Batter Up Ormiston, Queensland, Australia
By The Balds on 04-Jul-06. Waypoint GCWYXE

After a lengthy search the day before we resorted to contacting the previous finder as to where they found the cache. So with the hint we headed over to find the cache with Cantcacheus2014. Found the cache easily. TFTAC TFTC

Back today for a second look with GT54 and found for a smile. Thank you for leaving this here to find. Tftc

Team Benders was playing tour guide today and took me to this cache which has been sitting idle for almost a year and a half now.

When we arrived at GZ, we saw that a fence had been erected for revegetation but we were able to walk along it until we came to the cache. Even so, I was worried that it would not be here any more as there didn't appear to be much vegetation at all.

I was surprised therefore when Team Benders tapped on something with her walking pole and it rang hollowly like a tin. Sure enough, it was an ammo tin. A very empty, lonely ammo tin.

I signed the log and reapplied the camo.

TFTC The Balds

I had a last minute adventure planned with NeverLostAu in this neck of the woods and started looking at all my caches that I would like to find out here. Archives are a love for me, so I added this one onto my very short list. We thankfully, parked up close to the cache location, it was hot, hot, hot today, less walking more finding

We hunted about for quite sometime and the NLAU spotted the biggest python I have ever seen Thankfully, Jelly the Wonderdog was sniffing in other places and we quickly distracted her from the beautiful slithery beasty. With Jelly well restrained and sniffing out caches with me, I finally managed to spy the container. Woohoo! Found We left our marks and then replaced the cache as it had been found.

Thanks for the cache The Balds

This one was a surprise to me because I had not looked at my archived list, but Nyssa knew that it was available and wanted to track it down. We parked as close as possible on this hot day and headed in. Jelly was exploring while we searched and searched. I was looking at the dead palm trees when suddenly I spotted a huge carpet python just a couple of metres in front of me. I don't mind snakes but it does give you a start when you almost stand on one! Luckily Nyssa was able to distract Jelly as we resumed our searching elsewhere.

Eventually Nyssa found it right where I had already had a (man-) look. Thanks for bringing me here Nyssa and thanks for the original placement The Balds.

After two visits to the place, I finally found what I was looking for.
We parked nearby and made the walk in.
Softball/baseball was on in the nearby fields but far enough away from us.
After a quick search I found what I was looking for.
Added our name to the list which the last finders had left in the cache.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks The Balds All good with this archived cache

I am not quite sure how, or why I have gained an interest in the caches that are Archived, but I have and this here has come as a result of such an interest. I had a suspicion that the container would still be in place after reading some of the lasts logs, and had figured I would put it on the to do list for when I am in the area.

Well today was that day and I was meeting with Whird to take a look at some potential hide locations nearby only had got the paths mixed up a little. Anyway we went to take a look for him to make a new hide. Then we moved the cars and went for the wander into this spot.

Remembering the words from the finder who rehid the container after it was muggled I walked stright up to it today. First thing I touch gave the familiar hollowing ring of an Ammo Tin.

Unfortunately as previously mentioned the contents was mostly gone, however there was still one Remanent that remained, was the caching card of Ksix, which I have added a photo of, and the tin is still in pretty good condition considering the time it has been here, just a little stiff to open.

TFTC nice to make a find on a cache that has not been visited in 6 and a half years.

Out with OrionJ we found this cache after 6.5 years, added a new log and put back in place for maybe some more finds down the track.

TFTC

No response from owner. If you wish to repair/replace the cache [red]in the next couple of months[/red], just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

In Dec 2008 this was found emptied by muggles and hasn't been seen since.

Not found for 18 months, the owner has not responded to repeated needs maintenance logs. Time for this one to go.

was walking the area thought id have a look for this one also, didnt find.

Cache is missing and has been for a whole according to the logs.

found the place the cache should be but no cache to be found. i searched right around GZ but still no luck.

We went to the co-ord's and looked within 5 metres of the spot in every direction, we found the garbage bag but we didn't find the army ammo box. I am lead to believe muggles have taken it.

This was actually logged on the 10th on January 2009, but accidentally put 9th.

Found with Strong Arm during a Cache frenzy. TFTC

Cache has been emptied by muggles.

Find 35 of 51 on a big day of caching with Kholometers. We found it, or at least an empty ammo case. The cache has been well and truly muggled. To prevent a muggle from stealing the case, we placed it behind grass right up against the fence for the train line. If you walk from the black tree towards the fence the case is near the fence pole.

I suggest that this one be disabled until the cache is replaced/restocked.

The guy in the office next to me at work is the president (or immediate past president) of this club. I walked from the car park. The pluvers got really upset and had a few fly-bys so I ran into the bush. safe for now. They kept their distance as I returned. TFTC

Didn't realise this was such a noisy sport!! Once I got on the right side of the water (by the most adventurous route I could find - over the culvert clinging to the rail fence - I don't like getting my feet wet!!) this was a pleasant walk and an easy find. Thanks for the hunt The Balds - SVN07

I was thinking this was something to do with fish on the way in.

Then I saw the base plates. No chips either.

Clear skies Balds from TeamAstro (not yet alopeciated)

First I went to the wrong side of the railway, then the wrong side of the water, and finally the correct area for a lovely little walk. After a little bit of looking around found the ammo box all safe and sound and dry and in good condition. TFTC

With some help from Everlasting, had no problem of finding it. Lovely walk around the sportfield.

No one around today, I guess it's not the season. TFTC

Hey great place, it was our first find.
The kids had a ball finding it. Looking for more.
Banksted

Grabbed during The Great Southern Raid. The team consisted of, PowellBruce(little nano expert), Cooroy Scouts(Jack Brabham), d.d.dudes(whiplash), curtdog(how far is it) and (toughen up or Sgt Bilko).

Conveyed in our trusty special bus with pink wheels.

TFTC

The Great Southern Raid.Team consisted of DD dudes(whiplash)
Konie(sgt.Bilko)Powellbruce(Neville)and Cutdog(howfar)
With trusty special bus.
thanks for the challenge
tftc
tnlnsl

12:00
Found as a team member of The Great Southern Raid.Team consisting of DD dudes(whiplash)
Cooroy Scouts (We don't stop for coffee)
Konie(sgt.Bilko)
Powellbruce(Neville)and
Cutdog(howfar)
With trusty special bus.
thanks for the challenge
tftc
tnlnsl

This cache was hit on the epic weekend of the "Great Southern Raid". The team ......Powell (nano expert) Bruce, Cooroy (Jack Brabham) scouts, (toughen up)Konie, (how far) curtdog, and (whiplash)
Thanks for the hunt!

[This entry was edited by d.d.dudes on Sunday, March 09, 2008 at 4:46:52 PM.]

4th of 9 finds for team Ksix this morning. As usual for us we ALWAYS take the hardest route possible to find a cache. Tried walking in along the railway tracks but that proved impossible. Eventually worked our way over to the soft ball fields and strolled right up to it !!! Grabbed the Dublin Dragster TB and a small toy car for the geokids, left a talking Shrek toy. TFTC

I'm with weroamin ... those lovely (if not scary) Golden Orbs were everywhere! Tiki 3 waited on the outside, lest he come too close to one and we not hear the end of it! Found well though. Tiki 3 was also intrigued by the game of Softball happening nearby ... might need to explore future extra-curricular activities like this later on! Left Dublin Dragster TB. TFTC.

In company with THE GREEN GECKO I reckon the terrain and difficulty could be swapped with (Tarradarrapin - A cache by happyharries) Except for those hugely big golden orb 'scarey' spiders, this was relatively easy. TFTC TNLN

Found today in the company of Weroamin. TFTH

This is the first ammo box I've ever found, so I was excited. It took me as long to open the box as it took to find the cache LOL!!
In: Purple plastic star shaped man
Out: screwdriver
Cache in good condition, but a pencil is needed in the with the notebook. Lots of room left in the cache for some bigger goodies.

Found with Kholometres, we did this one in a hurry, came in from the other side of the railway line ran in ran out TNLN thanks

Tratty and I had to work fast with this one as I was on a time line to meet the geowife. easy find while avoiding friday sports day activities. TFTC TNLN

Geo kid beat me to this one (so exicted) good spot thanks The Balds

Out with the new GPS, nice easy find. TFTC.

Very quiet around her today but I am sure it would be busy on weekends. Took Spitfire TB abd signed log. Thankyou to The Balds for the cache.

Used to play here ... this place has changed since I was last here. The state team is now based here, and facilities have been upgraded! Wow, green grass!!!! Left TB. TFTC

What a great place for a cache - goodluck with your games. Co-ords were spot on here, the first ammo box ive been able to find in a long time!!

Took: coin
Left: TB

Wow...dont those bats make a noise when they connect!!
There were some great hitters out there today.

Cache is dry and in good condition. Nice easy find.

Thanks

Found Ok

Took a hit and made the run for the cache. The tiny patch of green around the bases looks strange against the brown parklands. TFTC

I must have stepped on this a thousand time before I found it.
Cheers from Posspet Boys

Found the cache at 5.10pm. Wow big sport area. Enjoyed walk along to the cache. TNLNSL. Thank you for organise the cache and hunt.

Our third find for an after school activity. Young friends enjoyed the explore. Took the jacks and tried to remember the rules left sports car butters_58

Found by Sunshine Toledo at 2:47pm. A lovely walk around the sport fields to the cache. Quite an easy find. TNLNSL TFTC.

Took the wrong entry but got back on track. Came from under the train line. Left soft toy and took travel bug. Thanks The Balds

Great cache for our 50th. Easy find, great walk in the park.
Out - pencil
In - Jacks and Alex the Lion TB
TFTC John & Terry

[This entry was edited by atlmum on Saturday, November 04, 2006 at 10:13:26 PM.]

12:10hrs Easy find. Left a toy and took the TB.

EASY FIND but our street navigating needs some practice

No matches on today in any shape or form so very quiet straight to the cache. Sorry didn't see a Travel bug but left Silly Bag TB to continue on his Journey.

Don't try this from the wrong side of the railway; it doesn't work. Nice sporting facility when you do approach from the right side. TFTC TNLN

aaaaargh!,took som' fish to batter to eat with me chips!tnlnsl,tftc

This place was certainly full of battered muggles on a Sunday afternoon. Found the cache with relative ease. TNLNSL.

Found by caughtatwork at 3:10
Maybe Sunday wasn't the best day to do this cache as there were people battering up everywhere.
Nevertheless the cache location itself was quite hidden from view and we were abole to find it and make our log without anyone seeing us.
Unfrotunately the cache contents have been somewhat depleted so there was nothing really to swap.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks again to The Balds for this nice sized cache.

We resorted to our usual strategy to find this one - The GeoKid tripped over it

We took nothing, and we left a pencil/eraser. We picked up the Geocoin. Thanks for the cache!

Found in the morning.... A nice little trek, although geobaby was not impressed with being the spider deterant.

Left Coin
Took Travel Bug

Found in the afternoon, our 19mo daughter had a good time watching the kids practice here. We were surpised by the number of fields here. TFTC!

Took nothing, but our daughter felt sorry for the cache and left a Puppy Dog picked up earlier in the day.

Well, I needed a baseball type cache and this was as good as I could find. I left a Matsuzaka mini-me TB. He's a popular Japanese player and being a baseball nut myself, wanted him to be in familiar surroundings.
Mrs Lat&Long and I had an easy time finding this one because of the public holiday in Brisbane, all the Redland muggles were working.
Signed the log and wandered off to investigate more of the area.
TFTC

Visiting geo kid found this one first go - she was so proud of herself. We are spreading the geo word to other families by getting their kids involved. Great hide - would be overflowing with muggles some days I can imagine!! Took stuff and left stuff (wrote it all in the onsite log) must not have recorded it on my hard copy - sorry - oh took london bus travel bug.

Nice easy find on the way past this afternoon..

Logged as placing two cars and taking nothing... but just found the two cars in my jacket pocket!...will try and drop them of as soon as i can

Thanks for the cache.

Driving past no muggles so I thought why not.TNLNSL

So many muggles

In Glow stick

Out Mini Cards
Geo coin

[This entry was edited by spinksclan on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 2:36:57 AM.]

An easy find if you are on the right side of the train tracks - as per usual, we were on the wrong side... a minor adjust and a quiet word with TomTom and we were back on track !

In GeoCoin and Pommy Bus TB and out Crab TB

Thanks for the cache.

Forgot to drop off the Pom!

Wow! This certainly was a popular spot today - I didn't know that this many people played! We negotiated our way around the games and snuck in the bushes out the back. One of the kids found the cache after a very short search 11:45am - spot-on co-ordinates!

We took out a car and the Raphael travel bug and put in Crabby travel bug and cube. TFTC!

I ride past here often but have never noticed the area was so big. There is a track leading off to the north from the cache which begged me to explore further after I found the cache TFTC.

No calls of "batter up" today so it was an easy walk and an easy find. Moved my new TB "Raphael" The Ninja Turtle in to get him moving. Thanks kids for a great location and a great cache.

Sorry Baldies, I couldn't book mark this because I'm not a premium member [:(!]

Another FTF to add to the collection!I groaned as I got out of the car because there were workman in our way.[:(!]
In we went.(Better to be the first than to be the 5th that the workmen ask "What are you doing?!")

Great spot Jack . Found with THENANKS.

TFTC TNLNSL

I carn't remember the amount of times I have been here for a game.Looks like some major construction happening.Beware of muggle workers. Left something took something carn't remember. TFTC.

Yeh! Another FTF for "THENANKS"

When we arrived we groaned because there were workmen with big vehichles everywhere erecting new light posts! Oh well, we've looked a little odd before. In we go!

After a bit of bush bashing Mumma NANKS spotted it! The 8 yr old GeoKid carefully picked it out of its cosy nest.

IN : a little recorder
OUT: 2 glow stix

SL TFTC Well done Jack!

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