Queens Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
By flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls on 25-Dec-08. Waypoint GC1K46W

This one still has not been checked or found since our last visit last year.
The owner obviously does not cache any more so this one should be archived to let someone else have a go at hiding a cache.

Cache is missing RIP

Had a look but couldn't find this one. Since this was last found in December last year, maybe it need to be checked.

Looked for this one 3 times when we were in Ballarat it must have gone

Had a good look over but no joy. There are just too many hiding spots and I don't like feeling for caches in case I feel a redback
Any better clues?

No good today

Read some of the logs but still couldn't find this one. Our first DNF for the weekend.

took longer than it should have to find this one on a day in the area caching with Dunko TFTC TNLN SL

Well this took way longer than I expected. So many places to hide a cache. Long find whilst on a road trip with Slink1 TFTC TNLN SL

This entry was edited by Dunko on Sunday, 21 November 2010 at 03:24:18.

I didn't read other logs when got to this one. My GPS and map clearly pointed 20 m ahead of the bridge where I just got dirty :/. Had no time to return there later .

4 pairs of eyes could not locate a cache.

Looked and looked, left with head bowed down. maybe another day.

Found quickly.

13:00
A quick visit to Ballarat for a commitment and we find we have a bit of spare time.
For us this cache was one of those almost give up efforts – we were trying too hard. Then P-Phetlern had it in his hand. Great location as far as vehicle muggles go and only one cyclist – actually asked if we were waiting for the steam train – of course we were!
TNLN . . SL . . TFTH flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls .

Took a little searching - kids had given up - had to talk about trains as muggles walked by(!) - had a train race by underneath - one more look - found it!! TFTC

Our 3rd cache for the day, took the geokids a very nice easy find thanks!

Nice clever hide on this structure.
Took a little while but it was worth the effort.
My thanks to flyjabiru1 & the GeoGirls FTC, SL

A nifty hide, the Karate Kids loved this one, especially as it coincided with the Melbourne Bound sprinter! Whoosh!!!! TFTC

Nice find in the cold..
hunting around ballarat with crank1 for half day.
TFTC

Time to have cold night but we can manage to stay and found it with Alchemy2. TFTC

Gee, this one was a bit hard, but found it eventually

Found @ 1610 pm We could have had fun with Geo grandaughters doing this one. train went thru just after we finished cahe TFTC TNLN

tftc

found this at about five in the morning, was frosty, which made for fun cacheing TFTC ^__^

Incredibly frustrating considering it is so obvious and open, looked 4 times during the night and returned early in the morning and after about 15 mins had it in my hand

TFTC

incredibly frustrating considering it is so obvious and open, looked 4 times during the night and returned early in the morning and after about 15 mins had it in my hand

After going round and around in circles.. finally found it!!!

A quick find, no trains went by to amuse us. TFTC

After attending the 10Year event last weekend it was back to Ballarat first of all to crack my 1000th cache and then to add to my tally accompanied by tackle_head who only knows one speed while caching and that is flat chat.

This was an easy find but surprised to find cache just sitting there but returned in the intended way. Thanks .

Found while on a caching day with Bushfire to clean up Ballarat after last week end - tftc

This was my last cache of the day and was found in the company of Alansee & Acts2YG. We had been here before but on that occosain the wind and rain were howling through so we only had a quick look. Today the GPSr was pointing to a completely different spot and the cache was soon in hand
Thanks flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls for the cache

Having once before had great difficulty finding a cache on a pedestrian bridge over the railway here in Ballarat, I had doubts about whether I should try for this one, especially as the light was quickly fading.

Luckily, the GPS put me in the right spot, and the cache was found quite quickly. Thanks for the cache.

This was the last cache of 45 for the day, the cache was found in the company of Alansee and Team Crackers. A nice old bridge and my lack of fear for spiders made for easy searching and a nice quick find was had not by me but by Diane of Team Crackers. My thanks to flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls for the cache.

1705hrs

Out with my Geosons and heading home from the Event in Ballarat and we decided to get a few more caches.

A quick find and a photo to follow as a train went past whilst signing the log.

Puddle senior and puddle teen out on this one on an early morning caching run.

Looked for this one but just couldn't see it. Oh well.

How easy is that once you know where it is!
Day 50- Our personal best-
50 caching days in a row...and there's still tomorrow.
TFTC

Strong little magnet in there

looked around for awhile then found it in the open no trains today for us

TNLN TFTC

Just as we located the cache we were lucky enough to have a train pass under us. Unfortunately 2 year old geoboy who was strapped into his stroller did not like it at all, infact he was terrified by the sound, hopefully he won't be too traumatised that he loses his love for Thomas the tank engine! Thanks for the cache.

Easy cache find. TFTC. Log full.

Found on 13/02/10 By Team 42b (NALHCAL & 42below)

Needs new log.
THTC

Found by 42b amd NALHCAL

Good hide
Needs new log

TFTHSL

Is it smart to be searching for a cache while standing on a metal bridge in the middle of a thunderstorm, with lightning around? Probably not...

TNLN TFTC

This was a nice quick find, Had Dazza4x4 with us for this one find. Geokid spotted it but geodad got to it first. TFTC.

Good find, needs new paper.

Find #4, ducked out and found this one on a lunchbreak. Bit of traffic nearby so timing was paramount. TFTC!

NOTE: log sheet a little on the full side.

Found by The Empire
30/12/09 @ 12:00pm
SL TFTC
- M

Off to The Rat to have Christmas lunch with the relos. Followed by an afternoon of caching. This was a quick and easy find. We don't think the lone chap sitting by the side of the tracks even noticed us with his back to our direction.

well we walked round and round and round but found it in the end... didnt sign the log coz still havent got a working pen in the car... grrr
TFTC

Find # 680 @ 10:40 and 2nd for the day on the Ballarat cache run.
It took me a little longer than I thought it would take to find this one. Did have a VFT pass under me but unlike previous finders, he didn't pop the whistle.
SL Thanks for the cache flyjabiru1 & GeoGirls

Needs a new log soon as it is getting quite full

Tristan has come for a flying visit back in time.

Had to go to Ballarat as I was showing one of the furr-kids at the Ag show on Sat. Came down a day earlier so we could do a spot of caching.
I didn't realise that this cache was within walking distance from the place that we were staying! I would have gone for a walk earlier if I had known, instead of waiting for the bf to wake up.
Found quite easily.
With my big baby hand writing it was hard for me to find a spot on the log to sign. Still a few small spots left, but log will need replacing soon.
Thanks flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls for the cache!

My second (third?) go at this but the last time was in the dark, which needless to say makes it harder!

This time it was a quick find in a neatly-done hide. Thanks flyjabiru and Geogirls.

the train driver was one sick individual
For that split moment I forgot I was totally safe and thought I was standing on the level below
Thats as close as I ever want to be to the front of a train!. Maybe it was karma cause I laughed at Mr Cheesy Pigs for being scared of the cute cows.
One things for sure... if ever I am required to run away from something I must remember that the legs need to make a forward movement
Thanks flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls

After an earlier cache where we were walking along train lines Redtag got a bit spooked by this cache. The cache was in hand fairly quickly. As Redtag signed the log I saw a train approaching us (we were on the bridge over the lines) I said train but she didn't hear me, so engrossed she was in logging the find. As the train moved under us the driver blew his whistle and Redtag screamed and tried to run away but was actually only running on the spot. Because I laughed I got kicked.

Thanks flyjabiru1 this was a good cache and very amusing.

I love watching trains. This is certainly a good spot to do that.
Few TB's had a visit too.
TFTC
SS

Thought this one was going to be a lot harder than it was, no muggles today.
Found on the way to Falls Creek

TFTC
Cheers & Happy Hunting Shane4

Nice find TFTC lee found

Well we had to look interested in the trains for about 5 minutes today. Knowing where the cache was made it very annoying that so many muggles wanted to walk past here while we were here.

Found at 17:20

I had no idea what the clue meant until I needed to sign the log. My goefollowers made it hard for me. Glad I didnt drop it. I could have been cleaned up a few minutes later.

SL TFTC

More pretend train-spotting helped us here, although I reckon the muggle factor was substantially dampened by the rain today. Nice hide. Thanks for the bridge and the cache.

My second find. A great cache, and it was fantastic when the train went speeding by, slightly wobbling the bridge.
TFTC

A great view from the bridge of twin rail tracks heading off straight into the distance. The rain kept the muggles away so three of us were happy cachers despite the weather. Thanks for encouraging us to stop at this great, spotflyjabiru1 & GoeGirls.

We were worried we would have to look on the road bridge before we spied the newer pedestrian one. I didn't think I would be able to make the road bridge wobble at all. An quick find with no-one about. SL TFTC 17 of 20 for the day.

Found while on a four day caching adventure with O'Cholio. TFTC.

Took us and JadedOptimist08 quite a while to find this one. It turned out to be not as cunning as we thought it was, though, and JO08 found it a spot we must've passed over three times! Thankfully we didn't stray onto the tracks - those trains have got some speed about them (nearly caused Mr O to have a small 'accident' when it passed underneath!) TFTC.

In town today with a few spare minutes and grabbed this cache. Had to dodge one little old lady in a buggy but, apart from that, I had the place to myself. A neat little hide. I had a fair idea as to where I thought it should be but even though it was, it still took a bit of searching to actually pinpoint it. Many thanks Flyjabiru and GeoGirls.

Nice old bridge and a good hide.
TFTC

RedPaw64 found this cache at 1510. Great Old Bridge.
TFTC SL

Wow,, cache 41 for my cvgt3 weekend in ballarat.
Found at 1553hrs,, put log in a new bag as old one could not function as a bag anymore!!
P.S sorry for the delay in typing these up my laptop has been dodgy lately.

Found at 13:50.

Loved it !! Any cache that combines my love of old bridges and railways, and tops it off with such a clever little hide, gets my vote.

Seeing all the well-known cacher names that had recently signed on the log sheet for this one was my first inkling that there was an event that I hadn't read about...

Thanks flyjabiru1 and and GeoGirls

Find # 2736 and 3rd of the day at 11:26am. Accompanied by Chewinprickles and Robmc on the way to the "Central Victorian Get Together III: Eureka". Easy find, TNLN, Signed Log, Thanx Flyjabiru1 & Geogirls....

A nice old bridge. but no trains to be seen today. A quick find.
Chewin', who had been here before, supplied the bounce!
Thanks, Robmc.

We found our 8th Flyjabiru1 cache at 9:35am as the 2nd of 23 on our Central Vic Event III tour in company of Pprass. "H" spotted the hide right where I was searching. Thanks for the cache from D & H B-A.

Found at 9.35am GAFF5 in the company of Rabbitto. It was drizzling and still quite cold, but when we got out of the car all was forgotten and the hunt was on. Not many muggles around at this time of the morning, so the cache was found quite quickly. No trains in sight either.
Thanks flyjabiru1 & GeoGirl. - you've gone quite!

A good place for a cache this one, slightly scarey if you do not like heights (me) and a sneaky cache to find as well. Found OK, signed log and off to the next one. Thanks Flyjabiru & the Girls for the cache.

One of the things I love about visiting Ballarat is the rich collection of great old buildings and structures such as this. I thought night would be an ideal time to tackle some of the caches around town and this was on my list. I strolled along fearing how long it may take me but good coordinates had me right on top of it, so to speak. I fear the magnets may not be strong enough, let's wait and see though.

I loved the old bridge though, thanks for showing me.

R - B

Cache no. 28 of 34 on our way to NZ.
Thanks

Found with Mogni on the way to New Zealand's South Island for a week of touring and caching.
A nice find. Watched in horror as someone's dog was running around the tracks as a train approached. Luckily he moved just in time. Tried calling him up to us but he wasn't interested. Hope he was ok
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
BB

Geojen and I were in town breifly and of course a cache or two is a must on any trip so this became one of the half dozen I eventually picked up. Lovely old bridge! I'm always facinated by the craftmanship displayed from yesteryear.
Thanks Flyjabaru.

Found at 9.55am. An interesting bridge and placement of cache.

4th find of the day and 1779th total find at 14:32.

It's not often that we get to go caching in the middle of the week, but as we are both very fortunate to have the day off - - -. By good planning or design this cache was on our list.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing (Screwdriver wouldn't fit)
Thanks flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls for the cache.
Ian and Penny

Bounced up and down here.

Many thanks

Found while on a caching road trip with Konie and The Wonderstuff. Couldn't resist the bounce. TFTC.

Found with Kiwi Explorer and The Wonderstuff from NZ on our Victoria and South Australia caching adventure.

TFTC

Found while girlfriend was getting a greater education.
Warm day but enjoyed some great caching ... in some very dodgy areas.

TNLN, The Lone Random

Found by caughtatwork at 4:38
A great bridge. Such massive bluestone quarried by hand and set by hand too. I love old works like this. The cache was a nice easy find. I hope no-one drops it as that would be a very hard retrieve.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks flyjabiru1 and GeoGirls for this cache experience today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

I found this cache with caughtatwork and big sister J today. caughtatwork found this cache today and I was too scared to look over the edge. Thank you.

found with snake catcher and Geewok on our marathon of caches.

tftc

Found @ 3.50pm with Geewok and PolishManiac on a very HOT day of Caching. What a great bridge to have a bit of fun on. Just started to get back into it after a brake for a quick cool down at the local for their aircon.
TNLN TFTC

Found with Polishmaniac and Snakecatcher
I think flyjabiru1 is going to get a lot emails from me to day as i think this is 5 or 6th one of his we have done to day we had a bit of a stop of at the pub to cool of and get some liquid in to us.
And we where off again we did jump up and down it was fun but did not help to find the cache much but luckily we had Snakecatcher with us as he found it.
TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1240. A quick find. Mustn't drop it. Mustn't drop it. Ah! Success. Now we can relax. Our thanks again to flyjabiru1 & GoeGirls.

This cache reminded me of another bridge cache we had just completed! This bridge as it turns out has a little bit of sway and bounce to it!!
TFTC

yes MY find ha ha ha. Found with Indiana08, RHPS and PacketStorm4.
TFTC

walked out onto the bridge and then PacketStorm4 started bouncing on it it moves alot and gave me quite a fright!! lol

TFTC

saraci.jaee was the first to find this one out of us. Nice little hiding spot.
TFTC

Found this one, along with Burning Lizzie, and GeoTodd in tow.

At first we were thinking about too much Turntable Turmoil, and not until after two VLocity trains decided to rush beneath us that we were able to get the right perspective on things!

A nice walk on a warm Saturday morning

TFTC

CanSolo

We might be showing our novice status but we searched and searched and found nothing. The fact that it was muggle rush hour didn't help any!