A Bad Cache Guthridge, Victoria, Australia
By Carpo's Crusaders on 11-Feb-10. Waypoint GC23WBQ

I cannot see any information that suggests to me that steps have been taken to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement - one or more of the following applies:

- Cache Owner unable to maintain cache
- No response from the cache owner.
- No cache to find or log to sign.
- It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.
- Cache has been abandoned by cache owner/cache in disrepair

As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to also prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the next 28 days, just contact a reviewer (by email and include GC number in cache name) and, assuming it still meets the current guidelines, the reviewer will be happy to unarchive it.

If there are components or remnants of the cache and you haven't already done so, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Geotrash.

Should you wish to replace the cache after 28 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

I have tried to get in contact with the CO with no luck.
I have decided that it would be easier for this cache to be archived.

Happy caching

Poiter.h

I have sent an email to the Cache Owner, I am hoping that I will get a response this time, as the last time the CO visited Geocaching.com was 30/1/15.
There was also have logged the following caches on the 30/1/15 "GC4EHDG Victoria Park ", "GC3C0DF Fleur De Lis" & "GC35G6C ZebraCache? CrossCache? CrossZebra?".
They have also logged caches as found on "GC287CR Sandridge Bridge" & "GC287CP Skyhooks - This is My City . " on the 15/5/15. (go figure)

I very willing and happy to maintain this cache going forward.

Poiter.h

I checked out the cache and it was still in place.
I will send an email to the reviewer and let him/her know of the status of the cache.

Poiter.h

Disabled as per previous RN log.

The new police station has opened and the hiding spot for the cache is gone

I replaced the cache about 2 months ago.
I will check it out tomorrow 15/5/15 and will do a "write note" asap after I have checked it out.

Happy Geocaching

Poiter.h

I been watching this cache since i found it back in March last year.
I got the email about a DNF on the 08/Oct/2014 by Phetlern.

Being a seasoned cacher like Phetlern and knowing the building works going on.
I decide to visit this cache on the way home today to check it status.

YES the hiding hole is covered up, and no way of getting to the cache.

I had email (via profile) the owner last year with no reply.
I know another cache has also tried to contact the CO.

The CO has not visited the website since 'Sunday, 23 December 2012'

I have taken a photo of the area, if any other cacher (that has found it) want to confirm it.

I wish there was a way of adopting this cache and moving it to a new hiding spot, but without the CO to transfer it, I guess it must die. RIP ' a bad cache'.

Once someone confirm this, I will ask for it to be archived. if there no other option available.

All the best
Gavin GWD.aussie

16:34
We looked high, we looked low, we looked in, we looked out, but today there was no way we could work this one out! Seem as though some structures attached to the wall have been removed as well as a lot of construction work going on - wonder if it might be worthwhile for the CO to check this one out please?

Thanks for the hunt anyway Carpo's Crusaders .

A quick puzzle and a quick find thanks to geoteens x2 acting as decoys. It'll be interesting as to what the finished product will look like. TFTC

TFTC

International GC Day and I have solved my first mystery cache. Did my homework before hitting the road and was pleased to ride right up and put my hand on this one. Enjoying a day of cycle-caching in Sale area while geo-hubby is stuck in a course all day.

I have looked at this one several times in the last couple of years but only finally made the connection last week. That is a bit sad given that I have at least three caches using similar principles! At GZ today it was a quick find, thanks.

Heading towards Bairnsdale for the cake and coffee event we picked this one up along the way. A nice little puzzle we worked out during the week.
Thanks Carpo's Crusaders for the hide,
Regards The Coffee's.

Thought we find this one in case it gets effected by the building project. Had an idea where it would be and sure enough there it was. TFTC got the brain going!

I have to credit gwd.aussie and sqau for this one. Thanks Carpo's Crusaders a good hide.

We thought we had this one sorted out before we left home & were keen to be proven right. But when we drove past we had an "oh no" moment as we saw some serious construction work going on at the site. But we parked & walked back for a look just in case. Thankfully the spot in question remains undisturbed & the cache came quickly to hand. Phew! Not too sure how much longer it'll be there though.

Found it! Thanks!

Found with ornursie79 and acmoose after a full afternoon, but we just couldnt stop! TFTC

Found after stopping for dinner then back into it again. With ornursie72 & acmoose

Found with ornursie72 and ornursie79

Found on way home from Morwell TFTC

Found with SQAU when moving to university

Found this one on our way to Bendigo with megs_q
TFTC

Had this one on the radar for
a long time did calculations then realised by reading the logs it wasn't as complicated as first thought found quickly tftc

Been meaning to do this one for a long time - years! Today we decided to give it a go and bingo - an easy find. No to many residents in here now! Thanks Carpo's Crusaders for a bit of fun.

Grabbed this one with Gonefishen07 and Bounty Trackers on our way to the Flash Mob Event. Gonefishen07 and I let Bounty Trackers jump out of the car to grab the cache, some time later with us both laughing at him he finally found the cache right in front of him with no need to go looking for spiders or the pile of rubbish inside the hide. Thanks Carpo's Crusaders for the cache and thanks Bounty Trackers for the laughs.

Found with Bounty Tracker and Hearse068 on our way to the nearby event. Bounty Trackers did the honors here while Hearse068 and I waited patiently and waited and waited and finally he found it, if it was any closer I may have bittern him. Glad it was him doing what he was doing and not me could have been a few crawlies in there TFTC

Gonefishen07,Hearse068 and myself heading to the Flash mob Event in Sale. had my arm total inserted then realised there was no need for that, grabbed cache and Gonefishen and Hearse where laughing at me as it was right in front of me. Sl Thanks Carpo's crusaders for the cache.

# 3829. This cache was a real bonus as Rob had looked at it and had no idea but then it all fell nicely into place and once we pulled up I strolled up to a likely looking hiding spot and had the cache in hand within seconds (to my great surprise I must add)!
Did a little happy dance and signed the log and off we went home for dinner. Still don 't know about the little devil's number - we did not see that. TFTC

A day's touring in Sale for a few caches with BettyBoo3747.
Not being a local, I had no idea of how to start this one. However, driving home this afternoon BB spotted something that made us think.
On the way back from the Supermarket we stopped, and BB soon had the cache in hand. I was diverted by an interesting number further down the road. (That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!)
Thanks, Robmc.

Found it quickly- a great first cache for my workmate. Loved the co ords! How appropriate!

Drove past many times, easy to work out where it was.

There's was only one spot it could be in the sale area.
Couldn't feel it the first time, all felt rusty.
check other other green door (no letter box), and the come back to find it.

TFTC SL

Tftc thanks b&t for showing me the ropes really enjoying the finds

Easy clues for a local. TFTC =)

1254 27012013 6th find of day. The clubs were worked out easily and we found the cache just as easily.
Found with cache eyes
Regards Crisp image

A good hide and clues found with crisp image

Good little drive by

It took me a while to work it out, a great cache. TFTC.

Was a little scared to put my hand in, in case I got bitten by something, but I found it!

TFTC =D

Yay! Found it with geoboyfriend (I made him put his hand in!)

Lame... All these logs have given away the location of the cache! Stop telling people where it is everybody =P

Have been wanting to log this one for a while now, and today was the day! Was announced a while back that this spot has been earmarked for a new Police station redevelopment so we wanted to get this cache before it may disappear! TFTC

This entry was edited by 2max on Monday, 07 January 2013 at 08:29:01 UTC.

Yay - found it on New Year's Day 2013. Thanks Carpo's Crusaders for setting up this fun puzzle cache. Loved the picture clues. I've driven passed this block for many years (I still remember it as a working goal many years ago) and have always ment to stop to have a look at the area. Thanks for giving me that reason to stop.

This was our first ever puzzle cache. The water threw us for a bit, and as usual we tried to make it more complicated than it needed to be but got there in the end. Clever hide.

Found this one on my lunch break. Great place for a hide. TNLN. TFTC.

Had worked out the clue's etc... for this cache a while ago whilst staying in Sale but didnt get a chance to find it, so passing through today just had to stop, didnt even use the phone, just stopped and said to the geo-teen 'jump out and put your hand .....', she did and 'bingo' .
Had driven past a few times thinking 'what a good place for a cache'. Thanks for the Hunting.

Nice clues - tftc

This one had fallen down but we managed to grab it with a bit of help from out trusty magnet. The cache is really rusty and probably needs to be replaced.
Found with WyldMan92
TFTC

TFTC
Found with PhoebeIrene

Nice challenging position. Decided to approach from the rear. Retreated to vehicle with my quarry to sign in peace. Good bit of fun after work. Tftc

Fifth cache down during a day Caching in Sale TFTC

Our first puzzle cache!
Our (should I say my, as I was the only one to get out the car) last for the day. I've been 'eyeing' this one for a while, I was sure that I knew exactly where it was!.

Anyhow, found after a quick search. After finding the cache, I thought I'd show Geo-teen & Geo-preteen my 'happy dance' while they sat in the car. They didn't think it was that great!TNLN SL
Thanks Carpo's Crusaders for the cache.

This entry was edited by realdoggy2003 on Sunday, 22 May 2011 at 08:09:42 UTC.

4352. [font=Century Gothic][green]Boy there's a lot less of this place than when we lived here in the early 70s. Of course the same can't be said for...well anywhere else in Sale, boy the place has grown. Very happy to have worked this one out and well done on the clues - co-ords were spot on.

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Rated: for Overall Experience

TB "Scrat" visiting cache.

Found at 10:00
Had a quick look at the clues the night before going to Sale for work, worked it out straight away.
Went straight to the Bad Cache...
SL T4TC

Found at 430pm with smteychenne. Nice coords. Tftc

Found with Hangfire7 at 4:30pm, went passed this one a few times, this was our 2nd cache find. TFTC

Well what can I say......

I was driving around trying to find some great places to put some of my own caches and I found the best spot.....

But I thought I had better do some of the Mystery and multis in Sale to ensure the places are not already taken.

Then I came across this Mystery.... Straight away I though DAMN.... DAMN.... DAMN.... I bet Carpo's Cursaders has taken my future cache spot.

Indeed I was right.....

But WOW what a great way to set up a cache with just three photos and the partial co-ords.... Brilliant

If I hadn't driven around a bit and spotted the final location for GZ I might have taken a fair bit longer to work this one out.

But it was really a simple drive by in the end......Sweet.

I will have to make this one of my Favourite Recommendations...

Thank You Carpo's Crusaders for a Wonderful Mystery Cache... We really enjoyed it...Especially because we worked it out....

Cheers

Team Madstars

Worked the clues out and it took us straight there, sweet.

On a day of caching with Geo Father.
A bit freakish that it ends up here.
Nice hide.

Macca87

Great day of cache finding in Sale with Geo Son.

Having selected a couple of caches to try on a trip to Bairnsdale, I deliberated on the clues for this one and came up with a set of possible coordinates before leaving home. Needless to say I was very pleased to find that they led me straight to the cache. Thanks Carpo's Crusaders for a most intriguing mystery and a very satisfying find.

I figured out the clue for this one earlier in the week, but only got a chance to go find it today. A brief investigation soon had the cache in hand and the log filled out. I noticed that there was some rusting of the cache container, but it still seems solid enough for now. TFTC, I'm looking forward to finding some more Carpo's Crusaders caches in the future.

We walked and we looked and we walked some more, but we couldn't work this one out....perhaps another day!

Finally decided to log this find. I found it one night out on a push bike ride but listened to the clue about no pen.. Well, I just put my hand on it and went on my merry way with no muggle to worry me. Now I decided to take my own pen and scratch my visit down. Low and behold, the cache has a pencil. So much for listening to Carpos clue...as they are in a totally different world.

Found at 1320.
This had me stumped for ages, then with alittle help from a fellow cacher, I had it figured.
Some where to be avoided.
TFTC

Another good cache nice location

Found at 2225 hours after the penny finally dropped, enjoyed cache gave us a good laugh TFTC

Found at 10.00am Pleased we never had use this as our address TFTC

Checked out the numbers before we left home, but we were sure we knew where this one was hidden.... how many times have we turned left at that corner to avoid all the traffic lights on the highway. Yep we were right, and enjoyed a surprisingly easy cache.
There was a for-sale notice on the land, but who wants to live here with the ghosts?
TNLNSL TFTC
greynomads

After a day out in the kayak, and doing another cache, we got home had something to eat and decided to keep enjoying the warm weather. A trip into Sale to try another puzzle cache - at least we had this sussed a while back but there was no hurry when we were beaten to the 'pinch' by Jimmymaff - an easy driveby at 9pm under the cover of darkness - what is it with the street lights in Sale - half seemed to be out tonight - it made our task easier though. A quick grab, signed the log and replaced the cache before anyone was along. Thanks for the find Carpo (and an easier puzzle ) still a few to go though. TNLN.

Elmer_Stratty.

Over in Sale this morning for a few plumbing supplies and thought I would see if this one was still unfound. Nice camo and a blank log sheet. Thanks Carpo's for the search.

A quick TB drop.

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