Fortunes End Navigators, Victoria, Australia
By fozzy778 & Chati on 01-Mar-08. Waypoint GC19T2E

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### **OWNER MAINTENANCE CHECK REQUIRED???** ###

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This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **MAY** need some attention. The cache owner would have received an automated email from Geocaching HQ recently which explained what needed to be done.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened, so I am having to take the next step - see here: [**Geocache Health Score.**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713)

The cache is being temporarily disabled so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache and take whatever action is necessary.

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) within 14 days,** so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Check on the cache, repair and/or replace the cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (within 14 days). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. For ongoing issues (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 28 days so as to keep everyone up to speed.

- If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it,**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when I next look at the cache page, it is likely that I will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) it on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

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I'm archiving this as its obviously gone to meet its maker... lol

Searched for some time. Very over grown lots of gauze bushes. Will have to come back to this location at a later date. Happy caching.

Trouble finding it

Looked for ages with the kids but had no luck

Bush land now very prickly - could not find anything

After I searched on the wrong side of the tracks and found a similar looking case to the photo eerogram shared but it was empty and not exactly the same, I set my GPS onto the right road and tried again lol. Unfortunately I could not find it. Looked for quite some time, high and low, under, over, around and through. I even read the comments for clues but still no find :/ Ill try again in a few months.

Not Found. Well we looked and looked but we couldn't find anything. The area is a lot more overgrown than in the photos that have been posted previously with LOTS of spiky plants and long grass. We may try again if it is found by someone else, but with four pairs of eyes we had no luck.

Used the map and clue from the name to find the way in. Short walk and l made the find although things were a bit wet underfoot. Cache is a bit messy inside as there is only one catch left on the lid. Train passed by just as we were leaving in the car. TFTC

We finally got the right road in here,great spot along the rail line TFTC

Nice quick find with annabella 02

Sick boi!

A nice find.
Hint : Ignore your Tom Tom which tells you to approach GZ from the north.
Read the name of the cache.
At the two gates, walk past the gate with the sign "Shut the gate". (No barbed wire)
Greetings from France.
SlackMac.

Great spot, took a bit to find the right road to drive on.

Our first full day of caching in Ballarat with CPWanderer & hevwalker.
We initially started out for this cache & discovered that we needed a different approach.
Finding the entry point, we enjoyed a nice stroll to gz before the temperature increased.
Thanks for bringing us here fozzy778

Wandered into this one with clare007 and hevwalker! Nice spot!!

In Ballarat for a long weekend caching get away with CPwanderer & clare007...
We started early this morning...the sun hadn't heated up yet...
A lovely stroll to GZ...we were thankful we found where to enter from...lots of prickly weeds around here...the cache was located quickly at GZ...
TFTC fozzy778

Spotted 2 trains and had a great time, thanks!

Our second of the day with ZOZOZAZA. Awesome location! Didn't see a train but we found it. TFTC!! Spoiler in the picture!

Tftc second of the day found with eerogram

Lovely location! Good one for the kids. Tftc

Find #1193 for me. This was my 12th and final find for today, so very appropriately named for me. I was also fortunate enough to see a goods train fly by around 6pm when I visited. In fact I could hear the low rumble of the train from quite a distance well in advance of it's arrival. Thanks for bringing me here today fozzy778 and thanks for the cache!

Our second cache for the day. TFTC.

Nice cache, though we didn't have appropriate shoes for the area.

Easy to find took a band

TFTC. Left a travel bug, brook, and took a travel bug. Nice spot

Cool find in the middle of the night, have to be fit though, a few ups & downs

Such a awesome hidden location, cheers viktahbel and bax:-)

Our very first cache. Looked high and low for 30 min the found it right under our noses.

Found it. Was hoping to find my first ammo can but alas it had been replaced with a plastic tool case. Signed log. Nothing taken nothing left.

Great find, lots of fun!

We found it, lucky we had a 4WD. Boxer dog was there to greet us, we were not sure if he was going to bite us or lick us. He was friendly

Find 159
Tftc

Find#177

Nice stash of stuff, thanks for the smurf.

Not a long walk for us, have 4WD, can go (almost) anywhere
Co'ords off by quite a bit but we still located the cache in quick time. The case only has one working clip, the other is broken so the cache is not watertight. As a result the log is very slightly damp but still readable/usable.

TNLN. TFTC

Long walk

Cache has a new container and log book. An old black drill case.

Found this one today by total accident, had never heard of this until now, sadly the container is badly water damaged and the log book is ruined, pretty cool though, will start searching for more.

Well had to be take two for this one as I came earlier today with the little one but from the wrong angle and I didn't want to go down the slope with her. Anyway I got it after all!

Great idea. Good family fun

(Late entry) Found while enjoying a lovely day out, parked and walked to this one accompanied by a local 4 legged resident, but i'm sure he won't tell anyone. TFTC

After doing a tour in Subterranean we continued caching into the afternoon picking up some unfound caches in the area. Took the 4x4 down the track until we found our likely suspect hide.
Thanks heaps for the cache.

At long last I have logged this one after 2 years of thinking about it

TFTC a quick find out hunting again this time on a not so warm summers night

Thanks for bringing us out here, not as straight forward to get to but it was definitely a nice walk. TFTC

Geo mum and son went for a bike ride to pick up a couple caches before the weather got too hot. Great to see such a big cache, apologies to the CO, one of the clips broke when we closed it. It is still water tight despite the clip. Tftc.

TFTC. Out on an excellent day in Ballarat with Jaggedwings.

Good find. Clever but easy hide. Thought to mych about this one!

Yey found it

The drive into this one was a bit tricky, but finally found the right access and a tiny walk at the end with the cache soon in hand. Cache #200 for us, and a train went past just as we had walked away, which geokids loved!! TFTC

Another great find while in the area.
SL - thanks for the fun cache!

LOG IS WET

A nice, sizable hide after an easy walk to the cache. The logbook is very wet and should probably be replaced. We did manage to sign it though. TFTC.

first one

Yay i found my first!

Train went passed as we found it!

Good one, thank you. Out with Geohubby. .. and we are loving it.

A train did go past here while I was parking the car. Then I took the walk across to GZ where I searched for quite some time and finally found the container after I extended that search area.
TFTC fozzy778

Fuck her right in the cunt hole

After finding a cache nearby we thought we would grab another while on this side of town, turns out we were on the wrong side! Around we went and a quick stroll we were nearby. The GPS was not cooperating so I sent geohubby in to search in "light" bush while I enjoyed the area with the kids, then I spotted it and the look I got from geohubby left me in tears. Thank you for bringing us to this hidden spot we look forward to returning when the weather is kinder. TFTC Cache in good condition log was a bit damp though.

After 2 DNF's it was great to have a find. Tftc. P.s. a train did go past

Last day of my 2 week holiday how better than to spend it geocaching with geohubby. Bit wet out there but found it. Log was a bit wet but tftc

Pop goes the weasel

Well a few days in Ballarat has nearly turned into a fortnight.

The weather today was amazing! at 12.10pm our weather app on the phone said it was 6.5degrees but felt like 1.6degrees and that was as warm as we saw it all day. - That is just amazing for us West Australians.

Rain, hail, sleet and damn freezing but we are out in it.

Last one for today.

Thanks for feeding our GeoAddiction.

I approached this one from the wrong side of the tracks.
I scared a muggle Wallaby, went sliding down an embankment and found a beautiful bluestone end wall on a stormwater drain.
then I found the cache. log and contents fairly damp
A struggle to get back up the embankment kind of glad no trains passed.

Our first find!

Rosie's a cunt

Rosie the golden retriever snuffed it out!!

A nice quick find this morning. A bit wet under foot though so BYO boots! Log is also damp. Guessing the container isn't that waterproof. Can still write name but it will need attention sooner or later. Cheers for bringing me to an unknown spot. No trains today though

Easy find.
Thanks for the cache

Found it nice walk down and I was on correct side of track

Definitely make sure you're on the right side of the tracks! Thanks for the cache.

Found!!
This is my first find of many!!

First container I found that looks like this one. Hmmm. Not quite what I expected. TFTC.

Found as part of a group assault on some Ballarat caches with Moneydork, Locuscache, Uni&Medusa, Semik and skippy.

Thanks for the cache fozzy778 & Chati.

What else do geocachers do when having a weekend away geocaching[?]
Take some friends and make it a darned good weekend!
Moneydork, Tounga, Sushilord, Uni & Medusa, Skippy & Audra and myself headed to Ballarat and we had a blast!
Enjoyed tea with some local geocachers on Saturday night: Sully1, Bogong Hazy and Snaphappy [^]
Kayaked on Sunday and then rode pushbikes too
The things we do for geocache finds, I haven't been on a bike for years!

All up, I found 113 caches and had 4 DNFs
We even managed to find some that we had DNFd last time!

I apologise now for the generic logs on these caches. I am unexpectedly heading back to the area now, about 5 weeks later, and am madly logging so that I know what I have and haven't found.
Please understand that due to some issues this end, I have been short on time and therefore haven't logged these as I would normally do, with a seperate comment for each cache.

I thank each and every cache owner for the wonderful caches which we found in the suburbs and in the bush!

TNLN. SL. TFTC fozzy778

Found at 00:27 during an evening session with a few other South Aussies

Found with my Hero Husband (Moneydork) and others on our long weekend away together. Thanks.

A very interesting cache name.
We visited this one late at night and enjoyed the walk to the cache. TFTC

Tried nearly every path and all seem to be over grown and very hard to get with a few hundred meters from the cache. Could you help me with the recommended path / street name?

Off on a morning caching run before heading back to Warrnambool. This was the first for the morning. Parked at Fortunes End and took a short stroll to GZ. Cache was found easy enough except I think it's morphed from an ammo can into something else. TFTC fozzy778.

3rd find today after school pickup. Wasn't a good idea to wear thongs.

We went on the wrong side of the tracks for this one! It didn't stop Skitspig and Palemoon Dancer though! They didn't hesitate to slide down the other side to start searching! It was only later when Tarmac and I found our way to the right side of the tracks that they realised there was an easier way! TFTC

Wow, this was awkward!
Really need to make sure you come in from the right spot! Do NOT cross over the tracks, way too dangerous. Gotta do a bit of a walk to get there, no access for the car at the gates! TFTC

This one is DANGEROUS!! Do not go on the train track side first!!

TFTC btw

Well that was painful... I slid down the hill where the train tracks are... Talk about thorns! I pulled so many out! Blood dripping everywhere! All in all though beautiful location! TFTC

Love ammo tins! Bit off GZ, by few metres. Obvious hide although a little exposed. Took book, left ball. Will return with better swap! Make fav ! TFTC fozzy778.

Found # 9836

approached this one from the wrong side

took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache fozzy778

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Thanks for the cache. Cool cache. Good size, good spot.

Thanks for the hide. Nice, interesting old bridge. No train today. Nice big cache with good swaps.

Had a lot of fun getting this cache but geodog and I enjoyed the walk to GZ. Thanks

Found on a day of caching that took me to Lake Wendouree and home again. TNLN. TFTC fozzy778, it was very wet underfoot today but all was ok with the cache

Enjoyed short walk to GZ and found without too much trouble. Bet not many muggles go to this spot. TFTH

Had a bit of a scarey encounter with a pair of very large 4 legged muggles on the way to the cache. But we found, signed and replaced.

Caching today with the Glanville Girls. Parked the car several hundred metres away and walked the track to GZ. Some very large dogs on the path today. Nice natural camo. Thanks for the hide.

Day number 30 of the 31 Days of Geocaching, and this is where our good fortune for finds was going to end. We really felt like we were from the wrong side of the tracks today, and were fast running out of time to fit in our morning cache. Fortunately after a quick detour, we were within striking distance of the cache. With a 11 metre margin of accuracy, it took a bit to narrow down the right spot, and sure enough wound up with wet feet again. Nice to see another ammo can out there.

Thanks for the cache fozzy778 & Chati.

Found today while out with Cauzsa. A lovely stroll to this one. Found without too much trouble and a train went past on our trek back to the car.
TFTC

Went looking for this one today as sun was out with The Two Wanderers walked in a little and a search on hand looking in one spot suggested to Male wanderer what about over there lol Had to wait for it to become his idea and ello there it is Thanks for the hide