Ball Buster Mentone, Victoria, Australia
By Andrew & Daniel on 25-Nov-01. Waypoint GC2A29

gone

Can the local reviewer please review this for archiving.

This has been missing for several months and the owner doesn't to appear to have logged online in 5 years! This one needs to go to the Geocache gods.

Definitely not there.

Doesn't appear to be where it was hidden, and it seems the owner is not around anymore.
Time to go?

As others have said, this one seems to be gone

Approx 12.10pm. Looked for quite a frustrating, shoe wrecking time. Managed to get the new whitewash from the walls all over my shoes. Not allowed to wear them in the car for the rest of the day. Could not locate at any junction of two walls meeting (corner) or where two walls joined (where the brickwork met in the middle of a wall). Looks like someone else had recently tried digging in that area also so suspect we were on the right track.
A nice day for it though.

The Looney's of Cranbourne aka Ann and David

With the help of
The Looney's of Cranbourne aka Ann and David

We all had a good hard look for this one but came up DNF

Shaney - soon to be Southern Cross Haggis Heads

This was a Ball Buster at 11.39pm.. we think this caches had been muggled.. Therre was only Paint ....grrrr

1525. This cache had been gotten at by something or more likely somebody. It looks like the cache was opened, the contents upended into the hiding spot and the cache and cover replaced. I got most of the contents picked up and replaced but the school yard started filling up so I didn't want to linger too long. I think only some big paper clips were missed.

TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found this one quickly but it was in a bit of disarray when i got to it. It was open and i think the contents may have been muggled, there was one lone rusty car and a notepad in it. I topped it up with nicnaks (decorative notepad, paperclips, magnetic photoframe) and some pencils for you. TFTC.
"Cache around the Bay in a day"
Cache number 14/25
DNF: 2
F:12

Found at 1320. From the description of this one I thought I may have to watch my back, but as it was, I had the area to myself.

Thanks.

I found the cache together with McWanglFAM during our gorgeous holiday in Australia.

Greetings from Germany
Hoppetut

A quick find.TFTC, no trade.

Australia #49.

Greetings from North Germany!
[green]McWanglFAM[/green]

Found whilst tasking my son for a drive. The log book was very wet so I have replaced it. Will try and get the original back to Andrew & Daniel.

TNLN. "Great balls of fire."

Found easily on a trip to Melbourne to visit our daughter who lives nearby. Thanks Alansee for having replaced the cache. Unfortunately we were not able to place a new log book. TFTC

Perhaps the next searchers could leave a small log in a plastic bag?

dogtired out caching using public transport [:o)]
Hey, Andrew & Daniel the cache is saturated.
Needs attention [xx(].
Easy find thanks.

Visited at 16:30
Yes, the log is almost dead!
TNLNSL TFTC, find #165 for Echo & Spice

Log book still very wet, we cleaned up and dried the cache itself and donated a snap lock bag for the contents. I feel the log book may be almost unreadable. Wrote our log on a separate page. Felt strangely compelled to come in and "bust balls" but as it was well after 4am thought better of it.
TNLN
TFTC

Yep, still there and still wet.

Found @1445
Very soggy cache.
Took World Travel GC
Left Beach Ball

Cache was full of water
Totally sodden Logbook - just managed to leave ink impression on piece of pulp.

We send a lot of regards from distant Europe (Czech Republic) by our best friends Martina and Jindra (they are travelling round the Australia).

Found quite quickly in a quiet day for muggles. It was about half full of water, so the log book needs replacing. Dried everything as best we could, and I think I fixed the seal where it was askew. Took waterlogged wrist band and flocke TB, left shell fridge magnet and Australia Zoo token.

1330 hrs. in TB

found @ 0930. nice easy find. don't forget the shovel!
removed only the trackable item: bee - to be moved on.

[This entry was edited by team sedgies on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 3:39:02 AM.]

1616 re-logging due to name change

Found on a wet morning on the way to work,

Took Nothing
Left Geocoin

Thanks a good quick cache to locate with the kids on the way back from the beach

Found @ 12:30pm.
Very easy find even with muggles mowing the lawn.
TNLN SL TFTC

Very clever.
You should be proud to have a hide like that which has lastest so well.
I good lesson in hiding a cache.
Cheers

nice easy find, seems that muggles know where this is (maybe) because there werent many swaps.
T-figurine
L-sweatband
TFTC

2.00pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Having just come from a couple of DNFs it was pleasing to make an easy find here with no bothersome muggles to worry about.
We TNLN & SL TFTC Andrew & Daniel.
From Romax.

Very easy find and I quickly grabbed the cache into my car and signed, and checking from the inside of car I see few cars drive past this location to the carpark at the rear. I felt lucky I wasn't being spotted outside when I grabbed the cache. TNLN SL

Found with Team Rubik at night a nice easy one to cross of the list

A nice easy find late at night.

Thanks,

R + D - B

Nice easy find. Last time I was here I got in a load of trouble for nicking $10 from my mum to play the video games, got such a belting...never nicked anything ever again.

TB drop

First cache of the weekend after spending most of Saturday arvo, night and Sunday morning in Dandy Hospital with Swaggie2 the patient this time. Take her for a drive out in the sunshine said the doc, so we did and grabbed a couple of caches as well. (Not sure if the doc meant us to do that though!!)

But it was a perfect day and this was the first one on the list.

TNLNSL TFTC Andrew & Daniel.

We saw this pop up on tom tom when we had just finished buying a new aquarium so we could not resist the urge & it was off for a quick find
TNLN SL
TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

Picture the scene.
Me: [GPS in hand, stomping around trying to work out which way is north] muttering under breath in the manner of Mutley (Wacky Racers).
Mrs. B: [having gone straight to the spot, holding cache] "Is this what you're looking for, dearest?"
Me: [In a very begrudging voice] "Thanks"
TNLN-SL TFTC!

Thought we'd pop in after a night at the movies. Found it easily. TN, left a legacy badge. TFTC

This is probably the most unusual hiding place that we've found a cache in, yet it was still an easy find for us. We actually did get a buzz out of finding this one. TNLN & SL at 2:25pm while we had the place to ourselves. Thanks for the cache!

Keeping the dream alive!

Took: F16 Plane
Left: Last of the Parachute Dudes!!

Nice to finally pick this one up after three visits. Many thanks to those who replaced it.
Geojen was with me and she keeps me busy with swaps which I tend to neglect otherwise. We dropped off a butterfly hairclip which Geojen brought back from the Philipines.
Thanks.

Nice to pick up this cache which is now dating back to 2001. Thanks for replacing it and the find was quickly made. TFTC

Found @ 8:45. No one around this time of day on Sunday for a quick easy find to start the day. Thanks. TNLNSL

Found the cache in the only location it could be. I hope someone still works there because it is pretty obvious.

Found. It was nice to see this one back up, it was our "nearest unfound" cache. Thanks.

This is not a particularly great cache, butin the interests of keeping an old one going, there is now a small container, stash note, log book, pen, and even a trade, in the obvious place. It would be a shame to let such an old one go.

Adding my name to the list of disappointed cachers. Time to list this as unavailable/archived.

Called in here for the second time on Friday night in company with Robmc who has found it before. It would seem that their is little doubt that it is gone.

There really aren't too many possible hiding places here. I think there is a good chance that it has gone. Was looking at about 4.00 am!

Did everything as per instructions with no find. Checked another possiblity but nothing there either.

Nice easy find. 2nd of 4 for the day.

TNLN.

Found at 12.20pm. A quick find with no-one around. TNLN. Thanks Pornstar for the cache.

Nice easy cache to end todays finds.
TNLNSL.
Thanks.

The final one for the day was straight forward enough but it must be a on short cut for cars and kids on bikes. It was tricky work to avoid the traffic. Took a bloodshot eyeball, left a candle in a can.

Well, this was my first cache find! Only 2k from home and found while the kids had a game inside. TNLN

I'm hooked

Grabbed on my way past. Not Tuesday or Sunday, and the place looked closed in the morning.
Took: Crab, Left: Ball (to be busted)
Thanks, Robmc.

A quick and straight forward find. Thanks Andrew and Daniel.
TNLN

Initially it looked like it was in the building. Found it at 12:45 TNLN

Too easy, the GPS pointed indoors but the cache was easy anyway. TNLN

Found at 9:16. A nice easy find and was soon on my way again.
TNLN.
Thanks.

EASY FIND HARDLY GOT OUT OF THE CAR HOT DAY . TOOK COIN ADDED BUTTERFLY .

Found by Bob at 17:45

An interesting hide - I though GZ was going to be in the middle of the building until I wandered around the back and realized it was an L-shaped building .

TNLN

Thanks Andrew & Daniel

found with oenze 2:05pm. In crab, out dice, SL. Thx A@D

Found at 12:05pm Accompanied by GeoDano.
It was the first of Two finds for the Day.
It took a little while to find this one due to the fact
that it was overcast and showering on and of
but we finnaly got it.
In- Crab, Out- Dice, Signed Log.
Thanks Andrew & Daniel....

My GPS wanted to play funny buggers at this spot. But after a short while decided to play nice. Located the cache without any other hitches. TNLN. Thanks for the cache.

being a golf pro-got all excited when got within 500m and a ball theme as there was a golf shop just here and said to pop in and see andrew.Got to 75m from gz and relised had wrong sport.Found cache in 2min ,tried to say hello to andrew but they said didnt work there anymore.no log sheet so left sheet.tnln thanks andrew and daniel

nice easy cache.

picked this up on the way through to another location.

Very appropriate name, decided to go for a peddle last night, my trusty gps took me straight to the spot.
got abit of a jolt from the noises inside the building mind you

Was going to persue this one yesterday, but as I stopped in the carpark with trailer in tow, someone was right outside and looking at me. I waited and he waited so I decided to come back when the coast was clear. Quick find when I got out of the car and I could have avoided my curious onlooker anyway. There was no log book in the cache so I just signed the back of the geocaching info sheet. Took TB Spotted Rex. Left nothing.Thanks Andrew & Daniel.

Just went to record my find of TB Spotted Rex and realised he is not recorded in this cache, and I also read some of the other logs. I also think the cache has been muggled, not much left in it and no log book. Sorry I had nothing with me to put in.

FOUND CACHE EASILY, AND COMENTS ABOUT NO ONE CARING ABOUT YOU SEARCHING WERE RIGHT. BOX GETTING A BIT FULL. TOOK BADGE LEFT TOURCH.

This one apeared on the radar as i was driving past, so i went in for the find. TNLN. there is no log book in the cache and like xf king had to sign on the back of a piece of paper.

Found at 7.50PM on a nice cool night.

My GPS was up to its tricks again tonight, taking me 40 metres away from true GZ. I searched and searched around the incorrect GZ, and S who had done this cache before said, "your miles away, Go 40 metres north". Once doing so I found the cache easily.

Although the cache was there I think some muggles have been past. The log book has gone west and a odd note was left in its place, It has information about St Andrews Church and 2 phone numbers. Odd... So I left my log on the back of the stash note. There are still some swaps left, but trav3elling light I had nothing to put in. The cache was also found with most of the lid unclipped.

Anyways, I have put it back together nicely and a little better hidden. Thanks from M.B

TNLN.

Nice quick find. Took ball, left goat.

What a great place for a cache, found this one without too much trouble, took Ram left Lanyard and recipe.

Thanks Andrew and Daniel

7:30pm | TNLN | 8th of the day

Ducked around back to grab the last cache for our day to find a car parked there, and some muggles walking through. Quickly realised the muggles were walking to the car, so waited a few minutes for them to leave before signing off the 8th cache for the day.

Nice easy end to the day!

Found with Shimachic at 20:15.

Simple! A very easy find, but disturbed a half dozen moths and earwigs that had been hiding along with the cache.

A guy in a car drove right by us and didn't seem to care what we were up to...

Took : Ladybug
Left : Red Dice

1625h
A really easy find exactly where the GPS suggested it would be.
My kind of fast cache.

Found at 3:35pm. A quick find - the GPSr took us right to it.

took silver glitter glue
left bloodshot eyes

thanks Andrew & Daniel

Very near, in Mordialloc, but not time enough.

hpolzer from Germany

This one was a good quick find - forgot to bring any swaps on this one so a TNLN for us...

Found 1530.

Thanks to Andrew & Daniel.

I am having a great day out today with my Niece Emu-M of dak's Emu-mob.[^] Emu-M stayed in the car to text message her Dad Dak while I went on the hunt. I was back pretty soon with the swap done. Left my stamp in another jacket today so I had to call on my artistic skills. It is quite obvious to see, that barcodes are 'more my thing'. One more to go before home and a nice dinner cooked by M's Mum Emu-K.

IN: Green ball
OUT: Alien with parachute

Found at 1.15pm on my lunch break after washing down the Patrol at a Car Lovers, from a weekend trip around Healseville - those scratches now look much worse . Didn't have a GPSr, but with all the "easy find" logs I thought that it shouldn't be too difficult. Parked the vehicle and did a circuit of the place on foot and of course I started from the wrong end didn't I [:(!]. Saw a likely hiding spot and there it was. Didn't have anything with me so TN/LN.
Thanks Andrew & Daniel and Muzza.

My Faster find ever - literally about ten seconds - quite proud of myself really.

Left - Swimming Cap, Took - Parachute Man

21-viii-2004 23:00 hours (#66)

The GPS led us straight to it! Quick find.
Cache in good condition, a little crowded

T: Yellow Scorpion
L: NSW Scout Badge

Found by sbalogh53 at 7:15pm on 11/8/2003 in the dark using car headlights. Found it in about 10 seconds... the time it took to get out of the car and walk over to it.
Took: Palestinian 1 mil coin
Put: Aussie 2 cent coin

Found on 31/07/04 at 1440 AEST. 5th of 7 for the day with Facitman. The quickest find ever !! Parked the car and F-man walked 3m to the cache.

TNLN

Found 2:40pm by Facitman and Rhinogeo, 5th for the day.
Fastest cache in the west (well south-east actually). Rhino drove up to GZ and Facitman had cache in hand almost before Rhino had pulled on the handbrake!
TNLN

Ball Buster indeed. Very appropriate name once I saw where it was.
I did spend more than my alloted time hunting in completely the wrong area. Doh! I must remember to trust the GPSr and not just think I know where the cache must be.
Once I worked out my error, the cache was in hand in seconds (after brushing off the spiders that had taken up residence under the clips).
I took the Stewart Little Statuette and a Frog Clicker (I know I'll regret that when G gets a hold of it).
I left a Paratrooper and a Alien Parachutist.
Thanks for a good hunt.

Dropped by on way home from a trip to Frankston. This cache had me looking all over the area, as GPS signal was quite weak - then bingo - found cache and ended up listening to the very interesting noises coming from the building next door! I can see how the cache gets it name
TNLN
Cheers Andrew & Daniel

It looked like it should have been an easy cache find but I succeeded in walking past it 3 times trying to get a better EPE, I even looked straight at where it was but it still didn't click.
I was in the middle of decrypting the clue back at the car when my son Brendan wandered back, cache in hand, very pleased with himself.
When he showed me where he found it I couldn't believe I hadn't found it in the 1st place.
Took: Photo frame and packet of mini pegs.
Left: Froggy clicka-clacka, 3D bug puzzle and glow in dark scorpion.
Regards Andrew, "Da Big Bug"

Easy find at 1pm (we needed an easy one after crawling all over Dragonfly) Took: Silver Coin Left: Stuart Little

Found straight away (not many spots it could have been). While listening to the sounds of the establishment it lies next to, we performed our swaps (left photo frame, took 'no junk mail' sign), and left again. Thanks

found at 16:20 by myself, BeccaJ, and Em_Eagle. Easy find. TNLN.

Sorry we didnt have time to pop in to say hi andrew, but thanks for the cache

Matt

Found at 1620hrs.
Joined by Evil_Hitman and BeccaJ.
Very easy find.
Appologies for not dropping in to say Hi Andrew.

Thanks