Welcome to Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By GarnerCX on 09-Nov-10. Waypoint GC2GVR5

Found as TeamBellingham (28/5/11)

It's been two months since the co said it was going to be replaced but is still disabled and abandoned

One or more of the following has occurred:

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.

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

If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future, just contact a reviewer (by email), and assuming it still meets the current

guidelines, the reviewer will be happy to unarchive it.

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

Found a new container for this. I'l drop it off when I'm next in the city.

Not found - taken

It's gone again.

Yeah... I think it must have been muggled or something... 3 'did not finds' in 24 hours. Unlikely for a cache that size of it is still there?

Took my sister on her first geocache as this one is one of my favourites as its so big.... It has definitely been taken:-( so sad:-(

Sorry the below log was meant to be DIDN'T FIND IT! Sorry must have pressed the wrong button:-s

Looking for our first cache, so newbie error a possibility - but!! we've been twice now and are pretty confident we know where it should be. Will watch for future findings.

Pretty bummed, I was looking forward to a regular cache in the CBD. Not attached to the back of the door. Another spot behind the door but its full of rubbish and nasties, making it not worth searching through. On the other hand maybe Ive grown too used to looking for micros in my short Geocaching career.

Found the metal door!

jen729w has done the needful and the cache is ready to go.

Hells yes! Adelaidian, Kiwi & 2 Belgiums having a great day in melbs. Thanks

I have a bug looking for a good transit lounge.
Back at work next week so would love to drop here if reactivated.

Dropping in to leave as a favourite point. This is one of favourite caches, mainly because of its size in the middle of the CBD. Devastated when I saw it listed as inactive, very glad that the owner is fixing it up

Good information from user juzzzz there, the cache was in fact still stuck in it's location, but the previous finder didn't put the lid back on properly and it fell off and the contents went everywhere.

Unfortunately, most of the great little knick-knacks that have collected in the cache over the past few years are now all gone.

I'll get it all back together and re-activate it over the next few days. Thanks to geocacher jen729w for going out and rescuing the bits tonight.

Think this has been muggled, the log is hidden but fully exposed to the elements, slightly soggy too. First find on my trip to Melbourne. TFTC

Gotcha

Found it

Found itttt

We found this cache during a walk in Melbourne. We enjoyed the city well.

We found this cache during our 5 week trip thru Eastern Australia and Tasmania. We startet in Cairns, down to Sydney, a cruise to Tasmania and then with the camper to Adelaide. On the way we will search more nice locations, geocaching helps us a lot.

Many thanks also for this cache and greetings from GPSnini (from Switzerland)

Left note in log book #fantasticfour

Don't be scared to stick our hand up into darkness haha.

Great find, and good way to kill time today in the city. Don't be afraid to hunt with your hands and not your eyes.

Our first geocache! How fun!

Great spot! Met two others who were also just starting out, good luck for future finds! Tftc.

Visited cache and collected trackable for a journey.

TFTC. Good bye paddington, hope you find your home. Love you xxx

Found! Great location, easy to find if you keep your eyes open!

Have been on a walking tour with undercoverpete and dropped off a traveller. Please help him get home No sight of Run Djali, run though

Quick find while sneaking around Melbourne with Prof Sprout

Great location, fabulous size! Gave it a favorite point! I'm in Melbourne on vacation from the USA. Haven't done as much caching as I had hoped, but got in some! I'm glad this was one of them! You're right about how busy this area can be. Was able to nab it when no one else was in sight, and sat down to sign log. Two old men came out for their smoke break and eyed me warily...And I wondered how long smoke breaks are at Asian places in Melbourne. Before too long, they went back inside, and I was able to safely replace the cache. TFTC!

Found it! Cache in perfect condition, no TBs found though. Thanks!

Quick find-last of the day on my own again. Dropped a cute TB to continue its travels

With xbeltranx! Good to find a regular size cache on CBD

Easy found with clue, in company with Aliciacima! TFTC!
Out: travel bug "New beetle"
In: nothing

We would never had expected to hold such a big container in our hands - in the middle of the city. Overwhelming! Thank you!

Quick find for the streak TFTC

Tftc

Awesome caching day with a newbie rocket! TFTC!

Tftc!

Found with atsmug on a nice Friday night in the city

Found it:-) don't look at the clue, as it's not a clue at all... It's a description of exactly where to find it!

Thanks for this cache, found at night, couple of drunks nearby , but we got it in and out easily, no trackables inside.

A stealthy find with Redgremlin using a body block to stop the local muggle seeing what was going on... Thanks for the hint that aided us being discrete! Nice size of cache.
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Redgremlin and Lilousof on tour in the amazing Australia, doing as much as we can... Stop 8... Final stop... Melbourne. Objective: as much of the city as we can with the circle tram.

It's been great here... Thanks to all the hiders for your caches. It has been fantastic.

Thanks for the cache!

Found with Redgremlin!
After visiting the several gardens of Melbourne, we are seeing another aspect of the town!
Thanks for the discovery!
TFTC!

Found it in the Trip from Sydney to Adelaide.
Greetings from Switzerland, hosebei

A quick find during our stroll through the city.

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TFTC we found it no problem but there were no trackables. Cool location!

Nice sized cache, picked up buffalo geocoin
There were no other trackables in this cache even though there was meant to be 4 total

Great 1st cache experience for some newbies! Dropped a travel bug too, serious muggle activity for a dingy, broken glass filled alley, take the cache away with you and drop it back off. Clever cache hide creator, thanks!

Nice quick find - awesome spot. Picked up a travel bug to take back to NZ with me TFTC

Kia ora from NZ! I'm frankly amazed that you've found such a good hidey hole for a 1 litre urban cache. Made a quick grab after waiting for a solitary muggle to depart. Dropped Paua Fishhook TB. Snapped a photo of some 'tasty' meats at GZ. mmmmmmmm TFTC

Jordy + Gee
J.A.A.G 2K14

TB DROP via jacquelinenor

Found!

Yay, found my second cache. Left a geocoin and picked up a travel bug to come back to canada with me

OMG muggles everywhere!! took two travelling companions with me. Home to SA. Love the cache. SL

Great large Cache! TFTC

Boom

In the big smoke for the Katy Perry concert this weekend and this was very close to our accommodation.
Swung past with my muggle best friend, who now clearly thinks I am a weirdo for loitering in an alleyway looking for Tupperware! Ha!
Was joined by another cacher Ausmacuser when I placed my hand on the cache. Great to see this sized container in the City!
TNLN SL. Cheers!

Thanks! It's unusual to find such a large urban cache, and it was very welcome indeed. I dropped off two very special travel bugs to continue their journey without me, but I do hope that finders will log their route.

This entry was edited by DjaliDjinn on Sunday, 16 November 2014 at 11:22:31 UTC.

TB drop x 2. Please take care of them and let them travel the world. Thanks!

Tftc

Tricky

Great cache!

Massive case! TFTC

TFTC

Awesome! Really great to find such a big cache in the city, TFTC!

Wow it's massive

Wow nice treasurers in there. This one is easy to find

A huge cache. Its nice to find a real cache in a world of nanos and micros. We took the "Happy the kookaburra" TB and will take him to a new and interesting place.

A huge cache. Its nice to find a real cache in a world of nanos and micros. We took the "Happy the kookaburra" TB and will take him to a new and interesting place.

Had to wait for some photographers to depart the area then it was an easy find. Left Happy the Kookaburra after an extended rest in my top drawer.

#141

First in Australia! Great cache. Made the grab almost without missing a stride and sat at a bus stop bench to log the find. Great to find a decent size cache container so close to my hotel. Gets a favorite for being my first in Australia and for not being an urban micro!

When I heard I was coming to Australia on business, I kept hold of a travel bug that I had for way too long to bring it on the journey. Keep it moving!

Dropped off: "Frogger" http://coord.info/TB567PM
Grabbed: "Back to the Future" http://coord.info/TB3KW1C

TFTC!

Great box for swaps. Thanks for the opportunity.

First find in Victoria while visiting Melbourne from Brisbane for work. TFTC

Was dope as fuck ! Got my cherry popped in an alley

Found after dinner and dropped off a tb collected in nz

This entry was edited by hobonz on Tuesday, 11 November 2014 at 20:05:07 UTC.

I shouldn't be caching but as I was sitting 70m away from it while waiting for a concert to start and the fact I'd looked for this before and dnf'd it I kinda couldn't ignore it. Nobody paid me a blind bit of notice so I was able to sign and rehide at leisure. Took 2 TBs from the cache although there should be 3 and wasn't. Tftc

Nice easy cash, was great for a TB that I brought to Australia.

Great start

My frist one in Melbourne - and I was impressed by the size of the container Didn't expect a cache this large here. Thanks for the welcome to melbourne cache.

(edit to set the correct date of find)

Thanks for the welcome. Very easy find. Clear unlike others around here. From Hong Kong. Tftc

Found it

2nd in Melbourne before the cup tomorrow left riser roo to explore

You're welcome

Found it. Easy one.

Easy to find - avoid looking suspicious around the muggles

First geocache, yay. Easy to find

Yayyy i luv Melbourne

Quick easy find! No swaps Thanks fof the cache

Found it yay and good spot

Quick and easy find. Getting the container on the other had was a little harder with all the muggles about.

I am always a fan of the larger caches.

I thought Id start off with a find on Halloween. No spooks or goblins. Alley was empty for find and return.

Found it

Found bit may have been photographed by a muggle after returning it. When found it was in the open. Replaced using magnetic option (as per the hint). Now off to my function for the evening.

This entry was edited by au_Nerd on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 at 01:25:11 UTC.

I am traveling from Montreal, Canada for two weeks of business meeting and take a minutes here-and-there to do a few caches. After a long day of meeting and a very good diner I head out back to my hotel and on the way I was hoping to find a cache. But the tall building and the narrow streets where rendering my GPS kaput. So, back at my hotel I logged into géocaching.com , find a cache nearby, look at the satellite map and head-out again.

After reading the cache description and the hint, I find the likely suspect and probe him a bit, and he give me the information I was looking for. The cache is A-Ok and ready for the next visitor.

Thanks for the cache at the time to play outside.

Nice hide TFTC

I took my time logging this one