Our house, in the middle of our street Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
By highrod on 16-Jun-07. Waypoint GC13NE3

Had a good search for this one. Didn't know it had been archived.

One of the first caches placed, now with a bit of experience we have decided to archive because of the location and safety of others. Our apologies to anyone that may have had a bad experience down this lane way.

WARNING DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS CACHE
OWNER OF PROPERTY WHOS BACK FENCE IS AT THIS CACHE DOES NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE GOING THERE ANYTIME UNDER THREAT OF BASHING YOUR LIGHTS OUT.
I needed to do some on the fly explanation and calming this man down. I will notify cache owner shortly to get this cache archived.
You have been warned!!!

Never got a chance at this one as no sooner had we pulled up when the muggle from hell came out abusing us. Thankfully some very quick and soothing words from my caching buddy allowed us to escape but I would never go back to this one! He was VERY Threatening and I was quite frightened.

This cache has been disabled due to an unfortunate encounter with a nearby resident.

Spent a long time in the scorching heat trying to find this one. Muggle neighbour nearby. GPS was sending us in a spin. Not sure what side of the alley? Will return another day when traveling through Ballarat.

The find was made easier because the coordinates were so accurate. TFTC

Thankfully no muggle neighbours came out to see what we were doing, as it took a while to locate this one! Finally got it just as frustration was setting in. Thanks for the cache... these alleyways are a life unto themselves.

Suscoe and Sister were out for a day's caching in Ballarat.
It was a delightful day, a little bit cloudy and a gentle breeze.
This was find number twenty for us today.
Well this is the third visit here, no luck before due to various reasons.
Today the gods were smiling and the cleverly hidden cache was found after the third bark from something very large nearby.
Thanks to highrod for this cache, it kept us coming back to Ballarat, a nice thing to do!

Great spring day, thought we would find this and the other nearby when visiting friends.
Abandoned search and kept walking past GZ, barking dogs and another property with gate open and working in back yard. Will return on a different day.

Nice quick on on my way home to adelaide TFTC, TMJ

Our second visit as there were very loudly barking dogs. Approached from the other direction this time. Geodad picked this one up. Good camo! Thanks for the hide.

# 297 - after having a bit of trouble with the other not too far away, we had I it all worked out this to e around! TFTC high rod

Very good camo!! Geokid is finding them so quick now.

Found this one in the early hours of Saturday morning, I've looked for this one before but the location of the container eluded me, but, luckily not this time

TFTC

Found with ST37E under the cover of darkness. With a bit of a push in the right direction we are happy to log this one as found!

TFTC!

Cache maintenance

First place I looked but the camo did me and found on the second look about 5 mins later. Tftc

No luck with this one today

Love this little back ally road thingo (yes thingo is a technical word).
This quick easy cache was a good one to collect on the way home from a local caching event.

TFTC (sorry for the quick log, definitely hit logged out today)

Not a lot of parking, so lucky it was quick and an easy find. TFTC

Nice camo. Thanks highrod.

No luck with this one today.

TFTH anyway highrod.

Found on the way home from the OZ MEGA Albury long weekend.

TFTC.

Our 6th find for the day. A great hide. Was determined to find this one. Cache in good order.
SL
TFTC

After a successful Friday evening to start off the “Ballarat Cache Smackdown” with 34 finds on the first day the Saturday was always going to be a day of superhuman effort. It started early with a run heading west and south, only to finish the day and night with a run to the Northwest and North. A great day was had by all because there was some good 4WDing and the weather held out for the day with only one notable shower. A total of 98 caches were collected today, and it shows you how quickly a cache can be located with so many searchers. This cache was one we did not attempt. Given the recent logs and DNF's with previous finder's present it looks like this one needs maintenance or archiving.

Mmmm...we had no luck with this one, feel we checked all the possibilities so maybe the bird has flown.

We couldn't find this one today. Maybe next time. We looked for about 10 minutes with no love from the GPS or caching gods.

TFTC

Pete

After not finding this one after a thorough search, came back with someone that had found it previously, and they are sure it is gone. Definitely not where it was, and couldn't find it anywhere else. This one needs checking and/or replacing we think.

Came and found it with my sister (who was a premium member in) June, now that I'm a premium member, I went and retrieved it too! TFTCSL

In town from sydney visiting my sister who is just around the corner from the cache, thought i would try and grab a find but we only had a couple minutes to spare before sending my partner and her friend back on the train to melbourne.
No luck, but maybe i'll have more of a chance through the week.
TFTC.

Found after a bit of a search, had this one on the books for ages.
TFTC

sneaky hide and a good one to be my number 600th find, it took a little bit to locate but found it eventually. Loved the "Natural" Cameo. I can see why the knees of your pants would have been ripped I am guessing there would have been plenty of skin missing as well. TFTC

No joy with this one...searched a short while then gave up, too hard! Thanks.

Oh, doh! Not that hard once the GPS settled. I would have had a bit if fun out here as a kid like Aaron!

A little bit of searching around until the GPS settled and then we had this one in hand.
Thanks highrod

Nicely done - thanks highrod

Visited here quite late at night. No luck.

08/10/2011 23:03 DNF: Off to Creswick/Ballarat for an awesome hard-core caching weekend with my good mate iamapom (Carl). Had luck with the close by Old School cache so hoped to win at this one as well. Evidently the natural camo beat us despite my neat torches. We must have spent a good half hour here, Even admired the remains of a Combi van. - David

Wandered down this interesting little lane and looked in a few likely spots before locating the cache. I liked the camo on the container. Thanks highrod for the cache.

This cache formed a part of a massive day trip with Kellyhaunts and Starruby, covering over 700km.

Took our time to locate this one. We where happy once it was found. We where not ready for a DNF yet.

TFTC

Mammoth day out with fellow geo-cachers Starruby & C@H

This one took a little bit more time than usual to find due to the neat camouflage. Obviously a great deal of effort went into this beauty.

tftc
kellyhaunts

Another find with C@H and Kellyhaunts on our 750 km roundtrip caching day, visiting hard-to-reach and infrequently visited caches, finishing with a latenight 300 km dash for 8 FTFs!

Amazing building around this town. This one a little but still important piece of the history of the place - even if it doesn't have a plaque! Loved the camo. TFTC

Found by The Empire @ 12:50pm
Find number 15 of 21 in Ballarat today. Picked this one up quickly and was making note of it in the car as an unhappy dude came out of his garage nearby. Made a speedy exit, thanks highrod.
- M

Myself and packafattys didnt have any luck
with this one. will be back another day

We found your other cache near the aforementioned paint shop yesterday, but this one wasn't revealing itself today. We'll have to come back when the weather is better. We found the narrow roadways at the back of these properties quite intriguing - maybe the lanes used by the night cart men in days long gone by[?]

#7 of 22 on geoday

So many spots but in the end the well camoflaged cache was found
thanks for the cache

I couldn't find this cache on my last attempt, it was at night and the owner of the garage next to the cache came out and harrassed me >:( I returned in daylight and tried to be a bit more quiet. The find took a while, but I'm glad that I could strike this one off my list.

This entry was edited by danozz on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 at 22:36:32 UTC.

Found w Jellynelle as she visited Ballarat. But she's not premium. But she did buy me the membership. Guess what I'm giving her for her birthday. TFTC.

Found this one on our way to Ballarat for a three day caching blitz with Purpledreamer.
Nice quick find with no muggles about today.
Many thanks for the cache.

Found while in Ballarat with Lostmonster&Co on a 100 blitz.Another night time find.All fun.
TFTC Highrod

Had a good look for this one today but no joy. I will be back

Suscoe and sister had a look here today but no luck.
We will be back!!!!!!
Thanks to highrod for bringing us here.

Found with Daznae. Have also previously tried to find this one but was missing at time.
Great to find it - nice hide.
Thanks for the cache. Sorry about stirring up the neighbourhood dogs.

Good hide, TFTC TNLN

Madness, sheer madness.

Ready to go again!

cache maintenace as been done, new container and new location of container

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

I should always read logs before wasting my time chasing non existant caches!

Logged on the iPhone.
Riddell
(Had to edit the notes because the iPhone backdates the entry!)

[This entry was edited by Riddell on Saturday, May 01, 2010 at 5:16:12 AM.]

1520hrs

Out with my Geosons and Team Honeysucker today after the Event in Ballarat.

However as the previous logs we should have read the notes before going to a cache that is not there.
Team Honeysucker had done this before and confirmed it has been muggled.

sorry folks, this cache has been muggled

Still nothing there.

DNF

Def. not there.

Saw the crappy paintjob, found the pipe but no cache that we could find. Cheers.

Tried to find this two times, first time a car started driving down the lane and we had to move our car.
After finding Old Skool nearby, we walked back to this lane to give a more thorough look.
Didn't seem to help though. Used the hint, but am unsure if we were at the right one.
No matter will have to try this again the next time we're back in Ballarat.
Thanks highrod for the cache.

RedPaw64 searched for this cache but was unable to find it. Based on the hint I would have thought I was in the right spot. As it was really hot when I looked for this cache, I may have been a little sunstroked well thats my story and i'm sticking to it. I will be back to check this one out again.

Still out in the rain, We found it Bevfre 1.30pm TN LN SL Thank You highrod.

Wandered down from the 'old school' cache and completed this one. Thanks again.

Small hands come in handy for all soprts of things
Thanks highrod for another nice easy cache

This was another easy find. I like caches with a personal history and this created images of kids laughing and playing.

Thanks Highrod

Parked the car right in front of cache. Great place to hide. Watch for cars. Signed the log, TFTC.

nice easy find TFTC

got it in the end

We found our 7th Highrod cache at 9:15pm as the 39th of 40 on our Ballaratatattat Tour V in company of Backpaqer. Shhhhh, we're hunting caches. Only found with help from the hint. Thanks for the cache from D B-A.

We found your house, and your cache, as well as three different types of barking dog at the quiet hour of 6:30pm. Nice hide. We made it a bit more difficult by not using the torch. Thanks for the cache.

Find# 3.
17/07/09 @ 13:55

Nice and quiet when the dogs stopped barking.

SL

found by demath 12 7 09
nice

Had just done old skool and hit nearest in gps. Hadn't read anything or looked at map so drove off following arrow with junior geo navagating. Drove around in huge circle to end up nearly exactly where we started. Another nice quick find.

Find # 149 @ 17:15 Walked straight down the lane from the "Old Skool" for a relatively easy find, once I read the clue that is. SL TFTC

Nice hide but didn't take too long to find where it was lurking.
TFTC

2nd find of the day and 1960th total find at 13:35.

Could call this a drive by, but maybe walk by is a more appropriate description.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing (Screwdriver wouldn't fit)
Thanks highrod for the cache.
Ian and Penny

12.00
What a fascinating social history lesson. Yes we remember these activitities really well. We found it interesting that each regular block in this part of Ballarat, was essentially divided into four smaller blocks by two intersecting lanes.
TNLN .. SL .. Thanks for the hunt highrod.

My two other companions had previously found this cache but fortunately Rob came with me to make this a quick and easy find after our escapades at another cache nearby. Signed quickly and bolted back to the car.

Had to employ a bit of anti-muggle disguise by pretending to unload the boot before finding this one; after the muggles had disappeared the cache was an easy find. TFTC.

I like these old laneways around town, its always interesting to look at some of the older buildings around.
Found at 1451hrs, no swaps today.
This makes 14 caches so far on our ballarat mission!!

Just up the road from home. The laneways in this area are a very handy feature.

Took geo brother and family out to show them how to "go geocaching". TFTC

Took geo brother and family out to show them how to "go geocaching". TFTC

Cache no. 32 of 34 on our way to NZ.
Thanks

Found with Mogni on the way to New Zealand's South Island for a week of touring and caching.
A nice find. Wondered if we were in the right place, especially at night, and it didn't quite seem right, but it turned out to be all good.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
BB

had to go back a few times for this - quite a few guys around playing footy! Did the 'drive through'. Looks like the place has been painted

Interesting little street and a nice hide. TNLN. TFTC.

Found while girlfriend was getting a greater education.
Warm day but enjoyed some great caching ... in some very dodgy areas.

TNLN, The Lone Random

found it @ 16:40 with vk3jap and bogonghazy

nice lane way interesting old shed near and old school

thanks highrod

Found this with noorat & vk3jap. TFTC TNLNSL

8/02/2009 16:40 Thanks for the cache, my enjoyment level was totally commensurate with the effort put into it's creation.

TNLNSL - vk3jap

Found today with WB-Holden and Neilo1 at 11:30am. Good to see so many uses for corriagated iron around here. Thanks highrod.