Invasion of the bay Olivers Hill, Victoria, Australia
By Echo & Spice on 14-Jun-08. Waypoint GC1D75P

Unable to get there at the moment so archiving as requested.

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Hi there Echo & Spice,

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **MAY** need some attention.

You may recall having received an automated email from Geocaching HQ which explained what you needed to do.

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

**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days so others know exactly what is happening with this cache - please don't let a lack of communication kill this cache.**

#What should you do now:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-

- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache and repair and/or replace 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.

- **Place A Write Note Log:-** Reviewers are not mind readers, so without your note on the cache page telling them what the situation is, they can't tell what is going on with the cache.
So please just post a note to the page (within 14 days) and, when the listing is next checked, all will be fine for a little bit longer. But be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.
If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date), please ensure you visit this page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks so as to keep everyone up to speed with what is happening.

- **Adopt/Archive:-** 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 the above. Well, when the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned and processed accordingly.

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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Thanks for you cooperation,

Bunjil

[3AS]

DNF

Found it

It’s no longer there ️

Had a good look, DNF, wondering if it’s been cleared when grass has been cut

We didn't find it

Beautiful location but couldn't find it today

Looked for a while using the hint but no signs of it. Did find a small black lid squashed between the cracks of lower steps. At that point I started thinking maybe it’s not there. May be a good idea for the CO to check this one

Being a sunny day way to many muggles for long search looked were we thought it should be but no luck.

Looked for a while and couldn’t find it anywhere ️

Tftc

A foggy winter's morning with water temperature higher than air temperature so it feels. TFTC

A foggy winter's morning with water temperature higher than air temperature so it feels. TFTC

Cache found to be all in good order. Nice and easy find. Thanks for the cache.

After a bit of caching in Mornington today, on the way home we stopped in to find this guy, Great little hide! Easy find. Making this my 6th find for today! Found with TroyfindZ. TFTC!

Find 2125
Actually never been right down this road. Magnificent homes and properties. Read the plaques and on the way back out stopped to investigate the designs more.
The cache was found out in the open, but still intact and dry. Log signed and all back safe now.
Thanks Echo & Spice for putting this cache out there.

James and Harley’s adventures!

TFTC!

Needed the hint!

Great find. Kids loved it. TFTC.

Quick easy find. Though a bit breathless now!

I wish I was better with distinguishing between my left and right ! I spent five minutes or so checking out the wrong left hand side of the platform before realising the error and finding the cache on the right left hand side, which was much easier to get to to search!
The information about houses and architects, etc in Gull Way, was fascinating.

Ttc sl

Nice area for the furry muggles, great little hide and nice find with partner

Lovely area, good find

On the way to Safety Beach with +Wife to celebrate our niece's 18th birthday.
Stopped off to catch the last rays of sunset and check out the dusky light on the horizon.
The attempts to stop the invasion are not pretty but if they are effective that's all that matters I guess.

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> *Time and tide wait for no man.~ Geoffrey Chaucer*

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I decided to descend all the way to the beach while +Wife waited above.
On my return I stopped and found the cache.
Thank you for bringing us here.
A location we have driven past on countless occasions.

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A cold and blustery afternoon...and not quite the cache container I was expecting... though # 3 for International Geocaching Day

Absolutely beautiful day

Found with the help of the dog. She loves this beach

Found it just in time before the rain hit. TFTC

Found it , lovely walk along a great beach. Just as I was about to start looking, the Mailkid already had it in his hand. Tftc

This is a very difficult cache to do on a very lovely sunny day. Very high muggle area. Big muggles, little muggles and many four legged furry muggles. Was looking for a micro when a larger container was spied. Glad to make a quick find as traffic was starting to be a problem. TFTC Echo & Spice.
Chiefton

With the nearby vectors cache found I now moved on to his cache, with parking being a struggle to find (And even get out of), but soon enough some was found and I then proceeded to the cache. Enjoying the view from the top of the stairs I soon made way to GZ. With a little look around this little treasure revealed itself and I continued to a 7-1 to get a slurpie before work. Anyways thanks for the cache and the mini adventure.
*You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.* -Sir Edmund Hillary

In the area collecting puzzles and noticed this bad boy on my GPS.
The 'road' is more like a driveway but what ever, parked behind a Bentley and made sure my handbrake was on!!
It was starting to spit but the hint was so accurate I hardly got wet.
Found the sistema container.

Beautiful view which I'm sure is even grander on a nicer day.

Thanks for the cache

#1975

Since moving from New Zealand I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches. I usually cache on my own but sometimes I will collect my nephew stinky bob and my brother stinky tom who both enjoy this hobby.
A big thanks goes out to all the cachers and cache owners without whom this lifestyle would not be possible.
The caches I’ve found in Australia so far have for the most part all been in great condition. Keep up the good work.

Crikeys, that's a nice area. It'd be great to have a house like some of those!
Anyway, the little one and I made our way to the area, but had to look inconspicuous as a parade of dogs and owners came wandering up the stairs. After everyone had left, we had a quick search, and soon had the cache in hand. As others have said, it's neither a Bison nor a Micro, but that's not a bad thing...!
TFTC.
P.S, I think the neighbours know there's a cache there, but they seem nice enough, gave us a big cheery wave.

Boyhood memories galore here as grew up just down the road. Knew this beach existed 40 years ago. Hasn't really changed. Lovely spring day here. Easy find - the nostalgia was worth it. Good old Davies Bay. Had an errand to run in Frankston so grabbed this one and headed for the view at Oliver's Hill and the great cache there which I haven't got yet. Thanks Echo and Spice. Lasted the years.

Wandering up this way on a glorious winters day I actually took my jumper off it was so pleasant I have been to this bit before such a nice spot had a thorough wander and enjoyed the area. Many thanks for the cache it was all good

This is one of the few caches left to find nearest to home, and it was perfect for a quick grab on International Geocaching Day. We were told the weather was going to be awful today, but we made the find in the golden afternoon sunshine. It was hidden exactly where the hint led us. We were not expecting to find a sistema instead of a bison though. Thanks for placing a cache in this secret paradise.

Fantastic view! Easy find but steep stairs lol TFTC

TFTC

Nice Australia Day find. Hint is helpful.

Came by here during my lunch break and found this cache. A very pretty secluded area of Frankston. The weather was lovely which made my visit all the more enjoyable. Picked up the TB. TFTC

Slightly belated log due to travel bug issues. Lovely spot here. Cache was on the right hand side of the platform with back to the water and quite exposed really. Moved it to the left side according to the hint, under a bit of camouflage. The cache page could perhaps use some updating as the cache size is now a small sistema from what I found, instead of a bison. Dropped TB.
Thanks for placing this cache Echo & Spice.

Found it thanks to reading the log. TFTC!

Found cache after expanding the search. Hint doesn't seem to work and I certainly wouldn't classify a sistema container as either a "Micro" or "bison tube container".
Great location for a cache however, loved this isolated beach.
Thanks for the cache and bring me to this location Echo & Spice.
Hunter

Arriving at GZ the first thing I noticed was how rough the sea was. I was thankful to be on dry land. Made the walk down the steps and made a quick find of the cache. Thanks for bringing me to this great location. TFTC

Tftc the log gave better clues

As the sun was setting as we headed off to this cache, we took our torches with us. Searching was a little slow because of the number of muggles walking up from the beach to the street above. Once the way was clear we began to search. Despite accurate coordinates, it took a few minutes to locate the well hidden cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Echo_&_Spice for the cache.

Great cache. The description, hint and actual cache don't all seem to mix. The actual cache is a sistema container, and with my back to the water, it's the back right corner. A pretty good cache that could use some patching up in the writing section. TFTC, Brainiac03

Would you believe it...we picked a day and time that was muggle central. Oh well

What a top spot this is. Thanks for putting a catche here. I have lived on the Mornington peninsula for years and didn't know that fantastic little beach was even here. Well worth coming here just for the view.

Not a soul was around this way, at this lovely spot by a bay. Despite the dull & rainy day, we looked looked left & right to find what lay Thank you

Apoogies for the late log. I'm a little behind and just trying to catch up. I headed out at lunchtime to try a couple of caches not too far from my work.After a nearby find I headed to have a look for this one. Given it hadn't been found for a while I wasn't super confident but I though I'd give it a crack. A lovely location that I had all to myself on a winter weekday. Took a bit of searching but i was pleased to find it in the end just as described. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache Echo & Spice.

No luck :/ people previously could not locate it may have been muggled

We were down this way for lunch at a friend's new residence. We ate so much that we decided to look for some caches to give us the exercise we needed before the long drive home.

We parked near the end of Gulls Way and walked the short distance to GZ. Like previous finders this cache took us much longer to find than it should have, mainly because we were looking for a bison tube which was stated in big letters on the cache page. After much searching we eventually found the much larger than expected cache, being a Sistema container and not a bison tube. We signed the log at 8:00 pm and then headed home. TNLN.

Thanks Echo & Spice for the challenging hide and for bring us here to enjoy the awesome view across the bay.

2nd try and couldn't find

TFTC

The rain stopped and out we went. Better luck this time thanks to recent log. TFTC

GeoJunior was out with MissMash today and had better luck than the other day. TFTC.

This is day 25 of our trip out of Sydney touring the southern states of Victoria and Tasmania.

This cache took a bit longer to find due to some of the information being incorrect. With your back to the water think right, not left when looking for this small plastic container. We also had to search in between muggles coming and going. After the log had been signed the cache was replaced as found. TFTC.

Thought we looked everywhere but didn't find it!

No luck for us today. We searched via the Hint with no luck then stretched right out, up and down. We were searching via torchlight though.. Surprising amount of Muggles for 10pm!

Over on holiday and attending the Melbourne Mega collecting caches along the way.
Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of this trip.

TFTC

Still caching after the Mega TFTC

What an amazing pretty spot! :3

Sent nyochi to retrieve. Someone didn't know thwir left from their right.

Found it after a bit of a search although the hint may need to be revised as well as cache size since its a bit bigger than description but TFTC!

DNF. Thoroughly searched.

Definitely still there. And in pretty good shape. Coords seem to be spot-on. Thanks!

A systema full of someones lunch but no cache?

Couldn't find anything at the location described in the hint. There's conflicting information between the description (bison) and the hint (sistema), and also a previous finder said it wasn't at the location described. I'm sure it's still there, as I didn't give it a thorough search, but it would be good to get everything in line on this cache. Misinformation can make a cacher give up a lot quicker.

Found it!
What an awesome beach

Find number 1203 on 5 Apr 2015 at 12:33 pm.
A nice quick find. Cache is in good shape.
Thank you very much for placing a cache here

Found without any difficulty except I parked near GZ and then went to grab the GPS only to realise I had left everything behind. Decided to look near where I had tried in the past and found it straight away. Phew! TFTC

Not where described but after a bit of scrambling about I found it. No wonder I could not find it last time. I swapped two pathtags for a geocoin and left some smilies.

I went for a walk on the beach as I spotted a geological feature that looked very interesting

Container is back.

Container is now a magnetic grey 200ml sistema container under the corner of the highest flat area with wire rails.

Bunji, please read the note below yours.

Have only just got back in the country & haven't had a chance yet to go around our caches.
Will re-enable soon.

Please archive this cache so as to clear it off the map.

[u]MAINTENANCE REQUIRED?[/u]
[blue]This cache would appear to be in need of owner intervention, therefore I am temporarily disabling it 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.

Geocache maintenance is a cache owner responsibility. Your prompt attention to any log that indicates things could be amiss will be greatly appreciated by all geocachers, see here http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance
The guidelines advise; if you can't fix it straight away then Disable it till you can . . . . . . . and here's how; http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 . . . . . . . . . . I have disabled it for you [u]this time![/u] [^]

Please respond to this situation by 18th February to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. If you require more time, please be sure to post a "Write Note" log (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 28 days so as to keep everyone up to date, or the cache will be treated as an abandoned cache and archived without further notice.[/blue]

I'm convinced that this cache has gone and looking back at its history, I'm not surprised.

We too looked at the view and also for the cache. Found the view and it was good. Shame about the cache; "one out of two ain't bad."

Looking at past logs I say this has gone for a stroll on the beach. Nice vantage point.

Looks like area has been mowed, damnn.. I walked so far lol

Looked and looked. Had some guys down below on the beach thinking I was up to no good so left.

Has been maintained.

Cache was found were the clue says, but just lying around in the open? Not sure wether this suppose to be like this, but returned as found.
TFTC Wilbert67

Such a beautiful spot! Thanks for taking me to such a lovely spot! TFTC

Found by geoDad after searching for a few mins before some muggles appeared. First cache for the day. It was a serene beach, very very pretty and wonderful. TFTC

Gorgeous evening to be in this location TFTC SL

A bitterly cold, rainy, windy, winters day and Hubby Greysubmarine and I decide to travel down to the Peninsula to lay a cache in memory of my treasured grandmother and to complete day 3 of 31 and commence a personal challenge of 24 in 24 hours. Are we MAD???

We arrived at the parking point for GZ. Waves crashing, wind at gale force, freezing rain, we raced down the stairs, searching like crazy before hyperthermia set in. Relatively quick find then we raced back up the stairs to the warmth of the Geokorando.
Thank you for the cache in a fantastic area.
Mrs Gilesy.

On a wet, cold, raining day in Melbourne Mrs G and my self set ourselves the goal of 24 caches in 24 hours. So after we set a cache in memory of her late Grandmother, we started caching our way back home. Also this was day three of the 31 days of caching in August challenge.

Cache 5 for the day

We parked at the top of the stairs and the wind is ripping from the bay and it is colder than a mother in laws kiss!! Mrs G is convinced that we will get hyperthermia if we take to long on this one today. Man this would be an awesome cache on a lovely warm day, but that was definitely not today. QUick read of the description and the cache was in hand, log signed and cache returned. Mrs G was a woman possessed getting back up those stairs to the warmth of the GeoKorando. Thanks for the cache guys cheers. P.S hyperthermia avoided.

Found out and about on another TDC (The Demolition Crew) run. This time it was the Queens Birthday Monday. The temperature was cold, as we collected caches in the Mornington Peninsula area. As usual, we had a great time and some good laughs, as we cached through into the wee hours of the morning. My thanks to all the cache owners for hiding and maintaining their placements. Many great hides and locations visited throughout the night.

Yay, finally I get to make this unfound into a found. At GZ a quick search after muggles had finished their swimming, and I had this one. Thanks for replacing.
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On a very cold Queens Birthday holiday I was out and about with my TDC caching buddies collecting a few caches in the Mornington area. The day certainly started with fresh sea winds, that soon turned colder no matter how far north we went. Great fun with the boys as usual. Thanks to all the CO's who have put time into placing and maintaining their caches. It was a great day and evening out.

Cache is back.
Actually Trailrunning the cache was lost when the stairs were removed & replaced, not because of muggle activity. But I'm sure you knew that as you had been there again?
Thanks for your help & concern.

Having been trying to get this cache for the last 6 months, and finding that it's gone again soon after replacement, I suggest it be placed somewhere else to stop the muggle disturbances or archive. it.

This is the second time I have placed a needs archive on this cache. Clearly it wasn't there when I went to look with previous finders, and given the recent logs, we were right it had gone. I suggest the CO archive it, because it clearly can be muggled easily, or change the location slightly next time it gets replaced. Thanks.

No need to archive.
Cache was replaced since previous archive request.
Will visit again for action soon.