Works of Science Spotswood, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 25-Mar-07. Waypoint GC11NAK

Night Time Caching Run PM Thursday 1JAN / AM Friday 2Jan '09.

DNF at : 05:34

Something amiss with my GSAK query perhaps!.. just saw that this was archived some time ago.. good to see. not a nice location now.

Thanks all the same.

- vk3jap

Thanks to the people who have owned up to a DNF.
Three in a row and something seems to be amiss. I checked the cache location after work this afternoon and the cache is indeed missing.
Even though I also pushed pine needles around I never saw any sharps, but as they have been reported a few times, I think this place should probably be left the those less than desirable.
The cache will not be replaced, so I would like to thank everyone who took the time to find this cache.

Time to archive.

Have to agree with the others. I search thoroughly through the rubbish and disguarded stolen items. Why do we rubbish so much.

Checked the area and even read the clue, but alas it seems to have disappeared!

I think this has been muggled. Parked in western carpark - 2 metres from GZ (no other cars around for it after the 5pm). Extensive raking in and around that tree and fence revealed only some SHARPS and other rubbish. EVERONE TAKE CARE: Beware there may be other SHARPS still there as this secluded site is obviously used by druggies.

Searched the area pretty thoroughly. Had to be super carefull as there were plenty of discarded needles in the pine-needles. Hope it's still there & I just lucked out!

We found this in company with Scytale whilst visiting the pumping station.
TNLN T4TC
Zensunni ( Anne & Ken )

Visiting the Pump Station with Zensunni. A nice quick find.
TNLN T4TC
Scytale

Quick find after a visit to the nearby facility. Great fun both. The kids had a ball.

The first find after a number of unsuccessful attempts today. This carpark is getting a bit worse for wear these days, cleared away most of the rubbish from GZ.

Took: Car, Dino and US Army TB
Left: Pinball game and Paratrouper

Good description, easy to find. People everywhere when ScienceWorks closes on school holidays. TN & Left our poker chip. TFTC! -M+M

Quick find, location interesting, loads of rubbish about. The Tomtom took me through the back streets of oil refineries to get here. Quick sign and I was on my way. Thanks for the cache. ZZ7

Jr taybee has this own account how am logging this old find under his new Username (Jr taybee) was log as part of taybee team

one of the things to do was the science work so had to do this cache drop off travel bug from nz.

thank to your Australia Geocachers from NZ

After visiting Science Works just for something different to caching every weekend, we still couldnt resist seeing what was around here .. nice easy find TFTC

We found the cache easily enough, but as we were signing the log book we were approached by a security guard from a nearby facility who asked a couple of questions about what we were doing and how long we'd be here. We explained that we were a part of scavenger hunt and showed him the harmless log book etc. He seemed to be satisfied before continuing on, but he certainly is aware of the cache location.

An reasonably quick find in the dark despite being questioned by a security chap from the other side of the fence. We fessed up and he seemed ok.

Found after visiting AQIS. thanx for the Cache!
T: toy
L: US Coins

What a great science-spot. Thanks for the fun.

Found @ 11:50am on a slight detour on the way to family lunch. A nice easy find. TNLNSL TFTC

Found. TNLN

Found after a visit to Science Works, a great value, cheap family outing!!
Easy find, TNLN, TFTC

Visited at 16:21
Stumbled upon this one with no problems at all!
Carefully removed the syringes & re-hid the cache.
TNLNSL TFTC, find #196 for Echo & Spice.

2008-04-01 12:41 After spending the morning at Science Works we wandered up the road to find this cache. Walked to the hiding spot and spied the treasure that awaited for us. Paperwork done and the cache returned we set off to find some more caches. No swaps today. Regards Crisp Image.

There were no muggles around, when I was looking for this cache. I could even park my bike right in front of GZ.

This one popped as we were making our way to another cache. Found easily, despite the (other) dodgy looking couple parked nearby.

I used to love coming here with the kids when they were younger. Thanks for reminding me of a lost era, caughtatwork.

A relatively easy find this evening - the place was deserted! Took 2xTB's, left dinosaur and bionicle. TFTC!

We were searching for about 20mins on the wrong side of the park. I'll have to come back to scienceworks for a proper visit of it's exhibitions
TFTC
Took TB
Left Keyring

Found at 7:45PM on the 20th of Jan by Ray and Maya. Took key ring and left a bracelet. Thanks from The Nomads.

Didn't take too long to find. There was a family about to go into the attraction, and mr 4 Yo was "cracking and sad" about something, much to the frustration of mum and the annoyance of dad. But that meant they never looked in my direction!

Nice size container and well stocked to boot.

Thanks for the cache.

found by helyl&rachy

took TB

left TB's

We took our adventures across the westgate & came up trumps with Our second find of the day in the company of The swaggies.
TNLTB SL TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

Our second find of the day with Liverpoolred. We found the cache easily enough although Tom Tom had us approaching from the wrong side. Still a quick log and we were out of there.
TNLN SL @ 1044.
Thanks caughtatwork for the cache.

got it at last.. was just looking on the wrong side of the path

finally we found it, 3rd visit. we were looking about 100m in the wrong direction. easy find when we realised our mistake.thanks for the extra hint.

Cheers
Georgi

On second visit still couldnt find. which after reading other logs seems weird. can C@W please verify it is still there after the recent melbourne downpour.

Thanks

A quick check of the cache and all is well at the correct location. I'll add another bit of clue for those who need it.

I found this cache tonight for caughtatwork who had to check it was still there. Thank you daddy

School holidays so not problem with parking, and clear day, however melb had a huge rains the week before. Just couldnt find.

Great day to look for it in the school holidays whith no cars around... just couldnt find it will try again tho

I've enjoyed your stats work, and now I've done one of your caches! TNLN. Thanks C@W.

Found @ 8am.
Cache was easily found, the dogs were keeping the muggles away.
Left my mark & moved on.
TFTC TNLN SL

Found this one at 12:30 before a visit to its namesake. A nice easy one.

Took teddy bear, left practice golf ball. Thanks caughtatwork.

Found at 1910. Been here when I was a kid, but probably need return during opening hours to see if much has changed. Nice easy find.

TNLN. TFTC.

The wrong tree has rubbish everywhere! The right tree has none. Like others, GPS did circles here.

Thanks for the cache - lots more logs for ou tonight!

Cached & Wackys

Found with Cached on a long weekend run to Victoria – TFTC!

We found our 48th Caughtatwork cache at 12:15pm as the 3rd of 13 on our Williamstown or Bust Tour. Not many people around today making the search easy with the hint. This cache could just as easily be called Ariums of Planet. Thanks for the cache from D & H B-A.

With my GPSr display spinning like a top I had to resort to actually looking for the cache! Easier to find after closing I think. Took coloured pencils, left AA energizer batteries.
Thanks for a great cache.

1.45pm
Found by Roma and Max.
We approached these posted co-ordinates by what is obviously the back door, but then again there was much more parking available here than the other side where there wasn’t a spare space left to be had. The nearby venue is a very popular place at weekends
Our receiver wanted us to search in one spot but we were much relieved to find you container wasn’t located there!
We try to practice cita, but this first spot was far beyond our capabilities.
In: Mondo Figurine.
Out: Suncorp Key Tag.
Thanks caughtatwork, for another decent sized cache container.
Romax.

Found the goods in my lunch break - only 10min walk from work. Schools back and being a weekday the place was deserted. I took a rubber lizard and left a button badge. Thanks for the adventure.

Tried doing it first with the TomTom (inaccurate GPS) and no luck...then switched to GPS Tuner and found in no time flat...no cars in area, nice easy find! TFTC

Found @ 10:10 with NEXT! TNLNSL TFTC

10:10 was found with Scooters Mob. TNLNSL TFTC

Found by Team Ladava 4.45 pm
Nice easy find after the etrex settled.
Tree loppers had been in the area but had not disturbed the cache. Wish they had cleaned up the rubbish behind the adjacent tree though. It's a bit yucky.
Took mondo
Left teddy
Thanks again caughtatwork

Found on my way home from work today. Had to wait for the council workers and their tree pruning and shredder plant to leave before I made a quick dash. Thought they were returning but it was only a postie taking a shortcut on his motorbike. In hippo, out dog SL TFTC

Found it with the Jersey Royals - Sorry for the delay in logging.

TNLN SL

What a great way to end a fun packed day at the Science works with a nice quick find and well stocked cache. Thanks for placing this one here we couldn’t have wanted more.

Out – TB, bendy pencil, plasticine
In – Koala, bouncy ball

TFTC

Fond on hols.
We took and left ..can't rember what. Also left TB Diabetes.
Hope your seeking is Muggle Free.

[This entry was edited by The Silver Snitch on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 5:14:57 PM.]

Dropped by Williamstown to knock over a few caches after dropping Samantha at work.

Must not have been the best weather for Scienceworks... that or it's a weekday... so the car park was extremely empty, and I was able to park nice and close to GZ for an uninterrupted search.

easy find in a odd location but well worth it as i jagged two TB. will move them both on as i go interstate next week.

tftc

Found 200706111550 . After losing the family in Scienceworks and being overwhelmed by the number of muggles infesting the place, it was good to take a break on the way back to the car and make an easy find of a typically well stocked c@w cache

IN: Rome GeoCoin (I'm not sure that a former sewage treatment plant is the type of 'historic' location it is used to )

Cheers caughtatwork

Just as I arrived, it began pouring with rain. The GPS was pointing to the centre of the road, so I backed up a couple of times to try to get a better bearing. Within a couple of minutes the rain ceased, but the GPS still pointed to the centre. Checked both sides before coming up with the goods.

I didn't see much rubbish, but it was dark. I heeded the warnings by previous cachers and prodded around using a stick. Thanks for the cache.

11:29am
Took a bit of searching, while scribe searched the previous logs for clues.
Follow the hint to avoid unearthing some things you don't want come in contact with.
Will also save heaps of time.
Thanks for the cache.

3rd on our way to Geelong.
Cheers Highrod

While on a bike hike with 17th Essendon we decided to tackle this one, with the area being fairly quiet on a Saturday morning. The search took a bit longer despite resorting to the clue, but eventually we had success. Another well-stocked caughtatwork cache (which impressed the geoscouts); took bubbles and left hammer (this is aassociated with a long story but the singer of the Kazakhstan National Anthem was present for its finding and its leaving) and a plastic slinky toy.

Third cache of the day on a bike hike to Williamstown. Nice to find a good collection of goodies in this cache, which required a bit of a search. Took bubbles and left hammer (which came from the Scouts' first ever cache find at Anglesea, where it was found by the singer of the Kazakhstan National Anthem who was also present today) and plastic slinky toy.

We were passing by here tonight and thought that this would be the ideal time to attempt this cache. We pulled up next to a totally deserted gz. Once the gpsr settled the cache was quickly in hand
Took skeleton
Left TB Jeep and monkey
Thanks caught@work for the cache and for bringing back fond memories of visits to here with our kids when they were younger

Found @14:15:01
A nice easy find.
T: Screwdriver set
L: Canteen Bandanna
SL
TFTC
19/05/07

It had just gotten dark and I managed to park right in front of gz. In the car headlights I could see a (unused) syringe so I poked around with my foot and soon found the neatly hidden cache. With the logbook completed I rehid the container and manged to safely move the other item, but future seekers should still be careful! Thanks caughtatwork.

Thanks for the warning Maccamob, I was very careful where I poked my stick. With the cache uncovered it was safe to get the hands in. Wish I had some swaps with me as there were a couple of goodies to be had. BTW, I love this location and all like it, if only the school could afford the regular bus trips!

Cheers C@W,

R - B

Founs with the Coffees

Found with the Coffees

We found this cache at 11pm, the perfect time for this place. No cars or people to hamper the search.
Took: Geocoin.
Thanks Caught@work for the cache,
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "Works well for us" Clan

My 1st unsucessful hunt! As lots of people have said, there's tonnes of junk, syringes etc nearby (a least I think it's nearby) so take care. I might have another go tomorrow with a little more time and some sturdy shoes/gloves.... why do junkies seem to be drawn towards caches?! .... till next time

Found by Bob at 1325

My TomTom lead me in the back way to the carpark and I was able to park my bike about 10m from GZ. As with others, I had some problems - my GZ was in the middle of the road and the clue, which indicated the type of hide, didn't really help with the "where". I too discovered the rubbish dump, but didn't think C@W would put it there and I also checked out the true hiding spot, but passed it up initially because there were a couple of syringes there (and I was sure C@W wouldn't deliberately put it near them!). A subsequent recheck revealed the cache, but I urge future finders to use a stick/gloves when searching - the syringes I spotted were within 1m of the cache and where there are 2, there are likely to be more .

I've never been inside Science Works, but I would really enjoy it I'm sure - I just have to convince the family to take me .

TNLN, but did take the Dragon Master Geocoin which maccamob had deposited earlier today, and left Jack's Mississippi Geocoin.

Thanks C@W

Found by Mary & David at 1155. David had visited here several times in the past with our children. Perhaps not quite as good as Questacon in Canberra, but still an amazing building with history. Took pony, left pack of coloured pens. Also collected TB 'Night Out with the Bald & the Beautiful', and dropped off 'Dragon Master' geocoin. Beware of syringes around GZ - we saw a couple not far away. Our thanks to caughtatwork.

Found on the way back to the station from a meeting at Scienceworks. Loved the animatronics!

Found 11:00, after our GPS directed us to what appeared to be an impromptu tip [xx(] once we read the clue the cache was quickly found.

TNLN.

Been to the Works several times, but I didn't realise the road went here. A quick find to conclude our nights caching.
Thanks, Robmc.

Picked this one up the other night and actually forgot to log it. Must visit the nearby establishment one day. Never have!
Thanks Caughtatwork.

Found at 3.45pm GAFF1. We were looking 10m away for a while and then found the cache exactly 2m from where we had parked! A fair bit of unsavory rubbish about - someone is horny in the area! Thanks C@W. Took: Tape, Left: ceramic donkey.

A great place to visit at 5pm as the carpark was deserted and I had the search area to myself. Once GPS settled down an easy enough find. Nice to find a big cache too in an urban setting. Thanks c@w.

Thirty-second cache find for the day in company with dak’s Emu Mob. We had been on one of our usual Wednesday assaults this time we were on the way home from Geelong and the Bellarine peninsula. We could not resist a little detour to pick this one up. The GPSR’s had as at one side but I went with a gut feeling and looked else where the Cache Was found at 23:15.

Thanks caughtatwork for the cache.

Out: Police Geocaching Squad 2007 Geocoin
In: Whizz kis’s Star Geocoin No. 2

[Last of twenty-eight finds in company with acts2youthgroup on our usual Wednesday assault. We had been down to the Bellarine Peninsula for the day, but couldn't resist diverting to this one on the way home. It was drizzling rain, and this might have affected GPS signals, so we had a bit of trouble finding this one. Both of our GPSRs pointed us to a certain place, but we couldn't find the cache there. We decrypted the hint, but couldn't divine the meaning of the word] lone. [Acts2YG decided to look further afield, and found the cache at 2315. My GPSr said 12m to go. [?] Thanks to caughtatwork for the cache. Cheers, dak.

IN: Police Geocaching Squad 2007 Geocoin
OUT: Nothing]

We have been to the scienceworks a few times over the years and the junior farmers a few more times for school excusions.Always enjoyed it, as science shown with so many hands -on experiments and demonstrations is always fun.Quickly located the the cache away from all the school excusion buses lined up around the car parks.Nice cache and plenty of good swaps too.Thanks to caughtatwork.TNLN.

Found today by Mr Emu @ 1.25 p.m., GAFF3. The car park was so empty that I would have looked odd if anyone had driven in, but I was all on my own here today. Just as well, because it took a bit of hunting to find this one even with the clue.

An amazing place, ScienceWorks. Reminds me that I should try to bring the kids during the upcoming school holidays because the youngest one has not been here yet. Thanks for the cache caughtatwork.

Took: Nil; Left: Nil

What a quick FTF! got the confirmation email at 7.45, raced out the door and found the cache at 8pm. A favorite museum of Shelly and Adam, Shelly was here only a week ago! A great cache, even in the dark, and luckily an easy find coz shelly forgot to bring a torch in the rush. Took Bird figurine and left a purse, nail clippers and some earrings. Thanks caughtatwork for the cache!

1st find of the day at 11:43am Accompanied by Wheelchair Access on our lets go for a drive (and cache) day, easy find. TNLN, Signed Log. Thanx Caughtatwork....

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