The Penny Dropped Buranda, Queensland, Australia
By If on 15-Jun-08. Waypoint GC1D7Y7

The race is over
For now

Glub, glub, glub.... !!

Just like the "Double Zero" after a failed attempt to lead the rest of the racers astray, this cache has sunk into the mud [:o]

Sassafrassarassum !!

G'day If. You might want to check this cache out, as GZ went under water. Have a look at the flood photos on nearmap. (www.nearmap.com).

I found the GZ to be very peaceful. I dropped off a TB which I picked up in Amsterdam. TFTC!

I loved this puzzle used to love watching it as a kid, I was not sure how to get to GZ but it turned out real easy and I enjoyed a nice walk to find the cache. Thanks if for the cache.

We enjoyed solving this puzzle - brought back many memories. TFTC

Recognised the puzzle immediately so set to work finding the coords. With coords in hand I waited until I was coming this side of the river!
Today was the day. Must have had a bit of a luck as I choose the right path and found myself at GZ despite poor GPS on approach. Took the Geocoin.
TFTC.

Good qusetion number final then went to look around then lucky found with geofriend and dog.......... drop coin....

Pagan put Loki on the right path to solving this one and the numbers quickly fell out. Loved final GZ! Beautiful area with a great clean up australia day crew around today! Although apparently waterproof shoes aren't water proof if the puddle is deeper than the height of the shoe Cache found quickly and in good condition although log is slightly damp. Thanks for the puzzle and cache IF [^] Took TB

Enjoyed solving the puzzle for this cache as it was one of my favourite TV shows as a kid. Went for an early morning walk after the rain to find and the area was very muddy, but so is most of Brisbane. Located GZ and found cache. this was a lot of fun. TFTC

Found with Temingi, took the long/muddy way around! Nice puzzle. TFTC

Solved the puzzle at xmas time . First ch ance for a visit. Found with qldwarrior. Why do we always find the hard way in??? TNLN TFTC

Found at 1010 without Marg. JUst as we parked the geomobile it started raining for a short time Marg retreated to the car while I pushed on. solve the riddle some time back, but this was the first time I had a chance to return. Cache was full of water but the log book was only a little damp, cleaned it out. TFTC.

This is a very very interesting cache. Now I realised why IF's cache had always gave me a headache. Because... GENERATION GAP. IF is so 60's while I am the 80's. Finally figure this one out through looking at the log from fellow cacher.

Did anyone realised there is one symbol missing? We have found this lost word, the verbum significatium and the lost symbol of the title (see pic attached).

I'm a bit young to remember when this show first came out but I knew them well enough to know where to start looking. I enjoyed the lovely stroll to GZ today and even happier to find the place devoid of any muggles. A quick find and I was on my way again.

Many thanks,

R - B

I remember watched telly that cartoon series I used to watch when I was kid.
I have been holding for a long time till found today.
Thanks for the cache and hunting

It took a while for the penny to drop here as the If Hunting Party attempted to “Get into the Mind of IFâ€. Having come from the country (not much entertainment variety) I was not familiar with this so had to rely on the trusty interwebs for some help. Surprised, pleased and relieved to come up with the answers. The second stop on the great IF hunt found the team looking for suspicious characters…..no, other than the crazies running around with GPSs’! A few were spotted…and we wondered what sort of shenanigans might go on in this little patch of suburban bush. Nice puzzle If, thanks! Cheers, svn07 and JackyLegs (aka Snag Thief)

Well the penny dropped quickly on this one as it quickly took me back to my Saturday Morning pastime.

Arrived at GZ but Just a Trifle had already grabbed the cache. Mr Just a Trifle had a lovely conversation with a passing muggle, who was possibly looking for a new friend.

Anyhow cache quickly found and log signed.

Found as part of a caching run to grab some puzzle caches with agap2, Just a Trifle, SVN07, Gunnie69 and supervised by lat&long junkie.

TFTC [^]

Mmm, I struggled with this one for a while then realised that the page I had printed out didn't have the full picture and I was only afforded 3/4 of the critical information... Handy... I was well aware of these vehicles, as my misspent youth ensured I had plenty of time to enjoy... Once I had all the necessary elements, piecing together became a whole lot easier...

Just a Trifle was quick off the mark and had this in hand before the majority of us had started out hunt.

Cheers IF.

A trip down memory lane meant an easy way to solve this puzzle.

As stated.. was a pity that Mr JAT's potential new friend decided.. well he just didn't want to be friends!!

Found this one relatively quickly... well compared to the other IF caches today.

Thanks IF.

After having coffee to compare notes, chat with friends and solve some puzzles for another caching day, while the rest of the gang that had gathered to "Get into the Mind of If" headed off to go round the bend, we headed off to drop a penny and wait for the others to catch up. BIG mistake! While Mrs Just a Trifle stayed in the car, I headed to GZ, located the cache and signed the log. Just as I had done this, I was approached by a muggle who wanted to engage me in conversation. I headed back to the car, but was he following me or did he head back to GZ[?][?] At least the cache was still there for the rest of the gang to find. FTFC If - took geocoin.

Had this solved for a while, today I was in the area. What a nice little nature reserve.

A great puzzle and another great cache.

Thanks

Found this one at 20:30 with GeoConspirator p0m, after a good 15 minutes of crashing around in the dark. Have to come back here during the day and see what all the things I tripped over were.... TNLNSL, TFTC

Between getting the puzzle wrong somehow the first time and my GPSr deciding I needed a mud facial in the river it's definitely a relief to find this one.

Took nothing, left Severn Valley Railway Geocoin. TFTC!

We were a bit sceptical about our coords as they were so far from those published, however we stuck to our guns and found the GZ and a lovely spot. TFTC.

The cache is back in the race
Thanks to GraKez who have been the Perfect cachers and dried out the cache [^]

As the cache was a bit muddy and the contents held more water than its surrounds....
It looked like the container needed to be dropped off for a quick 'Pitstop'
I put it up on the hoist for a grease and oil change, dried the log book, then I polished the brass!!
Now the pennies can be dropped into a new dry container.

Taking off line for a few days till the log book can be dried out
Thanks for the info GraKez [^]

I recognised the drawings straight away, but then had to decided what to do with them ....[?]....
Process of logic had the puzzle 3/4 solved, but not completed[?].
Then the "0.833 of a cent" dropped and I my research paid off.
Arriving at GZ, I noticed a lot of ground water, cache contents were very damp [xx(] and the log book couldn't be signed.

These strange symbols seemed oddly familiar but I was unable to retrieve the memory - all I was getting was a theme song. Turning to my friend Google who knows everything, the memories came flooding back and the co-ords were soon at hand. Quickly located the cache and had a look through all the interesting "pennies" in it. The log book is pretty damp but still usable.
Thanks for the puzzle - wish some of your others were this easy!

Found with Donkey and Mastamak. Mastamak puzzle skills helped heaps. Nice little stroll to the GZ - however the Bikkie Gang members watching where we parked the car was a bit off putting. TFTC

Found while out on a cache hunt with MaPN this morning.

everlasting and i found it thanks

My Grandson research and give me the number so I work out the final coords. PatO found it before me. SL. Thanks IF for organising the cache and hunt.

I must admit to watching an episode or two. My excuse is that the kids were watching it and I was watching the kids.

Found the cache easily but had no swaps with me.

I managed to find this one 'by mistake' - thought I was homing in on another cache. Great little patch of land. I dropped off a holy coin (hopefully to make up for some previous bad karma).

(Forgot to mention that I also dropped off a note that I stuggled to work out what to do with it - another finder can sort it out maybe)

Wii concocted a plan on how to crash and dash in the race for this cache. Once the puzzle was solved I wondered IF there were any other dirty tricks awaiting me in my quest.

A great little hidden area that only locals and geocachers will ever get to see.

On the way back I discovered another bike path shortcut to miss the traffic.

A terrific fun puzzle from the mind of If!!!

We solved this puzzle a while ago but it was only today that I found myself in the area with the necessary equipment to allow the find.

GZ was absolutely alive with birds and i spent about an hour walking around - The highlight was a male Spangled Drongo. I was only about 5 metres from him and i watched as he danced around the tree - singing / squawking. They are very entertaining and it was a treat to see one so close for so long... It's a shame the camera was in the car!

Thanks for showing me this wonderful spot. Cheers, HawMorFords.

Well, at least this cache still appears to be there after our visit

Great fun, thank you If, good to meet too!

TFTC

Found with TheWonderstuff. Luckily one of us was familiar enough with these early symbols, but I'm not suggesting any age gap here of course , to quickly solve the puzzle. As the younger member of the team I was directed to do the actual finding of the cache. well, something like, or not like that.

Had fun with this one, many thanks If.

What a fun cache! A subject very close to Mrs Steve's heart, she had the puzzle solved in a flash. We knew we'd be in the are of GZ today, so we put this one on the list. Had a bit of fun trying to find the way in, but eventually we pulled up in the right spot and made the short trek to GZ. Unfortunately, when we got to GZ, we found ourselves in the middle of a couple of dozen volunteer landcare workers. Searching with all this company was going to be a bit "If-y" (no pun intended), so we wandered back to the geomobile where we had spotted a picnic table earlier and stopped for a bite of lunch.
As luck would have it, just as we finished lunch, we saw half of the volunteers leaving in a bus. We knew searching would be much less "If-y" now (pun intended this time), so back we went to GZ. Found the cache easily, as the remaining workers were no where in sight. We made no swaps. Thanks for the cache!

Found the booty today near one of the sterling paths that bob and weave through the nice patch of green here. SL. No swaps. Thanks If for the cache and the chase.

I headed out to this cache, dreaming I was piloting a Number 9. Gave a number 5 a toot along the way, before parking next to a number 3. Pleasant walk in the winter sunshine and the cache was soon in hand. Returned to the reality of my number 2.
TFTC

Dastardly really. At sun up thi smorning I enjoyed a peaceful walk through this little reserve. There were some very interesting bird calls announcing my arrival. TFT puzzle and the cache.

Had this one figured out a couple of days ago, finally had the chance to find it today. Arrived just as the rain started coming down so grabbed the geo-brolly and went in search anyway. Found the cache, signed the log and replaced making sure it would be keep dry. Would like to have had more of a look around but I didn't feel like walking around in the rain, so will have to come back again another day. TFTC

Ah the fond memories of a 'misspent' youth! Figured the co-ords and will make a dash for the cash soon I hope. TFTP.

Solved this one this one the afternoon it was released just couldn't get to it until this morning.I must be getting old this was one of my favourites as a kid.Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Soon to be out on a games machine near you?

I may not be as old as some that have solved this but I do remember the re-runs from TV back then. Have deciphered the drawings but alais I can't find my Fedora hat or whip at the moment so I'll have to tackle this one later this week.

Cruising around in the geocaching ocean snapping up the occasional morsel when, what's that? Blood in the water ... ahhh ... a new cache . Had a nibble, liked the taste, took another taste and streaked over to GZ at 5 and a bit AM. Scared the hell out of myself when a homeless person, sleeping in the nearby picnic shelter, rose like an avenging beast from the pit as I passed by waving my torch around . We probably both lost a few years and gained some more grey ones. With a still pounding heart, I snapped up the cache and made my mark. TN but left a very cool TB. TFTC 'IF' - love your work [^].

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