Order of the Phoenix Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia
By Thyla and Thylo on 15-Jul-07. Waypoint GC14C74

Found it with Bees attached.
Wheres the Pyrethrum?
See image for latest development in Bee construction.

Archived.

Found today at 11am. Well, found the lid only. Definitely been muggled, but an interesting location!

I am logging this one as a find as we did actually did find some of the cache although we couldn't get right up to it with the amount of Death Eaters (bees) guarding the cache. I would recommend Thyla and Thylo that you move this cache so that it isn't so closely guarded.

dipping personal geopatch

1645hrs
#14 of 23 for Today
Went out today with Team_Coxy. We found what was left of this cache (see photos).
It has definately been Muggled.
There was no logbbok to sign and the bees were not too pleased at our presence.

TNLNSL
TFTC

Found while out with Datruk

Found 1645

Cache has been muggled. Only found the lid.

BEWARE BEES IN LOG

Found the plastic bag and fortunately no bees! However I did see a dead Tuan (brush-tailed phascogale). Very exciting as I have never seen a live one.
There was no TB in the cache as logged.
TNLN
Thanks Thyla and Thylo.

Found this morning, I agree that it needs some help the bag has a hole in it. Therain will finish off the log. The Chef and I fly again

Found this with MGRocks

Found the zip-lock bag full of goodies, but no container. Also found the bees! Be very careful around here, people!

Signed log, and hid bag of goodies as best we could. It had a hole in it, and desparately needs a container. Thanks Thyla and Thylo.

Needs a new container!

Found the cache easily enough. I could see it, but was not game enough to retrieve it or sign the log book due to bees going in and out of the hole. I don't like Bees much.

Found at 1510 hours (left 2 marbles) - no container just a bag - no bees in resident. Suggest a container of some description or the cache may become wet.

Find # 666 @ 19:00
It was drizzling rain and as I was already drenched from a down pour at a previous cache, I thought I'd try for this on the way home. I arrived at what I thought was gz and after a good look I resorted to the hint. After observing something that the hint resembled I found that it had been torn apart. My first thoughts were that the cache had been lost or muggled but after reading some of the cachers comments I broadened the search and soon found that cache minus the container. I signed the log and replaced the glad bag back under cover. There is a small hole in the bag and I didn't have one with me to replace it so I hope it remains dry. I will post a maintenance note.
TNLNSL TFTC

Cache container is missing and needs to be replaced. Cache contents are still in the glad bag but it has a hole in it.

Found with Almost_there, looks like it has been disturbed and needs lots of maintenance. Could not sign the log unfortunately.

With Been_there. Pretty sure we found it but couldn't sign the book. Bees have taken up residence in the log and in what looked like the container. Got as close as we dared - looked as though the cache had been disturbed with the log book and other treasures stuffed in the hidey hole.

Found as a group Activity with Turbo Rover Crew in the middle of the night. Didnt have to correct software for our GPS so made it a lot more challenging But once at location found without to much hassle.
Took plastic coin- left Green P plate
Thanks

Pleasant reserve, found cache easily. cachecking88 did excellent job restoring cache, now in zip-lock bag. Left picture card, didn't take anything.

Found what was left of the cache, pretty evident that it was destroyed by kids, restored it as best as possible and hid it within 1 metre of original place, hint to
Find It is still relivant

Found this with a newcomer to geocaching.. good little spot, TNLN, thanks from the Linacre Mob.

TNLNSLTFTC!!

good cache , thanks!
SLLNTNTFTCACHE!!

getting easier with the rising sun. no one around. lovely!

no death eaters/muggles/dementors is sight

easy to find in the usual place

took nice pen (geopen from now on)
left plastic lizard head

sorry no geocoin in location

Yet another cache in this series that is best done during the day when it isn't raining.

Being unfamiliar with the area I walked from the car (located at Chamber of Secrets) and turned into the first entrance of the park. Wow, what a hill to attempt in the dark and the drizzle. I chuckled at the signs 'slippery when wet' as I had already gone down twice.

Near the top of the hill I saw the path shooting to the right and, as it was kind of in the direction of GZ, headed that way. Some more slips, more near misses and then the bad realisation. This path wasn't taking me to GZ - GZ was to the right at 60 m.

Hmm, what to do. I couldn't just wander around the park hoping to stumble on the right path, and I didn't want to give up. So, taking a few careful steps I decided to bush bash my way down the hill. I couldn't recall seeing any blue lines on the map that would make my way difficult (still having wet sneakers from my previous river crossing adventure) and this time I had a torch (well, my mobile has a torch feature, it isn't exactly a Dolphin though).

The decent was suprisingly easy and I hit the correct path and was only 20 m away. GPS was at 12 m accuracy (the tree cover, the cloud cover, the rain all conspiring against me) and with my glasses fogging up and my mobile torch I could see 3 m around me.

No fear - I headed up the hill. At GZ there was nothing (in relation to what I was searching for - I cheated and looked at the hint). So I widened my search and stumbled across what could be the hiding location. A quick scan of the torch showed what looked like an old bee-hive on the fallen log/branch of a tree. Ignoring that, I scrambled across and under some branches and started moving (kicking) bits of tree fall around. 30 seconds of this and I realised that this may not be the most productive way of searching. Standing up I shone the torch back across the object I was investigating only to freeze in horror. The old bee-hive was now alive with bright yellow stripes (they certainly looked bright amongst the gloom of the branches) with bee's.

Not the best thing for someone who is very, VERY, allergic to them at night when no-one knows where you are. Backing away oh so carefully (I was so lucky my scramblings had just shaken the branch and woken them up a little, they weren't aggressive and flying around - YET). Deciding to give up and get the *(^& away I headed on a wide loop to avoid the bee's and started back down hill - this time watching the torch light very carefully to see if I stumbled across anything else that might kill me.

Well, it won't kill me, but the torch picked up - yes, you guessed it - the shiny glow of plastic. I had stumbled across the real GZ in my haste to leave. I signed the log while looking over my shoulder (still having some remenants of fear that the bee's would come after me), re-hid and headed out.

Took until reaching the car until the adrenaline wore off, and that was after I had shaken all my clothes down several times to ensure I hadn't picked up any hitch-hikers.

I enjoyed the cache (actually, I didn't, but that wasn't anyone's fault but my own). But a warning to other's - there is an active bee's nest on the ground on a large fallen branch around 7 m from GZ. Please take care

Third cache of the day with my 2-year old daughter. This is the first time she's really understood geocaching. She kept taking the GPS from me wanting to look at the "treasure map". Great size cache here. Kira took the marbles, and left a snoopy doll. Thanks.

Found during a great sunny winter day, walked from the train station, first one for the day...TNLN

One of our last finds of the day
TFTC
Took TB Bobo the Cat
Left Dog

Found the cache for the 3rd time, just to show others what Geo-Caching is all about!

Took the car travel bug, left a 25 years celebration pen from the Greenhills Neigbourhood centre up the road!

Easy find at dusk. Great cache of goodies including two travel bugs.

TNLNSL. TFTC

This is a great Reserve. Heaps of local plants and pretty peaceful. I think I'll come back here in spring and have a look for some of the local orchids.
Found this cache with the whole family. Enjoyed the walk and liked the big cache.
Took: Nocturnal GC. Left yellow 4*4 TB.
Thanks Thyla and Thylo.

I got to the GZ area in the dim light and saw that someone was already there, which amazed me. I went and sat down on a log for a couple of minutes and wondered if the person was another cacher. Going on a previous log, I think it was!

I previously came here with Feathertop in 2007 before I registered as a cacher, so remembered roughly where it was. It turned out to be a quick find in another one of those parks I never would have stopped the car to go and have a walk in if not for this funny activity I participate in these days.

I left a travel bug I picked up on the coast of Tassie near Devonport.

This was my last stop off for the day as it was getting dark - left the car in a dim light and after a relatively quick find I returned to the car in the dark - I miss daylight savings already!

Took - BK Surf Bear

Left - Moose

Shadowwomen

Hope the scouts like the GEOCOIN

Geo tool had GZ moving around a fair but but cache was located quite quickly once council rubbish collector passed by.
Didnt see GC but was moving rapidly so as not to give away the cache location.
TNLN TFTC ;o)

Found this afternoon.
I did not see the GeoCoin Maura's New York Geocoin in the cache.
My son used to go to the kinder nearby !! how about that .
T: Ford Keyring (for a Ford fan friend)
L: More marbles & Beanie Baby (surfer)
TFTF SL

PS: Nice to visit a good size cache .

A very nice bit a bushland, and a great place for a cache!
Once within 50m of GZ the gps was tucked into the pocket with very obvious trails leading up to GZ. A very easy find.
Perhaps time for a short relocation within the area to allow the grass and shrubs to recover??
TFTC
Rowy

Found by caughtatwork at 12:56
A nice simple stroll through the park this afternoon led us to the (now decomposing) cache area and the cache was in hand in short order.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks Thyla and Thylo for this cache today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found no worries, sorry no geocoin in here, as stated in the home page. I hate it when this happens. Nice spot for a cache though. TNLN TFTC.

Good hiding, and fun to track down... nice cache

1852 re-logging due to name change

Found with Landsergruppe.
Had no problems locating this cache. Coords seemed pretty good and there weren't many places to place a nice-sized cache.
Thanks for bringing us here.

Found with Jyetara on a humid day,
as we set off for this one we had a decision to make as to which path to take, so with my usual animal instincts, we took the wrong one! so we had to go cross country for the last bit. The right path was seen as we signed the log.

TFTC

Found it without too much effort.

Great idea for the logbook!

TNLN

Thanx!

Knypha!

Bit of a ride but found it after a while Thanks

this was a bit of a stumble around in the bushland, good to keep an eye out for snakes here, was a fairly easy find, a good start to the day, took ladybug popper, left travel bug

It's years since we've been in this park and it sure has changed. This was our 4th Thyla and Thylo cache for the day. Thanks for providing our entertainment for today. TNLN
Greg And Bev

[Some bush-bashing required for this cache. The published coordinates took us near the GZ but not quite. We had to spend a fair bit of time widening the search. The] log [is nearly totally ]decomposed[. So the hint was only subtly helpful. We propose that the GZ is closer to S 37 41.920 E 145 06.784. TNLNSL. Thank for the cache.]

very warm day (especially for us taswegians) and while walking to the cache it started to drizzle which cooled us down nicely.
Thanks for ANOTHER nice cache today Thyla and Thylo

Had fun finding this cache. Lovely big one full of goodies on a beautiful afternoon.

Took TB
Left skipping rope

Thanks for another great cache!

pocketrocket&friends found this cache on 25/9/08 at 4.10pm.
Took nothing but dropped off a Travel Bug.
TFTC Thyla and Thylo!!

A nice easy find on a lazy and beautifully sunny afternoon. Nice little spot of bushland here. Left a caching badge, took nothing. The cache was a little damp, we tried airing it a bit but it might need a once over with a towel. Thanks for the cache!

Found a huge stump, and thought it might be hidden in there, but no such luck. Oh, what is that over there I can see? Yes, it was totally uncovered and positively vibrating with muggle-meness. Looked OK though. TNLNSL. Thanks for bringing me to this nice bit of bushland.

Found @ 14:20 TNLNSL Thanks For The Cache

The GPS was going crazy and we spent a long time walking in circles. Persistance and finding the right track was the key.
Left: Bouncy Ball
Took: Glowstick

TFTC!

Found at 13:00, quite tricky in the slippery ground. Nicely hidden and in good shape, thanks for the cach, left well hidden.
Took Asian Doll
Left glow sticks
Signed Log

Another short pleasant walk in the bush, TFTC.

On a caching day with Muzza and Barcoder cache # 7 of 30 today. My thanks to Thyla and Thylo for the cache.

This was cache # 7 of 16 in my day out with Kiwideb and Barcoder. We wandered around for a couple of minutes before grabbing the cache. Thanks to Thyla and Thylo for the cache.

This is the seventh of 30 caches found today in company with Muzza and Kiwideb on another great caching day. The weather was perfect, the company excellent, the caches fantastic.
The order of the day was to find them quickly. This one was not as quick as some of the others. I suspect that Dolores Umbridge had something to do with it. Thanks for this cache Thyla and Thylo. And I see where you both have had a little magic in your lives as well. Congrats!

TNLNSL

You know, it kinda pays to look at the area where the cache is hidden via google earth or something like that. This one is no different. I was on my way home from my sisters place at 11pm, and thought that I might track this one down.

I loaded up the co-ords in my phone and drove in the direction of the cache as best I could. I got 20 meters of GZ before I gave up. Bush was to thick to walk thru in thongs, and where I parked would have roused alot of suspicion. Oh well, better luck next time I guess.

[This entry was edited by Agent Hambo on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 6:42:37 AM.]

Found this one - man it was hot at GZ, much hotter than the surrounding area, and the day was already hot to begin with.

TFTC

Plenty of spots to hide a cache.
TNLN TFTC

Found much quicker this time... Great spot, huge cache. Took the giraffe, left a white golf tee (my lucky one).

Frustrating... Our first attempt at geocaching and left only minutes before darkness set in. No dice. Will be back first thing tomorrow.

Found @ 5:25pm on the way home from work, 4th find for a work day. Great spot and container, three previous caches today were not bigger enough to fit a large TB we had into.
Enjoy the walk.
Took: Nothing
Left: TB This boot was made for walking
TFTC

we parked near the scouts hall, then 150 m walk to GZ nice and easy find in the DARK!!
TNLNSL
TFTC

GPS was unsettled but had a good look around and eventually found it.
TNLNSL

TFTC!!

This was a lovely park, and the bush smelt beautiful in the welcome rain. The cache was a nice big one too, although I did not do any swapping. Thanks for bringing me here, Thyla and Thylo.

I had to walk back to the car to get a pen which I left in the cache. Everything else is fine. I took a car and left a bag of marbles.

Found this one pretty easy. Massive container!!
There is no pen inside, so I used a twig and wet it to write. Nice and brown.

Took: Bubble Bath.

Left: Rising Sun.

Ta.

Another kwik find with the kiwi kayching krew. A quick walk in the woods some might say Cheers Gav [1314]

12.45pm. Great series, quick find.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Cheers M [:O)] (562)

Found with the Kiwi caching crew on our Aussie trip. Thanks.

'Kiwi Kaching Krew' - I like that, KiwiLegend .
Good hide! T4TC - M@

Pretty piece of bushland. Many thanks

12:51 Nice park glad we did this on a non school day. TNLN. thanks for the cache.
Took: I Forgot my Trinket TB

1st in the series, more were to follow.

TFTC

Nice wee series - TFTC.

Found on my weekend trek around the suburbs. I liked the easier ones in town like these few. Took nothing and Left a TB Trinket.
Thanks Thyla & Thylo,
Roostaman.

11.00am
Found by Roma and Max.
Here we parked at the nearby centre and followed the walking path in to GZ.
We found the container in full view but suspect that animals were probably the cause, as this could be a popular place for them as well.
We swapped a Mondo Figurine for a Necklace.
Thanks again Thyla and Thylo for this cache and the series.
Romax.

Found at 1120. Nice easy find.

TNLN. TFTC.

Found on a run with ADAcache, Ash-Dash and Cached

A nice nature walk that didn't take too long.

A quick and easy find

tftc

liked the spot was easy
tnln

This may have been the 5th in the Harry Potter series but it was our first. No sign of Fawkes, although there was a slight reference to the Weasley Twins not too far away. We took the surfer dude travel bug - he seemed much too far from the beach and left a Frankston Scout badge. Signed log. Great hiding spot.

Found By Matty24.

Found By
Ortaga in company of Konie and Damo – Visiting from QLD.
TFTC

Nice easy fint at 1705hrs with Ortaga and Damo. I didn't see any TB or Geocoin in the cache. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Great little spot, we enjoyed the short walk.

TNLNSL TFTC

Nice find today with the other half of TeamGeoPlesk (who is potter crazy) hoping to get some trivia in the Q's... oh well still a good series! TFTC TNLN

1st find for the day after some heavy rain. TNLN

Found @ 1535.

Another nice walk in a bushland setting. Ended up going around in circles due to some dodgy sat coverage, but zeroed in eventually. TNLN, TFTC! Congrats on the arrival of Thylette.

Found @ 7:45 on the way to a job nearby. Nice quick find. Thanks. Took: Geocoin "Show Me Some Cool Stuff" LNSL

Found by Mary & David at 1640. Delighted to learn that you have Thylette in the family now. We've really enjoyed this series, the books and the films. Great to have a cluster of caches to show us these lovely parks. Good to see the effect of the Bridal Veil Fungus on the weeds here. Took red squeezy heart, left pack of fish hooks. Also dropped off 'Show Me Some Cool Stuff!' geocoin.TNLN. Our thanks to Thyla and Thylo once again.

Felt like Harry himself, or more appropriately Hermione, as I crashed through the bush (well...) in the reluctant spouse's wake. He was silly to run ahead as I held the key (gps receiver) and was able to make the find on this one!!

TN, left a squishy heart.

Thank you for an excellent series, Thyla and Thylo.

The walk through the area was nice and I found the cache without too much trouble. The geocoin that was in it is gone, an email to its owner might be in order, or at least to the previous finders. I think that's the Harry Potter series sewn up for me!

Cheers,

R - B

This had us all looking looking and nearly gave up when we found a pen and "Stuff" floating around underneath. Alas we finally had it and were off to the next

Out- Travel bear
In- mondo & tattoos

thanx