Typist's Tragedy Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia
By Coffee and Cache on 23-May-09. Waypoint GC1RENA

Apologies to those cachers who have solved the puzzle, but I'm afraid we need to let this one go.
The cache hiding spot is not quite the same as it used to be and the cache can't be replaced in the original position.
Thanks to all who found the cache and/or solved the puzzle.

vv Same for me! Looking forward to a safe return!

Hoping this cache gets restored (admittedly for entirely selfish reasons!) - I've only solved a handful of mystery caches to date and this is one of the few, just hadn't had a chance to come and find the container yet...

I'm afraid its gone missing. Disabling while we consider what to do.

Out with the geomisses on the hunt while on our way to the dentist in the city and them some after too while the weather holds out tftc. This is not here anymore but we did find leftover bits from what looked like it was a cache.

Solved the puzzle some time ago and had this sitting on my list to pick up. Headed there for a look but couldn't make the find this time. Thanks anyway.

(475) I thought my typing was tragic. But this typist has serious issues. Fortunately it was still possible to decipher the typed message, I discovered. I'd actually solved a similar puzzle to this before, which made it easier for me.

Quick find at GZ. I looked straight at the cache when I arrived. I wish that happened more often.

After this I walked to the nearest train station where I missed a train by a few seconds. So decided to get a nearby trad while waiting for the next train.

Tks Coffee and Cache!

Using the same method which caused a student at my college to flunk her typing test (the keys were blocked from view) I managed to easily locate the coordinates to be able to solve the puzzle. This was my first ever crack at solving a puzzle by myself and it's great to finally be able to cross it off the list. TFTC

This entry was edited by The Double-A's on Wednesday, 11 March 2015 at 08:33:54 UTC.

This entry was edited by The Double-A's on Wednesday, 11 March 2015 at 08:35:03 UTC.

I do not know when i solved this cache. And i always ignore puzzles when out on my bike. As i never remember to update the coordinates. But today i checked and realized i had solved it. So out to collect the cache and get some sun. Cheers for a fun puzzle and hide.

Today was our last day of our one-week stay in Melbourne. After we had seen all the classic tourist highlights together with Sill1310, today was spent relaxing and picking up our friends from the airport. So in the morning we went once again to the boxes in the vicinity of our accommodation. As we had found all the previous boxes quite quickly, there was still a little time before we left for the airport. We used the time window to quickly collect this cache. We were able to find the box without any problems. Many thanks for the cache.

On our [trip around the world](http://www.hoppundweg.piekar.de/) we came to Australia as well. We started in Melbourne, rented a campervan and went up the Eastcoast to Cairns. Then we drove all the way to the Red Centre. We finished in Darwin. We searched many caches and found almost every cache we searched for . Thanks to all the owners of these caches. Now, 2 years later, we recognized, we will never be able to log every cache seperately... So: Sorry for this standard logtext and thanks for one of the caches, which accompanied us on our journey.

Our first ever find!
Needed all 3 of us to retrieve it. Thanks!

Worked out at home and tested on the way to an orienteering run. Interestingly there are now a number of trees that have a number of blue marks on them. Retrieved and signed the log and returned. Another 30cm of height would have been helpful. TFTC.

It's Boxing Day afternoon and we are down in Melbourne to do the various rounds with the relatives. And take a break caching in between of course!

Being a typist, the puzzle was easy to solve, and was done just before we made the trip down from Beaufort. Despite being a glorious afternoon, there were only a couple of families playing on the playground and a pair of muggles walking their dog around the perimeter. Maybe everyone else was sleeping off their Christmas dinner from yesterday. We waited for a clear path, and Chook's son Lazyade made the find. TFTC Coffee and Cache

Spent way too long deciphering the clue considering how easy it turned out to be :/
coordinates are a little off, but hide place should be easy to find regardless

Suscoe's 17th find of the day on a trip to Melbourne.
A glorious Summer's day greeted us here.
33 degrees and fairly clear skies.
The traffic was pretty light and we appreciated the absence of sporting muggles and a low volume of cars on the roads.
Thanks to Coffee and Cache for this puzzle and the hide, a nice location.

Quick find, having worked out the final location some time ago, finally made time to walk up here in my lunch break. Thanks for the cache!

9/11/14 12:00 PM
Find #1636

I had to come to Mont Albert this morning to collect an item I'd bought off eBay. Last night I looked around for caches that would fill a square on my "Finds by Placed Date" grid. This cache would do that and as an added bonus it is a Mystery cache.
The puzzle was easy to solve and so having collected my purchase from just down the road, I made my way here to this nice park. There was a small group of well dressed muggles engaged in conversation on the footpath that bordered the park but thankfully, the CO had seen fit to make full use of this park and place the cache well away from both the playground and the prying eyes of these muggles.
The cache was a little exposed and once again I found myself being thankful that I'm not 'vertically challenged'. With the log signed and cache replaced, I started my journey home.
SL TFTC

A morning cache on my way to work. I solved this a few days back but didn't quite get chance to grab it. Today was better. Approached GZ and looked around for a few minutes then spotted it. I was then looking for some more covering and a muggle school kid had appeared out of a fence gate. He was tring to work out what I was doing and looked back a few times so I played with a fake area of the GZ to throw the scent. Thanks Coffee and Cache for the cache and puzzle.

A great hide. TFTC.

This entry was edited by frilk on Sunday, 17 August 2014 at 07:07:06 UTC.

Thanks to Coffee and Cache for a great hide. Found after the helpful hint. TNLN SL

LOL Typists tragedy indeed........
Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Worked this one out a while ago,
Finally got here.
Great location and hide. TFTC

TFTC! the box is quite cool

Thanks for the puzzle, this was the last in my puzzle finds for the day after solving many of then a while ago TFTC

Easy find tftc

Solved this one quite a while ago.
It seems that every time we drive past here there are walking, jogging, playing muggles around, not so today.
Found it where I would have placed it. Took nothing, left nothing. Visited a traveller.
Thanks for the puzzle and the cache Coffee and Cache

Found it! Well hidden cache.

This was our last for the day. We had solved it quite a while ago, so decided today to grab it. Another lovely little park in the suburbs. Thanks for the cache.

Awesome cache well hidden. TFTC

I'm back in Melbourne for the weekend, looking for my daily cache hit, and found a nice easy puzzle cache nearby. This is a familiar cipher, and took me about a minute to decipher, then I was off to GZ. The light was starting to wane, but still enough to spot the cache as I circled GZ. Nicely done came means that it's easy to spot if you're looking for it, but blends in if you aren't.

TNLN - Thanks Coffee and Cache!

The Wenchette had a calisthenics competition in Burwood so I had an opportunity to chase a few caches along the way

Solved this puzzle at home as I'd just solved a similar one in readiness for an interstate trip next weekend. This was a quick find this morning in between muggles walking their dogs.

Thank you for the cache Coffee and Cache.
#2313th @ 1040hrs and 1st of 2 for the day.

Find #600! After solving the puzzle during one of my now-famous-albeit-among-my-friends puzzle-solving binges, I tried in vain to pick a decent time to go out and grab it. Hevic accompanied me on the journey, helped find the cache (and even found a snoozing possum in the process!) but I signed the log alone this time. I think I'm tutoring an honest puzzle-solver here! Cheers for the cache and the mental workout

Worked out the puzzle quite quickly, then tried to find the cache in the dark. Lots of confusing blue marks on trees. Home to think a bit more and on return went straight to it. Enjoyed this puzzle TFTC C&C

Worked out the puzzle and set off in the dark, only to be confused by blue marks. We returned in daylight and found the cache very quickly. Cleverly thought out, a favourite point from me. Thanks Coffee and Cache

Managed to find this one with out the coded message. I had a hunch. Great cache design too. Tftc coffee and cache!

I needed to pick up one more cache for the month, and this one was not too far from work. I solved the puzzle during the afternoon, then picked the cache up on my way home. I was very pleased to have GeoTeenJ with me - I gave him a boost to retrieve the item. Thank goodness it was dark! Signed the log and returned the cache.
TFTC, Coffee_and_Cache!

I have an affliction called dígitos adipem, which was perfect for this puzzle.
I didn't expect to be travelling this far east today, but when the cache appeared on the radar, I thought it worthwhile to make the extra little detour.
Thanks to the hint the cache was found nice and quickly as well.
Thanks for an entertaining cache, Coffee and cache

Easy find, figured out the code quickly and got the cache. Thanks!

Once I figured out how to decode the clue it was easy to find, even in the dark, tffc!

Nice cache. Took us longer than it should have to solve the clue!

Came out this morning with my waypoint calculated ready to get this cache and it led me straight into the middle of a grassed area. Damn!
Headed back to the car and redid the whole puzzle again because I didn't bring my solution with me and noticed the error that I keyed in and was off again. (This time about 50 metres away).
Only had to avoid one dog muggle for a nice easy find. TFTC.

Cache is replaced and ready to be found.

Arrh right - I'll get on to it asap. Thanks

Dratt - Dropped by to have a look at how it was doing and found it missing. Will replace soon.

Worked out the puzzle and glad u had the tall ross47 along for the ride. Nice hide tftc tnln.

I solved this one a long time ago, and began an afternoon of caching by ducking into the park to find this cache. Nobody about which meant the place was peacefully quiet, and easy conditions to search for the container.

Today Melbourne Water trucks were on the scene. Waited until they had finished their tasks (thankfully only a short wait), then proceeded to GZ and found the cache. Took Travel Ingot TB.

Worked the co ordinates out a while ago, finally made it to the cache. Dropped tb to encourage others to decrypt the message. Had to dodge lawn mowing muggle.

Found this one today. I had worked out the puzzle at home - Today I was nearby for a dashpoint (which is a random point where you get within 100metres and then tell the story - for more information see www.gpsgames.geodashing/). This was just around the corner from the dashpoint so I got this cache. I thought I was going to be defeated by a group of teenagers nearby and an abundance of blue paint on trees but then I found the elusive cache. Took it away from the teenagers who were not sure what I was doing - and started reacting to something and ended up sneezing to the cows come home. So I signed the log, took nothing and left nothing and then went back to return the cache. I returned the cache while the teenagers were otherwise occupied and then they decided to leave. I returned to the car and dealt with my sneezing attack.

Thanks for the cache Coffee and Cache

After a bike ride cache this morning, I was looking for an easier afternoon, picking up a few puzzle caches I had solved.

I picked this cache up, (6 of 7 for the day) at 05:41pm. My final puzzle cache for the day, I had solved this one a while ago. It got me for a while, but I got it in the end. I was just tall enough to grab the cache. I liked to see the log had many messages in it from such a long time. I wrote in the log that I had left a coin, but when I made it back to the car, I found it in my pocket! The cache was fairly exposed when I found it, but I made sure to cover it up well when I left.

Thanks for the cache and the puzzle Coffee and Cache.

OMFG FINALLY FOUND IT. Took us over night to figure out code and found it then the next day in a few minutes of searching ?? there are heaps of blue marks, making it hard to know WHICH one it is "up and left" of.

The first geocache of GemSquared! So happy!! TFTC

I have looked at this cache ever since I started caching and each time my brain decided it had more important things to do. I could not figure it out.
I have spent an inordinate amount of time at this corner when I was growing up. Waiting for buses. Waiting for trams.
Over at Mums today, I had an aha moment and had it solved in minutes. How did I not get that?
Arrived at GZ, which I had always thought it would be, and found the exposed cache quickly. tried to recover as best as I could.
Thanks Coffee and Cache for the cache and final, sweet relief

Solved the puzzle at home last night. Thankfully, my son is left-handed which helped.

Snuck away at lunchtime from work and found the ground muddy and wet. Stupidly determined, I proceeded in my suit and found the cache, wet and muddied. Coordinates were spot on.

Thanks for this cache, Coffee and Cache.

Found at 0900. Not being a fan of puzzle or multi caches but need to step outside my box and start to attempt them! This looked like a relatively easy puzzle to solve so when I entered the new coordinates and went looking at the suspected GZ it was all quiet and then out of no where a gorgeous puppy came bounding over with his owner in hot pursuit - so guess what I was sprung lottering looking for the cache!

After a little discussion on what I was doing I showed my new intrigued muggle friend the treasure I was looking for! So we retrieve the cache from its hiding spot and I signed the log then replaced it to its home! She was so exciting a that she had been bringing her kids here for the last 8 years and never knew what had been hidden here and couldnt wait to tell her son and to show him!!

Such a great park and would have loved to have been a kid again and climbed in!

TNLNSL TFTC

This gets a fav point from me

This entry was edited by Gaga66 on Sunday, 05 August 2012 at 05:21:02 UTC.

Found with nirgalagrin... now I have my own account.



15:23

After spending the last couple of days cleaning the house, it was time to go out and play. Geodaughter got some good navigation practice while I played chauffer.



Now the hard part... where to cache? Over the Chandler bridge, then head east, looked like a plan.



Spotted this on the list yesterday, and immediately recognised what was necessary to solve it, so used one of the many of the needed tools I'm surrounded by to work the solution. So, having conveniently found ourselves nearby, it was time to collect.



Surprise, surprise... another slightly boggy trek to GZ.



That spot really was begging for a cache, wasn't it. Thanks for the hide, and the little puzzle.



#460

15:23
After spending the last couple of days cleaning the house, it was time to go out and play. Geodaughter got some good navigation practice while I played chauffer.

Now the hard part... where to cache? Over the Chandler bridge, then head east, looked like a plan.

Spotted this on the list yesterday, and immediately recognised what was necessary to solve it, so used one of the many of the needed tools I'm surrounded by to work the solution. So, having conveniently found ourselves nearby, it was time to collect.

Surprise, surprise... another slightly boggy trek to GZ.

That spot really was begging for a cache, wasn't it. Thanks for the hide, and the little puzzle.

#460

Had this one solved for a while, but forgot until today. Should have ridden my bike, but it was blowy and cold, so wimped out and drove the handful of kms to get to GZ. Muggle-free in the menacing weather, only a little bit of circle work required to spot the little box. TNLN, T4TC!

23/05/2012 22:32 This one I pondered in the train on the way in to work. I pretty much guessed the approach required and after a quick test confirmed i was on the right approach. Once at work I quickly came up with the numbers needed and decided to collect it tonight after Eagle Eye's birthday dinner. I must say that I forgot to set the GPS to go to GZ and found myself at the listed co-ords before I discovered my mistake. I parked in the nearby side street and mad my way across the surprisingly large park to GZ. It only took a moment to spot the cache and considering the nature of this area I was stunned it hadn't been muggled. TFTC Coffee and Cache TNLN SL

found @ 10:00

Figured out the puzzle over the weekend as I knew I'd be headed this way during the week.
Today I ended up a couple of streets away.
Quick find, after a couple of rotations of the likely spot.
Almost couldn't retrieve the cache, but I got my fingers on it.
Luckily no muggles in sight.

TNLN TFTC

Decided that the perfect way to celebrate my milestone 25th find was to do my first mystery puzzle cache, particularly as it is very close to home. After staring at the puzzle on the laptop last night, I had a brainwave and solved it. I must admit that I avoided typing at high school as we were told that only girls who were going to be secretaries did it, not those of us who were destined for professional careers. How I have lived to regret this choice with all the computing I now do at work and at home, with 2 fingers and very slowly. As for the cache, it was spotted very easily and quickly at the coordinates found from solving the puzzle. As I'm vertically challenged, when I read the word 'up' in the hint I decided to take a geofriendly companion to retrieve the cache for me. This turned out to be a very good decision. Took: baby Maggie Simpson, Left: a fairy that I got at a previous cache. SL. Thanks Coffee and Cache for my 25th find.

Looked for ages, new fencing may have moved it.

Easy and straight forward puzzle.
Well done.
TFTC

Found @ 17:25. I had solved this puzzle quite some time ago, stored the coords and then forgot all about it. Today I found myself heading into this area for other reasons with some time on my hands. I retrieved the coords and made my way to GZ. The container was well hidden, I didn't find it on my first pass, but used the hint and then got it.
Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and decided I had time for one more.
Thanks for the cache Coffee and Cache.

This entry was edited by SirJ-Oz on Thursday, 05 January 2012 at 12:38:53 UTC.

Found @1115 #1018
Attempted this one a few months back with no luck and today this was my 2nd attempt. I redid the puzzle and was sure that I had the correct coordinates this time, still it took a bit to find and only after expanding my search grid that I finally found the cache. Not sure if its my GPSr or the sky birds were not being kind, but today the cache was 23m out. I should of expanded my search the first time here, a simple but effective hide. TFTC Coffee and Cache and for the fun puzzle.

Solved fairly easily, had a bit of trouble with satlock at gz for some reason, was tossing up between 2 locations, but soon settled on one and made the find. TFTC

Counting down to 100 mystery caches, 1 to go!

Decided to do a few caches on the way home from work since it was such a nice night.
I solved this puzzle a long time ago, but I have not been in the area to search for the cache. Today was the day. Found the nearby caches and then found this one as the last one for the night.
TFTC

Solved this one nice and quickly (might finally be starting to improve my cryptic skills) and once at gz a fast search gave up the goods
Tftc

Cache is still in place. No sign of any rubbish near gz now.

2011-08-26 17:30:00
Couldn't locate this one there was however a bong left right at GZ

Having arrived back in Melbourne after a great holiday with Pathfinder24 in Tassie we decided we needed to find a cache in Victoria as well today to up my kms between caches in one day stats. Pathfinder24 had solved the puzzle a while ago and when we noticed that it would be on our way to pick up my car from some friends we decided to give it a try. Once some needed energy was regained after some tasty pizza we headed over to GZ. The hint was helpful and we made a quick find, signed and replaced. Cache number three for the day and cool to have been caching in two different Australian states in one day. Thanks for the cache Coffee and Cache.

End of Holiday time for me and Ostara74, and since it is winter we decided the logical thing to do would be head south. Thus, within a few days, we had planned and booked everything we needed and were of on our "Top spots of Tasmania Geocaching Tour". Ten days in Tassie to enjoy this magical in winter! Having only been here in Summer, and Ostara74 had never been here, we were in for a treat. The rivers were bulging, the water falls pumping, the rain forests were extra rainy, and the whole place was wonderfully green and alive. We decided upon a route, grab a hire car from Launceston airport and headed off. Basically, we ticked a few must see places on a map and then decided to simple find other stuff along the way, caching where ever we saw a cache along the route. Wonderfully easy to do when you can load all the caches for the state into the GPS as the same time. This was cache find number three for day eleven, our last day in Tassie. Having got home to Melbourne at a reasonable time we decided that Ostara74 needed to up her kms between caches in one day stat. (Also caching in two states in one day is very cool) I had solved the puzzle months ago and had been ken to pick it up for a while now, so off we went. Firstly, we headed to a pizza shop, yummy. We ate in the car and then wondered to the GZ. Found the cache without any trouble. Thanks for the very cool puzzle and the cache Coffee and cache.

Found this while having a caching run with trailrunning and his geokids. Solved this one ages ago but had never had the time to go to GZ to collect it. Today was the day after getting the last few caches done on the way home. GPS took us to the right spot and after a quick search, the cache was found easy enough without the use of the hint. My phone battery was dying anyway. Signed log and we were off again. TFTC and I feel sorry for the poor typist who failed at typing. TFTC

Nice easy puzzle. Out early enough on Saturday morning so no muggles around. Hide spotted by geokids after a quick search. Took badge and rock. Left Garfield and Maggie. Signed log and replaced before first muggles and then showers showed up. TFTC. Love the park.

22:10. No.8 with CamBendy. A great little puzzle to solve and when we got to GZ we had to look for a few minutes before I found it (again). My spider sense has been really tingling tonight. Signed the log and returned the cache. TFTC.

This entry was edited by Physics Teacher on Saturday, 23 July 2011 at 12:52:48 UTC.

Found @ 10:10pm
9th of 12 finds on night cache run with Physics Teacher
14th of 18 for the day

Having previously solved this puzzle both Physics and I determined that this was a must do for tonight.

Bouncy bouncy bounce went the GPS around ground zero. A very thorough search required to find this cache, especially without using the hint which, upon hindsight, would have sped up the find somewhat. Found by Physics, whom I believe may be now referred to as Psychic now, but this is just a viscous rumour I'm starting to spread! [:o]

Thoroughly enjoyed this retrieval, and a highlight for tonight.

TFTC

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Found the cache at nightfall. Joicey did a great job with camo. Great puzzle! Kept me up until I got it. Dropped an interesting granite pebble I found while geocaching. Took nothing. (Was tempted by the sticker here though!)

Figured out the puzzle and put it into geocaching.com as a note to self. Got to location only to find that I couldn't access iot and had to do it again. Added a bit more camo to the hide. Found without slipping on the mud. TFTC

Figured out in the (parked) car. TFTC

yeh i found it. finally, took me 2 days to work out the code. yes im blonde. but i did it all by myself.lucky i took geokid with me.( im short too )[:x]

crossed the roads a few times, couldnt find it, alittle dangerous with small geo kids. gave up after 15mins.

The cache is in a kid safe place, at least 100m from any road.

Dropped by today to check. The cache is still there.

Solve the GZ for this some time back and only today on my way to the 9999+1 event was in the area so decided to have a go. I believe the cache may be gone as I am certain I was in the right place, look all over for about 30mins before some approaching Muggles ended any further searching. Either way it was time to move on to the event. Could the cache be checked and confirm if its still there?

Found @ 11:55hrs.Many thanks C&C.

My first puzzle! Solved easily but had to search for the cache for about 10 min because GPS was pointing to the wrong place.

Went back fo another look. TFTC SL

Searched high and low around blue mark and climbed to 2 metres to search. Searched all others in area. Found nothing after 30 minutes. Has this one been muggled?

We'll check it out.

Solved this puzzle over breakfast and all that was left to do was the search. Easy enough once the iPhone caught up on this overcast day. Took coin. LNSL. TFTC. Kems

Good playground for geokid, been her before when I was muggle! TNLN TFTc

My first cache of 2011; Had some time off caching over the past few months. Good to get out in the sunshine and fresh air again. TNLN; TFTC.

Hooray! My first puzzle cache. A great way to start the year. T4TC

Puzzle was solved quickly a few weeks ago. Locating the cache was also easy in the rain tonight with no muffles around. TFTC and the puzzle!

Another night find with my good caching mate Marty (Quasar3671). Solved in advance and a quick find once at GZ. TFTC.

Out with my mate Blacklegend17 (Marshy) for a night cache run. 16th find for the night (2:40 am). We both had solved the puzzle before meeting up for the night. No time for a coffee break yet, maybe a bit later. Thanks for the hide Coffee and Cache.

We solved this neat little puzzle during the week in anticipation of Snake's caching trip whilst the rest of the grassikid gang were at a dance competition. There were so muggle children playing in the park when I arrived so after waiting for them to move on I made my way to GZ. Thanks for a cool puzzle and a great cache.

I worked this out the same way p-boro did, and missed the obvious! Still, I was pleased to be able to scratch this one off the list at last. No muggles around today, so was able to do the cache business without interruption., TFTC.

Oh my…. this made me smile when I finally understood the principle behind the puzzle – after having worked out the right coordinates with my own logic. It would have helped to read the listing thoroughly.
Out: Per Gynt coin
p-boro #994

The HillTribe office tragic worked out the clues and identified GZ. Straight after "if it wasn't for...." off we set to knock off another local puzzle cache which had been bugging us for a while. Liked the puzzle, very imaginative. TFTC took nothing, left Peer Gynt TB.