Spot Marks the X Kooyong, Victoria, Australia
By ForYourEyesOnly on 01-Jan-10. Waypoint GC22E0R

Alas. After almost seven years it appears this geocache has gone missing. It has never been muggled before in all of these seven years. I can't help but think of a certain (so-celled experienced) geocacher who suggested that 1) The puzzle was too easy (well that is always relative to the person involved) 2) The hide wasn't worth 4 stars (well at the hide it is a well-trafficked area and very very difficult to retrieve without being noticed. The rating was based on geocaching.com advice) and 3) That this geocache was so much in full view that it would be muggled within a few days. Well it was muggled within a few days - about 2,500 of them!

I've decided to Archive it rather than disable and rest. The site near GZ is being rebuilt over the next 3 years and so it is prime time for a cache of this type to be disturbed. Perhaps in 3 years time I'll put it back.
RIP Spot Marks the X

Teamed up with The Green Geckos to find as many solved puzzle caches as we could in the short timeframe we had in the Melbourne/Mornington area before heading down to Geelong/Anglesea for the Surf Coast Mega on the weekend. Both of us had worked on this puzzle independently (have to confess that this puzzle was one I struggled with initially), so it was great to finally get here and try to convert that puzzle icon into a smiley. Unfortunately, this one eluded our best efforts to locate it, and we searched pretty thoroughly too. Suspect it might be missing. Maybe the CO could check? So it is a DNF, this time. Thanks anyway ForYourEyesOnly

Had a quick a look for this one on Monday. But, inevitably, the number of potential spectators was...non-trivial. It's been an uncharacteristically long time between sightings now. I wonder if the CO might confirm that all is hunky-dory.

This one has taken some time...a long time. I solved the puzzle over two years ago, but every time I came by GZ, there were just too many muggles and I didn't know how to search discretely.

Today, with much more experience, and a plan, I rode to GZ, determined to add my name to the log. On a bike, it was so easy; as I 'worked' on my wheel, I quickly extracted the cache and did my work. Why didn't I think of this before?

This really is a great puzzle and a clever placement of the final. I have used the puzzle during a geocaching unit at school and the students loved it too. Thanks for the cache, ForYourEyesOnly, and for the fun and challenge over many, many months. A favourite from me.

Found by The Empire
Doing some shopping in the city and thought I'd have a crack at finding this one. It was quickly found and logged discretely. Thanks for the cache ForYourEyesOnly.
- M

I worked this one out the other I just waited for a free morning that wasn't to hot.
I used my old garmin with this one, I knew which direction to go but I didn't think I would end up here.

A quiet Saturday morning, it became an easy grab,

Thanks FYEO [:x]

Suscoe had come to Melbourne to enjoy a yearly ritual and so after that was completed we wandered looking for caches.
This one was popped on the list recently after a bit of pondering until some co-ordinates made sense.
Thanks to ForYourEyesOnly for creating this puzzle.
A neat hiding spot too which was sorted out between passers by.

Prior to heading the Melbourne for this wekend's mega a few of us trued to solve as many mystery caches as possible. We managed quite a few. This was one of them which fortunately yielded to the first thought. Very nice.
At GZ today there were a huge number of muggles. Fortunately both Janet and I had on the fluro jackets of invisibility and went about our "work" without being bothered.
Very good sized cache located in its hidey spot and log signed.
Returned by the "workers" in a gap between muggles.

TNLNSL

TFTC For Your Eyes Only

Back in town for a few days and just had to look for this one again.

It seemed quieter tonight than last visit but maybe I was just less sensitive to the traffic.

Looked in the same spot as last time - a few extra rocks - was that a sign - nope.

Looked nearby and spied the cache. Gave my self a kick in the pants.


thanks for the puzzle and cache Foryoureyesonly

Today's caching adventure took us all over Melbourne. I joined forces with the "The_Tritonz", together we were a force to be reckoned with !! We covered quite a few km's and visited a lot of different suburbs. We found a combinations of traditionals, mysteries, multis and we even ended the trip with a night cache. The hides ranged from the the typical, some clever and there were a couple of absolute crackers. Thanks to all of the CO's for entertaining us today. [^]
A great puzzle which had me going for a little while. I was in the vicinity today, so it was finally time to collect. I had to be very careful with the extraction, a very busy place. Glad to have a smiley on this one. TFTC ForYourEyesOnly

A nifty puzzle and great cache. I was scooting passed Kooyong- where the puzzle made perfect sense. Without too much fuss I had the green light from the geochecker. It took a while to be in the vicinity and luck had it that there was a free carpark just metres from GZ. Geokid, being on school hols, has good eyes and made the final grab and dash! He swapped a dinosaur for a bouncy ball. Tftc

A very bold move placing a container here. Tried to look as inconspicuous as possible but the passing traffic had me on my toes.
Solved the puzzle a long time ago and had to wait till we were "in town" to get it.
TFTC

Find #1198

This cache I think shows my progress particularly in relation to puzzle cache. I looked a the puzzle last year (when I was a relatively novice cacher) and I could make no sense of it. I looked again a few weeks ago and with the help of the clever clues and some solving history behind me I thought 'Hmmm, I wonder if it is ......' A quick solve later and I had a likely GZ to check out. I walked past in the day, couldn't make a quick find an resolved to return when the muggle traffic was lighter. That turned out to be later than same evening and after 9pm I was able to search undisturbed. Took a leap of faith and the cache was in hand. Great sized cache in this location and linked nicely back to he puzzle theme. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited a couple of trackable. Thanks for the clever puzzle and for the cache ForYourEyesOnly. The one earns a favourite point from me.

I solved this one a few years back but didn't get to look on my last visit to Melbourne.

Today there was opportunity and motive but I am afraid it eluded me.

Till next trip

Found with Quiet1 and Lochb who had already found this cache. JMelb solved this when it came out but we had never had a chance to pick it up. Today I (GMelb) was in the area so the others were kind enough to let me get it. We parked nearby and there were few people about. Taking a seat I soon found the cache a little way from where the others thought they found it. Thanks ForYourEyesOnly
GJMMelb

Caching tonight in Melbourne with the aim of picking up some solved puzzles and this one helps with our dt chart. Loved the puzzle and the appropriateness of the hide.
TFTC ForYourEyesOnly

A nifty little puzzle that was quiet original. In city with Tritonz caching and managed to swing by grab nice. Nice sized container in bold location. Tftc

Once again the Glanville Girls solved this one. We, Tomstache, McLookers and Glanville Girls ventured to GZ just on night fall. This is a very high muggle area, so arriving at this time is advisable. Nice to see such a large cache . Thanks to ForYourEyesOnly. Giving this a favourite.

Solved this puzzle some months back, but each time I was close to GZ there were too many muggles coming from all directions during the day. In the area this evening and took the opportunity to grab it. After a short search we spotted the hide. In between muggles we made the grab. Caching this evening with Tomstache. McLookers and Motndarg.
Thanks for the hide and the neat little puzzle.

With help from Glanville Girls, this puzzle was solved. Tonight, under the cover of darkness, Glanville Girls, Motndarg, Tomstache and ourselves descended onto GZ. Glanville Girls spotted the cache and Motndarg retrieved it, the log was signed and the cache replaced. Thanks for this tricky puzzle and bold hide. It would be very difficult during daylight hours. I like the theme.

Thanks for this cache, hard puzzle solved by Glanville Girls. I helped with the find in the dark. Big cache for the city. Caching tonight with Glanville Girls, Motndarg and McLookers.

Finally discovered in the wee hours where it was still busy enough that having a good look around was virtually impossible. From reading a few logs I was able to narrow down the search area.. spot 1 no luck spot 2 yay!!! A nice size for suburbia thanks so much for the great cache and a puzzle that I had not encountered before.

I searched for this one back in August when i had a day in the city, until I arrived at GZ i thought i was super smart as I had solved a 4.5 star difficulty puzzle in a few minutes, but when i saw the final location i realized the difficulty wasnt all relative to the puuzle part of the cache, after 2 visits with too many people around that day i decided to return at a later time one night and tonight was that night, with some muggle traffic to contend with it was still a challenging grab but ina small break the container was spotted and during the next traffic break it was retrieved

Thanks for a great challenging cache

TNLN

TFTC

Out on a run with pantherx and hawley3 on a city run. Our 2nd visit to this one over the past year. Given it has been sometime between visits we felt positive on arrival but this quickly reduced when the traffic didn't abate. However we stuck it out trying different spots and then. We decided to research one little sneaky spot and alas there was a cache in hand. Tftc tnln sl

Find 1292 at 00:32. After spending some time picking up caches in Berwick, I was out with Burge and Hawley3 this evening to grab some caches around the city. All in all, I collected 13 on this run and this was find number 12.

We had been to this spot a few times before and I don't think we were expecting a different result here tonight. After a lot of looking, reading logs, waiting for traffic/trams/muggles/firemen, and looking again, we eventually put our hands in the right spot. It's great to be able to finally cross this one off the map! Thanks for the cache, ForYourEyesOnly!

Out with PantherX and Burge for a late night cache. This was one of the first ones I tried to find in the past with no luck but this time was a success. Absolute pain due to traffic but got it in the end.

Found this one today. I initially looked at this one very early on in my geocaching life and had no idea how to solve it or even to attempt it. After a bit more experience and this was an easy solve.

I never seemed to have the coordinates when I was near GZ and actually hadn't been near GZ very much recently. Today I had the correct coordinates and was nearby so decided to attempt this cache. As I walked up to GZ - I thought I think the cache is there but my gps was jumping around and I was reluctant to trust my instincts because of the weather, traffic and finding the exact location proved tricky. Though there were muggles at the bus stop they were caught up in other activities and not worrying about me so it was just the weather and the traffic to contend with. Eventually it all worked out and the cache was in hand. I took it away to sign the log but didn't swap anything today.

I like a previous finder loved the audacity of this hide. A few of us were talking about hiding the largest possible container for the site and how often this isn't done very much. This cache is totally an example of how it can and should be done.

Thanks a lot for the cache ForYourEyesOnly and I will give this one a favourite point as well.

#6039 We were in Melbournetown for a medical appointment and decided to make it a long weekend with a spot of sight seeing and caching. The puzzle had been solved some years previously however with a spate of cleaning, all our old paperwork has gone MIA. So we had to reacquaint ourselves with the puzzle - fortunately we managed to remember the solution and the geochecker once again said "you're good to go" . Once we had found a nearby park we took the short stroll to GZ and the very brave (brazen ) hide! Just as well there were two of us because one had to call opportunity whilst the other located/replaced the cache - fantastic to see such a large container in the urban environment. The cache also offered some great swaps however we opted to TNLN for today. We're surprised that this cache hasn't been found since January this year, it needs some luvin' . Our thanks to ForYourEyesOnly for the enjoyable puzzle and for the cache. Cheers [^]

Great cache

Casually looking at the map and seeing what's around I come across this puzzle cache - something to take my mind off the other cipher caches that are hurting my head. The high difficulty almost put me off but I glanced at the symbols and figured I was watching the tennis on TV anyway so maybe this is doable.

The background story was fascinating, and upon looking at the published co-ordinates (an area I am familiar with) the puzzle proved no problem at all to solve. The geochecker confirmed and so it was time to figure out the location. uh-oh, not in a location I visit much at all, and seemingly quite exposed. Past logs confirmed the difficulty.

As luck would have it a few days later, this mild summer Tuesday night in January, I was in Carlton and thought I better give this retrieval a go since I am in the general area. For 9pm there were a fair few muggles walking around at a fairly consistent rate, plus traffic, although every other minute the area would vacate and I could get a little more "intrusive" with my searching. Still it took maybe 15 minutes to locate it, quick to sign, and another 5 to replace as traffic of all types seem to spring from nowhere! This cache would be truly diabolical for a weekday lunchtime grab!!

A well told story, a carefully presented puzzle, a geochecker, and a placement with a container that could have been a nano or micro, but you decided to go against the norm. For that sir, you earn a well deserved favourite point!

20:58
As this was the first of eight blank December days to fill, I was determined to make the time to go out and sign my name somewhere. A maintenance request from an absentee CO gave me the perfect excuse to see if I could complete this cache, the solution to which had popped out of the page, thanks to experience with a hide using a similar system (though this was a novel twist). One good thing about this one was that looking at the map made it obvious that I was on the right track.

There was another puzzle I'd solved recently on my way south, but unfortunately, that one drew a blank. Then I remembered that there was a meetup event in the same are as this one, which had completely slipped my mind. Two hours too late for that one. Oh well...

Third cache lucky?

There were only a few places a decent sized hide could be at GZ, but checking them took a while, as there's rarely nobody in sight at this busy intersection. Finding the container and getting it logged was easier, in the end, than getting the darn thing back in place.

An excellent cache, ForYourEyesOnly... both a fun puzzle and a bold hide.

#2363

A straightforward puzzle solution that I cracked while on a trip with Hevic a couple of weeks ago. We went for it this evening since we were in the area - this time I spotted and grabbed it, at about half past midnight (basically no muggles, even for a Thursday night). Enjoyed the hunt, and enjoyed the cache as a whole. Cheers!

I agree with a log further down, audacious. CJ-Curry beat me to this one, i wasn't quite in the mood to get my evenings outfit grubby :p. This was find 28 ! Thanks!

Revisited a couple of times after my DNF over 2 months ago, but finally cracked it this time! Audacious spot! TFTC

We had solved this puzzle some time ago, it was just waiting for a time when we were in the area to find it.
Tonight was that time and even as late as it was, it was very frustrating to remove and replace between the taxis.
Thanks Foryoureyesonly for the puzzle,
Regards The Coffee's

My sincere apologies to all cache owners for what I am about to do. Unfortunately, I have been unable to keep up with my logs for the past 5 months or so, meaning that it is becoming very impractical for everybody involved. Over the these last few months I have certainly found some fantastic caches showing off both the beautiful areas around the world, and the ingenious minds of cachers alike. I haven't had the greatast find rate over the past few months, but that is also due to the same reason I have fallen behind in my logs. I would like to thank all cache owners for their wonderful contribution to the caching community, and again I sincerely apologise for the generic logs.

This one has been on my to-do list for a long time, however both times I have attempted this before today I had failed to locate it. Today I finally managed to find a suitable time to retrieve the tricky hide and finally put my name in the logbook.

Thanks for this cache ForYourEyesOnly

A long time ago I solved this puzzle, and in the months - no, years! - that have passed I've had a few goes at retrieving it but it is one of the busiest places I've ever come across day or night!... When gunnie69 was coming back to town and proposed another evening run through the city this cache was high on agenda. Caught up in traffic, we were a bit late on the scene for the actually cache grab by the other half of the group (but it was in the place I knew it to be) but they kindly waited so I could finally record my visit in logbook. Finally I am able to cross this cache off my 5km radius!! Teamwork definitely helps with retrieving this one, like so many of the city caches. TFTC

It's more than three years since I solved this puzzle and I made an earlier attempt at tracking the cache down, back in mid 2010. I didn't stand a chance bac then on my own, so let it go... It's hard to believe it has taken so long to get back here, maybe it's got something to do with the fact I'm not a local...

Back in town, I proposed a CBD hunting expedition and quickly got a few takers... I set off with QueenK8, soon joined by Bexta and shortly after that, Long John Silva. We all arrived at GZ and a couple of likely hidey holes were identified... One was checked, but no cigar... I positioned myself conveniently to reach into the second option and YUP, there it is...

We etched our names in the log and patiently waited for the arrival of lochb and quiet1_au. As we waited, a police car pulled up right next to us and glanced over at the crowd gathered for no particular reason... Little did they know...

With another two now in the pack, the log signing was completed, cache tucked away, and we wandered off in search of many more... [^]

Cheers ForYourEyesOnly.

I had joined Gunnie 69, QueenK8 and Bextra in a CBD caching session that had been set up through the Geocaching Melbourne Facebook page. Having already solved the puzzle, we made our way to GZ which is a bit closer to the CBD than the initial coordinates put (any more than that would be giving too much away).

With three of us providing protection cover from the passing parade of muggles, Gunnie 69 made a grab for the cache. With the log signed we waited for lochb and quiet1_au to join us before the cache was returned to a clever choice of hide in a busy location. All done, the "gang of 6" set off for some caches around the CBD fringe.

Thanks to ForYourEyesOnly for an interesting puzzle, an interesting little history lesson and a cache hidden in a busy location.

This entry was edited by Long John Silva on Tuesday, 03 September 2013 at 13:35:07 UTC.

I solved this puzzle a couple of weeks ago, so I was grateful for a chance to head into the city to collect it. Of course, peak hour was not the ideal time to try to retrieve a cache with a bus stop and tram stop right beside it! Still, we looked from all angles during the breaks in the traffic before Gunnie located it. A couple of us stage a little sit-in in the hope that we would not look *too* strange. One lady, on seeing us there, did ask if we were ok, and if we needed directions anywhere! We loitered here until joined by lochb and quiet1_au. Signed the log and returned the cache, and headed on towards more caches and dinner.
TFTC, ForYourEyesOnly!

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A day of geocaching in the Melbourne CBD was set up via the Melbourne Geocaching Facebook page. I decided to go in a little early to pick up an earth cache and a multi cache in the hope of getting five different types of cache in a day.
Having done so, I made my way to "Southern Cross - The Age of the Wave" where I met up with gunnie69, who was in town from Brisbane. He and I then walked to "Batman's Hill" where we found Bexta loitering. The three of us explored harbourside and picked up a few caches before finding LongJohnSilva hanging around "Trainspotting Too". A free tourist tram-ride to the other end of the city had us waiting for lochb and quiet1_au at "Spot Marks the X".
Our group of six could be seen striding around the streets of Melbourne on a Monday night, being not-at-all suspicious as we 'paused' at certain locations. By time we stopped for pizza and something fizzy, we well-and-truly deserved it!
We picked up a few more caches to the north before lochb told us that a new cache had been listed only 1.5km away! We walked (and ran for a bit!) to get the FTF, only to find that we were even further away from our cars, motels and public transport than we had planned By the time we made our way back into the CBD, and I got my train home, it was after midnight, and I had been going for twelve hours. Despite being exhausted I slept fitfully (still on a high from the day!), and have woken to find that my feet ache from my hips down. Still it was a great day with 24 caches across five different types, and a chance to meet five great cachers
Thanks for a great afternoon/evening out, and thanks to all the COs for your efforts!

This cache was a real test of perseverence. Even at 10pm on a very stormy night there were plenty of muggles. GZ settled for me just about right on the corner, but a search of the obvious places in between traffic did not result in a cache find.
So I gradually widened the circle. After all there are only so many places where a large container could be and finally I was rewarded with a find, the 11th mystery cache for the evening.
Tftc ForYourEyesOnly

Looked for ages

@23:46. Tonight I was out caching with Burge and Cliffhanger3. Despite searching all around GZ, we were unable to locate the cache. This was surprising given the size we were looking for but we decided to move on and will have to return here for another go soon.

This cache was temporarily unavailable on the 25 July 2013 while some building work was done (the area the the cache is hidden was temporarily fenced off). The cache has been accessible since 26 July and remains intact in its hiding place (I just checked).

Solved the puzzle but couldn't find the item in any of the obvious spots at GZ

Worked this one out a couple of months ago and since I was near GZ today (Not where I was expecting either) and surprisingly there was parking right nearby and no one around I dropped by for a nice quick find. A cool puzzle which took a couple of looks for me to work it out. A favourite for me. TFTC.

Great finish to a couple of hours at dusk and beyond. A very special area in Victoria. Truly this is in the most obvious spot and we made it so hard pretending to be gardeners and so on. TFTC

I was out and about today collected smileys on a few unfound caches. This was one that I'd been meaning to finish off for ages, having solved this puzzle some time ago whilst laid up with an injury.
Great hide at GZ I must say. Such a challenge to make the grab here without raising eyebrows. I was glad to have Quion with me for moral support on this one.
Thanks ForyourEyesOnly for the fun puzzle and a nice robust cache.

#2970

Had great fun solving the puzzle and subsequently I've known precisely where this cache was hidden for quite some time now.
As with most busy locations it's always a case of good timing - some of my previous attempts had involved waiting for upwards of 30 mins for the right gap in the traffic and still I'd left empty handed.
Today I found myself wandering past at what I considered a wholly inappropriate time of the day for retrieving the cache, but what do you know the gods of caching saw fit to distract what few muggles were abroad and the cache was finally in my possession.
A quick retreat to the nearby bus shelter and the log was signed. Would you believe, another empty road so I could replace at my leisure.

Thanks for a fun little puzzle and a great little cache hide.

My apologies to the cache owner for the exceedingly large delay in logging this find.
For quite a few months life has had an awkward habit of generally getting in the way of caching. Not completely enough that I havent been able to go searching and occasionally finding, but certainly enough to when it actually came around to writing and logging the finds. I can only apologise for any records, karma targets or unloved cache days that have been skewed as a result of these late entries.
Thank you for placing the cache and thus enticing me to get off my backside and get out and explore.

I recognised the MO of this puzzle and got the tick from the geochecker on the first attempt. I checked out the co-ords on google and wow, I wasn't expecting the final cache location. I came here tonight on the way home from my sporting comp at MSAC. What a busy spot, even at night. My GPSr was jumping around a bit at first so I searched several likely spots. It eventually settled down and kept taking me to a particular spot. I put my hand in and felt the cache. I sat down to retrieve the huge container and then signed the log at 11:45pm.

I took Homer Simpson and a Golliwog TB, which I felt sorry for as this cache is not found very often, and left a large bouncy ball and a 'winner' medal. Thanks ForYourEyesOnly for the fun puzzle and cache. I'm glad I chose to come here at night as I can imagine all the muggles and traffic here during the daytime. A 2l container in such a busy area. So unbelievable and bold that it gets a fave from me.

Far too many muggles abroad!
I searched in a significant number of places to no avail which can only mean the cache must be in the one place I felt I couldn't search safely

I'll be back after dark!

#230 our fourth of eight finds for the day...

Well, what a great find after wanting to do it for so long. I'm surprised it hasn't been done since August, it deserves to be found more often. After solving this puzzle a few months ago, today was the day to find it. A very fitting place. Grabbed it in between the loads of muggles eyes around most of the time, and took it to a seat nearby. Signed the log and had a look at some of the swaps. Took both geo coins, and left one of our travel bugs... Replaced soon after.... A fav point from us. I hope more people do this cache in the future.

Thanks for the cache ForYourEyesOnly!

This was another cache on our Vic/Tas trip, so hello from Townsville, QLD. TBs enjoyed their visit.

TFTC TNLN SL

Condorito

Solved the puzzle, after being told the location of the cache was near where I transit daily. Quickly had the puzzle solved then had to wait for an optune moment to grab the cache. Once the deed was done I scampered to a nearby bus shelter and preceded to sign and inspect the contents. I was thankful of the timing in retrieving this as a few seconds after I sat down a police patrol went past and I am pretty sure I would have had to explain my positioning and what I was doing. Replacing was fas easier than retrieving. I came to the GZ in the afternoon, and quickly gave up the idea and came back this evening when it was much quieter. TFTC Left two Geocoins to continue on their journey.

Found today with Landau351 on our "it is possible to cache in a Smart Car" Sunday afternoon jaunt around the inner city.
Solved this straight forward puzzle some months ago, but didn't have the nerve to make the grab.
This time there were many many many many muggles tipping out of the nearby establishment in all of their Sunday best.
Made the grab today with Landau351, who had made the find previously. Enormous size cache for this location. Landau351 put on his hi-vis jacket to make the replace.
Thanks for the witty puzzle and cache.

TFTC... solved the puzzle a while ago, but hadn't had the chance to pick this one up without being surrounded by muggles, but friday night (saturday morning) driving past with a car full of mates at 2am, we pulled over to make the grab. Unfortunately we didn't have any swaps with us except a few empty stubbies...

Solved this a while back and was surprised where it ended up. Had this on my list of caches to grab at night when there would be no muggles. I rode my bike into the 3am WWFM IX - Big Ted's House event and on the way home stopped by. My geodevice had me alternately going inside a building, playing in the street or digging up a garden. So I switched on the geosenses instead and the big box turned up in the first place I checked. Just as I got it, along comes geo_jas from the flash mob event with exactly the same idea! So we sat at a nearby bus stop and had a big chat as we signed the log, before disappearing into the cold night. Thanks ForYourEyesOnly for a great adventure!

Found at 3:32am.
Took me longer than it should have to solve this puzzle but I eventually understood the hint and had gz sorted.
Like others I've been past multiple times during the day but there were always way too many muggles. This was the perfect opportunity after the WWFM event. As I pulled up, clickcraftsman had just pulled out the large cache from the obvious spot so we sat and signed while having a chat. Makes a nice change as I usually cache solo or with the geokids.
Thanks ForYourEyesOnly for the clever but not too hard puzzle and for the surprisingly large cache in this location.

Spent a while here today but with dad not being able to find a park, we had to quickly move on. I know where to look for next time though

Two days ago I searched in the correct location but still missed the regular cache. Midmorning today it was a little drizzly which lessened foot traffic. Still cars around but the cache was visible so i dove in and made it quick at least! Thanks for checking on the cache; I probably wouldn't have gone back for a second look. Thanks for the great puzzle and cache ForYourEyesOnly. A favourite point from me.

After two DNFs I decided to look in on this one this morning. Glad to say it is still in place waiting to be found. Having said that - yes the muggle level, especially during the day provides a challenge.

Very disappointed to not find this one. I flew to Melbourne this afternoon and really wanted to find this puzzle cache. Walked up from my hotel on Spencer St. Almost immediately I started searching a lady who was leaving the building asked if I needed help with anything. Told her all was ok. Searched some more. Then then building's security guy comes down and finds me searching in the bushes! I tell him I'm looking for a container. He asks for a description! Then he joins the search!! Not an ideal start to Melbourne caching! I searched both legs of the sign when I expected GZ to be, but couldn't feel any large cache. Spoke to 2 prior finders but it wasn't an appropriate time to continue searching in the dark. Will watch the listing in case someone finds it in the 3 days I'm in melbourne so i can make another attempt. Great puzzle, really enjoyed it. GZ not so enjoyable for me.

*sad face... tricky puzzle, new to all this so not sure that I was even in the right place. going to get my brother (FA1C0N) to have a look at it.

Did this one in the company of WA friends Richlink who are in Melbourne for a few days. This was one we were able to complete today. Thanks foryoureyesonly

Met up with Liz and Bruce for an afternoons caching in the city and between us we were able to figure the puzzle out. Nice to find a decent sized cache in the city after all the micros/nano caches.

Having solved the puzzle, but failed to retrieve the cache on my first attempt, I returned mid-morning on a Sunday.
Muggle activity was a little lower than previously, but they were still fairly constant.
I sat myself down where I thought I could make the retrieval, looking a little odd, but no ridiculous. Every now and again there was a moment of opportunity when I I attempted to grab the cache and found I couldn't reach.
I had one go with a stick with no success, and almost got sprung.
Finally, there was a gap of a few seconds, I dived in and came out with a much bigger container than I had anticipated. How was I supposed to make this look natural?
Thankfully, nobody walked past while I was signing, so I managed to slip the cache back (much easier) and move on.
Thanks for the cache!

I solved the puzzle pretty quickly - it was similar to my first idea for a puzzle, though I haven't actually used it.
I trekked across from my hotel to GZ, and spotted the hide (and in fact, the cache) straight away, but there was zero chance of retrieving it unnoticed.
I'll try and return before I have to go back to Hobart.

Solved this a couple of days ago, didn't have to much problem with the puzzle though I don't really know anything about the sport, sometimes you get lucky I suppose. Now retrieving it on the other hand, I went here yesterday noonish, no chance so I thought I'd wait until dark today, a but easier but still it took me about 15 minutes before I could do the grab. Lucky it was easier putting it back. Favourite point awarded Tftc.

Solved about a year ag,o but only managed to find the time to grab it on this trip. Thought Christmas eve evening would be a good time to grab and it wasn't too busy, but still had to be careful with the foot traffic. Spotted it and then found the right moment to go in for the grab. TFTC
My 104th Mystery Cache!

LOG TO FOLLOW

Found @ 01:20. Found on a night run with Kellyhaunts, C@H and PT539. Find 13 of 17 for the night. As we were almost driving past this one on our run, I convinced the lads to stop so I could get it. With no muggles about, I made the grab quickly this time, pausing briefly because of muggle car traffic. It is a pleasant surprise when there is an urban/inner city cache with a nice sized container with plenty of stuff inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and glad to have this one as a smiley. Thanks for the cache ForYourEyesOnly.

This entry was edited by SirJ-Oz on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 at 01:25:13 UTC.

2/12/2011 00:01 Solved this one fairly easily once I read the hint. Finding the correct set of tools took longer, but I soon was merrily decrypting away. Geocheck confirmed I had GZ and so I strolled up during lunchtime yesterday to scope it out. It was just as busy as previous finders suggested so I decided to return later, much later and here I am just past midnight with light traffic and few muggles. I found the cache in the first (and most likely) place I looked so it was a quick grab (with gloves on) and an equally swift replacement. I am pretty sure I wasn't seen so the cache should be all good for a while yet. This crafty location makes it an excellent challenge for retrieval.
TFTC ForYourEyesOnly TNLN SL

This entry was edited by landau351 on Saturday, 03 December 2011 at 00:29:47 UTC.

I was in the area having dinner with a friend and as I was heading home I remembered that GZ was nearby (having solved the puzzle far too long ago). A quick diversion got me to GZ, but even at 21:30 the muggle menace was high.

I had a quick poke around when circumstances permitted, but was unable to make a good search. With my GPSr battery fading and a security guard flyby I decided to PAF to check my info, unfortunately I got no response. Once my battery went flat I abandoned the search, but I will return.

The area at GZ looks recently tended, but as I couldn't make a proper search I'm not willing to call it muggled.

This was my second visit here, having failed to realize the muggle issues on a warmer weeknight a month or so ago. Tonight being a cooler night, I guessed it would be alot easier, soo. Found with philipp after attending the Halloween event, A quick find was made by Philipp during a break in traffic, Returning it wasn't soo easy as at the inorpotune time the Building Security Muggle walked around the corner.. we had a chat about all things security, then he continued on his way.. (none the wiser).. Thanks For Your Eyes Only for the hide, another puzzle and another Difficulty Terrain Project 81 point..

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Retrieving the cache wasn't a problem but just when we wanted to place it back, a security muggle came around the corner. So Spladem involved him into a chat while I just stood there holding a 2 litre sistema box in my hand. He didn't even got suspicious After he was around the corner, we were good to go and off to the next adventure.

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cache no. 1515

Found on a rainy night at about 11:30pm at night. Muggles were not a problem at this time of day. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache. It's nice to see big caches in the city.

23:20. I have visited this one three times and every time I have chickened out at trying to make the retrieve in such a public spot. I don't know why, at 11:30 at night no-one cares what I'm doing. (I'm clearly not a city cacher). This time, bugger it, I'm just going to walk up and grab it. So I did. Waved at the nice policeman and scurried off to sign the log. I must get better at caching under such conditions. TFTC. Took TB.

This entry was edited by Physics Teacher on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 at 23:04:23 UTC.

Solved by JosieY. Found by me. Accompanied by geo-terrier. Most informative thank you.

Solved the puzzle a while ago and finally made time to come back when the muggle level is low. drjim7 made the honourable find. Bonnie the dog acted as decoy.

Found @ 3.30 pm Find #637
What a Puzzle!! [xx(]
Had the final co-ords worked out for this one for awhile and with another Mystery cache solved near by, I thought it might be time to finally get the paper work done on both caches.
Pleasantly surprised at the size of the cache considering its location
Thx ForYourEyesOnly for a very well thought out puzzle

Found it together with nadya (who actually solved the puzzle) on a Friday night cycle from work. Lots of stuff for geokids in the container. High muggle activity in the area but we managed to find the moments when there was noone around.

Found on a Friday night. There were quite a few muggles around when we arrived there, so had to wait a bit. TFTC!

This was quite an easy reach at 7.10pm with not much muggle traffic. Had an appointment at ACU so I took the opportunity to make a quick grab before going to meet my mate for dinner.wasn't in the first few places I looked but I had another go at a likely spot and BAM it was GAME. When putting back, I had it done quickly when coast was supposedly clear then I saw a pedastrian muggle was just crossing the road and giving me a weird look. SL and took ear plugs.left hawthorn hawks postcard and penguin tb I just retrieved today. TFTC ForYourEyesOnly

Solved the puzzle for this in class while the Y12's were doing a SAC. Finally had a go at retrieving it but even at 10:30pm the traffic was very high. Weighing up adding a find to my list vs explaining why I was planting an object in such a place and I have decided that discretion is the better part of caching and I don't need a find that badly. Nice puzzle though.

Caching up on a hundred or so missed logs
Found with bucketeer
TFTC

I had this one solved quite a long time ago and I took the opportunity to grab it while in the area. Muggle control was very challenging in this busy location.
Another hole in my D/T matrix filled.
Thanks for the puzzle and the hunt.

Had this one solved for a little time but I wanted to knock it of my list since it is a needed T/D rating for my matrix. A nice easy grab at 3AM. TFTC

This was a cleverly conceived cache which took me a while to decipher and I needed a nudge to get me going. Once I was headed in the right direction, the solution came easily and I learned some things which I didn't know.
I loved the irony of how the final hide related to the puzzle too.
The cache retrieval was a little tricky and I had to wait until there were no muggles and pretend I was doing something as a diversion.
It was a very nice cache in excellent condition.
I didn't do any swapping, thanks for the cache FYIO

Like a lot of previous finders I had solved the puzzle fairly quickly but hadn't been anywhere near GZ for ages until tonight. Still had to use stealth for the retrieve even at 10:00pm, but eventually there was a clear time to grab it, sign the log, and wait for another opportunity to replace. Thanks to ForYourEyesOnly for a great puzzle and excellent, well loaded cache. Good to find a big one in this area!

Last month I went there ... uh huh...not right time..
came back today and found it with help from hint..at 7.15pm
Thanks for the hunting and cache

This is a great cache with loads of great swaps.

A top quality cache in a very busy and appropriate location.

Thanks a heap for this one.

I noticed Alansee has left his second to find trophy behind. Maybe someone who is attending his milestone find should collect it and present to him?

Cheers.

I felt quite lucky when I came across this puzzle, recognising it immediately! Solution in hand, we tried for the cache this Saturday afternoon and I can highly recommend trying this with a friend, like I did, to act as lookout while you're searching. I believe The Marble got a rather unflattering shot of me retrieving the cache... We sat nearby to sign it, quite impressed with a cache of this size in the city. Enjoyed all the nearby buildings (which I can't name because it's a puzzle cache!!). TFTC! =^.^=

Now this was a very busy little spot. I'm glad La Kedi agreed to do the retrieving though. TFTC

TFTC. The old grab and dash to sign log. Great spot.

Found @ 1.25pm, # 687.
I started working on this one a few months ago on solved the puzzle with not to much trouble and loaded the coordinates into the GPSr for a later date when we were a bit closer to it. Today we found ourselves not to far from our worked out coords so with a slight detour we made our way to our GZ, had a look around and found a spot where we thought the cache maybe and waited for the right time to grab the cache, quickly pulled the cache from its hide and moved away to sign the log, then waited for the right moment to return it.
Thanks to ForYour EyesOnly for this cache.

Like most discoveries, I worked out the key to solving this puzzle whilst trying to solve another unknown cache. A fair few muggles around the final location but a few swift moves had the cache in my hand. TNLN SL TFTC. A great cache to track down. Thanks ForYourEyesOnly.

#299 on our quest to #300 this morning. A special cache as eldest geoson worked out this puzzle whilst on school holidays and got it right! TFTC TNLN onwards to #300 !!!

Now this cache proves that you can hide large containers in the city. I loved it!!!! Thanks to ForYourEyesOnly for the cache.

Lady Morris had solved the puzzle and attempted to retrieve this one some time ago but you need eyes in the back of your head for this one. A quick find today with Robmc on look out - it was a bit big to tuck under the shirt and head for the bus shelter but she did. Nice puzzle and well stocked cache. TFTC

I was attracted to the puzzle name having done some of the similar-named ones in the UK. Thankfully, this was much easier and I was able to resolve some coords during lunchbreak today. Popped out on the bike, which was also a very useful cover whilst I poked the stick and made the grab, at about 8pm. Only s few muggles and the traffic much lighter.

Put it back long side down... thinking now would have been better "standing up".
Anyways, cheers for a nice puzzle.
(#1290)

The puzzle was solved quickly, but how on earth do you retrieve AND replace this cache without muggles seeing you??? Trams from two directions, cars from 4, and pedestrians from anywhere! Managed to wait for two muggle free slots but it did take a while! TFT puzzle and cache!

Found at 2.45pm by Mr on his way home from work. Had solved this one not long after it was published but had not had the opportunity to stop until now. TN Left ear plugs TFTC