A Hard Place Campbell, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By grapeandbean on 05-Nov-16. Waypoint GC6XBTW

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Ngaambul - Matt

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as being in need of an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:
* Investigate the situation and either restore the cache, or address any other issues, such as correcting the D/T rating if necessary.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done, and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.

Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary, or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this, that is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.

Alternatively:

* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.

In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by grapeandbean and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is there, and in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Not today

DNF No luck here today, too good for me. Maybe a case of cache blindness, I will try another time.

Had a good 10 minute look. No luck. Will watch to see if anyone else has any luck.

Tried for a whole bit with the rain we heard back to the car as the terrain was much too slippery in the dark. Interesting place though

We did not find it but we didn’t have much time. But you don’t always find it anyway. So yeah.

A quick find today. TFTC

Thank you!

We found this after our first visit to the Aus War Memorial #thankful

TFTC!

Thank goodness Codawives is much more agile than I am. The log sheet was far too wet to sign, so I added a fresh waterproof log to the cache.

Slippery under foot. Well camoed so it took a few sweeps to locate. I'd be surprised is a few of the residents living on the other side hadn't lost it into this gorge stepping out of their gates.

TFTC grapandbean

Great camp - found it

Clever hide you! The paper is wet may need to replace this. Codawives

E E E E EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE [Found!] at 3:00pm

3:00 is the perfect time to find my 300th cache The cache was found easily, camouflage turned over, darn, I was wanting to see that!! The terrain wasn't to bad, Log signed and replaced, plus camo TFTC Grapeandbean

Very cool!!! With reinforcements tonight we were able to tackle a cache with some tricker terrain. Whilst GLISS! And I provided commentary and attempted to entertain the VERY excited geopuppy, G and La_Shee made the scramble to success via torchlight. An awesome evening and a great cache! A fav from me. Thanks for the cache!

Tonight G, La_Shee and the geodog joined nibletricecakes and I in our hunt for a smiley. It took a little while to pick the right level but soon enough G and La_Shee found the well camo'd hide. TFTC.

Attacked this from both sides of the cliff..quickly found

I came from one end and Dad the other. We quickly found it once we were at the right level

Tftc grapeandbean
Completed my difficultly 1.5 terrain grid with this one.
SLTNLN
Cheers

Cool cache collected on the drive home, focusing on filling in that grid!!

Missed it the first time I looked there.
Stinking hot today, so I selected this as parking is possible close by.
Didn't check the difficulty rating, so was wearing open shoes....

TFTC didn't realise we had terrain like this right here.

Canberra Day 2: War Memorial - Lake Burley Griffin Central Basin - Parliament Triangle

Today’s caching journey started off with the delivery of my rented bicycle, which opens up the better part of Canberra for caching. So, I hopped on and got myself into some tricky terrain on the slopes of Mount Ainslie, before some quiet reflection in the War Memorial. After that, it was down Anzac Avenue to the lake to pick up some caches, and back round to the Parliament Triangle for some tea at the National Library and tying up some WIG loose ends. Tried out the ALs in Canberra, too, which were excellent fun. Very good haul today, with 53 caches spread out over 7 types completed.

This is the specific log for this cache:
Surprising challenging terrain in the midst of suburbia, I must say. I tried to be clever and tried to access it from the other side of the gully, but I abandoned that folly, returned to the right side and headed down gingerly. Was lucky to spot the cache quickly here, this camo really helps the cache blend in here. TFTC!

That was a very interesting clamber I loved the camo we have used a similar one for one of our hides. great spot a gully that really heads to nowhere TFTC

TFTC. Great hide! Little slippery due little wet. Thanks!

Streak week day 4! This was an unexpected chasm.

Find #1 today. An interesting DT combo. TFTC.

Great placement. Thanks

Found after visiting the War Memorial. A quick find in a place that was a little tricky to get too. Thanks grapeandbean.

Left work early to allow for some geocaching. This cache looked interesting with 19 FPs, so I decided to take a peek. A spikey bush slashed my arm near GZ. Another geocaching injury! Found the cache pretty quickly, signed the log and headed towards the AWM. TFTC grapeandbean!

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Finished my final exam of the semester today so decided to begin my break with an afternoon of geocaching! Searched for this years ago without success, but I think that was because it was summer and we were not only really hot, but quite concerned about snakes. It was probably not a smart idea to reattempt this one today while the rocks were slippery, nevertheless, the well camo'd cache was found reasonably quickly. Lovely little area. TFTC grapeandbean!

Out doing chores for Scouts and popped in here for a quick cache. Yep, you need to go down to find! Awesome camo so look hard for this one! TFTC

There were a couple of events today, and in between and after, I joined up with Alansee and Leafotwind to collect some caches nearby. Another nice and quick find.



My thanks to grapeandbean for placing and maintaining the cache.

I was in Queanbeyan with my boyfriends family, As I've not cached before, I signed some logs of the caches I found with XC, until I came up with my caching name.
I had lots of fun, met some nice people and found some great hides.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.

Another quick find with Alansee and Muzza. Muzza's level hopping skills were put to the test here and he easily retrieved the cache.

Wandered over the road for an esy find. Found with Muzza and Leafotwind.

Out caching today with Happy Feet we found such a good variety of caches & also attended a couple of events. The closest being not far from where we camped.
Thanks for placing this cache grapeandbean

found after event

found

In Queanbeyan to attend the Mega. So great to get here early to spend time catching up with some many familiar faces. Always taking the time to grab a cache, when the opportunity allowed it.

Out around Canberra with Di Morgan and newbie signing as XC, picking up some hides, after attending this mornings event. Had some fun and laughs along the way, while finding a number of good finds.

XC was on fire today. She found this by actually standing on it, as it must have fallen from it's hiding spot.

Thanks grapeandbean for all the effort of placing the cache for us to find and doing the maintenance to keep it in play
9310

Cute camo
TFTC

I was passing by so of course I had to stop and find this one. I was surprised to see this gully and of course I knew where the cache was going to be. Somewhere down there. Found the container but it was nothing like what was described in the notes. The log was in bad shape so I popped in a fresh piece of paper.

Reperio at 1235.

Day 2 of our Clear Waters mega event tour, and today we headed into Canberra to find a few family friendly caches. We parked in the nearby court and while the kids were happy to wait in the car, I quickly dashed around on the path, over the small gully and to GZ. The area was a little more eroded away than expected, but quickly jumped down and soon spotted the cache rolled down into the grass at the bottom. Picked it up and placed it back in a likely spot in accordance with the hint.

Gratias grapeandbean.

Decided to find a couple of caches after finding I had had my Christmas leave approved at the last minute. Relatively quick find once I found the correct approach to the cache. Really cute concept.

Thanks for the cache.

Enjoyed day with ALL7 but freeze cold with strong windy..
log note very soaking as difficulty sign in...
CO need maintenance!!
TFTC

Found with 63Roos.. Logs is full wet... Need new one pls.. thanks

Had to wait a few minutes for a resident to finish watering her garden, as well as steel myself for the descent. Got my hands on it sooner than expected. TFTC, nice hide!

Found together with Fred.

TFTC grapeandbean

Last time we had a DNF at this one. This time we spotted it right away in plane sight once we had made our way down. It was fun and not to hard just chose you way down right.

Thank you grapeandbean for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

-()-VII+

On how we became a caching connoisseurs in one afternoon?! We set a run of four nearby caches in the hope we could collect them all in one outing. Fortunately there was a good selection as we must have not been keeping up with the 'local' caches.

This was the second of the day. I was a bit worried about the terrain so we split up and Crystal Warrior was the brave one to secure the cache. Thanks grapeandbean.

Good job I checked the Terrain!
TFTC

Needed one more cache for the day, picked the nearest and was pleasantly surprised by the slightly harder terrain and good camo.

Wandered up the cutting and then made the half cliff find. tftc. I really appreciate the effort Cache Owners put into establishing and maintaining these caches so the rest of us *cachers* can brighten our day with perhaps a smiley or two!

Nice hide though Joolay had a bit of a slide. Found cache in good condition. TFTC

Found with Kittykatch and Cbrchic looking for a few caches. Nearly ended up in disaster with a slip but bruises and no broken bones. TFTC

Forgot pen again! Pic for proof

After visiting the War Memorial we walked over here for a find. I had already read some past logs so I knew to expect a scramble. Found without problems once we got down the short slope to GZ. TFTC.

Nice, found by children who really enjoyed the spot.

Very sneaky hide and a challenging descent. Tftc!

Found it but it was not in its intended spot and container damaged- needs new log as log was damp

TFTC. Terrain rating is at least a full rating too low, lots of scrambling required to get down there. Found cache lying out in the open so not sure exactly where it should have been so put it where it seemed to go. Picked up the TB.

Very disappointing to arrive at GZ to find that a scramble down a steep ravine is necessary for this cache. I think your terrain rating is a bit low!

Is a planet souvenir really worth almost killing the breadwinner? I’m with everyone else - terrain rating is definitely more. Very glad it’s been dry for a while as it was treacherous enough finding this and took a while. Finally found it and have left a TB. Tftc

Found with no one around Easter sat .
Nice tricky hide and tricky location .
Many thanks for the challenge .

Climbed down and looked all around but nothing ...

Cant find bugger

NOT Found together with Fred. TFTC grapeandbean.

Dino and I picked up our car in Reid and though why not take Hoppy on a walk around this part of town were we get more rarely otherwise. So we covered the larger part of Campbell and found a total of 9 caches. We especially enjoyed the fun climbing caches in the area.


For this one we got low and dirty but could not spot it. Hoppy was also no help so we gave up after a while.

Out caching with Wilbert67 down Canberra. An early start and managed to grab a few. This been one of them. TFTC

Today I returned with Decrypter so he could fetch this for me. TFTC grapeandbean.

Unattempted. I couldn't risk jolting a sore arm by scrambling down that rock face. Cycled on to the next cache.

Cache 3349 on 17 Feb 2018

Headed out after dinner with Bobl27 and the geo hound to grab a few more caches. Decided to hit Campbell as there were a few available. Four fewer now unfound!

Third one for the evening and it was quite dark by now. Bit surprised at this one, but the camo was fun. A bit of night time rock climbing was just what we wanted

Thanks grapeandbean for the cache!

Thankfully I was on the right side of the tracks and not needing to do hard time to get it. It was a cliff hanger getting there but grabbed it to sign the log. TFTC

Hi fight spinners

Great hide! Tftc

11:26:00 AM: (1 of 4) Find#11012

Heading over to the "Commons" for lunch so in the area and couldn't resist grabbing a few caches
Interesting little ravine.. probably went about this the slightly harder way but good location and good container..

thanks grapeandbean

Got this one on a lunchtime jog. Very nice hide. I found myself on the wrong side of the canyon to start, then ended up rock climbing like everyone else.

Waited for a couple of muggles to pass by before undertaking a bit of rock climbing. Upon reaching the cache, I realised there was probably another way of me reaching the cache.

Cache in hand after a bit of rock climbing ... TFTC

Tftc

I like this one. Good effort. I'm out with my mate Knightech on a run for his work, breakfast, and rehab exercise for both of us (ie, walking to geocaches). We did his pickup, then had a nice breakfast. Then we came here, and, of course, ended up on the wrong side of the gully. Luckily, it was only a short walk to get around it, and, after a quick look, we had the cache in hand. Thanks, grapeandbean.

TFTC - number 6 in Campbell for tonight !

Last day of our adventure and now with really sore legs. Lots of interesting caches while doing the centenary trail. Canberra is really best done on bike!
TFTC Wilbert67

Good location, well hidden! TFTC

Another one that the young North Epping Hoggans found with the young dkscheuls

Quick find. Grabbed from below rather than leaning over. Tftc

Awesome trickiness

Well camouflaged.

The last two caches take a bit of effort. But found they are.

After reading some previous logs I was expecting to get a bit soggy or on a precarious perch. But it was easier than I had suspected, mainly due to getting the right approach. TFTC, grapeandbean

F(H)ound It! #1981 - @ 1:50 PM

This took a little bit of time to find. I scrambled around with the Ridgeo-pup nearly pushing me off the narrow ledge a couple of times. I even got my feet wet as I widened the search. I realised I was soon going to be late for my date and so was about to abandon...and then I saw it!. Nice one grapeandbean and thanks for the cache

I really need new shoes. The one I had were way too slippery Luckily my reflexes are still good enough not to break anythig

Great hide. Tftc

Really nice hide. Well done!
We found it after a visit in the war memorial.
Thanks for the Cache. Istanbulfreunde

An interesting spot! Quite a deep culvert and had to be careful when looking for the cache. Eventually I spotted something not quite right. Great camo job. Thanks grapeandbean

Very well hidden

5448. A quick find with a little change in altitude.
TFTC.

The diggers would have been proud of this trench. The cache was also very well done. TFTC