Mappin Reserve Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
By The Lone Random on 19-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1Q8FT

Good weather is returning and its time to update those old hides.
Look out for the upcoming new local hides ...
The Lone Random

Apologies to all that had the disappointment of finding this wet log ...
Temporarily disabling until i revise the cache design.
Russell
aka The Lone Random

Well this cache had me scratching my head for a little while, it wasn't until we went through the logs before i noted i already had my hand on the cache unfortunately the logbook was extremely wet so the swaggie's kindly added a piece of paper so we could sign the log today but it will need maintenance after a couple more visits
Great hide!
Thanks for the cache The Lone Random.

Certainly a tricky hide given the surrounding area. We grabbed it and then tossed it aside before realising that it was what we were looking for. Log was a soaking sodden mess of paper pulp so we added our own clean sheet so we could sign it. No doubt that will end up wet as well.
TFTC The Lone Random.

Log is extremely wet. I have place a flat rock on top of the cache, to try and deflect the down pour. Where the cache is placed is directly beneath a leak in the above guttering, and is dripping exactly where the cache sits. I suggest a slight relocation, and an urgent refill of the very wet log.

Found it @ approx. 14:15

An easy find on a very wet afternoon. Cache was very wet, so i retreated to the cache mobile to try and dry out the log a bit.
Managed to do so, enough to scrawl our mark.

TNLNSL

Very gloomy day today, there wasn't very much sunshine at all.. but never the less, it wasn't going to stop me from caching. Found the cache after a few minutes of hunting. The log was extremely wet, and i was barely able to log my visit, but managed to in the end. TFTF

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well yes ... a cache with a wet logbook where the owner doesn't care.

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Quick find on a day out caching TFTC SL

Quick find on a day out caching TFTC SL

Sneaky cache! Log is super damp. Loved trying to find this one!
TFTC.

Great cache very interesting camo. Log is very damp may need repair. Tftc sl

Very well hidden cache. Log book is very damp and needs replacing. Just managed to sign our names. Got it with Burge as part of a long day geocaching around Melbourne.

Found our first Cache, paper was damp.

ha ha we found it finally. with our new geocache friends GESD. 5th time lucky. awesome geocache. were looking at the graffiti wall feeling all the screws.
TFTC

Found on second attempt. Would be impossible finding in the dark though, very tricky!

Got it. A bit of light definitely helped. CDJLMSS

829. I was here back in Oct 09 for 35 minutes looking and gave up, Returned today and located it straight away. It goes that way sometimes I Guess??? Great container ! Signed log 3pm. The Lone Random - TFTC .

Second attempte at this cache, and walked straight up to it and had it in our hands. Sneaky. TFTH....SL....TNLN

Found this one with a team from New Zealand, on our way home from the Wagga Wagga MEGA event.

Just saw something I'd never seen or felt before. Lid has become detached. T4TC, M@

Sneaky camo. Cheers Gav [5759]

A very clever hide. TFTC

Fourth stop of the morning, but no luck. Being dark, it was easy to do a thorough search without fear of muggle interruption. On the other hand, a bit of light might've actually helped in finding the thing. Will try again soon. BSMJ.

Long search but got it after all
Thats a bitch of a camouflage [xx(] Very nice work !
Don t think I ever search a Diff 4 from you

T4TC & Greetings from Switzerland Smurfy_CH

After recieving the note the cache was still in place I returned this morning and came across it by approaching a diferent size aspect of the 'matter'.

Very skillfully done.

TFTC (finally)

Checked up "Mappin Reserve" tonight after the recently logged DNF.
Sorry guys still there and in good condition.
Maybe try NOT looking in your everyday places.
Happy Hunting

Russell (aka The Lone Random)

mmmm couple of ventures to this spot and even phoned a friend with no joy. Hopefully its still here. Cheers

looked in all the ovbious spots but to no avail. Hopefully someone else will find it soon and give me hope that it is still there.

Getting a bit depressed now, second one in this area we haven't found perhaps we need some hunting tips

Our last of 6 finds today (all in less than 1 1/2 hours). This was the only challenge today. Thought our GPS was off, or we would have to find our way past the fence. Then spotted something that looked just a tiny bit out of place. Very nice hide. Must bring the Lil' monster here, he'd love it.

Thanks for replacing the log.
Was able to finally sign it.

Tristan has come for a flying visit back in time.

Due to this weekends rain, the logbook is quite wet.
Might want to dry it out or replace, so I can sign it next weekend .

This is the second time we visited this park to find this cache.
First time a family was having a picnic dinner at one of the tables nearby, and we abandoned the search even before it had begun.
Today due to the rain, the park was empty. Made our way to GZ and found it in the second place we looked.
I had to use a small stick to extract the cache log.
However due to its location and orientation, the log is VERY wet. Too wet to even unravel. I did try, it tore a bit - sorry. Thus I didn't sign the log. I hope I'm still able to log this as a find.
As an after thought I should have taken a picture with the log to prove that I was there.. no matters, I'll go back and sign it probably next weekend.
Thanks The Lone Random for the cache.

Found at 0750. I managed to get to this one the day before, but the entire park was filled with junior muggles running all over the place, so I thought it best not loiter around too much. Today I was here nice and early, and with no one around, I had the place all to myself. Luckily the coords led me right to the cache, and just so happened to spot it, although you could so easily miss it. The log is extremely wet and had a hard time signing it. It will need to be replaced.

Thanks.

This was cache # 5 of 29 for the day, in the company of alansee and Geodes on our clean up the western suburbs day. I guess I got it easy on this one as I was with two previous finders, they stood there and said they could see the cache, it took me a few minutes before I spotted it, this was almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. I enjoyed visiting this nice park. My thanks to The Lone Random for the cache.

I was out caching with Biggles Bear #1 and this cache was on our list. We searched up and down, left and right, but all without success. After a long time, and having seemingly exhausted all possibilities, we used the "phone a friend" option and received great assistance from Team Crackers.

Nice job on the camou - we wouldn't have found it without help. Thanks to The Lone Random for the cache, and Team Crackers for the much needed help.

Found 14:45, in the company of Muzza. After a lengthy but fruitless search we decide to call a friend (thanks Crackers), after which the cache was quickly found. Very clever

TNLN, CSI=3, thanks to The Lone Random.

No 16 of 18 on my Maribyrnong Trail cycling adventure. After meeting Geodes at the nearby FHC #2 and getting an oblique hint I was able to put my hand on this tricky bighter at 15:20. The log sheet took a little time to extract and the paper was slightly damp.
Thanks to The Lone Random.

2nd shot at this - things are not what they seem .
thanks to The Lone Random

Found by Bob at 1320

Great co-ords made for a quick find here - if they'd been even a couple of metres out, this could have been very difficult. I can't really say that I enjoy these types of caches, but it was a nice park, at least - and some nice camo work had been put into the cache too. Having found this one, I guess I should have gone back and retried the "His and Hers" cache with an idea of what was probably in use there, but I really couldn't face it .

Thanks Lone Random

We are now in the land of sneaky tiny caches but this one came to hand after a small and thorough search
Thanks for the challenge!

Found early this afternoon with feathertop. I was getting quite a lesson in the art of hiding tiny nanos but the coords must have been good as it was not a long search.
Thankyou

Found by PR&F on 5/7/09 @ 11.20am.
#2 of 10 finds for the day.
Had The Empire watching on while I looked for this one! A little search soon had the cache in hand.
TFTC Lone Random, hope to catch up soon!

This one proved a bit more of a challenge. The departure from the norm was the trick. Eventually the torch highlighted the item in question.
Thanks again The Lone Random

Found by The Empire
19/6/09 @ 5:30pm
Seeing as I am looking after this cache while The Lone Random is busy working, I thought I had better actually find it first.
SL TFTC
- M

Decided to have a go at this one after just missing the FTF on the new "Here comes the Sun" cache nearby. After reading all of the previous logs, I knew that it was going to be a unique cache, but it still had me searching for a good 10 minutes at GZ before I finally noticed an object that "wasn't quite right". Sure enough, there was the well-camouflaged nano.

As previous finders have noted, the camo is beginning to disappear, so it needs a bit of work. Also, the log is quite wet, so I'll log a "needs maintenance" entry to alert the owner.

Thanks for another tricky nano, Lone Random.... you are getting a reputation for tiny tricky hides around here!

Log is quite wet - needs replacing or drying, plus waterproofing, if it is to survive the coming wet months.

11th find of the caching run, and 2034th total find at 15:38.

A really quick find. Lucky I guess, as we were looking for something different.

NOTE: the cache log is soaking wet.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing

Thanks The Lone Random for the cache.

Ian and Penny

Found 9.20am
What a great little park with some very nice new equipment. Got to GZ and could not really see anything worthwhile looking at to find the cache, however while my back was turned my better half came up with the goods.

TNLNSL

Thanks for the challenge The Lone Random

I like to think that I am not bad at these sort of hides although do not claim to be terrific. Happily I found the hide as soon as I arrived thanks in part to very good coordinates. Some of the camo is coming off and while it is ok for now it willl need to be looked at.
Thanks to The Lone Ranger for the excellent work.

dipping personal gc

I second an earlier entry. Very clever cache. Definitely a nano.
TNLNSL. TFTC.

2449.

Found this cache on our Victorian Invasion trip with Steeba and The Rats. A nice little hide, we were impressed with the camo, nice job.

Thanks The Lone Random for the cache.

TNLNSL

Here with Big Matt and Steeba as part of our Vic invasion weekend. This is one of the more niftier hides I've found. Took us a little while as the workers were repairing the playground.
Thanks

Found on Victorian invasion trip with Big Matt and The Rats.

Outstanding piece of camo and something we'd never seen before.

TFTC!

Well that cache was a little ball of fun! After reaching frustration from being out of creative cache container practice, a phone a friend to a recent finder led to the impressive container being in hand.

Tftc

Found by Mary & David at 0945. We often don't do well with micros or nanos, so approached this one with some trepidation. A lovely morning, yet the park was deserted (a good thing for us). Loved the flowering gums and great playground equipment. We looked around for quite a while. About to give up when Mary investigated something. Bingo! Had a good chuckle at a great camo job. Our thanks to The Lone Random.

Out and about very early with sister in tow for introduction to geocaching. She is going great and even found the first cace for the day. I was really trying to put to rest those long oustanding, half done mystery caches. This one happen to be on the way and glad of it. This is area we grew up in but I am sure this park was not here then. Great little park, another one to put on the grandchildren visit list. Great little hide, kept us guessing for quite a while. Glad that there were no little vegemites around so we could keep looking. Thanks for bringing us back in time.

Find # 2756 and 3rd of the day at 12:08pm. Another few hours free to goecache after dropping the Mrs of at her MS group. Easy find and a nice camo job on the container, loved the playground near by, TNLN, Signed Log , Thanx to The Lone Random....

Out with Spruce Mooses and Team Crackers, this one eluded us for a little while thank goodness Spruce Mooses were switched on.
Thanks The Lone Random.
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "Eye Strain" Clan

After attending the Flash Mob event this morning we teemed up with Mr Coffee and Spruce Mooses for an afternoon's caching out this side of town and this was number eight. We parked the cars further away than we had to but we had an enjoyable walk and chat as we headed to gz thinking that with six pairs of eyes that this would be a breeze but this wasn't so and it still took about ten minutes before Spruce Mooses came up with the goods.
Thanks Lone Randone for the cache and for showing us this park

I am very grateful for good coords on this one otherwise it may have taken me some time! With so many metal surfaces present nearby I assumed I was looking for a specific type of container, however I was most surprised to find the cache hidden the way it was. Very clever, thankfully not haystacked like some similar caches of this type!

Cheers,

R + D + H + W - B

[This entry was edited by Team Rubik on Sunday, May 03, 2009 at 5:38:57 AM.]

Found at 9.25am GAFF1. A lovely clear and crisp autumn morning and of coarse a muggle was in the park enjoying the serenity. However the cache was quicky found in these conditions which was a relief considering the sneeky and clever hide.
Thanks The Lone Random.

Great cache very tricky hide, After a hunt around we finally located the container. Found with Mr Coffee and Team Crackers.

Previously found, but visited again with Team Rubik and Rabbito.

We found our 2nd Lone Random cache at 11:45am as the 5th of 10 on our WWFM V Inner West Suburban Tour in company of Team Rubik and Wallyhunt. Whew, Rubik luckily made light work of what could have been an extremely difficult find. Thanks for the cache from D & H B-A.

Found by caughtatwork at 12:01
Oooooooooh! Cunning.
If Jess hadn't of found this cache I'm not sure I would have ever come across it. I was only a couple of meters away but heading the wrong direction when Jess came up with the goods. Young eye I think.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks The Lone Random for this cache experience today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Excellent hide! I spent a bit of time searching a couple of metres away, before broadening my search a tad. I then found it almost straight away. I found it at about 10pm and it was freezing, so there were no muggles about.

Found it:)

Found this morning, second cache by The Lone random today. This took a little while, and it's one of those caches that make you laugh at the cleverness of them, and allows you to forget how difficult it was to find.
Luckily nobody around this wintry morning to disturb the search. Thanks again, TLR, for both caches this morning, SL

Found this one while on the way down to Geelong for the weekend. I checked all the "usual" locations to no avail but one particular thing kept attracting my attention. Just when I was about to give up, I thought I'd check that particular thing and voila, I was logging the find at 10:25. An excellent hide and thankfully I had the area to myself.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks The Lone Random.

Found @ 10:30am on a very windy and showery day. No muggles about. SL TFTC

Some friends had come down from the NT and were staying nearby. They wanted to go for a bit of a walk.
Did I have anywhere in mind - well....
Great playground, fortunately only occupied by one today.
Would like to say I was the finder, but actually CacheDismissed found this one. A nice hide.
Thanks, Robmc.

My first find on the way home from work on what turned out to be a night of nanos. Nice to see some open space in the inner suburbs. Not many people around at 2100 but the barking dog over the road thought I was up to something. SL TFTC, (Tweezers would help with log retrieval.)

YOO HOO!!!! Found 11:45am my first FTF and find # 28. Never bothered to come here before, so good one Lone Random, and a very sneaky container. TFTC SL
Wally

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