GoldenDuck Holt, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By appips on 20-Dec-09. Waypoint GC22557

As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Nothing here...yes GZ was out because it was on the middle of grass...but we searched wide but couldn't find it. Thanks.

sorry guys cache keeps getting muggled

Out on a caching run with caching mate Slink1. Quick find today. TFTC SL

Quick find on a fine day out caching with my mate Dunko while in Canberra TFTC SL

Geokid spotted this way before we got to GZ.. classic hide...
L - marble and green spinning top - T- nothing
TFTC

YAY!

YAY!

found this cache sitting on the ground, we put it back where we thought it might be placed.

Our motivation for this cache was to pick up TB two towers within. Between looking at open homes managed to find enough time to detour off and find this cache. Was a quick find and after had a trip down memory lane checking out miss stormcatchers childhood house which backs onto this oval, the house was sadly was under construction.

Found and logged at 13:15, One of 15 caches found on my day of caching in the ACT
Left TB The Two Towers
TFTC

Found coordinates a bit off also. Cache partly uncovered, but covered up properly. TFTC

Found the cache on my third visit. Very obvious when you are looking at it. Also found a bonus tennis ball. Tiss a great day

As others wrote, the coordinates are a bit off. I ended up in the middle of high grasse and started then to visit all the surrounding trees.

TFTC - Fogg

The co-ordinates were fairly ordinary on this one but we soon tracked it down.
Thanks appips

Our 4632nd overall find. This was my 133rd find of 137 total finds for our Canberra and surrounds caching spree.

Found at about 07:37 AM. A quick find after finding a cache at the other end of the park. The coordinates seemed to be out by a bit but found OK

Thanks to appips for the cache.

TNLNSL

Easy find thanks

Found with R36 and Brynbeuno on day two of our family caching weekend..

Two bros with flashy garmins and I found it with the trusty iPhone!!!

couldnt find it, searched for a good while, area recently mowed, perhaps taken.

Thanks for the hide

found it off where my GPS said it was and also i would like to say that it wasnt very well hidden.TFTC

Sitting in the open.... Have updated log with Stacky_68..and re-hid more discreetly..

Found with Blaze404 and his GeoSon.

Took a while to find the cache and when I did spot it, it was out in the open. Signed the log then hid it away a little more discreetly. TFTC

Found this with telephasic

Got to GZ and was an open field. Then we remembered the name

TFTC

I enjoyed the train of thought needed to find this one. Cache was very wet inside, and the log paper was very damp - although sealed quite well in the zip-lock - but because it is in the bag, unlikely to dry out. New log needed, pocketatomic and I added a sheet of paper in a fresh zip-lock as a stop gap.

Found with cachekid log damp and bag wet so we replaced the bag. TNLN TFTC

We wandered around at GZ for a while trying to work out where this might be. Saw a golden wattle nearby and thought it was worth a try, but it was a bit far from GZ (but it would have been fitting). Fraggles came up with the goods on this one! Well done!

Found after a little hunting. Log was still wet so found it hard to log it. This cache needs a bit of maintenance. TFTC!

2nd go at this cache, and today I got it
Was unable to log entry as the log is almost destroyed.
TFTC

Something strange is happening, the previous finder replaced the log, but today the log was more or less waterlogged.
The cache was full of water which would've contributed to this.

#432

found with Zoratz on a night caching raid to the north. 2nd times the charm, had a crack at this one a week ago with a DNF, reread the logs this time and found within a minute...go figure

Replaced the log (the original was in tatters) and a fresh plastic baggy, it should be right for a while now

Thanks appips for the cache

Found by harry_stamper on 29/6/10 @ 4.10pm with PR&F, The Empire and The Lone Random.
#18 of 27 finds on day 2 of our Canberra Invasion!
TFTC!

CANBERRA INVASION 2010
Found By The Lone Random,
W The Empire, Pocket Rocket & Friends, Harry Stamper.
@ 4.05pm
TFTC, The Lone Random

Found by PR&F on 29/6/10 @ 4.10pm with harry_stamper, The Empire and The Lone Random.
#18 of 27 finds on day 2 of our Canberra Invasion!
I have spent many hours at the local cricket club over the years watching geohusband (aka harry_stamper) play cricket. I have seen him out for a duck but thankfully never a golden duck!
TFTC!

Found by The Empire with The Lone Random, pocketrocket&friends and harry_stamper @ 4:10pm
Find number 16 out of 25 on the second day of our Canberra Invasion 2010!
Our thanks to appips for the cache.
- M

We were only going to do a couple but the kids wanted to play on the playground so why not. Our 4th for the day and a cute little spot (popular with dog owners). The log is very damp and we didnt have time to let it dry. The cach is sitting in its own bath (I suggest using a water tight container here and a new log as its a very cool spot).

TNLN TFTC

This entry was edited by Puddle_Jumpers-PJ's on Friday, 25 June 2010 at 23:41:26.

Found by Mary & David at 1425. Always good to find two caches from one car park. Cache contents and log are damp. Even an acorn in the cache has sprouted. Our thanks again to appips.

#652 at 1512

Found this one after walking up from Southern Cross. Coords are a bit off, but previous logs helped with the find. Cache needs a little TLC.

TNLNSL TFTC!

Wow. other cachers weren't joking - an acorn HAS sprouted in this cache!

TFTC!

oooh my shoes and sox and log are soooo very wet

coords were around 11m out but should be an easy find if you look around the area, TFTC!

Coords are about 11m out and the cache is so wet inside that an acorn has sprouted in there. Might need a more weatherproof container. TFTH

Found this with The Rats on our 2 day cache hunt. TFTC

#4197 Did this cache with Bega-Gang as part of a 2 day trek around Canberra. I thought the coords for this one were a little out. Log is also a bit damp I recall.
Thanks

Coords got me to the general area and I found it after a quick search.

Found at 1655. Walked on from 'Southern Cross', and while the corrds had me in the middle of nowhere so to speak, the cache was soon found lurking only a few meters away.

Thanks.

Co-ords are a long way out and log is wet please replace log.

really feeling like I am getting the hang of this geocaching found this one fairly quickly

Search for while until I read the previous comment - realised new coords and found it - no problem. SL. Thanks appips

I remember doing burnouts at this park years ago. Oops, did i just admit that?
TFTC!

It didnt take me long to find this, the coords arent spot on but Ive seen worse.

Unfortunately the cache was a bit waterlogged and the log sheet is also wet. Needs a bit of drying out.

Thanks for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

looking I'm the. Dark
Here ends the run
Have to hit the road

Took a while to find this one despite the recent logs on the coords being off.

For me the magic amount was 12m from the gz.

Paperwork is very damp and I dried it the best I could.

Found during our Wagga Wagga MEGA trip.
We kiwis love ACT. TFTC

Found OK with the team.
TFTC

Found ok although our GZ was different. T4TC, M@

Yep - I'm another that thought that the coords were out. Took a little longer to find on our dash because of that. Cheers Gav [5111]

The co-ords seem a little out for this one.
We found it all the same.
TFTC.

Cache found after quick search. Coords appear ok now... Moist but ok. TFTC

Found at 21:20 with matt_stomper - the sixth of this evening's cache finds.

Took a while - co-ords definitely out, and we were trying to keep torch usage to a minimum. Got there eventually.

Thanks appips

Hard one to find by GPS light and trying to to draw attention with a dolphin torch. Found with SW2092. TFTC!!!

Hmm, coords are out are they?

Makes sense, we ended up in the middle of the field, and since we were doing a sweep of the area we didn't stay long. Will have to expand the search next time.

Nor sure what happened here but I had an extra set of coordinates. The real ones had me in the middle of nowhere but a check of logical spots had the cache 10m away. Thanks appips.

What better way to spend some time off than hunt for some caches.
Cache had taken on some water but the log is still mostly dry.
TFTC

Quick find. Nobody about early this morning.

We were out for a northside clean up this afternoon and this was on the agenda. Like others GZ was out in the middle and we pondered the hint. Found at the last spot in our circuit about 12 m out.

Easy from once we realised the co-ordinates were out by 30 feet.

The GZ had us in a grassy area, no place for ducks here. A quick expansion of the search area (about 20 - 30 feet) found us at GZ. SL TFTC

Co-ords put me in a grassy area and after a fruitless search looking for something sneaky I had to resort to the hint. Realising my remaining search options the cache was soon in hand. TNLN.

#751

Coords seemed a bit out to me, but still made the find quickly.

TFTC

Ah ha, now the name makes sense . Took Fitfairy and I a wee minute until something twigged and it fell into place (or rather, we fell into the right place). Nice hide in a lovely little park. TFTC

GPS still yielding wildly inaccurate positions...so...go to suggested GZ and then start to search in all likely positions within a 20m radius. Luckily this didn't actually take very long and cache was in hand within a few minutes.

another easy find.... the golden lid is not the best camo...

TFTC!!

Found with Thelostmatt and Animal Magnetism on a night GeoJaunt.
TNLN
TFTC

Nice quick find. Thanks for the hide.

Another nice easy find - thank you it makes a change from some of the more difficult micros I have been DNF ing on.

Very easy find and replace from a now familiar carpark.
TFTC

Cache 23 of 30 for our day's Northside Noodge (great word, look it up )

Another cache in close proximity to a previous find. A slow meander, a little search and success!! A cache in the hand.

TNLNSL - TFTC

Second on the post-Christmas caching collection with Sara. An easy find in a familiar area. TFTC

heading around area collecting 5 traditionals. This was placed very nicely in our (caching with ratpackleavings and doggies) 6km loop. Thanks for the cache. TNLN

Found on a cache run of the area. tftc!

Third time to this carpark recently, and a third find.

The geoboys and I decided on a new year's eve geobash on the bikes today, and this was first on the list. It was good practice for them riding their bikes around the suburb, although T20 came a-gutser at least twice. [B)]. But he kept getting back on - well done.

Got to GZ, looked around for a likely hiding spot, and Jezza10 made the find. Thanks for the hide appips.

Found this one on a caching adventure accompanied by Shadow!, allrounder, BeveJo and Huxley the geohound.
The puppy made the find whilst we were all off looking where the coordinates put us...

I found this one after a little searching near holt oval.
Coordinates wrong!
Bom Bom BOM certain death[xx(]! ( Because coordinates wrong so beware cachers. )
TFTC TNLN
Kingly Kind kid Regards [B)] Injuryman.

Did this one with Fore!, allrounder, BeveJo and geo-hound Huxley on a day out caching in the hols. Geo-hound went straight to GZ while we played in the bushes nearby....Easy find. TFTC TNLN Fun

2nd for the afternoon with little man , find ourselves in bit of a gully looked around a bit then found it.
Thanks Appips

Hmph!!! Huxley the geohound has better caching skills than what I do. He made the find on this one.

TFTC!

Found it on a long bike ride.

Took tb! TFTC!

Found on a short trip around the area with linFox and rubai

After finding the cache rubai and linFox headed over to find the other nearby cache while I attemped to fly my kite again. No luck, not windy enough here.

Thanks, Jezzza Xtreme.

#318: Found quickly with linFox and JezzzaXtreme

A quick find today with rubai and Jezzza_Xtreme.
Cache was just a little soggy.

Left TB, took coin.

Thanks!

Nice easy Cache. TFTC

1027
Got to gz and a bunch of young people were talking not far away. So me and the geoniece had to wait for them to go. After they left told the geoniece to check there she did and came back saying no after reading the logs told her to go back and look in the same place she found it then TFTC

Certainly wet enough for ducks today, but only the cache one was in sight! And happily swimming about in its own pond after the rain. Contents happily dry too. Returned a bit higher out of the water, but still hidden in the greenery. Closest of yours today according to the Oregon - 7m. Thanks appips.

Nice easy find! (Even though coordinates were a bit off...) Luckily no muggles around for this one! - Thanks for the cache!

1972 - Just my luck - being in the area yesterday then this one coming along !!

Back to a familiar area - close to the school I once went to - and widened the search pattern to reveal the cache.

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

[This entry was edited by fitzy_1965 on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 1:21:24 PM.]

Took a bit longer than expected - coords about 15m out again. Have played here in the past.