East Wingan Road Wingan River, Victoria, Australia
By Rollmatrix on 16-Dec-15. Waypoint GC68929

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Hi there Rollmatrix,

It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is an issue. The cache has been temporarily disabled, so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed.

**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days, so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.**

#What should you do now:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-

- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache and repair and/or replace 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 logs of praise to roll in.

- **Place A Write Note Log::-** Reviewers don't have a crystal ball, so without your note on the cache page explaining that the site works are on-going, or you have been in hospital, or the area is in flood, they can't tell what is going on with the cache.
So please just post a note to the page (within 14 days) and when a Reviewer next looks at the listing, all will be fine for a little bit longer.
**Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks, so as to keep everyone up to speed.**

- **Adopt/Archive:-** 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 a Reviewer next looks at the cache page, it is likely that they will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) 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.

**JUST A TIP:-** Have you checked out the new Geocaching Dash Board designed to assist a Cache Owner in managing the caches they own? Have a read about it [**HERE.**](https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-to-the-cache-owner-dashboard/?newsletter=PM) You will find your very own dash board [**HERE**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/owner?utm_source=geocaching&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=COD).

Thanks for your cooperation,

Bunjil

[3B]

Found cache but unable to sign the log as too wet and rusted out. Basically is roadside litter at this point.

Rusted tin with no lid and a wet log that is unusable.

1125 on 11/5/22 very wet cache might need replacing tftc

Aquick stop with 4maal at 11:25am. Container is rusting away, has no lid, and log is very wet and barely useable. Needs a visit from the CO.
Thanks rollmatrix

Very wet but good find.

Found it. Wet log

Out for a break and time off. Cache still there. Thanks for placing it.

**Enabling cache** - based on the recent log, it would seem that whilst there are issue with this cache, it can be logged - thanks to the Good Samaritan 'Brain'.

Please remember that cache maintenance arrangements need to be proactive, not reactive. This means **regular** visits (by the CO) to check on the cache and not relying on or expect passing seekers to fix issues or replace missing caches.

**Based the recent log, it would be worthwhile for the CO to visit the cache and confirm that all is as it should be, and then log an Owner Maintenance log confirming your visit.**

A conversation at a recent event reminded me of the Victoria Country Road Atlas Challenge, so I checked my progress and found that I was missing little Map 34 (which, coincidentally, had been the main topic of that earlier conversation).
That was only a week ago, which made me think "huh, I'm going past there in a week", so I made the necessary arrangements to ensure we'd stop by on the side of the highway to grab a cache within the map zone as to not have to schedule a detour to Mallacoota on our way back.
I did a bit of research and found that, due to the bushfires, there were only two possible options, of which one was actually still active.

I ended up opting for the active one and, as we were approaching it, the driver asked me how far away we were.
Uh, there's an issue with that.
There's no internet connection so the geocaching map isn't loading...
Whoops.
I'm not used to offline caching, okay!
And so, of course, we zoomed past it without even a chance to think about stopping there.

Plan B: vaguely remember where the disabled cache is.
The car's satnav map showed a road... wait no that's a river... oh but there's a road after it!
That'll do!
We pulled over and were graced by two bars of 3G which was just enough for my phone to load the cache (just as well as I'm the only one with Cachly and hence the only one who can quickly view disabled caches) which confirmed that we'd picked the right road!!!
Research pays off!

Now realising we were only 10m away, we walked behind the trees and found the cache in the first place we looked.
Map 34 conquered!
Unfortunately, this is obviously disabled for a reason - it's survived the fires but only in the sense that it hasn't melted, other than that it's not in great shape.
I added an extra logsheet in as the logbook didn't look like the sort of thing that's particularly pleasant to touch!

Hopefully this one can get a CO checkup soon, but it's still managed to provide an interesting adventure nonetheless!
Thanks to Rollmatrix for placing it here!

Disabled till repairs can be made

Yeah finally found a cache that was still intact, despite the fire obviously going through the site, it hasn't destroyed the cache!
TFTC

Very cool cache

Found with Mozza2013... Easy enough find

Easy find with Ayah79

We took the liberty of replacing this cache the tree is regenerating beautifully after the bush fires. Thanks

Yay! We found it however the hint made it kind of obvious. TFTC.

Fortunately the hail storm we just drove thru stopped so we could search this cache. What a welcome back to Victoria, lol

Thank you for your cache and adding to our road trip memories.

Our road trip continues and we are just picking up a few caches along the Princes Highway to break the journey, along with ilook4geo. This was an easy cache to find and the log was soon signed, with all being put back into place before we moved on. Thank you to Rollmatrix for placing and maintaining this cache.

Our day leads us further south along the highway with goingplaces2, while picking up the occasional cache here and there. This was one of the caches we found, the log was signed and our day went on. TFTC.

Quick find as we head towards Warragul for the tough mudder event tftc

There must’ve a possum in the area as it was out in the open again outback behind the tree. Kutgw

Sad to say cache was out in the open, lid a metre away and cache full of water. Thank you to Fergzter for putting in a new log in Zippy bag. That Log is perfectly dry. We have put cache back in a hidden spot. TFTC

Found on day 8 of Fergzters family holiday that went from Ballarat to OzGeomuster at the Gong and homeward again via the coast route. Today we travelled between Eden and Lakes Entrance. We found the cache in quite a sorry state out in the open and exposed. I hope its OK, but we added in an replacement logbook and ziplock baggy as there was only a soggy single scrap of paper stuck to the lid inside. Hopefully that should keep things going for a while until the cache gets its regular maintenance. TFTC Rollmatrix

Found it but waterlogged and paper all wet. May need to repair

Paper wet and box wet

A quick find here and off again
TFTC

Easy find.

Cheers

Bundy

Cc all good

Dank dem hint wurde ich hier schnell fündig. TFTC

Quick find on our caching journey home. Thanks Rollmatric

TFTC container and content all good. Found ok with hint and GPS reading

while still in the car, i could see something on the ground. turned out to be the cache container, with the lid a few inches next to it. the log sheets were scattered around, too. after logging, i put it back in a spot where i think it might have been hiden. TFTC!

Found it

Found 14/10/18

Easy stop and grab cache on our way to Cann River. tftc

Easy find as the brightly coloured cache container was out in the open. Signed log and returned ache to where it should be by the depression in the ground and camouflage material nearby TFTC

Found this cache whilst working nearby.

[Scrat visited your Cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822)

TFTC Rollmatrix

Our first Australian cache Container found open and paper drenched. We put in a new paper and replaced it where we think it was. Tftc!

Another good spot for pulling in for a cache. This was quickly found and TFTC.

A very quick drive by today .. just happened to park right next to it ..what luck! TFTC

Found it with Crank1 on our way home from OZ Geo Muster Event after stayed at Bega and Canberra for a night each. Thanks for bringing us here and the cache.

We are Happy. We found it. Thank´s.

We are so happy. We found it. Thank you.

Over the years, geocaching has taken me on many adventures, including interesting destinations all over my home continent of Australia and many overseas as well. It has also introduced me to a diverse group of like-minded caching tragics, many of whom I now call close friends.

Today, I was lucky enough to be out and about searching for caches, something I do on almost a daily basis. This was one cache that was targeted and found.

Sorry for the late and generic log, something I am notorious for. Thank you Rollmatrixfor adding to the adventure that is geocaching.

An unserem 7. Tag unserer Australienreise, auf der Fahrt von Yarram nach Eden, haben wir Unterwegs auch wieder an diversen Caches einen Stopp eingelegt. Einige lagen auch diereckt an unserer kleinen Wanderrunde entlang des Mitchell River. Wir bedanken uns bei allen Ownern und sorry für den Einheitslogg.
Vielen Dank an Rollmatrix sagt der Steinbeißer98 aus Germany

Continuing my journey through Victoria to pick up caches for the Victorian LGA Polygon Challenge & Victoria Country Road Atlas Challenge. Managed to get the final 3 maps ticked off but no LGA's. TFTC.

Again crank1 spotted the cache before me. Thanks for the cache and hunt

Trip for the day for LGA and Atlas challenge.
Weather is great
Few showers not all the time.
Found it.
Thanks Rollmatrix

Another small; not a micro...nice . Good coordinates. TFTC Rollmatrix.

On our wonder down to the Vic, mega at Alexandra. . 2607 so far for us. Thanks for placing this cache Rollmatrix, without cachers like you we wouldn't have a hobby. Signed log. took nothing, left nothing

Back in Australia, for the three weeks SGAT, "SisterCornys Great Australian Roadtrip": In a small campervan from Sydney to Melbourne along the coastline.
Day 6 with the HippieCamper. Pretty long drive today, so we made another quick stop to grab a cache. TFTC

Quick find by Xavier TFTC

Found during a rainy trip from lakes to Bega. TFTC

On the final stages of our holiday along the eastern coast, we found this cache. tftc.

The long weekend was here and it was time for fitzy_1965 and I to head down to Vic in the geo-unit for an epic geomission We had a great time camping, cruising around admiring the beautiful scenery and nabbing LOTS of caches! A great weekend of quality caching all round!

Another quick drive by for us here on the geomission!

Thanks for the hide, Rollmatrix

14680. Found during a long weekend caching run down through the Bombala / Genoa / Mallacoota / Cann River / Orbost / Lakes Entrance / Bairnsdale regions with specimenX.

A long weekend caching plan was hatched with specimenX to head down to Victoria for 4 days of caching and camping. Had a fantastic time driving around enjoying the scenery, camping at various locations, plus the huge number of caches to be found. Day Two dawned and we had survived the rain. Packed up and hit the road. Next find of the day. Quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache, and headed off to the next one.

Thanks to all the COs for placing their caches !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Quick find today with the family as we slowly amble back towards Melbourne after a few days in Mallacoota. Many thanks for the cache.

Nice quick drive by Tftc tnln

Found as we wind our way from Melbourne to Canberra the long way around picking up some stray map zones for a challenge cache as we go. Being dedicated caches we never take the shortest direct route to anywhere, except the next cache of course. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

We were on a mission today, to actually get caches in all 4 pages of the UBD Road Atlas that covers the far eastern section of Victoria that we haven't found a cache in. We would be chasing caches along a predetermined route, not all caches though, just the easily accessible ones, as time would play a factor in what we could and couldn't do.
We set off from Orbost early and headed for the Border on the Princes Highway, before returning to Cann River with a detour to Mallacoota. Then up the Monaro Highway to the Border to get caches in the map that covered this area. In what was a big day of driving, we managed to complete the task and arrived back in Orbost about 4.00 p.m., but that wasn't the end of our day.
We'd planned on grabbing the EGRT - Final at Orbost, but communication with the CO showed we had missed one cache and had to forget the final, so on to the missed cache 11 km away, then the drive to Bairnsdale where we'd made a late booking.

Thank you to all the CO's who placed caches along the route we ended up taking for our special day of caching, we loved the area in which we drove, even managed to cope with the icy mornings with frost on the ground until lunchtime.

Quick find! TFTC!

Guess something or someone has had a go at this one since its last find about 6 weeks ago. As we pulled up we noticed the cache container laying out in the open with its lid off and the log book and zip lock bag a few metres away and also not together.
As the bag and log were quite wet we binned them in the van and replaced the zip lock bag and added a new sheet of paper to it.
Replaced in the logical place.
Thanks.

Catching up with some very late logs.
Found on the way to Mallacoota for the night.
Thanks Rollmatrix

Found on our way home. TFTC

Took longer than it should have!

we left a little horse in the forest.with the chace

Another easy one. Thanks

A good olde cache find by the side of the road
And yeah !!
Channel 40 is a good 'un to tune if you are headed further in
Those bloddy truckers think they own the tracks !! [:o]
And if there is a speed limit on forest roads ...
... they ain't heard of it

Hey !!
When you are paid by the load you deliver ..
.. a lot of things that normal people take for granted,
go out the door

Like safe driving

TFTC.

Resting snugly waiting for its next finder. Thanks Rollmatrix.

Found during our holidays in Australia
Greetings from Switzerland
TFTC

Nearly gave up! Tad off line. Thanx

Tftc. A quick find once the tree was identified. In fact I had parked right in front of it...

Once I found a tree that was needed the cache was signed.

16:50
While staying in Bairnsdale for a few days visiting family, we took the opportunity to travel a little a further east to open some of those little green treasure chests peppering our geo-map. We enjoyed reading the comprehensive cache notes and making the link between the cache name and the hide.

Our thanks to Rollmatrix for placing these caches.
16652

Found by Mary & David at 1125. Took way longer than it should have, but the hint and our indicated GZ led us to search a few metres away for a much smaller container at first. The steady rain didn't help matters either. Finally spotted a glimpse of the (small) container. Our thanks to Rollmatrix.

A speedy driveby as the Chief had the cache in hand before I could scratch my head! TFTC

Found with my Geokid. TFTC

Quick park and grab here tftc

Quick find heading south
Tftc

Our current visit to Australia had been in the planning for over a year with the very significant help and advice from friends who live in Melbourne. The original plan was for a 2 month visit, but as things progressed we just couldn't help extending our trip to the full 90 days allowed on our visas - after all it's a big country and so much to see and do, especially with our favourite pastimes being birding, hiking and of course geocaching! Our journey started with our arrival at Perth airport followed by a day cycling around Rottnest Island before travelling on to Adelaide where we met up with our friends. We then continued on to spend some time on Kangaroo Island, before heading to Melbourne via Goolwa, Strathalbyn, Coorong, Mount Gambier, Cape Bridgewater, the Grampians National Park, Port Campbell, Cape Otway and Lorne, cramming in as much as possible on route. The second leg of our journey was a fabulous 9 days in Tasmania. Having then returned to Melbourne we set off on the third leg of our journey, which is to Sydney via Wilson’s Promontory, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota (where we are heading to at present), Pambula Beach, Thredbo, Canberra and Fitzroy Falls. After a visit to Sydney we will travel on to the Gold Coast, then after spending a few days in the nearby mountainous birding hotspots, followed by an overnight trip to Fraser Island, we will fly from Brisbane to Cairns, visiting yet more good birding sites. We will then drive up to Cape Tribulation before heading back south again to Port Douglas and a day out on the Great Barrier Reef. We then return to Cairns for the flight to Alice Springs, where we will hire a 4x4 camper and set off for a week on the circuit to and from Kings Canyon and Ayers Rock. We then fly to Darwin from where we will spend the last two weeks of our holiday making our way to Broome via Kakadu, Cooinda, Katherine Gorge, Kununarra, Lake Argyle, Emma Gorge, the Bungle Bungle’s and Fitzroy Crossing. Our last two nights in Australia will be spent in Broome before we fly back to Perth, from where we will connect with the flight all the way back home to Zimbabwe via South Africa. We already know we can't wait to return!

Another nice quick find by torchlight, this time to the sound of barking dogs - we preferred the sound of owls at the previous caches! Thanks so much for the cache.

I like how these caches are all on side roads so we dont annoy following cars. We pondered which sign for moment before making a decision. Bingo cache find.
TFTC Rollmatrix

Tavelling today from Tathra, I picked the BFH series at the beginning, then various caches along the way to break my journey. I saw my second snake for the day just near GZ. It was only a small one, probably only a foot long. The cache was quickly located. The lid was not on properly and the container was full of water. Some entered the zip lock bag, but the log itself was fine.

My thanks to Rollmatrix for the cache.

Caching up on old logs.
TFTC

Day six of the Southern NSW Lounge About with BettyBoo3747.
Travelled between Marlo and Eden, collected a few caches on the road.
Not wishing to go and play with the timber truck today, we just stopped at the start of the road for the cache.
Thanks for this little series of four new caches, they are very nicely spaced.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 10081. A travelling day for Robmc and me today. Moving to Eden for a few days before progressing further up the coast. Gathered a few caches along the way and some more around town once we had unpacked the car.

The police were cruising around here at 11.30am - must have been gearing up to catch home-going holiday makers. We pulled over and soon had the cache to hand. A quick find and sign and on we go.

Thanks Rollmatrix

Found at 6:04 PM GAFF1.
Last cache for the day as we need to be in Genoa to find a camp for the night and so we were pleased that we could easily pull off the road with our van on and make a quick find.
Thanks Rollmatrix.
Feedback: That container is a Small and not a Micro.

TFTC Quick find & all in order.

[4902] On holiday in Australia, day 6: Today's route led us from Mallacoota to Lakes Entrance. Again, about every 30-40 kilometres we took a little break to find a cache. Due to my sprained ankle the criteria for the caches was simple: T max 1.5, drive in, park, walk 20 metres, bow down and grab the box, log and re-hide it. Continue driving.

# This was the second stop after leaving Mallacoota. Easy one, as described above. TFTC!

Exploring the Gippsland now. Stopped here just for the smilie. Tftc

Found it with bikesu

Need to have a small break driving back from Bega to Dandenong, so I decided to stop here and grab this Cache )) TFTF.

Found on our trip to Mallacoota. On our way home, we quickly pulled up to the side of this road to get the cache. Once we got to GZ, the cache was very quickly found. Nice little area. TFTC Rollmatrix!

Cache check...happy with results

Our GPS had the co ordinates at about 7 m out but an easy find in the obvious spot, picked up TB to take visiting. Tftc

We were excited that we were the first to find, good clue
We left a travel bug

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