Stony Creek - The Ex-Tree Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
By Robmc on 08-Oct-20. Waypoint GC913M7

Thanks!

Good cache

Thanks for the cache

unexpected find!

TFTC

An afternoon caching in Yarraville with echidna44 led us to this site where we found this cache snugly hidden away in a sneaky spot. Thanks Robmc

TFTC:). Looked around for a bit. Eventually saw something that stood out and made the find.C.C

TCTC! Easier than you think

Third cache of the day!! Thank you!

Tftc

No luck today

Tftc

Doldrums

No

Looked and looked but nothing . Need more of a hint

good cache

This was tricky-easy!

Hidden in plain sight, took us a while but suddenly there it was.

Perfect hide quick find but still hard

Thank you! Im a bit confused with the clue

Found it. On night and drunk

T

Ex

It was a good find but will need more paper soon!

I found this cache on my Mega Walk #20 - a 20,000 step walk around Yarraville and Spotswood. On arrival, I couldn't see anything that matched the cache name. That is until I did. Not much of this old fellow left. Thanks from D B-A

First one found!

Thank you!! First one found!

TFTC! Nice spot

Good hunt!

Thanks for the cache.

I don't know what cachers have been finding and putting maintenance logs on as it is not the cache!The cache is in its original location with log sheet inside, and not damaged.It is ready to be found.

Log is missing from the container. Completely empty when opened. Apart from that everything else seems ok. Hope this gets replaced soon.

Sorry about the previous attention needed log that was for a different cache. My bad

Thank you this was really good to find

TFTC the log inside was a bit damaged and the container was in plain sight. Log needs replacing probably

Found it, in bad conditions and logbook needs replacement

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Me and my friend found it btw there's two

A need for a walk despite the possibility of rain saw me travel over the Westgate, and down a couple of streets to park up in a residential street which sat opposite one of the two bridges over Stony Creek in this section of the creek. I appreciated the short travel time and once again marvelled at how getting from one set of inner suburbs to another is far quicker than driving to the northern suburbs or Mornington Peninsula. My logs will include this standard blurb and then a comment or two about each cache separated from this blurb by a dividing line. Many thanks to the COs for placing these additional caches along Stony Creek during the latter half of 2023 and one in 2020 during the lengthiest lockdown. I ended up walking (and finding) the other half of what I thought I might find when looking at the series on the computer/phone a few days ago.I was just fine with that given it fulfilled the desired distance. This was a much healthier walk given fewer trucks in the area. The bit of Stony Creek over the Somerville Rd./Princes Highway intersection really needs a bit of money spent on it by the local council. It's like it is an afterthought, probably because pedestrians can make it across Princes Highway a little further up the road as opposed to using the set of crossings at that intersection.---I could've sworn I had found another cache some years ago in the exact same location. I remember having issues with the nearby basketball court being occupied by muggles and thinking I was glad that the cache was tucked far enough away such that the find could be made away from prying eyes. At any rate, this was a very quick find once on site.

I had millions of ants crawl on me as I grabbed the cache. Very easy to find.

TFTC

TFTC

Found my first cache. Fun!

First geocache! Pretty fun to find, and in a nice spot. Me and my brother loved it

Ttfc

Nice spot

A quick grab on my way home to enjoy the long weekend TFTC

Awesome size

Thank for this find

Good one, thanks

No basketballers or doggers or dog walkers, so a peaceful and quick find.

*Tenth Day Of Christmas Rainy Cache Bikearama #21*Why? Cos we're crazy.This must be audit dat, RobMc! This cache was "out in the open", covered in some sort of slime suggesting it had gone through some creature's digestive tract. The log sheets, thankfully, were still dry. I made the cache less obvious to muggles (but maybe more obvious to cachers). Well worth a health check. Thanks heaps for the cache!

Nice spot! Quick find!

Thought we were picking up someone's rubbish but luckily it was the cache

The cache was easily found, but slimy and nearly unopenable.

Found at 14:09Last of my loop for today and happily the area was deserted so I was able to check out the three different versions of Ex-Tree to uncover the container.Thanks Robmc for the cache and for the excise to walk some more of this nice trail.

Working in this area and when I finished early, thought I would go for a stroll from Tottingham to Spotswood collecting geocaches on the way. 7 finds, 2 DNFs and 1 Multicache I started but wanted to take me back the way I came. Not bad for 2 hours and over 7 kilometres walked. Almost got the targeted 20 caches in this LGA now.Found this one without the guys in high vis seeing me. Glad the trees were between the cache and them.Thanks for the cache Rob MCHunter

Nice hiding spot took me a couple tries found it in the end. Happy hunting

It was my first

Found my first geocache!

Very fun l found it but dad said it was not but I opened it and there it was

Pretty easy find TFTC!

Cool hide

Nice quick find after a basketballing muggle left. Tftc

Two trains and a bus Iv'e come down from Thomastown to do a few caches. First one for the day, found it OK and in good order. Thank you Robmc for getting me out this way.Greytiger

Found it but a spider was on it so we shacked it of

My daughter left a little surprise TFTC

Thank you!!!

Nice walk in the park. Found it ok. Great little spot.

TFTC robmc great location and really fun to find!!

Nice one, thanks

TFTC

Out today for some walking and caching. I chose Stony Creek and Kororoit Creeks to walk some and drive some - truly a Robmc day with all caches belonging to him. Yep. Found it!



My thanks for the cache, Robmc.

Dark morning but persistent to find it with dog

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Woohoo! Fun find on a rare sunny day. Good hidin, TFTC

Great way to start the geocaching journey

Found under rock under tree, near the road.
4/10

Happy days - quick park and grab on a day out and about caching

Found it! Lots of fun

Didn’t know where to look at first but found it eventually

Coool spot! Took a while to get the clue but easy done! TFTC!

Found it. Nicely hidden

Not sure what people have been finding, but the cache is still in its position with an old log sheet that is not wet.

Signed: GeoYowie’s …in light of previous comments and in the spirit of service to the geo community, I donated some fresh dry sheets of notepaper in a zip locked bag, as the log was too damp and couldn’t be signed..but I think the cache itself will still need to be given some waterproofing enhancements at some stage.
Maybe someone can advise me if I need to fill out a Maintainence request or whatever is the correct protocol - if any.. Thank you all the same for this fun series right on my doorstep

Thank you

Tp & CP found it!

Yay! Found it. Not as per the hint tho’… it was under a rock at the base of a living shrub. Log is a bit fragile (soft and tears easily) but we managed to sign it okay.

Thank you.

Whilst I was able to find it, I was unable to sign as the log book has been ruined.
TFTC!
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Just us and the mozzies - TFTC

watch out for mozzies!

Out to do the stony creek trail.
Thanks for the outing

Thanks dude

Got it update shortly

Noce

Another quick Sunday morning find. TFTC

A small detour on the way home after spending the morning in Melbourne.
I walked past the hide following the GPS and spotted something that caught my eye. Once the GPS settled, it took me back to the spot I’d just spotted.
Log signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the Traditional cache Robmc
#7,369

very good spot