PRINCES HIGHWAY AVALON TB MOTEL Avalon, Victoria, Australia
By Team Ladava on 17-May-09. Waypoint GC1RE3H

Unfortunately we inspected the remnants of the cache today and it seems the area has been flooded and the container floated away.
I will not put more valuable TBs at risk by maintaining it any longer.
Our thanks to all Teams who have logged the cache.
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava

I'm logging this one as found as I arrived at GZ having found one of these caches earlier today and I did as the clue instructed me to do, and found a hole full of mud and water, I even stuck my hand in a few times and all I got was a handful of mud, if Team Ladava have been to the cache and taken it because of water issues or have any problem with me logging this as found I will remove my log, I spent about 25 mins combing the surrounding area looking just in case where I looked was a decoy but I saw no sign of a geocache, or any trackable items

Oh Dear, This does not look good.
Disabled for now but???
Team Ladava

Was with ST37E when we arrived to the GZ last night, very disappointed after sifting through mud and murky water did we find nothing - not even the remnants of swaps or trackables.
The same as ST37E if there are any issues with logging this as found, let me know and I will remove.

Dropped off Missy and Philip

Found it quite easily

Dropped off a few TB's.
Thanks for the hotel.
Great idea.
16/05/12 7:59 AM Find #260

Dropped of a few TB's.
Great idea.
Tftc.

Stopped in to this one after dropping the other half at the airport. Had barely pulled up when another car stopped close behind. With nothing else of any interest around it was quite obvious that a fellow cacher had been met!
Always enjoy meeting people while out and about, tftc

Quick drive by and find with 38 degSth ... thanks for the cache Team Ladava. Left TB (Bob, the anchor of love).

Dropped in to grab some TB. We met another cacher checking out the motel also. Will drop off soon. Thanks, another great tb motel, looks like the old tulla motel. Took tb x4. Thanks.

Back again. Replaced Little Duck today after he joined us last night for a roast dinner. He is now well fed and ready for a big trip.

nice hide,droped of TB coin .Picked up rubber ducky TB

Second for the day, found at 9.50am. Very clever hide. TNLN, TFTC.

Just dropping off some TB's with my son Warrior99...

Nice hide i liked it.
lnt tb

Found on a quick trip to Melbourne, have had trouble locating a suitably sized cache big enough for a TB Duck. Took nothing, left Christmas Duck. TFTC, PS: nice work on the hide.

I'm always amazed at how well these caches are camoflauged. Filled out notebook, didn't take any TB's as we weren't travelling outside of the region.
TFTC

Stopped by on the way back from Lennon's Circus in Geelong with Hyde Jnr. Easy find. Didn't take anything as I'm not sure when my next cache find will be.

dropped some tbs

A big day out caching with Liz and Bruce on our way to Geelong for the day. Nice camo - have seen a few like this now.

After 4 successive days of caching with visiting WA friends richlink it was beginning to be a test of endurance especially given the early starts and late finishes. Each day we would report to each other on aches and pains and blisters. Today we were heading from Werribee towards Geelong. This was one we found enroute and we thank you team ladava

Picked this one up on the way back from my son's place in Grovedale. Thanks Team Ladava.

Nice easy drive from home, found it, took Generic Geocoin will place elsewhere.

Nice hide,
In good condition.

On the way to the coast I realized that I forgot load the caches on my Garmin. Luckily I was able to download them online.
Very nice hide!! Good work.

Ooops - forgot to log this one . Row wanted to find it after a day of walking in the Brisbane Ranges She was quite impressed by the craftwork Cheers Philipp

Drop off some coins

Great hide! TFTC

Finally made it here, excellent hide!! Motel empty, dropped one geocoin in! TFTC !!

21/2/12 log follows

Clever hide. Thanks for the interesting cache.

This Motel seemed devoid of TB's so I left one, and took a moosetach path tag.
TFTC, Great Hide +1 Fav.

Round the bay in the day this is number 4 another good hide saw one like this on the way to yarrawonga tftc

Found with cravo10

Another good cache, these are a well designed cache hide. SL TFTC Team Ladava

A quick stop on the way home from Geelong. Tnl: pathtag. Tftc.

Easy find having done one of these before. Tftf on a very hot day.

Easy find and a well camoed cache, well done

Found @ 16:30 while on the way home after visiting my daughter in Geelong. TFTC
Took TB "Classic Charger"
LNSL

Back in situ and available for business
Our thanks to littlemerpip for the on site assistance
Cheers & Merry Christmas
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava

I found the cache in perfect condition. I did need to skirt around the water but I left a TB. on the way out something scary was in the grass.... snake?

Some frogs visited!

I will disable this one for a few days to allow the area to dry out
Our thanks to littlemerpip for the log and onsite assistance
Cheers
Ian
Team Ladava

I drive past it everyday as I work at the airport and can say its been flooded for over a week

With a small pile of TBs to move on, a TB hotel is a good way to clean out the caching bag. Got here to find that the cache was sitting in several inches of water and that all the contents were rather wet. The log was ok in its bag. So instead of dropping off a heap of TBs, I retrieved a small pile for drying! Thanks to Team Ladava for the incredibly well constructed cache.

Cache area flooded with the amount of rain we had Saturday arvo. I'll check on it tomorrow when I start work if the water levels drop. Hopefulle the contents are ok.

A quick stop in here on the way home from a meeting in the big smoke. Dropping off some TB's I picked up at Groundspeak HQ last week and some that have travelled with us a while.

I found this one while riding home from a motorcycle rally near Colac. tftc, tnln.
Cv.

Visited today to pick up TB

dropped off a TB a took a couple onwards.

Found when I was down with Trailrunning. He immediately knew where it was as he has been there before. TFTC

10:55
Dropped off trackable "Wazza Buggalugs- Racing 'round the World" which is looking to travel in a westward direction around the world.

When I told jsmyong55 that I was heading down to some night time caching east of Geelong he said he was in. Prior to leaving we worked on a few of the puzzles in the week before we left to make sure we could maximise our finds. I think in the end we ended up with about 45 for the night, so we were very happy with our efforts. In Geelong we met up with a local cacher, Bushfire and his caching stories amused us as we zipped between caches. This was one the first cache of the night and having seen a number before i knew what I was looking for. Thanks Team Ladava

This entry was edited by Trailrunning on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 12:23:48 AM UTC.

Easy find, but very impressed with the construction. There's one the same north of Melbourne. TNLN, althou did find an old rusty car cd player! T4TC.

Dropping off some TB's

Good one thanks

5th find of the day, and 3025th total find at 12:13:00 PM.

Thanks for the TB hotel. We were really disappointed to find that there weren't any trackables in here.

It's really nice to find a cache big enough so we could drop off one of our signature item screwdrivers.

It really is a coincidence that we found the cache on 9/10/11 @12:13

Took: Nothing
Left: Screwdriver
Thanks Team Ladava for the cache

We are over in Victoria from Western Australia for Geobrother to compete in the 2011 Interschool Equestrian National Championships held in Werribee. This was found on our first day of our two day 'holiday' on our way to Geelong for lunch. For some reason, the hint wouldn't work, so we were ferreting around the trees for about 5 minutes until Geobrother found it. Great place to hide it!! There were no Travel Bugs, so we signed the log, replaced the cache and went on our way...

Found at 4:55PM on the 6th of Oct by Greg and Bev (Gahpee) and Ray and Maya (Nomads). Easy find. TNLN. Thanks for the cache. Ray and Maya and Greg and Bev.

Found with the Nomads. T4TC
Greg and Bev

Found @ 1710 Hrs. Thought that I would clear a few of these caches before the rain set's in this week! A nice day for a walk around the area!

Nice easy cache with a clever hide!! At least I know where to leave my TB's if I have them too long.....

TNLNSL TFTC

*Log is in good condition

Very nicely constructed! good hide but somebody took out every tb and geo coin and there was nothing left for me!

Found on our Australia tour.
TFTC

09:55
Our first time at this location, but we suspect not our last - nice and handy to a major highway and airport, so a great spot for a TB motel, in true Ladava style.
Dropped off the following trackables to continue on their journey:

Putt-bang (the 2nd) (TB2K9YA) - wants to travel around rural areas and be photgraphed with other agricultural machinery.

Bonobo the Monkey Travel Tag (TB3FVEB) - Wants to travel all around Australia and show me new locations along the way.

Aussie Koala (TB3T090) - wants see how far a koala can travel around Australia.

SL . . Thanks for the hunt Team Ladava.

took nothing...travel bugs galore !

found with my nanna--who had been here before.

when we put the cache back we could see the plane at avalon.
I took the ROUNDABOUT TRAVEL BUG and gave my brother the rubics cube.we left 2 small toys.

Suscoe visited here after a morning caching in the recently reopened You Yangs.
Dropped off 3 TBs that need moving along on their way.
Hooah, Roundabout and Little Snoopy Turtle
Contents nice and dry.
Thanks to Team Ladava for these wonderful transit points for our little friends.

Dropping off Sparkles =)

Left Rubix cube, took nothing. TFTC!

Wow that was funny first ever find. Thanks for. The cache

Oops! it appears I forgot to log this cache on work travels in the area. I remember parking close and finding the cache fairly quick with no muggles passing by. funny that only a week later I was in the same area for a flight.

Our thanks to Team Ladava for the cache TNLN.

Regards

Mr.Coffee and the "glad to see a TB cache here" Coffee Clan.

Dropped off a couple of TB's on our way home from up Queensland way.

Dropped in today to exchange some TBs

No pick-ups or drop-offs made today. Just passing thru on a days caching round the area. Thanks to Team Ladava for the cache.

Another classic Team Ladava cache. A nice unobtrusive spot to be able to park the car and make the retrieval. Left Angel Flight TB for check-in at Avalon. TFTC

Found at 1815. On the return trip home from Geelong. Quick detour to get this very well hidden cache! Sorry no TB's to drop off so just visiting today!!
TNLN SL TFTC

Great cache for a TB motel. TBugSL Thankyou4This Cache

So cool kid safe but made them look for a while

Easy find on the way to Melbourne. TCTC

dropped in as i stopped at avalon. Took the red hearted teddy TB. TFTC

18th of 25 on our Canberra to Geelong return journey. It was a very easy find. The clue really helped. Really cool hide,there is a similar one here in Canberra. Nice area. Took GC in exchange for a TB. Thanks.

Found this TB Motel at 1555 after waiting for a gap in passing traffic to drop off two TB's. SL Two TB's IN, nothing OUT. TFTC cloudglider

Attempted this one quite a few months back but it was surrounded by water. Knew where it was but just could not get to it, but today there was no such problem. TNLN TFTC.

Saw Cloudglider. We were reunited with the porsche TB. Dropped some off, picked some up. We were very Impressed with this Cache. Hard to find a quite moment to do the deed.

Stopped by on the way to Melbourne to drop off an Alien Spider Monkey trying to get to Area 51 -- well, there's an airport nearby! Picked up Travel Ingot #2 and Travel GPS #2. Had a muggle with me and he was very impressed with the cache, we may have a convert!

Visited today to swap some TBs

Called in to drop off 7 TBs

Found on our way to perform in the Australian Youth Choir Performance in Melb. Gotta love the glorious sunshine today.TFTC

Dropped off Aussie passport TB,

Took 3 TBs who haven't been to South Australia yet so will drop them in Adelaide.

Found this cache on previous occasion, but today used motel to drop off three little travellers...Luke Earthwalker, Scarry the Scarab and Workman Travel Bug. They had a big day out today at the MCG to see the Mighty Cats defeat the Hawks...photos to follow.

4183. [font=Century Gothic][green]These things appear to be multiplying. I first did one in Canberra and now I've done 2 in Victoria in less than a week. Still, they're good fun for all that. A quick stop in on the way to Melbourne for FFP to hit the beading shops.

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Rated: for Overall Experience

Found easily. The motel is empty though

Swang past this morning and picked up the TB for international relocation.

I like this hide, obvious if you are looking for it but part of the landscape if you are not. Picked up Rolly TB, Fehrgo geocoin not there. Left "My Travel Pilot" TB.
Will use this drop in the future as well.
TFTC

This entry was edited by WA K Team on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 at 00:15:45 UTC.

Called in to pick up a couple of Coins to take to Adelaide - took the Gold Ingot & the Slug.

One of 46 finds for the night while out with my good mate Blacklegend (Marshy) for a night cache run down to Geelong. Did a few caches down the Geelong Rd on the way including the TB Motel. Nice quick find and dropped off a few travel bugs and coins. Discovery on one as well. Thanks for the hide.

One of 46 finds for the night with my good caching mate Marty (Quasar3671) on our Melbourne to Geelong night cache run. Marty dropped in a few TB's. TFTC. Nice hide too.

Great hide had me looking all over until I checked out the clue. Took TB Left TB TFTC

Dropping of TB to continue it's journey...

#531 First stop on a day trip to the Bellarine Peninsula. Called in here to see what I could liberate. The only trackable here (Going Ape TB) wasn't listed as being here so may've been just dropped in - I've contacted the cacher whose hands it is in to resolve. The only trackable listed as being here (Fehrgo Australia 2007 #1) wasn't there so maybe it has just been picked up and not logged yet either. I wondered about what the condition of the cache would be (and whether I could get to it) when I saw the water but all was good. Thanks Team Ladava, these TB hotels are a great idea.