working week, and another smiley.

#3210

What a great spot! SL. TFTC.

Quick find while waiting for granddaughter to finish school. Thanks a lot for the cache.

We saw this cache had been replaced by Team Campion, so we decided on a quick drive by after lunch. This time it took no time to find. Thanks for fixing up the cache.

Found by Team Justice #981

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one off the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Team Campion [^]

Finally get to actually find this cache and fill a hole in my geo map, Thanks Team Campion for putting this hide here
I did locate what I think is A very micro tube which is clear and not as stated in description, this may be that container has been changed by CO or another cacher, but still here

Did some maintenance last week and should be good to go.

-Team Campion

Fantasic view, didn't find the cache however

Spent 20 mins didn't find

TFTC

Spent 20 mins no luck

Oh the frustration. After 3 easy finds and then 2 DNF's, I climbed this hill in hope. When I got to GZ I found that the council had mowed the grass and whipper snipped around the trees. I can say with a high degree of certainty that this cache is no longer there.

Looked for about 15 minutes with no luck. Perhaps it was us.....

This entry was edited by Team_Justice on Monday, 11 May 2015 at 01:31:34 UTC.

Easy find Great cash

Found with timtamz

Found this one and was in a great spot but when i opened it it spelt really bad and was wet so, no writing from me on that one

Out west-ish for work today and so I figured I'd grab a few caches before heading home.
First cab off the rank and what great views there are here. found cache quickly but had to wait for a muggle dog walker to pass before I could return the hide.
Thanks for placing this cache Team Campion

Log a little damp, these containers do let a little moisture in. A good view of the valley. Dipped a travel bug to give it some miles. Thanks.

Tftf

Tftc

Yay!

Naysim found it! Good job.

Pencil broken. Make sure you bring your own.

Many happy memories of cricket games in the heat here, well memories anyway! Huge view makes returning worthwhile. T4TC

TFTC Nice easy find. Brought some first timer children

With traffic crazy tonight, I stopped by this park to grab a cache. Short search and it was found, I was expecting a bigger log in here , but I managed to make a scrawl in there . Thanks for the detour

On way to airport to pick up son from schoolers nice walk quick find thanks

This entry was edited by FnKPatrolling on Monday, 15 December 2014 at 06:11:37 UTC.

An early start and to see if we could get at least a find in two states today. We parked near the oval and walked over. A bit of a look around and then we found the well covered tube. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC Now to the airport

This entry was edited by bella at waggy on Saturday, 29 November 2014 at 08:30:11 UTC.

Indeed a nice view from here and I would have walked up that hill if I had had more time - honest! I managed to bang my head on a branch when replacing the log but it was not too bad.

Watch out for the dog poo! Yuk. Right at the cache too.....

Cachers should always take their own pens.

Hi found it no problem. Next person needs to bring a pencil sharpener.
Thank s

Nice view!
TFTC

Suscoe headed north today for a clean up the Western side of Melbourne caches outing.
A delightfully cool day greeted us as we headed around the various caches.
This was our 22nd find of 23 for the day.
A nice walk to GZ and the find was made by Mrs. S.
It is a pretty good view and so a favourite point from us for this and your other caches that we found this afternoon.
Thanks Team Campion!!!!!!!!

Out and about with echidna44 for a very very windy caching day.
Clearing out a couple in this area. It took me a bit of talking to get fellow cacher to give this one a go but were willing in the end.
Absolutely wonderful view and it took us our strength to stay put. We were very surprised of the rating but its all about the way you approach things.
Nice easy find.
Thanks Team Campion for bringing us here..

What a spectacular view.
Xambo4u and I looked at the 3 terrain and decided to give it a go. We parked nearby and got a pleasant surprise. Thanks for bringing us to see this beautiful sight, Team Campion

Great spot but didn't get to sign because the pencil was Brocken

Felt like a king standing on that hill. The views were great. Didn't know it was that good over your way. I used to live nearby but have been country now for most of my married life.
TFTC Team Campion

Thanks for the cache! Beaut views. (:

This entry was edited by 9v on Wednesday, 03 September 2014 at 02:35:36 UTC.

Took a bit to find this one.

I took a chance on a lovely Winters afternoon to catch up nearby caches.
WOW, nice view from the cache, i have riddden my bike down that bike path several times, and driven along that freeway just as many times well, but getting a different view of the same valley is fantastic!!!!

On the way home to Gowanbrae and thought I would check this new one out. An easy find especially when coming to it from Carrick Drive. Always wondered what that road on the north side of the ring road was for especially as it never gets used. Now I know. And oh great views over the valley below so a great site for a cache.

My parents moved to Gladstone Park in the mid 70's. I remember this being a big open space but I am sure there was no oval then. The rest of the suburb seems the same. I haven't been back here in years. This cache formed the first of 5 that I did on a quick 40min jaunt around this area.
Thanks

Finished nightshift and decided to take the GeoDog Tessie for a few caches on a roundabout way home.
We parked at the oval and walked across it to make a quick find here. The views are fairly good as described, and a good choice to place the cache here. Just a little surprised at the nano log in the small container might mean you have to replace it more often than you'd like.
Thanks Team Campion, the first of a stack of yours today

A quick find at 12:35pm at a great viewing spot over the valley. Hope the gardeners around here don't have whippersnippers!
TNLN
thanks Team Campion

*FTF*
Rummaging around in the dark getting pricked by thorns wasn't exactly how I imagined spending my night, but when I saw this interesting sounding cache appear on my list I couldn't resist. I knew that if I went for it tonight, I'd have a better chance of being FTF!

Easy enough find, just took me a few minutes due to the dark, heh. But, great view! What a neat spot! Stood there for a while watching the freeway across the valley, and I'm sure the valley would look great during the day too.

Oh, recommend the next person BYOP or a sharpener, as it turned out the pencil was not sharpened!

Thanks for the cache

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