DIY today Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
By contactpete on 21-Sep-15. Waypoint GC63VXG

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

TFTC, as the previous finder had said, no need to disable or archive this cache. Cache is definitely here, just way off from GZ. Just follow what the previous finder had wrote down and it's an easy find.

I found what I thought was my last cache of 2020 a few minutes ago on the opposite side of the big green shed. I thought I’d give this one a go and turns out I needed a PAF. I was initially put on the wrong side of the tank. My PAF directed me to a photo from a not so old log that enabled me to match GZ and the cache was a quick find after that. No need to archive this one. Cache is in good condition and there is still room on the log and... some unloved months accrued for me! Happy New Year! TFTC!

contactpete

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.


Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache.

If you plan on repairing this cache, please log a note to the cache (not email) within the next 45 days so I don't archive the listing for non-communication.


tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

Hey Pete, can you sus this?

tried to find not sure if it’s still there

Nope. Nothing to find here

Had a quick look but not in all the obvious places. May be missing.

No luck even after reading the logs. Not a great place to be.

Muggles in and out, but thanks to the Bebes tip about a previous image, the find was made super quickly considering how long it could have taken I this location.

Could not find. Looked long and hard, and even with the hint from previous logs. Will have to come back another time.

Quick find today, TFTC

Tftc. Late night grab before Santa visits

Found

Found 30/9/19

30/09/19- pineapples

Found it with Matthew, Brent and Andrew, thanks for the easy find

Aerial was found!

I wished I had come here early in the morning too, in no way felt like I should be where I was to find this cache. Thanks for the hide.

TFTC. Bit of a search but we got there. Little hesitant. Visiting from Michigan. USA.

We stopped on the way to work to attempt this one. With the help of previous logs, we soon had CIH.

Good one, thanks contactpete.

We were very early so this was found under the cover of darkness, which was good as we didn't want to be sprung lurking around the infrastructure. SL TFTC

I was able to find this cache during my sightseeing tour today.

Thank you for the cache
Team sissifalke

Quick easy find after a failed FTF attempt on the other cache on the other side of the building. TFTC.

OCW Sensible Shoes and Shoes Junior. Found this one after we found do you DIY which is the new cache outside this Bunnings. It took a while to get this geocache. TFTC

With the tips from previous logs we found this one without too much trouble. TFTC

Found it! Put a Disney tile in.

TFTC with Pulloa... that took way too long and as reported.. co ords are off

Nice hide
TFTC
Found with BrodyT2010

OCW PelDroedGwin, Brewmaker & EverestHigh but PDG and I left to go home.....time for one more !

Satellite view had us on the wrong side of the tank but an image in the gallery told us where to look.

Tftc

OCW the Bebes. Last of the day. Coords a bit out for us but a look a pics and wider search and we had it. Tftc

Nice hide. Out the bedlem2 and kazzacosmo

Nicely hidden.

Quick find but nicely hidden

Stopped on the way home and found this one, photos definitely help!

Found with yehhboii
look up and ypu will see me blending in

TB visit

A quick find but not easy. Co ords are out.
Look for something red. Literally this cache is on opposite side.

Log 3/4 full.
Cache container in good condition.
Tftc

apologies for a cut and paste log

In the area for an SES event and thought i'd grab a few smiles afterwards. The heat was not my friend on this day and the prospect of park and grabs or quick finds was appealing. Thanks for the cache and bringing me to an area I haven't been to before

Love a trip to Bunnings and with a geocache included it was even better. Did a couple of laps before settling on a location. TFTC

First geocach find ever. Of course being a newbie didn't bring a pen to sign

Nice quick little find on dusk. Tftc

Found pretty quickly just as its getting dark. once we approached from the correct side it wasnt long before CIH

Hunted around and around but no find today.

Quick park and grab
TFTC

Tftc. Found pretty quickly considering the GPS had us in the garden. Gave the phone away and just looked around the structure.

Found it, reluctantly.

Found after a brief search

Parked the car in the car park of the Big Boys Toys shop, and walked around the corner towards GZ. Took a loop around the structure to try to get the GPSr to settle, and eventually started searching any possible locations at the back. After a short while the cache was found and we could sign it and continue on to the next.

Finally spotted this one - but no where near where the pin or GPS was taking me. SL / TFTC

Checking out the photos showed us what sort of container the log was in, so that made the search less difficult. Just happened to look in the right direction at the right and saw what we wanted. Our name was added to the others, all was replaced as found and we were gone. Thanks contactpete for another hide.

Knowing what type of cache to look for made this easier. This cache was found after a short search. The log was signed and the cache was replaced as found. Thank you contactpete for placing this cache.

Yep the photo helped narrow down GZ. Not far from the drive through entrance.

No joy where the GPS took me so I looked at some previous logs which took me to a more likely spot. Soon had CIH and signed the log. TFTC

I had driven past here a couple of weeks ago but the area was very busy. Today I was out for a morning caching with WaywardWoman at the crack of dawn (it was still dark when she collected me). She suggested heading here first. I was lucky as she has already found it, and was able to stear me in the right direction. I was not comfortable looking for this as it feels like i was on private property. So signed log (i think i am still signing 2016!) Returned as found and quickly left. Thanks.

TFTC. GPS a bit scatty got there in the end. Of course following the weekend visit.

No. 758

Grabbed this one today before the rain hit. Replaced as found. All in good order. TFTC.

After realising I had no pen or pencil to log , I tried to score a free Bunnings pen but could not , but the pencils from the tool department near the gloves came in handy !!

This is our 3rd cache for today. Coor are off. If it wasn't for a spoiler picture i would not have found it.

Tftc

Found this after a wander here & there. Tftc cp xo

Travelling between Penrith and Parramatta with JJCC on a cache run. Arriving at GZ we started searching and after fifteen minutes rechecked the cache page and past logs. Noted a log which mentioned some modified coordinates. With the updated GZ we walked straight over and made a quick find.

With the cache safely in hand, we both signed the log before replacing everything as found. Container and log are in excellent condition.

The following TBs came through for the mileage - Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling.

TFTC contactpete.

Found with Team Merlin
Full log to follow

I was passing by and thought I might try to find this. It was pouring, so I was under my umbrella. Not the best searching option. Eventually I gave up and returned to the dry car.

Next time...

Found

Found it after a short search.

found with gm03 and btm

tftc

log was a bit wet

Quick find... 4th in a row today after geoson's zone cross country
TFTC. Regards JordanandMichelle

Tftf..

Seeing that someone had put up a spoiler photo, I kind of knew where to look this time. Did the legal stuff in the geobeast and replaced after signing. Thanks Pete
Cheers
Dkmacca

Out with Wraccie to grab a few as she is unable to March to-day.
Got this before Bunnings opened.

I was able to grab this one before Bunnings opened today as it was opening late.
It was such a beautiful day I managed to get out to grab a couple of caches. Normally I would have been marching in the city but still to sick for that. My cache name stands for Women's Royal Australia Army Corps. And I was one for 10 years 1981 to 1991. Lest we forget.

Only relied on the hints not the gps and there it was. Tftc SL

TFTC

Find number 3405

The Booo's found this cache!

We also used ris768 cords and still had difficulty with the GPS not wanting to get close. Mrs Booo made a PAF just as Mr Booo placed his hand on the container.

Thanks contactpete for placing this cache

Felt a bit uncomfortable searching here and after 15 minutes nothing.
Cheers
Dkmacca

#4,050

Bikerbuddy & I walked to this one today. From Emu Plains. On our way to Parramatta. It was an epic adventure. I stopped for this cache on the way.

There is nothing in the cache notes to indicate that this cache has the landowners approval to be here. And if they had given permission for something to be placed on the site, it is hard to imagine that they would give permission for anything to be placed in this particular spot. I think if a cacher is caught here, they will be in for a hard time of questioning what they are up to. And with the coordinates being out (the ones suggested by Ris are better & at least put you on the correct side to search), people could potentially be here for some time & attract attention.

We felt a little trespassing at GZ. Signed and placed back. TFTC

Took time. Used suggested co ords. Lots of muggles. Finally found it.Tftc

#542 good job it was near closing time on a public holiday so there were no one arriving or departing. The co-ords are out & it doesn't really seem right to be walking on a garden on a business property but a number of other caches have that too. So found the cache the hint helped on where to look signed the log and replaced as found

I think this was my 3rd crack at this one and I got some intel on the location. phlphotos was bold enough to go there, but I told the kids they could stay with me by the roadside. Quite an uncomfortable location with being visible to the storemen in there...

TFTC. Found with geodad, sis and phlphotos.

found with dad, lachnic and Sir Phil.

Even on Christmas Day when no one was about we felt very uneasy about trampling around in a garden where these huge tanks were, uneasy that we might be on private property. And yes, the coordinates are out some ten meters. Clever hide, though!

Found at 7:00pm on 25th December, 2015. TFTC.

My third visit and I found it in an area I had searched on both previous occasions. My problem in the past was altitude, not attitude.
TFTC.

Coords had me at the water tank, but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Then I read some previous logs about the coords being out by a fair way...but in which direction?

#3307- The last for today with 5/6 found. I really am not sure about this one. Apart from clearly being on private property, and being, in my estimation anyway, in a very dodgy spot which would require lots of answers if questions were asked, I found myself about to walk away after using a PAF to rectify the co- rods which were obviously miles out.
It is certainly not on the grassy area, and I don't believe we should be bringing catchers to this spot- in the end it looks poor for caching in general. There are other places if you want to do a Handyman cache- had I not been given explicit instructions and if there was anyone around, I would not have attempted it. But then, each to their own.

This entry was edited by WaywardWoman on Monday, 09 November 2015 at 03:00:44 UTC.

Off on a learners driving lesson/find some caches trip. This was the first cache search, and it took a paf to turn up.

Worst thing was that at GZ I realised that I had put on a dud pair of shorts with a huge rip in the backside! Suffice to say a bum deal for a commando! One more cache and it was off to Blacktown Westfields for a new pair, how embarrassing!

#2328 (2 of 2 today) (Streak day 150)

Headed out late today for a few quick finds and targeted two caches a few Ks to the west. Found both - one almost a First2Find without realising I was going for one.
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After the previous find it was a short drive here. Parked on the street just down from GZ.
Not a good place to search - glad it was later in the afternoon and there is no one near this entrance.

Didn't want to linger here too long so checked the previous logs. Yep, pretty well sums it up. Used the alternate coordinates and a quick search turned up the container.

Took away to complete signing duties and the back for the quick replace... Then outta there!

SLTNLN
TFTC

Free, bad co-ords. Using Ris768 co-ords and a phone a friend, I finally found the cache. Terrible area for a cache. TFTC

1/10/15. 1:15 PM. Cache #3070. Streak day #466.
3rd of 3 this afternoon - Prospect, Eastern Creek & Blacktown.

Last one after finding "May the race be with you". I had already read a few logs and knew I'd need to use RIS's coordinates. Even so, I felt nervous looking around here. Tried one area but worried I'd get electrocuted (leave the black light pole alone, it's not there!).

PAF'd, but they needed to call me back, then luckily I found it myself before they called me back. A quick sign and replace and then headed for home. TFTC.
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Found using Ris768's coordinates. A relatively easy fond, bit would not want to be caught by security in such a place.
Thanks for the cache.

Streak Day #811 - Sadly i called the CO to narrow down GZ as GPS did not wanna play all that nice and i felt like i stood out like a sore thumb, CO so kindly pointed me in the area to search and as he was about to clue me in on what to look for i spotted it. Thanks Pete

Walked to GZ as that had me on a lawn area near the drive in access, nothing stood out. Checked the map view, wow, still a dust bowl in that pic, so read previous logs.
Like Noodles, I also used Ris768's coords, rather quick find in less than a minute, thanks contactpete

Canary noticed this cache had been published along with others while we were in Lane Cove today. He suggested we stop to find it on the way home. We had no luck. I didn't want to go into the garden or search around the private property, so I hung back on the fringes where the cache could be, based on the coordinates. Canary eventually gave up, too, however, and phoned a friend. He was directed to a place I would not have been comfortable looking, and was some distance from the coordinates. But that's where he found the cache. Thanks

A day out with bikerbuddy.

This was our final stop of the day.

We found this eventually about thirteen metres from GZ with the help of a phone-a-friend.

TFTC.

Published

I went to work today for a little clean up and at 1:20pm decided things were clean enough and that it was time to get a cache for the day. I did a search and the closest one to work was just around the corner and no email notification?? By the time I got to GZ the email had come through. I had a bit of trouble locating GZ as the coords are a bit out and the satellite map does not show the current landscape, for future finders try S.009 and E.978 Eventually I got the cache and was awarded {*FTF*} SL #2205 on streak day #1176 TFTC

This entry was edited by ris768 on Thursday, 24 September 2015 at 06:19:17 UTC.

I had a good search of many structures at a fair radius from my indicated GZ but had no luck. There was evidence at the GZ of 'rabbit scratchings' so perhaps an earlier searcher had been there.