Dead Ant Keysborough, Victoria, Australia
By PoleCat S on 22-May-11. Waypoint GC2W0TQ

Unfortunately there does not seem to be any evidence to indicate that steps have been, or will be taken, to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement.

It would appear the cache has been abandoned.

As such the cache is being de-listed (Archived). If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

If you wish to contact a Reviewer regarding this cache, please send an email via the profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the Cache Name and GC Identification Code.

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### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED PLEASE** ###

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Hi there PoleCat S,

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **MAY** need some attention.

You may recall having received an automated email from Geocaching HQ which explained what you needed to do.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened, so I am having to take the next step and temporarily disable the cache - see here: [**Geocache Health Score.**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713)

**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days so others know exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication kill this cache.**

#What should you do now:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-

- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache and repair and/or replace or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- **Place A Write Note Log:-** Reviewers are not mind readers, so without your note on the cache page telling them what the situation is, they can't tell what is going on with the cache.
So please just post a note to the page (within 14 days) and, when the listing is next checked, all will be fine for a little bit longer. But be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.
If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date), please ensure you visit this page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks so as to keep everyone up to speed with what is happening.

- **Adopt/Archive:-** If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another Geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it,**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of the above. Well, when the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned and processed accordingly.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

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Thanks for your cooperation,

Bunjil

[3AS]

Sadly we came up short and couldn't find it. It's been over a year since the last find so unless we just missed it maybe cache owner might want to double check if it's all good

5 DNFs and over a year since the last find, might be worth checking it's still good to go

DNF

Dead end got us
No dead ANT

Harder than . ANTicipated

An involved search brought no result - rather odd for a cache of this size.
Hopefully all is well with it and we can return at a later date.

Alas, no luck today.

Having to get out of the house for a few hours because of an inspection, in which I actually had to remove a colony of ANTS moving up and down my wall and ceiling for. I was still getting over the flu, but my muggle mate and I went looking for dogs at animal shelters. After leaving, without a new friend, we stopped by here. Not even realising the track was there until we left, we took the grass instead. This took a little while to find. I had an Alien ANT farm song in my head for most of the searching time lol. A monkey bike flew past piggybacking someone. Cache was found eventually after searching quite a few areas. I had wondered if the insect inside the cache was real or the dead ANT.

Sorry for the belated log. Thanks for an interesting cache.

I had some spare time while waiting to pick up the kids (yes I was dormANT) and so headed to this cache. After searching the wrong side of the track for a while (my search was redundANT) I changed tack and then quickly found the nice hide - making me feel bouyANT. TFTC!

De-ANT! Found it

Very windy and wet day. Manage to walk and reach the cache while rains stopped. All good. Thanks PoleCat S for placing the cache

8:52 am #7401
Hint made sense once found.
Led to singing pink panther theme song all day.
Cheers PoleCat S

A bit of a hunt until OHC found it with eagle eyes,

Thanks PoleCat S for Dead Ant

#3647

Quickly stopped there before head to see my Dr
Found it. Still Alive there.
Thanks PoleCat S for the cache.

Found it quickly at gz sorry it was alive. Tftc

an ANTi climax when found as someone tried to bury it with a rock. Still kept us amused for a while

Out for a morning run with geokid and decided to include a cache find as part of the routine. We chose this one as we've run on this trail before and thus familiar with our surrounds. On arrival geokid was pANTing, he's first run after a month's break. I reminded him the feeling is not permanANT. We did some stretches waiting for a muggle to ride pass.

A quick look around and we spotted the cache. Wow, the size of this dead insect was giANT. The logbook is without a bag hence previous post have mentioned dampness. Yes logbook has seen better days but still useable. Will try to remember to bring a bag for it next time we run this trail.


TFTC PoleCat S

Find 1915
Out bike rideANTing and picking up a few that we haven't done before.
Coords were good so we made the rather quick find. The damp log was signed and now all back safe again.
Thanks

It is dead

TFTC. What do you call a big ant? An eleph-ant! Log was a little damp.

Short stroll to GZ. Nearly tripped over a branch, looked and there it was.
No ants to see today so I left one in the cache.

Unable to think of a joke that isn't utterly terrible.

SL TN Left swaps TFTC!

TFTC

Pretty damp, the container isn't in great shape.
Team EDO gets the joke!
What kind of ant can add things up?
An accountANT.

In need of a second cache for the day for a challenge I am working towards I chose a cache in a spot where muggles tend not to frequent on Saturdays. I find all the usual parks, reserves and such like teeming with muggles on a Saturday so instead I try to go to places which tend to teem with them on week days but are deserted on weekends. This cache was close enough to an industrial estate to afford that experience.
I wandered around a bit here as I can see many have before me and it took a few minutes before I noticed the cache. The lid of the camo doesn't close anymore so I placed it as best as I could.

H

Got it Chrissie Eve heading home from last minute shopping. Quiet all around.
What do you call a Geokid? A dependant.

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Good cache

Good cache

Cool cash!!!!!!!!

That was awesome! Thanks for the good laugh!
We put in some cool swaps.

What's the biggest ant in the world?
An elephant

Haha you stole my matthew

Had to head out East for work today. It was nice to gather up some caches near the office. The wind nearly flattened me a few times but got the find.
TFTC!!!

12:19
Sunday morning is the ideal time to play around any industrial playground!
What do you call an ant who works in an office? --- A descant!

Thanks PoleCat S for placing caches for everyone's enjoyment.
19368

Suscoe was heading homewards today and so as is often the case we stopped along the drive to take in some interesting caches and locations.
We met up with the good folks of the Phetlern team here for a few finds in the area.
It was a cloud day with a strong wind and some rain seemed to be threatening.
Thanks to PoleCat S for this nice bit of work, the log was a little damp today but still fine to write on.
The lid is tricky to pop back just the right way.
What do you call a criminal ant in court?
A: The defendANT!

Bike ride with the fmily. Nice quick find.

What is the biggest ant in the world?

ElephANT

An easy find but there was something wrong with the set-up here - the cover refuses to sit properly. temporarily fixed but something is amiss.

Nice find on the drive around the area today. SL TFTC

Find #3177

Have passed by near to this one many times on the freeway but wasn't quite sure how to access. With a bit of research and some time to spare after work I was able to park in the industrial estate further north along the creek and after another find nearby I headed to this one. Just had to wait for cyclist to pass and then I moved in to where the GPS was indication. Tried a couple of spots before I saw it. Replaced as I assume it was intneded to be. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache PoleCat S. Great that this cache is still going down here.

Cache in poor condition. Lying on open ground with bag torn. Replaced as best I could. TFTC

Today I went for a bike ride down the Eastlink trail which I have not been along until today. Some of the connections in areas are a bit dodgy and still some gravel sections as well which surprised me. This made the trail not very busy though which was good for me.
I arrived and parked the bike, GPS was moving a little but then settled. 30 seconds later I found the dead ant separated from its container but only by 50 cm or so. Cache was still fine and Dead Ant has been returned to his rightful location.

Q: What do you call an ant with frogs legs?
A: Antphibian

Thanks PolecatS for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Very funny
Had me going at 1st

I must be a pedant as I walked here

I found the dad ant

How many ants does it take to fill an apartment? TenANTS.

Nice short walk from the truck to keep the streak going one more day....

Sad to see so many logs without the jokes, I would've deleted them personally.

Cool cache
TFTC

What do you call an ant that won't go away?
Perman ANT.
Yes I know.
Thanks PoleCat S.
Chiefton!!!

Quick find during my lunch break.TFTC

This was 800 metres from work. Parked the car and went for a short walk , quickly finding the cache .No ant jokes today .TFTC

I definitely know who the first ant was!
Adamant.

Dead Ant? No!
Musician Adam Ant's death a social media scam
Published January 7, 2012 12:34pm

*The tweets of his death were greatly exaggerated.*

Facebook and Twitter users were warned Friday (Manila time) against a new scam claiming 1980s British pop star Adam Ant has died.
Computer security firm Sophos noted a rise in Facebook and Twitter messages claiming the musician died in a jet ski accident on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
"Although some users are just tweeting their respects at the 'news' of Adam Ant's death, others are posting a link to what appears to be an online news report about the musician's death," Sophos' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley said in a blog post.
Cluley said the link led to a "Global Associated News" web page claiming Adam Ant died in a jet ski accident.
But he noted the supposed news page's URL contained "adam.ant" before the domain name.
He said that when he replaced "adam.ant" with "graham.cluley," the headline on the news page was changed to reflect his name.
"Well fancy that - I'm a dead musician!" he said.
*A check of small print at the bottom of the webpage confirmed the report was "fake," and that the website was an entertainment site with a "dynamically generated" story using a generic template.*

Cluley said it was likely the website was making money from ads posted on the news report webpage.
"Of course, the sheer number of people tweeting out the link won't have done any harm at all for the website - which presumably is earning revenue from the adverts plastered on its fictional news report," he said.
"Just imagine the harm that could occur if there was malware lying in wait at the end of that salacious news story link?" he added. — TJD, GMA News

found it but no pen to sign log. Second cashe in 20mins with snails as a guardian.

Found 12:48, on a lazy Australia Day eve cache expedition.

Q:What did the elephant say when it saw a dead ant?
A: DEAD ANT, DEAD ANT, DEAD ANT.......
Q: What did the elephant say when it saw a live ant?
A: It stepped on the ant and then said DEAD ANT, DEAD ANT....

TNLN, thanks PoleCat S

Found it.. Great little walk

Found on a bikeride along Patterson River.

Yippy and welcome to the new Year 2016 and another souvenier the first for the new year hopefully more to come

Not so intrresting an area and the smell wasnt the best but anouther great cache all the same.

The gaurdian of this beauty is however starting to crawl away from his post, but all is still on good condition

Found

Pretty easy find

Found

Found It!
A nice little evening walk and quickish find. No ants were seen. Nor were any bad jokes...
TFTC

Nice easy find. Where do ants go for their holidays? Frants

An ant joke hey? I can't see any 'pedant' puns to this point. So maybe: What do you call a 6-footed insect who complains at length about misplaced apostrophes? etc, etc. Yeah, needs work...

I somehow managed to find this in the dark, partly by touch IIRC, having forgotten a torch. Which was amusing. Hope my scrawl is legible in the log. o_O Thanks Polecat S!

Found in the company of quiet1_au on bikes. TFTC

On a mission to reach Carrum (from Box Hill) before sunset, lochb and I still find some time to stop for the odd cache and this was one of them. I'm afraid I don't quite recall which of us made the find on this one - so chances are it was lochb. TFTC

What medicine do you give to a sick ant?
Antibiotics! Ha hahahaha TFTC

A nice easy find with no ants. TFTC

The stink coming from the creek isn't getting any better, maybe that's why the dead ant. Thanks PolCat S FTC.

Nice and easy find

Out after work, sort of on the way home, sort of stumbled onto a cache or maybe 5, sorry MuggleWife.
A nice stroll down the avenue. Quick find on a lovely afternoon.
Thanks for placing this cache PoleCat S

Took TB to move on it's merry way.

Last cache of the day. Parked in the nearby estate, probably illegally with all the No Standing signs but nobody around on Sunday afternoon to care.

The cache was easy to find but not what I was expecting. I think a cap on top might be missing? anyhow the little container with the log was mostly dry so we drained it out and signed the log.

Dropped off Beaver TB - questionable factory runoff water on one side, and a muddy drain on the other. Not the prettiest of spots but it will do

oh and an ant joke. Who was the most famous ant scientist? Albert Antstein!

TFTC PoleCat!

Found this while on some work business around the area, found it quite easily as there was no camo around the cache so after logging in I placed some camo around the cache (but not to much)

The Joke

Why don't snakes like ants, because they have anti venom.

What did one ant say to the other after they couldn't find a cache.... Such an ANTiclimax.

At last i got one. Left christmas smiley. Took boomerang but it wilp not return here

A Father and Son - Two Bikes - 22 kms - Five Caches

Campbell was itching to go for a ride on his bike, so I scoped out a few possibilities and decided a ride to Carrum was in order. Leaving Endeavour Hills and heading south along the Dandenong Bike Trail. A glorious day it was, and seeing lots of fellow bike riders, walkers, fishermen and a group of model yacht captains vying for honours. We grabbed five caches along the way with one DNF arriving at Carrum in just under 3 hours for a well deserved chicken schnitzel sanga for lunch. Campbell had a paddle in the small waves as we waited for Katy to pick us up.

After stopping near GZ it took a minute or two to locate the cache. We replaced this lidless container with a small silver 200ml Sistema which fits into the spot nicely, Campbell adding some cammo. Replacement log was added so cache is all good to go now with maintenance done!!

Thanks for the cache PoleCat S!!!

Find 889 at 13:17. I was out with Scarecrow_01 taking advantage of the nice weather with a ride along the Dandenong Creek Trail today. We rode from Patterson Lakes to Dandenong and picked up five caches along the way. This was the third find on this run. The cache was quickly located but as per K_Wolf's log, it needs a bit of attention as it is still missing a lid and log book. We signed a card in the cache and returned it to it's hiding spot. Unfortunatlely the cache contents fall out in this position but there's not much else that can be done.

Thanks for the cache, PoleCat S!

First the ant joke:
What do you call a 100 year old ant? Antique

Revisited the area again for some cache placing/checking of my own, so thought I'd go and look for this cache too. The cache was an immediate find once close to GZ - because it was thrown down the embankment and the contents strewn all over the ground. I collected all the items and put them back in the container - but was unable to find the lid or log. After contemplating the best course of action, I noticed what I presumed to be the cache-hiding-place and considered that if I put the cache back the right-way the lid-less container would fill with water very quickly. So I up-ended the container and squeezed it back into its presumed hiding place - I hope that this will help keep things in place and not any more water-logged - at least for long enough for the CO to find a new lid/log and sort things out.

As per find log, the cache was open and contents strewn all over, I was unable to find the cache-container-lid or log-book. Cache and contents have been returned to the presumed correct hiding place, but the cache needs a new lid and logbook.

This was the first of four geocaches I found on an Anzac day bikeride from Dandenong to Carrum.
Had to backtrack a little to wait a while for riders to disappear, but once they'd gone, it was very easy to find. Thanks for the cache.

Q: What do you call a crazy ant which sucks up to you?
A: A sycophant.

Find #655 logged at GZ, will update shortly.... T4TC PoleCat S!

What game do ants play with elephants?
Squash.

This entry was edited by clickcraftsman on Sunday, 31 March 2013 at 09:47:07 UTC.

Only a few muggles to wait on then coast is clear to grab the cache. Nice cammo although cache is a little exposed.

Q: Who is the most famous French ant?
A: Napole-ant!

TFTC. TNLNSL.

Kems

Bit of muggle activity in the area the day I went to get this cache but this was an easy find. Nice touch on the cache.

What do you call an ant that starts a fight?

The ANTagonist.

I think I'll stick to caching.

Did my dead ant but I'll be bgreuged if I can find the prize. I think I need to wait for a warm sunny day with muggles everywhere to find this one. I'll be back.
TFTC

Why did the ant race along the top of the box?
Because the box said: "Tear Along Dotted Line."

This entry was edited by BernieH on Friday, 26 October 2012 at 19:36:51 UTC.

The most inventive cache of the day. I will give it a Favourite Point. We navigated through the new estates for a start point only a few hundred metres from GZ. After that a short walk and then the cache was ours, Thanks PoleCat_S.

Q. What do you call an ant from overseas?

A. ImportAnt.

Thanks for the hide I must do some more along Eastlink

Q.. What do you get if you cross some ants with some tics?
A.. All sorts of antics!

I thought this was a good joke considering what we do while geocaching.

Love the hiding spot. And the ants well ants seem to be the ANTswer after all!! Thanks for a brilliant cache

Found it on walk in rain from work, great hide
The only joke I know is
What did pink panther say when he stepped on a ant
Dead ant. Dead ant. Dead ant dead ant
TFTC LS

As part of our own "Walk the length of the Eastlink project" this cache was on our way.
This was section 3 of the walk.
This cache gets a favorite for originality and awesomeness!
TFTC


This entry was edited by Riddell on Friday, 20 July 2012 at 03:37:48 UTC.

Thanks for a great hide

Great cache and camo. Found this one today with Irontoad. My gps lead us astray initially - I checked it again and then found it very quickly once I was looking in the right place. There were only a few hopeful fisherpeople down the river to see us. Took an ailen and left a smile.

Here is my ant joke (just as well it doesn't have to be a good one!):

What do you call a 100 year old ant? Antique

Thanks for the cache PoleCat S.

easy pick up great night for walk thanks

This little sod was quite defiANT, but I got him in the end.

We have decided to do a cache a day for as long as we can last and Mr.Coffee picked this one up after work.
Thanks PoleCat S for the cache,
Regards Mr.Coffee and the Coffee Clan.

Nice job on the camo & well hidden.Geo-GF & I enjoyed the walk along the path.
Thx for the cache poleCat

I have been eyeing off this series for quite a while now, but it was only a short time ago that I had the idea of doing all along the trail in one go, by bike. The weather looked good today, so we put the bikes on the car and started at #24 and collected 18 for the day, meaning we didn't end up making it to #1. I am sure we will pick up from where we left off eventually......... but I was quite pleased with the total. We ended up riding for 32.5km which was quite a lot considering the total. Oh well, it was very enjoyable

I wish I didn't try to decode the clue because the hide was really easy, but it was still encrypted so I spent a while trying to decrypt it using an app I have. Once I did the decryption, the hide was found 30secs later! Ugh, I should have just looked straight away! Nice hide, one that I have seen before (well, something very similar). Thanks for another great cache PoleCat_S

The Dead Ant cache has been rebuilt and is now fully Geocaching complyANT.
Hope all you cachers have a plesANT experience.
- Pole Cat S

Yes, Dead Ant is a bit damp inside. Unfortunately, it is not the first time, so I am taking it offline so that I can fix it properly. Perhaps I should seek the help of an consultANT.
With any luck, Dead Ant should be up an running by the weekend. I hope the ANTicipation is doesn't drive you mad.

Found with maggies_lens and Rigger64.

Find # 630 Found @ 1740Hrs

Found on my way home after trying for an FTF which i missed out on.
So as i started heading home i decided to find this one as it has been BUGGING me for so long, so after parking the car we MARCHED down to GZ to find the Dead Ant.
Which was found in the fisrt place we looked.
Like Maggie has said the container is leaking so a little sealANT might in order to stop it leaking.

TNLNSL
TFTH

Found with Rigger and Epicmac. It's leaking pretty badly from the holes, could do with a drop or two if sealANT, GET IT SEALANT? LOL! Nah really could do with silicone or something.

This entry was edited by Maggies_lens on Sunday, 13 November 2011 at 07:49:16 UTC.

We found this cache at 11:35am as the 4th of 20 on our Bay and Back Caching Expedition. Ants will one day rule all the matter in the universe. Well at least all the Antimatter. Nice view of the bridge over the creek and bike path. Thanks from D, HA & A B-A.