Matryoshka The Ponds, New South Wales, Australia
By Rheneas on 26-Aug-18. Waypoint GC7VGCM

Out caching in the Ponds area today, many of which ended up being impossibly difficult but genius BB caches. It was so hot! My car read 40 degrees even though I know that can't be true. Find #3 of the day. I spotted a tell-tale sign of this cache and knew where to search immediately. Ahhh I see! Had fun with this one. I feel as though a few caps were missing from the container which made it far easier than it could have been. Thanks for the great idea.

Great find - love this one - easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Very clever, I have seen this before being done as a cache. The log was full so I put a new piece of paper in.

Awesome hideDefinitely one of my favourites Log needs replacing though

Found

Wow. A good cache hide. Thank you

Great cache. Couldnt sign as log was mushy

TFTC look for an arrow

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Tftc

Thank you

TFTC maintenance log is soaked unable to sign

Couldnt sign logbook as it requires maintenance.

Easy find with the kids

Great Find

Out of the box idea super fun! Look for the trolls!!

good fun

Very nicely done. Think it might be missing a bit (sent message to CO), but still works well. Another favourite from me. TFTC.

Cache in good condition TFTC

One of my favorites should have called it troll of the bridge

This was my fist find, and man it left a good impression.

Found the geocache it isnt not too hard but not too easy and the location is pretty accurate

Super good, loved it. I would go back another time

<3

Cool idea to have it inside each other

I found it its like dem Russian dolls with one inside the other this one was one of my favs by far

Thanks for it

Think this cache needs to be put back together in the original way - we found it in its hiding spot but there were obvious giveaways. Very interesting cache!

Have a look to see if this cache is as it should be please.

TFTC

Found with @ektv TFTC

Spiders

Pretty cool one, but i couldnt open the big thingo

I expected this would be a quick find, and had a good idea what to expect. Arriving at GZ I found 5 children, new to Geocaching, who had just found it and put it back. They headed off to another cache nearby, then I moved in to greet the troll, and manage the matryoshka. Nice idea. TFTC Rheneas

Very hard to get open

Nice fun quick find.TFTC

Hard to get the tube open

Love this! Very original. Accurate and quick find. TFTC

Bubs

Very cool

TFTCReally liked the cache.

TFTC. Love it!

Great idea!!!

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Found it but couldnt sign the log because the cap is tight

Couldnt open one of the containers

couldnt figure out how to open and couldnt sign the log but really good clue HAHAHA

Amazing little puzzle!!

Sneaky

A perfect day out in the Hills with Oldmorty and a bunch of highly favourited caches on the list to do. Another bridge cache and another clever creation. Again Oldmorty retrieved this and I was soon replacing it with the others. Log was very close to full. TFTC!

OCW morty8888 today around The Hills district. A quick find of this small family of trolls. TFTC

Clever!

Really clever

Sneaky! But a fun find!

Babushka

Full of pipes

Couldn't find it

Didn't find it the first time. Came back for another look and found it. Very nicely hidden.

Great find

Amazing thank for the cache

Find it and sign the log as EV, and thanks for the cache and hunt.

Nice

Needing a cache this morning, we headed out to one of our closest ones near Tallawong as we headed back home and before heading to work. A nice quick find at GZ. With the cache in hand we signed the log and returned as found. Thanks for the cache Rheneas.

The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, Merlin's Steed

FULL LOG TO FOLLOW

Been here a few times and don't feel like I had my caching eyes or brains with me. Thought I was going to fail again. Often have troubles with ones under or near bridges. Maybe trolls are my fear

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Rheneas

Have a favourite

The following TBs visited for the distance - Adventures with softball 29 and Harper, Govenor Lachlan Macquarie, Hawkesbury Tiger, phlphotos 2011 - 2022 NSW geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Leaf Nano Geocoin, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos - CITO 2019 - 2022 Coin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos Wheel of Caching Geocoin and phls silver ride

It was right there the entire time and we kept dismissing it! Good find.

Quick find thanks to a previous log. TFTC

Quick find with Rainbow Bears, TFTC

We found this fairly quickly as something was giving it away from the street, but we replaced it so that you can’t see now. Thank you for the innovative cache

Found by the Wife, I knew that there was a reason that I brought her! Nicely blended camo
Thanks for maintaining the cache

Quick visit only to find that a previous leskenoob had already signed and dated!

Haha fun one thankyou. Happy to be ticking this area off

This is a good one!

Cool cache idea. TFTC

TFTC

Stop looking, Found it

Found at night, super easy and fun!

Could not find it

I have a set of Matroyshka that my brother gave me when he was working in Moscow many years ago. I just wasn't sure what to expect of this cache, but once I spotted the hide I knew what it meant. I have seen one other hide like this; lots of fun wondering when you'll get to the log sheet. All was in good order, and things were nice and quiet at GZ. I parked my bicycle close by, did the retrieval, and signed next to the bike; then everything went back, following the order and the arrows. Nice execution of this idea, and a fun cache to find. Certainly made me feel like my mojo was coming back after two DNFs a little earlier in the day.

That was fun

As noted by a previous finder, the container has sustained some damage however the log is still in-tact and the cache is findable. I've leave it active while I source some parts to improve the container.

Clever idea for a cache! We found it pretty quickly, then found it again and again as we went deeper. TFTC!

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Saw a suspicious string and pulled it, scared the daylights out of me, but dont reckon it should be micro

Found It!
Took me longer to get to the logbook in this one than it did to find it! A well built cache container!
TFTC

Went for a second look and found it! Loved this find

Maybe rain washed it away

Very clever!

The end cap of the biggest tube was missing - not a disaster - just made it easier for me to find it.

It was fun to find:)

#614
Visiting a friend who lives nearby and saw this cache was nearby. The number of FPs got us intrigued. Geodad found the cache and we had a great time with it. Nice hide and excellent camo! TFTC!

Number 76

Can’t see it anywhere

Found it

#1,373
OCW with Calypso62 today to try and reach the summit of Acongachua.
This was a quick find.
This is very cleaver. Well done.
We did find bits of the cache on the ground.
We put back all together, but I think some bits are missing.
Maybe the CO should do a cache check.
TFTC.

#4622
Out on a caching run with Rama497 to gather points for the current Reach The Peak promotion. A fun cache to find. Thanks for the geofun.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

That was another really great find, and the first one my two year old got involved with!

Stopped here for a quick find while on my weekly trip to Windsor this afternoon. This well constructed cache brought a smile to my face, so I'm giving it a well deserved fave point ... thanks muchly Rheneas.