carpark of shame Russell, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By GeeLetcha on 09-Jun-07. Waypoint GC13H4M

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Ministro - Matt

Hi GeeLetcha,

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 45 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

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Ministro - Matt

Looks like the area was tidied up recently. Cache could have been removed.

Damn!

Can’t find it.

couldn't find this one

sorry, I mean DNF

Lots of possible hidey holes at this spot and no cache to be found

Didn’t find it

Unfortunately this Cache beat me. Looked everywhere for an hour to no luck, despite hints from other cachers. Interested to see if anyone else finds it soon.

After an unsuccessful visit here solo I persuaded the boys to stop for one last cache as I thought there eyes would be better than mine. Sure enough - knowing what to look for - and with their eyes. It was soon found. Tftc.

Found it forgot to bring a pen again haha

Our first day of geocaching! Found it, well hidden. Thanks

Even with help from previous logs couldn’t find it. Maybe next time. Tftc.

Out for a rainy day quick cache and my son found this instantly! TFTC

My son found it reasonably quickly. Nice spot and great day for searching. Next stop morning tea.

TFTC

Found with hevwalker during the Mega.

TFTC

Found with Phoenix Flare during the Clear Waters Mega event in Queanbeyan...
Dropped a TB...
TFTC GeeLetcha

Nice quick muggle free find in the dark.

A quick find on the way into work this morning. TFTC

I parked some distance away and looked at what was nearby and settled for this one. I walked to GZ and quickly spotted the hide. And yes, as I was opening the container the thought went through my head that perhaps this wasn't it. Log signed and all replaced. TFTC.

On the way to the lake for a paddle, time for a quick search! TFTC

Took us a little while, but we found it

Unappealing sort of a place really - but its a cache. tftc!

A quick and easy find before going out to dinner in Campbell.

Tftc

TFTC
Hunting with Dlen and Gidgetcrb

Very Nice spot TFTC

Quick find for Vivien. tftc. I certainly appreciate the effort Cache Owners put into establishing and maintaining these caches so the rest of us *cachers* can brighten our day with perhaps a smiley or two!

Always tricky when the cache is disguised like that. I put it back and went on searching for a while before coming back to it

Found, more later

I will admit I thought the container was a bit of rubbish, before I thought I may as well unscrew it and lo and behold... the log!

Thanks for placing and maintaining this log!

Easy find on a weekend

Lots of rubbish up here. I dare say it’s used after hours for a number of shameful things! TFTC TNLN

Parked within site of the cache,signed it then moved on TFTC.

F(H)ound it! #2571 @ 8:55 PM

I was a bit early for the Planetary Pursuit event so I thought I would find a cache. This one was nearby and looked like a good one for this time of night. The carpark was empty so the Ridgeo-pup had a good sniff around while I grabbed the cache with the aid of my torch.
Thanks for the cache GeeLetcha

Thank for a hint photo another good find on our Canberra visit.

A great and long and hot day of caching in Canberra together with J+J.AU. We have been all over Canberra today to knock off a few suburbs and ger the numbers up for the upcoming mega event. Was gettkng quite hot in tbe afternoon, but that didn't hold us back. Thanks dor putting out all those great caches.
TFTC Wilbert67

Quick find with the 3 of us here. Plenty of room for parking. TFTC

Been lazy on a workday to get this so left it for the weekend. Thankfully never had to park here.

With the sister in law down visiting us and seeing summernats we decided to take the neice and nephew to canberra to see the war memorial and questacon for their first canberra experience as well as introducing them to our wonderful world of geo caching! We only did a few with them as we didnt want to overload them.

Ty

So much stuff crammed into this cache.

Thanks for the cache.

Found it earlier today.

I shamefully made this my first of 8 for an evening run around Campbell.
TFTC

Nicely hidden! Picked up a TB and replaced it with one of my own

found it tftc

A nice, quick rocky find!

Great find the Geoteen found this one

Found today with Legocacher. Being a Sunday no cars parked here today. TFTC

Picked up some tbs from here

Found today with Chakram before the pirate event. A fairly straightforward cache, which is great after two disappointing DNF's earlier in the day (should've checked the logs before walking to the GZ and then realising it's full of other DNF's and no founds since Feb!). TFTC

We found it

Solution is to ride! So good in the ACT!

Such a shame of a carpark?
A quick fine thank you for your geocache

TFTC found this one visiting from Canada. Dropped off a handful of TB's.

Nice easy find on an evening wander. TFTC!

I had a little spare time before the start of the bushwalking club's champagne walk up Mt Ainslie, time to seek out three caches, all of which were straightforward finds being on the coordinates. I loved the cache holder - inventive reuse! Thank you GeeLetcha for this cache.

And here I thought it was worth more than your pay check to be late for the armed forces.lol.
A quick find today with a heat wave over us here in Canberra.

Great hide. Nearly about to through in the towel when mum expert geocacher spotted something a little rubbish looking. Getting closer when you get to this rock ,also wear sun cream.

Great hide. Hard to find, but the previous finds helped a lot. TFTC

Thanks.

Nice job

A wet summers day find no muggles lol must all be at work. Tftc

Excellent spot.

Saw it, thought no like everyone else.
Look around, then read the activity log. Realised I had already seen it and went back. Tftc

Late work till about 7pm. Then it was a bit wet when I left the office. So, a local cache was in order. This was a perfect option. Arrived at GZ and made a quick grab and sign without getting too wet. TFTC GeeLetcha

Great place to hid a cache. Thank you CO for placing. Left some fairy dust. All is good with cache

Carpark of shame was empty on a public holiday. Cache wasn't even really hidden, quick find. TFTC.

Quick one for a cold chilly night out. Found with aquilis1. Tftc!!!

Cold winters night, what better fun than a few caches to search out. Log a little damp but still able to sign. Found with dty73. TFTC

Night search. Noone around and planty of time

There are different aspects to the shame surrounding this car park - I recall just a few years ago it had fallen into such disrepair that you could park a small car in some of the potholes! Too many federal and local government departments arguing about who was responsible, so no-one did anything. It's in much better condition today! TFTC, GeeLetcha

Tftc

Managed to avoid the view of any muggles before they became too late to work. Quick find. Great cache.

Nice cache! I picked it up thought hmmm...placed down...picked up again...aha!

Very odd. I found this one a couple of months ago, but must have neglected to do this log. Must have been in a hurry to grab a bite to eat or drink or something. TFTC

TFTC

It's a rainy morning and we stopped the car to look for caches on the phone. We were nearly right on top of it.

Thirsty work. TNLNSL TFTC

10:50am 24/4 - another for the mapping challenge, not normally able to get into this area during the year.

As soon as I approached GZ, something stood out but it turned out to be false. Little did I know that I was right but discounted the container as it, like quite a bit of flotsam about the area, looked like rubbish. During a second circuit I suspended belief and had a look, and was surprised.

The log now has a new ziplock as the existing bag split wide open when I went for the log. Fun find, even if I was half waiting for the spooks to jump out at me while I write this. TFTC.

As with others we thought this was not the cache

A bit of searching but we found it. Tricky container. Thought it was rubbish at first.

#1811 A very late FFTD to keep the current run to an impressive 11 days straight. Time was very tight today and an early morning DNF did not help the cause. This one was nabbed about 23:30 on the way home. Just made it !]
Good spot & container. I was a bit worried 'those that work nearby' might appear & ask difficult questions, but all was quiet tonight.

TFTC GeeLetcha

I ducked by and found this on my way home from the nearby Leap Day event
... didn't park in the carpark - lol (the side of the road was closer to where I was driving, and it was late enough to be ok to park there) ... I did get noticed there, by the owner of the ONE car still in the carpark - who told me they would not have even noticed me except for the fact that the carpark was next to what it was next to - lol (I think they get told to look out for suspicious people they drove off before I found the cache ... which took a few minutes ... well - actually I saw it fairly quickly but dismissed it as litter and kept looking ... then read the recent log entries to see if there was anything about it being missing or hard to find ... and decided that maybe it was where I had already looked
... hope someone doesn't decide to do a bit of CITO while looking, not realise they have found it, and take it away with the trash - LOL
TFTC ... nice little patch of rocks ... except for all the litter (or is that decoys/camo?

Excellent container

OK, I had no shame. Car park was soooo convenient for a cacher, and the cache was soooo convenient too!!
The park and grab took no more than a few seconds.
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This cache deserves a favourite from me, Thanks For The Cache GeeLetcha

A good cache for weekends. I wouldn't like to try this between 9 & 10 am or 4 & 6 pm Mon - Fri! TFTC

Great adventure exploring canberra at night

Gotcha 11.01.16 thanks for the Cache

Another wet afternoon and the caches we had planned are once again postponed in favour of something more of a drive by. This was a short detour on the way home after picking Pagan up from Civic. Didn't take long to locate. Thanks GeeLetcha

Liked the idea and story behind the cache name, and we strongly agree! This pay parking area definitely seems well out of the way of anything, almost in the middle of nowhere.

I think it should be free parking because its shameful enough already!

Interesting find however, saw the cache instantly and dismissed it, before coming back a few minutes later and wondering if that was actually it.....

Thanks

This really is the carpark of shame! I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere, clever cache container TFTC

I had to search a little bit but finally found this cache during lunch break. TFTC

Thank you for the cache.

Make sure that the parking police are not patrolling when retrieving the cache. Interesting camo. TFTC.

#7350 Found and Logged at 1:16:00 PM
One of 31 caches for the day while in Canberra for the weekend
Thanks for the cache GeeLetcha

Found in 2013

TFTC.

TFTC!