Barton Region - A New Cache Here Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Norkmeister on 01-Oct-09. Waypoint GC1ZB2B

I am going to archive this cache since the original reason for its existence is no longer valid.

I suspect that this container is there if you want to get your hands dirty. I'll have to come by with some rubber gloves to see if it is retrievable.

Cache is certainly not there any more. Certified by a muggle living over the road that saw me arrive and asked why people had been pulling up here for the last few years. He knew the hide, but not what it was. I think I've converted him!

I think I found the location -- certainly the guidance about damp fitted -- but the manmade object found there wasn't a cache.

Waaay behind in my cache logging!

Got my fingers a bit grotty when looking for this one.

TFTC!

Lucky is the right word! Just a quick wander after the markets, lovely weather! Got the clue after we left, hehe. TFTC!

Filthy - as mentioned in the description, but log is fine. Nice and quiet today. Thanks

Nice quick easy find during lunch

TFTC - We didn't take your mid-week challenge but grabbed it in the morning before the muggles were up

Really clever. Took a while but we got there

Will have to come back with a pen to sign log
Tftc

Quick grab on my way past. Signed log. TFTC

Nice hide well thanks

Nice!

Glad we did this on a weekend as not a muggle in sight - nice hide. TFTC. 2BluFish

Nice Hide! tfth!

Quick find, even with the lunchtime muggle crowd increasing. Time for us to take a break too which provided the perfect cover rather than a quick dart to/from the car. Can definitely recommend the café across the road from the cache.

#16 Found while on a blitz around Canberra. TFTC!

Nice find on a trip to Canberra ACT with my caching buddy Slink1 TFTC SL

Quick Find with my caching mate Dunko on a trip away TFTC SL

What a cool hiding spot! Found with Shorokin, TFTC

Found today along with rubai and JezzzaXtreme, who weren't all that sure if they had already found this one (they had).

It was surprisingly quiet so the find was easy. My pen working on the other hand was another story... After several minutes of playing about it finally came back to life long enough to log the cache.

Thanks!

A nice quick find in a much quieter area on a Sunday afternoon.

Found by the_proton almost instantly. Quite a few muggles at all angles hopefully since the coast was clear outside no one was looking from inside! Airs a bit brisk!

What a great little cache! Loved this one and slyly visited on a weekend as there is nothing discrete about us hunting for caches with three small kids in tow! LOL

A nice neat little container and a pretty quick find here. TFTC!

Nice cache. Quite public but not a hard find. TFTC

Quick find for my first Australian cache. Nice hide...tftc

Very nice location. Tftc

Sweet hide. Had to go the clue. Are you watching, Norkmeister?

Very interesting. Had it in my hand for 20Sec and didn't know it.

TFTC, had to wait for a muggle to leave and then a nice quick find

Tftc done with Hinklenator nice hide

We pulled up close by to GZ and Miss Stormcatcher found this little micro quickly. We had to move quickly and discreetly as nearby Muggles were doing some moving nearby.

Found with Noid n co on a very slow work day

TFTC

This will be an interesting cache to keep an eye on - looks too obvious, though we know how ignorant muggles can be. TFTC!

Neat little hide, though we didn't visit during business hours so it was fairly quiet and muggle-free. TFTC.

Great cache. Easy find in the dark.

Log replaced and cache re-hidden. All ready to go.

This cache has been removed for maintenance.

Okay - so we thought this cache would be in a totally different spot. Zita spotted the hide and we retreated to the car to give the container a clean up. Enzo's leatherman came in very handy as the container was difficult to open. The log is completely full and needs replacing. TFTC

This entry was edited by zita&enzo on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 at 20:33:10 UTC.

Great quick find!. Unfortunately cache water damaged, so unable to open.
TFTF!
kylesaltmarsh

Clever cache and easy to find - especially at night. Logbook was surprisingly dry since the hide was dripping wet. TFTC

Clever cache. You need a new log. TFTC

Easy night time find, really cool cache! Very clever hiding place Norkmeister TFTC.

Had me stumped for a little while on this one and even thought the cache was wet, but not so, only on the outside. Loved the clue too, nice work norkmeister, TFTC.

My first find. Got it on the second attempt.
Thanks also to the norkmeister who helpfully emailed me earlier in the day to say "I watched you fail to find my cache..."
So, the legends are true - he really does watch over his caches.

Norkmeister; FYI: the log is nearly full.

Great stuff - we found it on our third visit of the day after having reviewed the logs in detail. And yes, like many others, I had held it in my hand on one of the earlier visits. Wonderful fun! Thanks

I don't know how to describe the liquid I got in my eye when I replaced this cache but it was certainly a weird smell that lingered long enough for me to return to our Canberra base camp and attract the attention of TLM Mum. The seal on the cache is holding up. Surprised me.

Found with pocketatomic on yet another night caching run. TFTC!

Out caching with Telephasic.
Nice easy find.
TFTC TNLN

#612, found at 12:53.

Quickly found.

TFTC and regards,
the Monacos

Log is dry. Please ensure you seal the container properly.

Back online with a dry log sheet. Please ensure you close the container so that the rubber seal does its job.

Taken offline to dry the log

I overlooked the cache initially as I grabbed the camo and noted that it was sitting in and covered in liquid brown muck. The moisture appears to have been too much for the cache seal, and the log is quite damp. Not too appealing to unscrew the cache lid while it's wet with much either.

Saw it from the street, however didn't initially realise. Wandered around for a while, worked out the clue and tried again. Got it, signed it and returned it simply as there was not much traffic. Thanks for the cache.

Spotted from the street /
After getting the clever /
Hint, initially

Nice to have a cache I can do to kill some time around this area. Took a few minutes to get this one but obvious once sighted. The cache itself seems to be in a puddle of mud due to all the recent rain but is sealed up well in it's container. Replaced it as out of the water/ mud as possible but it's only time before it slips back in. Oh well.

Very clever hide!!!

TFTC
Mark and Jenny

First find for the day. TFTC

Find # 1719 @ 14:45
Fourteenth find for the day. No one watching today. Thanks norkmeister!

Had fun with this one, trying to appear inconspicuous with the cachekids while looking for it at lunchtime under the noses of heaps of muggles. We didn't do a good job at the secret squirrel act though, becasue I saw someone come bounding towards us and thought we were busted with the cache in our hands....but it was only the friendly norkmeister who saw us from his office window and came down to say hello. The kids were excited becasue this was the first other cacher we'd seen in the flesh.
Anyway, I loved this cache becasue i have had coffee in the nearby cafe about 100 times without ever suspecting that there was a cache nearby. Gotta love this hobby.

TFTC from Hungary!

Another little detour from my circle around the lake ... and an easy find, although the cache was quite well hidden.

TFTC - Fogg

We found it - the hidey spot was full of water but the cache was dry. Ian bailed out but ended up smelling of the foul water. LOL

A lovely family walk TFTC Domsky

Sent from my mobile device.

It was a very easy (but smelly) find. The clue is really smart, dad worked it out. Cool hiding spot and container. It was smelly because the cache was kind of wet but no damage done. We didn't find the TB either. TFTC.

Out for a quick cache with the boyfriend after dinner

Easy find. But travel bug in inventory not there.

Nice hide. Even though the cache is a micro we were able to deposit a travel bug.

*lol* - some days ago I had the cache already in my hand... nice cache! TFTC!

A nice easy find, with the GPS leading straight in, and a quick circle identifying the cache. A bold hide in a nice area. TFTC

Loved the disguise! No-one around on a Saturday evening; can imagine things being different mid-week, though... TFTC!

A dark and drizzly 5:30pm - and despite that I still felt conspicuous! Very original and clever - love how the micro is disguised! TFTC. Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Nice use of flora incorporated into the cache container it was a great micro hide. TFTC SL

#417

4 of 16 Found with Zoratz on a school-holiday caching run.

Thanks norkmeister for the cache

We managed to get this one just before midnight, on our way back from a great night out. Thanks for a great cache, I have one similar in Old Sydney town

We had walked straight down Brisbane Av (we are from Brisbane) and had no trouble grabbing this one was we walked past.

Hopefully no-one noticed.

TFTC

Found at 1544 hours - clever hide and at this time of year a very pretty location - TFTC

Nicely hidden. A quick find on my way home after the gym this morning.

I was at the Press club today, and after the briefing I decided I'd better check the GPS before I get going.. just as well only 150m to the nearest cache, and so fortunate to have a CP nearby and using my most stealthiest approach a quick grab and return to the vehicle for log signing and then another strath at the GZ to return container.. all good muggles non-the-wiser..

thanks

We were driving past here today, when Tankengine mentioned there was a cache here! Well that was nice, a quick stop, grab, sign, and we were on our way!

Found with BBBB in the accompaniment of Tankengine. Nice little hide!

Not heaps of muggles here, but the couple having a late lunch on their balcony, directly overlooking GZ were a bit of a problem. I got their notice by crossing the fallen barrier nearby, so just kept walking and found a spot a short distance away to assess the situation. After a few minutes, they hant left as Id hoped they would, but had settled into their seats and no longer had as good a view of my activities.

So a quick pass of GZ and I spotted what I reckoned was the hiding place. A 2nd pass with a sleight of hand grab and I had the cache, retreating to my vantage point to sign the log. Finally a 3rd pass on my way back to the car, dropping the cache back into place as I went and the deed was done.

Thanks Norkmeister for the neatly hidden fun.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Qf as I drove past tftc

Public holiday today so nice and quiet. I had in my hand twice looking in the hole before I realized!!

Good hide - nice and dry despite the drizzly day. Easy find.
TFTC

I have worked across the road for twenty years but thought that a weekend would be a bit quieter. Great cache.

Finally found the time to log the caches found with Moo.

Found with Fore!, allrounder, Moo and Little Red Shoes after the ACT Birthday Event

A nice quick find near my work, TFTC!

Fun -

Found with allrounder, Shadow! and Huxley the geohound after the ACT Birthday/2009 Awards event. This was my 6th find of 7 total finds in a short caching spree with Moo and Little Red Shoes along for the finds.

It only took a second to reveal iteself... Shadow! (who works a short stroll from here) couldn't believe that she hadn't collected this one yet... but then again, she would have to actually look at the caching page for herself in order to know it was around, right???!!!

TFTC

Found @ 3:12pm with Fore!, Shadow!, Huxley the geohound, Moo and Little Red Shoes after the ACT Birthday Event

A super quick find, TFTC!!

Found with Little Red Shoes, Mesha, Fore!, Shadow!, Huxley the geohound and Allrounder after the ACT Birthday Event.
Very quick find... not sure it would've been quite as quick by myself!!
SL TFTC

a clever hide - well done.
TNLN...
tfth

This was found on my second caching work trip to Canberra from Melbourne. Thanks! Looks like some caches have been 'working' on the new fence, as it was quite knocked down just near the cache.

Good One! accompany with Everlasting and Varuna
tftc

A nice quick find. Quite good one! Thanks for the fun and the cache.

Found it!
After a little trouble with the GPS. I think i might have been a little obvious whilst retrieving the cache.