Out of the Primordial Ooze Salter Point, Western Australia, Australia
By BlaKids on 01-May-11. Waypoint GC2Q3FF

I am regretfully archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, BlaKids, requesting additional time.

An ample opportunity has been provided for the Cache Owner to respond, but since this opportunity has been ignored, I can only conclude that the cache has been abandoned.

Caches archived under these circumstances are unable to be Unarchived, and this location is now available for the placement of a new cache, by somebody else.

Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:

* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.

Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this. That is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.

Alternatively:

* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.

In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by BlaKids and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned, and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Have been all around,,, still too wet

This must be a summer find…

Would recommend some wellies for this find - there some makeshift bridges you can use to cross the water but leaded to no luck, hopefully the cache hasn’t drowned

May need gum boots

Hmmmm DNF

Dnf

After risking life and limb.
We couldn’t even find a thing.
Five people searching top to bottom.
The only log we found was rotten.

Inaccessible location. Landmark provided is also completely under water.

Out and about today and I decided to check the map to see what was nearby.
I find myself with time to kill so I stopped by here for a find.

Many thanks to BlaKids for placing and maintaining Out of the Primordial Ooze. I found it, I signed it, and put it back as found.

A step back in time for sure.. Definitely a winter cache for me..the way point coordinates were perfect for the path that kept me dry and took me right to the cache..lov an ammo can..cache and log in pristine condition tftc

Checked on cache. It's still there and in good condition. Happy hunting.

Too overgrown to attempt in the peak of snake season

Have looked at this from different angles for a few years. Finally plunged in and found with my kids. TFTC

So overgrown it’s impossible to see anything

I saw where I had to go and walked slowly, noisily and carefully. Very much tiger snake territory. Made a quick find upon reaching GZ. TFTH

Found on a nice sunny day. After reading the past logs regarding snakes perhaps I should have been a bit more cautious? Either way, lovely little spot tucked away from the rest of the world. Thanks for the cache

After nabbing an FTF and enjoying some fish and chips on the Mount Pleasant foreshore, 777Tiger and I went to grab some caches in the Manning area.

Determined to remove the blue dot before the snakes came out, I decided on a whim to nab this one tonight. I last came out here about 6.5 years ago on a New Years Eve caching run on the bicycle, on a 44 degree day. I fell just shy of reaching the cache by approaching from the West. Tonight, I fell 10 metres short, so we trudged around to the waypoint to begin a second approach from the East. An easy walk in the park! Followed the well beaten path and eventually found an ammo can. Thanks BlaKids!

Found with Lachlan1.77 after having dinner in the area. A great little trek through the shrubs. Thank god it's not summer with all the snakes! TFTC!

Great hide
Tftc

TFTC

***Snakes Definitely Present***
Dropped by again today to drop some TBs i forgot to drop last time. As I walked in I was meet under my feet with a 1m Dugite. As I stopped I spotted a snake skin in the scrub. No TBs dropped...Cachers cautious!!!

Find #215 of 365 streak. Back in this area today so why not venture in. Very cautious where I stepped and made plenty of noise. Cache in good nick. TFTC

Followed the suggested waypoint as the entry into o the long grass. My heart thumped the whole time. But nothing moved, so signing duties preformed tftc

Found after a failed attempt on the weekend... It helped to follow the waypoints... Cheers

Also, took the trackable as I'm heading to Merredin tomorrow for work and hoping to find some caches along the way...

VERY wet and two impatient kids in tow... had to give this one away... will try again another day

OMG. Never thought I would venture in there. Kept going and found the ammo can in great shape. Don't think you have to worry too much about muggles there. Would not recommend in summer months. A cold winters day is scary enough. Tftc Blakids. Great hide

Organised a day off work to go geocaching in duck country along with the Machman.

Another great day enjoying some very well hidden creations from Duck43 followed by some puzzles we'd recently solved. Great weather to be out and about.

DNF-ed this one almost 6 years ago! Quick find this time around after approaching from a different direction. TFTC

Since our first visit in November 2016 we've noticed a lot of "Found" notifications coming through so this morning it was the right time for a return visit to change a Blue Dot into Yellow. Patch loves these BlaKids so thanks for all of your efforts to set it up, maintain it and keep it in the game. Don't know anything about Travel Bugs but we're off OS in a few weeks so after some research we will see whether it's protocol to take it with us and warm the wee green dragon up in Italy or Croatia. As you'd be well aware; all's in great nick here and a FP is on the way.

Checking out the cache and placing a couple of travel bugs that I'd picked up in Japan. These ammo cans really make great caches. Need good spots to place then though. Happy travels TBs.

I took a few wrong turns then decided to use the coordinates clue... Glad I did as it made it much easier. Nice to see a full sized cache container.

I took a few wrong turns then decided to use the coordinates clue... Glad I did as it made it much easier. Nice to see a full sized cache container.

Followed our noses from the trailhead and made a quick find!

Our son had an appointment at the Uni this morning. What better way to fill in a morning than to grab some of the smileys on offer in the area, cheers and TFTC.

G’day there BlaKids, I was in this area today and found your cache Out of the Primordial Ooze GC2Q3FF. I added my name to the log book at 10:09 am on 28 April 2018. A huge thanks to you for placing this cache here for us (and others) to find!

This brings our total find count to 9537

out on a caching run around perth.tftc.

TFTC, Cool cache!

\/ Woohoo, found it.

Failed on two previous occasions. Even had this one on a watch list to extract vital clues, which there were none.

Excellent hide, TFTC and challenging hide.

Found with Grilled monkey. TFTC

Tftc. No bug found tho!

Found it first find with my niece. Great find.

Container blended in superbly. I was looking at a spot only a few cm away and still didn't see it at first. TFTC BlaKids.

Finally made it here the long way round. TFTC

Awesome cache TFTC

Find 11 of 18 with 3 DNFs on a return bike ride from Como taking in Salter Point, Waterford, Wilson and Rossmoyne. The weather was perfect and lunch at Wilson was pretty good too.

All the finds were pretty quick, but the DNFs were long!

Gratefully followed the directions of how to stay dry and even after the recent downpours, we managed it and found the good sized container.

TFTC BlaKids

Parked the geocar near to the cache but soon realised I was not going to be able to access it this way. Noted the waypoint and did the loop around to find the trail. The cache was quickly found , and from GZ I saw my car tantalising close. Shall I risk it? The terrain looked manageable enough. Big mistake. The reeds were covering shin-deep water. Totally soaked, but hey. Good (dirty) fun. Fave point. TFTC

Cool cache.

Came back for my return visit and this time was much more profitable.
Now i can say that i officially found it properly

Scary track checking for snakes

Very scary but found it tftf!

Wow hiw did i miss that,i must go back to log it properly

tftc. nice little find.

Removed the "half bison" as this is not the cache. The cache has for some time been an 'old school' ammo can, one of the few of this size in the city. Will update the coords & the description a bit for the changes in location & cache type.

Coordinates changed from:
S 32° 1.273 E 115° 52.541

Coordinates changed to:
S 32° 1.273 E 115° 52.539

Distance from original: 10.2 feet or 3.1 meters.

Did another averaging of the coords with my eTrex 30. Just slight tweak. Hopefully this will make the final hunt easier. Please cover the cache container when you replace it.

Followed the path in from the waypoint. Found the fore mentioned half bison tube and signed the log. Thanks for the cache.

Found the same cache as log below. there is a half bison tube with a waterlogged piece of paper stuck in the tree now with four cachers on it..
Not aure where the as described container was but have logged as others have.

See below

Found it but it wasn't as described. It was completely different even though there was 2 people who had logged it before. Please check the cache. Tftc!

Tftc

Armed with our snake scaring stick and with boots on, we trekked and searched for ages but no 3/3 on our matrix today

Revisiting this cache with the Christmas Day cachers, thought the container could do with a little frog TB! Bon Voyage froggie!

Over this way for a Christmas picnic with m4yb, the Laxa's, WebblyWA and pommieparkin2 and this looks like it might turn into a bit of a tradition too. A lovely way to spend Christmas lunch time.

m4yb had found this previously but she was not much help at all. Mr LAXA finally made the find after a widish search of GZ, great sized cache too.

Thanks BlaKids

Out to a lovely Christmas Picnic lunch with M4YB, Megawat60, Pommieparkin2 and Team LAXA.
This cache was our first mission for the day prior to lunch. And while most of us found the dry way in 2 of us decided to go another way dipping one of my feet into the ooze along along the way. Glad we had the numbers here because it wasn't the easiest of finds. But we got there once we started spiralling out. TFTC Blakids

Merry Christmas. This year we were planning not to plan anything. So a spontaneous non-planned Christmas lunch with M4YB, Megawat60, Pommieparkin2 and WebblyWA fitted in just fine. Before we were sitting down for lovely food and great conversation, we went to track this one down. After we could agree which way to take in, we started a wide hunt for the cache. Eventually we found it and could sign the log. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

There is always some silly so & so that makes it difficult & gets wet & mucky. Today I opted to be that person! quite an extensive search here before we (Daddy LAXA) found it. Now for the promised lunch. TFTC

Found it! Since I found the original cache to this one so many years ago, this has been on my hit-list for quite a while. Thought that today was the day and i entered into the ooze with much trepidation. Luckily I saw and heard no snakes on the way in and it only took a minute to locate the cache. The council has indeed gone to work on the trees here! TFTC

Today I did not have my gumboots on me. I'll save this one for another time.

Sorry BlaKids, we searched for ages for this one with nothing but a "Sad Face". Be careful with our reptilian friends in this vicinity.

This one is confusing... had us going all over the place but just couldn't find a way to reach it.

Coordinates changed from:
S 32° 01.275 E 115° 52.537

Coordinates changed to:
S 32° 01.273 E 115° 52.541

Distance from original: 23.7 feet or 7.2 meters.
Vegetation has changed over the years, moved to a location with a bit better coverage.

Back down into the ooze. There's been quite a bit of movement down here. Looks like council have been down here cutting out "weed" trees. Couldn't find the old container so replaced it with an "old school" ammo can. Not that many of these around the city. Please be careful when replacing it so that it's well hidden from the workers who'll no doubt be back. Happy hunting.

Cache doesn't appear to be at the co-ordinates but I spotted what looks to be an empty cache container half submerged in the water out of arms reach. They look to have recently cut down some trees and bushes here so maybe it got dislodged by accident

OK, think 'Multi-cache'. Find the lone green lamppost in the trail clearing, then head 34m NW to given waypoint HT2Q3FF, then head to GZ. I initially attempted from opposite direction, coming within 12m of GZ, only to be confronted by ooze, not pleasant to walk in nor respectful of the environment. Arrived at sunset thus under pressure to discover before too dark. Had walked right past it, easily done; once turned around and crouched low, saw it. Have put a small amount of loose reeds on top to hopefully make less obvious for mugglers. TFTC!

Headed into Perth for a bit of caching & this was one we found along the way... After navigating the correct way round, this was another quick find for the day

TFTC BlaKids [^]

After our long search just up the river we headed for this one next. We could see various wet ways and found a homeless persons camp about 20m away in one direction but moved around to find a dry line. Once at GZ the GPSr took a little to settle and after a bit of looking found it rather exposed. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC.

Tried a couple of different options to get to GZ and then decided to be sensible and use the suggested waypoint. Nervously walked into GZ checking for snakes, signed the log and high tailed it out of there. TFTC

On my bus/ train/ bus/ walk day, I was entertained and encouraged by the previous finder's log. Tried various means of access, then the recommended WP. Walked gingerly through the reeds along a trail and was happy to make the find. No snake sightings but didnt push my luck and made a quick return to WP. TFTC!

This entry was edited by m4yb on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 06:27:24 UTC.

This entry was edited by m4yb on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 06:38:58 UTC.

This one has been on the to-do list ever since my DNF here over a year ago. Just been waiting for the stars to align so I could have another crack.

I was in the area today with a bit of spare time and it's been a while since there has been any serious rain so I thought I would give it a go. Made my way to the suggested starting co-ords and spotted a small trail that seemed to lead to GZ. I think this area may have been underwater last time I was here.

It wasn't long before the GPSr was showing 0 meters and I had my hands on the cache almost straight away, Very glad to finally have this one crossed off the list. Spotted a family of ducklings from the bridge on my way out which topped off a great cache, awarding a favourite.

BlaKids I found your cache at 4:58pm, this was the 1st of 1 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 2379. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

SLTFTC

Great find! Was a fun one through the bush

Well I really did expect something slithery to come out of the primordial ooze and reeds and long grass. Fortunately nothing did. I arrived at GZ and thought tp myself I was going to have a hell of a time poking around and under all the bushes and grass until I found it. I stood there, checked my GPS, turned around and there it was. Thankfully a very quick find. I followed the recommended dry route in. I'd hate to attempt this one during late Spring or Summer. Thanks for the cache BlaKids.

Loved this one TFTC

Got it. On second attempt. Don't wear your good shoes.

Fairly high water today, hard to know whether we had the right (high ground) area as the CZ seemed to be N across water from us in what looked like impenetrable and unapproachable scrub.
We've wanted to get this one for 3 years but first suitable day... Denied!

Spent some time going in from different entry points before reading the entry location hint. Geo-Ninja Kids were getting apprehensive after a while. But glad we persevered and found the cache. Our toughest so far! TFTC!!!

Nice hiding place. Awesome

Easy find loved the area and the trail. TFTC recommend to others.

Kudos to AusLoron for managing to spot the cache!! It was definitely a jungle adventure to get our hands on this one, and I felt like I should have been cutting down the oppressive foliage in our way with a machete at times.

As AusLoron noted, we were lucky with the weather, I was a little worried about wet feet when I surveyed the search area, but careful balance on tree logs and no rain for a week meant my shoes survive to find another cache.

Definitely worth approaching the cache from the way point, that marker was really helpful. We didn't cross any rehabilitation zones with that path.

I'm quite proud of AusLoron and I for unearthing this not-found-for-nine-months treasure, I hope the SWAG we left makes the hunt worth it for the next finders. (I think we spotted a couple of younger cachers in the vicinity, but communication was limited by the waterway between us) I also rescued the lonely Colorado TB while we were there.

Thanks for placing the reason for this enjoyable adventure BlaKids and loubla

Fortunate we tried this one after a dry week in winter. A bit of bush bashing required but we made it! Very treasure hunty feeling as we held trees aside for each other cache all in good condition, we left a few treasures for the next intrepid explorers!

Looked for half an hour but had no lunch. Also had no idea where to go in and which route.

Wandered around the lake, trying to find the best way it. Got close (8m), but water got in my way. Went the longer way, and decided to turn back as I wasn't wearing very appropriate footwear. Will try again.

Is this one still in place. Hasn't been found in a while.

Found the dry way in the first time. It was a great walk in. TFTC

Got some holes in my D/T grid and this one filled the bill to cross one off. However the closest I could get to GZ was 11 meters. I tried from the suggested waypoint but it has been raining a fair bit this week and there was a lot of water around. Might come back when the stars align properly.

TFTH

DNF

had some difficulty finding the way and had to tread carefully as very damp under foot due to the recent high rain fall. dropped off TB . tftc

Great hide.

Took a while but we finally located it!

I got the opportunity to explore Salter Point this morning so I took the bike out for a ride around the neighbourhood and picked up some caches along the way. This was cache number 10. I was fond of all the long reeds, but happy to be in and out to find the cache. Cheers Blakids

We entered the zone via the waypoint given and found the cache quickly enough once at GZ, but it was not really an enjoyable experience on a hot summer's day.
We noticed that the CO has claimed a find for finding their own cache, is this permitted or just an innocent mistake?

Accessed via waypoint but still felt a bit awkward doing so. Followed the track i could see. The photo helped me take the last step needed to make the find. TFTC