TOTT - Magnet Anglesea, Victoria, Australia
By kangadrew72 on 02-Apr-16. Waypoint GC6F2B6

Not able to fix in a timely fashion

It’s not there!

This has been taken. Will be down to replace soon.

Wawawa we couldn't find it

Did not find! Although more correctly, did not retrieve it! We had magnets and a long stick but the cache did not reveal itself after many fishing attempts. Maybe it's become completely bogged! Anyway TFTC we'll try another time!

Ha! Who needs a special tool when you have Macgyver as your husband. All you need is a stick! Thanks kangadrew72! The log is very wet.

After a dnf earlier, I knew I had the right tool to grab this guy so parked near GZ and headed over...then headed back to get the tool, returned, broke the tool, went back to get another version of this tool which I happen to have, returned to GZ again, tried unsuccessfully, not to look suspicious as a Muggle passed, applied the tool, retrieved a sizable pile of metal shavings and then, finally, the cache.
As noted, the log is sopping wet, but I managed to sign, returned the cache and decided to cut my losses and head back to wait for the Geomonkey to finish umpiring A grade at the netball courts. It will be a long drive back to Geelong if they didn't play nicely...

Found. Could not sign as log is totally wet. We do have a photo if required.

Lots of muggles just down the road.

Tftc

We spotted a good hiding spot for the cache but had to use a torch to get our eye in! This cache was a good reason to add another tool to our kit. TFTC

A little unprepared, never the less we retrieved the cache thanks to an occy strap and some serious surgical skills.
Retrieved with Kbdqsquared
TFTC

OMG!! My geocaching partner in Crime (PenMatJack) did a McGuyver in this one as we did not have the required tool- but alas we did have an occy strap! The cache was in hand within about 2-3mins!!! Yayyy!!!TFTC!

Gotcha ya little bugger.
=) TFTC

We are locals and trying to tick off all the caches in the area. Thanks for this one.

Just cycling round Anglesea picking up caches we've not yet found. Good hide

Find #104 of 124 for the weekend and #1 for today.
Spent the weekend in Anglesea with the intention of completing the nearby powertrail.

This was a fun find - initially got distracted by the wrong colour and wrong sized poles - once we realised our tool wouldn't reach we widened the search and found the cleverly hidden cache. A favourite point for the design of the cache and also the boldness of the hide!

Thanks for the cache.

Our first find for the day as we picked up a few of the Anglesea caches before returning to try and complete the G2A trail.
Having obtained the necessary tool on our caching trip around Tassie in September last year, we were keen to put it to use. A fav point from me for the clever find, even if we did get sidetracked with the wrong spot to start off with.
Thanks for the fun

Found it but didn't have a pole! Very disappointed

Found on a great geocaching day out in Anglesea with our friends, suss vulture. On the way to the football oval, we came to this cache very quickly. Once we got to GZ, it was a very quick find – luckily, it wasn’t as muddy as we have heard! We didn’t use the intended method of getting the cache, but it was still a very nice hide. TFTC!

Found on a Sunday afternoon walk while camping in the nearby caravan park. TFTC

Quick find. TFTC

Very hard to find but still fun

Rumaging around the Geokit and guess what?......The required geotool was there. Its former role was for nut and bolt recovery within the geotruck due to clumsy fat fingered geo mechanic.
Bison tube extracted, log signed TFTC kangadrew72. TNLN(as if)

We had one of the required Tools of the Trade with us, but when it got to the crunch, we managed fine without it! TFTC Kangadrew!

Joined find with another cacher who luckly had the right tool with our Kiwi group over for the Surf Coast Mega doing a few of the local trails with the log name "TEAM NZ "Thanks for placing the caches a favourt from me

Found while attending the Surf Coast Event.

found this one while waiting for a call from anymules to see if he wanted to complete the rest of the nearby power trail

My second day caching around the Surf & Coast Mega.
After leaving the second CITO, we needed to pick up something at the YMCA.
While the driver was busy, I decided to walk down to collect the nearest cache.
A nearby Munzee had me puzzled, by now a NZ mob drove up & they had a go too.
After no luck with the Munzee, we turned our attention to the cache which I had the appropriate tool.
Thanks for the cool cache kangardrew72, was good to meet you during the Tournament presentation.

Didn't take long to extract the cache. TFTC

#5470

After the Sims_family mum sat in on the Earth cache presentation back at the Mega site will I entertained the kiddies with a play at the park and some good old chip sandwiches for lunch we made a quick stop here after picking up mum.
We didn't even need to get the GPS device out as there were cachers already at GZ. Here we meet The Famous Geo5. The cache isn't in the condition that it was originally deployed. No tool is or was required to retrieve it. We were armed with the correct tool anyway if it was needed.

Thank you kangadrew72 for the hunt and the intended retrieval process.

Attending the MEGA very close by, I wasn't going to not visit this one!

TFTC

Easy drive by cache thanks:)

This was one of the caches I found while visiting Anglesea during the Mega Event.
Very late, dark and quiet. Cache found, retrieved and log signed.
Thanks for the hide.

Sunday morning was our time to volunteer at the Mega - G doing car parking and me doing registration. Being the second day it was fairly quiet with most activity being the Bingo sheets, a fun time was had by me anyway! lol
After our timeslot was up we then went to find all the Lab Caches with Q1 and lb, just making it back in time for their Where-i-go session with Day. Once that was finished Q1 and lb had to head back to Melbourne but lucky us are staying another night so we went a-caching again lol
We found this one as we were leaving the Mega site after our timeslot...... Well as you can imagine this one was already in someones hands when we approached so no TOTT needed lol
TFTC Kangadrew72 - GJMMelb

What a great coincidence! Show weekend in Canterbury and the Surf Coast mega at the same time! How convenient! So off to the airport, onto the plane, and over the ditch I went in search of adventure!
After spending the second night in Apollo Bay, I was heading back towards the event, and eventually, the airport. A few more finds for the trip! I was a little worried about not having the right tool, but anything was possible here! TFTC!!

Find number 5702 at 1:39:04 pm
Ducked out to grab this cache and do some CITO around the outskirts of the Mega site.
**Thanks for placing this cache kangadrew72**

At the mega . Just thought I would get this one as it was in the vicinity Tftc

Found while attending the mega. Log book full

Thanks Kangadrew! I just met you at lunch! Cheers.

Quick find today on the last day of the mega. Had lots of fun. Got bit by mossies and spotted lots of birds but no snakes

Headed down to the surfcoast today to attend the mega event. After meeting a few people and swapping some Pathtags it was time to head off to find some caches. Our search took us to many places along the coast line from bells beach down to Aireys inlet. Many great sites were seen and a lot of new caches meet and talked to. Geo-baby enjoyed the day and was asleep on the road home before we even got out of Anglesea.

Heading home and quickly grabbed this on our way out of mega. First looked in the wrong spot until a nice cacher told me I was cold. After a quick re-evaluation I soon had the cache in hand

Log signed and replaced.

TFTC TNLN.

Thanks kangadrew72 for placing this cache found while at the mega.

Nice find

Found it! With the better halfs doing Mega stuff A from team Morcs4 and M did a bit of touring about to pick up the odd cache and see some of the sights around Anglesea. Once we got back to event site the gals had finished the sesions they were doing and we said our goodbyes to the organisers and fellow cachers and made our way back to our cars. Which happened to be parked right beside this cache so we nabbed it...TFTC...?

Thankfully, no need for instruments to grab this cache.

This one was very easy the owner was there doing some gardening thanks for the cache

With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

I managed to make a late Sunday afternoon Mega dash down to Anglesea after a busy weekend, arriving just after 3pm. Despite the lateness I still had time to visit a range of local caches, chat with new and old friends about all things caching and most importantly get out and about. After a few hours of frantic caching I turned the car for home again after my second Mega event weekend having completed a range of traditionals, multis, earthcaches, letterboxes and events of course including another well arranged and carried out Mega event. Thanks to all the people involved in all the fun and to all the local cachers for putting out and maintaining all the hides for us to enjoy finding. Another successful Mega weekend, can't wait for the next one.

Caching while down for the Mega Event. We think the cache may have been dislodged during the weekend. No tool needed.

TFTC

In the area with 6hinemoa2 for the mega and this was another find in this lovely area. No magnets were required today, Thanks kangadrew72

Found during the Mega weekend

TFTC

Down for the mega. I joined Happy pants, Happy feet 1 & omegaman1971 for a day of caching. We had the required Tool, but didn't need it to retrieve the cache as some other 'Tool' had pulled the housing out of the ground. TFTC kangadrew72.

omegaman1971
After a long morning of caching it was time to hit the mega, but not before we tackled this one.
Unfortunately it looks like someone has pulled the complete container up!
Cheers for the cache

After signing in at the Mega I bypassed here for a smiley.

Not sure if this is as noted in the logs.

I was able to place my hand on the hide.

I signed and moved on.

TFTC

After collecting the Mmm multi on the way to the Mega this morning, filling in a bingo sheet, and chatting to the friendly crowd at the event, it was time to hunt down a few more geocaches in the vicinity. Muggle Hubby made quick work of this one, signed the log, and were on our way along the Surf Coast to Lorne.
Thanks for placing it here to add another smiley to our map

Being the closest cache to the Mega event, and our car on day two, so the pick up and log sign was a must.
No tool was required though [:/]
clever idea though.
Cheers kangadrew72.

We did not need a TOTT to do this one as the receptacle had been pulled from the ground. So it was a pickup, unroll, sign, rollup and drop.
TFTC kangadrew72

Found with Muggle-L before heading into the Mega site for the final day - we didn't have the correct tool to do the job but from previous reports suspected that it may not be necessary, which turned out to be the case (got one now - you can buy anything from the stall tables!).

Thanks for the cache kangadrew72 - hopefully now the Mega's done this one will get some respite!

Not too sure that this one is in the condition that it was in when it was placed. Magnets as the title suggests were not needed. It was a quick stop after collecting the final in the series for the weekend.
TFTC kangadrew72

After spending a couple of hours chatting at the Mega event I headed back to my car and saw a couple of suspicious looking characters leaving the area.
Oh wow, a cache on 20m from my car. I was too keen to get into the event and forgot about even looking for caches. A nice easy find and I was off to look for all the Lab caches.
Thanks kangadrew72 for the cache, the hunt, the adventure and the fun.

Mag fav On a 2 week mega trip in Victoria getting a few caches. We are from NZ

We were leaving the MEGA an I said we can not miss this cache...it is right where we are parked. Quick find. Log is full of course so we abbreviated ourselves to fit. Thanks for the cache kandadrew72

Despite a very busy weekend, I managed to get to the mega Sunday morning and get a few caches around town. Had to do the closest one to the mega !!! TFTC.

Cool. Found with Geniejoan. At the Mega 2016. Cheers

Found this cache while at the Mega Event with some other cachers TFTC

Disappointed that this one didn't seem to be operating as designed. Log found but no need for the extender. I see that the CO has visited since so it should be back on track!

TFTC!

Between the official closing and the farewell event we popped along to find this cache with the correct TOTT. Nice to meet the CO at GZ and sign the crispy new log sheet. The kids enjoyed this one but wanted to keep playing with it. We found them an alternate piece of play equipment while we signed the log. Thanks kangadrew72

Last day of the 2016 surf coast mega and grabbing some caches before going home.

Was ready with magnet but noticed some cachers gardening.... TFTC

Caching at the mega.

A very easy find, the CO was there, with the cache in hand, doing repairs

My deepest and sincerest apologies for the absolutely woeful logging time for this cache. I currently have a backlog of 460 found it logs from the last three years. Yikes! Obviously, many of these will be difficult to remember and with such a big backlog I simply have to do a default log (other than a few special favourites along the way). I am writing this on the 18th of May 2019, when this log is for 12/11/2016 Thanks to all of the owners and sorry for the pitiful log!

Found with becca85, GemmaSistema & boo09 while in Anglesea for a few days. Sorry for such late logging. TFTC!

Apologies for the late logging of the cache.

Found on Day 3 of Surf Coast Event four day adventure.



Today we made our way to Anglesea for the Mega Event, including the official opening, and of course those elusive lab caches, before heading back to Geelong to the tackle the Its Puzzle Time series, and a pleasant drive through the You Yangs. And to make it a long and productive day, some night caching along Portarlington Road to finish things off!

Thanks kangadrew72 for putting out the cache and the hunt!

Caching around the area with mogni, brisal5 and Bushfire. A quick find here before we headed to the main event. TFTC

Find No. 1554. Found with FUF009 at 5.30pm.

Down in Anglesea for the day with FUF009 to attend the Surf Coast Event and as we were leaving the site and going back to our vehicle we stopped off to grab this one. A very quick find.

TFTC

Apologies for the generic log, thank you to all the cache owners for their efforts.
Plans were made to head to another Melbourne Mega Event with Rapidlywild. We spent many a late night in the months leading up the event solving the chosen puzzles and mapping our journey around the area.

After a well deserved rest, our first stop for our second day was the event, a great turnout. Well done to the organisers. With smiles on our dials we were off in search of some containers, some were tricky and some smacked us in the face. We met some new geocachers who joined in the search for some of the tougher ones along the trail, and even had time to stop for a selfie with some familiar faces from Canberra.

Thanks for the fun and games. [8)]

Over from NZ making sure bkj97 was kept on track with cache finding and attending the Mega. Apologies for the repetitive logs but our thanks to all the COs for giving us plenty of caches to keep us occupied. We will get a few more next time. T4TCSL

After checking in at the Mega, we left the venue to head towards our Activity Location where we were volunteering for the day, but we had a little bit of time to kill first, so we grabbed some morning tea and a couple of caches before setting off into the bush. This was a quick grab and cachers were coming and going in all directions, which held us up more - yakking of course. TFTC kangadrew72.

Find # 3758

Once again I travelled down to a "local" mega with Tyred n Cranky for a day trip.
After donning on the Henchmen shirt I was put on to the Family games and had fun helping out at each activity.

My first activity site for the family game was a very short walk to GZ. So after setting up, I made a quick dash to make a find before all the family entertainment began.

TFTC kangadrew72

We do not own one of these tools, whilst handy and probably would've helped retrieve a few cache over the years, we've seemed to manage for 11 years of caching without it.
Happened to be in the hands of other cachers when we arrived, so our name is in the log too.
TNLNSL
Thanks

A quick find as we found a parking space to visit the mega tftc

A quick and easy find post Surf Coast (Mega) Event 2016 tournament check-in - although we always carry this particular TOTT, it wasn't required this time... TFTC

Was staying up the road for the Mega so had to stop and do this one.
Stopped with JooJoo57, Snickersallen and KerriMG and Snickersallen had the required TOTT.
Quickly retreived and withteh log signed we were just replacing when teh next lot of finders appeared.
Thanks kangadrew72

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**DAY ´3**
Mega Event day

We went for a caching trip during the mega event and have also found this cache and have met many other cachers also.
Thank you and best regards from Germany
Team sissifalke

Found with MacpacMum before heading up to the prize giving. I'm pretty sure this isn't hidden the way it started out. Tftc

Another quick find while over for the Mega with Just-Lookin.

TFTC

Found with Happy Feet this evening while grabbing a few caches around town for the mega weekend. Luckily H F had the right tool for the job and she soon had the cache in hand. Thanks kangadrew72 for the cache, nice idea!

Found with The Matetrix on a 6 day road trip to the Surf Coast 2016 Mega event. Didn't need advised tool, GZ in need of a little maintenance. 42 of 121 caches found. Sorry for the generic log. TNLNSL TFTC

Made the find with dad (day1976) on a lovely evening out caching before bedtime.

9:59:00 AM: (28 of 54) Find#10555
Day 3
well its close to the mega so no TOT required. lol
We have arrived at the Surf Coast Mega event with Tankengine and StrangeTrousers, travelled from Canberra to enjoy this area, weather was perfect despite forcast and heaps of great caches to find and a few lab caches.

thanks kangadrew72

A quick find on the first day of the Surf Coast Mega. TFTC.

Found on my way to the Surf Coast Mega.

[Scrat](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822&page=1) visited your cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.

TFTC Kangadrew72

In Anglesea for the mega so tried to grab a few of the nearby caches as well. A quick find.
Thanks

Day 5 of my week long visit to Victoria.
Having settled into the digs at Anglesea for three nights it was time for some serious mega caching and the Q2A and a heap of puzzles, multi's and great caches were already found. But today was Mega day and the competition was going to be the focus. Our team was to be GOTHS plus 1. GOTHS being the Geocachers Of The HillS - a group of SA cachers. Myself, mogni and Aussie M&M were the GOTHS members and local cacher Bushfire was the plus ![:o)]
Our park for the Mega was very close to here so we called in and found this one on the way up.
thanks kangadrew72

The day of the Surf Coast Mega had finally arrived. We (Gunnie69, The Green Geckos, Ghost Gums and myself) had teamed up for an assault on some carefully chosen puzzles caches (read that as the ones we were actually able to solve), earth caches, challenges, letterboxes and a smattering of other caches thrown into the mix to make it more interesting. Quality, not quantity was our mantra on this quest. But it still hurt to have to leave so many left unfound...

Having started today a little later than we had intended, we were trying to make up for lost time this morning and still make it to the mega in a timely manner. But somehow we kept getting sidetracked by unusual DT combos and such, but we still got there for the formalities, just. And as is usually the case when attending big events interstate, I was torn between wanting to mingle and socialise longer at the main event, or get back out there and do some more caching. The lure of the smileys won out and all too soon, we were back on the road again, tracking down all the lab caches that were on offer.

This wasn't one of the puzzles that was on our hit list , but we weren't about to drive off and leave it behind either, considering we were parked only metres from gz to attend the event. Thanks for placing and maintaining the cache kangdrew72. Hopefully I will return to this area sometime in the future when I have more time to explore and enjoy everything it has to offer more then...

Over for the Surf Coast Mega with tmann421 enjoying the area and collecting caches along the way.
Thanks to all the CO's for adding to the enjoyment of this fun trip and TFTC

**Thanks** for the cache!
Lars and Helena , Örebro, Sweden

Taking part in our first geocaching tournament ever together with our patient hosts in Phetlern and their friends Suscoe.

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*Finally vacation and time for the trip 'down under' to Australia and New Zealand via China. We’re expecting to see a lot of different animals and flowers and also hope to find nice caches and meet other geocachers during our journey.*

A quick find - as we were handed the log by the previous finder. TFTC

22:57
After a lot of fun completing the night caches on the foreshore section of the river with a sizable group, I decided that I needed a bit more exercise... and maybe a bit of alone time after a busy social day. Thus, eschewing the offers of a lift back to the YMCA camp, I followed the foreshore trails back around to the nearby Paul the Hippy hide, and then this one.

I have one of the requisite tools on board, but it was obvious upon arrival that a number of others didn't, so the hide had taken a bit of a battering over the past couple of days.

Thanks for the hide, and the lift to the night caches, kangadrew72.

#3323

Found with The Empire as we journeyed around the area today, collecting smilies as we went. Loved the area, the views, the colours of Autumn and the interesting spots we came across during the day, many worthy of photos. Thanks to kangadrew72 for the cache and for bringing us here today.

Found with IamCoust

Found with Team Clarmensma while caching our way around after the MEGA. Some awesome places visited and great caches found. TFTC!

Got this one on the way back to the caravan park after a big day out. Met a few people while we were there.