An Oasis In The Middle of Nowhere - 1 Longwarry East, Victoria, Australia
By lkgtjm adopted from Rigger64 on 18-Jan-09. Waypoint GC1KW7X

As there's been no cache to find or log to sign for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

DNF, obviously gone.

Due to the recent flooding at the location of the cache we assume it has floated away so we will replace shortly

We are disabling this due to the reason in the previous log so when the water level drop we will then go check or might just pull on the gumboots...

Gz was surrounded by a lake some three inches deep, had a good feel around, but no cache was found. May need to temp disable until water levels drop.

Unfortunately the recent rains have resulted in this tree and its nearer bigger relation sitting in a large puddle of water. After wading in the water and trying to find the cache by feel I came away empty handed. I dare say this one has ben washed away. But thanks anyway. Hope I'm wrong.

Looked in the likely spot for this one and dodging the big puddles from the recent rain & then we spotted something floating in the puddle, which we thought could possibly be the cache....and yep there it was. All dry inside though.
SL and popped it back very close to where we found it, but not down in the puddles!
TFTC

Our first cache on the way to Warragul. Nice hide, TFTC

Thanks, found it easily with my new Garmin a10. TFTC SL TNLN.

Your not joking about in the middle of no where sl tftc

This entry was edited by THE BOUNTY TRACKERS on Wednesday, 04 August 2010 at 01:34:13.

Nice simple hide. TFTC

Nice find
TFTC

Found this one, after the GPS sent me wandering all over the place for a while. I did feel a bit - exposed - out there, but no one noticed. The ground is quite soggy, so watch your step.

Just a cacher found this one, whilst Mr Bunny checked the air in the tyres.

Found this cache in the way home from work. Nice little fuel stop.. TFTF

Out and about in the NarNarGoon area today with Co-Pilot Hazey1
Another "Country"cache, nice and east find.
Last couple of caches for the day before I have to dash back to Mornington to get the geokiddies from school.....ahhhh blessed school.......roll on Monday
TFTC

TFTC, Nice and easy find; even if the child proof cap stopped me from opening it; but thats ok had Saulman1010 there to assist.

Have replaced this cache enjoy the hunt.

An Oasis In The Middle of Nowhere - 1 was transferred from Rigger64 to user lkgtjm

Will go and replace this very shortly..

Like others before us, we did not realise this log had been disabled....(been in our GPS since June last year, hopeful of locating it then on way down to Loch Sport...but inclement weather saw us sail on past!) Anyway, introduced my cousin to geocaching here today...only to find the remains of the cracked cache container, and what is left of the log on the ground....(see photo as proof!) We were unable to sign soggy log...and returned it to what we thought would be it's obvious home.....(will e-mail this photo information to owner!) Hope this can be up and running again soon.....nice little stop over spot for those heading further on down the highway! Found at 13:40hrs.

Just realised this was unavailable as I went to log it on gc.com. It showed up on the GPSr when I stopped for fuel as I was heading to Lakes Entrance. Found the cache and noted cache container damaged and inundated by slaters who had made a meal of the log sheet. Photo taken on the Oregon 550 for proof of find.

Like others I didn't realise this one was disabled, the log is in bits, but nevertheless I found a bit on which to log! Thanks anyway!

this on is still in place but the log needs replacing given I found it and managed to SL its a find.
TFTC

Find # 771 @ 13:45 and the fourth of six finds for the day.

I located this cache not knowing it had been temporarily disabled as it had been loaded into the GPSr before I left Melbourne on holidays. An easy and obvious find.
SL Thanks for the cache Rigger64.

This was still in my GPS so didn't realise it had been taken offline - yes - a new log is definitely required. TFTC.

3rd find of the day and 2248th total find at 17:57.

A nice easy find on our way down to Nicholson for our Intervening Days trip. The cache container looks a bit squashed.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing (Screwdriver wouldn't fit)
Thanks Rigger64 for the cache.
Ian and Penny

I em Disabling this one for a while Till i can get there to do some maintance it. Which might be a couple of wekks till i can get a chance to get there.

Found the cache at around midday. thank god it was an easy find because i do not own a GPS.
Thanks for the cache guys
P.S the log has seen better days, I think it has to be replaced.

Loved this one. It was pretty tricky trying to make sure no-one was around to see since it's quite exposed.

Did this in the dark and only just saw the spiders in time! There were hundreds of them hanging everywhere, which we could only just see once the torch went on. Also we had to retrieve the cache from underneath some dog poo. Luckily the GeoBoyfriend was gentleman enough to take care of that. The container was cracked and will probably need replacing. TFTC!

11:48 King Jnr with my geoprince1

Our first stop and first find for our holiday to Lakes Entrance - and easy find but the log needs some work.

Out thanks to Rigger64



[This entry was edited by solomonfamily on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 5:22:00 PM.]

Had been looked for this till I saw small film roll, top and paper was on ground I dont know if muggles did took it and leave it on ground so i pick it up and replace the place hope I did put it right place. Found it. TFTC

Found at 9.20am GAFF1 in the company of Acts2YG, Alansee and Rabbitto on a very successful tour of east Gippsland. Another quick dash from the vehicle to grab this one as it was quite wet and windy. Luckily on the way to GZ a small container was found some 5 metres from GZ - it was the cache - quite badly damaged and the log book is full as well.
Replaced it as best we could, but probably won't stay there.
Thanks Rigger64

This was cache # 9 of 45 for the day, In the company of Alansee, pprass & Rabbitto, on our tour of Gippsland, the cache was found at 09:20. What was all this wet stuff falling out of the sky? We dashed for GZ only to find the container on the ground, we placed it back where thought it should go but it will need checking as the container is damaged. My thanks to Rigger64 for the cache.

Cache container is damaged and log book is full. Just realised that we replaced it in a different spot to what the hint says

A lull in traffic made this a quick pick up.
TFTC

The Woodies

Great place to break the drive. A short walk and we had the cache logged and returned to the hide. TFTC. KeMs

2255. The only logical place for it to be from a long way off. The cache was fairly well jammed in and took ages to wiggle out.

TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found 12:50, a nice quick find.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks Rigger64.

I drove right up to the gz with the cache and myself hidden by the car it was a quick & easy find. Pulling the cache from it's hiding hole released a family of Earwig's Yuk!
TFTH SL

1101 re-logging due to name change

Thanks Rigger64 for this easy cache location. Took nothing, left nothing, signed logbook. I am the newbie referred to previously - nice to have an experienced geocacher (Trunksnsuch) along with me (thanks for all your tips and tricks). As a newbie, I was along as part of a “work experience†cache assault. PC’s or Macs? Everyone to their own thing - I say use what you feel is best for you. With the luxury of hindsight, I’ve estimated that if I’d been able to use my current Mac setup, I’d have found this cache in almost half the time of a PC/GSAK setup I’ve seen being used ? LOL.

1101 Took a newbie on a work experience trip today - he needed all the help I could give because he runs a Mac & lives in Churchill so he's behind the 8ball to start with. It was a pity we didn't need fuel, food or loo but a cache is just as good an excuse to stop at these locations. TFTC Rigger64

2009-07-20 08:54 On our way home from a training weekend we stpped to find this cache. It was an easy find even in the dark.
Regards
Crisp image

I have driven past this recently developed location a few times, and had not ventured in until today in search of this cache. Easy access, plenty of parking and facilities make this a great "along the way" cache.
TFTC

Drove right up to GZ and used the vehicle to shield my searching activities from the nearby oasis! Nice hide - SL at 3:45pm. Thanks again Rigger64 for the cache. Regards, 38degsouth.

After over 4 weeks of recuperating from a hip replacement Cracker Girl volunteered to take me for a days outing. What better way to get out than to try and collect some caches. This one was in a place we knew well, as we often stop here before going to play in the nearby Bunyip State Forest. We thought this one may be tricky on crutches but as it turned out it was quite easy.
Thanks Rigger64

Found 31/05/09 @ 13:00
Drive past all the time but never had a reason stop. Today I needed a break so took the opportunity and was rewarded with a find.
I like the distance from the oasis, allowed me to log the find without the muggles knowing what I was doing.
SL TFTC.
DON55
#175

Found at 1350 hours, while Rigger64 was doing maintenance, well I grab the cache and signed the log, while he looked on.
TNLN SL
TFTC

Well all this only needed a of gel pack put in it.

Some one else was out doing a maintance run as well so he decied to finaly get to these ones (hi_pressure) he found them then i did the maintance on them.

Visited at 14:02 on 23 May 09
It was that time of day. The car needed refueling, the people needed refueling and the GPSr needed refueling. Now for dessert...
TNLNSL TFTC, find #588 for Echo & Spice.

Sometimes you can see the hidey hole from a way off. Took a bit of extracting with fat fingers. TFTC.

Found by Mary & David at 1020. We'd like 10c for every time we've driven by here over the years. Log nice and dry. Our thanks to Rigger64.

nice quick find for this one. A regular stopping place for me to fuel the Bike on our day out rides.
TFTC Nellyjr

Found by Bob at 1420

At least this cache and its mate have been placed in spots that the satnavs seem to know about - I had some major problems with other caches in the area today because it's just so tricky trying to cross the freeway in many places and my TomTom often tried to tell me to stop on the freeway itself! Anyway, no problems with this one and I was able to park less than 5m from GZ and make a nice, easy find .

Thanks Rigger64

Felt a little conspicuous wandering out so far away from the "Oasis". Easily found though.

12:53 -

2nd cache day 6 of our caching/holiday trip around Victoria.

Cache & Dash before lunch. Made the stop worthwhile! Caching is more important than food

TFTC

Found at 3.15pm. My last one for the weekend to Horsham. Am now on my way home. TNLN Ta

Found this at night on my way east. Also found some acorns, which I'd not seen for quite some time. It was a good excuse to stop the car and stretch my legs while my wife bought some food.

Found today @ 16:40 TFTC SL

Found at 1500. On the return trip back home a quick stop to stretch the legs grab a cache and then continue on our way. Thanks

While featherdown went off to buy us a drink I wandered over, sat down and retrieved the cache.
Last one of the trip and a good way to finish the caching day.
Thanks Rigger64.

Easy find on way to the hills

This was the first cache today, heading off on a weekend caching trip with caughtatwork. It's always good to start the day with a quick & easy one. Now off to number 2.

Found by caughtatwork at 11:42
A quick stop on the way from home to Traralgon for a weekend of geocaching.
A nice quick find for the first of the day.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks Rigger64 for this caching experience today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

We found our 13th Rigger64 cache at 1:20pm as the 4th of 18 on our Mini Gippsland Tour Afternoon. Last time we were here last year, we were teamed up with about 8 other geocaching teams all ready to attempt the Team Crackers 4x4 Gentle Annie cache series. Looking up at the devestation in the hills, it is sad to see what has happened to such a beautiful area and it will be doubtful if any of those caches have survived. Interesting spelling of the word "Nowhere" in the title unless it were referring to No Werewolves of which there were indeed none at this cache. Thanks for the cache from D,H & H B-A.

After filling car up with petrol, we headed over for a quick find. TFTC.SL

I hadn't driven this way for a while, and I was wondering where this pair of caches must be. It became clear when the road signs started to coincide with the GPSr.
A short walk and the cache was in hand. I felt a bit exposed when a bus pulled up and guys started pouring out, but they had other thing on their minds, and didn't look over my way.
Thanks, Robmc.

Nice and busy spot for a cache which adds some challenge took the young bloke for a walk and made it look like he was throwing acorns around and made the grab. TNLN SL TFTC

Went for a drive in a air conditioned car to cool off on a 42 deg. day.
Kristy found this one

A nice easy find in a good hide, in a spot that lends itself to a nice short break for the highway driving. thanks Rigger64

Tried for this one at 0615, couldn't find it. Left to find another day. Later in the morning I got a call from Iain from The Swaggies who was caching in the area I had just left, Just in passing I mentioned this cache and he said that he had found it right where I had been looking! Seems it had been pushed in too far for my podgy fingers to get too, so on the way back from Moe stopped and grabbed it.

TFTC

First find of 24 for the day in our (to pinch a saying from rabbitto) "Back to Morwell Bonanza" seeing as we were both sick last week and could not attend the Meat and Greet. This was a tricky little find because when we got there GZ had had a thorough going over and the cache was not to be found. However in one of the areas I seemed to touch something familiar and after some effort was able to extract the offending item.
TNLN Thanks Rigger for the cache, and now to the next one.

Found at 12.15pm. A nice easy cache to start our day.

TFTC

The Looney's of Cranbourne aka Ann and David

A surprisingly quiet pleasant spot not far from the freeway and the commercial establishment paying homage to the mighty motor vehicle. An easy find as you said, thanks...

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Saw this come up last night, but we were too tired, and had already passed by here twice on the weekend. Figured it would be a "buzz" for someone a little closer to get...but when Mrs rang this morning saying they were still decaffeinated [|)], a little encouragement and she and 4yo grabbed cache.
Nice spot.
TFTC!!

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