Bluestone Bogs South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
By iamapom on 03-Jun-10. Waypoint GC29P45

Quick find by H-P just as the CO walked up to check out cache and close it down due to damage to the enclosure. Wow . . . a Last To Find.

TNLN . . SL . . TFTH imapom.

This entry was edited by Phetlern on Monday, 26 September 2011 at 23:13:34 UTC.

I found it but, the UNNAMED spot was partiality destroyed and found the cache on the ground. Age 12

Visited this one previously but couldn't reach the cache, so I borrowed my nephew to use as a stick.
Unfortunately some lazy vandal has ripped off bark and wood to expose the cache (it didn't happen naturally) and damaged the tree. Not in the spirit of geocaching.
We found the cache on the ground by accident as we were about to leave, and replaced it in the hollow. Thanks it was a good one.

I'm going to stroll out of my office and check this location. If the presence of the cache has resulted in finders damaging the tree - I will be archiving it.

Wow - I'm going to archive this. I'm disgusted and really surprised that a fellow cacher would damage a tree like this is a bid to access a cache. It's frankly beyond comprehension. It's just a simple game people - no need to destroy things, especially a living plant.

Being archived due to deliberate damage to the tree.

Quick night pickup after a dinner function nearby. What does the clue signify though? I'd love to know.

This one has become a little easier. There is now access from 2 places (the top and the bottom). No stick (or other implement) needed. I found the container exposed, so now it is covered at the lower level by some bark, but I suspect that the bark may get dislodged with some strong wind. I don't really feel all that comfortable hanging around public toilets, but thanks for the cache just the same
SL, TFTC.

Nice hide

Interesting...

I just love loitering around outside public Karzies looking shifty. A nice easy grab with the aid of a nearby stick like assistant.

Thanks for the cache Iamapom

Found by the chefs whilst on weekend in the city

Drenched in the rain, feeling cold and wet, hands numb and feeling hungry, this cache is clearly my last for the day. Even typing this is a chore. Note that with my fairly large hands, this cache is still retrievable. TFTC Carl:)

Couldn't get my hand in but managed to snag the cache with the help of a stick. SL TFTC

9th cache of a day exploring Melbourne - despite the description and previous logs, a portly pom can DEFINITELY recover this cache without any special equipment. Enjoyed this one - heading to beach on my hired bike now. Greetings from Nottingham, England. TFTC

As I struggled to find a small child's hand I could use (as suggested in the description), I had to make-do with a plant hook I had in the back of my car.

Hooked it perfectly and dragged it out.

TFTC!

2.20pm Out and about with 80 degrees today checking out some caches south of the city. This is in my old work zone some 40 years ago when BP house was an icon of the area. Great what they have done in this area. Gps's are sending us all in different locations. The clue confirmed where the location was but retrieval was tricky. Rifling through the beast revealed tools for Mr 80 degrees to adapt for the job.
Trust you iamapom, thanks for a good one.
TFTC

Found at 2.20pm on one of our days out and about with xambo4u. The GPS's were sending us in the wrong directions - checked out the clue and Mr80 quickly found it but retrieval took quite some time while we worked out what we could use as a tool. [B)] Thanks iamapom for the time spent on this one & TFTC

Found it together with nadya. Was not easy to retrieve without a tool but finally managed to do it. Used a stick to move cache closer and then we reached it by hand. But I could never retrieve it by myself, my hand could never fit into the spot. Quite a few muggles around, nobody noticed our activity.

Waited a while until no muggles around, and then quickly grabbed the cache.

This was a truly great hide, lucky LizardChico and I just bought a bendy extender claw for $2 from the hardware store at Queen Victoria Markets (they also have key safes for 50c!). I knew it would come in handy for caching! TFTC! SL and left a little lion

Tftc. Found on a lunch break. Easy find, managed to reach it without the aid of tools. Forgot pen (D'oh)

Just logging my personal name tag to track my personal distance traveled.

TFTC from NZ

Found it at 12.15am...
No muggles around here..
my gps was playing up...
wait for it to settle..
look around..
found it nicely
Interesting Bluestone bog here
TFTC

thought that around 6:00 pm on a Saturday night would be a quiet time, given that I used to work here and know how busy it gets during a work day, but there still some muggles about but fortunately didn't cause any dramas. Now to retrieve the cache.... Very narrow and my hand couldn't reach so tried some blutak on a stick. Now there is a small lump of blutak in the hole! So using the stick to move it closer I was able to just reach it. Signed the log and the easiest return, just chuck it in! Thanks to iamapom for putting it here.

Number 330 ..... a great place for a bog ..... and for a cache! Cold today in Melbourne, but heated up for another cache find!

Great spot.

TFTC ..... TNLN ..... SL

quite a nice little hide. near on couldnt get my hand back out while holding the cache. between fingers was the way to go.. TFTC!!

nice one.. pretty unexpected to find one here. TFTC!!

Found by caughtatwork at 09:18 on 14/05/2011
An easy find with my magnet on a stick approach
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks iamapom for this cache hide at this location. A blue beauty.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Nice location, geoboy Miles did the grab.

Nice area! I was heading for a meeting at MacRob so had to grab this close by cache!! GPS was reading about 40m off when I found the right tree so lucky I had read the clue to confirm that I was correct. Used iPhone torch to check the hole and I could see it wasn't that far down so I was able to reach in and grab it. There were lots of muggles moving past but as it was drizzling they weren't paying any attention to me, just scurrying past to get lunch or head back to work. Retreated to nearby seats to sign log and returned quickly after a break in foot traffic. TFTC

Luckily, no muggles around on saturday afternoon, so I had the freedom to try out various techniques to get the cache. Eventually, with the proper angle of the arm, I could grab it with the tips of the fingers. For sure, women will have less problems here than men.

But honestly, in the end the most difficult part was to put your hand in the dark hole at all. Australia is famous for venomous animals. There should be an additional category on geocaching.com for this.

Thanks a lot! Vielen Dank aus Deutschland!

Found whilst calling into the partners office

02/05/2011 12:40 Found: #442 I used the phone torch to spot him first. Whilst I don't have lady hands I found that if I removed two fingers I could get it out easily . Ok so that's not true but larger hands can get it by following the shape of the hole. Being another lunchtime cache I wasn't keen to stand there trying to coax it out with sticks. Because that's not a good look near a toilet block whilst there are lunching muggles everywhere! Thanks Carl for all the embarrassment TNLN SL

30/04/11
In town for the home expo and wanted to take My TB to the shrine in town
so got this one aswell. tried with two sticks but just used my hand.
Even a fat hand can get there TNLN TFTC SL

Hello, logging my personal tracker to calculate distance

28/04/11 12:20 PM Find #289 and a quick driveby, park and grab. TFTC.

No stick required. TFTC. SL.

Visiting Melbourne from the USA and decided to spend the afternoon geocaching.
The size of the hole wasn't the problem, it was actually sticking my hand inside. I did it and was successful!!!

Went to this one minus Chook but with our great friend Jules who will soon be Caching in Switzerland. Didn't have an implement but luckily Jules has spindly chalk arms and her thirst to register her first grab far outweighed her fear of sticking her hand into the dark unknown. She made the grab, signed the log and we left pretty chuffed with the effort.

bein ersten Stopp in Australien schnell gefunden und geloggt - DFDC

Nice hide tftc

Excellent!!

TFTC

kellyhunts

Lots of muggle activity so took a while to extract the cache but it was a really cool hide

Was just leaving the office to go to an appointment and thought I would have a go at it as soon as I looked at the tree I knew where it would be I had a look in and I could see it I found it really easy to retrieve all I had to do was take my watch off a stick my hand in to grab it the joy of have small hands and wrists great hide

Thanks for the cache...

that was not so easy, because the gps played crazy. but finally we found it.
TFTC!

Yet another night staying far too long at work, however, there is one good thing about leaving later at night, a lot less muggles around when trying to the find the cache. I was actually heading for a cache much further out than this one, but as I was driving down St Kilda rd, I noticed that I was going right past here, and thought that would be a better option. This meant much less of a deviation from my path home. With unprecedented luck I found a park just near the GZ meaning a short stroll and I was near the cache. Well I thought I was. My GPS was having a mental break down! it didn't know which way was which and I circled a couple of times before I resorted to having a better read of the description and checking the hint. After that it was easy to find the cache, but retrieving looked like it could be interesting. I looked around and found a couple of sticks lying right at the base of the tree. How strangely convenient! I reckoned they would be 'amazingly' the right length as well... Surprise, they were exactly the right length! Thanking the previous finder for leaving the appropriate tools at the GZ I fished the cache to within reaching distance and plucked it out with only a few minor scratches to my arm. The cache is in good condition. Thanks for a fun little cache in this very cool spot, iamapom.

She's back up with a new Rite in the Rain log. I discovered that I don't have lady hands.

My narrow forearm just made it. I have been thinking about this one for the last few days and found it this morning.

TNLN SL - as others have noted - the log is chocka!

TFTC!

Changing log overnight.

Our first geocache! Took longer to get it out of the tree than to locate it! Thanks! Good fun

Do not know which was harder, retrieving the cache or signing the completely full log with a dodgy pen.
Thanks for the cache and for letting me use 2 special tools

This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Sunday, 06 March 2011 at 02:23:02.

With the help of a torch to spot it, jester's manly hands could just grab hold of it. TNLNSL log is beyond full. TFTC!

Lucky for little arms. easy grab and sign. Log book is chock a block. Trying to find a spot to sign is at a premium.

Thanks for the cache

Our GPS Travel Bug visited

Had about half hour free before going to the Aust Ballet to see Madame Butterfly! So we enjoyed doing this cache. SL. No room left as log book is full. TFTC.

Log book is full, pls replace. Thank you.

found while on holiday in melbourne .the log is full so could not sign it

lucky i read before leaving car and took an appropriate tool for removal found it easy but the strange looks i was getting from the ladies standing nearby
i decided that it was time for a coffee. on return they were gone and a quick retrieval was made

lucky i read before leaving car and took an appropriate tool for removal found it easy but the strange looks i was getting from the ladies standing nearby
i decided that it was time for a coffee. on return they were gone and a quick retrieval was made

Great cache,
TFTC

After the friendly floatees event Z_R and I drove down to attempt to find this cache.
Driver, me, made a mess of coordinating ourselves missing the turn off to this cache having to drive around the block!
Luckily the cache was found quickly!
Thanks iamapom for this hide.

Found15:00, in the company of Muzza, we had a pleasant stroll to GZ from the nearby event cache this afternoon. The cache was quickly found and easily extracted.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks iamapom.

After completing the nearby island cache and the event, Biggles Bear and I went for a walk to grab this cache. The park was empty and, despite poor an EPE, the cache was quickly found and retrieved. Thanks for the cache.

I thought that I would have trouble extracting this one, but I must be thiner than I thought. Thanks iamapom. TFTH...SL...TNLN

Bless my muppet arms

Tftc

A short walk from where I was staying in melbourne TFTC took tb left compass and peg. Cheers AB

Nice hide, Took Lego Thimbu left payhtag

Cleaned up this close to work one with help from smallest geodaughter and her skinny arms. TFTC TNLN

Quick find, walked past this so many times before I started caching, TFTC

Given the feature at GZ I was hoping that this would be a quick find as I didn't want to loiter there for too long. I consulted the hint and spotted hide. I must also have 'small child arms' luckily... TFTC, Biggles.

#116. Been thinking about this one for a while but always seem to go past it. Easy find, can finally cross this one off. TFTC.

This entry was edited by digitalformula on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 at 13:43:30.

I seem to have one ‘small child’s arm’
Thanks, p-boro
#1397

took nothing but left magnets, penquin, bit of lego

Yep - they sure are nice toilets , thank you very much iamapom for pointing this out

A quick find whilst out getting a morning coffee. TNLN. SL. TFTC.

I liked the clue on this one. It wasn't until I was walking away did it click.

Found this cache no problems. The padiwan had to make a visit for a number one so I did the work. I reckon she had to work harder than me though!

TFTH SL

Managed to retrieve it even with my big hands. Thanks from Sweden.

14:00 King Sr

Queen Sr stayed in the car, so we did not have to feed the parking meter. King Sr attempted to retrieve the cache, being small did help, got my arm in ok, but getting out was a bit of fun, all well, arm intact cache in the hand.. TKS iamapom another of yours achieved.

12.30PM

Very nice Hide, I almost didnt try to put my massive hand in there. It turns out thet I Too have an arm the size of a small childs

Thanks for the cache

Fun stop thanks.

This was the third on our caching ride with ssmc4 this morning. Unfortunately, the O3 decided to play up a tad and would have had me in the middle of the road . s soon got us back on track and we finally knew where the stash was, we just didn't know how to get it [?]. s offered to do the dirty work and his 'deft engineer's touch' (that's what I'm calling his arms ) soon had us signing the log at 11:20 .

TNLNSL, although a couple of our geocoins had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks and [navy]Happy New Year[/navy] iamapom.

No. 3 of 12 found today on a caching expedition by bike with EuDes.

EuDes' "magic fingers" wouldn't fit, so I had to try my own - and I'm sorry to say that I now have officially confirmed "girly sized hands".

My thanks to iamapom, and may you continue to be flushed with success.

Easy parking today with most people being on leave or taking pseudo leave by pissing off early (excuse the language but here it seems in context).
Perhaps the hole has enlarged over the the years, most things seem to, except my clothes which seem to be shrinking in the wardrobe.
I had no trouble extracting the cache and I'm not a small person by any stretch of the imagination, so I wouldn't worry about the extraction unless you can't do up your shirt sleeves.
Thanks for the cache iamapom, presumably you're gloating about the cricket, but the last laugh is on us as we have an extra caching day

Easy find (I must have a childs sized arm).. once the weird guy stopped trying all his keys to open both the womens and the mens facilities..
TFTC Iamapom - Find #731

What a funny old place for a cache--celebrating loos! Love it! The hole really is only too small for biggish hands, I think.

A couple days ago I was at Melbourne Zoo, and in the spider exhibit are a bunch of HUGE, HAIRY tarantulas. When I reached in the hole for this cache, I totally felt something and thought for about 3 seconds it was some huge hairy spider. My adrenalin levels skyrocketed, and I yanked my hand out *SO* fast. Then I took a peek and it was nothing. So back down went my hand for the cache. It was pretty funny.

Nice quick find with good mate Marshy after we met up for an afternoon and evening of caching. Marshy had to extract the cache due to his slightly smaller hands. TFTC.

After attending an appointment in Melbourne i again met up with Marty (quasar3671) for another few cache finds. This one was one of them. Was able to reach my hand in the hole (i have small hands) just and extract the cache. Nice hide. TFTC.

It seems that I have the arms of a small child - managed to squeeze down there and grab the container easily enough. Thanks.

Had me going in circles for ashore while SL TFTC

#765 @ 7.00pm. I was flying solo today as I was in Melb with work training so I grabbed a couple of caches within walking distance of where I was staying. I had been here earlier (just after 5pm) but the muggles there just would not move on so I went onto a couple of others before I returned - frustratingly I knew where it was but how to extract it without looking conspicuous [?]. Later on the area had quitened considerably so was able to stick my arm in to make the extraction (insert happy clap!).

TNLNSL TFTC iamapom - love the bluestone buildings regardless of the use

Nice and easy. I love my long thin arms!

I knew these girly arms would come in handy one day !! Was bustin' for a waz as well....
LOL funny cache, and right outside the cop shop as well... Nice. TFTC.
(#1288)

Found @ 12.50pm, #505.
After going for a paddle at Albert Park Lake, we thought we would find a couple of nearby caches.
We located and retrieved the cache quickly with no muggles in sight.
Thanks to iamapom for this cache.

Will have to remember this one- might come in handy. I am embarrassed to say that I was able to reach it.

Found this one at 8am on a thursday morning, despite the many passers by on their way to work. I had to pick a suitable stealthy moment! I ended up pulling this one out with my child-like arms Signed log.

Thanks iamapom!

Found by Facitman at 08:10
Once again Facitman found the end of month fast approaching with any finds This morning after dropping s-facit at Albert Park I thought this cache would be a good drought breaking candidate. Sure enough arrived at a deserted GZ and after dismissing the GPSr I worked on a hunch and soon had the cache in hand.
TNLN
Thanks iamapom

Logging trackable visits as iPhone app doesn't do it.