Woodvale Railway Hotel Woodvale, Victoria, Australia
By Bob's_your_uncle on 30-Dec-09. Waypoint GC22E62

We have decided to archive this cache as it has been muggled several times and we seem to be unable to stop the cache from being destroyed. Not sure who is doing it, but they clearly don't support geocaching in this area.

I thought this would be a breeze collect and go, but not so. There has been heaps of activity nearby so we ( Miss Mary Dale) were wondering has it been muggled????

What a very awesome cache. Nicely done thank you.

I love the history, thanks for sharing these entertaining tales.. and I loved the container! It seemed a little cramped with so many swaps but I managed to squeeze the log back in.
+1 Fav

Good cache, lovely drive out here TFTC

WooHoo another find for the wife. Starting to think that I might finally be getting the hang of this.
Easy find, and obvious.
Cache is well stocked. Took NZ coin and left toy rhino.

# 354 - sometimes we tend to over analyse GZ and need to take a good deep breath ans ask ourselves where the most obvious place is, obviously that's where it will be! Great hide, tftc Bob's your uncle we'll move kitty on her way!

Great (replacement) cache! Nice to get some local history thanks. Took penguin, left Missy TB.

dipping in travel bug

Our first find..wot fun..we left a happy feet penguin

Good easy first find. Think I'll be addicted

Went back 2 time who would think it was in the plastic tube you think it was to do with the mines

Called in to check that all was OK, and to drop off Dora the Explorer TB. Best wishes for your travels Dora.

gary was not co operating to night so i thougth i would do this one insteed found quickly as light was fading away tftc

Great cache love clever ones tftc

Found today after a revisit from many months ago. Thanks for the maintenance work Blob's your uncle. I love the hide. Took Bug TB. Left Cupcake TB, Shark GC and Virtual TB.

Found it No. 4783 ... loved the container ... took 2 x pathtags and left TB ... TFTC Bob's your uncle

Nice hide guys, it reminded me a lot of the Telstra white tubes you see by the side of some roads.

Cache has been replaced and repositioned at a new and improved spot nearby.

New co-ordinates are:

36 39 000
144 12 251

The Hotel is now open for business.

Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 39.016 E 144° 12.242

Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 39.000 E 144° 12.251

Distance from original: 106.8 feet or 32.6 meters.

Owner maintenance

Cache has been muggled. Will work out a new spot, and re-hide

Well I reckon the cycling touring duo found this one even though it has been evidently muggled because the classic spot was found and several contents were found within 1 metre of the site.

The cache has been muggled, colleted some typical cache contents found within one metre and cliped together and placed in the most probably hidey spot.

Great story and a clever hide. Lots of history around the district. TNLN.

ANOTHER EASY FIND TODAY SIGNED LOG TNLN TFTC

a bit of a reach
signed log
TFTC

First find today, just introduced my dad to the world of geocaching, tftc took army man left pirate treasure

Geocaching is a great way to investigate historic sites. Interesting history.

First cache I've found with two siders attached! A little black one and huntsman clinging underneath!

Another interesting history - always enjoyed - signed the log. Thanks Bob's_your_uncle

We haven't ventured down this road before. We enjoyed the stories about this area. TFTC .

Found today on the weekend of the FME, many thanks for the hide.
TNLNSL...................Cheers.

Found by Mary & David at 1220. Another wonderful story about early life in the district. Our thanks once more to Bob's_your_uncle.

a fantastic find for us today! First time out with the new GPS - great to know that it works Exchanged treasures and signed the log - Thanks for the cache

Found which was a great feeling as since have not been able to find any more ....

Took Notley out on an intro to geocaching trip, this was her first find. Well done! TFTC

Christine and I ventured out today and found the cache. Nice and easy to get to. Thanks

Called in to check that all is well, and to drop off a TB.

Wouldn't have ever known there was a pub near here. T4TC

First place I looked.

Greetings from Denmark.

Found by Turps2 04.12.10 at 1215hrs. After all the rain the cache has not been washed away as yet.
Thanks to uncle Bob.

Out for lunch hitting some caches.. I like it out this way. Thanks

Start off Travel Bugs

5.00pm. This was the 3rd of 4 caches for the little caching spree I had, whilst I was bored. I really can't understand why I hadn't tried to find this one months ago. I parked on the ants nest, as I normally do...I'll be getting bullants out of the car all week now. Nice easy find, did no swaps. TFTC

Cool Hiding Place just need to be careful of the local Ants when Retrieving It they where sleeping on it....

Called in to check on the cache and drop off a TB. The huntsman is still guarding the cache - I think he likes it!.

Left Wombat TB

#111 for the juc_cachers, at 16:45

Flying solo today on the way home from a visit to watch a mate launch some rockets at Serpentine with the Triploi Rocket club. When I fired up the smartphone on the way home, these two caches popped up. Having a traveller which wanted to vist places starting with 'W", there was no decision to be made. A short drive across from the Loddon Valley Hwy actually took me right past GZ on my way to the station, so I grabbed this one on the way back towards Bendigo.

TNLNSL and thanks for the cache ! There's some interesting history in these parts. We'll be bck sometime soon to clean up all those caches I didn't have time for today !

Great cache, huntsman was quietly guarding the cache, but didn't hang around. TNLN

This was an interesting piece of history. Took necklace and shell. Left tattoo, compass, balloon and party blower.
Took trackable.
Thanks for the cache.

A nice bit of histroy associated with this cache.
Big Ez assisted GeoKid with the find with this one see as he had been asleep for a while and missed out on a few finds. A nice spot and and nicely hidden cache.
Took Pathtags & Left: Beautiful Windmill GC/TB
TFTC SL

3.51pm; Easy find, interesting story to the hotel too.
Cache was damp inside, there was dirt in the container seals - Cleaned and dried the lot out.

Took - Pig toy
Left - Shell

Found with a friend. TFTC

Micheena - Muggle family that was with me, didn't know the history at their door step. Thank you for the Woodvale caches. Nearly have them hooked. TTBLN

Out doing a few finds on my own while the rest of the family were busy elsewhere.

Arrived at this one, parked the motorbike right next to it, quickly spotted this one, retrieved it from its hiding place, had it in my hands for a couple of seconds, then niticed the huntsman that was travellling up my arm from the cache, it was quickly thrown to the ground........

After ensuring the hitch hiker had left, I left my mark in the log.

TNLN TFTC.

Called in for a maintenance visit and to drop off a TB.

Found with my mate Blacklegend17 (Marshy) during our 2 day Bendigo cache blitz. Back into night caching mode on this very cold night. Nice quick find. TFTC.

40th cache on the second day of our caching run to Bendigo with my good mate Marty (Quasar3671). 71st for the trip so far. Into night caching mode for the second night in a row, so the torches were in use. Made a quick find and took a TB.

Triad completed - nice work. Left a couple of pathtags and a TB. TFTC

log in to start off our Geomobile TB

Went caching with my new GPS, but luckily we were with Scooter1975 as my settings weren't right and my GPS didn't quite get me there. Nice day with the gang on my Aunties birthday Thanks for the cache.

Slug tb logged in

A great drive by cache. Thanks.

A lonely spot. TFTC

Continuing our road trip after attendance at the Wagga Mega event, one of quite a few found during the tour.
A nice easy find.
TFTC

One of many caches done on our Wagga Wagga MEGA Event trip from NZ.
TFTC

Nice quick find thanks. Cheers Gav [5509]

I can believe roads are subject to flooding, after all the water we've seen after just a couple of hours deluge. T4TC, M@

Tested out the iphone app for geocaching alongside the usual GPS - VERY accurate - the exact same distances on each.

Again we had missed closing time which is a real shame at this place as it sounds as though it would have been a lively place to visit and spend a few shillings. Once again we had to be happy with a drink of water and fortunately a nice easy cache find. Thanks again for the history and the cache

It was nice to come out here this morning and grab a brace of caches without the worry of suburban muggles.
Always like these sort of caches with a bit of history thrown in.
Thanks.

A quick easy find, but then again I was in the passenger seat LOL.
Grabbed GC & SL

I enjoyed reading the history on this one, very funny. That would have been quite a sight to see. The cache wasn't as difficult to find as the last but the hiding spot seems to be the perfect size. I dropped off another geocoin for the next visitor.

Thanks,

R - B

This was cache # 25 of 43 for the day, in the company of Alansee on a very hot day touring Bendigo and surrounds. A nice easy drive by, sure could have done with a cold drink. My thanks to Bob's_your_uncle for the cache.

Found on a hot day caching with Acts2YouthGroup. We spotted the hide as we drove up and he very kindly let me stay in the air-conditioned car as he did the paperwork. I didn't say no! Thanks to Bob's_your_uncle for the cache. No sign of the Hotel though, unfortunately.

Found with 4 fun on our way back to Adelaide
Thanks Bob

A quick stop while passing through the area.
Cheers

We found this cache, after a short search. Found by Tom.

Nice drive by cache, was able to see the likely location as I approached from the lofty heights of the Nissan, sure enough had the cache in hand within seconds of alighting from the Nissan. TNLNSL TFTC

2nd of 10 finds for today. Jnr quickly had the cache in hand.
SL TNLN TFTC

Log travel bug to start the adventure

Found with The Easts tried to let muggle friends find it but got to frustrated watching them flounder about as weather was dubious so Judy from The Easts just walked up and grabbed it . TFTC

First find for the New Year, out with the AppleBees and some first-timers, dont think they will make the grade, didnt want to get in and get dirty!

Found by the Crazy Creels and Paul on a stinking hot day. The air con in the car is colder than the house so we decided to go for a drive. A good quick find. TNLN SL, TFTC.
~ Crazy Creels.

Found by Bevfre 11.00am.JAN. 1. 2010.A short drive to Woodvale to find this Cache.TN LN SL.Thank You Bob's your uncle.

[This entry was edited by bevfre on Friday, January 01, 2010 at 1:53:08 PM.]

2nd of mine and Zarzeeky's Happy New Year Tour. I liked the hiding place.
TNLN TFTC

2nd of mine and Kaztrekka's Happy New Year Tour.
TNLN TFTC

Not a bad cache, with some good history. I have never got a FTF but I now know that finding it first thing the following day is no where near quick enough.

Found with the Cat Lady this morning at 7.30am. We thought we were going to be the first......we were also wrong.

cache was a bit of fun.

Was part of the scramble for finding first but missed out by a few minutes this time.
Spose 4 in one day would be being greedy but it is fun trying.
TFTC TNLN SL (F249)

Rated: for Overall Experience

21:55 FTF
We had just completed a cache at Maiden Gully on our to "to do" list and the alarms went off for two new caches just published at Woodvale, a mere hop, step and jump from our locaton, so off we set. Arrivng on scene H-P quickly found the sought object, and as we were returning it to its resting place another pair of headlights arrived on scene - Romax. Thanks for the FTF prize and well done on your first hide - we look forward to many more.

Took FTF gift and certificate, LN . . Sl . . TFTH Bobs your uncle.

Found with Hanseeka, 3rd to find.

Set off less than 5 minutes after the alert came in, we where sure that we would get our fourth FTF for the day but alas, once at GZ Romax and Phetlern arrived only to reveal that they had already found it.

I signed the log and no exchange was made. Thanks Bobs Your Uncle for this well hidden cache.
379Jonti379

21.56
Found by Roma and Max.
Bendigo has been a busy place today with 5 new caches published.
We arrived at this one just as Peter & Helen were logging their find, we added our name and proceeded to your next hide just down the road.
Thank you Helen & Jim and congratulations on your first hide.
From Romax

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