Did someone mention "Chocolate" ? Newhaven, Victoria, Australia
By Gonefishen07 on 01-Feb-11. Waypoint GC2N7KN

Found what looks like the hiding spot but cache seems to be missing, maybe mistaken as rubbish and thrown out by the garden maintenance crew…?

Not replacing

Certainly looks to be missing unfortunately

Sadly like the previous people we couldn't find this cache either. But enjoyed the Chocolate Factory!

Took a quick look and also didn’t spot it where we figured it would be

Tried to do a bit of excavation however still had no luck.

We had a fairly good look around using the clue but no success.
Bugger

Visited this cache with a new geocacher- and could not locate this cache even though I had found it before. Looks like it is missing

Hmm, no luck for us today, but at least we chowed down on Chocolate first!

Found it

12:34
I was heading for the super sized caches nearby with zombeefish and the old man in tow, when I noticed the cache count.

Now, there are good reasons to visit this hide in its own right, and if I'd accompanied the others a couple of days ago, I'd already have done so... but their visit was so quick I was still hiking on Cape Woolamai.

So we made an unscheduled stop in the carpark, I got out of the car, looked where the arrow pointed... and totally missed the big obvious bit of camo. To which I copped, "Dad, are you blind or something?"

Yeah, well, credit zombeefish with this find.

Thanks, Gonefishen07.

And I had to weather the lecture for the unscheduled stop: "Just one more... it's always just one more."

And when we got back to our accommodation, "See, Mum? Just one more!"

To cap it all off, I still haven't visited the chocolate factory.

#6498

Quick and easy find! Thank you

Quick stop after a visit to the chocolate factory on the way to drop geocousin home. Great one for the kids fo find. TFTC

TFTC! And great spot for chocolate too!

Found thanks! Watch out for webs!

Great find after a stop to the chocolate factory- TFTC!

Super quick easy find. Lots of muggles around

Stopped in on our way home from a lovely visit with my sister in Cowes. Took a little looking. TFTC.

I was heading to Cowes for work and stopped here for a morning cache find.

Not many people about so a quick find but there was a guardian hiding in the container - thankfully it was very docile.

Sorry about the spoiler photo.

Thanks for the cache

#4214

Thanks

GeoP is on a “girls weekend” with CharmedKat73 on PI. After lunch in San Remo where else would we stop first after arriving on the Island??? A quick find sign and replace as chocolate is calling.

TNLN TFTC

Not a car in sight at 7:30am on a Monday morning which made for a quick find. tftc

Thanks for this last cache as I was making a stop at the chocolate shop before leaving the island for the weekend.

The trick is to come on a Sunday late arvo, carpark almost empty, we went in for a coffee and was served by a robot waiter! Signed log.

Hard to resist! A WORLD GEOCACHING DAY event was the big attraction to the Island along with a few other missions and catching up with 'geobuddies' including CybergranV . The 600 km trek means I don't get here too often so decades on the expansion of the burbs is impressive. Once upon a time Cowes was a quiet retreat. I'm glad there are plenty of wild coast lines and that our forbears had the vision to set aside little nature reserves to protect and enjoy the outdoors - and of course super happy to go exploring and hunting for caches! Thanks for the cache and the fun

Easy find! Thank you ️ lots of muggles

Quick find
TFTC

TFTC! Quick park and grab with mrx2

Cache #250

Second round at Panny's choc factory. Missed the cache and the truffles the first time. TFTC

Found at 16:15
We stopped in to but some chocolate after a day on the island. I quickly ducked over and grabbed the cache before going inside. The lid was missing but the log is write in the rain so was ok.
Thanks Gonefishen07 for the cache

Nice quick find on a chocolate break

Despite being very weary, how could I not call in here for chocolate and a geocache - definitely 2 of my favorite things.

Found it and also bought chocolate Yum Yum

The geocache - container very much worse for wear and prob needs to be replaced. added new log in a bag

TFTC. Quick easy find.

#starzjeepcrew found it (usa) with glitterbel (aus)! Tftc!

#__glitterbel__ & #Starzjeepcrew (usa) found it.tftc

Heading to the Phillip Island, Kilcunder area to finish off the Californian multicache that I've been working on with Beauzarian. After that it was targeting a few other caches that interested me, specifically Large and new DTs I needed for my Traditional & Earthcache DT Grid.

I've been here a number of times before geocaching and only once since. That time we were meeting friends here, having hot drinks and going to the go-carts at the Grand Prix track and the carpark here was packed.

Today at 9 am, the carpark was almost empty and only 1 car parked at GZ. Found the geocache after reading the hint.

Thanks for the cache Gone Fishen 07
Hunter

On a work roadtrip from Maryborough to Foster via Phillip Island. I didn't have a lot of opportunity for caching but when my boss stopped to check out the choc factory, I instantly whipped my phone out to check for caches. A fairly quick find here. TFTC

Tftc

Tftc

Yummy chocolate tftc

Found with GeoHubby TB142 .TFTC

After an incredible weekend at the Board Game Getaway at the Island Adventure Resort, I left with my Mum and headed sadly towards home. As we were leaving I remembered I needed a cache of the day so we stopped past here. Given that it was after hours there were very few muggles around which was helpful. Unfortunately the cache was out in the open so I put it back with a bit more camo.

Thanks for the cache!

My first full day on the island where most of the day was spent in the east and southern parts. Part of the time i was caching and some of the time i was just playing tourist. The morning began on Churchill Island where I added 4 smiles and a frown as well as enjoying a spectacular walk and seeing various birds and animals Next stop was the chocolate factory, tried a sample found the cache and moved on TFTC Gonefishen07

Yes, the family did the tour - actually not too bad, they loved the sideshows. Quick find in the carpark on the way out, in the oppressive heat after the storms this morning. Thanks for the cache.

When the family get to do their favourite thing and I get to do my favourite thing.
Thanks for this cache on our National Day

Awesome! Chocolate place is closed at the moment perfect time to get the geo!

T4TC
Nice easy find after a wander through the chocolate factory.
Thanks to the CO for placing this cache for us and others to find

Sorry for the late log, we found this on our way home from our weekend away here and this was the last one of our finds after we stopped in to check out the factory which unfortunately wasn't as interesting as we had expected but still worth a look though. TFTC!

Nice easy find although it did take awhile until the muggles disappeared.
Tftc

Quick and easy to find in such a busy spot. Was exactly where it should be. TFTC

Found this one without too much trouble. Thank you for the cache!

Find 2830
Wow so busy today. As we were on the cycle trail, I left the others to mind the bikes while I wandered across the road. No one parking at GZ. A quick scan and cache was located. Log signed and all back safe again.
Thanks

Whilst on holiday the kids have been hounding me to visit the chocolate factory... Noticed there was a cache very very close buy so I was all for it cache was missing a lid but log was surprisingly dry after the monsoon like rain we have been hit with the last couple of days. TFTC

What a sweet find

Don't forget to check out the factory, good bit of entertainment, and it's delicious!

Tftf... Easy after hours find

Well, we couldn't resist a stop here: a cache AND chocolate, what's not to like? Got the supplies first after marvelling at the penguins and shoes made from chocolate. The carpark was pretty quiet which made the search quick. No lid was on the container so hopefully it stays OK. TFTC

Out on a wonderful evening with Ms SmokeyBear, covering some territory we had yet to explore. Out on an adventure we go! Nice little hide, quick to collect and place back. TFTC

Found it with margaretforr1987 no lid and papers are a little wet

Found with redcruiser tftc

Our final stop on the Island for the day and we really couldn't pass up the opportunity of visiting the chocolate factory!
After heading inside and touring around, I bought myself a chocolate banana and exited the building to hunt for this cache.
I ended up in the wrong place at first due largely to my jumpy GPS signal but navigated over to the correct location in the end and made a quick find before completed the logging duties one-handed (I should've really gone and found this before my purchase!)
Luckily my name found its way onto the logbook and everything was securely replaced so I could enjoy my treat as I walked over to the car.

Thanks to Gonefishen07 for placing this cache here and doubling the excitement of visiting this venue!

New to the game but we got there! Can see why it was considered “easy” but still challenged us.

Nice easy find, gave the hide a little maintenance, additional paper and ziplock bag. Enjoying the hides, TFTC

Took longer than it should have, with few muggles about. TFTC GF07

Good hiding place

A short bicycle ride on my afternoon lockdown exercise break. Cheers!

After our chocolate fix we stopped to find n sign.

After a very pleasant morning run around Cape Woolamai with a nice bit of wind blowing up top I was feeling like lunch, and I'd read positive reviews of the curry lunch here. It was pretty tasty, as was the hot chocolate, so definitely worth a stop. After lunch found this quickly on the way back to the car. Thanks for the cache.

On a road trip to Phillip Island for a couple of weeks, picking up random caches as we travel around seeing the sites. Today after attending the Dawn Service and the 11.00am Service we found the nearby Mighty MEGA cache, then dropped by here to get ice cream / milkshakes. Before entering we headed over to see if we could locate the cache. It was very busy being the weekend but Mr Pooky managed to unearth the cache between coming and going Muggles.
We actually took it back to the Geo4WD to sign and returned it to its hiding spot during another lull in Muggle traffic. TFTC, an added bonus for the visit.

Busiest place today I've been to used my chance to find this cache when the chocoholics went indoors. TFTC

Nice easy find. Tftc

Easy find and the cache guardian was still there.
TFTC

We are staying in Grantville for a few nights as we are going to the River Garden Working Bee CITO Event on Saturday. The Geodog that broke her foot a few weeks ago needed a dressing change, so while Mrs Domaniax looked after the Geodog in the Vet, I went to find a few caches. There were not too many muggles around the Chocolate factory, so parking right near this cache was a breeze. I recall when this building was first built; it was a cheese factory and Dairy Museum, and the cows out the front were sculpted out of large chunks of cypress pine. The cache log is chock a block, and the cache lid is no longer with the cache. I placed it as best as I could to ensure it would stay as dry. Hopefully, the cache guardian will continue to guard it well. Thank you, Gonefishen07 for this cache

Yay chocolate AND a cache - my perfect day out. Mugglea were focussed on getting inside so were not too fussed about what I was doing. Managed to park at perfect spot too which helped. Worst thing about this cache? Clearing the strong spider webs so I could access it. TFTC

GPS took awhile to settle for some reason but one it did we found this easily. Guarded by an interesting spider

Parked in the right spot and pretended to have a look at my car. Parked grabbed and put it back. Now fir some chocolate

Nice easy but lid is missing

Very busy today, luckily there was a large vehicle next to GZ which we used for cover from the long queue.
Thanks for the cache

Quick easy find. Needs new log, I didn’t bring any spares today sorry! Thanks for the cache!

Out with Omegaman1971 to do a few caches in the area and attend our first event in along time.
This was one of the caches we found today. We had a great day checking out the many places the island has to offer.

Thanks Gonefishen07 for the cache.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 7196 finds
Out and about on the Island with Rebel Acts to attend a caching event and to put some smiles on the map.
Cheers for the cache.

Quick find after visiting the chocolate factory before heading home.
Thanks

Tftc

Protected by ant army

Had some help from my best friend AA thanks for the cache

Quick find. Yummy chocolate here. TFTC

Logged it!!! Very fun and a cool spot!

Found it

It seems safe enough to re enable now.

Disabling till life gets back to normal. Who knows when that is going to be

Early here for the chocolate factory so minimal muggles.
TFTC

delicious chocolate.
tftc

Found it missing lid TFTC

Great place great hide thank you

Here on cruise ship excursion-not a fan of chocolate so got this quick grab wife still inside tasting- tftc from California

Tijdens bezoek aan Phillip Island deze cache gezocht en gevonden.
TFTC and greetings from Belgium.

Before departing from the Island we did some last sightseeing on Churchill Island.
This cache was on the way and easily found. Without chocolate...
Many thanks,
Bigerchen
(#8307)

Quick find with kids. The lid is missing.

Our hundredth find!! Well the tree was cut down and the lid of this cache is no longer there?? Anyway, TFTC

First find. Live the idea of Geocaching. Thank you for this one. Found on the way home from work.

Lid missing. Log getting wet