Sherlock Holmes 1 Moonah, Tasmania, Australia
By Tasgunsmith on 30-Jan-08. Waypoint GC190FR

As the cache owner has not acknowledged, or responded to my request for action, this cache is being archived.

Regards,
Balayang
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Hi
This cache appears to have some problems. It is the cache owner's responsibility to read the logs and check the cache to sort out any problems with it and give an indication of when it may be up and running again for people to find.
**The cache is being Disabled to give the Cache Owner an opportunity to investigate and fix the apparent issues.**
Once the cache is operational again, the CO should write an *Owner Maintenance* log advising that the promlems have been fixed, and to remove the *Needs maintenance* attribute (red cross) if that is showing on the cache page. The CO can then write an Enable log to return the cache to play.
If the cache cannot be fixed it should be archived.
**If there is no response to this log after 30 days the cache will be Archived.**

The [Geocache Maintenance guideline](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance) explains a CO's responsibility towards checking and maintaining the cache when problems are reported.

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Took us long searched, unable to find but good coords, no cache..!!!
Need CO checking...

DNF for us

Moriaty's spys were everywhere today. Couldn't have much of a look, though i honestly have no idea where it could be.

On our way back from Russell Falls thought we would try for this one due to it's high number of favs. GZ suggested we might need a jack hammer, but that didn't sound like a terrain 1, difficulty 3, so we decided to widen the search. After trying all possibilities of things that open & shut we were left with a few that were too tight for us today. Perhaps another day.

Someone has pushed it in too tight, unable to screw off.

Found by the oldest in our trio, after we got caught by "Moriarty" and managed to escape TFTC

Had ventured to this cache once before but it was far to busy for our likings so we gave it a miss and decided to return on a day that it would be quiet. Today was that day. It still took sometime to find it and even after a PAF (geodaughter and geosoninlaw, who were FTF on this cache) we still struggled to uncover the very stubborn and unforgiving cache. At last we put our hands on the cache, so nice to be able to sign the log.

Thanks for the cache Tasgunsmith

Glad we did this on a quiet weekend with the place to ourselves, gps had us all over the place but kids and Jed74 worked it through. tftc

Found on the way back to the hotel after dinner. Not sure why the reference to Mr Holmes.

Nothing like the chance of a cache after dinner. It took a while to narrow down the options leaving only the most probable of the available remaining options! Thanks...

Needed a cache today so decided to give this a go after a DNF at another cache close by. Was prepared for a long search but found almost immediately, nice hide, TFTC.

Found after a little help by some friendly local cachers who we have known since the Murray Bridge mega in 2014. We would never have had the correct tool in our hire car. TFTC Tasgunsmith.

TFTC! Found after work on way to caching meet n greet at the carlyle hotel tonight!

My second time looking for this one; after 40 minutes I'd just about given up, read some of the old logs and found a couple of hints. Finally got it. Great hide, TFTC

Nice hide!! Temp log still there.

Found we think but no log or swaps in sight. Muggled perhaps a temp log left and message sent to cache owner. Awesome cache though!!

Tricky blighter! Had to come back with reinforcements!!

No idea!!!!!

It would be appreciated if the next Cacher to look for this was equipped with a replacement sandwich type ziplock bag to replace the old dodgy one if I don't get a chance to do so beforehand.

Australia Trip, Day 24 of 49
Tasmania Trip, Day 8 of 12
On Cache tour with Theatralis.

German Log:
Heute wollten wir unbedingt noch auf den Mount Wellington bevor wir Hobart verließen. Nachdem wir uns die fantastische Aussicht angeschaut haben, ging es mit unserem Auto nach Port Arthur. Auf dem Weg kamen wir noch beim Blowhole, Tasman Arch und Devils Kitchen vorbei.
Bevor es auf den Berg ging, wollten wir unbedingt noch in der Bakerstreet 221b vorbei schauen. Vor Ort wurden wir schon John Watson begrüßt - oder wohl eher vom einem der Mitarbeiter der Firma. Er wusste über den Cache bescheid und half uns beim suchen. Leider brauchten wir etwas Kraft beim Öffnen, aber schließlich konnten wir uns ins Logbuch eintragen und dem Mitarbeiter noch einen schönen Tag wünschen!
Fall abgeschlossen!

Falls der Owner mal nach München kommt, lade ich ihn herzlich ein meine Sherlock-Caches zu machen

English Log: (translated with Google Translater)
Today we wanted to have on the Mt Wellington before we left Hobart . Now that we have looked at the fantastic view , we went with our car to Port Arthur . On the way we passed yet at Blowhole , Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen .
Before going to the mountain , we wanted to have a look in 221b Baker Street . We have already welcomed John Watson on site - or more likely from one of the employees of the company . He knew about the cache and helped us looking at . Unfortunately, we needed some force when opening , but finally we were able to enter us in the logbook and Wish employees have a nice day !
Case closed!

If the Owner times comes to Munich , I invite him cordially to make my Sherlock caches

TFTC
The last Rooney
Greetings from Munich, Germany!

Took us awhile to find it hut got thete eventually. Clever hide.Tftc.

[violet]I'm currently hitchhiking my way around the world and geocaching everywhere I go. My first stop was in Ireland where I spent a couple weeks touring the country. I then flew to London and spent a couple weeks touring the United Kingdom. From there I made my way through the tunnel and up to Amsterdam and then back down to Belgium. After that I headed for France. Then from there I headed to Portugal for a mega event that was happening. After that I headed for Denmark to attend another Mega event. I then made my way North into Sweden and then even further North to Norway. After that I proceeded to work my way back down South through Finland and then ferry hopped my way through a few of the islands to arrive back in Sweden. Next I made my way to Germany for another Mega event and then back to the Netherlands for still another mega event before heading for Luxembourg. After that the next stop along my journey was Switzerland. I then made a quick detour up to Belgium to grab a July 2000 geocache I had overlooked before making my way to Croatia passing through Austria and Slovenia along the way. After that my route took me East to Serbia and then through Romania into Moldova. I then couldn't resist going North and crossing into the Ukraine. After that I began heading South passing through Romania once again. I then passed through Bulgaria as I raced for Turkey in order to catch a flight to Australia timing it so that I could attend a mega event happening there. After that I traveled along The Great Ocean Road and up to Adelaide before making my way West to Perth. I then headed back to Port Augusta and made my way North to Alice Springs. Then I turned around and headed south and then east towards Sydney detouring into Canberra along the way. I then made my way up to Queensland before turning around and heading back down the coast to Melbourne. I then made my way over to Tasmania so I could cross off the last state of Australia.

Thank you so much for placing this geocache!

TheLoneBaker[/violet]

Travelling around Australia and spending a few months in Tasmania.

Moving day today from Campania to Glenorchy. Once we had our camp set up we headed out to find a cache to keep our geostreak alive!

Glad we tackled this one on a Sunday. boy tricky tricky. Opening the cache was very tough! Needed to be Superman. Finally got it open. [^]

TFTC Tasgunsmith

Great little hide

Found it under the cover of darkness, great hide, tftc.

Sneaky little hiding spot Tftc

Just call me Sherlock thanks!

Just fits 2 good. Was a struggle getting the lid off. All ok TFTC

Working through some puzzle caches and realised I hadn't logged this one yet!

Convinced (conned?) to go out night caching with ms_enchantress while she was visiting Tassie and the kids were in bed.

This one had us stumped for a while. Searched here and there and was almost positive we'd need a tool to open the container.. Reading back through older logs we found this wasn't the case, although others have also had this same thought.

Searched some more and I was triumphant, much to ms_e's disgust as she's supposed to be the more experienced cacher! haha!

What a fantastic hide! Super impressed and you're so right Tasgunsmith, it's a Tardis indeed.

TFTC! I love it

In Tassie to look after my Aunt that's recently had heart surgery. Taking advantage of any spare minute to find a cache in my home state :)

Earlier tonight I was trying to con my bestie into a few caches tonight... eventually she gave in... Once our kiddies were settled in for the night we quickly headed off... As Ive tried to sneak off to cache before and the babies woke, we stayed within 10 minutes of home, incase a quick dashe was needed!

Reading this cache we thought we knew what we were after..... After a few minutes of pondering... a couple failed attempts... and Jac888 came up with the goods... I really am goijng to have to bottle her and bring her home with me... She finds all the ones I cant!! HAHAHA

Thanks For the surprising cache Tasgunsmith :)

WOW, nice hide, never seen one like this before, took me to my third visit. TFTC

Find #410

My first find in Hobart. Visiting for a work trip I made my way in from the airport for a meeting nearby. I had about 20 mins to spare so looked for a nearby cache. I was rewarded with this clever hide in a busy area. I was conscious of the risk of muggles nearby as I approached GZ but after I had a quick look around it was in one of the first places I tried. Once I had the cache in hand I took it nearby to sign the log. After another quick check around to make sure the coast was clear I was able to return to the hiding spot. TNLNSL and visited a TB. Thanks for the cache Tasgunsmith.

Very clever hiding spot. Thanks a lot for that! Bag needs replacing. Would have replaced it but we didn't have any sorry.

TFTC

TFTC

Quick find today, but I had been here before! Great cache

Found with Cousin John who was learning to geocache. His second find for the day!

This entry was edited by Grum on Friday, 25 April 2014 at 04:16:39 UTC.

Had the right place on our last visit, but this time I was more determined and found it. Nice hide. TFTC

Cache zombified. Was expecting the worst with this one and yet had the log in hand at the first place I tried. Sometimes it works that way, more often not! Tftc.

Wow took me 40 mins on the second attempt! Love this cache nearly made me give up! Great work

got you finally and left some green feet TFTC

Third try third fail.
I notice the building has been rebranded now though.

This entry was edited by AussieCacheHunter on Sunday, 12 January 2014 at 07:43:25 UTC.

About 4th attempt. Back to the hide I first attempted with no luck. Just a bit more of an attempt would have it first time. Nice engineering. TFTC

Bag is a bit torn up. Sorry I didn't have one with me. Otherwise dry and secure.

Attempted this one today but was surprised at how much traffic went past even on a wet Sunday afternoon. I will be back to try again.

This was our first search, no luck this morning, too many Muggles. Will come back at a quieter time.

Found it
Nice one TFTC

The more you do something the better you get at it. We found a cache very similar to this one a few weeks ago, so we had it in hand in less than five minutes. TFTC

Wow! Found it first up TFTC

The plastic bag was ripped in a few different places.

This was our second attempt at this cache. The first time we struggled to get it. This time was much the same to start off with, but then Knight no. 4 had a thought and went over to it. He told Knight no. 1 that he thought he had it but she that it was nothing. After a minute of trying to get it from where it was he eventually got it. This cache has earnt a favourite point from us.

found it straight away this time round.

Very clever nice hide easy find with clues good that it was after hours TFTC TNLN took a while but got there in the end

Yay. Third time lucky. We had tried this spot before but it must have been fixed solid at the time. This time round, the cache was easy pickings. TFTC....a tricky one at that!!

Miss J and I found this one quickly ona very quiet Sunday morning. We both had the same idea of where to look. Very clever hide, earns a favourite point from us. TFTC

It's raining and this time we found it


This entry was edited by MakkyBrown on Sunday, 04 August 2013 at 06:45:54 UTC.

Tried again stumped again . Maybe another day and muggles parking in the lot didnt help

I called to search for this one a long time ago I for all our looking we couldnt see it and with the rain pouring down that day we gave up.

But with me being in the area early on a Sunday morning I went for another look, with two generations of my family in tow I pulled up at GZ and we all started to look for the cache, and after a few minutes I have an idea of where the cache is and after a problematic retrieving soon have the cache in hand.

Great container I must say, myself and the other cacher are pleased to add our names to the log.

Thanks for the cache.
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Found it, good fun, nice cache..had 2 mini cache hunters to help.

We did this one on Saturday arvo so no muggles around today. Which was lucky because of the noise we made. Good cache , nice hide. tftc

My powers of deduction have failed me this time. I will have to try again another time

Great cache!

There were plenty of nearby muggles, including one fellow a couple of properties away watching closely. We figured that it was likely he knew about the cache. We suspected what the type of container might be, especially after seeing a photo on one of the logs. Sue was quick to locate the spot even though not really where the GPS pointed to. TFTC Tasgunsmith

With New Town bay #4 back on line we decided to do a loop walk through Lutana to Prince of Wales Bay and back via Moonah. A 7 kilometre walk. Lutana is an area we hadn't walked through before and we got a surprise to find a pocket of houses all with that rough cement rendering that was used 50 years ago or more. Some were single story and others double and were probably built by the zinc works for employees.

Love these type of hides!! Previous logs did help!!!

This was our 5th cache find in the caching run & we found it at 21:50
So this now makes our total find count 5927.
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When we attended a nearby GCA Event cache (A Hump Day Haunting), Red Tag told us that it used to be a tradition at earlier "hauntings" that they would often take interstate visitors to this particular cache at the end of the evening because (back then) it was a really novel hide.

So, as we are interstate visitors, we really had to do this cache on our way back to camp after the event.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent (Under 2 metres)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks Tasgunsmith for the hunt today.

3rd time lucky! Tried looking just about everywhere else during previous but found straight away this time, Definately overthought this one. Gets a fav point tftc!

Funnest one yet. Awesome cache

One of the best we hav found yet!! Great hiding spot! TFTC!

Found it with AINSTAR, KittyKatR and geokids. 2nd attempt and was determined not to give up. Persevered and came up trumps. TFTC

On our second attempt we brought KittyKatR back and she came up with an area she thought was budging! With a bit of extra grip we had the cache in hand! Found with scottymyth also! TFTC!

Found with Ainstar and Scottymyth! A fairly long look, but very happy with the find! TFTC

Building for lease and area vacant. Took the top off where I though it'd be but nothing there (though it looks like some may once have been).
Can a previous finder check if it's still there?

This entry was edited by AussieCacheHunter on Thursday, 17 January 2013 at 03:56:05 UTC.

Not sure that the GPS had a grip but we got one and voila! Tftc

Omg finally! This one was so frustrating and so rewarding once found. Left a smiley face badge in recognition of how we felt lol.

Spent quite a while looking around. Luckily it was late in the afternoon on a saturday so virtually no muggles. Twisted yanked tugged various metal and plastic things. Looked in, under and around things. Saw possible spies of Moriarty, but luckily none of his assistants came after me.
I'll try again in the future.

Found on second visit, brought along some help this time

After a bit a search thebuntons came up trumphs. Tftc

Definitely need a good grip.... Cheers for the cache, love figuring out these ones!

A very clever hide this one. Took 4 of us to find it. It pays to recheck all possible spots, SL, TNLN, TFTC

Found after a second trip with assistance!!

Easy find after reading the logs, didn't need tools just my bare hands TFTC

Found it with some assistance!

Standing here watching a fellow cacher look for it, and it is rather fun! I checked it while they were looking the other way, and unlike what was said by some previous logs, no tools are needed still. Just a matter of technique.

The description of this cache caught our eye..and we were intrigued....we drove by to see where it was located, but it was still work hours, so we left for half an hour to return when it wasnt so obvious. Co-ords put us in the middle of the driveway, but ruling out digging up concrete we expanded our search! An hour we looked...Having seen this type of cache before...we narrowed our search to a particular area. (your neighbour to the right was very interested in us hanging around with our TOOL...I think he considered a call to the police)...but after a slight OH&S slip up resulting in a bleeding finger...we opened the tardis to find the cache.....WOW!
We were very impressed with this one!
T: pressed penny..L: silver necklace. signed log. TFTC

Finally able to log this one today. After the Hunt and Munch event, we went to this cache because TiltonSpire had some tools in his van. I've attempted this cache on my own a few times but with no luck.
Turns out TiltonSpire didn't even need tools!!
TFTC!

Some need tools, some need strength, some need brains - I'm sure there is a song or philosophical discussion in there

Thanks goes to Kangaroo Girlie who put me onto this one, very ingenious hide - favourite point coming up!

TNLNSL TFTC

Found with Geodad TiltonSpire and Kangaroo Girlie after the great Hunt and Munch 2012 event. Fantastic hide and thanks to Kangaroo Girlie for this one. TNLNSL TFTC

Awesome cache. Watch out for things that may be clues but are not! TFTC

Fairly hard but found, my GPS was off a bit ~6m, didn't need tool but did have my bike gloves which are grippy.
TFTC

Well we really struggled with this one, so mmuch we asked the workers if they knew anything about it, turns out they did... I found it.

[I believe it was my 67,901th visit today, and we came up lucky (by which I mean the workers gave up on our creativity and SHOWED us where it was, although we started to get a good idea).

Phillip, our Kiwi friend, proved everybody on here saying tools are a requirement wrong and he opened the cache with brute sheep strength.]

We still looked in the wrong tube for a good ten minutes.

At last!
This must be visit number 7, or thereabouts. The first four I was searching in the wrong location, having followed the coords too exactly, and also read the logs about force being used.
An email to the owner confirmed that I was wrong and steered me gently in a more appropriate direction.
With no tools, all that my next two visits brought me were broken skin. Finally, I visited with a pair of gloves and, more importantly, Mrs RC, who soon had the hide open.
I hide I have seen before, but never so hard to get to!
Thanks for the long-term battle, Tasgunsmith.

This was my third attempt at this cache. On the other two occasions my search was brief as it was during business hours. This time it was early evening and after looking in a few places I had chickened out of looking last time I had a looking in a totally different spot and found it straight away. Great Hide.

This one had us going for a while - glad it was a public holiday and no one was around. Thanks Tasgunsmith

This cache was found as part of a big day of caching the Hobart area with lots of caches found and many interesting sites seen and visited.

My long time caching buddy had been here before looking unsuccessfully and was a tad peeved when I revealed the cache in a spot he had looked last visit.
A very nicely constructed hide.

A big thanks to my dedicated driver/navigator, who played hard ball and gave no hints and only got out of the car at the caches he hadn't found, and my little mate who came to most of the finds with me.

TFTC

This is one of those caches that even when you know (or think you know) are looking for you still don't see it until someone else shows you what you thought was right is right and is proud to do so. Funny they where closed this Friday, so lucky for us.
JABs.