Excelsior Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
By sspack on 28-Dec-07. Waypoint GC186C4

One or more of the following has occurred:

No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.

As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

Should you like to resurrect the cache please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

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The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.

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Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

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Still not found and no response from CO could we please get this archieved.

Would it be possible for the cache owner to check on this cache to make sure it is still there? There have been a couple of DNFs and it sounds like the cache location has been found but with no cache present.

Thanks and cheers, riokun

Could this please be archived as has not been found for quiet sometime, lots of DNF's noted but owner has not checked.

Probably should have looked at the logs before trying this one. Found perfect location but alas no cache.

Doing this as a family of geos one of us should checked other logs first but no we rushed in and could not find it then read logs to find it had gone

After doing the night cache here we went for another walk in the dark only to see that there had been prior DNFs on this one. 1 being a confirmed cache gone by a previous finder.this should now be archived.

Did Not Find with morry9 #DNFpride

After coming past the Stony Range Botanic Gardens yesterday evening, only to find the gates locked (despite the council’s website saying the garden was open until 8 PM), we returned in the morning to try for the First To Find again at the newly published ‘Stony Range Earthcache’. Morry9 and I met bella at waggy at the published co-ordinates (this time the gate was already unlocked and open), and we worked through the Earth Cache activity. Bella at waggy emailed our answers off to the Cache Owner and it was not long before we received a reply confirming we were the joint First To Find. Before leaving the gardens, morry9 and I also found the nearby ‘Stony Range’ Traditional Cache.

On the way back, we went via Chatswood to finish off the ‘Upstanding Citizens of Chatswood’ Multi Cache. We had collected the answers on a previous visit and I had worked out the final co-ordinates at home. We noticed the area around one of the waypoints has had a serious face lift since we were here last but we checked and the clue is still available for subsequent finders of the cache.

Not long after returning, I noticed another new cache had recently been published over at Rhodes, ‘Become a Rhodes Scholar Part 3’. I called morry9 and he did a 180 and came back over to meet me. We drove over to Rhodes together to check out the new cache in the Become a Rhodes Scholar series. Unfortunately there was a constant flow of foot traffic at Ground Zero, with no clear break in sight, so we decided we would come back later that night. As we were heading back to the car, another new cache had popped up. It was morry9’s new Multi Cache over in Lane Cove, ‘Come potter around Pottery Green’, he said he was happy to come for the ride while I went for it, so we headed over. Kid Ron Satan met us over at Pottery Green and we made the joint First To Find together, while morry9 watched on in anticipation.

Later that evening we headed over to Eric Mobbs Reserve and Bidgigal Reserve to attempt the caches hidden in the bushland there, including a new Multi Cache. We were joint First To Find ‘Bidgigal Night Cache #2’, and also found ‘Under Stone’, ‘Hayden's Hide’ and ‘Bidjigal Night Cache’; but had to log a Did Not Find at the ‘Excelsior’ Mystery Cache.

We were hoping by now the Bennelong Bridge over at Rhodes was much quieter and picked up Jase90 on the way. To our surprise the bridge was still quite busy but we managed to make the find during a momentary break. To our delight we were also the joint First To Find at the ‘Become a Rhodes Scholar Part 3’! According to the Cache Owner, this makes us “full legend!” haha A great cache to top off an unsuspectingly long, but successful day out caching.

Thanks For The Caches to the respective Cache Owners!

DNF with JordsAu

Have found this one before so decided to check to see if it was still there but it was gone maybe owner could check

Fun cache for the kids. It was great showing them the ammo tin. Random stuff in it! Tftc

After coming here on a walk with our Probus club we decided to come back and find your treasure. It was much warmer today than last time

Found it on a pleasant Sunday morning. I thought I'd clear out a few caches around Castle Hill. I had never been to this reserve before and really enjoyed this cache and the bush. This one was a bit of fun and my favourite type of container. A favourite point for this one. TFTC

Great find and cache is in good condition. Lovely spot. TFTC

Great Cache! Our Geofamily headed out for an adventure. We really enjoyed this Cache, thank you ! Ammo box dry and in good order, signed and bubbles exchanged for space alien thank you !

Most of my closest caches to home are mystery caches but most of them are 4-5 star difficulty. I decided I needed to start clearing these mysteries but of course some will take longer than others. This one seemed easy enough, just follow the directions. Put the dogs in the car and on a stinking hot day set out to one of my favourite places to find caches. I followed the directions to a tee and was at GZ and CIH within 20 minutes. SL #2392 on streak day #1285 TFTC

First one to find it in 2016

What a great afternoon for caching - overcast, slight drizzle at times, shorts, sandals and geodoggie off the leash.

After finding a nearby superhero, we wandered into the bush to retrieve Excelsior. All the readings given were precise so it led to an easy find in some magnificent bush. My only disappointment was that a bushwalking muggle was standing on top of GZ on the phone.

TFTC feral five

#2249 (2 of 2 today) (Streak day 130)

After the long drive (and plentiful cache grab) yesterday, I thought I'd just get one or two caches, and close to home.
I'd been looking at one puzzle cache - having trouble with the first waypoint. A breakthrough on it this morning, and spotting a field puzzle nearby gave me my targets.
Got both, but not without the troublesome one getting one last laugh...
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After finally sorting out Marvel Superhero #2 I actually had a head start on this one, having spotted a likely path in my aborted walk to the wrong GZ.

So started off as the rain was threatening to fall, and soon had confirmation I was going the right way.

All good until I needed those 6 poles... Hmmm. Over here? No. How about...
Finally went the right way and spotted the very obvious, as well as what has to be GZ.

Got there and soon spotted the tell-tale sign of camo.
CIH!

Completed signing duties, and put the mock on myself by writing that the rain had held off - within 60 seconds it had started so I quickly rehid and raced back to The Hademobile - got there quite damp but nowhere near sodden.

A favourite for the fun run around.

Now, should I have a look at alfyboy's nearby Lost Cache?

SLTNLN
TFTC

6/09/15. 3:17 PM. Cache #2929. Streak day #441.

Just this one today as I had a busy morning for Fathers' Day, and since it had been raining a bit and was still quite gloomy, one streak-saver was more than enough to scratch my itch. I parked up near Eric Mobbs oval and made my way down to the posted coordinates and then got to work.

I followed each of the clues, saving waypoints at the start of the dirt, the O.a. sign, the T-intersection and the 6 upright posts. From these posts, the final leg to the overhang was more like double the described distance, but since it was such an obvious feature, there was no issues in locating it. Getting up to it was easy and then so was the find. Cool, a nice quick field puzzle done for the day. After signing and replacing, I found a shorter track back to the oval and the car and then headed back home. A good, fun way to while away half an hour, so worth a fave point. TFTC.
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This cache had been on my radar for some time, however I was reluctant to attempt it since it seemed rather ambiguous: I'm much more secure with concrete coordinates than a loose set of instructions. I needn't have worried however, since the directions were pretty clear and I was able to follow and find everything as described in the cache listing page. Once at GZ however, it took me quite a while to locate the cache, I wasn't expecting it to be where I eventually found it. I wonder if it had suffered some cache creep as some of the photos the gallery indicating GZ didn't quite match up. Perhaps it was just me being thick. Whatever the case, cache was eventually located and log signed. I really love this piece of bushland, thanks for the short stroll through it. TFTC feral five!

Found today took a toy left a trackable.. Awesome little spot and love the description. Tftc

I found myself at the wrong parklands whole planning to find some of the local rugged caches. Those over was on the alternate way to my intended finds so I had a go at it.
Much simpler than i expected, and i think i recognize some of the tracks from when i completed the night cache.
Near the cache i spotted an open Tupperware container and thought it had been muggled, but after moving a bit closer i found the cache.
Thanks for the journey.

Came back to claim this one after short time At different location TFTC

On a lovely sunny day we decided to tackle this fun puzzle cache so dragged the geosons out for a walk. We've done this walk several times with Cubs pre-geocaching days so remembered this lovely walk. We followed the clues and found the cache after a few false looks. It's well hidden and in good condition. Thanks for the family fun!

Found it eventually after looking under the wrong 'shelter' TFTC

Lots of birds making lots of noise. Love it TFTC

This was a nice walk.
Thank you for bringing us to this lovely reserve.
We had fun following the instructions
In the cache we found a cigarette which we removed and dumped in the bin.
Thanks for the lovely cache.

Found location suspect cache has been muggled how hard is it to find a ammo tin?

Good find, quick search look up at the overhang on the side

Nice fun puzzle, easy to follow. TFTC

An interesting Mystery cache in my favourite local bush walking reserve.
Found without too much drama largely because I knew what the clues were leading me to before I got there.
Left a BookCrossing book and took a TB.

Nice easy mystery find after work.

Hardest bit was the traffic which was horrendous. Arrived 30 before sunset and followed the steps without too much drama.

The end got a little tricky but after a brief search had it in hand. Feels like more than 7 though.

Great old container, can't believe it has been here for so long without getting muggled.

Thanks for the cache! This lovely quiet area gets a favourite.

Hey thanks for this little bit of fun and visit to a wonderful part of this bush reserve! TFTC! BTW, don't worry but the tin's still in great nick! I'm sure you'll find it again soon!

Found this one! Really good condition, liked the clues.
TFTC

This was a lovely walk along the track. The clues were found and so was the cache not long after. A nice ammo tin. All in good order. Think I left a TB now that I think about it! Thanks feral five for a nice stroll in lovely bushland.

Being in the area for the night cache and the other mystery we decided we had some time left to do this one if we hurried along. following the instructions to almost GZ in the dark proved a not to much of a problem as all the instructions were followed until the obvious end result. where we put the wrong shoes on the the right feet.

spent some time looking at another place lower down before we widened the search area to make the find, re read the instructions and had a "doh" moment. nice little cache TFTC and a fav.

streak day 161 #1163

Found with Morley196 at Venturer Scouts tonight after doing the night cache. We got to the poles fine but once we were there we thought we knew were it was. After one of the other venturers walking up abit to another area he had it while Morley and I were looking in the complete wrong area. SLLNTN TFTC. Harder in the dark.

Loved the adventure to find this one. Brought uncle J and poppy to find this one. TFTC

This was a nice cache and a nice day for it too. I'd forgotten about the posts, but recognized them when I got to them. Then it was just a matter of finding the right overhang, but after I checked the first one there was only one left, and hey presto there it was. TNLNSL, and tftc.

It was a very pleasant walk in and really nice not having to rely on the GPSr for once. You can enjoy the bushland more when you are not having to check a screen every few metres. SL, took TB, TFTC.

What beautiful bushland, quite a few families were walking through on this very pleasant Sunday morning. A really fun cache, thanks.

Lovely way to spend a sunny Spring Sunday morning. Nice spot. Luckily, I got there ahead of Chook to grab the goods. TFTC

Nice to finally get this one crossed this one off my list A rather cold and windy day as I made my way to GZ, but a beautiful walk at that as you look over the rest of the bush around the area. The directions given by the CO were easy to follow - right up until you reach GZ. I spotted the posts (only 5 of them now unless I was missing one), then thought to myself where could this cache be hidden? Okay feral five, you've got me puzzled here a bit! Backtracked a bit and took a new approach after spotting a potential hiding spot that fitted the clues - GOTCHA!!! SL TN left two keyrings TFTC from AuSSiETiG3R

Mind you ... once I get my 70th find I will definitely award this one a favourite point as well

This entry was edited by AuSSiETiG3R on Monday, 13 August 2012 at 00:08:33 UTC.

After the night cache this mourning, tried this one. Excellent cache, SL TNLN TFTC

A nice little walk to this one on bright sunny winter afternoon. Followed the directions carefully and found the cache quickly. TFTC x

We found the container, just to let the CO know the co-ords for it are S 33°.... heheheh.

Great idea really enjoyed the chase, nice place for the final.

Well done on the work.

Took TB

TFTC

First Puzzle cache and worked it out with Mudflap Kimbo on their round the world tour. Liked it and enjoyed it. Good hide and well thought out

TFTC SLTNLN

This entry was edited by English Ian and Co on Friday, 22 June 2012 at 23:56:41 UTC.

Found with mat41174.

It was a very cold afternoon for a bush walk, but still a nice way to spend a Friday afternoon. We only vaguely followed the directions but were still lead straight to the hide. Thanks feral five.

Picked up the geocoin and left another.

Finally. Tricky one. Looking in the wrong spot for ages. TNLN

Thanks for a great cache FF. Spent about half an hour looking in the wrong place before I gave up and left, only to see a new potential spot I hadn't thought of, and there it was!

Nice walk, found thanks
Picked up trackable

This entry was edited by Gdaym8s on Monday, 14 May 2012 at 05:41:31 UTC.

This entry was edited by Gdaym8s on Friday, 18 May 2012 at 07:40:37 UTC.

Found this one on an ANZAC football afternoon. Geokid along with his Sherrin, and Team Sheahan leading the way. A nice walk in the bush on a brilliant day. Thanks for this one.

Thanks for the cache... Nice spot!

Dropped by today with a group of film makers interested in geocaching. Thought this would be worth showing. Found without any problems and dropped off a TB in the process.

Nice stroll through Excelsior bushland for Father's Day, with added bonus of this ammo can cache. TFTC.

Did this early in the morning as the bush was awakening. Really enjoyed it. Cache all fine. Swapped TBs. Thanks!

The geokids said 'that was a pretty fiun cache', and we have to agree. It was a gorgeous afternoon for a stroll through the bush. Loved the clues. Thanks for brigning us here. Signed log, left a TB.

First puzzle find with holyman54 good fun TFTC

Cool find tftc

Searched and found this one with misunderstood wombat.. Took us quite a while as the coordinates were way out.. easier with the 2 of us as we could search 2 large areas at once.. We enjoyed searching and eventually finding gz

Finally attempted this cache ...one of my closest unfound to home. Very pleasant walk and beautiful bushland. Really enjoyed the 'adventure' style of this cache - the descriptions were easy to follow and of course its great finding ammo cans every once in a while!! Signed log and dropped off the trackable 'corky'. TFTC feral five ^_^

TFTC

# for today: 4, TOD: Afternoon, Conditions: Fine, Cache Condition: Excellent, Others: Honeysoy, Notes - Left Aussie Flag TB
What a great adventure. I used to walk these paths with my wife before we became engaged (often at night when I should have been ay Uni)
Thank you for bringing us back here, I was even able to shown Geoteen where BikieChick used to live.
SL TFTC

Well! This was a good challenge for the day. With the rain starting to fall and Geoson and I under the umbrella, things just got harder. We found the rock overhang and went in search of the cache. After 15 Minutes, things won't looking good. Looked in the most oblivious places and still no luck. Gave up after 1/2 hour and continued on way, looking for other caches. It wasn't untill on our way back to the car that I noticed another overhanging rock nearby and soon had the cache in hand. Thanks for the challenge.
Cheers
dkmacca

TFTC. At first we went the wrong way and came back with a rainy day on the way back. Me and bikerbuddy went alone to face the ultimate challenge we had stubbornly missed. And there it was. The holy golden grail stood before us. TFTC.

Today my dad said I have to catch up on all the logs I have missed. I've missed about 130 because I like caching more than I like writing the logs. So sorry this is just a standard comment. Thanks for hiding your cache for me to enjoy.

I should have checked out pjmpjm's log before we started (in fact, I think reading that log almost qualifies as having done the cache). I got to the starting point and carelessly walked in the wrong direction. Well, that way seemed smoother than some of the stuff I've walked on lately. But I quickly began to have doubts, yet doggedly walked on a few hundred more metres before turning around. By that time the rain had started and was falling fairly heavily, so when we made it back to the starting point again, Garks and the WaywardWoman, who had hurt her back in a fall earlier in the day, waited in the car, while me and NickoHeap now took what was obviously the correct path. After that it was an easy find and we were never in doubt that we were finally on the right track. Funnily enough, the rain stopped by the time we got to the overhang, where we, too, might have sheltered from it. Thanks for an interesting and enjoyable cache.

2.30 on a day which aws supposed to be bright and sunny with a late afternoon thunderstorm. We set out on a mystery... the plot thickened- so did the swelling on back from my 10.30 fall. As the rain came down we realised, we'd taken a wrong way.(no pjmpjm photos either) It was a nice stroll till then and I decided- that's it for me! Garks, always wanting to be supportive stayed to be with me while Nicko Heap trekked off with swap bag in hand with his dad. They came back wet, but the victory walk was avoided because they didn't want to be soaked. A claim on behalf of the team by bikerbuddy! TFTC

Clever one feral five. I found your cache in great condition exactly where you 'remember' it being. Took the walk, but my gps showed some different numbers, nonetheless, I continued and kept reading futhur into your notes. I almost got lost and was about to turn back when the 6 posts sprung out at me! Ahaaa! From there a cinch. Found, signed and returned for the next finder. SL. TNLN. TFTC.

After living in the area most of my life, this is a section of it I've never explored. Thanks for showing it to us.
We made small swaps.
A lovely bit of bush.
Cache in great condition.
Thanks !

I just found your long-lost cache, sspack! It's still quite safe and in good condition and I'll soon upload a few photos to reassure you . . .

It was a bit of an adventure off Excelsior Avenue in Castle Hill, but your memory was pretty good and the clues provided enabled me to track down the 'little overhang' in about 20 minutes or so. Those strange 'six posts' were a great help, but I discovered a better way to get to your rocky shelter -- from the top. That way I avoided walking amongst the ferns.

I recommend that families take their children and help sspack out by finding this one again. The geokids will love it, and eventually, if he gets enough feedback, sspack will finally work out where he mis-placed his ammo box!

This is a very child-friendly area well worth the visit.

More comments in my photos, which will arrive shortly.

Thanks to sspack for letting us be of assistance . . .

Nice stash, love the ammo tim..Good little walk through the bush

Fun treck. Directions were spot on. Watch out for that freaking massive fanged spider. Plently of muggles walking around today. (WTF is with the logs???)

A nice walk to a nice spot. First find for the day. Luckily no massive fanged spiders around today!
SL TNLN TFTC

Loved the concept for this cache, the directions were spot on and the item you lost remains where you lost it. SL TNLN TFTH

What a great idea, and walk in pristine bushland, we even checked out the girls playing a game of frisbee's. TFTH...SL...TNLN

This cache was certainly different and fun.

T: "Cap Mountain (CO)" Green Jeep TB
L: Nothing
(Will do the opposite at the next cache!)

TFTC.

#180
I really enjoyed the instructions to find this cache. Very well done. I also discovered my geoson, Smurfyguy, was the last to sign the logbook. This was a very peaceful location. I left a gold pirate coin and dropped off "Cap Mountain Green Jeep" TB. Picked up "Flip A Friend" GC. Thanks for a very enjoyable cache.

#189
A nice easy walk in the bush with good directions. However, the final distance of 7m quoted is in my view a bit short. Still, a good cache, some wild life seen & met some muggles out for an evening stroll. TNLNSL TFTC

#162
Enjoyed the different clues to finding this cache. Found after getting leffft and right mixed up at GZ. I mean DUH!
Took geocoin and left Phone geocoin.
SL TFTC

Nice easy bike ride to GZ, took wrist band left glow stick. TFTC

Despite stuffing up the clues, by missing out some of the lines on the print out, I still managed to find this delightful cache.
The temperature was rising into the high thirties, but it was still a great walk, and yes the kookaburras were still about.
Thanks for bringing me here.

Walked right past here doing Hayden's Hide months ago and finally came back for this one. Followed the clues to the letter and had cache in hand soon enough. Good hot dusty day for it with no muggles. Took Labyrinth GC, left USA GC. Thanks for a fun adventure, great idea.

Found 8:30am I picked up a coin yesterday who's mission was to visit mystery caches. This one being in the area we were caching in today, was the obvious choice. The co-ordinates were spot on and the instructions very clear and easy to follow. Left geo-coin and took music CD. Thanks for bringing us here.

1:45pm. Ahh.. now I know what a Ornithorhynchus anatinus is. Took Singapore $2 and left The Joker and a thimblette.
Very precise directions. Sorry you still can't find it...
TFTC and fun

Returned to visit this one with the family on some birthday geocaching. Took My Heart TB since one of the Geo-family is heading to Dallas shortly and will take this much closer to Arkansas than Castle Hill! TFTC

Looked without success - then found it helps to read the instructions carefully! Liked the major fail sign!

Great cache, very nice location with fairly accurate description.

Took nothing, left SG$2

very precise! thanks

Nice and easy cache find ..
The instructions were spot on .. No trouble at all !

Although there were signs of ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS everywhere I didn't manage to see the real thing ..

A few muggles about but no dramas ..

TFTC !

As below.

Took Nothing
Left TB

Nice easy mystery cache - my first! Once I was at the spot, the cache was obvious - the old suspicious pile of rocks trick. The instructions were easy to follow, and the only mistake one could make, would be taking the wrong path. No ants about, so we sat and enjoyed the bush. Just managed to rehide the cache before a family came up the hill.

TNLNSL
Idiotjohn

Great cache.... was a bit hard to find at first but eventually found it...lovely place... took the travel bug...will redeploy it!!

Like others, I thought this might take a lot longer to complete, but it wasn't that painful. A nice stroll through the bush.

The sound of children playing sport and parents cooking sausages nearby, made me think of what I have ahead of me when Zac gets older.

Dropped off Cousin Koala TB.

[took the family to bidjigal for caching sunday and found my first mystery cache. XD] spent way to long looking in the wrong overhang. never mind. tftc

Went to a stroll in a local park on this beautifull Sunday and picked this one on the way.
nice little cache. I was disappointed a bit how short the walk was to it but still enjoyed it quite a bit. My first mistery chache
not sure why 3 stars for difficulty.

TNLN.
TFTH!!

A nice easy mystery cache this one. Walked a bit further than the descirption indicated until the GPS gave me the right distances. Found after a short hunt. TNLNSL, thanks sspack.

Did this one with Toonarmy. Geokids play Soccer close to here. Thought this one was more difficult then what it was - easy find. Really nice place for a cache and a nice walk. Took TB. TFTC.