BEE303 Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Australia
By shadowranger on 03-Nov-08. Waypoint GC1HV1N

I am archiving this cache due to the unfortunate lack of action taken to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, shadowranger, requesting additional time.

Despite ample opportunities provided for the Cache Owner to respond, their silence leads me to the conclusion that the cache has been abandoned.

In such cases, archived caches will not be unarchived, and as a result, this location is now open for the placement of a new cache by another interested party.

Thanks,

Balayang
Community Reviewer - Australia

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:

* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.

Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this. That is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.

Alternatively:

* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.

In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by shadowranger and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned, and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Only wearing thongs so not too keen to search for ages.

Attempted this one of the track, went to GZ and may have disturbed a hive trying to locate the cache, couldnt find it with out worrying about disturbing them again

Went here twice with no luck. Might wait for a fire to clear some of the scrub.

Found easily. Literally walked right up to it.
Needs maintenance though as it is filled with water. I wish I knew what the original container was. I’ll look through photos. TFTC

Geocaching with Jennyfromthefarm. Tftc

3 Grumpy face DNF rating, too hard

We were enticed by the 33 hearts, and we thought for sure we could find it. We looked and looked, two of us, but no luck. The person I was with lives in the area and she said she was surprised that anyone would put a geocache here as this area gets burned every year. No idea what sort of a thing we were looking for.

A little bit of water in the container which was tipped out. Log was damp but I was able to sign none the less. TFTC

On a business trip to Darwin I was looking for some caches and quickly found one here.

Greetings from Germany and TFTC

Thanks for hiding. Greetings from Germany

Yeahh spent about 40 minutes searching for it before giving up - I hope the next persons not as unfortunate as that.

thanks

Found it, was a bit tricky to find

Thanks, Domsky. Good work.
Needs Maintenance attribute removed and cache Enabled.
Balayang -Geoff

Seeing this one was quite old and in need of some TLC, we came by today with a new small metal tin, a clip lock bag and log sheet.
We have replaced it in the spirit of maintaining this rather older hide, and hope that it will have the opportunity now to live on into the future.
Thanks shadowranger and Balayang,
Domsky

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as being in need of an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:

* Take action to restore the cache or address any issues such as correcting the D/T rating.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done, and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.

Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary, or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this, that is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.

Alternatively:

* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.

In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by shadowranger and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is there, and in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Searched extensively for over half an hour and eventually came up with a very burnt and disintegrated little container. Ultimately the cache should be replaced or archived.

Had a look ok for this on our way to Mary River but like the others before us couldn’t find it. Thanks anyway

Might be burnt and lost in the abyss

IolantheK and I went for dinner with the family at the pub up the road and decided that despite being dark we would give this one a go
Not the most practical of ideas...Head touches attract little bugs to ones face
After much searching we gave up..if it is still here we couldn't find it
TFTC shadowranger

T-Tech and I have flown to Darwin from Brisbane for a mini-holiday with our son and his wife and their two little ones. We met up with them at Litchfield Park yesterday afternoon where we explored Buley Rockholes and Florence Falls, and then we all headed down to Adelaide River to have dinner at Digger's Bistro, followed by the long drive back to Howard Springs. Today and tomorrow the others have a friend to meet up with, so T-Tech and I have two whole days to explore Darwin! Of course geocaches shall be our guide

Our only DNF today

DNF in the bush, nearly bitten by a brown snake, do not recommend.

Tried, but didn’t succeed!

What an amazing place to hide it.

Yep burnt and shot

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So lucky to have found this as it is so well camouflaged and so tricky to see. There was no log in the container, but I put in a piece of paper. Look hard on the ground..... it is there, out in the open actually.

East family - our first geocache.
TFTC

No log left, but nice original geocache!

Found but a bit crispy. will need to be replaced

How cool is this found our first geocach

Located cache. Nearly walking into it. Will message a photo of it. A little TFTC

Found but fire has gone through burning cache container and log. Sent maint, request

That was a tricky cache.
Found it after checking almost everything in my cachers toolbox.
I thought my tweezers would work, however they aren’t really tweezers. But I could manage to grab it eventually and soon had the log signed.
Visited 3 TB.
TFTC

TFTC cool hide.

Cool little cache. Too hard to get Log out though. Need tweezers

Easy find eye level

TFTC, great hide, co-ordinates were great, and hint helped for sure

A great hide and a great cache

Great hide thanks

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was simply driving from Litchfield NP to Kakadu NP.

On the way we came to some interesting locations. Here we searched, found and logged this Tradi-Cache.

Weather was good in the morning and it should even get better during the day.

Thanks to 'shadowranger' for showing us this location, for the fun we had with 'BEE303' and for the smiley. The search here and today didn't take too much time, fortunately.

Greetings from Germany and we hope to see you soon in the forest, prairie, desert or outback .

TFTC says H_M_A @ October 21, 2019 @ 07:56 o'clock @ [#13885](https://coord.info/GC1HV1N)

Buzz buzz someone shot the bee!
Took tweezers, log signed. Just wish we took the path in and not the bush for 120m’s!
TFTC bringing us up to our 150!

This was our last day in the NT but we had time for one cache so I looked for one with the most favorites and this one came up. We had a beer, burger and selfie at the Humpty Doo Hotel and then hiked in for this cache. Found him pretty quickly but also were unable to extract the log. I hope of a picture of my geo kid and the log container will suffice.

The rest of the Geofam has given up , I had “one more look” Bingo!
Couldn’t get the log out - took a photo as proof
TFTC

Great hide our fav

Wow! That is awesome, so creative! Have to be our fav, well done and thank you.

Great craftsmanship. My very first Cache

Very nice hide tyfc

Very cool hide

Awesome cache but couldn’t retrieve the log to sign it

Found but way too hard without tweezers

Found it

Fantastic cache. TFTC

TFTC great hide glad I’m not a Bee

Found but won’t log it as I didn’t have a pen on me #rookiemistake!

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 9761. We found this as part of our 2018 Round Australia trip.

A quick wander into this one with Miss 6 after a nice lunch at the pub.

Thanks shadowranger for the cache.

Tftc. Could not get log out to sign it.

Nice find in the dark, didn’t sign as we had no tweezers TFTC

Continuing south on the trek after the Supercars in Darwin, grabbing caches on the way. TFTC.

This is my first find. Wow so much fun. Look up look down walked past it a few times. Looked at a few more then the penny dropped this is it.

What a cool container! TFTC

Out and about to grab a few caches today managed to get this one after a short walk. No trees down, well not many.

Tftc

Tftc

Top cache! Found nice and easily on my way to Fogg Dam. Replaced the log - CO please message me if you want me to get the old log to you. Cheers!

On a clockwise half lap of the East side of Australia. Travelling in Darwin decided to grab a few caches despite the afternoon heat. Thanks to all the CO'S for their valuable work and maintaining the cache's.
Hide Condition:OK
Ziplock: N/a
Container: OK
Log: Full

TFTC
TNLN.
Thanks Shadowranger great job.

A road trip with my younger brother that I haven`` t seen for the last 6 years. Made me to do this trip. Between Yulara and Darwin we found lots of Geocache` s. It was an awesome trip that I will never forget. We have visited so many beautiful places and seen so much, love this place. Thanks for having me Australia, I certainly enjoy all the views and hidden treasures.

TFTC

Haha that's funny. Tftc

Our first cache woohoo

Cool find, very cool!

My first cache!

Took a few minutes but was a funny find

Yeah! A bit worrying in flip flops though!
Log full, signed 'CT& & 'JM'
Thanks

Ha ha love it

Ha ha good one TFTC

Who would be a bee indeed TFTC

Oh so pleased not to be the bee!!! A favourite for us! Another good find with HRH54 TFTC

Now visiting Darwin after the Red Centre Experience.

After a few days recuperating, it was time to hit the trail all be it with a late start to the day.

Lunch at the Humpty Doo Tavern and a few more caches before returning to camp.

Geez talk about smile on your dial, but wouldnt want to be a Bee.

TFTC shadowranger

Great hide. SLTFTH

TFTC

Grabbed this one while driving into Darwin. Love the hide. A favourite from us.

Our current visit to Australia had been in the planning for over a year with the very significant help and advice from friends who live in Melbourne. The original plan was for a 2 month visit, but as things progressed we just couldn't help extending our trip to the full 90 days allowed on our visas - after all it's a big country and so much to see and do, especially with our favourite pastimes being birding, hiking and of course geocaching! Our journey started with our arrival at Perth airport followed by a day cycling around Rottnest Island before travelling on to Adelaide where we met up with our friends. We then continued on to spend some time on Kangaroo Island, before heading to Melbourne via Goolwa, Strathalbyn, Coorong, Mount Gambier, Cape Bridgewater, the Grampians National Park, Port Campbell, Cape Otway and Lorne, cramming in as much as possible on route. The second leg of our journey was a fabulous 9 days in Tasmania. Having then returned to Melbourne we set off on the third leg of our journey, which was to Sydney via Wilson’s Promontory, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota, Pambula Beach, Thredbo, Canberra and Fitzroy Falls. We then spent a few days in Sydney with geocaching friends efore flying on to the Gold Coast for the fourth leg of our travels, that included visits to Lamington National Park, Noosa and an overnight trip out to Fraser Island. We then flew from Brisbane to Cairns, where we spent a couple of nights before heading out to the birding hotspots of Yungaburra and Daintree. Following on from a visit to Cape Tribulation we turned to Port Douglas. After a day out on the Great Barrier Reef we returned to Cairns for the flight to Alice Springs and the fifth leg of our travels, which was a wonderful week driving the circuit to and from Ayers Rock in our 4x4 camper. On returning to Alice Springs we then flew on to Darwin, where we picked up another 4x4 camper. We are currently making our way towards Broome via Kakadu, Cooinda, Katherine Gorge, Kununarra, Lake Argyle, Emma Gorge, the Bungle Bungle’s and Fitzroy Crossing. Our last two nights in Australia will be spent in Broome before we fly back to Perth, from where we will connect with the flight all the way back home to Zimbabwe via South Africa. We already know we can't wait to return!

We stopped by to seek out this cache on our way from Darwin to the crocodile jumping cruise. A nice quick find at Ground Zero of this good fun cache. Please have a favourite point and thanks for the cache!

Great cache

On our way out from Darwin en route to a croc cruise. TFTC

Previously logged under a team account. Re-logging with my individual account.

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.

The roadtrip to end all roadtrips has begun! Gaz'n'Kab and catscatscats22 have left all but their trusty steed behind, and have embarked on the most epicest adventures across Australia

After a long day on the road headed towards Darwin, we pulled off the main road and spotted the access track in. We made the short walk in and discovered a very nice little patch of bush before we headed in towards GZ and after a bit of searching we soon had the cache in hand and added our names to the logbook [^]

TFTC shadowranger

The roadtrip to end all roadtrips has begun! Gaz'n'Kab and catscatscats22 have left all but their trusty steed behind, and have embarked on the most epicest adventures across Australia

After a long day on the road headed towards Darwin, we pulled off the main road and spotted the access track in. We made the short walk in and discovered a very nice little patch of bush before we headed in towards GZ and after a bit of searching we soon had the cache in hand and added our names to the logbook [^]

TFTC shadowranger

On our way to a crocodile cruise we stopped to find this cache. Nice walk, great camo and definitely a favourite point from us. TFTC

Today we explored Humpty Doo and surrounds using geocaching as a guide. Love the cammo hide!!

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Great cache container. Blends in well with the surrounds. Spotted it fairly quickly in this tract of bushland. Deserves a favourite for ingenuity. TFTC

Need a 4WD, and it was wet! Beaut spot though!

Well I'll bee!! We found it!

Awesome camo TFTC

This was our first and it was great!

On our out to Jabiru with time for the odd cache or 3. The name took our eye and when we saw it we understood and didn't have to fire a shot. Found at 10:30 in a quiet spot..TFTC

Found! Needed a favourite find for our road trip, kids loved this one!

Great cache. Once spotted it stood out, but generally blends in well with the bush.