Robot Charli - Owit Uplay Tlast Moe, Victoria, Australia
By kryslazz on 29-Sep-17. Waypoint GC7KE7T

Its with a sad an heavy heart ive decided, Charli has ran his course. In hindsight.... placement should have been better and away from so many Muggle homesteads. Maintenance is too much for me to keep up with as time with Miss 2 takes priority. Its been an awesome ride mate, we achieved amazing things together. Rest easy with the Caching gods my friend. x

At some point, Kryslazz will be back in the caching world with much better placements and long term maintainable caches.

With restrictions eased and travel to regional Victoria now permitted, a trip was planned with Crustyvarmint and his muggle friend Keith to pickup some solved puzzles in Gippsland. Heading home after 3 days on the road, today was dedicated to trying to find as many of this series before fatigue set in, or the weather turned nasty. Whichever came first.

The puzzle caused me some grief and was only solved with a nudge from a PAF, which in hindsight, made perfect sense. Easy when you know how:)

Thanks to the hint, we walked straight up to the cache.

Thanks kryslazz for all the work involved in creating this outstanding series.

Keith and Frank have abandoned us, leaving just the Knight_shift, Crustyvarmint team to continue. I don't remember this one, but it can't have been too difficult, or I would have noted it. Thanks kryslazz.

DNF @ 13:45 with Annoying Tarbit

After many virtual puzzle solving evenings over lockdown Annoying Tarbit and I have solved lots of puzzles in and around the Moe area, so an outing was planned for today to collect on some of the geo-art puzzles, and some others along the way.

We got to GZ and noticed that we'd have to go into someone's driveway, so bailed. The checker still says the coords are okay. It is only now that I come to log it, that I see there has been a different, less obvious, method of letting the potential finders that things have changed.

Thanks anyway kryslazz

Date: April 18, 2021 Time: 9:55 AM
Find #11516

Headed out towards Moe area with beckNmonts and Manfred Wolfgang on a couple of different missions on this pleasant autumn day. Mission 1 was to try and complete the Robot Charlie Geoart which we begun in 2019. Today was the day, a complete success.

Thanks to kryslazz for the cache.

Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2021?*
[**THE**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW45)
[**WANGARATTA**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW45)
[**EVENT 2021**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW45)
*13th / 14th November 2021 – GC8EW45 – Wangaratta – Victoria*

Having long long ago solved these puzzles, and attempted to find the cache twice before now, I am very pleased to be logging this one! ahomburg and myself decided that today was a good day to try and rectify some DNF’s, this time with the geo-crocodile, Manfred, in tow. Thanks for placing the cache kryslazz, and for the puzzle.

We found this cache today on our Very Wet Bairnsdale to Melbourne Road Trip. Uh-oh. The rain is starting up again. Thanks from D & HA B-A

I needed a lot of help to solve this puzzle. Thank goodness for the workshop the CO ran to work out these puzzles. I think it might also needed a puzzle solving Zoom session or two over COVID-19 lockdown helped me catch up with puzzles I hadn’t yet finished solving. We were led astray by the coordinates or our finding devices indicated the cache was hidden on the opposite side of road to where we found it in a much better location.

Today we've made a trip together with Surefoot24 and found this cache.
TFTC

Had the chance to stop and collect this one while in the area picking up other caches.
Living in Melbourne for 3 weeks and the chance shorten the travel time was too great.
Thought that I could ride my fold up bike. Not smart with those tracks and uphills. Walked more than I rode.
Enjoyed the puzzle and happy to win here.
Thanks kryslazz -

Another one that initially had me flummoxed and cross eyed. Taking the long way home to the NE and happy to have a Charlie break enroute! This series has been enlightening - like some sort of brain development in progress if its not too late at my grand 'ol age (I hope) Yes, it did take a few hints from my now not so new geo buddies who collectively managed to find some strategies to get some of the final solutions. This one was not so troublesome - phew. Glad its a quiet day in this road section. TFTC and the fun kryslazz - its been a blast!

Another day of trying to collect some well earned smilies after many hours working on these clever puzzles. The heat and long grass were a bit of a worry today but we had lots of fun searching with team TACKT. We chose to walk a distance rather than park and grab.

Thank you for the cache and another puzzle challenge.

Found it! Such a fresh farm smell in the morning! TFTC

Found with team tackt and friends

Team T.A.C.K.T on the hunt for puzzle caches!! Our team puzzle master jaamc has spent alot of time working these out and we are always keen to tag along to get some finds :3 always great fun with the team on board

I havent been in this neck of the woods in quite a while... When did these houses/sheds go up???? The original GZ in now a driveway.... eeek. Cache has been placed a few metres away across the road at the base of the tree.

Come find me

Nope

Have plans to replace in the next couple of days. With Corona restrictions being lifted, thought it would be best to let everyone know it Needs Maintenance.

This one got the better of me today. was not really willing to look as the new construction site and owners were causing issues kryslazz

Locals gazing upon us and gz at the gate. Not today.

Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2020?*
[**THE**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40)
[**WHITTLESEA**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40)
[**EVENT 2020**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40)
*14th / 15th November 2020 – GC8EW40 – Whittlesea – Victoria*

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire!

Out and about in the area with BeckNmonts and Ahomburg to tackle the local geoart and put a few smiles on the map.
The day was full of laughter and many awesome hides, unfortunately we did have some DNF's.
A few of the caches had some fun containers and interesting themes.
We didn't get much of a chance to search due to the GZ occupied by curious muggles
Cheers for the cache

Able to get back to this area for a short while again, and trying to catch up on finalising the series, having solved all the puzzles some time ago. Thanks Kryslazz for all your hard work and persistence in keeping this series alive. The puzzle took probably a little longer than it should have as I was not familiar with the subject, but once the penny dropped, the solution was soon found.

think different
upset the applecart

a good first step for any puzzle: work out what to do:
a good second step: do that
sounds simple
puzzles are easy if you know what to do
peel them apart like clockwork
the working out how though is not a piece of apple pie
for the rest of us

the last harvest of the day
we were brought out east on grand misadventures
a fruitless search for high-hanging fruit
but the barrel did not spoil with apples in absentia
we dined on this fallen feast in recompense

At 3 separate times I have collected various Robot Charli caches, but only now getting around to logging them.

This is certainly a terrific series to do.

Thank you kryslazz for designing and placing this series for our enjoyment.

Catching up with late logs

We really enjoyed working our way through these puzzles, some of them were exceptionally clever and we've had the corrected co ordinates for quite awhile and today we were finally going to head down and try our luck with Alansee and Micaparamedic. Fortunately Alansee mentioned there had to be a few changes to allow for the shifted caches and we were able to sort this out on the drive down.

We found all that we searched for except for the Great Race and with parking at a premium in some places we were happy that we were only in one car today and as the cache pages say some of the caches require a bit of walking after parking the car.

To save rooms with the smaller logs we used the acronym MATC.

Unfortunately picking up other caches as we went today we didn't find them all so we will have to return another day to do that.

Thanks kryslazz for an enjoyable series.

Found with Team Crackers and Micaparamedic today.

At last we are back in the right area to collect some more of Robot Charli's caches. We did remember to re-check ALL the co-ords before setting out.
We decided that we would drive home when it gets dark so that we can gather some more smileys for Charli. All of these ones were found nice and quickly, although one did give us more than we bargained for. Still have a dislike for cache guardians even though we seem to be seeing a lot of them. This one was a little too good for Geoturtle even though she doesn't mind them.
Thanks for these caches and bringing us out here. Glad that you were able to move them and didn't archive them.

After having spent so much time on these caches it was great to be able to look for some more on our way home from the Walhalla events. So pleased that after the initial issues, these have been moved and not archived.
We managed to find all the ones that we had time to look for. One or two took longer than the others and one is lucky to still exist after we were greeted with a secreted cache guardian. Lucky when it flew, we were able to track it, retrieve it and return it.
Thank you for the effort that you have put into this great series. We didn't get the chance to quite finish this trip so hopefully one more trip and we will have them all. Thanks.

I haven't finished with the series from last year so decide to come here again to catch up. Very warm day today. Puzzle solved. Found it. Thanks kryslazz for placing the Robot Charli series.

30/11/2018
3:04:00 PM

Accompanied with crank1 for the day, before go home (Perth) Enjoyed ride the car to Moe.
The weather is pretty warm day. Many thanks to crank1 and friends for the puzzles.
Moe is lovely country - plenty of cows/bulls also some sheep's.
Only found 21 out of 45 so "must come back to finish the series".[^][^][^]

Thanks for kryslazz for the hide the cache and hunt.

With the Mega now over it was time for one of the FurfacesLL team to return home for work and the other one to soldier on with Rapidlywild. Also visiting friends around the area on the down days when RW was busy.

Well a clear day for a change so we went to collect the Robot Charli series. Can't take any credit on these RW did all the hard work solving these as we were actually off traveling overseas trying to solve their puzzles. So today we rewarded her extra gray hairs with smileys.
Nice cache container here......

Thanks for the hide and puzzle and bringing them back to life kryslazz and thanks to Rapidlywild for the company and caching adventure.

Sorry for the generic logs.

The Mega had been and gone however myself and FFLL#1 were staying on for another week with some other commitments. I had a charity Gala dinner to attend to on the Saturday following the Mega so it only made sense to stay on in Victoria. We were staying out Gippsland way so we had targeted Robot Charli and a couple other series to do, however the weather decided to go against us and we did not get all that were planned. It doesnt matter, we still got a fair few done in the time we were here. Once it was time to start heading home, we went via Albury to pick up some more puzzles of which we had solved.

Well it was time to get out and clean up Robot Charli. I was one of the early solvers of this series, I earnt myself MANY grey hairs solving this guy and I was super upset when he got archived.... But he was resurrected, and in time for us to come collect him!!! The puzzles ranged from easy to super hard, truely was a series for all the puzzle solvers! Apologies for the generic logs, its been a massive week with the Mega (bike riding and lots of walking) and then this series soon after, the legs were feeling it thats for sure.

This container could really give someone a fright, especially at this time of the year.

Thanks for the cache hide kryslazz and the ladies of FurfacesLL for another great caching adventure away from home

It was great to see Robot Charlie come back on line and give us the opportunity to go out to search the final locations.
With Roostaman arriving from places afar to the area on his way to the Parkville Mega, it was time to team up once gain with RebelActs for an attempt on the series and some of the caches we had still not found in Moe. Today we were also joined by KI Bug in the hunt so a fun-filled day was definitely in store!
Credit to Rebel who was the key to the puzzle solving and had put in many hours over quite some time to finally achieve success to unlock the series.
A plan was hatched to meet and head out. We came across a variety of hides with some interesting twists in widely differing locations. Some easily accessed and others more challenging.
There was much by-play throughout the day, mostly seeming to centre round ‘organization’ and the need for GSAK, despite the fact it won’t run on IOS! There were caches missing logs, only to find the log-overlooked within the cache! We discovered ‘Emergendy logs!!!’, a new terminology that was embraced and will be a common thread in conversation from now on! The biggest disagreement was over the lunch venue, with Rebel detailing the pluses and minuses of McDonalds over Hungry Jacks!
All in all, a great day out touring the local area with much fun had by all.
Thank you for the series Kryslazz.

I was asked if I would like to join some mad “oldies” (a cheeky farmer’s description of us on the day!) on a day’s geocaching in the Moe area, mainly focusing on the Robot Charlie series. Having not been in fine geocaching form over recent months I was a little concerned that my physical participation may have been limited however I jumped at the chance. Consequently Mr K.I. bug joined an amazing outing with Mr SkiPair, RoostaMan and Rebel Acts. It was a day full of friendly barbs and jokes and a great example of how much fun can be had geocaching with great company.
Thanks must go to the other members of the “team” who completed a lot of “solving” and organized the adventure.
We hit the ground running (well sort of!) and successfully found a cache every few minutes in a combined effort. We went at a fast pace, not stopping until late lunch time and I must admit that on occasions I was the “provider of the pen” rather the member who scaled the cliff or whatever else was required however I was very pleased with my effort on the day. Consequently it looks like more geocaching will be coming up!
Although there were a good variety of hides with some requiring a walk, all were generally found quite quickly. What else, with such an experienced team! We did have to provide a couple of “emergency logs” where they had disappeared.

I think the puzzle represents the number of caches we seemed to complete in this series! Thanks for your caches and fun kryslazz,

**# 23168** Found on a drive around Moe while visiting nearby.
A great day on the trails with Rebel Acts, Ski Pair & K I Bug.
All good safe hides and many quick finds.
Thanks for the cache kryslazz,
***Roostaman***

My good Mate Roostaman was down from Wagga Wagga for the Mega and staying at My place, A plan was hatched to meet up with Ski Pair and KI Bug and do the Robot Charli series and a few other caches in the Moe area. With Robot Charli almost self destructing I was keen to get them found after spending so many hours working on it. Thanks kryslazz for the cache.

Cache ready to go. No changes made for the original.

RIP

Cache unarchived to facilitate adjustment and/or relocation due to an issue associated with local residents.

### **PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LOCATE/LOG THIS CACHE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN ENABLED BY THE CO.**###

*Found whilst on a Robot Charli cleanup*

Out and about with The Empire.

One of the many caches we found but was unable to log them until they were enabled again.

No issues with the first few. It was only later that we had some issues as we found ourselves too close to some peoples properties for their liking.
Some ordinary hides in some ordinary locations. It seems that the new hides have rectified this.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache anyway kryslazz.

Stamped and returned as found...

Found by The Empire with Snap Happy
The plan was to cruise through Moe, pick up the caches in the Robot Charli series, then off to Foster for the night. The longest stretch of caches in the series started off wobbly and ended wobbly. What was in the middle was a decent run of finds, which after solving all of these puzzles at home, was a relief. Thanks for the cache and the series kryslazz.
- M

I was out today with Biggles Bear to concentrate on finding as many as we could of the Robot Charli caches that we had solutions for.



Thanks for the cache, kryslazz.

Found 2:14:00 PM, during our June Caching day out with Muzza.

TNLN, thanks kryslazz (F=1021 H=52).

Found by Mary & David at 0925. Who would have thought that this series would be such an international hit? All snug and dry. Our thanks to kryslazz.

Out visiting Robot Charli Series with Crank1. Thanks kryslass for the fun puzzles, caches and brilliant workshop. Keep up the awesome work you have put in for us to enjoy. Wow, it took us a while to find this cache. Imagine, if it was real - what could happen to me??!!

Pwala and myself visited Robot Charli series today. I loves kryslazz's puzzles which give me more determine with it.
This one is very interested puzzle. Glad to bring it to workshop.
Better watch out yourself when you find the cache.
Thanks for the cache kryslazz

I had an idea on this puzzle but just didn't follow it thru in the correct way enough to get any results. After taking it out of the too hard basket for the third time I was able to make headway.

After collect a number of the new Robot Charli puzzles, I knew I still had this one solved but unfound. Programmed the coordinates into the GPS and parked right near the GZ. Looks like the farm next door is up for sale. After stepping into the unseen blackberries, I found the matching themed cache container and signed in 2TF place.
Thanks for the cache Krys Lazz
Hunter

[FTF]

When Robot Charli first awoke we set off on solving the lot. Many hours were spent solving some fun and interesting puzzles. Many we had no idea where to start initially. We had planned to jump on the bikes and locate so we wanted to try and solve the lot before heading out, however with the good weather soon to run out we took the opportunity to head out in the car and pick up a few up.

A tough puzzle here with a cache that may stand up and strike out at you. The kids enjoyed this one.

Thanks for the effort you have put into these Kryslazz. Lots of fantastic puzzles and caches in this series.
CJJAHC

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