Coffin Tree Mewburn Park, Victoria, Australia
By Jimmymaff on 24-Feb-10. Waypoint GC24AD4

Today was such a beautiful day that I couldn't resist heading out to do some geocaching. This was my first stop of the day and it took me way longer than it should have to find. and once I did, it was a little embarrassing since it was quite obvious!Thanks for find #6471TNLN

Made me learn something new

GEOCACHE #191 (07/05/2024)

Found it

Super sad story. It's a good spot to hide it. Good luck it's in an easyish spot

Looked all around the tree and could not find it

Thanks

Nothing there! Hope it hasn’t washed away!

Quite difficult, unable to find

Out and about with Shumba7 . TFTC.

TFTC found with Algae on a freezing windy day. Grass is very long… we were thinking about snakes..

Over obligatory coffee, Tiz13 and Kashbound made plans to go searching in Maffra on the first day of daylight savings.
Love the story behind this geocache and how a little girls life was valued.

TFTC Jimmymaff - for placing and maintaining your caches and taking me to spots where I can escape from it all and just enjoy the gorgeous scenery.

I have a good time

Spent a pleasant morning walking through the nearby reserve marveling the magnificent trees. Had a chat to a local who recalled his parents driving him along this reclaimed Rd back in the day - he pointed out the bridge remains near the river. Walked along the Rd from the reserve to this cache passing the grave site. At GZ things got serious when I had to put the gardening gloves on. Cache located at signed.

Suscoe decided to head out to the Maffra area today.
Another delightful late Autumn day with some sunshine, but a cool breeze to keep us company.
What beautiful countryside and we enjoyed our travels.
Thanks to Jimmymaff for this piece of history.

16 December 2021 10:02 am
Headed back home today after camping at Valencia Creek, this was decided to be the cache for the day. Sad story to read up on the tree, but an interesting place historically for sure. Thanks for the cache and the little adventure.

Beautiful trees with a sad past TFTC

Thanks for the tale sad

Found it, nice cache with a sad story

An interesting piece of local history I didn’t know about- that’s what I love about geocaching. Nice easy find.

Bit sad that I couldn’t find it. Will be back though.

This is our 2nd attempt at this one. We noted that many others had found it after our DNF. Back in the region for our summer holidays and we decided to give it another go. Whaddaya know. Plain as day. There it was. TFTC Jimmymaff.
Chiefton.

Found it! Grass is getting quite high so it was a lil tricky to get to but got there in the end. Have seen this tree driving past many times and heard the story before but never stopped to actually visit the tree before

Really get in there!
(Have added another slip of paper for future logs).

Nice little detour from Maffra. It’s definitely there, just try looking at it from a different angle if you don’t find it where you’d expect

found after looking in different angles lol

We thought this would be a quick drive-by. As we approached GZ, we started our search, then we checked the hint but that didn't help. We prodded and poked and searched high and low. No luck today. Thanks anyway Jimmymaff for the interesting story.
Chiefton.

This one had us beat today. There was a lot of traffic and what searching we did we missed it this time.

Sad story. Thank you for bringing us here.

After having moved on to a new camping spot this morning, we headed out to do a caching tour of the Maffra and Stratford district with ilook4geo. It was overcast and cooler but no rain happened till late afternoon and then it was very light.
We found a variety of caches and some took longer than others to pinpoint. This one was a successful find which needed quite a lot of scratching around before we noticed it. Log was signed, all was replaced as it had been found.
Thank you to Jimmymaff for this cache placement.

Out on a caching hunt with goingplaces2 while staying nearby. Found an assortment of caches and added both names to each log that was located. It was a good day with more smileys added to the tally. Found a well hidden cache here. TFTC.

Seems like there is no container anymore! Had a good look didn’t find it!

Log book is full. Sorry didnt have a spare. Nice rural setting. Tftc

TFTC. Quick easy find. Log signed but very full.

TFTC

Easy find in less than one minute

Searched every nook & cranny

Pretty easy spot! Thanks

TFTC. Signed and returned.
A nice quick find.
Thanks for bringing us here to read the sad story of that little girl.

Sad story - great find

Did not finz

Found it!! Such a sad story but beautiful tree!

Interesting read

Had to make a quick dash over to Maffra today, and decided to take the long way home, past this cache. What a really interesting location, and very sad story. Hubby remarked about how good it is that the story and location was even remembered, and passed down. These are the things we shouldn’t forget, and we are giving you a fav point because this is what caching, to us anyway, is all about. It’s not about the numbers. Bring us to a special place with a story to tell any day! SL TFTC Jimmymaff

Tftf
Took longer than expected, just need to look at a differnt angle haha

Took a bit longer than expected but eventually got there

Taking a side trip on route to Sale with gwd.aussie to pick up this cache as it fills a hole in my hidden date calendar. I have been to this cache with a geo-friend when I was a muggle finally returning today to claim the find.

Thanks Jimmymaff

What a sad story, that poor family. A beautiful pair of trees on a pretty road I've not been down yet and a nice plaque to explain their significance. A few peeps in and around and a little sticking my hand in unseen places before I spotted the little cache. TFTC Jimmymaff.

Simpler than we were making it out to be! A nice first find fo this fine Easter morning TFTF!

Nice quick find on the way home

Filling a spot on my calendar today and had some lucky time arounfs client appointments. the story behind this one captured my interest so came out for a look. Sad story but amazing piece of history. Took a bit of a hunt but ended up committing a bit more and got it! TFTC

Nice work, bit of nature’s camouflage at play

We were told about this child and how they discovered the burial location. A great story by some dedicated locals, who can keep the history alive.

Thanks for placing the cache here, so others can view this tree.

On the way to dargo for the weekend
Thanks Jimmymaff

Found with michelleclerks and kids

Lived here abouts most of my life but never noticed this tree before. Thanks for enlightening us with the hard life the pioneets had. Scrappy_1

I finally got my lazy arse back out here to do the last cache I had left this way. An interesting (if sad) piece of history.
TFTC

Lovely spot - excellent drive by - thanks for the cache.

Hmm, interesting location for a cache. I had a bit of a dig around the internet (searched for "bark coffin maffra") to find out more information and was able to find references to Bellbird Corner Riverside Reserve which expands upon that unfortunate event. Have a "bo-peep" at: http://www.natureofgippsland.org/bellbird_corner.htm (if you're interested).
TFTC

Interesting story and an easy cache to find.
TFTC TNLN

With a little help from above this tree will stand up for a lot longer.

If it wasn't for the cache I wouldn't have known about this
TFTC

Found it

TFTC. Sad little story.

Tftc

A sad story but an interesting tree. Thanks for bringing us here Jimmymaff.

On the way home from Ben Kroo Han, and as the rain had abated, thought that we would have a look at this tree, and grab another cache. A nice quick find at this interesting place reflecting the hardships of earlier times. TNLN SL Replaced cache which is in good condition.

TFTC jimmymaff

Harrotribe

Nice cache close to home.

Found it, took ages!
Very sad story

Had to look a few times but found it eventually

Good hide

Good cache! Great spot!

Great hide, took a while to find

Interesting gx

Found it!!!

Very sad story great hide tho

2nd time here and found it this time with eagle-eyed Billy_Shears.

Found with GizaGal.
We returned and looked in the right place and all the wrong places. Just as we were about to give up we tried the right place again and there it was.
tftc

Found it

Nothing here but grass and bugs

Located today. Nice easy find. TFTC

Great hide, TFTC

Time for a mow!

The sad story of Eliza and the lasting scars that preserve her memory, a touching story.. thanks..!!

Searched with GizaGal.
It was just on dusk .. torches didn't help us.
I suspect we will need full daylight to find this one.

Nice easy find, not to much traffic going past. tftc

Heaps of traffic. Had a few cars slow down to have a look at us inspecting a tree very intently. Thanks Silkyie

TFTC. Easy . slightly buried

Found it! Good spot to hide it, found it fairly easy. Very sad story. TFTC

2 looks and call a friend. , it was buried a little bit

Great location, nice cache

Had a good look around here today no luck

Blackberries have been sprayed but still a bit of a search for it .TFTC

Such a sad story for one so young to be drowned
Very over grown
Thanks for the cache Jimmymaff

Long grass hot day! The grass near the hollows of the tree was about 18 inches long and thick. Generally stay right away from long grass on hot spring days. When it's been cut, I'm there.

Nice spot for a cache

Found on the windiest day EVER! TFTC

Found it in seconds with Ornursie79.last time I came a few months ago I did not find it but the seasons were different which helped the cache hide... TFTC. Off for anotger cache now.

Found with stratfordvan and a sad story

Dropped by on a ride today and put in a new log.