lost and lonely Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia
By Vk3taa on 16-May-11. Waypoint GC2WCV5

Unfortunately there has not been a response (or regular update) from the cache owner within the period requested and, as per the original advice, this cache is now being de-listed (Archived) as abandoned.If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment.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.

----------### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUESTED PLEASE** ###----------Hi there Cache Owner,This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **possibly** needs 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 the cache is being temporarily disable - 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 you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.#What you need to do:-#You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-- **Check On The Cache** - once checked, place an Owner Maintenance log and then enable the cache.- **Place A Write Note Log** - indicating a date when you expect it will be restored. - **Adopt Out or Archive** - depending on whether you want it kept or for it to disappear.Full details for each of the above choices can be found at [**GEOCACHE MAINTENANCE**]( https://wiki.groundspeak.com/display/GEO/Victoria) on the Regional Policies page.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. [xx(] It would be far better if you decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.Thanks for your cooperation,Bunjil (Pete & Helen)Volunteer Reviewers - Australia[3AS]

After reading previous logs Im pretty sure this one is no longer here. Comments re warn magnets etc means theres really only one place it could be. Might be worth the cache owner checking it out!

Didnt find this one sadly, might of gone missing/destroyed.

Cache is missing.

Cache appears to be missing.

Idk where it is I think it was destroyed

Found this one with SciFiRulz and WeAreAmused TFTC

Found with PapaGrouch and WeRAmused. We went for a drive this evening to find a few caches. We spent a while examining the obvious place for the cache in the twilight. It was eventually found on the ground, the magnets having given way. TFTC

Easy find

found

Cool hide in such an unusual location. TFTC

Woah didnt even know it was there. When I first came here I looked EVERYWHERE. I cant believe I found it.

Foind it

Just knocking over a few caches whist running some errands on an rdo.Located easy cleared some rubbish too.Magnets have warn but cache and contents is in good condition.

Added a MacPuffin coin from Cape Breton Island. Not trackable, but please take it somewhere interesting, as its already far from home!

I was heading to a shop at Fountain Gate and arrived before 9 am to find out the shop doesn't open until 10 am. What to do but go geocaching. This was one that I looked for.Much easier to find on an early Sunday morning in this deserted industrial area. Still lots of cars driving past, but my car was parked nicely as distraction.Thanks for the cache Vk3taaHunter

Pretty easy going

Found it! Added my 2 cents worth lol

(:

A nice quick find out here on its lonesome.. thanks Vt3taa for placing.

Thanks for the hide , found while in the area

In the area today and as we were nearby to this cache, it was a quick stop and thankfully a quick find in between waiting out the local traffic.

Thank you Vk3taa for placing this cache.

Was on my way down to work location yesterday and stopped to find this one.

A very sweet and easy cache! I placed my own bracelet in it for the next person to find.

Nice and quick

Very quick find Thanks for this one ️

Due to unforeseen circumstances Mr Smokey Bear will no longer be a part of Team Smokey Bear and will continue his adventures as "SmokeyBearOG".

So I'm relogging all previous finds under my new account.
Unfortunately this log will not show the original logging date.

**Thanks to Vk3taa for this adventure, looking forward to many more.**

Adam
SmokeyBearOG

Found this one today. TFTC.
TALLY HO!!!

Quick find on a beautiful Monday morning. Industrial area which can get quite busy early morning, but middle of the day was fine. TFTC!!

Easy found, thank you, greetings from Switzerland.

Found it with it mitsi123456
2nd last for day

With Rex46

We had a quick find here. Thanks Vk3taa!

Easy find

Found it. Easy spot

Had a birthday party at Crocs, found this after. T4TC

TFTC

Nice easy find here with PrezDough and Robert740 as we were in the area.
The magnets have lost their attraction however the cache was easily located.
We soon added our monikers and headed off.
The cache, container and log are in excellent condition.
I visited 3 TB.
TFTC.

Found with CJDenno and Robert740. It had seemed that the magnets have disappeared from GZ but we thankfully still found the well hidden geocache. We soon all wrote our monikers in the logbook and then we headed off. The cache, container and logbook are in magnificent condition.

I visited 5 TB

TFTC

Okay that was interesting.... doing a few in the area today.

My first one looked for a minute or two and found it

Shanz

We had to pick something up in Cranbourne and afterwards found some previously DNF caches. This was a quick stop on the way to a previous DNF
TFTC Vk3taa - GJMMelb

27,317. Found with minniek during a quick days caching in Melbourne.

After the wonderful Mega we had in Wangaratta in January this year, there were still many caches left to find. A bunch of us Canberra Region Cachers decided that they certainly deserved another visit to try and knock them off. Day 2 of our adventure arrived and we set out to tackle the Old Coach Road epic series. Once that was done minniek and I drove down to Melbourne. On Day 3 we attended a nearby CCE, then grabbed some nearby caches. This one we picked to tick off the LGA. Nicely set up cache. Signed / Stamped log as appropriate, replaced the cache as found, then headed off to the next one.

Thanks Vk3taa !!

Day 3

With a long weekend in Canberra this weekend, fitzy_1965 and I headed back to Wangaratta with several other cachers to clean up some areas we didn’t get to whilst at the recent Mega.

This morning fitzy_1965 and I awoke in North Melbourne. With our plans changed, we looked to see what was on offer and decided to head to this event, collect some LGA’s and any oldies in the area before heading home.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned. Thanks to the CO for placement and maintenance.

A tiring but fun day was had.

Nice quick and easy find on way home. Thanks

A nice quick little find.

Cache was in great shape and logbook was nice and dry. TFTC

Nice easy find! It is a bit lonely out there… TFTC!

Quick find after work as I needed to pop into dande to pick up some cards from a game store. Thanks for the cache

Found

Spending the day caching with AlexiKatty trying to stay on target for my milestone for the Wangaratta mega in January. It's a nice day and beautiful to be out hear again. Very happy to add this smile to my map.
Tftc

TFTC. Found tonight with ThaKraken

Tttttt

TFTC had to twist hand a little to get this one out but there in the end.

On my way down to Mornington to look after my granddaughter I like to pick up a couple of caches on the way. This is a nice easy pull over and and pick up. Thanks for the cache Vk3taa

Had to come back & turn the blue face to a yellow face.

3495 fltf

Out for a drive after visiting our niece, we stopped for this lost and lonely cache. I now understand the title. Cache in good condition except for a few cobwebs. Thanks Vk3taa

Good thing we came late, can't imagine doing this during the day with all the cars. Beware of spiders, cache was coated in spider webs. TFTC

We will come back

TFTC! Had to wait for the moment and Ito search as the local gardener was doing the lawns!

I was out tonight catching up with friends in Berwick, having a Christmas celebration exchanging KK gifts and sharing some nice meals/treats. Once finished, I made my way home but not before finding a cache to do along the way. I had done most along the route so had to divert a little to do this one.

At GZ, a quick find was made. The cache and log are in good condition. A few trinkets in there along with a TB "Lat John's Silver" which I took to move on. I added some swaps in exchange.

The sky is very cloudy tonight. Perhaps we may get some much needed rain after all the hot weather we've been having lately.

Thank you for the cache here Vk3taa

TFTC stay energized

Found it

Thanks

Found it

Found it

Tftc

Found it

Thanks for the geocache. Found.

On a caching run around the Dandenong/Keysborough/Noble Park area and found this cache along the way.
Our first one for the day, ended up with a wet patch on the knee of my pants because I knelt down which is always fun.
It was fairly obvious where the cache would be, but I needed to reach a bit further than I anticipated to uncover it.
All is well with the cache, signed the log and returned.
Thanks to Vk3taa for the placement!

TFTC, Brainiac03

Found it

Tftc my pen died so couldn’t log my name sorry

Has anyone found this recently? Could not see it today.

Unfortunately as we pulled up we realized we had no Quill (kind of makes it hard to write one of these)
But found and local so will fill in the log in the near future.

Not lost & lonely today, l had a pen and signed it replaced as found... TFTC

Unfortunately as we pulled up we realized we had no Quill (kind of makes it hard to write one of these)
But found and local so will fill in the log in the near future. (Log filled in 29/12/19)

I got down low, had a 'man look' and decided it wasn't there.
Frogsrule Snr. then proceeded to show me how to look properly. Sometimes I feel like goose.
Thanks Vk3taa for the cache.
Chiefton!!!

Found on a nice warm sunny morning. Nice quick easy find. Not very busy here today but I bet it is on a week day. Tftc. Took the tb and left some swaps for the kids. Sl. Thanks and cheers

With a notice of potential loss of power during the day, and another for the loss of the internet, it was definitely not a good day to work from home, so I used a day in lieu to head out to gather the remaining 29 caches required for the Mystery at the Museum. Nice quick find.



My thanks for the cache, Vk3taa.

Quick kn park and grabs and drop off a TB to continue its journey to it's brothers and sisters, found with Cached up Mum Jules

Found with MonkeyMann007 and trackable left

After my regular Wednesday night Dinner with my Uncle at his place in Hampton Park it was time to find my daily cache to keep my cache a day streak alive. This one was nice and close by and seemed like it would be a quick find so I could start work.
Once I wiggled my way around the streets and found a spot to park I was of fo rthe quick and easy find.
Thank you Vk3taa for the cache

Found

Sneaky little hide. Never say never because there is always a hint. Just look for the signs.....

Kids found straight away so so small

Wrong photo sorry that was the next one we went to

Perfect start to the morning. Found it!

I had the afternoon to myself today and I leapt at the chance to grab as many caches in the Greater Dandenong area as I could. What a beautiful day to be out and about! This was a nice clever find as the traffic swooshed by, TFTC!

Jono and mum found this one nice easy find for our first try

Easy find. All is in order. TFTC

Found it TFTC

Great little hidey hole. Easy find, all is in order

A nice easy find with gnome5580 today, it’s good to be able to get back out and grab some caches again even if it was really hot!! TFTC!!

Out with Beckgiz for our regular geocaching day. I've been unable to do it for the past 3 weeks so it was great to be out and about. Thanks for the easy find!

It took us a long time to find but we did. We swapped the green dinosaur with a blue bouncy ball

Out with the geokids tonight for a few caches in the Dandenong area. Last one for the night getting past their bedtime. Fortunately this is an easy one. Went to the lost and lonely got geokids to do the search. With small hands it was easy of the younger geokid to grab the cache. Once in his hands he going through the swappable. He trade his green dinosaur for a Coles mini cereal box. No we're not collecting these and we never did (fortunately!). Young geokid just loves doing swaps.


TFTC Vk3taa

This was the second attempt by me to find this cache. I clear sunny Saturday afternoon lead to perfect conditions. I was determined to find it today, which had me on hands and knees groping in places I’d rather not put my hands sight unseen. In the end I found it and remarkably was able to recover it. You really need to be a contortionist to extract the cache from its hiding hole.

Found today with Surefoot24. TFTC