Toby's 1st Plenty, Victoria, Australia
By homerjay73 on 14-Oct-08. Waypoint GC1H7TJ

Didn't find this one either, as it turns out, nirgal_au had stopped by a few months earlier to requisition this container. So there is now officially nothing to be found at this spot besides a quiet and isolated park

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Date: 30.09.2012
Time: 14:21
Find # 2117

On our normal weekend caching run, SedgwickDave and I were first heading towards Yarra Glen, then doing a bit of a loop via Christmas Hills, Kangaroo Ground, Hurstbridge, Yan Yean, Mernda, Plenty and South Morang. It was a cool morning, but most of the afternoon was beautiful and sunny.

We parked the car in the nearby street and walked in towards GZ. There seemed to be lots of muggles wandering about in this parkland today. The camo on this one did have us tricked initially until we realised it was something different.

Thanks to homerjay73 for the cache.

Contents are a little damp and the log book could do with a bit of rejuvenation.

Found @1420 #1959
On another epic cache run today with caching buddy ahomburg. We had run this route before which is Yarra Glen then west towards South Morang and everywhere else in between. A good numbers today with 30 found in total and a few DNFs. An awesome day with a cool start and the forecast rain didn't eventuate so it was a rather nice and sunny at times.[^]

A nice walk into GZ from the near by street to find that the coordinates were spot on. Very nice. No one around today and a nice walk in. TFTC homerjay73. The log book was looking pretty full so a new one may be required.

Found this one today with Misselaneious. Nice spot with lots of roos & frogs. Needs some drying out & a new cammo. TFTC

Found at 17:36.
Not too far from where I'm staying so too a wander down. Easy find, in dire need of a new log book and a drying out as the pages are a bit damp.
I saw a few kangaroos on the walk and the frog symphony is in full voice.
Thanks for bringing me here.

3rd for the day.. Great cache.. Wet day

So many frogs singing along in harmony. Didn't even stop as I walked by.........frustrating that I can never spot the little blighters!!!!! Think the Roos have been using the GZ as a bedroom but the cache is safe. Thanks for bringing me here-very pleasant.

10:38
Caching with the kids over the school holidays was fun, but it's really nice to get out on my own while they're at school.

First of several classic homerjay caches for the day... thankfully, no spiders sharing the hide today.

#567

Found this while out on a caching run with Paco Aliandro and onwheels. It was a week ago. Been slow to log. Had a great night. Tftc

Nice one. Most of the camo is gone though and I did find a nest of nasty looking spiders living inside.

Thought i could park nearby judging from the maps, disappointed when i had to walk some 150 meters. Bit of a bush bash but not too hard. Saw the guardian, looks tough. SL, TFTC.

first for the day. great hide but beware, this cache has an large unexpected eight legged guardian!

Logbook is full

A better description about how to approach to GZ would be helpful. Anyway, it's a nice hide and TFTC!

On 2011/2011 date found this one together with nadya. Walked from GL6ZQPDF and took somehow a wrong approach, so bashed through the different kinds of tall grass and rocky terrain but finally got to the GZ where cache was easily found. Enjoyed the lake views. Logbook is full - left sheet of paper as a temporary solution. Found the cache but still have no idea what does the hint mean.

nice cache and excellent hiding spot

great spot, short walk, did it twice because we forgot a pen!!!
TNLNSL

Nice camo. Great spot feels like its hours away from the suburbs. Tftc

Tftc easy find, great hide, love the camo. Heaps of Roos around

The heavens opened up on me........drenched from head to toe [:(!] I had to by-pass a few caches due to the rain. However this cache was/is in plain view, but blends in well I liked this one, different.

Kellyhaunts

Nearly bumped into a mob of around 30 kangaroos on the way to this one. They were more surprised than we were. It was great to see them. A great hide but the cache could use a bit of TLC. TFTC

Walked from the homestead to this one with GeoDad. An easy find and a lovely spot to stop an rest. TFTC!

I forgot to mention earlier but the log book is full.

Found with TrynaFindaCache. Nice walk to cache. Not much wildlife around. Found the cache quickly. Nice camo but does need a little touch up. TNLN TFTC

Found with IITom23II, nice easy find in a nice park that I would have never gone too. TNLNSL TFTC

Found this one after walking along the wrong side of the fence.
Thanks to the post by Paul_the_Hippy realized how to get to it without walking around again.
Darn it...forgot to bring pen with me so didn't sign the log book!

very nice hide though the log book was a bit a bit hard to retrieve tftc

Quick find once negiotated the fence to find another 100m down there was a big cutting for kangaroos. TNLN TFTC

Easy find in horribly long grass! We went up on the wrong side of the fence, realised, shimmied under (after first poking at the grass to scare away any lurking Joe Blakes!), gingerly bolted through the long grass to the cache site and realised it was an easy walk up on a track! ha ha! But what a lovely, peaceful place for a walk, so all worth it!

TNLN TFTC

This entry was edited by jmandea on patrol on Saturday, 12 February 2011 at 23:55:46.

28/01/2011 23:06 Found: #228 This really was a way bigger walk than I thought. There appears to be construction work fences up but luckily they still had an open gate and after finding myself also on the wrong side of the fence I crossed and found the cache. Must say that it was a very easy find with the massive spoiler log below. I would rate the terrain higher especially with the long grass. TFTC TNLN SL

So Toby's 1st ended up being mine and Sam Carters first in an evening caching run.

Construction works leading upto the park didn't hamper efforts too severely, the mesh fench was ajar enough to pass through easily (though it was considerably more open on our return), and we made our way to the cache site without too much drama, even if *something* was moving about in that grass...

Cache was found rather easily, and it should be pointed out that the camoflauge is wearing off. Perhaps some repair is in order?

Lovely spot, and nearby a local mob was enjoying the late summer afternoon too.
TNLNSL TFTC!

TaylorBrats (May)

We were a little hesitant at the beginning of our attempt on this cache as there was an awkwardly placed construction fence, but someone else had already solved that problem for us (and, it had been even more aggressively solved by the time we returned, since someone decided that they wanted to drive their car to the start of the track). All the recent rain and warmth made for lots of long grass, and so we strode through with a mixture of boldness and caution, not realising that we could have reached GZ via a track. The hide was a little worse for wear, making it less convincing that it might once have been, but still a good idea. After signing the log we enjoyed the view of the nearby lake, with its birdlife and kangaroos. It looked especially pretty in the evening light, and we regretted not having brought our picnic tea with us to have right there. Thanks homerjay73.

3 January 2011 | 7:11 PM
We found it...nice hide

Easy find after at first looking on incorrect side of fence.TFTC.

Found this small cache in a fake rock between two real rocks.

quick easy find. lots of bugs have taken up residence! beautiful wetlands views from here. tftc!

Headed out for a night of caching, to clean up a few in the area. Parked in the carpark and headed out to GZ using the torch to shine the way. Bit rocky under foot at some points so took it easy as I went, didn't want to twist an ankle out here. Found the cache and signed the log. Thanks for the hide.

this one was really hard. but we got it. thanks

hay man nice hide

(your log book is full)

when u get a chance your log book is full once you do can you email me so i can right in it

A quick find before stretching out for a few minutes in the sun and enjoying the water views. Thanks.

Found on 30.8.2010
At 1702hrs
Peanut&Rhino
Singapore 10cent coin found in container
Good hide

King and King

An easy find for us - the last of the day as we headed towards home to be there in time to pick up the kids.

Our thanks again to homerjay73

No bird life out today in the freezing winds

Cool hide. Can't say too much more without giving the game away. I really enjoyed my day in this playground. Thanks for the cache.

Found while out on a winters day cache run with Slink1 TFTC SL

quick find with Dunko on a day out caching TNLN TFTC SL

with light fadeing we quickly sloshed our way through the wetlands to gz, all in all a quick find after a short walk. tftc

Lots of kangaroos watching us today. This is the sort of park we love. TNLN
Thanks from Greg and Bev

Cammo needs a bit of makeup and the log book is hard to remove from the container.
Discovered for the group to introduce them to caching.
16 members of the Essendon Bushwalking club are now wiser.
TFTC
The Riddellers [?]

10th for the night. Had only just stopped raining when i went for the walk on this one. Love night caching. Great hide, actually showed up better under torchlight i think, it does wonderful things for contrast. Cheers.

1.30 Out and about with 80 degrees this morning. It is very cold and windy and if wasn't for the warm company we would not be here. This is our first time in this area and we like Wonder if we come back in 20 years if this will be all built up to. Nice easy find
TNLN TFTC

Found at 1.20pm on a day of caching with xambo4u. A quick easy find TNLN TFTC

I've been here before, but I'm not sure why I didn't seek this one last time. I returned today with FormulaKaz, who walked straight up and found it. We didn't see any roos, but a rather quick rabbit did shoot by. Thanks, I'll have to come here again on a warmer day.

Found with robwinmar as he shows me the ropes of caching

Found at 21:20

Yep, what drizzly, quite night, 1st of 6 for the evening!

TFTC again HJ

Found with Bubblzdee on our nightime Cache run.

TFTC.

Found at 15:25 on my first visit to this area. Definitely won't be my last visit either. Some large mobs of kangaroos on either side of the fence - just as well this park is here for them to retreat to given the amount of housing development happening along Plenty Road.

nb camouflage is looking a bit worn.

TFTC TNLNSL

Another nice quick find after walking down from The Lead Scouts Playground.
Loved the cammo, although it could use some TLC, the paint is coming off.
Another top cache from HJ73 in a great spot.
Cheers and happy caching.

Nice stroll in and an easy find of a well camoed container... and the 3 yo loved watching a couple of roos hopping past and looking at their "footprints"

Found while on a caching day out - tftc tnln

Located by Rubus Pickers and cousins at 4.30pm on 9/4/2010 following a pleasant stroll. We love the work that has gone into the well camoed cache. TNL1SL. Thanks very much for the cache Homerjay73 and great location Lead Scout.

Terrific cache! No roos on the day, though. TFTC

A quick find assisted by the young daughter. We then went for a short stroll and saw a few kangaroos hop away from us. This made her day. Ohhhhhh... to be two years old again and so easily pleased.
TNLN.


Cheers homerjay73, loved the camo job.

Found quickly by son.

L: 3coins

Another fence hole, the Chef really crawls well. Some effort was again put into this placement well done we managed this one in the dark.

Good idea not to hard to find even in the dark

Out for a Saturday morning of hunting. Packed up the bikes with plans of getting around to all the caches in this park. Alas, the best laid plans were thwarted. Off to a good start with this cache, Easily found once at GZ. Nice spot, almost wouldn't know surburbia was only a stone's throw away. TNLN, our GS Lackey geocoin popped in for a visit.

Found 15:10, a nice quick find.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks homerjay73.

Found by caughtatwork at 11:55
A nice easy end of morning stroll back to the car from heyhowareyou and I couldn't resist a final cache in this lovely park.
Unfortunately some of the cammo is wearing off, but a very well done piece of cammo.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks homerjay73 for this cache experience today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

A nice east cache whose camouflage spared it the attentions of whoever used the spot for their drinking. In any case the camo does not fool the eye of the experienced cacher and it didn't take long for me to locate it today.

Found @ 20:40. Last of 14 caches tonight. A nice quick find once @ GZ. TFTC SL

Find # 328 @ 14:45
Nice easy find. As I was heading back to the car I crossed paths with a researcher who was studying how the climate had effected the habitat of kangaroos in the area. She asked what I was doing in the area and I introduced her to geocaching. We may see a new cacher in the future.
TNLNSL TFTC

Great cache & camo!
SLLNTNTFTCACHE!!

beautiful piece of camo i must say!

After realising that we could not make these a driveby without an angle grinder, we had to resort to shank's pony. At least there were a couple here to pick of both "brands" so the day was not lost. Good hide again, thanks to homerjay.

Find # 2768 and 7th of the day at 11:02 am. Accompanied by Iain from the Swaggies on a day out caching in a area we both havnt been to for some time. Easy find, Nice Camo TNLN, Signed Log, Thanx Homerjay73....

Again, another short walk from the last cache, and another quick find. Thanks for the cache and for showing me the area.

Found by Mary & David at 1745. Our second cache from this car park. Found fairly quickly in the fading light. The camo is well-suited to the spot. Our thanks to homerjay73 as always.

Found with Team Gramon, GeoJnr and GeoTilly on our first caching day out for quite a whilst. Well this was our second last cache for our trip around this area and what an enjoyable day of caching we had. If my calculations are correct this is our 499th GC cache. The penultimate before the big 500 and another spot in this area as well. It was just getting on dark and we saw a log number of kangaroos a little way off in the distance. The cammo of the cache was quite good and gave us an idea of what the remainder of Disco Stu was meant to look like. It would appear that you enjoy planning new ways off camouflage Homerjay73. Keep up the clever work. Cheers.

[315] 5.45pm

Found with cdmark & gang.

Saw some 'roos hopping. Great hiding method.

TFTC TNLN

[This entry was edited by Team GraMon on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 2:51:43 AM.]

Huge park! On the way to the cache we saw several kangaroos at a distance. Nice walk to the cache and brilliant disguise. Reminds me of another similar cache near Melton. Great cache in a great area. TFTC!

Found by PR&F on 5/4/09 @ 1.10pm in convoy with The Empire.
Nice easy find
TNLN
TFTC HJ

Found by The Empire with PR&F 5/4/09 @ 1:10pm
Cool hide, nice camo.
TNLN SL TFTC
- M

Great hide and fantastic camo!!!!!!!!!!

TNLNSL

Shadowwomen

Nice short stroll - pleasant find.

Many thanks

He he, yep, another great camo. But how good is the 5 yr old geodaughter getting....strewth....she had it held up boasting as we were still on the approach! She was extremely proud of her efforts too. Very nice work from HJ73, and many thanks to 'ya.

29 of 32. Saw a couple of these today - very nice. Cammo matched its neighbours quite well. Thanks homerjay73.

This was a brilliant cache, well hidden and designed to blend in well. Thankyou for this and all the other caches in the area. A wonderful hours ride here satisfied my urge to cache, i even got home in time for dinner! TFTC TNLN

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found with Rallyraid, this cache rocks.

TNLN

Thanx,

Knypha

Parked nearby after we saw there were a few caches to grab. Made our way to GZ and after looking a minute, stumbled across "what's that?"... "oh, it's the cache!"
SL
Clever Hide, much appreciated.

Homerjay73 king of camo, another cheeky cache, great fun, good scenery. TNLN. Thanks again.

Found on a day caching with Acts2YouthGroup. He got it this time and in fact quite quickly too. A good effort in what is a surprisingly hard type of hide to do. thanks Homerjay73.

Twenty first of twenty five cache finds for the day, the cache was found at 13:55 in the company of Alansee. A nice hide and another great view of the wetlands, I once again enjoyed watching the birds. Thanks homerjay 73 for the cache.

Easy find in a nice location

Almost stepped on it, well done with the camo.

TNLN

Nice hide, nice area, TFTC,

Third find for the day - 1355 hours - nice hide!

Very clever way of hiding the cache.

Found at 1020 hours, great cammo job, just another short walk from another cache in the area.
TNLN SL
TFTC