Man with a red hat Mirrabooka, Western Australia, Australia
By FOS/MOS on 11-Oct-09. Waypoint GC1ZPCT

I am regretfully archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, FOS/MOS, requesting additional time.

An ample opportunity has been provided for the Cache Owner to respond, but since this opportunity has been ignored, I can only conclude that the cache has been abandoned.

Caches archived under these circumstances are unable to be Unarchived, and this location is now available for the placement of a new cache, by somebody else.

Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Referring to previous logs, there is nothing left of this single offset multi.

Suggest maintenance by the CO or archiving.

Found the remnants per the previous finder's log.

This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

##Cache Maintenance Required please.##
This geocache has been brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit, to address the issue described in the logs.
The cache owner needs to either fix the problem or archive the listing, after picking up any geo-litter. In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page.
See the maintenance section of the [Geocache Hiding Guidelines](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance).

If there is a good reason for a delay in enabling this cache, please post an update note log here on the cache page so that everyone will know what's going on.
When the maintenance is completed, you can re-enable the listing by entering an "Enable Listing" log, and then post an "Owner Maintenance" log to clear the "Needs Maintenance" attribute, if set.

I will check back in 30 days to be sure that the maintenance has been done, or that further information has been provided.

If there has been no action to repair the cache, or explain the situation, unfortunately I will need to Archive this cache. Caches archived because of lack of maintenance will not be unarchived.

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is out there to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

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I am claiming this as a find, though there's nothing but broken glass,a toy, and a geo instruction sheet left. Have placed the'remains' under a log just south of the cache location. It looks like that particular spot was cleared or ran over. Thanks anyway

Didn’t find the man but had a plan and found it no problem

Out finding some caches TFTH

Beautiful arvo to be north of the river and finally knocked off this shirt multi once we worked out which way north was.

No sign of the man with the red hat & white beard, perhaps it’s the wrong time of year. Still got our name on the logbook though. TFTC FOS/MOS

The man with the red hat and white beard was hiding but we still found the cache. A quick multi - our favourite type.
TFTC FOS/MOS this is find # 7237 for us.

We were in the area finding a few caches & this was one we found on our travels... We didn't find the man with the red hat, but we had no problems locating the final prize

TFTC FOS/MOS

Arrived at where the man in the red hat should have been. Was looking for a gnome but found nothing. Undaunted we made as if we had found it and stepped out the necessary steps and there it was under a bush. Signed log and went home. Tftc fos/mos. nice little piece of bush.

Found muggled. Put the contents back into the container. The logbook, although weather beaten, is still quite usable. No sign of the man in the red hat. TFTC FOS/MOS.

After our Parisian trip in the first week of the Easter holidays, we (i and my husband Voske1967) went for 3 weeks to the other side of the world to enjoy the friendly atmosphere, food, landscapes and culture of Australia. Of course, geocaches were also searched for and found in Perth. This trip downunder will stay with us for a long time! It was pretty hot in Australia for the autumn season

I think the man in the red hat has gone home. Found the cache all the same. Tyfc

TFTC!!

Found it a little mouldy tftc

I enjoyed this multi cache even though I didn't find the man with the red hat. Grabbed a TB TFTC

made a guess for the first gz and must of stepped it out reallllly good , we looked down at there the cache was. tftc

tftc .Wheres the red hat???

family caching day tftc

A bit trickier in the dark
Tftc

Stoped of for a quick find while in the area

Didn't spot the man with the big red hat, but located the cache anyway

Tftc

Thank you! I didn't spot the man with the red hat, but I did find the cache at the final location. It might need a little attention - the contents are a bit damp.

This cache is pretty much directly under the power line rather than at the offset coordinates. Thanks to Vasic for his help. I still don't know what the Man with a Red Hat refers to!

Out trek west must have been 2 meters out but we found it

No man for me but did find the cache after redoing the steps twice

TFTC found while in the area. The man with the red hat is really putting on a great display. It was a quick find for the red hat man and the cache, the slowest part was getting up the hill.... feeling a bit unfit.

Made the sandy trek through the prickle bushes to find this one. TFTC

Made the wonder out to the nearby Twin Poles cache and thought since I have made it that far I might as well keep walking. I had no idea about the giant whole in the ground here! I found the cache quickly. TFTC.

Headed up NOR today with Jinta29 with the prinary goal of collecting as many of our solved puzzles as we could.

A very sandy walk to GZ and a bit further to the cache. But a quick find once there.

I'm Looking forward to meeting other geocachers at WA GOES BIG IN 2015, in Busselton.

Registrations now open
Log your Will Attend at GC5GR5X

FOS/MOS I found your cache Man with a red hat on 2/01/2015 8:23 am. This is my find #2439 and find #10 today. The cache is in good shape. Thanks for the cache!

Kyzabra and I had a mission to make a foray into this part of town with the main aim of grabbing solved puzzles and multis. Of course there would be the odd traditional thrown in for good measure.

A nice quick find after s short search . Very soft and sandy track leading to GZ though

I'm looking forward to meeting other geocachers at WA GOES BIG IN 2015, in Busselton.

Registrations are now open - log your 'Will Attend' at GC5GR5X

FOS/MOS - jinta29 found your cache Man with a red hat on 2/01/2015 8:24 am. This is my find #2630 and find #10 today. The cache is in good shape and we replaced it as found. Thanks for placing this and bringing us to this spot!

I didn't see any man in red hat but I found the cache

Although we had no luck finding the man in the red hat, the co-ordinates were accurate for the starting point and the directions thereafter spot on so we were led straight to the cache. Thanks for the hide FOS/MOS!

The Man in the Rad Hat was a little bit elusive today, but I found the cache without his help. Quick find right where you said it should be. Signed the log. TNLN. Thanks for the hide FOS/MOS

Well, this was a straightforward case of following the instructions and the cache was found instantly. A little surprising given other recent logs. Cache remains in good condition. TNLNSL TFTC FOS/MOS

Not so quick a find. Kept looking in the usual likely hide spots but then it wasn't in one of those spots! TFTC

Well that took longer than necessary... probably stepped right over it 3 or 4 times. TFTC

Found @ 15:21!

Find #03 on a mission to clear up the remaining three caches at this extremity of my 5km radius!

I didn't find the 'Man with a red hat', but was able to calculate the Final coordinates without anu problems...

Found the cache after a fairly intensive search around the prickly bushes. Interestingly, it was found very close to a place I thought it would be, but didn't check because I thought it was too far from the coordinates (a little further North)!

Took: 'TIKI TOKOLOSHI' TB and plastic dog (Kinder Surprise toy?).
Left: Crazy Bone.

TFTC!

Back to australia

No man w red hat but found by Peter
Tftc

Didn't bother to try find the red man because of previous logs but after misreading and walking 32m away I reread the description, went to the 23m mark and found it straight away. Tftc

I've driven past this area so many time so today was the day to finally cross this one off the list. No Man with the red hat spotted but reached the GZ and then did the offset. Took a couple of minutes to track down the actual cache but eventually spotted the brown lid.

Signed the log and had a quick look at all the shells. Also noticed the log was strangle absent of the previous 'finders' signature (Nazrila). I guess he's only cheating himself if he's logged it as a find without actually finding it. Up to the CO to delete or not delete

TFTC and the hunt!

TFTC happy sound check day one two one two one two (12/12/12)

Couldn't find a man with a red hat, but we did find a cache, TFTH.

Mr Felix jumped the fence to make a quick find of the cache after initially searching for the man with a red hat!

Alas no man found so off to the cache.

TFTC FOS/MOS

Quick find on the way home to fill in another hole on the 'days of the year' matrix. No man, no red hat etc but still easily found. SL TFTC

Found with Shady Ninja, didn't find a man with a red hat but found the cache! SL left K/S toys. TFTC.

Found with leeiscool58. Didn't find the man in the red hat? TN. Left kinder surprise toy. SL. TFTC

we couldnt find the man either but found the cache, thank you from the welch family.

I did not see a man with a red hat. I did not see a man with a fez. Are fez'zs normally red? One thing for sure the man with the white beard is coming!

Clear skies, TeamAstro.

no man, no hat...found cache...thanks FOS/MOS

Missed the whole Man with a red hat part of the story, but found the cache. Thanks for the cache FOS/MOS.

Didn't see anything that resembled a man with a red hat but followed the directions from where the co-ords took me and found the cache no trouble.

A bit of fun. Managed to find it, even without a compass !!
TNLN Thanks

found the man with the red hat and he pointed me towards the cache
tftc

(chwiliwr team catch up log)

Out on an afternoon of caching. We found cache without problems and it is in good condition.

Thanks for the cache.

Out on an afternoon of caching. Found cache without problems and it is in good condition.

Thanks for the cache.

TYFH

nice easy multi if you know which way north was.Had my bearings all wrong today looking south instead of north we had a laugh about it when the cache was right where is was said it would be.
tftc

A quick little multi, no problems. TFTC

An easy find, although my unsuitable shoes did get filled with sand and I was almost run over on the nearby track by a speeding hoon!
Still survived to sign the log and got out of there safely.

Had some difficulty after writing the coords down wrong in the first place. Then more trouble hunting in the dark but got it in the end. Took TB. TFTC

Called in to place travel bug that has been hiding on the computer desk for 7 months. Our apologies for not moving it on earlier.

FOS/MOS

I was in the area so managed to sneak in a couple of caches. Nice easy find. TFTH.

I was expecting Santa!!!
nice easy find.

Many thanks

The Machman

A nice easy find by my 5 year old daughter after I had just walked past it and must have just about kicked it over. The directions are spot on.
T - Shell
L - Bouncy Ball
SL TFTH

Found this with Everlasting, thanks for the hunt

Accompanied with Harley Quinn. It was good fun and nice multi for a change. SL. Thanks FOS/MOS for organising the cache and hunt.

This one has been on my list for a long time. Enjoyed coming to find the cache this afternoon.

Thanks for the cache!

I think we found the clue. But the heat and thorns beat us back! Will try again without thongs!!

WanderingAus wandered by and spent some time to-ing and fro-ing, went right past it probably a dozen times, before finally making a GAFF 1 find. The tracks leading North sure can suck you in.

My find No 2189, TNLNSL, dropped my WanderingAus Happy New Year 2008 Gold GC in for a visit before grabbing it back again.

T4TH FOS/MOS
Keith

Nice hide, I initally jumped to wrong conclusions about the clue but all was clear in the end.
TFTC

This was a little multi with a difference. Found the guardian - although he was looking in the wrong direction today - and then the cache - also somewhat different. Thanks for the hunt FOS/MOS.

Very nice little multi - quick and easy find. TNLN TFTH

Published

FTF @ 1345.
A cache appearing on our screen so very close to home could not be resisted
TNSL LGC TFTH

Called in on the way home, How could you resist when its so close to work..

The sandy tracks make it a hard slog to the cache. Found the little man in a red hat then went searching for the cache. Came up with the goods after a short search.

Picked up Shr00ms micro compass rose geocoin.

Thanks for the cache