A Quandary At The Quarry Miners Rest, Victoria, Australia
By luttrellfive on 05-Apr-10. Waypoint GC2670N

20:14
Looking at my stats after finally getting a smiley on that pesky day of the year, I dithered over which challenges to concentrate on next, and realized a bunch of hidden months from the early days were covered by hides not too far out of Ballarat. In Victoria, I can potentially tick off twelve of the twenty blank months in the chart, and nine of those are within striking distance... I think we have a winner.

Well, today, I've managed to cross two of those off my list: the first in Enfield State Forest, and the second atop Mt. Gorrin just before sunset. Whew! What a trek that was... but well worth it for the view and the smiley.

I spotted this one on my GPSr as I approached the Miners Rest turnoff, so exited and followed the compass to GZ for a quick find by torchlight. It's only now, days later, that I have realized the cache has been archived. I must remember to update my Garmin more often... meanwhile, a smiley is a smiley.

Thanks, luttrellfive.

#3031

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.

[u]MAINTENANCE REQUIRED?[/u]
[navy]I notice from one or more recent log entries that this cache [u]appears[/u] to be in need of owner intervention. Therefore, I am temporarily disabling it so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

Prompt attention by cache owners to any log that indicates anything could be amiss will be greatly appreciated by all seekers. The guideline advises; "if you can't check/fix it straight away then Disable it till you can." see here http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance and here's how; http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 and check out this Blog: http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2015/03/you-hid-your-first-geocache-now-what/

Please respond to this situation by 10th December to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. If you require more time, please be sure to post a "Write Note" log (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

And don't forget, once you have addressed the issue, post both an "Owner Maintenance" log, see here; http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404 and an "Enable Listing" log, see here; https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 to get your cache up and running again.[/navy]

Found It!
A quick find. I wonder what the history of this place is?...
TFTC

Great start to a bday hunt day!!

Nice easy find. Cache needs maintenance and container damaged. TFTC luttrellfive.

TFTC. Nice easy first one for the day. Lucky I had a small hand GeoRetriever with me.

Cache has been effected by weather, log is damp and container is damaged.

TFTC cache damaged and log wet. Will need attention. Rehidden in same location but positioned to reduce environmental exposure.

Nice quick find. TFTC.

Thanks for cache!! Good hide.

Through wind and rain and sleet and hail nothing will stop Kenare and I finding after work caches

3 caches in 30minutes!! Not bad for a quick after work cache run!! Tftc

Nice hide. Tftc

Found as Nicnax with WeRAmused. Out today in the sunshine. Very smart hiding place. Easily found, need a small hand. TFTC.

Found as Nicnax with Mazzymay. We were picking up a few before the rest of the team arrived. My hands weren't small enough so lucky Mazzymays were. TFTC

Quick find while hiding from a worker who went into the property as I was caching. Stealth mode complete.

This entry was edited by smilesheri on Friday, 15 May 2015 at 08:18:07 UTC.

On our way home from visiting friends and though we would like to find a cache or two, and thought we would try this one, thankfully geokid has small hands, nice hide, TFTC

Back in the 'Rat' visiting a mate so a few caches were in order to be converted.
A quick find but a tiny struggle in retrieval.

Thanks Luttrellfive for the cache
Log signed & replaced. TFTC & smiley face

#1236

found it

Cache zombified.
No quandary with this one as the cache was found quickly. Log was very hard to fit back in the cache.
Tftc from ZombieCats.

Ha, tricky! Went to get a torch as it's getting dark, Mi5sie yells "don't worry, found it!!"
Great hiding spot! TFTC

Found in the light of the moon, with Dachsie3. Love the hiding spot of this cache. Tftc.

[green]Find #4135[/green]...

Found this whilst 'House Sitting' in Ballarat... A pleasant day to be out & about... Decided to take in Beaufort and surrounds letting my GPS be my guide...

Grabbed this one heading back to Ballarat...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment luttrellfive...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...

[green]Cache Condition - All Good[/green]...

Found it

Found it

A quick couple of caches tonight with sulkybear and our two geokids (aged 3 & 5). A nice easy pick up. Logbook needs a new ziplock bag. Amazing that this quarry is right here. It is huge! Thanks for the cache

Need very small hands

Glad we had the kids with us to get this one!

Not far off track . Watch for snakes in grass!!

There was no 'Quandary' for us today. Due to great co-ords we were straight on it and with the help of our tools the log was soon signed and the container replaced. TFTC

# 7184. Robmc and I are making our way home after the Beaufort Events but there is always time for a cache or two or three....

Rob has previously done this one but we made the should detour and were soon at GZ. Luckily I have my new magnet on a stick with me and so retrieval was very easy. What a great tool. Added my name, popped it back in position and away we go.

Thanks luttrellfive

Easy find. Needs a new bag hoping the rain doesn't get in there good one though. Nav took me right to it.

Eleventh find on a trip west with geobuddy BJ. TNLN. TFTC luttrellfive

Very quick find, small hands are a bonus but not a necessity! Good hiding. Signed!

Foind it along with some creepy looking caterpillars

Easy to find but hard to retrieve

Great spot. I don't have small hands, but I did have the right tool!! TFTC

Found while out with The 2 Wanderers and Chooknchunk. Lucky one of us was able to get this cache. Lovely green paddocks to look at as well. TFTC

Found this one today while trying to hide from some fellow geocachers who like to pretend they're trees or the likes. This one was a little difficult to extract until small hands came on board. Nice hide.
SL TNLN TFTC

Found on a fun caching day with Misschief18 and The 2 Wanderers. Had got briefly separated from the others after a loo stop, and pulled up to find a group of very strange people hiding behind sticks so they wouldn't be caught geocaching. Lucky they didn't fool us, or otherwise they wouldn't have had my small fingers to help carefully replace the cache

Found this while caching on a boring public holiday, with Wozzle68 Lucky one of us had a small hand.
TFTC

Lucky I was with the Tritonz my hand was too big

Had my trusty geo-tool kit and so able to extricate with the magic(netic) wand. TFTH luttellfive.
Beware this crocodile (see image attached) was the only one I could find today!

Nice easy find to start the day. Tftc.

Beautiful weather, 4WD packed, geodog for company on way home from this caching trip. The right angle and long fingers and we have the cache. Thanks

A quick find while grabbing a few caches to break up the trip home to Adelaide. TFTC

Thanks for the Cache Luttrellfive. A nice easy drive by while on a caching run this morning.

Found on the way home from St Arnaud event, the area was closed for the weekend and the cache was found quickly.
Thanks luttrellfive for the cache,
Regards The Coffee's.

Tftc. Had a dog barking at us the whole time, but thankfully our dog decided to behave.

Petit tour en voiture en cette fin d'après-midi, pas de soucis rapidement trouvée.
Merci luttrellfive

With the streak from August’s 31 days still continuing and our target of 60 days in sight, we saw this one after completing the nearby Ghostly Bridge. Figuring that it was worth a try, but mindful we may need to cancel if too many muggles around, we headed here. We managed to find the cache after a brief search, and replaced the bag as the existing one was a bit damp. A few vehicles and plenty of containers around, but no sign of life in the area, although we got blown around a fair bit with the strong winds.

Thanks for the cache luttrellfive.

Great spot,TFTC

Found ).

Log book damp .

Found

Nice quick find.TFTC.

Nice hide, small hole. Thanks for the cache.

A nice quick one on the way to school for the August Challenge. Lucky Geokid has small hands. We had the cache signed and replaced quickly, thank you.

Found it!

Found @10:37 #3007
On the run back to Melbourne with Ahomburg picking up caches as he went and this was one of a few found today.
This was a tight squeeze but ignoring the pain the cache was finally in hand and log signed, yay!
TFTC luttrellfive

Date: 14 July 2013
Time: 10:37am
Find # 3007

This weekend had been a few months in the planning. My caching partner in crime SedgwickDave and I had decided on a cache out near Amphitheatre called "Glide with the Eagles" for our 3000th cache. The weather looked like it wasn't going to be too kind to us, but we decided to head off on this epic adventure anyway. We left early Saturday morning with the plan to be back home late afternoon on Sunday morning.

Now back in Ballarat from our #3000 adventure. This one was tricky, quick to locate but difficult to extract from its hidey hole. after a bit of jostling, Dave had it in hand, signed the log and we were off again.

Thanks to luttrellfive for the cache. TNLN

Found it.

Located GC but couldn't retrieve it from its hiding spot. Made up gumtree twig tongs!!! It worked. Cache is a little damp, needs attention. Enjoyed hide.
Thanks.

Caching on a rainy day no muffles around

Having a great time on holiday.
Slowly working my way back to Ballarat then Melbourne then home - one cache at a time!

Soon found. SL TFTC

A pleasant park and grab. TFTC.

Found, while visiting the area.
A good hide.
TFTC

Located the cache but unable to retrieve. For the second time to-day, from our box of various sorts of maybe useful sometime thingos; soon had the cache in hand.

SL luttrellfive TFTC

An easy find on a lovely Friday afternoon. Took me a while to get the cache out with my chubby fingers, but persistence and a McGuyver moment with some sticks, blood and sweat and I able to gingerly entice this little cache out of its hidy hole.

Thanks Luttrelfive for the cache.

TNLNSL

I have just been out to this cache and it is still hidden in it's usual spot

Not sure what we were looking for but due to the amount of flies had to call off search.

Quick find. Thanks for the cache.

A quick find. TFTC

No trouble at the Quarry today - In and Out - looks like quite the burnout place.

Found 15:15, after a brief search.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks luttrellfive.

Find #168 @ 1504H
No. 6 for today

A day in ballarat for an appointment, i thought it would be a good day to get some caches as well. But nature had a come back, and i had to pick my time and judge the showers.

found cache after a brief search. but could not get it out from its hide. had to use 2 sticks like a big pair of tongs.

TFTC

Found with two first time Geocachers, nice easy one. Defiantly needed small hands. Nice hiding spot!

Quick find geokids are on fire. Found with 3potscreamer

A nice easy find - thanks!

Sorry. A late log. Found on the way to Portarlington from Mildura, TFTC.

Heading out of town back home after Table Tennis training, & it was time for a few caches
TFTC

Night 2 of our Ballarat Smackdown weekend with DazRascal, Blacklegend, Quasar3671 & Trailrunning.

We had just been back to our accommodation to freshen up, and get the kids organised before heading out for some more fun and this was first for the night mission.
Cache was quickly found and signed before moving onto the next.
TNLN SL. An interesting spot. Thanks.

One of 184 cache finds during our "Ballarat Smackdown" weekend of caching on the 23rd to 25th. There were 13 of us including Blacklegend and three of his kids, Trailrunning, Haveanez and their two boys, Dazrascal and myself amd my two boys Tyler and Cooper. We'd spent a few weeks planning the trip, with every Ballarat Puzzle solved in the area, cache lists and road and route maps all ready to go. We stayed in the Miners Retreat Motel for the two nights and the accomodation and facilities were great. Our goal was simple - find as many caches as possible in the time we were here !

We found a great variety of caches and hides during the three days, which also involved a bit of walking and some 4WD fun as well in the state forests north of Ballarat. The weather was quite cold of the Friday and Saturday morning but eventually cleared to nice sunny weather Saturday arvo and Sunday. We all had a great time, especially the kids who did really well to keep up with the pace we were moving.

Our second day of caching and it was to be our biggest day and fullest day too. Into the night caching now and after some dinner and a freshen up back at the accommodation we were back on the road. A nice quick find and we were on our way. TFTC.

One of 182 caches I personally found during our "Ballarat Smackdown" trip. The trip included teams Quasar3671, Trailrunning, Haveanez, Dazrascal and myself. Caches included around 30 mystery caches, a few earth caches, lots of trads and multis and both day and night caching. Some 4WD action was encountered as well, which was great. All puzzles within 60kms were solved.

I took three of my kids, Jasmine 7yo, James and Jemma 5yo twins, traveling from Tocumwal. The trip covered 3 days and two nights, staying in Ballarat. Quasar3671 took his two boys as did Haveanez. One of the best caching trips I have been on, and certainly lots and lots of finds, almost clearing out the main Ballarat area. Home base was the Miners Retreat motel, which was quite pleasant and quiet.

This was a find on our massive Saturday run, which included both day and night caches. Lunch was a picnic in the bush at one or our cache stops. A night caching run was undertaken after a rest and dinner.

Easy find, but small hands required here. My hands are not all that big, so all was good. TFTC.

After a successful Friday evening to start off the “Ballarat Cache Smackdown” with 34 finds on the first day the Saturday was always going to be a day of superhuman effort. It started early with a run heading west and south, only to finish the day and night with a run to the Northwest and North. A great day was had by all because there was some good 4WDing and the weather held out for the day with only one notable shower. A total of 98 caches were collected today, and it shows you how quickly a cache can be located with so many searchers. This cache was one of them. A really easy drive by. Thanks for cache #107 for the smackdown.

Got it with stooy

There was a muggle working at the quarry. He gave us a strange look when we stopped out front. We pretended to be lost tourists on our phone and he ignored us. Found with Shamus1 on an arvo caching the Ballarat area. TFTC

Query? Que?

A bloke was coming out of the gates with a trailer. He looked at me. I stood there and pretended to go wee. He looked away and drove off.

We then cached. Yahoo.

Thanks to luttrellfive and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Quick find with no movement at the site today. TFTC

Found today with GEO KID
not to hard
Thanks

A number of trucks operating in the area with a couple parked nearby to GZ with a container fashioned into an office I think, they were far enough away that I was able to start my search undetected. I soon had the cache located and was concerned about whether my short fat fingers were going to be able to retrieve the cache. Luckily they were, otherwise I would have needed to use the special tool I bought back from the 2011 UK Mega event. Thanks luttrellfive for the cache.

This was a quick find on our way to Avoca for a birthday party.Even with small hands this was difficult but could have used one of Bushfire's tools if needed. As others have stated the log is always hard to retrieve from these containers so that is why I always place a paper clip on mine.
Thanks luttrellfive for placing this cache.

Did not too long to find, extract and replace thanks luttrellfive

managed a find tonite, dogding spider webs

TFTC

# 15 for the day.

Found with The Quiet Plodder.TFTC

Despite my 'large' fingers managed to prise this one out without too much fuss. The log is getting a tad tattered (and squashed) and may need replacing in the future, though there is heaps of places for logs to be recorded. Found with Dylan 7a. Thank you to 'luttrellfive' for the caching notes, cache location and cache itself.

found it. took a while for the gps to settle but got there in the end.
TFTC

cheers