Burns Reserve and Dog Beach Seaholme, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 07-Feb-10. Waypoint GA1808
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S37° 51.732' E144° 51.268' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 311265E 5807304N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 2 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hobsons Bay |
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Description
Burns Reserve and Dog Beach is the location to find another ammo can by caughtatwork
The Altona Coastal Park lies at the mouth of Kororoit Creek. Most of the beach is fronted by 500 m wide sand flats, while the backing shoreline is composed of marsh and patches of sand. Only toward the southern end of the park, in the P.A. Burns Reserve, does a continuous beach form, still fronted by 300 to 400 m wide flats. The reserve terminates at an open, 30 m wide drainage easement, on the other side of which is Cresser Park. The park contains a large car park, boat ramp, yacht club and a small jetty. The narrow beach alternates with seawalls, while the tidal flats deepen off Cresser Park and are covered by seagrass, with numerous boats moored off the beach.
Dogs are permitted off leash and on the beach at Burns Reserve, so if you're in the mood for a doggy swim, bring your pooch along for some fun in the water before you both head off to find the cache.
The cache is a typical caughtatwork hide being a 2l sistema container hidden inside an ammo can disguised to match the surroundings.
The closest place to park is the carpark in front of the Pines Scout Camp, off Altona Road. It's a pleasant walk although at some times the smell of seaweed is quite strong. You only need to leave the well formed track with about 5-10m to go so this ache is also suitable for children.
Be aware that this area is a natural location for snakes, so please watch where you step and check the cache location for any slitheries before you extract the cache.
Hints
Onfr bs ybj tebjvat, guvpx juvgr gehax, haqre cvyr bs jbbq. |
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Decode |
Logs
DNF for us today Ammo box full of goodies!! 
Checked on it a couple of times throughout the years and it's still healthy as ever.
Checked on it a couple of times throughout the years and it's still healthy as ever.
#GA5546 - 15:30; Took a detour from the stars to see if this oldie was still in place. I was a little worried by what appeared to be some recent work in the area, but homed in on this good sized cache to find all in order. Nice to collect a cache of this age, which looks like it's still in the same condition as the day it was placed. Hopefully it won't be as long until the next find on it as it has been until today! TFTC caughtatwork 
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Awesome cache. Stacked full of swaps. Great spot. Thanks
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Hi. Couldn´t find easily at first because it was well hidden but after little christmas picnic at beach the treasure revealed itself quickly. Our first one in Australia. We took a small keychain and left 20 euro cents (Spanish coin).Thanx!
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Found at 1pm on a hot day, we didn't see any snakes and the cache was well hidden. still well stocked and my 6yo boy left a few surprises for another young lad.
Wow, another huge ammo box. Sure not used to finding these in urban environments. Another beautiful park. Stopped by after parkrun for another short walk.
First for the day as we head to Melbourne to catch the Spirit home tonight. Decided to try and grab some of the GCA caches along the way.
A nice flat walk soon had us at GZ where we found a well stocked cache.
A busy area on a Saturday morning but GZ nicely hidden from them.
Only dismaying part of the experience here was passing quite a few full doggie bags in the bush! Why do they bother picking it up if they're only going to throw it somewhere else?
Thanks, our favourite container type to start the day!
A nice flat walk soon had us at GZ where we found a well stocked cache.
A busy area on a Saturday morning but GZ nicely hidden from them.
Only dismaying part of the experience here was passing quite a few full doggie bags in the bush! Why do they bother picking it up if they're only going to throw it somewhere else?
Thanks, our favourite container type to start the day!
Having driven from Caroline Springs to here with the heater on full bore, I was starting to warm up and get a little dry...only to arrive here to see the rain was even heavier than before. However, I was here, and it was ONLY 460 metres to the GZ, so how bad could it be!
Once at the location my GPS was telling me was right, I was very pleased to make a quick find. The ammo can was still as per the hint and the log was soon in hand. Still lots of stuff in the cache and all was very dry. Certainly a cache more cachers should check out. The shoreline just further down looked more like a good day in Northern Scotland than a bad day in Melbourne, but was cool to see all the same.
Thanks caughtatwork....cache all good.
Once at the location my GPS was telling me was right, I was very pleased to make a quick find. The ammo can was still as per the hint and the log was soon in hand. Still lots of stuff in the cache and all was very dry. Certainly a cache more cachers should check out. The shoreline just further down looked more like a good day in Northern Scotland than a bad day in Melbourne, but was cool to see all the same.
Thanks caughtatwork....cache all good.
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What a great cache. Certainly the most sturdiest I've seen. Full of goodies but TNLN. TFTC.Rated: for Overall Experience
my very first CGA cache and what a fine precedent. spot on coordinates, great area, clean and tidy cache (my first of this type of container too!) and great quality swaps for the kids.
I found it quickly and was able to make a clean getaway.
thanks for the experience. NINO
I found it quickly and was able to make a clean getaway.
thanks for the experience. NINO
This was the first of a few caches while in this area for our final bushwalk of the year. I thought this one must have become mighty overgrown since the last visit and got a few scratches trying to find it 
. With the main walk group disappearing into the distance, I was just about to give up when a last circuit of GZ revealed the stash at 10:35 and showed me that the scratches weren't necessary after all 
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TNLNSL. Thanks caughtatwork.
. With the main walk group disappearing into the distance, I was just about to give up when a last circuit of GZ revealed the stash at 10:35 and showed me that the scratches weren't necessary after all .TNLNSL. Thanks caughtatwork.
After grabbing a nearby GC cache we wandered down here. A pleasant walk to GZ (with the small exception of ilovedrwho almost stepping on a dead rabbit!). At GZ we feared a needle/haystack search but the clue and some broader searching soon led us to a very good GZ where the cache was found in excellent condition and with some great swag which we swapped over a few bits with.
TFTC c@w.
TFTC c@w.
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In the area at lunchtime for a frog swap and stopped in on my way back to work. A quick find after a nice walk. I love the smell of the beach. I couldn't help but chuckle as I took a couple of stretch frogs and left an angry birds keyring. Thanks caughtatwork for the cache.
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This was my second find (third attempt thanks to photo-muggles) in this reserve, and despite starting from the wrong side of the wire-rope fence was quickly able to get over that obstacle for a quick find and log. TFTC
I found this cache while we were finding a genome. That made it very easy. Thank you daddy.
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15:25
P-P was initially distracted by a piece of female underwear discarded near the cache. Focus back on the job and a well stocked cache was uncovered - what else do you expect from a G@W cache!
TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt caughtatwork.
P-P was initially distracted by a piece of female underwear discarded near the cache. Focus back on the job and a well stocked cache was uncovered - what else do you expect from a G@W cache!
TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt caughtatwork.
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Not to hard to find and safe from the none caching folks..
TFTC
TFTC
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3rd on the list for rohkad & I. Well stocked cache in a neat little place, although judging by the proliferation of knickers near the cache we might not be the only ones to like that spot 
Marked the log & TNLN
TFTC
Marked the log & TNLN
TFTC
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Tonight I was out with caching buddies jsmyong55 and The Physics Teacher. After meeting at Swinburne we took the West Gate Freeway to head out to Williamstown to pick up a few DNF’s from last week as well as continue on. The weather kept clear for us, but the wind was biting.
We had 41 caches on the list, and while we pulled up stumps at cache 33 we did bag a number on the way back to Hawthorn so that the Physics Teacher could get over 40 caches for the night. J and I had already collected these. Not bad in 6.5 hours.
This cache was one of a number picked up in this area in one big walking circuit. At GZ we took a little time to find it, but it's still there a little further off the path than we thought.
We had 41 caches on the list, and while we pulled up stumps at cache 33 we did bag a number on the way back to Hawthorn so that the Physics Teacher could get over 40 caches for the night. J and I had already collected these. Not bad in 6.5 hours.
This cache was one of a number picked up in this area in one big walking circuit. At GZ we took a little time to find it, but it's still there a little further off the path than we thought.
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Monday night seems to be a usual run for trailrunning and I nowadays. This time, we had Physics Teacher on board with us. We met up at Swinburne to begin our run. Traffic wasn't looking as good on Westgate but we went ahead with the plan. We had 41 on our list but we called quits after it was getting late and really chilly the later it got. I must remember to bring a jacket next time. Thank goodness it didn't rain, that would only make things worst.
It was a pretty good run I must say, with 34 in the bag tonight and many more for the Physics Teacher along the way back. Not bad considering we had to walk quite a distance for some of them.
One of the caches found along the fairly large circuit walk that we took. Took awhile to find this one but it was spotted by Physics Teacher. TFTC
It was a pretty good run I must say, with 34 in the bag tonight and many more for the Physics Teacher along the way back. Not bad considering we had to walk quite a distance for some of them.
One of the caches found along the fairly large circuit walk that we took. Took awhile to find this one but it was spotted by Physics Teacher. TFTC
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Found by Roma and Max.
A break in the showers provided us both the opportunity to enjoy this venue, as we are sure a dog would, if we had one!
Another one of our favourite containers found precisely where our GPSr was indicating.
We left our mark in the log and made no exchange.
Thanks once more Peter for providing us with a most enjoyable afternoons geo searching.
Romax.
A break in the showers provided us both the opportunity to enjoy this venue, as we are sure a dog would, if we had one!
Another one of our favourite containers found precisely where our GPSr was indicating.
We left our mark in the log and made no exchange.
Thanks once more Peter for providing us with a most enjoyable afternoons geo searching.
Romax.
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Found by Team Ladava around 3.00 pm. We had a few hours after the chores were done so with rain forecast and the skies threatening we decided a lap to the Altona area would recharge the batteries.
We all enjoyed this stroll through this very pleasant reserve, especially the dog.
I was rather amused by the novel addition to the usual cache cover. A pair of pink nickers draped over the brush cover. Probably not the work of the hiding team. LOL
The added bonus was a Gnome nestled in with the usual magnificent piece of c@w cache engineering. I wonder what he thought of the shenanigans that led to the additional contribution to the cover.
TNLN
Our thanks to caughtatwork for the cache and bringing us to this very pleasant location.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
Cache condition – fine.
We all enjoyed this stroll through this very pleasant reserve, especially the dog.
I was rather amused by the novel addition to the usual cache cover. A pair of pink nickers draped over the brush cover. Probably not the work of the hiding team. LOL
The added bonus was a Gnome nestled in with the usual magnificent piece of c@w cache engineering. I wonder what he thought of the shenanigans that led to the additional contribution to the cover.
TNLN
Our thanks to caughtatwork for the cache and bringing us to this very pleasant location.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
Cache condition – fine.
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A nice easy find in a great walking area. Spent several minutes watching a Black Shouldred Kite trying to catch lunch, i had more luck than he did on this occasion.
A very well stocked cache, one for the kids..
TNLNSL..Many thanks.
A very well stocked cache, one for the kids..
TNLNSL..Many thanks.
Had a good run out to a well stocked cache. Enjoyed the seclusion offered by the trees before returning via the foreshore. Thanks.
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I took me a couple of goes to find this one, but luckily this time there were no mosquitoes.
Thanks.
Thanks.
254. The GPS told me that I could drive almost to the cache - stupid mapset. So I wandered in and got to GZ and wondered why anybody would put the cache is such an inaccessible spot. Well the answer is they didn't as the cache was very accessible and it was just my incompetence driving a GPS. Nice spot and I wish I'd brought Tikaani on holidays with us.
TFTC and the Montgomery.
TFTC and the Montgomery.
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Lots of good memories around this area, thanks for bringing us back this way Cheers.
Parked in the wrong spot for this cache and had a longer walk than needed, ended up making the walk even longer by getting some other caches nearby before returning to the car.
Thanks.
Thanks.
The dogs enjoyed looking for this one, initially barking up the wrong tree but found it after a short search. Humid wet conditions meant the mozzies were out in force and I'm still rubbing in the stop itch 
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Found at around 2.30pm. Bitterly cold day in Melbourne today. Rugged up for the walk to GZ. Good view of the city from the west. Thanks caughtatwork for another top cache. TNLN
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Found by Bob at 1520
On a day out trying to get on top of the Altona caches, I found myself at this one. After a nice walk, I came at GZ from, I think, an unusual angle and was surprised to not see the cache almost immediately. I've been pretty impressed with c@w's co-ords over a large number of caches and, when a quick scan around failed to produce any ammo cans, I checked the hint and then cast around a bit wider before spotting the hide. No-one else has complained of this, so I guess it was just my GPSr on the day - but it was showing 7m when it was at GZ, so I'm glad it wasn't a micro I was looking for. After doing my stuff, I headed further on for the Robmc cache and found the whole area a great place to be on a calm, sunny afternoon.
TNLN
Thanks caughtatwork
On a day out trying to get on top of the Altona caches, I found myself at this one. After a nice walk, I came at GZ from, I think, an unusual angle and was surprised to not see the cache almost immediately. I've been pretty impressed with c@w's co-ords over a large number of caches and, when a quick scan around failed to produce any ammo cans, I checked the hint and then cast around a bit wider before spotting the hide. No-one else has complained of this, so I guess it was just my GPSr on the day - but it was showing 7m when it was at GZ, so I'm glad it wasn't a micro I was looking for. After doing my stuff, I headed further on for the Robmc cache and found the whole area a great place to be on a calm, sunny afternoon.
TNLN
Thanks caughtatwork
My first geocache find! I had fun looking for it -- and fun seems to be what this activity is all about.
Carefully looking out for snakes (never seen one in this park - thought I might get lucky today!), when I walked straight into a huge spider web. Backed up and approached GZ from the other side.
A nice walk in the park after just getting up from night shift.
Thanks, Robmc.
A nice walk in the park after just getting up from night shift.
Thanks, Robmc.
Found this morning at approx 9:15am after a short walk from parking my car on Altona Rd. At first I thought I would take aawhile here but approached from another angle and soon had the cache in hand.
tftc!!
tftc!!
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Found on an afternoon with storm clouds closing in, that shouldn't matter, the car is 10kms away and the treddly has some more caches to find.
TFTC
TNLN
TFTC
TNLN
Found this on the way out of altona today.
Easy find, and will post a pic later of the friend i found.
Cheers Gordo
Easy find, and will post a pic later of the friend i found.
Cheers Gordo
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I haven't been to this particular part of this reserve before, but have visited this reserve many many times due to the Day at the Races cache. Lucky this one didn't take so long to find!
A typical C@W hide!
Nice one caughtatwork!
A typical C@W hide!
Nice one caughtatwork!
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I'm getting to know this park very well lately, with a number of geocaching visits over the past couple of months. Great to see a nice big ammo can out here, well hidden in typical c@w style. Found quite quickly today. TNLN. Thanks for another GCA find - I'm loving the momentum GCA is gathering at the moment. Cheers!
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Found 12.40pm
Days don't get much better than this, out caching with my GLW, sun shining, walking down a track to find yet another 2 litre cache in an ammo can. Can't figure why some people would pass these caches by just because they are listed on GCA, on well each to thier own I guess, at least the quality of the swaps don't deteriorate too quick.
TNLNSL
Many thanks C@W for making this day such great fun.
Days don't get much better than this, out caching with my GLW, sun shining, walking down a track to find yet another 2 litre cache in an ammo can. Can't figure why some people would pass these caches by just because they are listed on GCA, on well each to thier own I guess, at least the quality of the swaps don't deteriorate too quick.
TNLNSL
Many thanks C@W for making this day such great fun.
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Found this morning on a garage sale tour of Altona , good to see a ammo box here with a view from gz over the beach and the old steel boat on the sand bar and memories of camping at " the pines scout camp " thanks caughtatwork
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Found by The Empire + H
8/2/10 @ 4:50pm
Had to come out and get this one, loooove the container! Cool place too - lots of people bringing their dogs to the beach on this hot arvo. Thanks caught@work!
TNLN SL TFTC
- M
8/2/10 @ 4:50pm
Had to come out and get this one, loooove the container! Cool place too - lots of people bringing their dogs to the beach on this hot arvo. Thanks caught@work!
TNLN SL TFTC
- M
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Our first FTF cache. Found about 8.40pm just as it was getting dark. Great hide. Thanks
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