Girls Games Berkeley, New South Wales, Australia
By Ironbark on 12-May-11. Waypoint GC2W2ZF

New cache in place. good to go.

Did a check on this one yesterday and it is missing again.How do people find this when it is so hidden and out of the way and blends in.Most cachers take time to find it when they know it is there.Will replace next week if I can find the correct container, they are becoming hard to find these days.Ironbark.

Have gone twice and brought family to help on the search. Still no luck but will try again soon!

Thanks Ironbark we found it! Added a photo hint!

This was the second visit here after a DNF a while back even though I had a rough idea where I should be looking ,I decided to ask the CO for a small hint . So today decided to have another extensive search . On arrival parked 50 metres from GZ and unlike my last visit , where no one was around a school had a day at the netball courts . Must admit first time I seen males playing netball although those not playing were kicking around a football . So the search began , like the yellow pages I searched all over to find the address .After awhile I felt something that was wobbly and realised what the hint meant . So with little effort I had the cache in hand which contained a blank log . TFTC Ironbark a FP from me for nice sneaky and clever cache

In the area and the place was void of all life forms so quickly checked the cache and there it was sitting in the same place it has for the past 13 years.The log was a bit damp so replaced and still all good for the next finder.Ironbark.

Went top check on this one but 2 muggles sitting right on the spot and didn't look like moving any time soon. They were watching kids riding on the courts so will come back another day.

Very hard find if the owner can help and have a look please do

Spent considerable amount of time without any luck . Every nook and cranny along the rail as far as the big boulders

No luck today.

Very hard fine! But a good one!!

2nd time round, had to ask for an extra hint to find. Definitely need to think outside the box and look closely.

Two years since our last DNF hear, armed with a bit more experience, this was a quick find. Still plenty of ants. Log is a little soggy but okay. Tftc

Spent a good 20 minuets looking with 4 of us and couldnt find it even though looking at the map we were right on top of it not sure if its missing thanks anyway for the hunt. Was fun trying to find it.

Thanks

Couldnt find

Came back better prepared (gum boots instead of white shoes) but still want having any luck until expending the search radius a little bit and there it was...along with the ants mentioned in a previous log although geokid didn't notice those until returning the cache.

No luck on this one today.. Didn't help that GZ is surrounded by water which I hadn't come prepared for.

Didn't find with 2 geo son helpers, moved?

Looked for 20 can't find it

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Found it very hard to find but it was all wet

Went to watch my daughter play nettie today so had a quick look to see why all the latest DNFs and the reason is---you just couldn't find it.
Even took a spare with me just in case it was missing but no need. These containers are getting hard to come by too.
There it was just sitting there where it always is.
Didn't move or check as no reason.
It is a little tricky but if you look properly it really sticks out.
Good luck to the next chasers.

Ironbark.

think it was stolen

Couldn’t find

Looked a while after the bird expo and I had an idea of what I was looking for but a sad DNF.

If still there a hard find fry again soon

Thanks so much. Took a bit of time but found it in the end. Log book very wet and the cash is in an ants nest but still a fun little find. Thanks again

Not the first time looking for this one! Had eluded us up until today. Saw it had been recently replaced so tried our luck whilst waiting for the netball game to begin. Found it today! Cache is wet and has some ants. Tftc.

Went for a quick look after all the DNFs and yes it was missing. Strange as it is not in a place that will randomly be found.
Replaced with new cache and all good to go.
Happy hunting.

Couldn't find i think I saw where it was meant to go but looks like someone took it

Too good

1130 pm dnf

Looked in plenty of books and crannies, lots of work been going on here, hopefully hasn’t been dislodges

Couldn’t find

Found it!

Amazing hide, really hard but good.

Down at the netty the other day and had a quick check and the cache is all snug in its place.
Bit of work going on close by and some puddles due to the huge amount of rain we have had but still good to go.
Happy hunting.

Couldn’t fine

Awesome hide. Took a bit of poking around but got it finally

Third time lucky here , but had to get a hit off roo_and_tribe , great hide . Tftc

Couldnt find it got my feet soaked looking for it along that fence where the navigation showed

No luck today a bit sloshy we will be back.

Day two on our caching weekend away and Tankengine and I were looking forward to the day.

We had all seasons and it was rather warm - I even got sunburnt. We made some great finds, saw some sweet views and then caught up with the rest of the team before dinner.

This cache: A quick find when you look in the right direction. Coords slightly off today with the iPhone, but still found and signed. Tftc!!!

Chooo ooo [found] with dty73! Clever hide! Thanks Ironbark!

Find 354 for the tribe

This one has eluded us on more than one occasion due to either the presence of muggles or our own inability to come up with the goods but today thanks to a helpful hint from TheBryantBoys finally we laid our hands on the prize.

Cache in good condition. Signed log and replaced as found. Ignore the 12 hint which is incorrect.

With there being no girls games going on today, it was a lovely spot for some lockdown exercise. It was a great spot to get rid of some training wheels last lockdown too.

Clever hide Ironbark. Thanks for the cache!

Did not find it. Could have been put in and couldn't get it back out again.

Yep it is still there. Not a simple one but if you look closely there is something different. Using your fingers will tell you a story too.
Happy hunting.

Not easy at all. Destroyed some nails and almost got attacked by ants but on the plus side we got some sunshine and probably entertained the people lined up for a covid test in the carpark. Will come back again for another try later.

We think we found where it was but was not there oh well

2nd attempt for me. Finally got it. The clue of 12 was off putting TFTC

We came looking for it yesterday but couldn’t find it, but then we came for a walk and accidentally found it without even looking

Quick and easy find! TFTC

Hell yeah

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Couldn’t find

Checked everywhere

Dont bother. Nothing to find

Not located, checked a fair area.

TFTC , well timed grab a we were on between games and the crowd had all gone.
terrortorian

Wow, it was September 2011 when we had a DNF here! Down to visit the mother-in-law from Sydney, we stopped to see what we could find. It took quite a search but we finally came up with the well-tucked-away container. For us, it was a fair distance from the coordinates our devise took us to. So by way of a small hint we will say “Twelve”. And the ants mentioned in previous logs are well and truly still there and not too happy about having their little home disturbed! SL TFTC Cheers... Gaztek

Could not find near netball courts

Wow, the ants!

No sign of it, on rail or on the ground

To much sewage

Found this out in the open on the grass this morning we think. Have messaged the owner to confirm it was the cache somehow out of its spot maybe? Thanks.

New cache back in place and ready to go. Good luck, please use stealth as I don't know how a muggle would find this one. Happy hunting.

Finally got a new container should be replaced this week. These containers are hard to come by these days.

Still struggling after shoulder reconstruction.
Will replace as soon as I can drive again.
Have a new container but no way to get here.
Thanks for your patience.
Ironbark.

Had a look today and this one is gone, would replace this weekend but!. Will replace when I can but may be a little bit down the track as I have shoulder reconstruction tomorrow and will be in a sling unable to drive for 6 weeks minimum, hopefully I can get someone to take me back to replace it. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Was a bit muddy so maybe couldn’t get close enough

We looked through all the posts but could not find anything

Logs been taken and lids gone, ants nest growing inside.

Found at gz, but was not able to retrieve the container, but log was accessible. Signed & returned as found. No netball on today, but the annual LEGO show was drawing the crowds. TFTC Ironbark xo

Good one to find

Yaydo

Found it thanks

C'mon a needs maintenance from some one who has never found a cache yet.
Sorted.

Easy

Nothing here!

Only found the lid

DNF ️

Found a year or two back, forgot to log

I like it.

Good find

No as easy as i though it would be ... contents are good tftc

TFTC

Good quick find TFTC

G'Day My Fellow Geocacher,

I’m DARKSIDEDAN aka Daniel from Canberra, Australia and I have had the pleasure of finding your Geocache during my travels as a Geocacher. This cache was an easy find.Found with Loci612 during the OzGeomuster The Gong 2019. The cache was in good condition and there was plenty of room in the logbook. I signed the logbook either Darksidedan or Darkside or DSD. I have also included a random selection of photos with my found it log from my many Geocaching adventures.

I love discovering Geocaches, Trackable items and collecting Pathtags. I have added your cache to my growing list of “Found It” logs. I hope that you enjoy Geocaching as much as I do. For me geocaching is a way of life. When I am not Geocaching, I am thinking of Geocaching. I would like to say a very big than you for placing your geocache and for maintaining it for the Geocaching Community.

Here is a little information about me. I have been geocaching since 2015. At the time of finding this cache I have over 5600 finds plus 340 hides. I am the creator of the “Duck Dip” Lab Cache that won 2nd Place for the Australian Capital Territory in the State Vs State - Battle of the Lab Caches at the OzGeoMuster - The Gong Mega 2019 in Wollongong, Australia.

Now let’s talk Pathtags. Currently I have over 4600 Pathtags in my collection plus about 500 Etagz. I currently have two of my own Pathtags (45762 & 46950) with another one in the works. In 2019, I won the right to place a Virtual 2.0 Cache from Geocaching.com, but I have not placed it yet. I am just trying to find somewhere that is worthy of a Virtual Cache.

I have included with my Found It log an Original and One of a Kind, Geocaching poem that I have written. I hope that everyone who reads it gets some enjoyment out of it.

Geocache Poem
by DARKSIDEDAN

My endless search goes on and on
Looking for treasures of every kind
Always chasing just one more find
Putting past DNF’s out of my mind
I step out into the world outside,
Seeking what is hidden from me
What size, shape or form will it be?
Only time will tell, I can’t wait to see
Will I find my prize at the end?
I will search in the failing light and cold
Filling with despair having looked everywhere
Where is this thing that gives my life pleasure?
Looking all around from every angle
I read the logs and check the hint
I curse out loud as I walk in circles
Screaming the bloody thing it not there
As time flies by and I fail to see,
Never once stopping to realize
It always been there before my eyes
No need for sorrow, there’s the Geocache.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I am currently writing very detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC called "The Author". This Badge challenges geocachers to write logs with an average length of more than one hundred words per log. As of the 14th August 2019 my average Found It log is 125 words per log. I would like to get all my logs up to more than 200 words per log but I will have to wait and see how I go. Currently I am just trying to get my average up by finding and logging as many geocaches as I can. My apologies to anyone who finds my lengthy logs tedious but it is the only way that I can strive to attain the highest level with this challenge. After more than 5,800 geocaches (which includes all cache finds up and including this cache, I am now entertaining the possibility that I might be able to achieve my task very soon. Progress has been better than anticipated.

CHACHE SERIES OWNED

UFO Series - 180 Caches (Largest GeoArt Series in the ACT - 100kms Long)
Vampire Series - (100 Traditional, Letterboxes, Puzzle Caches in Thawa, ACT)
Australian Animals Series - (50 Traditional Caches in (Collector to Gunderoo NSW)
Puzzle Series (15 Puzzle Caches in Canberra ACT)

That’s a first! We like!

Huge carpark, and not a single car on this wet rainy day!
Accessing the cache was definitely not a T1 today! No wheelchair would be able to get here unless they wanted to be in a very deep puddle!

We had to access it from the back and still leaned over a puddle to access. This is a sneaky hide that is more than a 1.5D in my opinion.

Thanks Ironbark!

Yay

Well Hidden

Great hide,was a little scary in the dark lol

Looks easy but took us awhile

Found caching the Illawarra with Bonfire7. TFTC

A very good hide. Gets a FP from us. We could only find it because our new etrex was very accurate and we saw a photo of the cache. A bit of geogroping soon uncovered this clever hide. The log was quite soggy, despite its cover. No worries, we added an extra logsheet in a new snaplock bag. TFTC

Y

Very clever, watch out for spiders!!!

TFTC