Joanna Victoria, Australia
By Pyrenees Kid & Mikita (Cache Guardian = lumpyJRB) on 13-May-04. Waypoint GCJF8C

TFTC

Our third find on our way back to Melbourne from a weekend in The Otways. Great hide. TFTC

Nope

Yay!

TFTF. Second find of the day on our walk from Castle Cove to Johanna Beach.Kids loved the cache container

Tftc greetings from Austria

Lovely spot for a cache and a wild beach. No surfing for me today! Geodog in training helped me find it. TFTC

Quick find. Tftc

Easy

We actually came in from the hiders access Road side (on purpose). We drove as far as we could. Then we got out and walked 2.5 kilometers to the cache

Super easy to find and heaps of stuff to swap. We found a Hot Wheels Tesla!

Found

Found during a night walk while staying at Johanna for a surf trip. Beautiful clear night. TFTC

Hello Pyrenees Kid thank you for the cache

thank you COMMUNITY CACHE for maintaining this cache.
A lovely long beach.

This was one of many caches found on our way back home from Newcastle seeing our grand children.

Found on Friday, 26 May 2023 at 1337

**TFTC**

Tftc, loved all the toys. Found with kimmy+co on our GOW

Tftc out walking the Great Ocean Walk with tash2494 and a friend.

Here from Port Macquarie NSW . Walking the great Ocean Rd. Started off day walking from Castle cove. Nice beach walk to start off the day. Staying at nearby Johana cottages. Absolutely amazing place to stay.Thankyou for your contribution to geo caching

Here for a week so thought i would pick up this one on my way thanks for the cache

This was the resupply for the three walkers, while there we collected this one after a quick walk up the hill. Nice to see an almost blank log tftc

I found this cache on what was to become the last day of our Great Ocean Walk. Today the weather decided to take a turn and blast us with 45km/h winds, making the beach trek almost unbearable. It was good to have a short stop near the lookout and then make our way to the GOW campsite and collect his cache.

I love finding these older caches; the size is one of the best you can get. Thanks for placing this one here, and to the community for keeping it going. It's amazing how these things can stay in the wild for 20+ years.

The end of Day 5 of our Great Ocean walk. The weather has taken a turn and it is quite nasty now with whipping winds and drizzle. Thankfully our support crew arrived with hot chocolate and resupplies for the next leg - they also had some fresh eyes for finding and managed to get the job done. A very scenic spot here for the cache to reside and well worth a visit from caching tourists - without having to make the hard trek.

I found this cache as I slowly made my way from Adelaide through southern Victoria towards the Mega event at Rutherglen, picking up a few caches of interest along the way.

Cache and contents are in good condition.

Thanks Pyrenees Kid for the cache.

Found this one near our beautiful stay at Johanna Farm. We are the first ones logging at the New places. Many thanks for showing this amazing clean and lonely Beach at this time. Greetings from Germany!

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 45.560 E 143° 22.425

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 45.525 E 143° 22.403

Distance from original: 237.1 feet or 72.3 meters.

Cache replaced by 'The_Tritonz' and moved to new location away from the existing high muggle location.

**Enabling cache** - Maintenance issues addressed - Cache now being looked after by the geocaching community as a Community Cache under the guardianship/care of 'The_Tritonz'.

Came by today, planning to replace at the logbook

But I didn’t find anything at all and ended up getting bit by those horrible ants with big red fangs.

Seems the future, for this one will be uncertain.

### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED PLEASE** ###

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Hi there Pyrenees Kid,

It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is an issue. The cache has been temporarily disabled, so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed.

**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days, so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.**

#What should you do now:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-

- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache and repair and/or replace or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ). Then sit back and wait for the logs of praise to roll in.

- **Place A Write Note Log::-** Reviewers don't have a crystal ball, so without your note on the cache page explaining that the site works are on-going, or you have been in hospital, or the area is in flood, they can't tell what is going on with the cache.
So please just post a note to the page (within 14 days) and when a Reviewer next looks at the listing, all will be fine for a little bit longer.
**Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks, so as to keep everyone up to speed.**

- **Adopt/Archive:-** If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56), so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when a Reviewer next looks at the cache page, it is likely that they will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

**JUST A TIP:-** Have you checked out the new Geocaching Dash Board designed to assist a Cache Owner in managing the caches they own? Have a read about it [**HERE.**](https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-to-the-cache-owner-dashboard/?newsletter=PM) You will find your very own dash board [**HERE**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/owner?utm_source=geocaching&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=COD).

Thanks for your cooperation,

Bunjil

[3B]

Easy find but the container was half full of water and the contents disgusting, preventing signing so photo attached.
This has been logged for more than two years now so surely it needs to be attended to by either the owner or moderator.

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Found it but could not sign. In very bad shape. Full of water and slime.

Needs Maintainence

This was an easy find at a beautiful spot but we couldn’t write on log as container is completely sodden. I can send a photo if CO wishes. Thanks

Yes

Found with the kids on our Otways adventure! Cache needs replacing - totally manky and wet. Fabulous views here though - what a magical hidden location. Thanks for the cache

Desperately needs some love, very soggy.

Finally reached our destination! Caching day with kenare and kendyl with Johanna as our destination with quite a few stops along the way…..beautiful place but wow it was so foggy and it was the middle of the day….really weird. Strolled along the beach the made our way to the cache……that live up to the word for today….manky…..wet but a find is a find lol

Down this way with kenbryl and Jenno3 visiting some TBs.

Caching with Jenno3 and kenare. Logging a few TB visits.

The swell today meant that the sea looked somewhat angry at Johanna Beach today. The signs suggesting it was unsafe to swim there seemed somewhat superfluous. We were checking the area out to see whether it would be a good place to camp (side note, it would be an awesome spot to camp) and while here checked the map, and lo and behold; there was a cache to be found. We made our way to GZ and made a quick find. Unfortunately, the cache container was almost full of water. We drained the cache and did our best to dry the contents before attempting to sign the log. Lucky we had a gel pen. Thank you for this cache Pyrenees Kid & Mikita and for lumpyJRB for being the cache guardian. This is a great spot.

Log book and container soaked. Last cache for our GOW hike for now.

Found it with Shumba7 ️ at the end of the first half of our GOW adventure. Disappointingly half filled with water and in serious need of some TLC. TFTC

Surfs up 4-5ft.. too big for me, but a couple of guys out!

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Logbook is soggy and unusable

Found it but unfortunately the log was soggy and I couldn't sign it. Cache was almost out in the open

TFTC

Nice beach and quick find.
TFTC

TFTC! Box was full to the brim with water unfortunately! Drained it out, but log book was saturated . Beautiful view and no one around up here

After a few days exploring this great area with a muggle friend, it was time to head home via the Great Ocean Road. The log book is quite wet, so only signed as SS. Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Tftc

Nice one thanks. Found. The container had water in it. But considering how much wind and weather hits this lookout it does ok.

Found, but too wet to log

I look but I had no phone service

Found by geo mum! Not often I beat the kids so I was a tad happy with myself on this find . Gorgeous views and a beautiful day.

Wet

Logbook was wet

Cold and wet from 4 days on the trail thought I would take the time and wait for the ride to turn

Found in an easy spot. Book was soaking wet

Box found it with "Superluc" during our holidays in Australia.
TFTC.

Box found it with "Valentin 25" during our holidays in Australia and our road trip on the Great Ocean Road.
TFTC

A new day for Mrs. iowaPete and I means a whole new set of geocaches to chase and vistas to view. This one did not disappoint on either category! Enjoyed the stop and hike to the viewing area. Snapped several photos before going after the quick find on the cache. The coordinates were excellent! We've been using the phones to go most of the gps guidance and even using the off-line data, we've been having remarkable success along the way.

Cache container is in great shape. Added an iowaPete signature golf tee and a chance cube to the swaps, signed in on the log and reset the cache for the next finder to enjoy.

What a view! Photo attached...

TFTC

iowaPete

Just stunning.

TFTC #81

OUT: 2

Found with family: SOB55 and foomanjoo. Thanks!

We are now home from our family holiday adventure so I’ve taken a minute to reflect on some memorable moments.

The city of Auckland, New Zealand saw our first cache just a few seconds after getting off the plane at the airport, and then later amidst the fish market and Sky Tower. We cached our way through Rotorua's geysers and bubbling springs while touring with a cousin who lives nearby and joined us for the day. Then to Napier where the caches were stashed amid all of the Art Deco buildings and antique cars. In Wellington, we encountered a breathless Josh caching all the way up to Mt. Wellington. At our next port Akaroa we found caches in Rolleston, Arthur’s Pass (by train!) and at the lighthouse at the port. We then set sail through Milford Sound and onward to Australia.

In Hobart, we found Josh and Lee in the park by the port and searched in vain for a caching event, but could not find them in the New Year's Eve crowds. At Port Arthur there were caches in the gardens next to the remains of the Penal Colony and along Pirates Bay where we saw Remarkable Cave, Devil's Kitchen and the Tasman Arch. When we arrived in Burnie we walked to caches in and around the small town of 22,000 and we followed a path along the seaside to a man made waterfall and extraordinary rock formation in a park. We cached and toured at the iconic Sydney Opera House, walked the Royal Botanic Gardens, and sat in a chair that was hewn in stone. We made our way to Lane Cove and posed for a selfie
under giant gum trees, seventeen of which are squiggly! In the iron oxidized soil of Uluru we found caches among the rocks and paths, including a miniature version of the inselberg itself. Then we flew to Melbourne where our first cache was a puzzling one in an alley next to Flinders Street Station. We visited Hosier Lane's Street art while on our way to another. We drove to the Great Ocean Road and cached at a really cool place Crowes Buffer Stop, which is the site of an abandoned rail stop complete with flat bed car, tracks and sign. We finished our trip in The Grampians where in Halls Gap we found our last cache along with cockatoos and roos in a rock climb just above an incredible view of the valley below.

It was a fantastic month of adventure and family – my husband Miles (harmony9), my daughter Carey (forestmanjoo), and my son-in-law Josh (foomanjoo), as well as a new friend that we met aboard our same cruiseship, Lee (Cache_Lee). We saw some amazing sights and met some wonderful people.

Thank you for placing this geocache, an important part of our memories of this adventure!

Fast and fun find with SOB55 and harmony9 during a beautiful day adventuring along the Great Ocean Road. We stopped here because this beach shares the same name as my sister! I left a couple of travel bugs to further their journeys. We dried out the log bag and aired out the logbook as best we could before replacing the cache. Thanks for bringing us here, Pyrenees Kid & Mikita (Cache Guardian = BFMC )!

FMJ#41259

What a beautiful lookout! We did have to look for a while but in the end we found the stash. Logbook is a bit wet.
Tftc

5th find on the GOW
Log is extremely wet

Another Great Spot - Thks

We’re on the road to adventure. A three day Light to Light hike, then some exploring in the Dandenongs before tackling the Great Ocean Walk, 105km over 8 days. Magic.
TFTC

Ta

Not today.

What a great beach.
Tftc
Greets from Germany

Cache count: 101
Great view and nice beach.
TFTC.

Tftc. Windy day with great views. Box had water inside!

Quick find once the muggles left. The rips here were extraordinary. No swimming for me. TFTC

Love this beach, waited 2 years to visit it ️

What a beautiful spot. Container had some water in it. Drained and dried it out. Logbook itself was bit damp but fine

Quick find on a wonderful day. Container full of water. Don't know how as it seems ok. Might need replacing. Tftc

This was a pick up location for some family and friends doing the GOW. So we stopped off at this lookout to grab this cache while here. Great views of the beach. Tftc.

Firstly I want to thank BFMC for keeping the cache alife Sadly the container is already filled up with 2cm of water - the logbook was still dry and i took care to seal the bag as well as possible.

I was already searching about 5minutes and felt i was quite close when 2 muggels arrived and i had to take a break. After they've left I quickly grabbed the cache. Greetings from Switzerland

Log- waterlogged

**Enabling cache** - Maintenance issues addressed and now a Community Cache under the guardianship/care of BFMC

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 45.544 E 143° 22.260

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 45.560 E 143° 22.425

Distance from original: 789.0 feet or 240.5 meters.

Updating coordinates - cache location moved because of erosion.

Beautiful day for a rescue mission. Having had discussions with the reviewer prior to visiting the container was recovered - Current location no longer viable due to erosion (had to use a 3m piece of driftwood to reach the container). Contents were wet/sandy/destroyed. Cleaned and dried container, replaced logbook, bag and swaps and have moved to a safer, more viable location a short distance away. Awaiting reply from CO and/or reviewer before proceeding further.

Have reached out to CO via a proxy and also touched base with the reviewer. Happy to adopt if we can make it happen or act as guardian otherwise. Planning to head down on 19/1 to have a check this one out.

Just read the reviewers note on this cache. We will go out and check it out in the next week and see if we can’t keep it going.

From recent logs it would seem as though there are issues with this cache but at the moment a Needs Archive would seem inappropriate - perhaps a Needs Maintenance?

The cache owners are no longer active, so if this cache is to remain the issues will need to be addressed. Alternatively, if a local geocacher is prepared to take it under their wing it could become a community cache.

Lets see what happens.

Listing disabled

A very eager student on ECO5 went the long way around to collect the cache.
Needs to be replaced/moved, causing major erosion in attempt to collect

Awaiting owner response for a few issues with this. Lovely walk along a magnificent beach to GZ. Pics attached

Found on the Parkville mega event round trip. This cache added to the experience.

Thanks Pyrenees Kid. and clear skies from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

The cache appears to be out of reach and on an unstable sand bank. I don’t often do this but think
maybe this one needs to be archived for safety reasons.

Found the cache, but completely unable to reach it :'( I've sent photo proof to cache owner.
I'm completing the Great Ocean Walk TFTC, from Newcastle, NSW

A last minute decsion to turn right led us down to the beach. Despite the blustery conditions there were still a few muggles around but none had ventured up this end.

Grabbed the TB LN SL TFTC

A nice walk on a cold and windy day. Contents are wet, there was water in the cache, but managed to sing the log. Tftc

Sean.75, kenare and I headed to Melba Gully for a barbie and a few caches along the way. I had heaps of fun running along the sand here. tftc

I love this place!! It is one of my favourite places!! We used to come here camping years ago. Great times!!! Now we are here on a freezing cold day finding caches!! Lol!! Tftc

A beautiful walk and great find, a lovely stop-off on our Easter road trip.
The container is pretty wet, might need to dry out and perhaps a new log.
TFTC !

Français

Je n’avais jamais mis les pieds en Australie, c’est bête mais ça me semble vraiment très loin ,Jusqu’à Noël 2016 ou ma fille nous apprend qu’elle va vivre deux ans à Melbourne, Et voila des vacances programmés pour février 2018 (la bonne saison pour le sud/est de l’Australie)
Pendant trois jour nous visitons la capitale culturelle de l’Australie, avec ses grandes tours de verre,ses plages ses street art et le nouvel an chinois en prime Puis on visite
Puis nous partons vers Phillip Island ou nous rencontrons nos premiers kangourous les petits pingouins et des paysages à vous coupé le souffle La marche à pied est la meilleure manière d’explorer la réserve naturelle du Wilsons Promontory. Surnommé ‘The Prom’ par les gens du coin
Un petit vol en avion et nous voila dans la capital financière de l’Australie Sydney pour trois jours avec son fameux opéra sa Sydney Tower de 309 m
pour la suite se sera la fameuse « Great Océan Road «  avec les douze apôtre , Apolo bay et les peroquets qui nous mange dans la main à Kafe Koala
Direction les Grampians avec ses cascades ses pentures aborigènes et ses falaises abrupts ou l’on aperçois nos premiers émeus
Encore un tour en avion pour atterrir à Hobat avec les 25° sur le marché et les 6° au sommet du mont Wellinton et 90km de vent Nous quittons Hobart pour le National Park Freycinet  et sa belle plage de Winglass Bay et ses 1250 marches pour y arriver A Cradel Montagne nous avons marcher plus de quatre heures pour voire un woombat ,Le clou de notre voyage se sera les 3 heures de bateau sur Brunny Island avec ses falaises ses phoques ses albatros et surprise au retour un petit valabi blanc nous attend
Le bilan de ses 5 semaines en Australie après trois mois de préparation
- 37000 km en avion (9 avion)
-4000 km en voiture (4 voitures)
-350 km à pied (4 chaussures)
- 120 caches (un GPS)
-18 logements
-un très beau pays
Je remercie tous les poseurs pour m’avoir permis de faire mon loisir et de découvrir des lieux qui ne son pas dans les livres de voyages gordon74 de France

English
The results of his 5 weeks in Australia after three months of preparation
- 37000 km by plane (9 aircraft)
-4000 km by car (4 cars)
-350 km walk (4 shoes)
- 120 caches (a GPS)
-18 homes
-a very beautiful country
I thank all the installers for allowing me to do my hobby and discover places that are not his in the travel books gordon74 de France

Very nice walk . Thanks for bringing us here. The logbook is completely wet. The next geocacher should bring a new logbook. TFTC and greetings from Montréal Québec

Nice and easy find just off the beach, but the contents (including logbook) are pretty wet.

TFTC