M for Mystery Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
By Roostaman on 09-Jul-05. Waypoint GCPME5

I failed to find this 10 years ago on my way to my first Mega. Today I eventually ended up at the right hedge and made the find. TFTC.

Solved the puzzle fairly quickly while having a moist carrot cake at a nearby cafe. Walked around to GZ, very high muggle activity at the time. Had a poke about to no avail. There is a lot of litter and leaf little to contend with. We'll be back another time to find. Thanks Roosterman for the Cache and puzzle

Quick check and its definitely still there. Yes there is lots of covering so I uncovered it to make it a bit easier to find.

Unsuccessfully look for this one, rather busy and so much leaf litter and rubbish on the ground and just couldn't spot anything.

Arrived at GZ i had to wait it out until some guy finished his ciggy then I parked right beside GZ for the search, second thing I picked up was the cache, so glad it was a quickish find.Thanks Roostaman for the cache

After confirming with CO that this was still here I placed my hand on it within seconds. Hide blends in very well but no excuses for missing it first try.TFTC

Solved the puzzle but GZ has me stamped. Did a thorough search but no joy except for leaves and rubbish. I will be back

We have to confess we have looked for this one before without luck, the high muggle area not helping but today it was easy!On a short trip to the Tumut and Wagga areas as we visit family and friends, but of course some time to pick up a few caches on our travels.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Roostaman.**SKI Pair****

Today we explored Wagga Wagga and surrounds using geocaching as a guide.We enjoyed travelling through the countryside and visiting new, to us, locations.We found a variety of hides with varying degrees of difficulty.This took some time to unearth this one but got there in the end.Many thanks to all CO's for your cache placement.

Having just had a spot of breaky, I figured I'd have a quick look for this one before making our way to Capital City. With time short, a squiz at the hint [8)] focussed my attention and I soon the stash in hand at 09:40.And whaddaya know, I even nabbed an FTF(itNLB). TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks Roostaman.

Stayed in Wagga Wagga over night on our way back to Adelaide from Sydney. Working through our consecutive goal of 366 days. Our calendar is already full, given we had Feb 29 another year. Today I think we hit 366. Many thanks to Roostaman for his help along the way. FP puzzle,, and sneaky little hide

Tftf, Alexis Blackett, myself n geo bub found this while cruising around wagga

Tftf
Puzzle solved easily and cache located rather quickly.
Cache dry in good nick log 3/4 full.

The puzzle was easier than finding the itself!! Took me a fair while to discover it. Possibly would have been easier later in the day - very high muggle activity at the site. Enjoyed the search though. Been to this very public place many times in the past but never thought that it may be a hiding spot.

My son had a training day at the Scout Hall so I had a day of geocaching to occupy my time (we travelled over last night). Was an interesting day with floodwater, snakes and mosquitoes adding to the challenge. Has quite a few DNFs (expected with urban caches) but still made 19 finds (and 14 AdLab waypoints - 4 started but only 1 completed). Avenged a couple of DNFs and travelled around a lots of parts of town that I have never visited.

So pleased to finally get this one signed. Solved this puzzle sooooo long ago. Had a crack on a previous visit but hunting around around realised very quickly that there was someone sleeping in the car next to GZ which killed my enthusiasm. Had an idea from a previous finder what to look for so parked nearby and the hunt was one. Car park was a lot busier than when I passed an hour or so earlier but quiet enough to search. Amazing amount of leaf litter accumulated in less than two months but the familiar hide was soon found.
TFTC Roostaman - so glad to get this signed (and my only puzzle for the day).

PUZZLE: easy. GZ: hard.
Well not really….
One of the more embarrassing logs I’m afraid. CO pretty much led team beavar straight to it due to pity and we still couldn’t find it.
Came back later after thinking…what if it’s over there?!?!
Yeah. It was. Just like the kind CO stated.
We have all been there I am sure - easy find made harder. Lol.
TFTC and SL at 18:05pm.

Edited after another day of caching in Wagga. This time a total of 13 finds with a range of 2-4.5 difficulty ratings. Thoroughly enjoyed the 1.5/2 terrain city geocaches on offer today.
Ending the day on find #2114.

No luck even with the hint. All I saw was leaves and rubbish. Might try again before leaving Wagga. Solved the puzzle easy enough.

Got him! Thanks rooster for the hints

This was on of the few DNF's for the day. It was just too clever for us and we will have to be back to give it another go.

MMMM.
Found you hiding there with all your mates.
Thanks for the fun caches to break up an otherwise sombe weekend Roostaman.

Ive been a couple times now a no success

Puzzle solved. Will have to come back when there are way way way less muggles as they where everywhere today.

Had the puzzle solved for a while but today was the first opportunity to search for it. Potentially quite a tough hide and took a bit of searching before I spotted something.
TFTC Roostaman

DNF at 15:46

This was just too tricky for us today

Thanks Roostaman for the cache, anyway

Returning from our "unplanned alternative to the QLD mega" holiday in the New England area, we stayed last night at the Wagga Wagga showgrounds, and this morning headed out for some brekky, then some caching. Chook had enjoyed solving this puzzle before we left for our trip, but today at GZ there was someone parked just where we needed to search. We thought we might wait him out until he left, but after much time he still showed no inclination to move. We had to move on though, so we will put this in the books for next time.

Found during a week in the Riverina.

A simple puzzle. I parked right next to GZ and made the find under torchlight. TFTC

Geo kid had fun finding this with the cache creator. TFTC!

A quick find after solving this one months ago we got the chance to find it not to many muggles around.TFTC

I saw this was a 2005 mystery and wondered why I hadn't noticed it before. Opened it up and realised I could even solve it on my phone, so spent some time working it out and then had some interesting looking coordinates. Pretty incredible this cache has existed in such a location for 15 years. If you were to grab hold of the stats of people who have visited this location over those 15 years I am sure the number would be in the hundreds of thousands, millions even!

I managed to find the cache very quickly which I was thankful about, as previous comments made me slightly worried. I think I have the recent maintenance to thank for that, as it wasn't buried and I could see it quite easily!

Thanks Roostaman for keeping this active so long

log checked and all good again.

Found with geobuddy Chippyddd and geo rabbit who stood guard while the cache was retrieved.. Gotta love the rabbit. SL TNLN No room for swaps or drops TFTH TFTC Cache replaced as found ready for the next adventurer. Cache on

Wooo whooo!! This was the third visitation to this site, and, at long last, we have CIH. Nice camo. Coords are spot on. Discretion is needed here, it's all about timing. Dried out the log sheet as it was quite wet.
Found ICW Geo Buddy, Mystic Seer & "Geo Rabbit". TFTH TFTC SL  Replaced as found for the next Geo Adventurers.
Thanks Roostaman for this Mystery cache. Cheers. BZ.

So nice to change that to . This time I guessed correctly the likely type of cache, and after some scratching around, finally found it. Last time (2018) I searched for another type of cache, which might explain why I didn't find it. Log is damp and a bit tricky to write on (the pen tears the paper if not careful), so I signed GW. TFTC Roostaman.

An unexpected stopover in Wagga meant that this pre-solve cache was convenient for my daily. TFTC

Found at the beginning a day of Wagfa caching with Mrs Stevo5. A tricky one in a bysy location.

Enjoyed a caching day out with jorgo_crew which maybe the last one for a while depending on what our next lot of restrictions may bring.
Grabbed a coffee from the nearby business before hitting a power trail on Waggas outskirts.
I had looked for this previously with no luck, but with recent found logs I was determined to make the find. Found eventually, log signed and returned as found.

A weekend away with the gang from Canberra. We did many together, but a few separately too. The whole team consisted of Joolay, Kittykatch, Strangetrousers, MTrax, TikvaNZ, Barb2e, Smittengranny, cosmonaut97, Aquilus1 & Tankengine. We had an awesome time away caching in Wagga Wagga and the surrounding areas and catching up with the local cachers Baby&MrsGopher. Thanks everyone for a fabulous time.

This cache: The team worked this one out before arriving. We had plenty of parking at GZ and we soon had the cih. The log was wet, but we were still able to sign. Tftc Roostaman!!!

A weekend trip to Wagga and The Rock with dty73, Tankengine, Kitty Katch, Joolay, Mtrax, Strange Trousers, Barb2e, Smittengranny, TikvaNZ and cosmonaut97. The plan was for 'Kengal' and then a number of caches to suit all along. Many of the caches were completed all together and others into smaller groups as our directions took us but an enjoyable weekend away with a great group. Thanks for your cache that helped lead to a fun weekend.

Sneaky hide that didn't escape dty73. Log was so wet it was hard to write but signatures made their mark.

This weekend we (dty73, Aquilus1, Kitty Katch, Joolay, Mtrax, Strange Trousers, Barb2e, Smittengranny, TikvaNZ and cosmonaut97) came to invade Wagga and The Rock! We when to several caches together, but also split into smaller groups to chase individual pursuits! Although a little light rain crept in on Sunday, all in all, the weather was fine, and we had a great time!

Thanks for the cache!

Found with Kittykatch, Tankengine, Aquilus1, dty73 and barb2e on a quick trip to Wagga.TFTC Roostaman

Trip to Wagga and the Rock to grab some caches. Solved and found with Canberra mob

Condition Report:. Wet.
Log Book: log was wet

Thanks for hiding this cache Roostaman

#13088 @1055
In Wagga Wagga with a group from Canberra. Many hands make light work they say, and so the cache was soon in hand. I had this solved a year or more ago, but ran out of time to find it on my last trip. TFTC.

Nice to solve this puzzle and make a good find. On the way to the Rock with Joolay and KittyKatch and Tikva and Tankengine dty73 and Aquilas3. Tftc

Found at 4:35 PM GAFF5.
Holy cow - this one was not as easy as we thought it would be [B)] Even knowing where to look we struggled to locate the cache. We were about to give up and then decided to call the CO who confirmed the location, so another check and still nothing So we really were going to give up at this stage, but we thought lets have just one more go - and at a depth of 2 feet the nicely saturated container was finally pulled out.
It was then replaced in such a way that it will not be covered by leaf litter and rocks - because you don't camo a camoed container!
Thanks Roostaman

I have had a DNF of this, and I thought I would attempt this again. However, with the last log attempt a DNF and no finds of this since 14/Apr/2019, I decided to give it a miss, because I didn't want another DNF. Is the cache still here, or missing?

No luck for us here today...

We attended the nearby event where we met many lovely people and among them was a friend who has solved this puzzle. Many of us at the event wandered to GZ along with the owner, our name is now in the log book and we will solve the cache at some point. SL TFTC

Went out caching this morning with goingplaces2 and we had a good hunting session. No problem with this one. Enjoyed the variety of hides, the different camos used and all found logs were signed. This was a gift without the hard work. TFTC.

Well I've heard there was a secret cache
That Roostaman hide and it pleased the hordes
But I don't really care for this, Grrrrrr
The fifth, the sixth and even more,

THEN
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Finally I have found this nemesis of mine, I did have some help this time. I have had the puzzle solved for a very long time, and now I have my name on the log.

Thanks for the special cache, a favorited point here, thanks for the extra help Roostaman. Lil Donna

TFTC. We have had the final co-ordinates for this cache for quite some time. Each time we come to Wagga we pass by but usually in the Motorhome with car in tow. Not really a good spot to pull over. Today at the event we wandered over and quickly had the cache in hand. The CO was on hand to oversee the retrieval.

It was just a caching morning, along with some shopping today before we headed off, along with ilook4geo to attend a meet and greet event. This one was not too hard to find and one team member realy enjoys doing sudoku puzzles in one way or another. Log was signed and all was put back into place. Thank you to Roostaman for placing this cache.

Found while at event. Thanks for the cache.

T4TC!
Finally after some head scratching visits to this location we finally with a few other cachers and a little help found the cache and we were able to sign the log.
Thanks for placing this cache for us and others to enjoy.

After seeing an event pop up at Jugiong, fitzy_1965 and I decided to camp at Oura Beach and hold our own event the next day. We headed off early Saturday morning with three of my geo-kids, Lovetherabbitohs, death_killer & my_name_jeff_1. Most logs were signed as MK, F65 & geokids.

Our event over and done with, it was time for a bit of caching before heading home.

Last couple of caches for the day took us to this one which we had solved for a while and ha even been here several times before. The CO had been at our event and said to call if we needed help.....and help was surely needed. A few minutes later, he was in on the search....and we all came up empty handed so with his permission we have logged the find.....and the CO will come back to replace.

17,587. Found with minniek on a weekend journey for another caching adventure.

After attending our Oura Beach Camping Event we headed out to grab a bunch of fun caches around the Wagga area. This was the next one on the list. For some reason we have only ever spent a few minutes looking each time we stopped here for a cuppa on the way home. Today was the day though and we spent a fair bit of time without luck. So we did the PAF option to the CO who drove down to see what was going on. After more searching no cache was to be found, so the CO gave us permission to log the find, and will organise a replacement container asap.

Thanks to Roostaman !! Thanks so much for the helping hand.

TNLN - TFTC !!

On a trip south from Brisbane to Melbourne then the ferry to Tassie after collecting our son’s car from Brisbane. We are only collecting solved puzzles, virtuals, Earthcaches or multi’s. If we happen to “drive over” traditionals then we add them too.

We couldn’t go past this solved puzzle until we tried to find it. It all made sense and we were lucky to park so close to GZ. We were positive that both the GPSr and iPhone had the searching area correct but with our first search and second search nothing appeared. We thought it was a small but after a read of some logs we decided that maybe it wasn’t a small. With that info we did another search and with scratches to prove our dedication we found it!! As previous finders state, it is in a logical place and just keep persisting.

TFTC

Checked and it's still there safely hiding in it's correct place. Just a bit more covered than originally.
Have a good search at ground level.

Might be missing.
I'll check soon and replace if needed.

First I went around the hedges looking for the listed 'small'. Then I read it is now a micro (size of an AAA battery), so went back to searching. This was made difficult by my GPS not settling on one spot. I scrapped a lot of leaves. I also wondered if it might be a bison tube, so searched again. I spent a considerable time here looking and scrapping away lots of leaves. Finally I figured I had looked weird enough, long enough, as a single person searching by themselves tends to look. Looks less odd in a group. DNF for me, but at least I got my free senior's coffee.

Found it. Very standard style of puzzle (easy sudoku) leading to a pretty meh final location. Note that it’s easy for people who have found this cache hide to recognise it - but newbies will look right past it. I can say I’ve found this puzzle.

A quick puzzle and a logical place for GZ too.
Nice safe hide, lucky there was not many muggles around.
TFTC

New log sheet in place and clue updated.

DNF at 13:05

I solved the puzzle a long time ago, but only passed through Wagga today. The two of us searched two hedges very thoroughly, but there was nothing resembling the hint anywhere to be found.

Thanks Roostaman for the cache, anyway

With 3 teams and 6 sets of eyes we failed miserably here tonight.

DNF for us tonight after we solved the puzzle but after looking for about 15 minutes late at night, we decided to call it. Clue doesn't seem to fit anymore and no sign of a cache for us

With a relatively free weekend at last a plan was hatched with Rapidlywild to go and collect some unfinished multi and solved puzzles along with some new caches in Wagga Wagga.

It was a rather eventful weekend with a close encounter of the brown slithery kind, not a very happy either as I think we woke it from its winter slumber, friendly cows, good and not so good weather and the opportunity for the inner monkey to show itself again on a few occasions.

Had tried this one before with no luck, today was success at last. We replaced the log as well.

TFTC Roostaman and thanks for a fun weekend Rapidlywild.

FurfacesLL and myself had decided on a trip away for some much earned stress relieving geocaching. We had planned on doing a day trip across to Wagga Wagga however once we had a look at how many caches we had left to find, changed our plans to an overnighter instead.

We had a large number of multi's to collect that we had picked up GZ information from on prior trips and we had some solved puzzles to collect that we had solved. A nice range of caches across the weekend, did alot of in field maintenance work for CO's by adding new clean/dry/crisp logs to containers in new zip lock bags just to help out.

A great weekend had by us both with a mix of caches, mix of weather and an extremely close brown snake encounter (too close for comfort).

Thanks heaps to FurfacesLL for another awesome weekend away, and thanks Roostaman for the cache placement [^] This was a nemesis for me, finally getting a smiley !

Returned and had no problem finding the cache. I'd read past logs that said to ignore the hint. I solved heaps of puzzles before I came to Wagga and ended up
Logging almost none of them so it's good to get a smiley here. Thanks.

Had my head in the hedges for 20 minutes but couldn't spot the hide. Might stop again before I leave Wagga. Shame I wasn't here for Canada Day!

Attended Events Wagga Sat 1st, and Wang Sun 2nd. Nice to meet a few more Cachers I so well recognised from logs.
With the wonderful help from HappyFeet 1, the weekend saw much more than Cache finds. More so, Robyn introduced me to many tips and tricks and helped in achievements I would not have otherwise suceeded in. This cache was another in the weekends finds, Thanks to the CO.

11:50
Our day started with a Canada Day Event, local cachers were keen to offer help for caches we had not found during the week. So we set out with renewed confidence and really enjoyed the last day of caching in the Riverina for this trip.
We had been close on 28/6, but appreciated the extra guidance today.

Thanks Roostaman for placing caches for everyone's enjoyment.
19092

Suscoe found this cache on the way out of town.
Sorted the puzzle and finally located the cache.
Thanks Roostaman for this hide.
Much appreciated and another find sorted for Wagga.

15:03
We looked high, we looked low, we looked in, we looked out, but today there was no way we could work this one out!
We will return!

Thanks for the hunt anyway Roostaman.

In town for a long days caching, finding as many as possible. Stopped to grab a coffee and parked in a idle spot. It still took me far too long to find this. After giving up on the clue, it was then that I made a quick find.
Thanks Roostaman for placing the cache for us to find.
5522

Its surprising how muggles don't bat an eyelid at cachers rustling in the bushes!
Maybe just intent on the gastric juices
TFTC- cleverly hidden

Our first find in Wagga. We searched back and forwards before deciding to try our luck at finding coffee instead. On return, we found no silver plants but we did find the cache, in a very logical place. Thanks Roostaman.

Found in the dark. Introducing a friend to caching. Didn't have a pen will return and sign.

Solved the puzzle at home before we left. There was a time we didn't know how to do these puzzles but since geocaching we've had a lot of practice so this cache was on the list to find. What we didn't realise was that we'd unknowingly parked within metres of it. Now, if finding the cache can be that simple. Woohoo! it was. TFTC Roostaman

Had to take a few people over to Wagga and I had some free time. Why not go and get a cache or 2.
I solved this one a few months ago. Today I was out having a ice-cream from a nearby place and I knew I was only about 50m away from it, so I decided to take a look. I knew lots of people has had trouble with this one so I knew it could be anywhere and/or be anything. Look around and at the hint and guess what, I found it, after about 5mins of looking. TFTC

#9300 Found and Logged
catching up on some local caches on a beautiful Wagga day after returning home after spending 3 moths in Qld over the cold and wet winter
I took longer to find the cache than to solve the puzzle
Thanks for the cache Roostaman
Lgoody

We ('Library Ladies', 'The Jackaroo', and me) are in Australia (from the U.S.) having a great, road-tripping/geocaching holiday!
I feel as if we had good coordinates - but unfortunately, we had no luck finding the container at ground zero.
Anyhow - we're having fun, and cachers like you are helping to make that possible, so, Thanks!!

Searched for this one with Decrypter. We'd solved the puzzle and our co-ords agreed with the hint. However, we were short on time and had no luck.

A shame, we looked for ages! Some people questioned our reason for searching, quick witted, a friend replied saying it was a torch we dropped.

Checked and still safely in place.

Couldn't find it in the dark. Solved this one a long time ago & used to come here twice a week last year to catch a bus, but don't do that anymore. Oops! Should have grabbed it then.

Woo hoo! Got it TFTC!

Solved the puzzle last night, then came out to find it today with farmer--brown. Lots of muggles around so it took a while, but eventually we found it! TFTC Roostaman, finally found my first mystery!

Our last find for the evening. M certainly was for mystery! GeoMum managed to solve the puzzle prior to us going out for the night, but it was GeoDad who found the physical cache. Once again, Muggles made the search interesting and we searched for a good 10 - 15 min before narrowing down the possibilities and finally making the find. Tftc.

As we're headed for Adedaide for some caching we stopped to pick this one along the way. Wilbert 67 had this puzzle solved and now we're here to find and sign the cache. TFTC

On a cache holiday with J+J.AU to SA. Just a few caches along the way to our first stop in Mildura. Solved the puzzle ages ago, but today finally time to stop for a break and pick up the cache.
TFTC Wilbert67

Visiting some friends in the area and headed out to do the RGGT power trail with a driver to make things easier and pick up a few caches around the area too and this was one of them.

An interesting puzzle that took me to an interesting place. I had to wait out a few muggles in nearby cars but they soon moved on and it was a quick find.

Once the log was signed all was returned as found.

TFTC Roostaman

Solves puzzle at homework before go away for xmas holidays..
Stay at Wagga for few days..
Great enjoyed around of town.. Big town wow...
Parking very short to GZ..
good spot, sign the log as no trouble...
Thanks

On a morning drive to pick up some caches before breakfast this fresh morning.
Had to wait for one of the local staff to finish her smoke break before I could move in on GZ
Thanks for the cache
R

Well, here we are, by sheer coincidence, exactly in the same spot as we were one year ago! The difference being that today we FOUND this sneaky micro! Yay! We have spent a long weekend in Aberglasslyn NSW with Mr Harrowang's sister and are making our way back to our home in Victoria. SL at 3.15pm #3198 Found a very sodden log sheet, so put in a replacement one TFTC Roostaman - 4th time successful.

Found in Wagga on geocaching day with my son Murf.

Solved the Puzzle a few months ago in preparation for this day. Good to get another cache of my to do list.

Thanks Roostaman for the puzzle and the hunt.

Found with Wombat

Solved the puzzle before heading to Wagga and then stopped by today on the way home to give it a go. A couple of muggles sitting in their cars using the wi-fi so couldn't give it a good search, but still try of course. Unfortunately though couldn't spot the cache and decided to leave it til my next visit.

Could easy still be there, but I couldn't spot it today. Thanks anyway Roostaman.....

Came back two or three times to try to nail this puzzle cache, but came up empty each time. Having spoken to the CO today we knew we were in the right location, maybe just a little out of the search area. Another one we will have to make another visit to Wagga for. Mr Harrowang says thanks for the puzzle Roostaman

Camped at the show grounds, while picking up a few caches in the area.
We checked out this cache a couple of days ago, with no luck.
Spoke to the CO, who said it was missing, and it was replaced immediately.
We returned today, for a quick find.
Many thanks, Roostaman, for the maintenance and another great puzzle.

Maintenance completed and new cache now in place.