"Old Man Gum Tree" Bunding, Victoria, Australia
By Kinkell1 on 23-Jun-08. Waypoint GC1DFQV

As there has been no response by the cache owner to the previous note, I am forced to archive this listing.

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No such luck today, think it maybe missing as others before us have had no luck either

This entry was edited by rennige on Friday, 25 September 2015 at 08:13:05 UTC.

A short diversion to get here
magnificent tree but I should have read the logs before hand it doesn't look like the cache is still here.
but anyway its a nice drive through some different countryside.

Got there just on sunset, and couldn't find anything by torchlight. Mind you if I'd had my wheels with me instead of the daughter's, I would have had a better set of tools with which to search. Will be back ...

Have tried this one a few times and for some reason we can't find it, even with the aid of a torch etc

After talking to a few at the event today I think you need to up the D rating on this one as a 1.5 is pretty easy to find and this one isn't that easy to find or get.

This entry was edited by Gonefishen07 on Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at 03:24:34 UTC.

Had a bit if a look but too good for me today.

This was our last for the day having spent the day at Kryal Castle and geocached as we made our way home. We thought this was going to be an easy drive by, but...what a tale to tell. I won't bore you with the details, instead, the final part to this story saw me squeezed in a tight spot with a tool from mother nature and a light provided by man. A little team work with geohubby and eureka the cache was in hand. What a way to finish the day. Thanks for this most very interesting cache.

2 months later and I'm back for a return visit !! I wasn't going to let this hide get the best of me. Had a good scratch around and finally spotted the hide. That's not going to be an easy retrieval.... With the help of mother nature I finally had the prize in my hand. Glad to have a smiley on this one. TFTC Kinkell1

Found it! Was really difficult to get it out took some teamwork with @caitietwentysix! TFTC

took forever to get it once found but got it in the end

Nice cache tftc

This was the first DNF for me today. Looked in every nook and cranny with no luck. Even employed a few tools to help me search. I had the torch, a telescopic mirror and an extendo grip thingy, with claws on the end. Maybe it's there and it just wasn't my day !! I will return !! Thanks for the hunt Kinkell1.

With the warmer weather there were no troubles with the road, and it all was smooth sailing. Well maybe not sailing but definitely driving! A poke here and a poke there, and I soon had the right hiding spot. This is a magnificent old tree for sure.
I left a trackable for the next lucky finder.
Thanks to Kinkell1 for the cache.

On the road to Moorabool Reservoir and this was a handy stop, prop and drop into the log. TFTC kinkell1

Nice place! Quick find within easy reach. SL TNLN TFTC

Found this morning with my 3 year old geokid whilst we were out adventuring. We almost gave up. Tricky find but got there in the end. I wasn't game to place my hand in far as when we arrived rabbits ran into the tree. A torch helped to find it before a stick was used to retrieve. Also we took a pathtag - our first ever. Thanks

An nice find at this lovely old gum tree. Found it a bit hard to find and retrieve as it was very deep in. Managed to flick the container out with a stick. Signed log and returned. TFTC

Easy find, tricky to get out!

A beautiful big old tree. Imagine the stories it could tell! Thanks for bringing me here.

On our way to the OzMega in Murray Bridge picking up a few caches on the way. We thank the many cache owners for putting out and maintaing these caches for our pleasure. There have been challenges as well as simple drive byes to break the journey, there have been a few DNF's also.

Apoligies for the generic log but we plan to do quite a few logs in the next few days.

This one almost had us beaten but a few gadgets helped track down this critter. Thanks Kinkell1


Greynomads - Bill and Diana TFTC TNLN SL

Markndee and the harrowang's are getting to the end of their day after attending Tilley's birthday event in Ballan. Loved this Old man Gum, but it took a while for him to give up the cache he was hiding. Persistence paid off and clever mr harrowang retrieved the prize for us. SL at 5.30pm Left: numbat. Carefully we re hid the cache and continued homeward to Ballarat. # 2033 TFTC Kinkell1 - this one nearly beat us!!!

Found by game gloved assistance from Harrowang at 5:30pm A fascinating specimen of a tree that has obviously been around such a long time and enjoyed by many four footed friends. Glad we were with Harrowang, may not have delved so far ourselves. Took: grey goose. Left: pathtag. SL TFTC again

Out and about with Dutch Frangipani to do some more of the Ballarat and Creswick Caches. We both had our caching eyes wide open today as we found nearly all the caches.

After missing a turn off, we took the long way round to this one. Searched and searched, read the clue and kept searching. Eventually got a stock and started prodding around and heard a thunk that was not wooden. Yes it was the cache. The previous hider certainly has long arms as it was a real effort to retrieve this one.

Thanks for the cache Kinkell1

Last one for the day with Sorceysal and it was starting to get late. "Just one more" we thought. Pulled off the main road and parked right next to the old man (beautiful as he is). We looked for a while in the obvious spots until the clue had us down low. My oh my Sorceysal had to use all of her determination to reach for this one!! TFTC Kinkell1.

The home of the bunnies! Came the easy way what a bummer as in the 4WD and it's raining!! Thanks

What a magnificent tree TNLN. TFTC Kinkell1

TFTC. Our very first.

Logged with GeoCaches iOS application, 7 m. from cache

Found in the company of the owner.
TFTC

TFTC. Great tree

Was looking round this rabbit warren before realising where this was. TFTC

Picking up a couple of caches this afternoon with dpkcacher Geokid, we pulled up next to GZ, both kids bailed out, looked around and came up with the cache. We signed the log, took the TB and replaced. Great old tree. Thanks for bringing us here.

On the way home from orienteering in the area. Just about to leave and give up last look founded. Drop Geocoin off. Great location. TFTC

no creepy crawlies about

a little tough to find at first

but soon had it in hand

TNLNSL

OLd man gum tree is lovely

Cache checked today. It is in situ but made a little more accessible.
I still love this tree. It seems to be getting a bit older with less ground support. I hope it doesn't fall over, it's such a stately old man gum tree!

No luck finding this one with johncenalk ...we will try again at another time. Nice tree.

What a great tree. TFTC.

Neat hide, took us a while because we didnt read things fully to begin with. Once found it was signed and returned. TFTC Kinkell1

On a night run with Fergzter this one took a bit to find but after a more of a look the cache was found. TFTC.

Find #591 @ 0950

Heading down to Ballan for the 13+5 event I decided to leave a bit earlier and grab some caches along the way.

Took me a couple of minutes to get a hold of this cache. but a short walk around and a read of the hint, and the hide showed it's self.

Took Small rat and 4x4 car
Left White car and Pockerchip Keyring

TFTC

Did not take too long to find this well hidden cache by this magnificent Old Man Gum Tree. Log book full so replaced it with a new one. TFTC Kinkell1 and the great Event today.

Great tree, and an excellent hide as well. Earns a fav from me today.
Log sheets about full, needs additional space.
Tnln TFTC

TFTC great location, good hide, took a little while to find!

OK cache, you can run but you can't hide. With the cache eyes firmly on today myself and the Charm Quark went searching. Finally something caught our eye and bango, it was in our hands!

As it eluded me the first time, and is located in a part of the country that means a lot to me, AND it was a lot of fun searching for it, it has gained a favourite for me. TFTC

Another legendary cache run by The Demolition Crew (myself, TrailRunning, Quasar3671 and Rebel Acts). We have dubbed it Ballarat Smackdown II. This was a huge run taking us all the way from near Cardinia, via the northern suburbs of Melbourne, to Bacchus Marsh and Melton and finally Ballarat. A massive loop, and over 100 caches for the run. The company was as always fantastic, a lot of laughs, good dinner, and great caches. Many thanks to all the CO's for the hides, without them we wouldn't have been able to find anything.

After a few DNF's we thought we would have a look anyhow. And we found it...! TFTC. Top tree too.

This cache was found by me today in the company of The Demolition Crew.

While I strive to make my logs personal to every cache, I have far too many logs to do, that I apologise in this instance for using a generic log. I thank you for the placement of this cache as it was one of many that made up a great day for me and the crew..

The Day's Blurb...

The annual holidays is always a great time to relax and take it easy, but not today. The Demolition Crew had decided that after such a long break from caching together that we would start the year off with a bang! So the planning minds were put into operation, and Ballarat Smackdown II was conceived.

The smackdown started along way from Ballarat, in fact in the hills around Cardinia Reservoir and from there is was a push across the northern suburbs of Melbourne through Melton & Bacchus Marsh. It being such a hot day, the waters of Pykes Creek Reservoir cooled and refreshed us, and we were soon off to start on the Ballarat caches.

Since our first Smackdown in the area, many new caches have popped up, so it was a fruitful run which ended well into the early morning. A couple of caches were replaced as a way of saying thanks to those who took the time to place them, and I think in the end my tally was well over 100 for the run.

It was a completely awesome day, and I thank you for placing the cache. We will return to the Ballarat area soon as there are still a number of caches we left undiscovered.

Attempted to find at 2.19pm.
Looked everywhere, high and low to no avail.
You say 'the cows have been out'......is there a chance that they have taken it???

Would really like to return one day to have a better look and come up trumps with the find.
Thanks for bringing us out this way and hope to return again soon one day.

Ok, just realised I had not logged this one. Myself and the Mini Quark searched for this one for quite a while but to no avail.

This entry was edited by strange quark1 on Wednesday, 02 January 2013 at 02:53:25 UTC.

Oh well, you can't find them all......

Had a good look, just not close enough I'd say. Stuck my head in, with a torch, but nothing could be seen. Checked a few other little spots, but alas no joy.

Thanks anyway Kinkell1.....

This is an amazing tree! I love old wonderful specimens like this. Thanks for bringing us here and for the cache.

Found @ 1015 Hrs ...

A beautiful day to be out & about, crossing off another couple of caches... Made a quick grab, sign & return...

Thanks for bringing me here Sue...

*Cache Condition ~ Fine

Nice quick find

TNLN

TFTC

This entry was edited by ST37E on Sunday, 05 August 2012 at 09:32:29 UTC.

Looked lower, and found it! A nice drive by on the way to Werribee Gorge!

Looked in the obvious spot first and didn't see it so climbed in further and still didnt see it. I was worried I might end up falling all the way to Wonderland. With just my legs dangling outa the tree it would have been quite a funny sight to anyone driving past! Thanks Kinkell1

Found today on a trip to Creswick. Thank you.

Found on our way home from Creswick. A nice easy find.
TNLN
TFTC

Find #32 (and the last) on a caching trip to Ballarat. Picked this one up on the way home (via a small detour!) This was a great old tree, and while Julz76 looked in one place I went to the other side and soon had the cache in hand. TFTC and for bringing us here!

Pulled up at this one and literally looked in the first place i saw. Not only was I wrong - but I also ended up lying on top of a prickle bush, and spent the next few minutes taking them all out of my leg!
Cathylm found it on the other side. Thanks for the cache.
This was the last one for out trip which saw me getting 33 finds.
Thanks

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 third day of caching and it was another big day ahead of us before splitting up early in the afternoon. With some four wheel driving, some essential caches to collect and getting 'lost' in the bush and some tricky caches found, the day turned out to be quite an adventure.

With the 'official' Ballarat Cache Smackdown over, it was time to head home, and of course to grab a few more caches along the way. A nice quick driveby as we made our way back to the Mornington Peninsula. My extended reach help with retrieving the cache. Thanks for the hide.

Beautiful spot TNLN

a great cache i laughed when i finally read the hint, it summed up exactly what i was thinking TFTC

yes we did think the obvious but soon were on the right track TFHC

A nice bit of thinking off centre, we all three went to the obvious place first. Thanks Kinkell1. TNLNSL.

Cheers

14:00
The gum was not the only old thing which caught our eye today. There is a very interesting traditional and very, very old style timber home nearby at the "T" intersection. We bet it could tell nearly as many stories as this tree.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Kinkell1.

Nice spot - thanks kinkell1

Needed help from owner to confirm this was where it was. Had been pushed far down hole. We padfed hole up woth some bark to hopefully stop it rolling deeper in.TFTC.

Nearly gave up but didnt. Its alot harder at night i give ya the tip. Got a hole in 1. Be a rabbit not a possum. Roguebandits no longer virgin cachers

Suscoe third find for the morning.
What a splendid tree.
looked down and found the entrance to Wonderland we think, didn't see Alice or the Mad Hatter but did see a very sleepy snake who was curled up for the winter.
Tried a different spot and there was the cache.
What a clever hide.
Signed the log and returned the cache to its home.
Thanks to Kinkell1 for this cache.

Our last for the day as we headed for home. Sure is a gnarled old tree - with several possible hiding spots - one of which I checked out with a torch and it was really really deep. I was hoping that it wasn't down there as I could have needed Jules Verne to retrieve it. Fortunately we spotted the correct spot and the cache shortly after and signed the log at 4:40pm.
TNLN
thanks Kinkell1

What a challenge. Easy to find very, very difficult to retrieve today. Thank goodness I had some walking tools in the car from yesterday. Didn't help the dirty clothes etc. After many unsuccessful tries taking nearly half an hour,and a nearly about to give up, I tried a new action and the cache was soon in both hands.
TFTC kinkell1 and the challenge whoever was last to replace the cache was. I left feeling very pleased with myself.

Found this one on our Ballarat three day caching blitz with Purpledreamer.
Nice quick find with no muggles about today.
Many thanks for the cache.

Found on our way home from a blitz of the area with Lostmonster&Co.
TFTC Kinkell1

Not a real challenge finding the cache - the challenge is in the retrieving. Thanks to our trusty geocaching walking/prodding sticks we managed to retrieve. Whose arms are that long??????????? After we retrieved the cache, replaced and whooah yep, can't help the next finder, sorry... rollin' rollin' rollin'!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the cache.

As we scouted out the Gz in the dark with torch, the good geowife read the last log, and I said Oh No, but the arms were long enough and the cache was soon in hand. Thanks Kinkell1. TFTH...SL...TNLN

Hehe, I looked in the obvious place, then had to do a few more laps before spotting the hiding spot, it was a proper arms reach away. I thought the last finder was a bit rude putting it so far in, then when I replaced it, it rolled right back down there again. Sorry next finder!

Our birthday present for Sue (Kinkell1) was to check out this cache for her after a couple of DNFs..
I am pleased to say the cache is safe, sound, snug and dry in its hidey hole as per Kimkels description! It is camoed to suit its surroundings, but yes, it is there.

We came here to both check the cache and for me to log it.
Both missions were a success with me being able to officially log it and
a report to Kinkell1 that the cache is still alive and well.

TFTC

Called here for the second time in 2 weeks today, and can't locate it anywhere..... the obvious, and the not so obvious........??????

Found today on my way down to Werribee George. Took me a little bi of poking around to spot the cache. Dropped off a coin I've had for a little while. I think he'll feel right at home.

Located today, although not logged until 29/11/2011.
Many thanks for the cache.

Quickly stopped there and found it with Alchemy2. TFTC

Beautiful sunny day for a drive to Ballarat.
Nice find.
Nice tree.
TFTC

Found @ 1115 am Got my hand dirty finding this cache TFTC

1st find for the day, even in the middle of winter was a bit apprehensive retreiving the container!

Cheers gordo

Found on our way to Bannockburn for a birthday party. Even though we knew where it wasn't we still had to check it out. No exchanges but TFTC

Nice'n'easy drive by!
Got the geo putter out for this one.
TFTC
The Riddeller [?]

Found it!! Was last find of day.. beware of Roos in the area!!!!

Awesome old tree.

Interesting old tree.
TFTC

Nice quick find in a quintessential Australian cache hide Cheers Gav [5596]

Lovely gnarly old tree. T4TC, M@

An lovely old gum tree.
TFTC

Last find for the day. Looked in the wrong spot first, and after a quick look around cache was in hand.
TNLN SL Thanks kinkell1 for the cache

Easy find, cache was next to the tree out in the open. I had a guess at where it may be hidden an put it there.
Might be an idea to check location.
TFTC

Found by 42below

Hid it better than it was when we found it!

Took: Scout $1 coin
Left: Project Aware Key Ring

Nice quick find after a pleasant drive along a nice road.
Thanks Kinkell1 FTC, there are certainly a few options to look for this cache, as there were hidey-holes everywhere.
TNLNSL

Found 11:25, in the company of Muzza, a nice easy find in a pleasant location.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks Kinkell1.

This was cache # 7 on a day out caching round Ballarat with Biggles Bear. It wasn't where we thought it was going to be, but still a nice quick find. Thanks to Kinkell1 for the cache.

[This entry was edited by muzza on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 5:23:54 AM.]