CCC47 - Village Street Docklands, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 22-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9441
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S37° 49.203' E144° 57.005' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 319574E 5812170N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 5 m |
| Local Government Area: | Melbourne |
/144.950083,-37.82005,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
CCC47 - Village Street
Village street is a narrow concrete canyon with new buildings towering on one side and the old good sheds on the other. No. 2 Goods Shed is a large railway freight shed in the former Spencer Street rail yards off Flinders Street Extension. It was constructed in 1889, originally called 'A Goods Shed', and at the time was the longest single building in Australia. The GPS co-ordinates along here are very poor and you may need to walk down the middle of the street and project to where you need to go, or look on a map, or use the hint. Any way you go, the GPS is probably not your friend. This geocache location is not wheelchair friendly but is relatively safe for children provided you keep them from the road as there is little traffic down these laneways. The cache you seek is a grey 200ml container.
Hints
Haqre gur frng, arne gur obggbz bs gur fgrcf. |
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Decode |
Logs
Safe to say after 2.5 years the cache is safe.
Nice and dry too.
Weird to be the only person around here
Quick find and on my way.
TFTC
Nice and dry too.
Weird to be the only person around here
Quick find and on my way.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
This caused me some trouble as I just couldn't find that seat and the gps wouldn't settle. Then I found another way.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found while having a lovely stroll in the area while the wife went shopping. A little bit tricky but got it in the end
TFTC
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with Toy Hunters as we walked around the area while waiting for the next AFL game at the Stadium. Good hint meant the cache was soon in hand and we were on our way again.
Thanks again caughtatwork....
Thanks again caughtatwork....
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on an excellent footy trip to Melbourne with Sol de lune and LuckyL10n. While walking through the area (and past the Weagles office, which was cool to see), the cache was quickly found. TNLNSL. TFTC C@W!
A quick find on my caching trip around Melbourne this morning.
I enjoyed seeing the magnetic structure, and the attachment to the container.
TFTC Caughtatwork, and the lesson.
I enjoyed seeing the magnetic structure, and the attachment to the container.
TFTC Caughtatwork, and the lesson.
Found at 16:27
I found the stairs down without to much trouble and find out much quieter down here. A quick search and I soon had the cache extracted, signed and replaced.
Thanks caughtatwork. Another CCC cache off the list.
I found the stairs down without to much trouble and find out much quieter down here. A quick search and I soon had the cache extracted, signed and replaced.
Thanks caughtatwork. Another CCC cache off the list.
another one I couldn't find last summer which now has my name in it thanks to being able to read the hint
#GA2231 - 08:05; Accompanied the geoteen to Melbourne on her first drive down and into the city, where she has been studying for the past 12 months, after she decided it was time to bring the vehicle down too. After a long day on the road, I overnighted not far from Docklands and decided that an early morning wander was in order to collect a few of the CCC series I had not picked up on previous excursions. The GPSr was still not liking all of the tall structures in the area, but I was again able to use the map to get to GZ once I worked out I was actually on the right street! At GZ, I was happy that I had chosen a sleepy Sunday morning for this mission as I imagine it could get busy here through the working week. I took a bit longer than I should have to locate the cache, but found it in the end and got my name into the log book before heading off for a nearby GC multi which was disabled when I last visited. TFTC caughtatwork 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Planning for this trip began in June - we knew we would be heading to Adelaide but which way would we go? This depended on our targets. We looked at our list of unclaimed Dragon Zone trophies and picked out several that we could feasibly collect the required number of finds to qualify for the trophy. We then had to identify caches that would meet our targets and from here it was time to plan a route that would take us past the caches we had identified. Any caches too far off our route were discarded and replaced by suitable alternatives.
All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.
We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.
We usually head out of the Melbourne CBD as soon as we disembark from The Spirit of Tasmania as we do not enjoy city caching. If we were going to tackle the CCC series we would have to start in Docklands, then move to Edgewater walk and the Western Ring Path. Caches in these series also carry nice points for the Christmas in July game. New lists drawn up, alterations made to the route and maps. New line drawn and printing and collating begun. No major changes now (unless something significant gets published just before we leave – we cannot be too inflexible when caching is involved).
It has been some time since we have cached in the Docklands area and our first impression was the large areas of development which have taken place. This development seemed to have impacted on satellite signals as both our GPS units were quite erratic and, in general, took quite some time to settle. The detailed hints were very much appreciated as it enabled us to start searching without waiting for the GPS to settle and so made searching more efficient.
Our GPSs were very ratty in this area however the cache name and hint were invaluable enabling us to locate the well hidden container when the GPS read between 43 and 70m further to the west. Container and contents were in very good condition.
Thanks caught@work for this cache and all the caches you have placed around Docklands. And yes we are practising for our dissertation.
All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.
We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.
We usually head out of the Melbourne CBD as soon as we disembark from The Spirit of Tasmania as we do not enjoy city caching. If we were going to tackle the CCC series we would have to start in Docklands, then move to Edgewater walk and the Western Ring Path. Caches in these series also carry nice points for the Christmas in July game. New lists drawn up, alterations made to the route and maps. New line drawn and printing and collating begun. No major changes now (unless something significant gets published just before we leave – we cannot be too inflexible when caching is involved).
It has been some time since we have cached in the Docklands area and our first impression was the large areas of development which have taken place. This development seemed to have impacted on satellite signals as both our GPS units were quite erratic and, in general, took quite some time to settle. The detailed hints were very much appreciated as it enabled us to start searching without waiting for the GPS to settle and so made searching more efficient.
Our GPSs were very ratty in this area however the cache name and hint were invaluable enabling us to locate the well hidden container when the GPS read between 43 and 70m further to the west. Container and contents were in very good condition.
Thanks caught@work for this cache and all the caches you have placed around Docklands. And yes we are practising for our dissertation.
16:52
My mission was to visit a whole bunch of ex (as in parrot) Victorian Premiers for this year's major challenge. Once all the nearby notables were accounted for (and a few chance discoveries in parts of the cemetery I'd not, at least in recent years, visited), it was time to move on.
With not enough time left to add to the tally of pollies, I decided to see how many of this new series I could find. These have been on the radar since I had family issues mean a no-show at the competition for which they were placed. A short tram trip or two to a pretty good starting point courtesy of the literal leave pass I'd been given by the better half, and I was off and running. Well... strolling..
Finding the way to a few of these hides is a large part of the fun; so many interesting pedestrian walkways and hidden staircases. Cheers, C@W.
GCA#142
My mission was to visit a whole bunch of ex (as in parrot) Victorian Premiers for this year's major challenge. Once all the nearby notables were accounted for (and a few chance discoveries in parts of the cemetery I'd not, at least in recent years, visited), it was time to move on.
With not enough time left to add to the tally of pollies, I decided to see how many of this new series I could find. These have been on the radar since I had family issues mean a no-show at the competition for which they were placed. A short tram trip or two to a pretty good starting point courtesy of the literal leave pass I'd been given by the better half, and I was off and running. Well... strolling..
Finding the way to a few of these hides is a large part of the fun; so many interesting pedestrian walkways and hidden staircases. Cheers, C@W.
GCA#142
Rated: for Overall Experience
Back in the dead of night where there are no muggle children and we were able to make the 26th find for the day rather quickly... despite the caution tape... but it had fallen at one end so that's ok right?
Rated: for Overall Experience
When we got to GZ it was riddled with caution tape... hmm.. what happened here. We are never big fans of caches around playgrounds or children centers and when children muggles started pointing us out that we had been there a long time and security also came down to see what we were doing, it was time to move on. We recommend you put this on your after hours list to find it 
Rated: for Overall Experience
obviously couldn't look at the hint for the race so looking at the hint now is annoying as I did look there but c I understand even see a place to hide it. oh well next time
