Signs of Life Jerrabomberra, New South Wales, Australia
By Magpyre on 05-Oct-08. Waypoint GC1GXCP

Archived cache

I am not around to keep an eye on this one so I am disabling it to allow other cachers to use the area.

Magpyre

Was very saddened to see that this one is possibly missing. Went there on my Sunday morning coffee and newspaper run and sure enough the cache is gone. Had a look around the bushes and surrounding area but nothing there either. Big shame as this was my very first cache

This one is too easy to be missed 3 times in a row. I am disabling signs of Life until I can get it checked out.

Magpyre

Went there twice once in the day but too many mugles and then at night and couln't find a damn thing. I looked through the shrubs and nearly pulled apart the signs and sprinkler systems.
I think this is a dead duck since i am the third person in a row not to find it.

Hunted high and low no lick this time

Could not find this in the rain on Sunday afternoon - searched high, low, started to pull apart the irrigation system, rummaged around in the shrubs, etc. Unable to find and returned to geomobile for the next cache.

(note had previously logged as a find incorrectly and have deleted previous entry - should have been against "Whats with all the funny names")

Took the wrong exist first so ended driving around this roundabout 3 times before finally ending up in the car park where I spotted it while still in the geo-mobile. Quickly retrieved and replaced, thanks.

SamWalker solo by bike.
I rode in for some exercise but only did a single cache while I was here.
There are lots of nice dirt trails to bike down and I didn't appreciate just how hilly Jerrabomberra was till I had to be riding it on the bike.
I had a little look around then remembering the previous log, looked down and there it was.

No. 42 for the day!!! T4TC

was on the ground, but have returned to its rightful place!

Was preparing for a difficult search, before Denbe pointed and said "look there". And there it was! TFTC

Sent from my mobile device.

Beware of the Muggles for this one

#203 - Nice easy find at night - not too many muggles. TNLN TFTC.

Nice quick find
I like this type of container.
TFTC Injuryman[B)][B)][B)]

Parked by the roadside, and made the find easily enough. Retrieval was another matter.

We waited for a break in the muggles, then I started jumping, and managed to make a clattering racket, and bashed my finger up pretty good. About as subtle as a tank rolling downhill!

Still, cache was retrieved, log signed, and replaced. Thanks for the fun (and the sore finger) .

I found this one 2nd!!! For once I beat Injuryman!!!!!
Darkmadviking retreived the cache as "subtle" as possible.

TFTCTNLNSL!

Ta,
Jezza10!

I spotted the Cache in plain view from the car. It was just a matter of a quick look over each shoulder, a leap of faith and I had it. Same matter to return. I later passed by and found the place surrounded with fire trucks, hope all was OK

TFTCSL

Easy find with the help of dingbat12. Thanks

Lucky I had a tall friend to help me

Tall friend( that's me) helps after guidance to spot by 131. Not busy here today.

Nice easy found the container - not many muggles at this time. SL. Thanks

Spotted stright away, but had to call for assistance due to the vertical difficulty - not very subtle I'm afraid

TNLNSL - TFTC

Found at 1600. Had to call in to the nearby gym for a workout, so once that was done, I drove off to see how far away the next cache was on the way home when I realised the nearest cache to where I was 50m away. Thought that'll do, and promptly went off to find it.

Thanks magpyre.

What a laugh, neither of our party could reach, so we ended up hoisting one of our group on top of the other to reach. Try being subtle with someone on your back! Anyway we had great fun, a good laugh and were off, thank you.

Found by the Kettle kids while mum was in at the shops.

Couldn't reach this one so I had to get my dad to get it for me. Nice place TFTC

Amazing I have walked past here hundreds of times before as a local and never seen it, blends in really well with the surrounds.
Nothing in there for a micro but signed log and left a tiny toy car for someone elses pleasure
Thanks!

No one around this early to see my activites.
JABs.

Out for a stroll with the dog, great hide, needed good eyes at first.

The Block Crew

Found our second cache wilst waiting for our meal

Parked the car close and used it as cover, a quick grab for a tall bloke like me and we were off again.

Another problem cache for a short cacher like me...managed to retrieve using a stick, and got it back again somehow...thanks.

While the Gatherers gathered in the nearby jungle, the Hunters went looking for signs of life. Quickly located, we just needed a break in the muggles long enough to retrieve, sign and replace. Thanks Magpyre.

Rated: for Overall Experience

My early morning bike ride took me past this area today. At 6:30 there were very few people around and it wasn't too hard to get up to this one.
This is the second cache in as many days thats been in this type of container which is funny cause I'd never thought of using one like this before.
Great cache, its location makes it a worthy challenge

A nice day for a family visit so why not pickup a few caches along the way. Needed some assistance to reach this one.

Found on an afternoon detour around Jerra. TFTC

Found this just a little tooooo easily, but we put it back at a slightly different angle, which made it a lot less obvious.
Thanks for the cache.

Technically I found it several months ago. However actually retrieving it and signing the log took quite a bit longer. Once there is a high muggle factor involved my caching skills seem to vanish. So after several drive and walk-bys of this one at various times of the day which all ended up being aborted I finally decided to make a concerted effort and get up nice and early on a Saturday morning. Surely the Jerrabomberra muggles wouldn't be doing their shopping at 6:30am....and no....they weren't....so cache was ....hmmm...retrieved without too much difficulty (and the assistance of a hand held retrieval device ("stick"). Although putting it back was actually harder because a) I'm not exactly blessed in the height department and b) it kept getting stuck under the lip instead of on top of it. Finally got it to stay...whew!

Found with Justjessie. Needed the 'vertical assistance'.

Cookiemonster5 and I had to request the assistance of O319 with this one as he is abit taller than us. TFTC.

Visiting from WA and thought I would do some caches before I go. This was number two for the day, but actually the last due to the location. I found it but had to come back later to fill in the log due to the high volume of muggles. Another cache that I have driven past many times since arriving. TFTC from MR MACCA.

I spotted this one as I parked the Geomobile and Ju insisted that she could make the retrieval, with no luck. Then So wanted to make the grab but as she is smaller than Ju she did not have a chance either.

I then assisted Ju to make the grab, we made our mark in the log and then helped So put it back so all was good in the end - they both got to assist.

Visited Ra's Gecko - SL TFTC

Had to evoke the "pretend to talk on the mobile" until it was safe to extract. Luckily, just within reach. TFTC

4th cache during my night time cache run and almost at our 200 cache milestone!

Nice easy cache as there was no one around. TFTC!

#564

Found quickly on a lunchtime run with Mrs MPH. Quick retrieval, signed and on our way....

TFTC!

i have known where this cache was for five months i just had not got around to getting it yet but when i went shopping at 9pm to get some supply's for a school assignment i decided to go and get the cache as there was no muggles around.

I could not find walking around but did see it from in the car.

Found at 19:40 - the third of my night's caching with shell_seeker, matt_stomper and leechie.

Despite the later hour, it seemed like every muggle was out and about. Matt_stomper and shell_seeker had found this cache previously, so leechie and I had to bide our time to grab it - we could see the cache, but we just couldn't touch it... Finally when I thought the coast was clear, I moved in for the grab - only to see another man just staring at us just a few metres away. After a bit of a stare-off, he walked to the car parked next to us and drove off - I thought that we may have been sprung by another cacher (growingupisoptional had done many of the same caches that day), but it now doesn't appear to be.

Once the crowds had cleared, the grab was easy and there was no problem with the replacement.

Thanks Magpyre

After trying to drive the wrong way around the car park. Bloody silly navigator
I parked right in front of GZ and wondered to myself how the heck does that not get muggled?

Saw the opportunity and grabbed it. SL
Then had to sit in the car for what felt like eternity as everyone leaving the shops comes straight towards you. Doh.
Another nice quick pikup at lunch, excellent.

TFTC

Found this with SW2092.
Thanks..

[Found easily since I parked in front of it and could see it from the car.] No vertical assistance required, but I am 6' 5"

Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

real quick cache did it a 2pm no one around at all

4th and last cache for the night. I came here earlier, I followed everyone else strategy of driving around the car park. Why I never spotted it earlier is a mystery. Anyway, I found it earlier in the afternoon, but decided to come back after dark.
TFTC

Second and geomum dropped me nearby had 3 hours to kill so went off and did as many as i could. Approached gz and saw the cache straight away, the only problem was getting it. Didnt worry about the muggle factor just did it and noone said a thing TFTC

A nice quick find, I actually spotted the cache from quite a distance as I was looking for somewhere to park. I got the best spot possible, one which gave some cover while grabbing and then replacing the cache. Fortunately not too many muggles around early on a saturday morning. Thanks for the cache Magpyre

Rated: for Overall Experience

TFTC. Placed back to give a little more help to the vertically challenged Hopefully this will halp with the CNR.

406 Sometimes cachers become invisible to all except other cachers. I was doing the hanging around bit while some muggles left the scene. Then in for the pounce and thought back to the car to log. Then............ a siren sounds and there is a police car with three policemen in it taking an interest in my activities. I surrendered immediately to their questioning and funnily enough they lost interest pretty quickly once they figured out how harmless I am! I am still not really sure what I did that got their interest? Anyway, a day out caching and made some new friends............. TFTC

had Humphery b bear in the car piching some things up for team dean and figered i would do this as i was here
a bit of a stretch but the cache was soon in my hands

TFTC

Not a DNF more just a CNR (could not reach)
if only that growth spurt my mother keeps tell ing me I will have would hurry up and come

Just went back and found the cache container on the ground. Checked contents OK and put it back where I found it 8 weeks ago.

I spotted this one driving up. Easy to retrieve but then muggles descended. Like O319 I had trouble getting it to stay where it was meant to be. But when I left it was up in the spot.

edit to correct date

[This entry was edited by traineediplomat on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 3:35:21 AM.]

Just drove past after doing the shopping and noticed it was not there?? Hope it has not been muggled....

524. After we busted out of jail on our midnight run, we nabbed this cache. Quick sign of log before we were spotted by passing patrol car - oops, better keep running . TFTC

A bit of a detour from our intended route, but it was worth it for another find! One of our taller Venturers reached the cache and we were on our way!

Cheers

Hoojar and I are slightly.... only slightly vertically challenged, lol so luckily we had someone tall along for the ride. It saved us from shimmying up some strange object.


Cheers.

I got the closest park to the cache and found it quickly. TFTC.

7th stop on a Good Friday caching run.
TNLNSL TFTC!

Looks yesterday and couldn't find it, only new to this caper so not sure what to look for. Sort some clues from a fellow Geochacer today and found it without even getting out of the car around 5.30pm, came back later in the night (live nearby) when less muggles around.

Quick find after work tnln tftc!

Straight foward find, I spotted this as I pulled up. Easy retrieval and replacement. The brand name is still a bit obvious under the camo.
TFTC

Back up and ready to go.

#220

Went with Magpyre to replace the cache, so told her where it should have been and she let me sign.

Thanks,
Gwen

I checked this one on my way home from work a few days this week and "Signs of Life" appear to be missing. I will temporarily disable this one until I can create a new container.
Magpyre

A bit of a drive today, but fun on a nice sunny day. Gee, some of us find that a challenge !! Thanks.

1810.2 TNLN.
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Clam A#30

Albida

Nice hide. Had just started to pour with rain, so muggles were running everywhere, paying no notice to me.

Easy grab, signed log in car, replaced and was out of there as lightning flashed around close by, scaring more muggles

nice easy one for the trip to work
TNLN

An easy find. Quickly scribbled our initials in the log then moved on. The rain and blustering wind made it very unpleasant to hang about.

Cheers

Rated: for Overall Experience

Find...car...away. Wet weather made it unpleasant to hang around, so we didnt.

Thanks for the cache.

It was really wet when we arrived at the cache, so the rest of us ran back to the car while Bewilderbeest filled in the log in the rain.

Thank you thank you!!!

A nice quick find but, given the inclement weather, I was more than happy to leave it to Bewilderbeest to retrieve the cache and fill in the log while we retreated to the car.TFTC

Found this one pretty quickly in the afternoon while waiting for mugglers to pass by. TFTC!!

Wait a minute, I did this one last year! Woops.. Nabbed it with the help of (big) McPhan in-between passing muggles, on a huge caching day.
I did a few in Queanbeyan today (3.5.2009) and saw on the map that I didn't log this one..
Thanks for the cache. ZZ7

Very well hidden!

I was seeking this one at a reasonably high muggle time on my way home from work. Retrieving the cache and returning it undetected took a little longer than had it been during a quiter time, but still successfully completed undetected. Keep the Jerra Caches coming! TFTC

A quick, easy find & we were on our way - this certainly was a bit of a stretch. TFTC.

Continuing caching adventures with Tealby... Luckily muggle activity here was minimal this time of day and luckily one of us is vertically blessed. A nice easy find. Thanks for the hunt, Magpyre.

So glad I came with wasptor to this one, he came in handy when it came to retreiving the cache from GZ. A bit of muggle activity but manage to sign the log and off we were to our next cache, TFTC!

Just a matter of avoiding the muggles on this one. Easily spotted it on approach, and just had to find something to pass the time while waiting for muggles to pass by. Thankfully with having a gorgeous cacher like Fraggles with you, we found a way to kill a couple of minutes. Anywho, thanks for the quick and enjoyable cache.

Quick find this evening with Big Matt after a couple of fun finds earlier. TFTC.

Found this one tonight with FarmerFrentzen on our way back from finding a few caches. A simple find that I almost walked straight past.

Thanks Magpyre for the cache.

TNLNSL

Two persons almost required for this one - one to watch which way the muggles are looking, and one to grab the cache. Along came the fire brigade too. Apart from the muggles, pretty easy thanks!

#352 - A nice quick find. It will be interesting to see how observant the muggles are and how long it lasts.
Thanks for the cache.

693 - A quick lunchtime run with Sol.

How is this not muggled?? Lucky for us it was in place when we got there. Quickly retrieved, signed and returned...

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

Quick lunchtime drive-by pickup with AusCan.

Easy find, log signed and cache replaced.

TFTC

Cheers,

Hi Magpyre, hope you had a good laugh at my 5'2" trying to reach it in daylight dressed as a council worker.

Putting it back was even funnier but job complete all good.

MC KENNA

Nice easy find on the way to work. Never knew these shops were here! TNLNSL - thanks.

2nd to find at 2:50pm!! Went to the shops to buy some groceries and did this one at the same time with the geokids (which were needed!) and geomum. TFTC!

1056(+11=1067)

Nice big old gum trees out this way - I love them - thanks for a bit of fun Magpyre.

*Overall Experience: 3*
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Rated: for Overall Experience