Inbound Outbound Melbourne Airport, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 17-Jan-10. Waypoint GA1774
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S37° 39.888' E144° 49.228' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 307763E 5829140N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 112 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hume |
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Description
Into plane spotting? Then this may be a cache for you.
Located at the end of the East - West runway at Tullamarine International Airport, this cache location is perfect for watching planes take off and land.
If you check the google maps you will see a homestead near GZ. Fear not, the homestead is long gone and there is nothing in this area apart from a few old fences and escaped garden plants to mark the passage of time.
You are more than far enough away from the control tower with trees in the way and as such you won't be spotted. You may need to watch out for the odd security car along the perimeter boundary, but you are well away from the perimeter fence and this is a natural location for people to be watching planes take off and land.
The physical cache itself is a recycled container from down Williamstown way, but it happened to fit in rather nicely in the hiding area.
You are seeking a 500ml container which has been disguised is a slightly different manner to what you should expect. The cache is not hard to find however an you should be in and out in quick fashion. That is of course, unless you want to watch a plane coming in and taking off.
I hope you enjoy this cache.
Hints
Haqre gur jbbqra srapr yvar, va gur bhpul cynagf, haqre gur cvrpr bs gerngrq cvar cnyvat. |
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Logs
This cache has been disabled for >90 Days
We are achiving it to remove it off the cache lists.
The owner can re-enable this cache by posting an 'Unarchived' log after confirming the cache is in place, but of course he knows this already
We are achiving it to remove it off the cache lists.
The owner can re-enable this cache by posting an 'Unarchived' log after confirming the cache is in place, but of course he knows this already
Dang! New fence would more than likely have disturbed the cache. I'm not having much luck with GCA caches in the west. They seems to suffer one fate or another.
I'll check this out soon and decide whether to replace.
I'll check this out soon and decide whether to replace.
After picking the wrong road initially jsmyong55 and I arrived at GZ. A completely new wire fence was located at GZ (not a timber one). We searched for half an hour, even over to other fences but nothing was found. It may have been compromised when the new fence was installed??
After a meeting in Tulla I took a quick detour to find this.
Alas it was not meant to be.
The homestead is long gone and there was many other amusing items except what I wanted.
Thanks anyway, I will return if someone else finds.
Alas it was not meant to be.
The homestead is long gone and there was many other amusing items except what I wanted.
Thanks anyway, I will return if someone else finds.
Found it at 10.45pm after drop my son at the airport.
I could see thee plane land on the runaway near by.
Nice hide.
tftc
I could see thee plane land on the runaway near by.
Nice hide.
tftc
Watching for Muggles and being distracted by the closeness of the planes coming and going,lit took me a bit longer than I expected!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Watching for Muggles and being distracted by the closeness of the planes coming and going,it took me a bit longer than I expected!
Rated: for Overall Experience
:In deference to a courting couple parked right on spot will come back to fill log another time!
Nice hidden place near the airport.
At last gravel road - a chance to drive my newish 4x4 car on somewhat off-road tracks.
Swapped small bouncy ball for Freddo Frog stickers.
Log book was a little soggy, but had a pencil on hand, which did the trick.
At last gravel road - a chance to drive my newish 4x4 car on somewhat off-road tracks.
Swapped small bouncy ball for Freddo Frog stickers.
Log book was a little soggy, but had a pencil on hand, which did the trick.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice spot to watch the planes, to bad about all the rubbish. Quick, easy find. Dried log book. T4TC.
It seemed to be about time to do another GCA cache and what better than one by caught@work out at the airport? It was also an opportuity for my son to practice his driving (learner driver) on a dirt road - albeit for only a short period. There were muggles about (even though the East/West runway wasn't being used - but I managed to grab the cache without being detected. Thanks caught@work for the adventure out here. TNLN.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We had a bad day caching so this was a good stop for us. We were able to casually look around without fear of being caught. Nice secluded spot. Made a few swaps and signed log.
Thanks
Hideandseek
Thanks
Hideandseek
Rated: for Overall Experience
Parked in the general vicinity and left the 3yo in the car, but free to roam. Since it was raining she chose to sit in the front seat and watch me hunt, calling out periodically "Have you found it yet?"
Didn't bother turning the GPS on as I thought, how hard could it be to spot, so wandered about 150m down the fence line before easily finding the cache.
Had previously picked up Down the Line #1 and had it in my pocket so the 3yo didn't vanish it... returned to the car to find it was no longer in my pocket. Thankfully found it after retracing my steps (and yes, it was still raining).
TNLN definitely an area I never would have otherwise visited
Didn't bother turning the GPS on as I thought, how hard could it be to spot, so wandered about 150m down the fence line before easily finding the cache.
Had previously picked up Down the Line #1 and had it in my pocket so the 3yo didn't vanish it... returned to the car to find it was no longer in my pocket. Thankfully found it after retracing my steps (and yes, it was still raining).
TNLN definitely an area I never would have otherwise visited
Found @ 1755.
A nice spot to watch the planes landing with a great noise. Cache was soon found but I lingered for a while watching the planes.
A nice spot to watch the planes landing with a great noise. Cache was soon found but I lingered for a while watching the planes.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found 9.20am
Have not been this far down the road before, saw lots of planes landing. Parked very close to the cache and spotted an object that turned out to be hiding the cache. I wonder what happened to the house that used to be close by.
TNLNSL
Many thanks C@W
Have not been this far down the road before, saw lots of planes landing. Parked very close to the cache and spotted an object that turned out to be hiding the cache. I wonder what happened to the house that used to be close by.
TNLNSL
Many thanks C@W
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found by Team Ladava around 4.30pm
Well, this was a new area for us. We have been down the other road along the fence line many times but were not aware of this one that gets you so close to the east-west runway. Unfortunately it was not in use while we were there due to the strong southerly wind dictating all aircraft use the north-south strip.
A short search and the item was in hand. (I think I do recognise it from the Rifle Range hide.)
Got rid of the leaking bubble bath container, cleaned the cache up a little and duly signed the log.
Our thanks to c@w for the cache and bringing us to a new vantage point we were not aware of.
Cheers
Ian &Sandra
Team Ladava
Well, this was a new area for us. We have been down the other road along the fence line many times but were not aware of this one that gets you so close to the east-west runway. Unfortunately it was not in use while we were there due to the strong southerly wind dictating all aircraft use the north-south strip.
A short search and the item was in hand. (I think I do recognise it from the Rifle Range hide.)
Got rid of the leaking bubble bath container, cleaned the cache up a little and duly signed the log.
Our thanks to c@w for the cache and bringing us to a new vantage point we were not aware of.
Cheers
Ian &Sandra
Team Ladava
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found by The Empire + H
9/2/10 @ 7:50pm with TLR
Lot's of planes here! And some people ummm... enjoying? the secluded area! LOL
TNLN SL TFTC
- M
9/2/10 @ 7:50pm with TLR
Lot's of planes here! And some people ummm... enjoying? the secluded area! LOL
TNLN SL TFTC
- M
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found By The Lone Random,
W The Empire.
GCA Cache # 14
@ 7.50pm.
We sat for a while watching the massive machines take off and land.
The noise that they make is quite impressive.
Haven't really taken the time to come out here since i was a kid.
Would have loved to seen a AirBus takeoff or land.
TFTC, The Lone Random
W The Empire.
GCA Cache # 14
@ 7.50pm.
We sat for a while watching the massive machines take off and land.
The noise that they make is quite impressive.
Haven't really taken the time to come out here since i was a kid.
Would have loved to seen a AirBus takeoff or land.
TFTC, The Lone Random
Rated: for Overall Experience
Took my lunch break and headed out to get this one on a beautiful sunny day.
Sat in the car at GZ, ate my lunch and watched the planes.
TFTC.
TNLNSL.
The Riddeller.
Sat in the car at GZ, ate my lunch and watched the planes.
TFTC.
TNLNSL.
The Riddeller.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A busy area while we were there! Couple of vehicles through the gate at the end of the road and the big green fire tender went past twice as well as several takeoffs....Got a couple of decent photos before we moved on. Thanks.
Rated: for Overall Experience
*FTF* 18/1/10, 12:20pm.
I know this area really well, and was even considering placing a cache at the exact location! I used to ride my pushbike all the way up here from Keilor when I was a teenager, just to watch the planes. I remember always being frustrated that you couldn't cross over from McNabs Rd to Operations Rd, a problem which still exists today, and it's sure to catch a few unwary geocachers out if they are relying on Google Maps to find this one. Anyway, I got to GZ today, very quiet around here, and quickly found the well-concealed cache. Nice work from c@w, which will give him a few points from me for the 2010 CotY competition! It was great to see the blank logbook, too, which gives me another FTF - I'm doing well this summer! TNLN. Many thanks c@w!
I know this area really well, and was even considering placing a cache at the exact location! I used to ride my pushbike all the way up here from Keilor when I was a teenager, just to watch the planes. I remember always being frustrated that you couldn't cross over from McNabs Rd to Operations Rd, a problem which still exists today, and it's sure to catch a few unwary geocachers out if they are relying on Google Maps to find this one. Anyway, I got to GZ today, very quiet around here, and quickly found the well-concealed cache. Nice work from c@w, which will give him a few points from me for the 2010 CotY competition! It was great to see the blank logbook, too, which gives me another FTF - I'm doing well this summer! TNLN. Many thanks c@w!
Rated: for Overall Experience
