Ball of clay Hotham Hill, Victoria, Australia
By danozz on 18-Jan-10. Waypoint GC233JG

I'm moving away from the area, and can't guarantee it would stay hidden from muggles.

Quick find. TFTC!

Found it together with nadya on a stormy and rainy night.

As usual I had planned a night of caching with my good buddy jsmyong55. We had quite a number on the list, and I never thought we would get through them all. We did and then some! The final tally for the night has not yet been realised as there are both Geocaching Australia.com and Geocaching.com caches in the mix, but we both know we both grabbed over 50 caches each. To get jsmoyong55 over the line we detoured from a direct route to his home to get a few more. It was the first time for both of us to get over 50 so we were both pretty pleased with our efforts. This cache was one of those we grabbed. I didn't worry about the back gates until a muggle came out of one ten metres away. The cache was found easily. Thanks danozz

This one we found a bit scary due to a four wheel drive parked in the laneway and a couple of scary men hanging out right by the fence, but we managed to pull it off successfully as we ran away with our second cache for the day. Tftc

This entry was edited by StaceV on Sunday, 04 September 2011 at 12:08:07 UTC.

I liked this cache. Urban caches often make me nervous because I worry about how suspicious I am looking but this one largely avoided that problem. Good co-ordinates and a nice easy find in a discreet location.

This entry was edited by drednort on Thursday, 21 July 2011 at 07:41:09 UTC.

My gps brought me to the wrong alley and I had my hands going down wrong places. But once I refreshed my map and headed to GZ I found it immediately.definitely smelly, had to wash off after that. SL and TFTC

I love finding a good sized urban cache, thanks! SL took bird and left Super Mario Robo Boo >^•^<

Easy find! Saw this next to cache...

Interesting place for a hide we drove down here and decided that parking and grab was not an option.

we parked on the nearby street and toddled back down to GZ, I was completely off, but thankfully PrincessDiala's GPS was spot on.

We quickly found the cache.

TNLNSL

TFTC

Found in the company of coley_babee.
We drove down the lane/alley and didn't see anywhere we'd be able to park.
I was expecting something smaller and have seen that particular container at work before!
Thanks danozz for this cache.

Sumone has pissed on this ! Full stinks but found it thankkkk youuuuuu

Have now completed all of danozz's caches. Looking forward to some more in the future.

Back to the start of danozz history but underwhelmed after the brilliance of his puzzles. Moody location on a foggy night.

Easy

I found it using my phone.

Easy find.

Greetings from Hong Kong

melodicbard

TFTC

TFTC

Interesting 'aroma' near GZ, think I'll bring some disposable gloves for the next lane! Straight forward find T4TC.

This entry was edited by Red GT on Monday, 30 May 2011 at 03:40:04 UTC.

Found at 2125h
Car broke down so I had to walk home. Took a detour to strike this cache off the list.
Relatively easy find even in the dark. One car in the laneway with their headlights on. Waited till they were gone to search for it. Didn't have a pen so couldn't sign log. Tried to take a picture with my phone but it went flat before I could due to all the gps activity. It's one stinky ally in the wet.
TFTC

Grabbed this one while while geo daughter at Ballet school.
TNLN TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1725. We're not comfortable in locations like this. We didn't come across anyone at their back gate, but two cars arrived while we were there, so we were very glad of a quick find and a hasty departure. Our thanks to danozz.

quick find,couldn't fill log as this has no pen, sorry
TFTC

Ha I've escaped, caching for the arvo with GeoPuppy. TNLN SL

found with tilla83 #213 @11:24 PM tftc

Found with geozilla oz 2/5/11 @ 23:24

#1 of 12 for the day with RollaB. Quick easy find. TFTC.

1/13 Quick find. Found with jackam. TFTC

An easy find once I was the correct side of the fence.
T4TC

not too much of a challenge here, fun though.

thanks for taking us to this neat location..

Quick find, it shows how quiet some laneways can be. Contents dry after the 3 inches of rain last night. TNLN TFTC

Nice easy find; I love Melbourne alley ways, exploring them while caching is a nice way to spend a day! TNLN TFTC

Great little spot. Interesting lane, thanks for bringing me here. Almost mugged by a rollerdoor that started rising so made a quick getaway!

found on a caching trip from wa
on the way to the cache we saw a womans dog try to brave the highway lucky it didnt get hit
easy find once in the right laneway
tftc

Eventually found right lane way....made find with stealth as we could hear dog closeby...thanks danozz

Interesting alley. TFTC SL

Found 14:30, a nice quick find in a place we would not otherwise have discovered.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks danozz.

Visit my son just around the corner.
Interesting place to hide the cache.
Nice quick find
TFTC

After going into the wrong alleyway first, miss 7 suggested that there might be another close by -- and there was! 3rd find for the day with team panamier. TNLN TFTC!

We met the person who put it there too! Very cool indeed!

B.B.B. and The Girls were driving through North Melbourne and this one seemed close, so we went for it and it wasn't too hard to find, although the girls were a bit wary there may have been creepy crawlies, the thrill of the search put those fears at bay.. Thanks Danozz (direct?)

Found on my my home from a meeting in the big smoke today @ ~17:30, #166 for the juc_cachers.

This was a nice easy find, after pulling out of the peak-hour traffic on Flemington Rd and strolling around the corner. Although the CO said the locals rarely use their doors on the lane, as I was filling in the (somewhat musty and mouldy, but still intact) log, a muggle in a white ute decided to back slowly into his driveway, right where the main lane and the offshoot meet ! I couldn't do a thing about it, so hopefully he thought I'd just stopped there to relieve myself or something ! I hastily stuffed the log back in, replaced the cache as found and scarpered, so apologies to the next finder if the log is a bit scrunched up.

These urban caches aren't really my usual thing, so I felt a bit odd skulking off down a back alley. Hopefully I will get better at caching in the city !

I will use this cache to kick off my assault on the Victoria Country Roads Challenge cache (GCY98X) by claiming Page 29. This puts the first notch in my shiny new UBD Victorian Cities and Towns Atlas, which I picked up today and which has replaced the original UBD Victorian Country Roads Atlas.

TNLN SL and thanks for the cache danozz.

04/03/2011 12:44 Found: #303 Took the #59 tram on the short trip to this cache. Lucky for me this was an easy traditional as the other danozz caches are a little trickier. Easy find but muggles were everywhere! Moved away from GZ to sign the log. When I opened the log I found that I am the 100th finder of this cache. Opened the little parcel to find a scratchy, and it is a WINNER! I am now fabulously wealthy. Thank you danozz! I have attached a photo of the winning ticket. Hmm should I buy Paris or maybe Rome? Anyway, I caught a tram back to work but was on a different line so found myself at Flagstaff station which worked out way better. Thanks again danozz for the cache and an end to poverty!
(NB: Now I am at home, I checked and I think I may actually be 102nd)

found while on holiday visiting myson

Found while on the way home from visiting someone in hospital.

TFTC

36degrees and cooking. Found on way home after awesome breakfast over in Kensington. Home for air-con. Left lego piece, took tazo. TFTC!

Found this one at night when no muggles around. Took geocoin and will relocate it soon.

Quick find on our way home. TFTC.

Found this one today with SGGK whilst walking back to North Melbourne Station.
TFTC

Found today in this attractive part of Melbourne, together with Indiana08. Dampness in container is minimal now.
NINO
TFTC

A quick grab on the way home from work
TFTC.

Log book quite damp - moisture has obviously been in there or is getting in slowly. Will post note after this log. TFTC danozz.

Hey danozz - might be an idea to revisit the waterproof-ness of the container (yep, I read your comments about it not being a concern). The book isn't soaked but is wet enough to make writing difficult. Container in good condition otherwise. Cheers.

Thanks for the maintenance note, I'm not getting the found logs sent to my email for some reason. I've blow dried the logbook and left it in a ziplock bag, the front pages got spotted with mould but they're still legible. I also cleaned out the container and added a matchbox car.

Easy find, but log was wet. Took pirate man, left pirate ring.

Found at 4:30PM on the 2nd of Jan by Ray and Maya. Easy find. TNLN TFTC The Nomads.

I spiraled in on this one as I expect many have done before me. I took a note book and left Coptic cross. Thanks danozz.

This cache took us up around three interesting back streets before we found the cache. TFTC TNLNSL

Find #12. Found with (geo-Dad) SirJ-Oz.

Now that I have my own account, I'm back-logging my finds.

Thanks for the cache danozz

Found @ 16:00 with eldest in tow. TNLNSL TFTC.

Found on way home from Street Orienteering, I was surprised at the size of this one.. TFTC Danozz

Quick find after finding the right lane to go down.
Despite all the rain yesterday, log and contents were dry as a chip.
My thanks to danozz for bringing me here, TNLNSL

Nice quick find, but i may have been spotted by a neighbor. TFTC

Parked close in the street.
Muggles came from everywhere!
TFTC

Found at 3.10pm in the company of xambo4u. Took TB left notebook and pen TFTC

Suscoe arrived this afternoon after a great day watching baby elephants!!
Found cache and signed log.
wonderful lanes
TNLN
tftc danozz

Hi Tristan!!

I was on my way to Royal Park to find few early evening caches and hopped off from tram #57. When I realized there was a cache also at nearby alley, I took a short detour to log this one. Very quiet area after 6PM and very quick find and log. TFTC and Greetings from Finland.

Luckily we found a car park very close to the start of the alleyway as it started to rain just as we pulled up. We headed off and had to walk past gz as there was a muggle collecting his empty rubbish bins out of the lane way. Once he had gone back inside we followed the GPSr to gz for a nice easy find and added our name to the log, then replaced the cache and headed off. We're still not quite sure about the cache name
Thanks danozz for your first cache

08.40am. i had hired a small car for some caching exploration out of the cbd and came here to find such an interesting area,lots of old colonial stuff.i found a place to search but it was the wrong one so after a little while i got myself round to the right place,then realised,a good hidey place and thank you for showing me this part of town,greetings from england.sltn.patandjeff=bones1.

These little alleyways are just great, what a fascinating area. Thanks for bringing us here, and for the cache.

I like this one. Good idea bringing people to these alleys. Hope you do so more. And don't worry about the container. The paper says today will be the wettest since 98 and that thing was snug and dry. BYO writing stick

Nice easy find together with radioactiveman1. TFTC, kaituna05

Found this cache with kaituna05 on our last days in Australia.

TFTC
radio

Another night cache run with Marshy (Blacklegend17) and one of thirty finds for the night. Didn't find a ball of clay, only the cache. Cute little alley. Thanks for the hide.

1st of 30 with my caching mate Marty (Quasar3671). More night caches for us. No ball of clay, but an interesting alley. TFTC.

Found while walking in Royal Park this afternoon. Cache contents dry even though the area was quite damp. A lovely old tree. TFTC

Found! Took sharpener, left pirate. Team awesome

Found my first cache with good help of Pathfinder24

Found while out with Ostara74 (her first "official" day cahcing) and LouiseAnn. TNLN TFTC

Found with Team Awesome

Hi Dannoz, Finally got around to coming and picking up your cache! Thanks

I often pass close to this location along Flemington Road but I can't remember the last time I ventured into this part of North Melbourne. Town planners have now designed North Melbourne as a no thoroughfare zone - fortress Nth Melbourne - so you have to be going to visit someone or going for something (like a cache) to enter the area. Another little laneway that gives Melbourne its character! TFTC.

Here with datruk

1735hrs

Met up with a Kiwi Geocacher today, Psychrn, and took him out to get some caches this afternoon.

We ended in the wrong lane to start with but soon rectified and quickly had the cache.

TNLNSL
TFTC

Nice easy cache. TFTC

Nice hide. Liked the lane. TFTC.

A quick find in a leafy lane... being winter the leaves were on the ground though, not the trees.

Nice quick and easy find.
TFTC

Quick and easy find TNLNSL TFTC

I initially went down the wrong alley (near the billboards), but realised my mistake and went to the correct spot, where it was a very quick find. The container there now is a lot more solid and waterproof than the previous one sounded. I like back alleys like this in North Melbourne. Thanks for the cache.

A very quick easy find with Ms Wig today.. the laneway, although felt uneasy here, seems interesting.

Thanks danozz

A quick find with Mr Gap today - interesting spot....TFTC

Found while out with Juzzmagic today. Thanks . TNLN.
Cv.

While dropping a friend of at the airport,
I thought I should make a day of it,
it was sunny not to cold,
a perfect day to be caching,
so myself, and crustyvarmint, went on the search,
felt a bit weird looking sus in the alleys
got in and got out quick smart
this is number 10 of 13
TFTC TNLN

An easy find. Took a pokemon badge, left a sharpener. Thanks for the cache!

Loves this one which Old style house have small lane to park their car on backyard.. Found it with Everlasting. TFTC

Accompanied with crank1, on the way to airport. nice easy found the container. no swap. SA Thanks danozz