The "Bunny" Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
By Dazza1 on 03-May-08. Waypoint GC1BW2Q

Time for this one to be just history

Looks like "The Bunny" has run away, I will look at an alternate hide here soon.

Couldnt find the cache. But it was interesting to find some train track.

Out of luck today on this one. Still a nice bit of train history for our trouble.

Found the only likely spot for a cache here... but nothing was there except an orange clip. Thanks for showing us the old station anyways.

Found on our Ballarat Smackdown weekend with DazRascal, Blacklegend, Trailrunning and Quasar3671!

Another enjoyable multi and a short stroll to GZ where there were quite a few muggles. Plenty of us to destract them as one of us signed the log.
Many thanks for your information and bringing us here. TNLN SL. Cheers.

One of 184 cache finds during our "Ballarat Smackdown" weekend of caching on the 23rd to 25th. There were 13 of us including Blacklegend and three of his kids, Trailrunning, Haveanez and their two boys, Dazrascal and myself amd my two boys Tyler and Cooper. We'd spent a few weeks planning the trip, with every Ballarat Puzzle solved in the area, cache lists and road and route maps all ready to go. We stayed in the Miners Retreat Motel for the two nights and the accomodation and facilities were great. Our goal was simple - find as many caches as possible in the time we were here !

We found a great variety of caches and hides during the three days, which also involved a bit of walking and some 4WD fun as well in the state forests north of Ballarat. The weather was quite cold of the Friday and Saturday morning but eventually cleared to nice sunny weather Saturday arvo and Sunday. We all had a great time, especially the kids who did really well to keep up with the pace we were moving.

Our second day of caching and it was to be our biggest day and fullest day too. We found that the area was full of muggles this Saturday afternoon. Calculating the coords for GZ was nice and easy and we gathered at GZ for cover as the cache was found and log signed. Thanks Dazza1.

One of 182 caches I personally found during our "Ballarat Smackdown" trip. The trip included teams Quasar3671, Trailrunning, Haveanez, Dazrascal and myself. Caches included around 30 mystery caches, a few earth caches, lots of trads and multis and both day and night caching. Some 4WD action was encountered as well, which was great. All puzzles within 60kms were solved.

I took three of my kids, Jasmine 7yo, James and Jemma 5yo twins, traveling from Tocumwal. The trip covered 3 days and two nights, staying in Ballarat. Quasar3671 took his two boys as did Haveanez. One of the best caching trips I have been on, and certainly lots and lots of finds, almost clearing out the main Ballarat area. Home base was the Miners Retreat motel, which was quite pleasant and quiet.

This was a find on our massive Saturday run, which included both day and night caches. Lunch was a picnic in the bush at one or our cache stops. A night caching run was undertaken after a rest and dinner.

Quick calc, recalc then a find between muggles. They were numerous on the day. TFTC.

After a successful Friday evening to start off the “Ballarat Cache Smackdown” with 34 finds on the first day the Saturday was always going to be a day of superhuman effort. It started early with a run heading west and south, only to finish the day and night with a run to the Northwest and North. A great day was had by all because there was some good 4WDing and the weather held out for the day with only one notable shower. A total of 98 caches were collected today, and it shows you how quickly a cache can be located with so many searchers. This is one cache we found. Lots of muggles here on Saturday. Thanks for cache #59.

Awsome quick find TFTC

Thanks for this quick find .... Signed log

14:57
If only "The Bunny" was still running - what a tourist attraction that would be! Thank you for this snapshot of local history. Lots of work going on in the construction of new tennis courts.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Dazza1.
2484

My Hubby (Digital_Dan) & I are on vacation with our good friends, Mr & Mrs benny7210. Made out way from Ballarat where we are staying, picking up caches along the way. Yet another Must Do, since I AM a bunny and all LOL Nice ibt of history here. It's why we are so glad that we chose Ballarat and vicinity to stay in. Thanks for bringing us here...it's why we love caching..to see stuff the average tourist would NEVER see!! SL TFTC

On vacation caching with our friends Anne and Dan in the Fiji, New Zealand, and Austraila. Logs were signed BenDiGiFu. We are from the USA. Thanks for placing the cache....Benny7210

Vincit Qui Patitur

This Bunny isn't running anymore, so we brought our own "Bunny" along (Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu that is), and she IS still running!! This find was pretty much all her. She figured the coordinates for the final AND made the find on the Cache!! Visiting in Ballarat while on Holiday from the USA. Thanks for the History & the cache!!

I think we must of messed up the calculations somewhere along the line and still managed to fluke a find. Interesting spot. Thanks Dazza1

Another find with Debbriamber

Found this one today with De_Huon
GPS had me about 100m from it
just lucky to see the platform
we had to go to
Thanks

TFTC. Done as a team with jonnykins. have been here before, but had a bit of trouble finding the cache, but i got some advise from a mate. FOLLOW THE HINT!

TFTC! Found as a team with robeert.

Found around 3.00pm by Team Ladava on our 'Base to Ballarat & Buninyong Birthday Bash with baby&Mrs gopher'.
Like others we struggled with the answers to some of the questions despite it seeming a straight forward multi but the prize was easily located in an obvious spot.
A nice bit of local history.
Our thanks to Dazza1for the cache and bringing us to this location.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
* *Overall Experience: 3*
Cache condition – fine

Rated: for Overall Experience

1441 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1500 in company with Team Ladava.Found the clues a little confusing here so went for a walk and finally found the hide SL visited CacheMover coin Tnx Dazza1

cracking cordanates[^]

Like many others, my calculations didn't look quite right, but the likely location seemed pretty obvious and the cache was soon in hand.TFTC.

nice and easy, must have mucked up the clues and went on a 2 k walk, oh well! found it eventually
tftc

Found the cache this morning at 8.30am with beanie

Did the sums and soon had the cache in hand and another history

lesson on the area Signed the log and thanks to Dazza1 for the cache

Found at 2:25pm.
Nice easy multi and the hint was inspired!
Left: Smiley face
TFTC

We did the sums and were told to go 130m away...hmmm...don't think so.
After having a look at the hint and a previous log, we knew where it mught be, and that was not where we were going to go originally.
Had cache in hand very quickly, SL
TFTC

The multi clues got challenging towards the end! But I conquered them and found the cache a short stroll later.

Found after getting off on the wrong foot but reconsidering the f question and the hint led us to the treasure.
TFTC

We are up from Melbourne this weekend for some caching fun - a great day weatherwise today and what a great place Ballarat is for caching. This was a really interesting location and I really enjoyed seeing the remains of the railway. Got a little bit lost at one stage but got there in the end - thanks for a really
great cache.!

Suscoe's 10th cache on 10/10/10
An interesting bit of history, thanks for sharing this with us.
Took TB for a trip further south.
A quick find.
TFTC Dazza1

got the coordinates wrong a couple of times but when we got to the cache i thought it was a pipe anyway great hide [8]

TFTC left TB sg5kyc from one station to another, might be a long wait for a train.

Having a lovely multi day.
Took cars.
Left a ring and a bunny for the bunny.
Thanks for an easy multi!!!

A quick find. Had to race back to the car as i had left my pen behind..
TFTC

Late start to a third trip to Ballarat to put a few more smiley faces in this area. After lunch this was the next and after gathering the required answers the cache was soon found. Thanks Dazza1 for placing this cache.

Found by caughtatwork at 14:11 on 16/05/2010
Is the opposite of a plural a plural? Um, no. Whoops. Once we worked that out the cache was a nice easy find by J only a few meters from the car.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thnks Dazza1 for this cache experience today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

I found this cache with caughtatwork and big sister J today. Another tricky cache and I didn't even have to leave the car to find it. Thank you.

Another lunchtime find

TFTC

This was cache # 35 of 45 for the day, the cache was found in the company of Alansee and Team Crackers. A nice multi and a nice historical location. My thanks to Dazza1 for the cache.

A simple but enjoyable multi, TNLN-TFTC.

A nice straightforward little multi celebrating a bygone time, and reminding us of how communities change. One of the good things about caching on a Monday is that there are few muggles about, which certainly made this much easier. Thanks, Dazza1.

Knew a cache was in the area, but stumbled on this one with the kids and without a gps! No pen to sign log, and didn't have one on me to donate. TFTC

A well thought out multi that had me taking in a lot of information about the location. If the site was a traditional I would have brezzed in and out and been none the wiser. Thanks Dazza1.

Great piece of history! Left pokemon....took cow!! TFTC

I spose we cheated on this one. We thought we would be smart by reading the clue and did a once over of the area. Bingo! Got it without working out the clues!
Few muggles in the area
TNLN SL
TFTC

enjoyed the cache had to think about a couple of answers but found
it while reentering co -ords TFTC lee lee 7th

Found with. Sandar10 on a rather wet arvo, cheers to Dazza1 for the find. Love the area
ad so close to home

A great multi, easy to work out the coords, and easy find, and of course a great historical spot.
We just had to pretend we were there to watch the young tennis players!

after an initial misinterpretation we were good

We found our 5th Dazza1 cache at 12:10pm as the 13th of 40 on our Ballaratatattat Tour V in company of Backpaqer. The 'f' value sent us to the wrong end of the park. We changed to the other possibility but we still reckon that there is a plural misinterpretation in the clue. Once corrected, we were straight to the cache. Thanks for the cache from D B-A.

My third find along this rail line. I had a bit of trouble determining exactly what one of the questions was wanting, ending up with 3 possible answers. (So much for being a pedantic old ex-English teacher.) The third one landed me on the most logical spot however, and the well-hidden cache was located. A good little hide. I suspected it had to be there but I ended up having to check it out 3 times before I was thorough enough to find it. No exchanges made. Many thanks for an interesting cache Dazza 1.

Found with Jillsy,
Fairly easy find.
Good little cache!
TNLN, TFTC

4th find of the caching run, and 2040th total find at 12:48.

Somehow we messed up the math's, but still managed to locate this elusive cache

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing (Screwdriver wouldn't fit)

Thanks Dazza1 for the cache.

Ian and Penny

the cache seems to be gone - nice trip through the park though !

For Queensland eyes those tracks are a long way apart! I have a soft spot for disused train caches (and walk/bikeways). cheers

I'm always fascinated by where the old railways run, and enjoy caches along disused lines. I've done a couple along this line, and enjoyed checking out this station. We calculated GZ and headed there for a quick find. Thanks for the cache, and a bit more of a look at the station.

Found 11:50, in the company of Muzza, a nice quick find in an interesting location.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks Dazza1.

Our last find for the day. We planned a big day caching in Ballarat but got distracted on the way so only found four today. (but we did hide three). I always wondered where the railway went in Buninyong now I know. Left a cow, took nil. SL TFTC

Found while doing a circuit bushwalk from Buninyong township to Mt Buninyong and return on a beautiful sunny day.
TFTC
TNLNSL
The Riddellers and crew.

RedPaw64 found this cache at 1210. Enjoyed the cache.
TFTC SL
Happy Caching

Found with Indiana08, RHPS and PacketStorm4.
TFTC

nice hide TFTC

Nicely hidden cache, found after a few minutes of searching.
TFTC

You wouldn't know this was here if it wasn't for geocaching! TFTC

Found today with Neilo at 9:00am, worked out solution and went to grassed area ( no cache ) then read clue and found cache easy. Great little platform, Thanks Dazza1.

Well, I've been past here a few times but never realised this was here! An interesting spot and thanks to Dazza1 for putting a cache here.

Found by Mary & David at 1520. We love old railway history, so this one ticked the right box. We've previously done 'Ghosts of Trains gone by', and also 'Bunny Trail' at the Ballarat end. The earliest cache on the old line was embi's 'The Bunny (Rail Trail 2)', but when we arrived to find it, only the muggled remains were there. Did the sums today, but ended up in a strange place with no likelihood of a cache. Rechecked the data at the sign, and couldn't spot our error, so just went with the clue and found the cache soon after. Thankfully, no muggles about to slow us down. Our thanks again to Dazza1.

This cache took us to a part of Buninyong we wouldn't nomally visit, we never seem to stray far from the main street. SL.

Found at 2.00pm GAFF1. After a bit of a "dull" moment with one of the questions it was onto the cache and a quick find. The history that is revealed by these caches is very impressive. Thanks Dazza1.

I really enjoyed this interesting multi. In fact I've been impressed with the caches in the town in general over the years I've visited. The old buildings and historical monuments add a lot of character to the place and I always learn something new when I visit. After collecting the clues here I was able to make an easy find, they're my favourite kind!

Thanks, I really liked this one.

R - B

Found at 3.35 pm with Peter and Tilley TB. Thanks to the hint and angle of approach, this became a traditional without using GPS. TN left keyring and calling card. SL TFTC

Good to see a cache at this familiar piece of rail history. Collected the coin. Thanks Dazza1.

We pulled up at wpt1 and collected the required information and headed off to gz where we found nothing. Back to wpt1 to sort out where we had gone wrong, We couldn't see any obvious mistakes so we decoded the hint and with a bit of lateral thinking we soon had the cache in hand
We left a geo coin there
Thanks Dazza1 for the cache and for showing us this interesting spot

Found today at 1100.

1st of 12 for the day.

Nice easy find.. in the presence of a local muggle.

Little old muggle out for a walk came for a chat.. and was very interested in caching. So we showed him the ropes.

Took - NIL
Left - NIL

Thanks for the cache,

VKC1SR

Found by McAdies.
Nice hide Dazza1. I admired this place ages ago when i was doing a job across the road and it was nice to see it again. Found quickly but had to sit on a seat for a while as a car drove up and parked right in view of the cache location! Eventually they drove off again as i didn't look as if i was going anywhere i suppose.
TFTC

Pretty easy find on a glorious sunny June Sunday. Missed McAides by an hour, and I see this has been a busy cache over the last couple of days.

The road in was blocked off as they are resurfacing the road.

TFTC.

[This entry was edited by roundcircle on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 8:05:36 PM.]

Find # 2423 and 18th of the day at 3:08pm. Accompanied by Feathertop on another cache cleanup day in and around Ballarat. Had a bit of a problem with some of the questions but after a bit of deducting were able to work it out. TNLN, Signed Log, Thanx Dazza1....

Oenze and I enjoyed reading about the history here and I had the mini laptop out and together we worked out GZ. Made one error but quickly corrected it when we realised where we needed to be.
Thanks Dazza1

Found using the force due to the fact that I mucked up the calculations, and the cache was placed 14.3km from the 1st signboard!!
Decided to look around using the clue, and the force is strong in my family young Fozzwalker!! I found it without the GPS!!
4th to find!!Amazing!!
Find # 428. TNLNSL. 2.00pm.
Thanks!!

Since this is my closest cache within 45km, I had been a bit slack getting here.
I don't get out to Buninyong as often as I used to, but even when I was a frequent visitor, I never knew that this place was here.
A history lesson first then it was on to the cache.
Thanks to Dazza for a another location I wasn't familiar with.

Found The "Bunny" today with the help of the hint. Nice bit of history. TFTC

Dazza1,

Another FTF for Batmansteve69.

Saw this one appear as I checked email this morning and thought why not have a look and see if I can grab a FTF.

New the location so headed out and got lucky.

SL TFTC.

Steve.

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