M127A1 Mernda, Victoria, Australia
By lead scout on 23-Dec-07. Waypoint GC182MJ

Yep. Gone.

There has been work done at the cache site and I doubt the cache is there. Please check.

pretty sure its gone.

went round the whole tree...there is fresh mulch everywhere...might be gone...or too much bark

Found on Victorian invasion trip with Big Matt and The Rats.

This one was a bit exposed so a pretty quick find.

TFTC!

Here with Big Matt and Steeba as part of our Vic invasion weekend. Found this one sitting out in the open. Signed the log and rehid it a little better. interesting container.
Thanks

2341.

Found this cache on our Victorian Invasion trip with Steeba and The Rats. A quick find as the cache was out in the open.

Thanks lead scout for the cache.

TNLNSL

Easy find thanks to the clue!

Took nothing - left soldier - signed log

Shadowwomen

A very easy find as the cache was lying out in the open. It looks like the tree that may have been helping to conceal it has fallen over. The nearest suitable spot we could find for it was about 3M west at 37 34.854S 145 08.262E and this is where we left it. TNLN.
Greg and Bev

Cache was exposed but i doubt a muggle would come accross it here. Nice hide and a great area! Thanks lead scout! TNLN

Cache quickly found. Was exposed so hopefully covered it better.
Stables? Where?
TFTC

Found @ 2345 and last of 13 finds for the day. Nice late night walk to this and once at GZ the hide become very obvious to caching eyes.

TNLNSL

TFTC

Found at 1655 hours with a direct hit on GZ - left umbrella

Well he keeps finding mine so I fort I betta git some o'his.
Nice container. et etc etc etc
Not re-hidden well, took care of that!
HJ73
TNLNDSL

Checked in here 11:30am. Easy find, as was pretty exposed.
TNLNSL.
Stables no longer here. Just the urban sprawl. Pity.
TFTC.

Found by Mary & David at 1300. Very impressed by yet another lovely estate. Loved the container, which was partially exposed when we arrived. Rehid it with better camo. There is a freshly graded area where we presume the stables once were (later confirmed with the aerial view in google maps). Just bare earth now. Our thanks once more to lead scout.

Found by pocketrocket&friends on 31/8/08 at 9.30am.
Lovely area TNLNSL thanks Lead Scout!

Found as part of our Mernda/Doreen day trip. Nice quick find in a cute little park. Thanks for the cache.

On a cold and gloomy day the park was almost deserted, making it easy to approach GZ. These new housing estates have a really weird atmosphere, I reckon, with a bizarre mix of the suburban and rural, and the crowded quiet of the houses interrupted by the occasional rush of the cars which seem to be the only way that anyone gets around (bother, that doesn't make sense ... suffice to say that I think these places are kind of odd). Anyway, the hide and terrain are a little easier than the rating suggests, which made it a nice quick find. Thanks for the cache, lead scout ... aaaaahhhhh, and a Google search helps make sense of the cache name.

Nice walk through a new suburb picking up several cache locations.
Easy find, somewhat overrated. I would have thought 1.0/1.5

Rated: for Overall Experience

Number 20 of 25 finds in our "Epping and beyond" day out. Found at 3.05pm. A very easy find - we'd suggest that D1.5, T1.5 would be more appropriate here - even a wheelchair could get to it without too much trouble (apart from the steep hill)! TFTC, and showing us these historic stables, lead scout.

15:05 was the time this cache was found! This cache hunt was completed with Scooters Mob on our joint geocaching expedition. TnLNSL :TFTC

A good view after a short walk into what is an old farming area I dare say. The cache was found easily and the views of encroaching suburbia taken in, including one huge place which is surely not a house?

Found @ 15:50 Cache was exposed and in plain view, I covered it up well after well after logging it first of couse. TNLNSL Thanks For The Cache

My, there's some BIG houses in there. An easy find, with views too, TFTC.

After the disappointment of Emu Farm, we were relieved to find this one fairly quickly.

Nice spot. TFTC.

A simple and effective hide. Thanks lead scout.

Found by Bob at 1515

I think this was my longest walk to a cache for the day - all of 150m . Great coords and few other possibilities meant this was a nice, quick find.

Thanks Lead Scout - looks like a nice area to live.

On a caching day with Muzza and Barcoder cache # 17 of 30 today. Cache found at 1425. My thanks to lead scout for the cache.

This is number 16 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. Thought that this was going to be harder than it turned out to be. Doesn’t matter we found it just the same.[^] So many nice places out this way.8D]
Thanks lead scout.

TNLNSL


[This entry was edited by barcoder on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 2:24:19 AM.]

This was cache # 16 of 20 today. There was no-one around as I made my way to GZ. Some of its covering had gone and it was in plain view. I made sure it was completely concealed when I returned it to its hiding spot. My thanks to lead scout for the cache.

We found our 2nd Lead Scout cache at 4:15pm as the 5th of 12 on our Warrandyte to Yan Yean Ramble. We did the loop up and around for this cache. Nice views from the surrounding area. Thanks for the cache from D & H B-A.

Located by Rubus pickers on a Saturday drive. A pleasant stroll from the park. An excellent container that we haven't come across before.

Found by Pickupfamily Dad 1140hrs,cleaning up the area after two FTF attempts nearby earlier. A quick find in a nice location, thanks lead scout.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Find #4 of 8 on a northern excursion with pinguone.

Had never been in the estate before and as far as satellite communities go this one at least had a bit of character. We couldn't retrieve the other nearby cache due to a small muggle but enjoyed a short stroll to this location where all was quiet at 16:00. I hadn't seen a cache container of this type before and suddenly the cache name made sense.

Thanks leadscout.

Found with ssmc4 + decoy dog.

While muggles prevent us finding another cache nearby, we decided to get this one. No horses in sight. We noted that out of all these northern new burbs, this one is the only one with any character or sensible design....so daft Georgian designs to be seen But still a lack of water tanks & solar panels.

TFTC. P-P-P-Pingu! Pingu!

Another find for The Rebel Alliance. L.L.T.R.A
Thanks lead scout for the cache.

Cache # 21 of 29 in company with acts2youthgroup in our 'clean up the northern suburbs' day. We found this one at 1435. The terrain rating is far higher than it should be. I'd rate it 1.5 at the most. I made no exchange. Thanks to lead scout for the cache, Cheers, dak.

This was cache # 17 of 24 for the day in the company of dak's Emu mob on our northern suburbs assault, the cache was found at 1435. The gate was open so we drove straight up to the cache for anice quick find, I think this is about a terrain 1.5. My thanks to lead scout for the cache.

Found by Uncle Jiffy on 27 Jan 2008 at 19:01

Out with C@W. C@W was examining one of the spots his yellow etrex had misled him to ( his etrex was my friend today ). My GPSr was only marginally better as it led me a merry path in circles. A look here, a look there and the cache was in hand. Thanks.

TNLN

Found by caughtatwork at 7:07
A cheeky hide that wasn't too difficult to find as Uncle Jiffy came up with the goods as I was making my way across.
Interesting container.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks lead scout for the opportunity to find your cache today. The old stables were quite interesting, but I fear for the vandalism that will occur over time at a place like this.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by the Swaggies at 12 noon. It seemed that we were following caughtatwork around today, just a few hours later.
Another find for Swaggie2. TNLNSL.
Thanks lead scout for the cache and a new area to visit.

14:45 Drove right up to the cache - thanks

Found at 1210. After a couple of DNF's, I was while relieved when this one showed itself straight away.

TNLN. TFTC.

Found 200801231637 . Malby the GeoHound startled a rabbit and bemused a magpie as we arrived at GZ

Hmmm ... I've got one just like this at home ... I should turn it into a cache too [:p]

TNLN

Cheers Lead Scout

Nice park and great views. Good hiding spot. TFTC

Found 11:20, it took us two looks to locate this cache [B)]

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks lead scout.

Found this one without any trouble and then off to the other nearby one. Interesting old buildings here and strange the way they have combined a park with what is or was here. Lots of big houses around that look like they need a few trees around. Time will fix that I expect.
Thanks again

There are some big houses around this area. Quite a contrast to the small weatherboard one in the park.
A quick find.
Thanks, Robmc.

10.45am
Found by Roma and Max.
This proved to be another interesting place to make our search and after approaching the posted co-ordinates via some very modern constructions were quite surprised to find what the purpose of the buildings at GZ were for!
We signed the log and made no swaps for obvious reasons.
Thank you lead scout, for this experience.
Romax.

Another weird place that we'd never have given a second glance to. I wonder what makes people live in places like this; the Geowife and I discussed this all the way home.

Loved the stables, got some great sunset pics

TFTC

Found at 2:45pm. Another good viewing spot. Cache was quickly found while making certain two young cyclists on thetrack nearby were not watching our activities.
TNLN
thanks lead scout

We headed up to here and found the gates open so we parked in the shade near the stables and talk a short walk. The gpsr led us directly to the cache for a nice easy find of a different sort of container.
We signed log and as you have suggested we headed off to try our luck at a dissappointing view
Thanks lead scout for the ache

Found at 3.15pm GAFF1. Another fantastic spot to take in the NE view. The cache was quickly located and we moved on. Thanks lead scout.

Oenze and I found this one after wandering down from the other nearby cache. Nice old established trees and we played guess which tree as we approached from the south. As it was the well hidden container was not in our first tree of choice but it was found soon after. Thanks Lead scout.

Find # 2148 and 9th of the day at 12:46pm. Accompanied by Feathertop on another day out caching. Easy find a nd a pleasant walk to GZ from another cache nearby, TNLN, Signed Log, Thanx Lead Scout....

An interesting spot, nice quiet, but a little spooky with the stables.

Thanks

Luck Dogs Crew

It was so hot today at 4pm that the area was like a ghost town - not a muggle in sight.
Geocaching spouse loved the container and wanted one of his own!
Left a pen for public use.
Thanks lead scout

Found by Matty24 just after finding the other cache close by. Nice area. Didn't take or leave anything and signed the log book.

Found 11.00am
Looked around the stables before hunting for the cache took a while and found after widening the search area.

TNLNSL

TFTC lead scout

Looking for new caches this morning and realised we had a couple not too far away, so took off off pronto and arrived around 1:45pm only to find Team Rubik had beaten us sometime during the morning. Oh well, an STF is OK too. Thanks Lead Scout. Interesting stables.

I enjoy exploring old buildings when out caching, the history and architecture of old places fascinates me. Not much in the way of architecture here, but interesting all the same. The park was a great place to look around this morning, it was only 9am when I visited but I had to put a jumper on I'm embarrassed to say, it was a tad cold!

Thanks lead scout,

R - B

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