Ride The Wave Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
By pooley16 on 19-Feb-11. Waypoint GC2P055

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.

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[u]MAINTENAINCE REQUIRED?[/u]
[blue]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 is greatly appreciated by all seekers. The guideline advises; "if you can't fix it straight away then "Disable" it till you can."

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yamidotty and I were in Shepparton to attend the Shepparton International Earthcache Day Event. Many thanks to Cybergran V and kamikaze cacher for organising this event.

We looked and we looked and then we looked again. No sight of it was to be found. Camouflage must be extra special.

Found what we think May be it, unsure. Needs attention ASAP

Found cache no longer intact confirmed with CD mark that we had found it great hide shame its not intact

Like others have said found what I believe to be cache. No lid and contents. Very clever if fixed as well camo'd

Good hide. Cache water logged , lid and log missing.

Hi. Found what I am sure is the cache. The lid and log are missing.

No luck today - maybe out for maintenance

Couldnt find looked and had exact point. Maybe cache missing???

No luck today. 3rd DNF in shepparton.

Found what should be the Cache. No top part, full of water and container empty. Nice idea. Needs fixing! TFT1/2C LOL!

Needs fixing or replacing.

A Maker Madness event in Beechworth at lunchtime today meant we had the whole morning to ride down the hill and pick up a heap of caches along the rail trail. Unfortunately the weather decided against it and a few mm of rain caused us to stay in town for the day.

I've been to this cache three times over the last few years but have not had any luck due to the high number of muggles and the wrong time of day. Today we struck it lucky as the street was deserted and we were able to search in peace, although we spent far too much time looking at the obvious hiding spot only to find the cache a few meters away. Glad we could finally tick this one off the list.

Thank you for the cache pooley16.
#2833rd @ 1900hrs and 24th of 24 for the day.

Had to avoid muggles for this one but we enjoyed the hide! Needed to try my hypothesis twice before locating. TFTC!

A very clever hide! I used to go to skate wave... Thanks for the memories!

Gps was jumping because of cloud cover, looked around the area for a while but it started raining so we gave up and went home

Found with Cybergran V

My very first geocache found with Wozzle68

First cache. Very clever hiding spot.

With the GPS being all jumpy from the cloud covet, a read through the logs, then a look for what was in mind, soon had it in hand. Found with bratlegs

TFTC

Possibly the best day of the year to complete such a public cache, mid afternoon and hardly a muggle in sight. Very clever hide indeed, suits the surrounds perfectly - tftc pooley16

Reperio at 1025.

Well having been born and raised in Shepparton, my older brother and sister have very fond memories of skatewave. I only vaguely recollect it being there...but in looking back at old photos of the place, you can only trace out the shape of the buildings where it once was. With the coast pretty well clear...I had a quick search around the area and soon spotted the likely cache.

Gratias pooley16.

Found the cache quickly but had muggle problems, needed a few distractions and just plain waiting until we could complete the job,

TFTC

After doing the fireworks for the Relay for Life last night in Moama we are taking a leisurely drive home grabbing a few caches in places we don't normally get to.
We were happy that we could find plenty of parking even with the trailer on and happy that as it was Sunday everything around us was shut. We are sure that it would have been a lot different when Skatewave was open.
With accurate co-ords the well hidden cache was soon found and the log book was signed and rep[laces.
Thanks pooley16 for the cache.

TFTC!! My first find! Yay

On the road from Swan Hill heading to Albury we had some time to collect a few along the way, this was one of them. TFTC

Found while out on our fortnightly geotrek with the Sisterhood of the Cargo Pants. Our first visit we were being muggled everyway we turned so we left it and came back and made a quick find. TFTC pooley16
~ Crazy Creels

Found with the SCP on our second attempt. There were a few too many muggles to have a proper look on the first occasion today, so we revisited on our way out of town and one of my geosisters unearthed the sneaky hide. TFTC

Found on our day's journey across to Shepparton. in the company of the Crazy Creels and the Geogetters on our fortnightly Sisterhood caching trip.
We had visited earlier but it was too busy to attempt - we came back later in the day and spotted it almost straight away. We had been alerted (by a muggle friend I ran into) to a plastic handbag tied to the tree and can only ask Why?

TFTC pooley16

Staying at bonnie doon for the weekend with Happy chappies family and mine, we headed to Shepparton via Euroa for the day.
Cachers in one car and the muggles following up in another.

thanks for the cache,

pooley16 [:x]

As we pulled up an started exploring I was deeply concerned that the cache was going to be hidden in some nearby, formidable looking vegetation... But as I fretted, ilovedrwho found the cache in a much more reasonable spot

TFTC.

Tftc

Tftc took a bit to get

Found 2:29pm , find # 2331
Today I used my Senior's Free Rail Coupon to travel from Melbourne to Shepparton, and then I walked around for the middle part of the day picking up some of the local caches. Mainly concentrating on some of the Shepparton Goulburn Broken River Trail Series, I also picked up a few around the central part of the town before catching the train home.
I had a great day, with only a single DNF, and ended up walking just under 20km.
Some of the caches took a while to find, and I also did a few multis, so my numbers weren't high, but I thoroughly enjoyed the day.
This was find number 11 of 13 for the day.
At first I was afraid this one was somewhere else, where it would have been difficult to find.
Then I read a few logs and thought it might be something else which I've found a lot of, and it was.
Nobody arou8nd, so the business was done quick and easily.

Thanks pooley16.

I actually have a cache like this which I have not deployed yet. baffled the muggles and got it. Logs were saturated, so took old logs and replaced with emergency log and silica gel. Will contact CO. SL TFTC

Tftc nice one log wet maintenance required

Out with o.kay on a lovely brisk day. This was our first for the day TFTC pooley16

This was a bit tricky but luckily found (thanks to au.fait). TFTC

no luck

Lots of sniffing opportunities here but sad to say we did not find it.
Angus the great GeoWestie assisted by Carer grey nomad Lis Brown.

Not a good day. This was the third DNF. Will persevere.

For once I went straight to it -most unusual for me Very quiet Sunday afternoon so no muggles about, SL and merrily went on my way. TFTC, pooley16

I was searching around in the dark with a torch trying to find the cache. I have to thank my muggle husband for this one he came to the rescue and found it. I have replaced the old log with a new dry one I have left the old one there in case the cache owner wants to collect it. SL TFTC

After a quick search, the old trusty cache revealed itself. Need new log as very damp. Tftc

First one I found without help, it really sparked my interest to continue with others.

Sorry pooley16 for the generic log but I'm trying to catch up on my logging, I currently have over 1000 to log before hitting some powertrails in the US after the block party next week. As always I enjoy the hunt whether I'm solo or with some of my caching or muggle friends. Thanks to those who have accompanied me to make the day more pleasurable and many thanks pooley16 for placing this cache.

Very nice hide ... I saw it almost straight away but didn't think it would be that well camouflaged! After 10 minutes of looking for a more obvious hide (and avoiding muggles) had another look ... And yes it was a little damp!

TFTC

Quick find by grand-son.Came across a couple of these before.Even have one of our own for a future cache.TFTC

A nice easy find, right out in the open and a very good thing that we were quick as we found a lot of muggles in the area, even on a quiet Saturday afternoon. A couple of muggles whizzed by on bikes and asked us what we were looking for, with quick thinking we told them we'd dropped an earing.

Great hide! First one that we found ourselves and boy were we excited!

Little sister to the rescue. Found it!! Slightly damp though.

Oh yeah !!
I was there too
Back in the early 80's I was one of the cool kids with the proper racing skates strapped to me feet
Black with yellow stripes and yellow wheels
The Gawler Rollerdrome was the Friday night hangout and having just got our driving licenses, me and me skating mates could drive the 20 odd kms to towne to test our skills and win crappy prizes
The wheelbarrow event was always a favouite
While two of you sat facing each other and sitting on each others skates, the third member of the party would push like crazy, and the whole trio would speed around the skating rink at crazy speeds

Back to the future and I was standing around in a shady spot in Shepparton, outside a very muggly place, at lunch time
No suggestions of any rollerskating happening, or having happened here [:o]
I loitered for a while looking for the cache while sipping a fizzy cola.
The really obvious places were not paying dividends and I turned my attention to the really nasty places to hide a cache nearby [:o]

Then I saw the cache,
Now I'm a believer.
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
That's the cache,
I'm a believer I couldn't leave it if I tried

I moved the pushbike to a more strategic position and while inspecting the gears fiddled with what I thought was the cache and discovered to my relief, that it was

Love your work pooley16 [^]

TFTC.

Great coordinates pooley16. I was standing right next to it thinking, hmmmmmm... where should I look first ... how about this ... BINGO!!!! . Doesn't happen too often but had luck on my side tonight, TFTC

Last cache of the evening and a bit of an afterthought as I had come past here earlier when it was too busy. Read the last log and I know Quasar and I guessed what he was referring too. Anyway I had the cache in seconds!
Thanks pooley16 for this one.

Finally got it on the 3rd attempt. Not sure why it's been so hard before, I've found quite a number of caches before hidden in this way! Thanks for the cache.

Found 2-2-13. Had been to this site before but there was too many muggles about, hardly any around on this Sunday afternoon, quickly located, log is a little damp again which seems to be a reoccurring theme! TFTC

Before heading to IDW this year Gonefishen07 asked if I wanted to go caching whilst in Shepparton?, hell yeah was the answer. So tonight was the night and after a great pub meal our small group KTCvic, Gonefishen07, Thing No 1 and Gonefishen07's geochild headed out to knock a few caches over.

Arrived at GZ looking around, I was lucky with phone taking me straight to GZ, where a quick discovery was found, (4 - nil).

Log was signed then we were off. thanks for the cache.

Found with KTCvic and Thing No1. After being at International Dairy week during the day thought I would con KTCvic to find a few caches in Shep while here, well I think I was along for the ride as KTCvic had his caching eyes one tonight as he found all 4 that we found and we had 3 DNF's for the night as well. While I was wondering around trying to get some service KTCvic had this one found, nice cameo fits in well with it's surrounds

Slowly heading back to Queensland after spending Christmas and New Year in Maryborough Vic. Couldn't resist stopping to find this tricky cache. Found it quickly!

TFTC

TFTC

We found this while travelling with Parklanda on our way to Kurri Kurri, via Undera. tftc.
Crusty.

Great camouflage!!

Found this one in seconds! A quick cache whilst out for dinner! TFTC!

Nice quick cache, made easier with it being fairly late in the day.

Thanks

Not happy??

Another good look for this one but can't turn it up. A hint would be good.

Back on deck with a new log. Enjoy.

Found it easy enough, but the log is as soggy as can be. Needs looking at.

Very wet.

Just replacing log due to it being water logged. Back on deck soon.

Found it with a soggy log. Put a few pieces of paper in a plastic bag and old Log in cache. Maybe needs a check up TFTS

The log is soaked could not unfold it. Needs replacing.

Found nice and easy. afraid the log was so wet we could not sign it. Really needs a knew log.
TFTC.

found while shopping for turtle food, great hide but hard to sign log as its very damp TFTC

My first cache found as an official geocacher!

Had a quick look while Geojen was shopping nearby but no good. I didn't look too hard as I was feeling conspicuous among the muggles there about. Never feel too comfortable caching alone where one is in full view of many.
Another day perhaps! I'll bring an angle grinder and chainsaw and take the likely parts away for perusal at my leisure.

# 220 - On arrival at GZ, there seemed to be a strange muggle lurking at GZ, turned out to be nanna.c, so we commenced the search and nanna.c came up trumps! It was nice to meet another caching team! TFTC pooley16, don't know that we would have looked there!

3 attempts on this one, nice hide, tftc

Nice hide tftc

Nice hide tftc

second attempt at this one and was lucky. a leaf blower would be handy. tftc
nice to meet two " muggles " who turned out to be a couple of cachers.

This entry was edited by nanna.c on Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 09:48:29 UTC.

Even with three sets of eyes we couldnt find it..... felt like we searched every square inch.

Lots of discarded drink containers but no cache

Got this one, thanks.

Council workers doing some cutting down of branches and mulching them nearby to GZ so went across the road and had morning tea. They drove off just as we were ready to try again, fortunately! We found the cleverly hidden cache being careful of muggles walking by. Found the history of "Skatewave" most interesting. You certainly did enjoy using it when younger! TFTC pooley16.

At 15:24 we waited a moment waiting for the smoke to settle. A popular smoke break spot. Quickly found while only looking slightly sus.

Nice hide, although we found it pretty quick.
TFTC
The Leiper's

Yah!! Number 100 for 4beefan!!! Found this after a short search. TNLN TFTC

Yay! Been to this location before with no luck but today we were very happy to make the find, loved the camo! TFTC

Found on the way to the OZ MEGA event. Clever hide. There was so many places to look but we nailed this one without too much trouble.
TFTC
SS

Nice hide, found on the way to the Mega

Found 2.00pm
We really enjoyed walking towards this cache reading the cache page and imagining all the exploits that the local teens must have got up to back then. Once at GZ we started to wonder where the cache could be, fortunatly we are familiar with this type of hide and once spotted we knew what it was.

TNLNSL
Many thanks pooley16, we really enjoyed your cache today.

tftc

first find for the weekend away. Managed to sneak away form a Baking Competition i was at for a nice quick find no-one really around so was able to retrieve without getting noticed. Nice hide thank god i had seen one of these caches before otherwise i think i might have been stumped. GPS was a bit off. Thanks alot for the cache made the day a little bit more interesting.

Nice cache!

A quick find by us today. Too early for muggles. TFTC SL

TFTC