Perfect Poplar St Kilda West, Victoria, Australia
By skakids on 08-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5CKJ4

As there has been no response to the last request/s to attend to this cache, or provide regular updates, the cache is being de-listed on the basis that it has been abandoned by the Cache Owner.

If there are components or remnants of the cache, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

Caches that have been archived for lack of maintenance will not be unarchived. This is explained here: [**Unarchive a geocache**](http://support.groundspeak.com//index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70).

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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I've noticed this cache is carrying a maintenance log which really does need to be addressed by the cache owner.

The guidelines indicated that regular visits to check on the cache, as well as prompt attention to any logs that indicate there is a problem, are part of the [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable it**](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) by 19th July,** 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:

- Repair and/or Replace your cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) 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 don't plan on fixing it up then please [**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.

- 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 (by 22nd July). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, it is likely that I will need to 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 instructions posted above.


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At GZ there was a toppled tree but I couldn't find the cache.

previous logs say parts of this is missing. Couldn’t find anything except a few likely places I feel like it should have been. Might need to be checked

Cheers.

Surrounding destroyed

Surrounding has been destroyed, but found the broken container

Yes

On my quest for 1,000 Australian finds, I'm now up to 917. I had a look for this one a month or two ago to no avail. This time, no drama

Great camo.

This time the cache was here. Riding back home via Grand Prix having been through St Kilda on bike. Had a DNF last year so nice to find a well constructed and hidden cache back up running
Thanks skakids. Fav point from me.

Great hide!

Clever hide!

Quick and easy tftc

Nice, easy find. TFTC

Stealth required on a day like today! Glad to have found this cache, improved my day. Good camo. From SA. VIC stole the GP from us, has been our conversation today. Now to enjoy the fast cars. TFTC.

Easy one. TFTC

Really cool. Tftc

It's cool camo.
Bottle is broken though.
Only the lid remains.

Exploring with johgusta and Johan. Just found the top of the container though...

TFTC

Nice Camo but also just the top of it so couldn't sign..
Greets from Germany
Red_Cherry_ & Graureiher

Top of container is the only piece remaining.

I was in Melbourne for a sporting event and took some time off to visit St Kilda with SmudgeyCat. We drove passed this one on our way back. A very nice park. Unfortunately this cache is damaged with only parts remaining so it needs a bit of a maintenance check from the cache owner. TFTH

Thx

Great camp

One for the geo granddaughter, who loves to be first to find, in her 5 year old mind that is when she see's the cache before any who are with her, Thanks skakids all is good with this hide

Found it with geofamily on a nice day in melbourne

We are on holiday here from Perth so we decided to find a few geocaches tonight in this really cool park.

Another quick find here. A cool cache! Thanks!

Nickag73

Cool cache! Got distracted by a cute dog, but then I had a look and there it was. Thanks!

This cache was creative - TFTC

Love the container Good that my 1st for 2018 is a clever hide TFTC

Find it on a walk around the lake together with erikw102. TFTC

Found on a quiet Sunday Xmas Eve. Cache name made me laugh.

TFTC!

This cache has been established by a poplar hater! Thanks skakids.

New custom container please enjoy

Back operational please be gentle with the lid

on hold till i can check

This geocache needs maintenance, poplar tree has been chopped down. Probably the tree that the geocache was in or was hidden around. Muggles must have found the geocache while chopping down the tree.

Few trees have been chopped down I think it went with the tree and fell over the fence.

Same issue as the last

Reached a long way in to the only obvious place.. but no joy.

A few trees chopped down. One that is probably where cache is I was only able to have a quick look as too many dogs and muggles around to have a decent hunt

Spot it! Tftc

Awfully late log here...Sorry 'bout that.
Straight forward find. Nice sausage sizzle at the local clubhouse and a lot of kids causing a nice distraction.
A few muggles on the path were wondering what was happening, but all well and the log was signed and the returned to the hide.
TFTC

*As soon as it had stopped rain on Anzac Day we went off to find this cache. Took a bit to find but we got there in the end. Had to wait for muggles and there dogs to pass before we could sign the log. TFTC. SL. great hide and came almost gave this a fav. Thanks for bringing us to this spot. Great idea and parks. Cheers.*

Got it

Nice find, very creative

TFTC Skakids. A quick and easy fun find.

My short walk is turning into hours as I keep thinking 'just one more'...

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany. Tftc

With the area a lot more accessible than past years I was able to make a quick find of this well camouflaged cache. Log signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the cache Skakids
#3,045

Great hide. TFTC.

quick find on a lovely day!

Found after doing the Grand Prix Wherigo. Great hide. TFTC

What a great hide.

SisterCorny travelling Asia and Oceania for four month, stopping over in Melbourne for a couple of days after returning from NZ.
Day2 of our stay in MEL, today we walked from Richmond through South Yarra to St. Kilda, very different neighbourhoods, but all three great and very nice caches on the way. In the brilliant weather we had great fun exploring the city and finding hidden boxes...
Many muggles around, but they were all concentrated on the cricket match going on, so it was an easy find. TFTC

To complete the Double Calendar Challenge cache, I had to find an additional cache on around 21 days through out the year. This was one of them.

I headed to this one after work, and managed to get there quite quickly against the main flow of traffic. Pity I couldn't say the same going home. Once at GZ it was a quick find - I just happened to spot something from just the right angle, and then the cache was mine. Almost all the slots on the log are full, but more names could be squeezed in between some of them. Still, a new log sometime soon would be a good idea.

I don't know if it's because of the recent success of the inaugural women's AFL matches, but on the oval nearby, there were a number of ladies honing their football skills, but they weren't interested in what I was doing.

Thanks to skakids for the cache and some nice camouflage.

Awesome cache. Lovely camo!

Tftc! Great camouflage!

Excellent camo, grabbed the TB. A favourite from me, thanks skakids.

its lovely day with my husband and good one caches and thank you for show me lot of different paint

12:37
After attending the last day of the 2016 Gregorian Calendar Event, we could not resist the call of a couple more finds in the Abert Park precinct, including the great cammo of the perfect poplar!

Our thanks to skakids for placing this cache.
17503.

Quick find during a half day of caching, quickly spotted despite the excellent camo having seen many of these so far. Nice easy find with a deposited TB after spending so much time with it, hope someone else can travel it a bit more than me.
TFTC.

Great camo
Found today with HNK.

Great camp! Few muggles around today. On to next one

Great hide, In Melb for a couple of days and had a go at some of these.TFTC

Second day of caching with my 2 favourite people team GoldJ from Tassie. We meet through caching on board a cruise ship almost 12 months ago. TFTC.

Nice find on a cold no hot no wait cold no hang on cold day. TFTC!

Cool cache

Our mission today was to finish the F1 Grand Prix on foot and this lap had a few bonuses also. This one was one of them. Good camouflage!

Thanks for the hide and greetings from Germany!

Found on a nice and sunny day. Tftc

To easy

TFTC skakids. Very nice poplar indeed. Slug brushed away, contain replaced and off to the next one on what is still a glorious Melbourne day. Jimmytherat

TFTC

Nice camo.

Thanks for the cache, loved the camouflage

Good camo but easy when you know what to look for. Tftc

Tftc love your camo's

19:44
Last week, I got part way around the Grand Prix circuit before the weather turned to custard, so tonight's mission was to finish the Wherigo. That accomplished, this companion piece to the pine I visited earlier was sort of on the way back to the car.

Wow... nice piece of camo work indeed, skakids.

#3280

Third one for the night out with Nanton34. His expert "rockstar" geocaching trained eyes quickly located this tricky hide! TFTC

Another find while out with Romp62. The GPS originally sent us straight past GZ but once the co-ords corrected themselves we were soon circling a likely spot. The cache was very well hidden and even when I was looking at it I didn't realise until I viewed it from another direction. Very well done TFTC

Well done! Got it fast. Nice view from over here!

So Railwalker and I (Walk-Away-Renee) finally did it! We finally created a joint account! It takes having a kid to make this happen. Now we are finally merging our stats. So, using GSAK we are logging this cache and it should be dated by the oldest time found by either one of our accounts (so look for a post created by either RailWalker or Walk-Away-Renee). We greatly appreciate your hard work for making that cache possible. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us.

Once again thank you for your time and energy put into this cache/event. The hobby of Geocaching would not be possible without the likes of you to support the community!

Found with Walk-Away-Renee and signed the cache with our team name, HistoryMajors2007. Cheers and thank you for the cache.

Hello, this is a temporary boring log. I plan  to edit and go into more detail once I am back in the USA. Found with Railwalker and signed the cache with our team name, HistoryMajors2007. Cheers and thank you for the cache.

Last for the day and last for this trip, nice camo, TFTC

Cool camo, geokid found this one. TFTC

Nice camo!

Ah botany, always glad to give a brief lesson to those around me, my caching pal on the other hand was more interested in the cache and he soon had this bold hide in his hand, thanks skakids for the cache.

omegaman1971
This was a fast find due to caching today with a master groundskeeper ( Happy Pants )
Who's knowledge of trees and plants made it a easy find.
Cheers for the cache

Tftc

Good find beware of slug nation

Quick early morning cache, good find

Nice camouflage, a quick find

Easy find with Pigwigeon. Great camo. Log book a bit damp. Third find for today.

Another perfect p. Found this one with bulldog! surprisingly quickly. I was fortunate to look on the correct angle and take this favorite of mine. TFTC. ICBIFTSQ ( I Can't Believe I Found This So Quickly)

Tftc quick find with the team

I liked the way this was camoflaged! A nice and simple pick up on our walk, thanks.

Lovely camo tftc!

Cool 5 m8ns later