Ship Spotters #3 v2.0 "Bay Views" North Shore, Victoria, Australia
By Ship Spotting Dude on 24-Mar-16. Waypoint GC6E247

Nice and sunny day out in geelong. Quick and easy cache find once all the spectators of the ship left.. Found the crude oil tanker Pacific Jewels, making her way to Singapore due to arrive 10th December, according to the vessel tracker app.. Such a long time to be out on the water for, hope the crew don't get sea sick!

An awesome location for a GC with accurate coordinates.TFTC ship spotting dude

au.fait was on the ball making sure we picked up this cache while in the area cleaning up for the local CiTo.

A long awaited weekend trip to Geelong saw us catching up with friends and targeting some of our long list of solved puzzles, amongst other caches as well. While attending a nearby CITO, this was one of the two 'caches in' we found. TFTC Darth Briji.

A nice find today whilst attending a nearby CITO. Beautiful day here. Thanks Ship Spotting Dude for creating for us all to enjoy. Neat guide in good condition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Join us as we announce the winners in the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards in addition to celebrating Geocaching Victoria's 10th Anniversary.**When:** Saturday, 16 November 2024 from 5pm**Where:** Yarraville-Footscray Bowling Club, YarravilleLog your will attend at [**GCAWDFX: 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards & Birthday**](https://coord.info/GCAWDFX).Also have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).

Not sure if Id found this previously but as it wasnt logged I signed and now it is logged TFTC Ship Spotting Dude

Was finally able to make this a smiley face. So good there was no cars parked here today. Tftc and the view

Unfortunately my phone was being repaired and just logging these now which I did with Rex46 (his is the true date of logging)

With dot558Easy grab as it was half exposedThanks for bringing us here

Eluded me before but got you time. Lovely view over the bay.

Great spot to sit and ponder. TFTC

Accurate coordinates made this a quick find , all's good at gz . Thanks for the cache

Just passing time, waiting for the Spirit departure, easy find.. thanks..!!

Find it deeply wedged in it's hidden hidey hole far too deeply. Had to dig it out. Adjusted hole so that can't happen again.

Out exploring with Deanside today and dropped by here to grab some caches. Despite the nearby muggle we managed to make the grab and sign the log. Tftc

Working our way through some of the Victorian Caches of the Year , enjoying good company and no too bad weather this appeared on our radar so it was a find under stress as a Muggle was parked right in front of it!Thanks Darth Briji for contributing to this great game for myself and others to enjoy.

I think i found where it was ment to be but cashe taken

TFTC

Our first geo... Great little find. Nice view

Tasmania Trip Day 2. This was my second day crossing Victoria to before getting on the Boat to Tasmania this afternoon. I had a couple of counties to visit and I also went a little bit further to get two map squares for the challenge. It all seemed to take a lot longer than expected, but I did make it to Geelong in time to do a couple of caches before checking in. The whole loading of cars experience was interesting and I found myself way down below the water line. next was finding my spot and then we waited for almost two hours before departure. I actually had a good sleep, but had to get up way too early.I mostly just selected roadside caches as I headed about Victoria today. No problems here.Thanks for the cache Darth Briji45791.21 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 24 Hours 100 Finds II A#294**Albida**

A really well hidden cache, took us a bit but we got it in the endthanks for the cache

After a little dinner at nannas for her birthday, I decided to quick nip around the corner on the way home. A relatively quick find thanks to perfect co-ords. Unfortunately I was busted by muggle youth. When they asked what I was doing, I explained allAbout geocaching. But they then tried telling me to just chuck it in the ocean and stop wasting time. After they left I quick replaced in hidey hole and headed off. TFTC and sone lovely views. No ships to spot tonight though.

Found quickly, with a lot of luck I think. Good hide

2nd visit here to find this one can confirm its still there and in good condition

Found but it was just the log on the ground and no contain

Our 2nd find to start us off on our geocaching weekend around Geelong. Tom found the sneaky hide quickly. GPS spot on thankyou

The wind made it a bit tricky, but we sussed it out soon enough. SL at 4.55pm We did indeed spot a few ships - one big one and a couple of much smaller ones. Finding a few caches before we set sail for Tasmania tomorrow on the Spirit of Tasmania. #10,506 TFTC Darth Briji

Quick bike ride adventure to grab a few today. TFTC

Was nearby finding a new hide and went for the walk with the geosons. Once again, the son that loves geocaching found it within seconds once I pointed out GZ to him. Thanks for placing for us to find.

TFTC! 2 December 2023 5:08:36pm 6455Thanks for the cache! A quick find with Neville and Riddell!

A caching day in Geelong for the Christmas festivities! Meet up with Posums who Ive missed heaps as its months and months this since we cached together. A quick find here - luck was on my side. Incredible views too! Thanks for the cache.

Awesome spot! TFTC

Once I heard the Geelong Christmas event dates had been locked in, I booked my accommodation for the 2 nights required at Little River.I headed down last night to save the longer drive this morning and also I could get a sleep in as well.I woke up to a rather damp morning but that has never put us Geocachers off before.After the Morning Tea event I got a message from my caching buddy Gemma Sistema that she was one her way down to Geelong and it was time to catch up.Life has got in the way of our caching days out together so it was great to catch up again and head out for a few laughs.Gemma drove us around today and I was supposed to navigate, so what came out of today is that Im a lousy navigator so it will back to the driving for me on our next adventures.The lunch time event and CITO have been done and dusted so now to find a few more till we all meet up in Little River for tea.A great spot to view the bay and any ships that are around.Luckily for me Gemma spotted this very sneaky cache practically straight away I would have taken ages.A fav goes out to you for this one.Thanks Darth Briji TFTC.

No luck for me today

Tftc!

Was quite an easy find, really cool spot!

Great one, quite small but cool to find

omegaman1971Caches Found: 12567First To Find Number: 114Sidetracked Cache Finds: 101Ship Spotters #3 v2.0 "Bay Views" GC6E247 3.0 1.5Out and about with Rebel Acts down good old Geelong putting some smiles on the map. Great day of caching filled with heaps of dad jokes and donuts.Finished the day with an event to acknowledge a legend of the game " Bushfire"

Out and about with My good caching mate Omegaman1971, there are always plenty of laughs while we are turning caches into smiles.This is one of the caches found today.Thanks Darth Briji for the cache.

Decided we prefer ship spotting to twitching.

Awesome find

Thanks for the cache

Sneaky hide doing a few caches before catching the spirit of Tasmania home

A busy weekend of events, CITOs, and occasional caches.
Variable weather, but stayed dry most of the time.

Wandered down to GZ during the CITO. Found no cache, but did collect a stack of rubbish from this area.
Thanks, Robmc.

Had a really good look but maybe these Geelong caches are something I need to find more of and learn about.
Maybe next time I come over?

Nice view TFTC!!!

Found on our way past today as we travelled from Geelong to Ballarat, grabbing caches as we went. This was the first found today, well hidden and all good here.

Find #5349 on 7 Feb 2023.
TFTC Darth Briji!

Last time I was here a car was parked on gz so a non look.
Fast forward 3 years and I am back.
There seemed only one place to focus on but it did take a bit of time.
The spirit set off as I turned around.
Thanks to mclookers for the fresh logsheet
Cheers

I had a previous DNF then I remember making the find however I must not have logged it at the time. Back again today, we pulled up for lunch so I decided to resign the log. The camo has come away but the cache is still there. I replaced the damp log and found the o-ring on the ground so restored and replaced.
Thanks for placing the cache Darth Briji.

No big ship action at the moment. Log soggy, O-ring gone, signed as YAWT - TFTC

Found this under torchlight whilst waiting for our ferry to Tassie to come in. It was hard to retrieve and we needed a TOTT to get it but we replaced it a little friendlier. The log paper was very soggy and hard to sign. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Couldn't find it

Not found. Getting late

Great quick find️

Maintenence check needed
Log damp

Muggles muggles muggles
Literally the 2nd spot we’ve tried tonight and found muggles smack bang on the co-ords!!
We will be back!!

Sneaky! Lower than we expected! Camo definetely. Saw it and it looked disgusting but at the end I used a stick and walaa I got it! TFTC

Didn’t bring pen here’s photo

Beautiful day to walk along the beach! It was a well co concealed cache! It took us about 5 minutes to locate.

TNLN,SL
9 November 2022 4:18 pm


TFTC HoodedHooligans (H.H.)

I stopped by here a couple of days ago but was unable to search as there were shenanigans happening in the nearby Commodore.
I managed to get separated from the CITO gang but still found the cache after the nearby events had finished.
A very clever hide. Great views and fortunately the rain is still staying away!

A huge thanks to that Ship Spotting Dude

10:43
While picking up rubbish at today's CITO, I happened to be in the right place at the right time to join Alansee and Moonb1 in finding this cleverly hidden cache.

Thanks, Ship Spotting Dude .

#6554

Nice hide - found with others

Good find took a few times because muggles caught us but 3rd time got it

We stopped by here on our way home,but no luck here, we also got caught up with some muggles who were wondering what we were up to, never mind we will be back to give it another shot to see if we can spot. TFTC

Disappointed to be stumped by this one but was distracted by some chatty muggles ! Will try again

We found after a short search. Very clever.
Tftc

Hunted around but could not find, probably really easy but there you go.

SueHut was right onto this! Go Go SueHut!
Thanks heaps, Ship Spotting Dude!
P.S. Come back and play with us! We miss you!

Very nice tricky hide. I’m a bit surprised I spotted this so quickly. Great camo. Lovely arvo for caching with Wespro and geokid. A favourite from me

Quick find
Thanks

Found on second visit - Nice one!

**A quick cache run to Geelong**

Out and about making the most of the sunshine on a sunny but cool winters day.
Grabbed a coffee nearby and then headed off to grab a couple of caches and some photos. Had the place pretty much to myself today and after parking between the muggle in the car and GZ, I was able to have a decent search for the cache. Cache was found fairly quickly with good co-ords. A nice 'ship spotting spot.
Thanks for the cache Darth Briji and for highlighting the area. Appreciate your efforts.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

**Warning**, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to learning new things and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise.

Cache on!
**#17458**

We spent ages but were persistent.
Even sat in the car and read all the logs.
Still scratching our heads. One last go!
Armed with extraction tools we didn’t need in the end…. Perhaps the cooler and drier surroundings helped with this. Anyrate, Mr Riddell did spot something different and it was the Ah ha moment.
We should have spotted this one sooner.
Too impatient to go further afield and we missed the obvious, though currently there is some natural camo around as well which makes it easy to overlook.
TFTC and the good challenge…. Least we found it on our first attempt!

What a beauty, we searched around for a little while until we found the well camouflaged hide.
A definite favourite point from us and lovely views…
Tftc

Found while on my first Trip to Geelong in 2 1/2 years. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Couldn't have a real look due to muggles park straight at it

Heading for an event in Geelong after work, I stopped off to find some caches enroute.
Reading previous logs prior to my visit gave me an idea of the type of hide here, and although there were no ships passing, there were also no muggles here today, so I was able to park right by GZ.
The trusty Leatherman was able to extract the cache without difficulty.
A very neatly concealed hide indeed.
TFTC Darth Briji

Found this after a brief search while driving around in the heat.
We were about to head off when I spotted something that I have also used as a hide.
TFTC

God what a great hide this is my 2nd try at trying to find this Cache lucky for me I now have it in hand and signed off

TFTC

Great find.
Clever idea.

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Very nice hide! TFTC

North Shore is a place I visit often, usually when I need some thinking time. When I discovered geocaching this thinking time expanded into exploring time. Every time I came back here I’d park in the same spot and just look at that pole. I knew the cache was in it, but where? I’d all but given up until tonight when a new caching friend pointed me in the right direction, after knowing I’d had a rough day. When I got here there was not just one car full of muggles but two parked in front of the cache. After about 10 minutes they left, leaving the cache just begging to be found. There’s a lot more grass around here than the last time I visited but I found it easily and the log was signed. A very special thanks to my new caching friend for helping me out! Also thanks to the CO for keeping me thinking. I’ll be back anyway. It’s a great spot to think. TFTC

This one kept us on our toes ! We live close by and kept going back each day for a week.. before we finally spied this clever cache ! Loved it

Great find n great hide

Augh. Feel stupid

Caching with team ashy and found thanks to the eagle eyes of the geokids! Tftc

Out caching with destinyruler and the geo kids, the kids have good eyes, and had it found within minutes. TFTC

After some worry that the cache was taken away with the old fencing it was discovered that it wasn't. Lovely spot to sit back and enjoy the views. No muggles around as it was pouring with rain. TFTC

My second go at this one but this time there was two of us and success. A good hide!

Having completed our early breakfast, we thought we could head out and find a few more caches in the beautiful weather we had today. We pulled up here, and there was a muggle sleeping in their car; apart from them, there was no one about. We headed to where the GPS said, and we started looking for the cache. We had found one hidden similarly a few weeks ago and so soon had the cache in hand. This is a very well done hide. The cache was in excellent condition. Thank you for this cache Ship Spotting Dude.

Tfgc

Came back for a second try today.

Muggles right there. Wait. Wait. Wait. Gone.

Now for the search, found something but thought cache missing. Went back to car. Started spitting. Back to GZ for another quick search. Spotted the cache. Could extract.

Got tweezers from first aid kit. Didn't work. Got scissors from kit. Worked. Signed and back in the Hide. Great little creation here, a FP from me.

2nd attempt on this one & came up with the goods this time. Excellent hide. Well done! Tftc

Came back today as part of our 2 hr exercise. After a few min of prodding and pushing, turning and pulling we finally laid hands on the prize. Excellent hide. Thank you.

Came out hoping to wow my newbie sister with a clever catch but it seems like we brought the wrong tool. It was a DNF for us today. Will be back

Nope

No luck on my lunch break but will try again. Beautiful day.

DNF after 3rd attempted but nice long walk along the bay.
Thanks

Sweet little micro, very well hidden
TFTC, Cheers.