sURCH box Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia
By Bear_Left on 18-Dec-08. Waypoint GC1JRJN

The GZ seemed like part of a park, but there's a house being built there now so it must've just been an adjacent block.

Sadly, without a GZ, there's no cache.

I cant figure out the coordinates. The puzzle was simple enough by simple I mean it took me seconds to understand the question and hours to figure the answer. As for the coordinates I must be missing something that is staring me in the face. I will not give up yet.

Found with jasenjanine... TFTC Bear_Left

We visited WP1 a little while back & took down the info found to solve at a later time... Jase had the job of solving this one & whilst I was in the area with the kids today, it was my job to find the cache I was a bit surprised at the area around me & wondered how a cache could possibly be here, but to my surprise it was safe & sound in it's spot

TFTC & another fun Multi Bear_Left Have contacted CO in regards to the final of this cache as it may be compromised in it's current position, otherwise all is good with the cache...

Found it! Have had the puzzle for a while and had been showing the geodaughter's boyfriend, he solved the puzzle then straight out and signed the log!

Nice easy find after solving it last night.Google really works.
TFTC

2nd go at it and I finally solved it...TFTC

Pretty sure I just had the puzzle all worked out and was taking it to show GeoDad, then my dog ate it.

Puzzle box was very cool.

TFTC

Great find!

Great find and loved the puzzle!

I found it very easily but had trouble opening box I got frustrated and started to shake it and before I knew it it was open

Puzzle box

Out caching for the afternoon And thort I would stop and give this a go as I have been looking at this one Thor a while

Left TB

TFTC

my first multi cache and i loved it very cool puzzle box
TFTC

found with Jensky7 (have my own account now)

Loved the puzzle box - kids worked it out in no time. Working out the next part of the puzzle was a bit trickier. Geodaughter thought she had this one worked out but when we put coords in they were in someones garden so off to google we went. Nice quick find once you have the correct answer. Have put some camo over container as it was very exposed. TFTC - slowly getting through some of your puzzles

Nice way to spend a lazy Sunday morning. Found the first cache without too much trouble. Took pictures of the puzzle and went home to solve. After trying for a while to solve it, my lazy brain used the internet!!! Added the right numbers to the puzzle, walked the short distance to the co-ordinates and signed in!!! Great little hunt. Thanks.

Planned a hills caching day with The Machman and FelixII a few weeks back, so we pooled the caches we wanted to target plus all our solved puzzles. Was a great day to be in the hills caching away from the city for a change.

Nice multi to break up the numerous traditionals and puzzles found during the day. Found the cache, signed the log, then off to find more. TFTC!

Wow I have been looking forward to today for 3 weeks. A big days caching with The Machman and SpatialRiQ

The Machman and Mrs Felix left home at about 6am in the dark to be joined later by RIQ.

What did we do before Google Bit of homework and some help from Geofriends and we had this one signed.

TFTC Bear Left

FELIX and I had been planning a trip to Kalamunda Hills for about 2 years, but the seasons just passed by and
we have never quite made it.

Over this time the list of unfound Caches grew astronomically and we are now left with needing to spend a week there just to make a dent.....

Anyway today was the first day of our assault on the hills with Spatial Riq.

We had already walked round the Banyowla Regional Park and the George Spriggs Reserve so took some time to pick up a few stand alone caches.

I never know what to expect with Bear_Left caches.... especially the Multi's... and once again was not left
disappointed !!

Cheers for another fun hide.

Discovered WP1 many many months ago. Rediscovered it a few months ago with MDV. Finally made it back today to log the final. Thanks for the cache.

Found the first waypoint a few months ago and took photos of puzzle....after initially getting nowhere, KB took over and came up with some viable cords....thankfully a quick find, and another BL cache crossed off the list....thanks again Bear_Left

pretty good cache like the puzzle box

After successfully opening the box we found the puzzle. Visited the Zig Zag cafe for a coffee and sorted out the puzzle and then headed to gz (where we had found a cache earlier just down the road).

Opened the box today and have taken the puzzle home to Capel with us. Only one puzzle paper left. Box had swollen with the heat so we put some soap on it where required to help it along so no-one forces it open. Could see it partially uncovered from the roadway and there appears to be alot of muggle activity around judging by the litter so hopefully we covered it better and it will stay put. Now to the puzzle....

Very cool My Bear! You are right, no force was required. A simple 1.5 terrain star find in the end. I noted I had an XoE close so that was a bonus. Lovely part of the world up here.
Thanks to Bear_Left and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Accompanied with TeamAstro before he catch the plane back to his home (SA). We enjoyed wander around the "Hills" Signed the log. Thanks.

after sitting down today and finally having a look at the little puzzle i figured it out in 30mins and it looks like i got it right
the cache wasnt what i expected
TFTC Bear_Left

This was great fun! Got the box open on Friday night and pondered how best to tackle the puzzle during a busy Saturday. Bindelgirl solved it over breakfast Sunday when finally got a minute with a notepad. Asked Bindelboy to check the answer before we headed up the hill for lunch with family. This of course lead to some computer programming coding which spat out an answer which confirmed the trusty pen and paper solution. Took a ride after lunch with the folks to pick up the final cache. Stopped back at the original for Dad to test his skills on the box. Thanks bear_left!

Took a while but i found it!!! TFTC

changed the co-ords and looked again, couldn't find it!!! but then when i came home and checked the co-ords, i had still stuffed up!!!??? silly me, going to get it next time!!!

DNF, is it on the end of Grace Road, can someone please help me!!!???

GeoHippy and GeoBro and self found first part last night (about 50 meters from the house we just brought)...Took us a while to get to the clue...GeoBro did it!
GeoBaldy worked out the co ordinates and GeoHippy, GeoBro and myself went and found the cache this morning between showers......Thanks for the cache....I left a fish.....Cache a bit damp but it is okay to log......"Go safe"

Found the little box and got it open last weekend, did the puzzle during the week and returned today to find the cache. My 200th
The cache contents are a bit wet but was able to sign the log.
Thanks for another great cache Bear_Left.

Came by today on an afternoon of caching. Had a lot of trouble opening the puzzle box as I suspect that the colder weather is afecting it. After that I had to send a bit of time solving the puzzle itself. Thought I was at the wrong GZ as the cache was well covered and I was about to go and check my figures when I finally felt the cache.

Thanks for the cache.

We initially found the first waypoint some 18months ago then promptly lost the clues so being back on a Saturday for the Kalamunda Markets we retreived the data again and after figuring out the co-ords of GZ I came up the hill this morning found the cache and signed the log
TFTC

GZ container replaced. No swaps inside, and we'd suggest not putting trackables in, given that it's been muggled a couple of times now.

New GZ needed.

Please refer to my previous log.

I managed to open the puzzle box several month ago, but lost the piece of paper that had the puzzle on it for the final cache. After discovering it yesterday, I managed to solve the next puzzle fairly quickly, and headed out to the GZ this afternoon. My GPS led me to an obvious place, and I found the container.

Unfortunately, it appears to have been muggled. The container and lid were lying open at the base of a tree, and the only contents I could find was a toy soldier. I closed the container and replaced it in the tree, covering it with some leaves. I didn't have any spare logs on me to place in the container. So, I will have to return again some day to sign the log. TFTC and the enlightening puzzle.

I think this is our first 'Bear' cache and it took us a while to figure it all out. The box was a bit of fun. Each family member giving it a go a couple of times until one of the geokiddies saw some movement but couldn't complete it, geomum took over and the box did in fact open easily. Had to go home to work our the second puzzle though. A couple of days later, we returned for the second part. Had the right co-ords, so found it quickly. Great hunt. SL. TFTC.

GOOD ONE !

Found the Puzzle box a few days ago but couldn't open it. Went back today and still couldn't solve it but knew what I needed to do. I committed the ultimate sin in Geocaching and borrowed it for an hour to let my son and friend open the box, it had been jammed. They solved the puzzle inside for me. Puzzle box is now back in it's location and I found the cache easily. It was getting dark and luckily there was a key ring torch in there so signed the log book. TNLN TFTC

An enjoyable couple of puzzles. After working out how to open the box I took stock of the next puzzle then went into Kalamunda for lunch and a chance to work out the next step in the puzzle. Returned after luch for a quick and easy find. TFTH.

Got it this time, tried back in the first half of last year and didn't find it. We put a watch on it and noted that it had gone missing. We tried again with our gz coords and this time found the cache without any problem. TNLN. Thanks Bear_Left

I found the first part of this cache just after it was released, returning home and calculating the coordinates. Luckily I checked the location on google earth and figured I had the right coordinates. Zipping forward to the present day could I find the coordinates to the cache location...no. So a quick recalculation was done and the coordinates plugged into the GPS. Off I set using the Tom Tom to guide me to the published coords then on foot I went searching. Hang on a minute the GPS is showing a completely different direction to what I expected. Oh fiddlesticks I must have miss calculated the coordinates. Now what? Look at the GPS map and go to where I think the cache is (thank goodness for OSM, and the fact I only put it on the GPS last week!). So off I wander, looking into a couple of likely hiding spots before finally locating the cache.

All I can say is I'm glad I put the coordinates into google earth and could remember the general location after 11 months.
Never do things the easy way, It might be harder but it gives you a better sense of achievement when you finally get there.

Thanks for the cache and my interesting hunt today.

Fourth Bear_Left cache completed today, I did start a fifth (Puzzles) but ran out of available light (my excuse, it wasn't really about going home to use an online anagram solver... honest!!!!)

Found by Team GeoCoopers.
After a quick puzzle session we resumed our sURCH and found the cache no problems.
Thanks Bear_Left

3rd time lucky, a great puzzle, thanx for replacing the cache B_L.

Oops! Forgot that this seemed to've gone missing! There's a new box in place now, so the next trek should be a fruitful one!

We visited GZ a couple of weeks ago but were unable to find the cache. We have worked and reworked the numbers only to decide that our original figures were indeed correct, we even phoned a friend to verify our workings.

We returned again today for another look but still could not put our hands on the cache, so we can now say the we believe that this cache may has been muggled!

We stopped by a power tower and found the box but it took us a while to open it. We tried everything and then we finally got into it. Cool box!

Pretty hard to open. TFTC

We found WP1 today in the rain and ran into the car to open the box. Half an hour later we put the clue together and opened the box. Then El Cacholoco worked for a bit on the puzzle and we tried to search for the final. The rain was pouring down by this time and our GPSr's were not behaving properly so we gave up after a couple of minutes. We'll be back on a nicer day to find the final.

What a great challenge. I love puzzles like this. Can´t say we were very good at it, but it was fun. Thanks.
Found the first puzzle and worked it out fairly quickly but had to take enclosed puzzle away to figure out. Returned a couple weeks later so confident that we had the answer and pointed ourselves to a nearby house. Reworked answer while i was there and was off again but closer, had to do some more rework to finally find the cache. Drives you nuts, but makes the find sweeter.

SL, took Urch path tag. Thanks For the Hunt.

This one and all its puzzles took us many enjoyable baffling days. A group effort paid off for The Stroopids in the end. Thanks for making our brains hurt Bear_Left!

Took Travel Bug for rehoming shortly. Left some trinkets and a surprise (hope it grows on you!).

Thanks,
The Stroopids

Cache in good condition.

[This entry was edited by thestroopidsstepout on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 2:21:03 AM.]

Finally able to do this cache! Was most frustrated to be in the opposite corner of Oz when it was published. So have made a bee line to do it on my return.

And frustrations continued when the puzzle box was discovered. I had preconceived ideas as to how it would open, and spent about an hour pushing, poking, twisting and proding to no avail. And then somehow it opened - still not sure how.

But then the real brain strain started... after many pages of scribbles the solution finally evolved.

On to find the cache, which was a nice stroll in the park and an easy find. HAD to leave my personal pathtag and Football Legend TB.

Thanks very much for another enjoyable puzzle, Bear_Left.

Found it with mum.

tfth

Easy find for the WP. Worked out the area of the box we needed to open but it took us quite a while to do that without damaging the box.
Then my GPSr decided to throw the wobblies and sent me to wrong part of the park. About to throw it when it decided to cooperate and I hate parrot bush as it gives me hives. Even so we found it.
No swaps

t4th

The box was opened by one of the young "Mogs' before I could even get a look at it myself. The next stage took a bit more effort but we got the correct solution using google and returned for a quick find. TNLNSL. Many Thanks to BL for another great hunt. Mog60

Came up the hill today for an easy find after doing all the leg work on a couple of previous trips. No swaps today, thanks for the puzzles and the cache!

Came here yesterday afternoon to try and open the box. I had a feeling I knew what the box would be, and I had solved it previously (several years ago). My suspicions were correct, however, I couldn't for the life of me remember how to open the box. After half an hour of prodding, poking etc I gave up, and went home to 'phone a friend' who I knew owned said box.
He told me how to open it so I returned today, and even with his advice it still took me quite a while to get it actually open.

I'm happy to report that the puzzle inside the box was much easier and I solved this in a few minutes. Unfortunately this is where I came unstuck. I spent ages trying to work out how to get the numbers to fit into what I wanted, and even visited 4 or 5 different spots that I hoped would be 'the one'. Finally decided to give it away, and as soon as I opened the cache page on my PC I realised that I hadn't written down the crucial information as to where the GZ is! Silly me

Oh well, at least now I know where it is (I think), so I just have to come back and find it.

Found the box and got to work. Rehid the box about an hour later, none the wiser as to how to open it. Went off and found a couple of 'easy' caches that only involved the shedding of blood, sweat and tears to find them. Returned to this one and rang a trusty sister who managed to find a clue to opening the box on the internet. Finally got it open and sat in the car solving the next puzzle. After a while we fathomed it out and it was with a sense of real elation that we found the cache which proved our solution was correct. This is why we love puzzle caches (even though this one is a multi)! Thanks Bear_Left, great cache.

Beaten by a little box !!?? Grrrr
I was here about 3pm so anyone watching would have wondered.

Woohoo, another FTF for us, thank you bear_left. Got home from work this morning, done the usual check the email before bed, to find a new cache had been published. Went to try the first waypoint at 6 am, found it no problems, but got stuck trying to work out how to open the box. I gave up after 45 minutes of staring and trying everything i could think of, went home to find the other half just waking up, so recruited her to the cause, to find that she knew exactly how the box worked. went back and got the next puzzle, but had to go to the shops for new batteries for the gps. Sitting in the car trying to figure out the puzzle, when i saw a familiar face wander past the front of the car, none other than than papa bear. I wanted to ask him for a hint on the puzzle, but i was on the phone with some extra help at the time, and didn't want to bother him. After another 30 minutes, we went back to the cache area with what i thought may have been the right coordinates, only to find i had made a mistake somewhere and would end up in someones yard if i kept following them. decided to leave it for a while and finish some essential shopping, and once home set to work on it again, and found it with a bit of help from some online references. finally tried a new set of coordinates to find they were pretty close to the ones i had previously, but in what i was hoping not someones yard.went to these new coords and bingo i wasnt going to be in someones yard this time, went for a walk after parking the car out of the way, and found the cache no problems at 2 pm.
T4TH

t: first to find card
l: nothing

once again thanks for the great cache and location. definately recommend this cache for everyone to try.

Well zigolphin logged his find at 2:00pm we were not that far behind at 3:25pm. Well done Zigolphin.

We also sat and tried and tried the puzzle box for at least 20 minutes before it all came together (well apart in this case) and always in our mind the words of bear left "Please, please don't force it." We almost gave up but one last try found the secret.
Once we had worked out how it worked, the clue still eluded us for another 5 minutes then once the penny dropped "Brilliant" was all I could say.

Of course once inside the box the real puzzle began, so after working out… that we needed help, we set off to get it **Bless you internet** After that pit stop It was a short walk to the real cache.

Thanks for the Cache it was a cracker.
A couple of milestones:
Our first Multi-Cache
Our First 2nd to find
Our first (and not our last) bear left cache

Took a Led button torch
Left A couple of rubber balls, 10 West Coast Eagles poker chips, Superman glow in the dark sticker sheet.

The Jokers

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