Heffalumps and Honeypots* Park Orchards, Victoria, Australia
By Team RooBok on 18-May-10. Waypoint GA1842

I think we were close, found a good location under the base of a fallen tree for it.

It's been so long since I've been caching, I think maybe I have lost my mojo.
Sixty minutes scrambling up and down, round and round. The phone was useless and the eTrex10 not much better.
As soon as they would seem to settle, gz would wander off by 10 - 15 metres. Cloud, muggy, rather warm day.
Fallen trees and sticks, long dry grass, a few drop tail lizards skittering about. Many locations that fit the hint.
No snakes seen, no caches either.

The name of this cache intrigued us as we were lovers of Winnie the Pooh and the adventures in the One Hundred Acre Wood from childhood. We were looking forward to seeing the 100 Acres Reserve and hoped to catch a glimpse of some of its occupants.

After a short walk on the track then a 30m walk through the bush we arrived at GZ where we spotted the cache that had been completely hidden by the grass that had grown over it since it was last found. The container and contents were in good condition.

As the light was beginning to fade we decided that the other honeypots would have to wait until another visit.

Thanks for this cache Teamroobok. We enjoyed our visit to the reserve. We noticed that maidenhair fern was beginning to shoot in the bush area and that there was a reasonably large clump of english violets. Guess these are escapees from nearby gardens. We always enjoy finding these older caches and hope that this onqe lasts another 10 years.

We are currently touring Victoria with our geovan in tow, using geocaching as a guide. We have visited many amazing locations through geocaching and your cache - Heffalumps and Honeypots* was one we found along the way.

Many thanks Team RooBok for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience. A quick find at GZ as cache out in open - replaced under nearest tree - cache and contents in good condition.

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The 100 Acres is a magical place with a rich birdlife and a reminder of what bushland was once like here. In recent storms many dead trees had fallen, but the way was still clear to the cache. Tftc.

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I went out caching with my auntie cathlud this morning to collect some points for the SSS. This was a fun cache to find. TFTC.

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We headed out early this morning, to avoid the anticipated heat, in the hope that this cache, which hasn't been found in the past 16 months would still be waiting to be found again. Parking in the closest street it was a gentle walk along the path and then a short bush bash across a dry creek bed. Leaf and bark litter was abundant at GZ but the cache was surprisingly sitting in the open. After signing the log and rehid the cache with a little bit of natural camo.
Thanks Team RooBok for this cache.

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Out grabbing a few caches this afternoon and this has been on my list since I was in the park grabbing some GC caches some time ago. Today I took the short route in and had a pleasant walk til I left the track. Luckily the off trail approach was pretty dry today and I was able to make it without getting wet feet.
My phone was pointing elsewhere but I followed the GPS straight to it.
Thanks Team RooBok for the cache. This is a nice park for a walk.

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Quick find once I traversed the wet grassy area, last online log in 2013 but a bushwalker had signed the logbook last year. Thanks for the cache , I hope it gets more visits, it is in great condition

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Didn't have any luck finding this today - we couldn't really access the area as there are lots of fallen branches and trees - We were within 30 metres of the cache according to the GPS but very difficult terrain with younge kids!

This was the 46th find for the Dinsdale clan. All of which are logged on a different site which this cache is not listed. We thought having not been found for some 42weeks it may not be there. However after reading prior post we soon hit gz and had the cache in hand. TFTC

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With a couple of spare hours up my sleeve I decided today was the day to visit this great park. I’d had my eye on the concentration of caches (Geocaching.com and Geocaching Australia) and more recent munzees for a long time. It was just a question of whether I was going to get rained on a lot or a little. So, I packed a change of clothes and headed off. Amazingly I managed to find all the caches and nearly all the munzees without more than a momentary drizzle spoiling the day. I even added to the munzee collection in this park as I was in my travels on the paths.

Along the way I saw a heap of wildflowers. A few orchids; Waxlips, Ladies Slippers and late Greenhoods going to seed. Also in flower were Running Postman, Purple Coral Pea, Parrot Peas, Chocolate Lilies, Twining Fringe Lilies, Milkmaids and a heap of others that I’ve forgotten right now.

The birdlife was spectacular as well with many close encounters with everything from small brown jobbies up to a pair of feeding Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos. They were all being tracked around the park by a guy with the largest lens and tripod I’ve seen outside of a sports ground! I swear I’d be walking down a path and there he’d be. I nod and say hello only to have him reappear beside another path some time later in a totally different part of the park. I was pretty lucky that he never managed to spring me at any of the cache or munzee sites.

It was good to see that the park was having some work done to it with a weeding/revegetation crew working on the Western end. I managed to stay unobserved by these guys as well.

Good co-ords had me right on top of the cache and soon had me signing the closest unfound 10 year anniversary cache to me.

Cheers Team RooBok, thanks for bringing me here.

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This was my last find today while out-and-about in the general area. I parked at the footy ground and mosied on down the path. I should have trusted the GPSr when it first pointed 'inwards' but instead followed the path a bit further before breaking in to GZ. That resulted in wet feet from the the soggy ground but a find at 14:05 nevertheless .

TNLNSL. Thanks Team RooBok.

Reading previous logs I don't think there is a right or wrong way to approach this cache. I parked in the street to the north and took teh little laneway into a park I have been to many times now. I approached GZ from the northern ( east - west ) path and dived under the single white wire near GZ. I had to cross the sodden ground by walking on the high spots and eventually reached the other side of the watercourse. Here I was contronted with thick vegetation and after collecting all manner of spiders got to the GZ location where the cache was easily found. This cache won't be found by accident! Thanks.

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Headed down from the path to be greeted by a wall of foliage and swampy water underfoot, so turned back. As others have mentioned, it seems to be a long way from the path (unless there is a path I am not aware of)

Found with kmace
a good hide but its in a conservation area which is not so good as its a fair way off the trail.

Found this one today with Irontoad. I was not impressed with the location of this cache being in a protected area with no easy access to the cache by the marked tracks. Left a transformer toy and took a grey knight.

TFTC.

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I think I took the wrong approach to the cache, but it wasn't too hard going. I disturbed a swamp wallaby approaching GZ. A great bushland reserve, lots to see here (and plenty of geocaches!). TFTC

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22/06/2011 22:06 Found: #527 Its pretty yuk in the wet weather (it is mid-winter!). Getting here was like walking in a bog. The ground was entirely sodden and my boots are now covered in mud and my socks are wet. The GPS was well behaved even in this weather and with the cloud cover. After letting it settle a bit I used geo-sense to locate the cache in a typical location. It is quite remote here so see very little chance of muggling and has been noted, the ants are building a nest around the container. I was half buried. Contents are nice and dry, but it was a little hard to be absolutely sure as the flashlight was getting very dim. As I finished signing the logbook the flashlight failed completely. TFTC Team RooBok TNLN SL

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Last of 7 finds for the day in this tiny, cache packed park! But this park certainly deserves it and each hide is a good one...

This one certainly has a lot less visitors! And as a result the area is pretty overgrown and I couldn't for the life of me how to get into it without some prickly bush-negotiating.... But made it in in the end and after trying a few spots the cache was soon located - well embedded with the ants doing their bit to add to the camo!

TFTC.

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2.26PM

I am very happy I did not walk away from this cache with a DNF, I think after bashing through the bush (Obviously entered the fenced off area in the wrong place) for 30 minutes, got to where I thaught GZ should be but no go GPSr was all over the place, I could not get a good lock. Eventually I bashed my way to the bottom of the hill, checked the clue and had the cache and was signing log within 5 minutes.

Thanks for the cache.

TNLN.

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Spent a long time looking for it but finally did - found at 7.00pm. Some of the paint has washed off leaving some of the blue container showing. It is very over grown.

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We hadn't read the earlier logs so did a complete circuit looking for a track that would lead us to GZ that didnt require going under a fence or bush bashing quite a distance. I dont know if we just couldnt see a better access as there has been so much rain recently and everything is overgrown. Once back to the start GMelb went under the fence and followed a bit of a geotrail and then made the easy find. By the way GMelb said the last entry in the logbook was by "Sharyn" who was weeding in the area and found the cache. Thankfully she left it there
TFTC Team Roobok - it's a lovely place to highlight
GJMMelb

If we get much more rain you won't be able to get into this cache without waders or a chainsaw I've been wanting to log this cache for a few months and now I can finally log it as found.
Thanks for the cache Team Roobok TNLN SL

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Found by caughtatwork at 12:43 on 18/07/2010
I came in the short way and must have missed the terrain that makes this a 3. For me today it was a simple stroll from the track, a tad squishy underfoot, but no issues with getting to GZ.
Once at GZ I checked the GPS and looked where it suggested and there was the cache, all ready for me to find.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks Team RooBok for a nice stroll in this area. I've been here a few times in the past for caching and I do enjoy the wild woods
*Overall Experience: 4*
GAFF 1

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After helping the kids set up camp with the Scouts in Warrandyte, I set out to find a few caches. I think this is the third or fourth time I've been to this reserve, and today I approached from the north. I too was impressed by the house at the start of the track (see Geodes post) and followed the narrow path. I was a bit unsure about the wire, but it didn't seem like a big deal.

The route to the GZ was very wet and soggy, but the cache was fine. I think these screw top containers work very well in wet conditions provided they are in good order.

Thanks Team RooBok - Nice spot.

Hi,
Thanks for the heads up on the other caches in the 'Woods'. We did not find this one but will try again when next in the area. We did however have a great time according to our youngest 'gang' member who, I quote, 'had the best time venturing in the woods'. We visit a relative near by so I suspect we will 'venture in the woods' again.

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~14:30 King Jnr

Afterit had been raining all night it was very wet underfoot today - any easy find in a great setting - we had done the other caches around here and it was very nice to return. Our thanks to Team RooBok

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, a walk somewhere new seemed like the perfect way to spend the day. A browse through caches not too far from home soon turned up this likely prospect as well as 2 others in the same reserve. So off we went, and very pleased we did. Enjoyed walking around the 100 acres reserve. In the middle of the reserve, if it weren't for the noise of the nearby footy match, it would be easy to forget you were still in suburbia. Thanks for bringing us here.
Found at 13:35.
TNLNSL

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Found by Bob at 1040

The closest to home of the new Anniversary caches for me - but the least likely to be snapped up on the 1st day, so I opted for doing another newie yesterday and left this one 'til this morning - and what a morning it was too, just perfect for a stroll in the 100 Aker Wood. Mind you, it was lucky I was wearing very waterproof boots, as the undergrowth was absolutely dripping wet from the overnight dew. I've been for walks in here a number of times before but, this time, I used a different entrance and was suitably impressed by the houses in Yeoman Ct as I wandered past and down the little entrance path. On entering the reserve, I was slightly put off by a wire rope that's been (very loosely) strung along some posts at the edge of the path, but GZ was on the other side, so I ducked under and was soon there. I've done quite a number of RooBok caches in the past and have always been very impressed with the co-ords, so was not anticipating a difficult search - and it wasn't, although the container placement was a little unusual and I couldn't help thinking that some animal may have moved it a bit from where it started - but it's not very visible and unlikely to be muggled, so I placed it back where I found it and was soon heading back to my bike and then off to work at Swinburne - where, I've recently found out, Delboy1203 of Team Roobok works too (I'm at the Hawthorn campus, though).

TNLN

Thanks Team Roobok - I hope those PABX Billing Reports are ok this month

Happy 10 year Anniversary!