City of the Departed Keilor East, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 30-Dec-06. Waypoint GC102F8

Alas, after checking the cache this morning, it is indeed missing. There has been an amount of garden work near GZ so has likely been cleaned up. As the area is now quite exposed, I shan't be replacing the cache at this location.

I suspect this has been muggled. Went there today with geo wife. Could not find. We did find in the leaf litter a black pen, a Canadian $0.25 coin and a colored glass pebble thing.

Had a lot of running around to do today but promised Mrs that we would get a few caches if she came to work with me.
I took a wrong turn, and trying to get back to where i needed to be, we saw a cache 100m from us.
Although there was a funeral near by, we managed to sneak around the back out of sight to find this cache. (Hope we go to the right place for this!)
Cache was very exposed, but in good condition.
TFTC!

No ghosts but still spooky, especially seeing it was done at night, TNLN

Nice cache, but no ghosts.
found at 6.05pm took nothing, left nothing. cache was rather uncovered, probably from wind. left it covered better, as i assume it originally was.

thanks!

found on a long nite of cacheing bit creppy at night but was an easy find tho. good caches in the box.
blooy oath

Found at 1.30pm today. A real city of its own here.
It was quite busy here today, with lots of comings and goings, and took some timing to retrieve and rehide today. Cache was exposed on arrivial.
A quick rehide was made under the noise cover of a passing airliner.
TNLN.
Thanks C@W.

Seems to be a neat book end for a cache found a couple of days earlier. Quick find as I rushed to get out of town. Leaving on a jet plane.

Found by baby&Mrs gopher (The Rock) at 1510 number 599 not far now.TNLN
Tnx caughtatwork for another remarkable cache.

Returned to drop off a TB

Found at 18:10, 29/12/07. An amazing place, I've driven by so many times, but never been in.

Last week a small fire burnt a number of the smaller trees within a few metres of the cache, but luckily it survived unharmed.

Quite a creepy visit - a musical Christmas card attached to one of the nearby gravestones was playing "chime" music - very offputting in a place like this!

Left Eeyore, took Wiggles keyring.

Thanks for the great hide (and history lesson), caughtatwork!


[This entry was edited by pwags on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 2:13:01 AM.]

9.13am. Our last cache before heading home to NZ.
We did manage to get the 24hr record with 195, so it was a great trip.
WOW there has been some money spent here.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M [:O)] (910)

Yes, I've never seen such an elaborate graveyard either! Interesting to look around. Last cache before flying back to NZ.
Cheers - M@

One last cache before we departed Australia. Very interesting graveyard.

TFTC

09:17 Probably our last cache before our flight home. Amazing place never seen such elaborate resting places. May there all rest in peace. TNLN. Thanks for the cache.

Completed this one last night just on dusk and was a little spooky! There are many lights and candles around the place which flicker in the wind. I also swear that there was some music playing somewhere! Creepy! TFTC TNLN

These have to be the most elaborate graves I have ever seen! And yes it did feel like walking around a city. Many thanks

great find, felt kind of funny dressed in shorts and singlet, but a quick grad and got out

Team Ladava called back to drop in a TB

Yep...it's a city of its own.
Some of the headstones are massive!
More like small houses. One even had gates and a fence.
TB out for a trip.
TFTC
The Riddellers

Found by Team Ladava 3.15 pm.
I drive past this cemetery every day on my way home from work but did not realise how large it is. It really is beautifully laid out and maintained. I wonder if you added up the cost of all those magnificent memorials how many million dollars has been invested.
The very well stocked cache was an easy find and so we Took the TB and left nothing
Love your work caughtatwork
Thanks for the cache

Found by Bob at 1515

Just a quick jaunt down the road from Brimbank Park followed by a short walk though this very well maintained (and quite full) resting place and I was at GZ. While walking, I was beginning to fear that GZ was outside the fence but, as with most of the caches I did today, the coords were spot on and the cache was an easy find .

TNLN, but left a TB

Thanks again caughtatwork

Found @ 8:45am.
I really hate cemeteries!!
Dropped off Diabetes TB and made a run for it.
TFTC SL

We found our 49th Caughtatwork cache at 11:00am on our Sunbury and Beyond Tour III. This cache was on our to do list for a while but always ended up too far on the fringe of where we were caching for the day. Not today though as it was right on route and first on the list. One thing we had never seen before today at cemetaries is people carrying in squeegees as part of the cleaning kit and today there were at least five. Makes sense though with the amount of flat marble and polished stone here. Thankfully, no-one maintaning the back row and a quick find. Thanks for the cache from D & H B-A.

Found at 1850. A nice easy find with no muggles in sight. Did notice the squiggie bottles in between the headstones, no doubt the same ones used for cleaning mentioned by previous logs. Nice cemetery.

TNLN. TFTC.

I arrived at the cemetery between downpours and what struck me as unusual, in my limited cemetery experience, was the number of families carrying out maintenance for the graves of loved ones. The car park was full and people of all ages were carrying buckets and sponges, it was really touching to see. Fortunately there was nobody down the back and I was able to log the cache without being disturbed. Good to see big caches can be found in Melbourne!

Thanks C@W,

R - B

Found @ 16:20. The cemetry was very quiet today when I entered but very windy. Found quickly and filled in the log. Thanks. TNLNSL

We pulled up here on a very windy cold day and walked quickly to gz with the threat of showers about to happen. Fortunately the cache was found quickly n the first place we looked, we signed the log and got back to the car before a passing shower came through
Thanks caughatwork for the cache

It looks like I'm officially one of those "strange people wandering through the cemetery after dark" . On the way home from our monthly walk, this popped up on the radar. All looked OK for easy access and I was able walk straight up to the cache for an easy find at 19:50 without showing any disrespect to the "residents". I do agree that cemeteries at night are certainly eerie places.

TNLNSL. Thanks caughtatwork.

droped in on this one on the way home picked up the geo squid to move on to the next destination

An unusual cemetery in that it's laid out in very long rows - either a sign of forward planning and organisation, or just something out of the ordinary.

TNLN TFTC

Found it @ approx. 14:15

What a well kept place of respect. So quiet and peaceful.

Took ball
Left simpsons figurine, & T.B geosquid coin

Thanks for the hunt.

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Found our second cache. Interesting location. As we are locals I knew quite a few of the residents (RIP).
Thanks Caughtatwork.
took panda puppet
left pink rubber ball

Looking around the area, it is amazing that there is any marble left in the world.
I was quiet here today, and the cache was soon in hand.
Thanks, Robmc.

Found a way in to the GZ region. The GPS wouldn't give me a reading once there but I guessed from the earlier reading where to start looking and the cache was quickly found.

Took: Geocoin
Left: snake

1.00pm
Found by Roma and Max.
We have driven by this venue many times and are always amazed at the size and types of monuments within.
Having a better reason than most visitors would have for entering the precincts we were even more impressed with what have seen here today.
We left a Mondo Figurine for the cache and took a Screwdriver for a memento.
Thanks C@W for this challenge.
Romax.

An easy find tucked away there. These are not my favourite places but you do have to admire the belief values implicit in this one! TNLN thanks caughtatwork.

Found by Bevfre 10.00am, Lots of money as been spent on the graves in this cemetery. TN LN SL.Thank You caughtatwork

Count #0118 found at 1420hrs.

After Celes had her shopping done at Footscray we drove to this one that is quite a surprise for us. Celes is afraid of such places and was a little bit shakened.

TNLNSL, TFTC.

A quiet day here today with very few visitors. Found during a welcome downpour so apologies in advance for smudges in the logbook. What ever happened to non water based ink ! TNLNSL. Thanks again C@W.

Saturday morning was peak hour here and we weren't game to try to grab it due to people close by. Had to come back past later though so we made the find at 1:45pm after the rain started and there was no one around.
Took Ernie & TB Reyne Supreme
Left Panda finger puppet & Albida 22 2006 Australia Geocoin
thanks C@W

Found while visiting family here just before midday. Stumbled upon a fellow cacher who left quickly. TNLN as far to busy today to hang about.

It was Good Friday, and the place was packed. I wondered how easy it would be to find the cache unnoticed, but luckily there was no-one in the immediate vicinity of GZ. Found the cache, logged and replaced it, and slipped back into the public areas without being seen. Thanks for the cache, and a little slice of history.

Found quite easy by firebug_2100 and little 8 year old jana whilest visiting past reletives.
took skipping rope
left hair tie
thanks for the search

Our first metro cache ever! Cool for the country cachers! GeoBro was with us as he lives not too far away. Parked the car and took the more 'scenic' route over the foot bridge. As we were heading in we saw the darkest cloud heading our way and sure enough several metres from GZ it came down very heavy! Lucky we nabbed a waterproof poncho from a previous cache over Euroa way . The rain eventually subsided and we were able to find the cache easy enough. Cache in good order and well stocked. TFTC. Cheers.
T: Dog Finger Puppet and Small Ball (how many does GeoJnr need!).
L: Ernie Doll. Small Bird Figure. TB - Reyne Supreme.

What an amazing cemetery: there are certainly some exotic mansions in the city of the departed! Took Euro-coin travel bug (which did not want to be left for dead), and left surfboard (which I confess has just journeyed some 500m from Knick Knack Rhyme Time). TFTC

Found at 12.50pm GAFF1. Aye curumba! Looks like a florist in this area is making millions! This is the epitomy of keeping up with the neighbours - people must be visiting these graves every day and placing fresh flowers in the elaborate urns. Thanks for showing us this cemetry C@W - tn/ln

Found by Mary & David at 1005. A liesurely start today. At our local Werribbee cemetery we are aware of how multiculturalism has changed its appearance over the years. This one shows the same evolution, with many examples of the 'bigger is better' attitude. The older parts of the cemetery show the pioneer grave architecture, with shamrocks, ivy, and a simplicity that reflects their lifestyle. TNLN, but dropped off TB 'EuroBuggie'. Our thanks to caughtatwork.

Found it @ 1921

another cemetery hide in a cemetery i went around as kid

nice evening for a walk in the city of the departed

thanks caughtatwork

Dropped by on my way from the airport while in town on business.
There are certainly some impressive monuments to the departed here although I must admit it felt a bit creepy sneaking around here.
TNLN
Thanks for the hide

PS No sign of the geo-coin in the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found with the Coffees and Mystery Inc

Found with the coffee Clan and Mini Cacher 1

First for the day and a quick stop on our way north. There were a few people around but not around GZ.
Took: Geo Coin,
Thanks Caughtatwork for the cache,
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "We are departing the city" Clan.

Had to duck out to the airport to pick up my sister in law so I grabbed this one on the way. Would and should have got Gab Gabs one over the road as well but wasn't to sure how much time I had so didn't manage that this trip. Found the well stocked cache without incident, didn't take anything but left a geocoin.
Many thanks to Caughtatwork for a cache that I can do without heaps of head scratching.

A very impressive outer cemetary that from main road looks far less than the well presented facility it is.Found the descretly hidden cache today around lunchtime .Such a place of close detail to all things and fresh flowers everywhere you look.Thanks to caughtatwork.TNLN.

Seventh of sixteen finds in company with acts2youthgroup. I like cemetery caches, and I've been in a few cemeteries in my time. However, this is one of the strangest cemeteries I've been in. I didn't tour the place extensively, but it struck me as being a relatively new place. I didn't see any old graves there. Not only that, but there seemed to be an inordinate number of Italian graves there! We couldn't help marvelling about how much money had been expended here! We found the cache at 1215. There was some great stuff in the cache, but I didn't have anything equivalent to swap, so I made no exchange. Thanks to caughtatwork for the cache. Cheers, dak.

Eighth of nineteen cache finds for the day, I did this one in company with Dak. Dak had been to MtGambier and I had been to Canberra so it seems like along time between caches for us as a team so it was good to be out caching together once again. I love cemetery caches and this one was a great one, we noted a young man of only eighteen lay close to GZ. The cache was found at 12:15. The cache was in a very well thought out position and had plenty of swaps. Thanks Caught@work for the cache.
In: Secret Santa Geocoin.

Another find for The Rebel Alliance. L.L.T.R.A

a nice easy find and a very interesting walk.
Could've spent hours wandering around taking in the history of keilor.
took: camera case, water balloons.
left: puncture kit, fridge thermometer.
kate, alex, tom,jack, peter, brendan

An easy find today. I had never noticed this graveyard before and it is my 4th cemetary find this week which prooves what a popular caching genre it is. Anyway I went about my business in peace and made no exchanges. thnks c@w.

Found 10:00, a location we have driven past on numerous occasions.

TNLN, thanks to caughtatwork for providing the incentive to stop in and have a look around.

Found 2.00pm
A quick find on this one once we worked out the right way in. It's certainly a crowded city in here, I wonder if they will ever build high rise ones.

Took Mini Screwdrivers
Left A "Keeper of Time" + Smiles

TFTC C@W

First for the day with Somer on an afternoon adventure.
Made some swaps, can't remember what we left, but we took bubbles.
Thanks Caughtatwork!

FTF by Pickupfamily Son and Dad at 9:55am. We missed the exit in the car and took our time finding the right spot in the cemetary, but we then found the cache quickly. We agreed that it felt like walking through a city although Pickupfamily Son was worried the GPS might go crazy like in a real city.

A typically well-stocked caughtatwork cache, but we TNLN.

Thanks caughtatwork.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found at 3:18pm. Found accompanied by the Wheelchair Access as navigator and scribe. 5th find for todays expedition. WA loves cemetary caches, this was an easy find, so many fresh flowers here today.
In: glass peble
Out: frog
Signed log. Thanx caughtatwork...

Found @ 11:15

We didn't set off early enough to get a first find today. Nevertheless it was a nice albeit depressing walk through the granite & marble buildings.

the cache is so stuffed full of goodies that we only had room to place a screwdriver.

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