The Bells Gong Gong, Victoria, Australia
By embi on 29-Aug-01. Waypoint GC19AF

We found that the container is broken and no longer waterproof.
We would have replaced it, but as we are on holiday without our usual supplies we couldn't.

This cache will have to go ofline til i can have a look at its location,

Thanks to all who have found it over the years.

Visited at 14:31
Difficulty of 3?
We felt more than a little naughty getting to the cache, but it was worth it.
Location with a difference.
TNLNSL TFTC, find #451 for Echo & Spice.

Yeah, I liked this one.

Thank you

Found while on a caching road trip with Konie and The Wonderstuff. Major bravery award walk for the two Kiwi's. TFTC great fun getting to this one.

Found with Kiwi Explorer and The Wonderstuff from NZ on our Victoria and South Australia caching adventure.

TFTC

watching the boys attempt this one was fun
found with Saraci.Jaee, Indiana08 and PacketStorm4

Found with Indiana08, RHPS and PacketStorm4.
TFTC

Great location for a cache, we went in the complete wrong direction first and had to climb through the slipway and over a barb wire fence after climbing a near vertical hill!
But such a challenge is exactly what guys like PacketStorm4 and myself need (2 18 year-olds) to show off to the ladies
TFTC, took the bells geocoin, might be a nice challenge.

Awesome climb!
TFTC

Came out here in the rain with the Mustardland Garmin Big Ben coin, which had specific instructions for it to be left at a cache with a Bell name.(Couldn't get any closer to the name if I tried) And since the orders were direct from England, I thought they'd overrule the Ranger's No-Trespassing sign, right! Well, maybe not, but as it was p***ing down, I had a feeling he'd be inside having a hot cuppa. TFTC embi, TNL-Geocoin, SL

I wanted something out of the norm for my 1000th find as this was the closest challenging cache, and previous logs ignored an atempt was made. The effort was worth it, it took a while for the penny to drop (joys of not having cache notes with me). Thanks embi from one happy cacher.

It would by a pity to see this site lost to caching but in line with previous cache logs I had to enter a no go zone to get a find - added to the fun and challenge.

Dropping in some TB's to join the celebrations.

Things have not changed much since the last two logs, the area is still marked as off-limits. But there is such a large gap under the gate
We weren't sure if you would mind us moving the cache, so we left it where it is. We will be going back to do a few others in the area, if you want something done, just ask.
A nice park for a walk.
Thanks, Robmc.

Found at 1010. Ditto for much of Rabbitto's log. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to go via the slipway, until I saw the sign. Then I had to step over a small barbed wire fence on top of that. Met up with local walker prior to entering the slipway who said access is not possible anymore from anywhere near this point. If the cache stays here, someone may end up getting caught.

TNLN. TFTC.

We found our 15th Embi cache at 11:30am as the 4th of 29 on our Ballaratatattat Tour III. It appears that we may be the 100th finder of this cache. Unfortunately at it's current location, we may be the last as this whole section has been fenced off with a 6ft high cyclone fence complete with Tresspassers Prosecuted signs. I made entry via the slipway as the fence does not travel all the way around to the top of the hill and hopped a barb wire fence near the top. A quick find then returned via the original intended route as the location of the gate on the cyclone fence had about a 2ft gap underneath it due to its location. The cache will probably need at least a 60m or so relocation to remain in a legal area. Thanks for the cache from D,H & A B-A.

Found with flyjabiru1 @ 5:30pm
Great cache, nice easy find.
Lucky I was not alone as I would not have been able to reach!!!!!
TNLNSL TFTC

Found this one with sandar10, and the family at 1730hrs. Not for the vertically challenged thats for sure. T:Badge L:mini highlighter.

Probably my last cache for 2007, and I was successful on this occasion, after reading a few of the clues. I don't know how I missed it the first time.

Took nothing.
Left a patch.

TFTC and Happy caching in 2008!

This was only about 40 metres from another cache too
Now i know what the large stone was for
Thanks embi

Found today after doing the nearby Family Reunion.

An interesting cache location, pays not to be looking around your feet all the time.

Took: Nothing
Left: Lanyard

Signed the log
Thanks for the cache!!!

Had a good look 'round, but not able to locate the cache. Think I'll have to come back another day.

[This entry was edited by darthvandal on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 3:17:03 PM.]

Found 9.45am
Walked the long way to get to GZ and had a bit of a look around before remembering the name of the cache then .... ahhhh now we get it. Cache was nice and dry (unlike others we found today).

Took Nothing
Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers

TFTC embi

Not as hard to find as i expected it to be, gerat area to visit.
we took out a small torch and left an army man.

Found this instantly one after walking straight up to it. Finally found one of embi's caches on the first look.[:o]What a surprise for the rugrat and I.

Found easily as number 8 out of 14 for the day. Travelling with VKC1SR on an assault on some Ballarat caches. TNLNSL.
Great spot. Thanks for the cache.

Found today at 1325

6th of 11 for the day in company with Suitman.

Nice easy find.

Took - NIL
Left - NIL

Great spot

thanks for the cache,

VKC1SR

This was our second attempt at this one! The muggle that we brought with us managed to find this one - good work Muggle Budd.
Took: Lego Boy
Left: Giraffe Figurine and Bulldog Clip

Thanks for the cache!!

Found it ok

If I jumped high enough I could just see the cache hiding in its nest
A bit of bush construction was required to retrieve this one.
Thanks for the fun and stroll.

Enjoyed this find. I also had to cross the spillway and go through the fence. TNLNSL. Thanks

The previous finders put this right out of view, so I had my work cut out trying to find it. Eventually the satellites settled down and the penny dropped (I hadn't read the cache page.....).

Nicely done,

R - B

Found after a very brief look around, just happened to get a glimpse. TNLNSL. TFTC embi

We found this one after doing the nearby photo shoot one. The GPS was really playing up but we found the spot despite it saying we were 40 meters away! A great hide and the cache was in good condition and all dry even after the rain today.
TNLNSL

4th find for the day in a lovely spot. We walked up the wrong path and had to cross the weir and jump through the fence. Found the cache pretty quickly and it was all waterlogged still. We dried it out, put in a new log book, pen and a mondo. We have the old log books, they were still very wet, so we decided not to put them back. We'll deliver them to Embi soon.
Thanks!

Found this one after a short walk and a bit of GPS reeduction. The cache was quite wet , but couldnt see why, dried out and replaced items.

T- Scorpion and Left - hairclip.

I have found this cache as part of JADE004, but have now created my own separate account (therefore I am not shown in the log book under this username).

Good thing hubby was on the ball about this one. Couple of muggles nearby but unaware of our existence. TNLN TFTC

Slightly waterlogged logbook, may need a new container

great find embi
didnt realise how high the bells rung in the tower!
slightly waterlogged so may need some maintenance...
thinking of you both and your soon to be third member
canclan

I realy liked this little hide! A little unfortunately the previous finders appear to have not placed it back as carefully as required and it was fairly visible, but still a good spot. T moose, L Dinosour. Thanks embi for this cache.

Poor Sammy would have uber difficulty finding this without aid of a GPS!

With GPS found with very little difficulty - Nice place, 'cept we'd just come from Black Duck and ended up right on the wrong side!

TFTC - TNLNSL

very un succesful day, we looked for many cache's but no luck, we also ran out of time we didnt have a gps so were using google earth maps, shall return with proper equipment

Well done TCTF log was wet ink pen was dry need water proof container and pencil & sharpner.

What a trick. Walked round it the first few times.

The container is a little damp, but not too bad.

TNLNSL

Thanks for the cache.

I was quite surprised where my gps was leading me but lo and behold a cache!. Thanks embi

A nice quick easy find, at least if your starting from photo shoot!
swapped a mondo figure for a reindeer.
Cheers, TFTH.

HMMMMM, didn't hear them ring but an interesting climb, T 1AD Rome toy L Sunglasses Strap Thankyou.

found this morning after a quick look around gz i found the cache made the switch and filled in the log book]

took: japenese lady left: african man

The cache log books sure looked old but it wasn't until tonight we realised how old this cache was! Great hide.
Took bottle stop, left some money.

Found by edmil & maddie. Nice little hiding spot. We had some fun getting to the location as I think we came in from the wrong direction. However we did locate it and the log was signed with great pleasure. Took spoon and left Dragon cork Bootle stopper. Thanks for the cache.

Awesome cache. Nice spot too.

Found @7.27pm.
Find 3 of 3 for the evening.
Only had until 8pm to find as many caches as I could before I went to my appointment in Ballarat. I decided to try for this one as it was only 50 mteres from another. Nice park!
I have found a few of Embi's now, and I always enjoy them
Thanks Embi!!

found by head chef on the way to work in ballarat

nice easy find

thanx for the cache embi

Great walk, and good exercise on a lovely afternoon getting to the cache. Sat down for a few minutes at GZ and thought about this one… and the very clever location quickly emerged when you knew you were looking for something. The youngest kitty had rushed off into the bush as soon as we stopped the car, we followed not having the time to grab any swaps so TNLN, signed log. Thanks Embi this really was a fun find, and a great park to visit.

And other Embi cache with the usual twist I'm coming to expect. Found without to much trouble especially as the previous finders left the finding tools nearby.
ACant say too much more without giving the game away.
TNLN here. Thanks very much again Embi

Found just on dark as a thunderstorm rolled in. Had to look for a little while until we thought about the name.

Left spoon and tool bottle opener.

TFTC

Found after several attempts, missed logging this one earlier.
Cheers Highrod
TNLN

Thanks for taking us to such a nice area. It was such a great day to be out for a walk as well. Cache was found in quick time. It had a bit of condensation in it, so I gave it a bit of a clean.
TNLN

Team members included Diceman, Keymaster and Queen of hearts. Well!,, We'd been here before infact, only one day ago! The cache was well hidden but found it without too much trouble... Love the spot!!

T:N
L:N

Thanks Enbi for another great cache!

Found at 10:36am Accompanied by GeoDano.
2nd find out of 11 on our trip to Balarat today.
In:-Mondo Doll, Out:-Bouncy Ball, Signed Log.
We always like to know the meaning of each cache name is but it took us until we left the park till we had it figured out.
Thanks Embi...

Found at 11.15am, GAFF1. Lovely park on a very windy day. We struggled up the slope and then had an interesting find. Thanks embi for a great cache. Took: Golf ball, Left: Lego man.

Found at 18:15 forty steps and another find wow. Nice spot but had no trouble retrieving this one. Loved this location and the stone water ways. Thanks Embi and Bec.

Found it at 11.45 hrs. The only obvious spot. Nice scenery.
Out: Aztec doll
In: Golfball
Thanks
Meryl(from Holland)

some good walks in this area we will come back and investigate later.great weather our first cache to find you wouldnt want to be short and on your own for this one. thanks for making our first cache an interesting one. took motorbike, left tractor 11.20a.m.

We approached this cache with intrepidation, however when we reached GZ our fears were confirmed, found the appropriate tool and soon had the cache in our hot little hands.
Took: Smilely Left:bottle opener/Keyring.
Thanks Mark and Bec.
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "Isabell necessary on a cache" Clan.

Found by bevfre 4.00pm What climb,Hill and good hide
Took Lion king Left Bevfre
Thank you

[This entry was edited by bevfre on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at 5:39:52 PM.]

Fourth of six Ballarat area caches on my back from the far west. This was the second of the Gong Gong Reservoir twofer. When I pressed 'goto' for this cache at "Photo Shoot", GZ was only 42m away! The guidelines were obviously still under development in 2001. I initially discounted the cache location when I arrived at GZ, but I spied the cache shortly after at 1305. Retrieving it was the next challenge, but I managed it. Replacing it was an even bigger challenge, but I managed that too with the help of a nearby 'tool'. Thanks to Mark & Bec for the cache--it is as challenging as you intended.

IN: Smiley face suction cup
OUT" Brontosaurus

A great hiding spot. can be a little tricky to get to, once you find GZ.
Took mini stapler, left lion king figurine.

10.45am
Found by Roma and Max.
This did stretch our capabilities!
Took: Simpsons Egg Cup.
Left: Mondo Figurine.
Thanks Mark & Bec.
from Romax.

the motarly crow found this in the darknes of darknes tricky to get to, not hard to find. but could just be my gps.

After our second visit to this area we finally found it! Two hints for those who are looking for this cache:

1. It helps if your GPS is running on WGS84 Datum (when we first went out we had ours set on AUS84 and it was telling us that the cache was in the middle of the dam).
2. It's closer to heaven than hell.

Took Merlin figurine, left motorbike. We also replaced container because the old one has a crack in the lid.

[This entry was edited by Motorbike Marauders on Monday, July 04, 2005 at 9:44:24 PM.]

Found at 9:15am on a beautiful Easter morning. Attempted to dismantle several rotting stumps before we finally zeroed in on the cache. The cache container has a cracked lid, the zip-lock bag was torn and cache contents were saturated and some were quited mildewed. Dried it out as best we could. The log book was also close to full.

Took soggy Perth postcard & case lock
Left golf ball & Simpsons egg cup.

Thanks Mark & Bec

Well, I looked and looked and looked, but obviously not in the right spot...

Eventually the batteries in the GPS gave up and so did I!!

Would be iteresting to see the nearby structure when there is some rain!!

Went down to the other cache nearby, with the same result

Thanks for the experience anyhow!!

A nice and fairly easy cache to find. Luckily Rumpelstilskin?? was able to let down her golden hair so that the tower could be breached. The Bells were certainly ringing today, especially with the amount of rain that has fallen over the last 24 hours. My feet were ringing also, soaked right through and very cold. Not to worry, going outdoors is what it's all about. TNLNSL
Thanks Mark and Bec.
BB

Didn't realise it was quite so close to my previous find (photo shoot).

#3 for the day, I'm starting to like this game.

Found at 1830 Sat 9th Oct. Took ruler, left combination lock.

Found by caughtatwork and brother-in-law at 10:15am.
Having missed this cache the last time I was out here, this is the first one we hit this morning.
A moment was spent puzzling where the cache could be, but upon considering the only thing left, it just had to be there and it was.
We took a Kangraoo Pin and left a Car.
Thanks to embi for a good start to our caching day.

Found this one at 1515. Taking the approach from Ian & Penny I gave Tania a few heaves (at different places) and we eventually found the right one!!! yay!

Took the torch and left stapler and Harry Potter Pencil.

Fantastic area and one we'll definately need to return to for a picnic...

Out this way for work so decided to grab a cache or two while in the area. Nice easy find after thinking about the cache name. TNLN.

I am very familar with the type of hiding place that was selected in this case..... Took the highlighters left only knows what as I didn't write it down in my logbook... great work yet again Embi

This was a bonus, not far from Photo Shoot.

This is a really great park, and an interesting area. Took batteries and left textas.

Clear skies
John.

Found this one fairly quickly, after we shouldered the burden of getting it. (Penny is heavier than I thought. [B)], ouch!)

What a fantastic area for a picnic

Took the thermometer keyring as it's packet was broken. Left a wizard keyring in it's place. It may be Gandalf, maybe someone's kids would know better than me.

Cheers Ian & Penny

this was another one with a nice walk....but i think i'll watch for rocks next time, we had one casualtie but no real harm done...great hiding place

Nice walk,Good to have tall children.Took/left nil.

Beautiful Easter Monday and geokids were anxious to find this. This was one of those caches where it doesn't pay to be low to the ground!!! GeoMum located cache. TB Claudia the Kiwi and TB Carl the Croc (who must travel together)were retrieved. 7 yr old insisted on taking glowing earring. Left Geocaching stubby holder and Perth postcard.
Thanks for cache.

Beck was down around my place in Ballarat for a change this weekend so we decided to go and do some local ones in the are.. Not to mention the chance to be able to drop off a couple of TBs that we had for awhile from Albury region.

This cache had us searching a little until Beck saw the holoow up above. I'm just lucky I'm tall so could just reach in to grab the goods.

To be honest I can't remember what we took or left (seems to plague us lately) but will no longer be a problem as we bought a cvheap 2nd hand laptop for caching for just this reason.

Thanks for the cache, had fun finding a local.

Smegheads.

What a great hide!....safe & secure and just a little out of the ordinary. It is a lovely area with BBQ facilities and lots of picnic tables. Pack yourself a nice lunch and plan to spend a few hours here to really enjoy your visit.
Grabbed: TB [URL=http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=TB59EA]Froggy Went a Traveling[/URL]
Dropped: TB [URL=http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=TBF1F]Roundball Rowdie[/URL]
Took: Beaded Jug Cover
Left: Qantas Playing Cards and W+G Ruler

4th of 7 attempts today in the Ballarat area. Visiting from Pittsburgh, PA, USA and traveling around Victoria. Found this one immediately after logging the Photoshoot cache. My GPSr kept pointing to a structure that I thought could not be where the cache was hidden, but eventually I realized it must have been there. After using a prop nearby to help give me a 'boost', I was able to score the find. Nice spot. Left 'Froggy Went a Travelin' TB and took Generic TB. Thanks!

Found the cache relatively easily, and then took about 5 minutes to actually get it. I’m not sure whether this one, or Muzza’s I’ll huff and I’ll puff v. 4.2 was harder. Any way, got it safely, and relatively easily, compared to M8, where I got my foot stuck while hanging of a 3 metre ledge.

Left generic Travel Bug, took nothing.

Thanks for the cache embi,

Peter

Forgot to 'drop off' Generic Travel Bug in my find log and you can't drop something in an edit.

It was getting dark so #1 was off out of the car before #2 could even lock up the car. Two caches to find in half an hour before the gates were locked.
He quickly found it as I bought up the rear.
Took Fish Keyring
Left Fish Opener

Enjoyed the hunt, thanks Embi

Happy now. Second Ballarat cache for the weekend. Parked in the wrong spot and had to go the long way around. More people around than I would have thought for early Sunday morning. It is a nice spot though. Too early for the Garmin. A reset, and finally homed in on the cache. Glad I'm not short.

Took nothing, left a dinosaur.

Thanks Embi

Found 8:30pm at last light and last battery life.

Took nothing
Left 500 riel

Great cache, glad I had my niece with me, would never have got it otherwise. Knew where it was...she got it! Took Pooh Bear Pez, left magnetic memo holders

Found at 10:15am, initially spotted by Kiwideb. This is the first time I have seen a cache hidden like this, I like the idea, and the nearby help. Swapped a pick elephant toy (out) for an Australian souvenir keyring (in). Thanks embi.

Spotted at 1018 decided to let Alan san retrieve it. Novel place to hide the cache I was glad I didn't do this on my own.
Swapped highlighter for a packet of nails.
Many thanks Mark.

found by stumpyspud
it was raining and windy but we went anyway, i told embi that i would be able to find this one without a g.p.s and he had no faith in me at all!

well all i can say to you embi is that the force is strong, my friend, and we found it easily! (i guess it also helps that i'd been out here a few years ago and the maps also help
this is a great location and is even better when the spillway is flowing

thanks embi!
no exchange

Could this be the longest stock up in Oz history !

now now piggy.....its been rolling around in my boot. I just havent been back there....too many caches to approve

Found by Team Piggy.
Nice n easy, as the clues said, interesting spot too, never would have known it was there !
Took Handcuffs (Wondering what smurf was doing with these anyway ?? they aren't police issue, so ??)..
Left umm, Nails I think ! Cache has a huge hole in the side of it. Getting a bit wet ! If the next finder could bring a 2 + Litre container it would be good.
Cheers


[last edit: 10/13/2002 4:51:32 AM PST]

Found this one easily at 12:30 today, my second of 7 for the day. It was a lovely sunny day and a great day for a walk. Unfortunately, like many others, I chose the path up the wrong side of the spillway. As there was no water in it, I crossed it and jumped the fence at the other side.

Once across, it was an easy stroll to the site. Obtaining the the cache was not hard for me, but returning it was a bit harder one handed.

No swap was made.

Thanks to Mark and Bec for the cache.

Muzza