Lady Talbot Trail # 6 Marysville, Victoria, Australia
By GeoScouts on 13-Jun-11. Waypoint GC2Y5GY

**Cache Archived**
Unfortunately, steps have not been taken to address the issue/s associated with this placement, as per the maintenance expectations in the Guidelines.

As explained in previous logs, the 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 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.

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

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Hi there team_coxy,

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 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 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 to check, repair, 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 logs of praise to roll in.


- **Place A Write Note Log:-** Reviewers don't have a crystal ball, so without your note on the cache page explaining that the site works are on-going, or you have been in hospital, or the area is in flood, 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 a Reviewer next looks at the listing, all will be fine for a little bit longer.
**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 the page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks, so as to keep everyone up to speed.**


- **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.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Bunjil

[3AS]

We are having terrible luck with the last few of these geocaches. Another DNF here has us a bit disheartened

Came today with Shack1961 and went for a hike up to the falls. We then sat and had lunch at the park before trying to find some caches. All the signs said this trail was closed off, but after an hour we decided to give our luck a go and it was on our side! This cache was evading us!

Thought we would try to have a scan around and see if we were lucky enough to spot this lost cache, but unfortunately not.

DNF

looked everywhere… very overgrown… hoping to come back another time and have better luck!

I think we were a bit cold and tired at this point so gave up - will have to come back another time and finish the series! Great spot

Found it

Found it!

Thank you

Found

fun

Found the cache with family friends.

Friend found the cache! Took the tb! Tftc!

Great series for the family, thanks, dropped off a tb

Found by edmil & Maddie @1:04. Yes we found it, not too difficult TNLN. Again thanks for placing the cache.

Don't stump believin'!

Good cache, well hidden.

Another great spot for a cache. TFTC.

Tricky hide compared to the others! Thank you for the hide! Found with Lis, Lotto, Jayden and Pat!

Found by G & C

This is a great drive along here Thanks for placing

Yes a bit trickier here, nice hide TFTC again GeoScouts. Found with Jimmytherat.

TFTC GeoScouts. Sneaky hide. Jimmytherat with Noelle04

Tftc

TFTC. Was in a tougher spot to get to

A bit off a tricky hide! tftc

TFTC GeoScouts All good at gz. TNLN

Not in the obvious spot !

#4 of 6 for the day with DaD0n, ross47 and geoMum.
Going for our customary Fathers Day drive to Marysville, we decided to stop off and get some geocaches.
With a few likely spots to look at, DaD0n and ross47 were searching close by.
I looked over the other way and glanced a possible spot, quickly making the discovery.
Lovely road and gorgeous area.
TFTC

A quick search thanks to the hint. Great seeing these picnic spots that we wouldn't normally get to. TFTC

Today Mr80 went with others in our group for a walk up to the falls and back so Mrs80 took 2 other ladies and went for a drive to find a few along the trail. We were not always successful but we had some fun along the way. This was an easy find and log signed TFTC

So peaceful and quiet here today nobody's around found quickly signed and replaced...TFTC

I found this one whilst ilukaper was searching elsewhere. There is a first time for everything.

Climbed the big log, just as day1976 found the cache. Then I had to try to get back down.

Checked this cache and replaced log book. All is good at this cache. Enjoy.

Thanks for placing this series. Tassie expat and I came up from Gippsland to find them and explore this nice area.

Used the hint and saw something obvious out of place. Boy, it was squeezed in. Managed to wiggle out. All good. TFTC

Thx

Tftc

nice day out withe emeraldflame

Find #4099. Found @ 17:37 with The Good Lady Wife.

After being rained out at lunch, we came back here after the weather had cleared up a smidgeon. The last of the day because we had to get back to j-bean and made some dinner. The Good Lady Wife had walked ahead while I was struggling with the previous cache, and made the quick find. She left the container sitting out while she came back for me, so it was a quick spot when I got close to GZ.

Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables.
Thanks for the cache team_coxy

Found while on a quick 3 day break in the area to visit family.
Nice weather for caching and a good hide here too.
Thanks for hiding this for us to find.

Found with McAdies and Jelly_bean14.
A nice quick break in the area and some fun caches found.
Thanks for the hide here.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
A lovely little trip away and a fun cache to find.
Thanks for hiding it for us to find.

Great spot this!!

Great area and another quick find. TFTC

We weren’t stumped with this one. No. 6 along this great trail and enjoying every minute. Thanks again GeoScouts

Beautiful spot

Nice stump

Nice little hide

With work done for the day now time too play and with maximus1978 and the little man we went for a cruise and come out to the beautiful part of the world
Thankyou co

Found it TFTC

We got to Marysville yesterday afternoon and checked into our motel, which is a rare treat for us as we generally prefer to camp. We spent yesterday afternoon looking around town and went up Lake mountain. This left today free to do the Lady Talbot Trail and still have time to get home in the afternoon.
We had a ball following the track and doing the caches. The country is completely different here to what we are used to up in Albury, and some time along the way i managed to pick up my first ever leech
We followed the road all the way to the park to the falls and it was shut beyond this point, so that is where our day finished.
TFTC.

**Find #1778**

After spending the day at Lake Mountain with a 18km hike to Keppells Hut and back, and heading home with the remaining daylight, I couldn't resist grabbing a few of the Lady Talbot caches. This was my last one for the day. An easy find. I must return another day and complete the rest of the series.

Thanks **team coxy**

TFTC.

Found

2:25pm

After getting out of the car here I thought I wouldn’t even need to follow the arrow to locate the cache, just follow the geotrail and search the most obvious thing like many others have evidently done.
Not finding anything that would be a likely hiding spot, a closer look at the surrounds showed the geotrail heading back to a much easier location and easy cache find.
Should have trusted the pointer from the start.

TNLN, TFTC, Cheers.

Found it

#3060 After lunch in Marysville it was time to hit the Lady Tals Trail to enjoy the fresh air and try and pick up a swag of caches. Although the sign said 4WD only, the track was only rough is a couple of spots and no issue for the GeoForester.

Wowsers, the tree that once stood here must of been a giant! After checking all sides, Mrs BGF came up with the find. TFTC GeoScouts.

On our way to the Buller Getaway caching weekend with wozzle68, we stayed in Marysville last night so that we could explore a bit more of this area, including the Lady Talbot Drive. It really hits home what we have lost over the years with forestry and with bushfires when you see the girths of some of these stumps. TFTC GeoScouts.

Found with Found with Chooknchunk while in the beautiful area. We planned to hit this series after spending the night at at caravan park on our way up to Mt Buller getaway . Wow what a massive stump here

Almost stumped, but found quickly and on the way to the next secret hide.

Nice hide. TFTC

Lovely find.
It must have been an absolutely huge tree!
TFTC

Good instructions great for the kids!

This is our fourth trip to the northern island this year. The first three were primarily for family events but with some opportunities to do some caching along the way. The fourth trip is different as caching is our focus. After getting off The Spirit of Tasmania we are heading north to cache at Wangaratta and then Yass before heading into the ACT and Queanbeyan for a week. After that we will travel to Jindabyne for a few days with summiting Mount Kosciuszko being our main target for this part of our trip. Then we will visit Cooma and Tumut before heading back down the track through Wangaratta and Mansfield as we make our way to Alexandra for the MEGA. After the weekend we will continue to make our way south and back onto the Spirit of Tasmania for the “drive” across Bass Strait. We are really looking forward to three weeks of intense caching in great areas and, hopefully, catching up with some geocachers in each of the areas we will visit.

We had a great time at the Alexandra Event catching up with many people, enjoying the activities, caching and touring the Alexandra and Eildon areas. We certainly have a much better appreciation of the attractions of the area than we had before we arrived. Today we headed south intending to cache our way through Marysville to Mansfield where we planned to stay the night. Although not a long trip, there were many places to investigate and we didn’t arrive until nearly tea time. It was also quite a hot day and that slowed our progress a little.

We were pleased to have the opportunity to visit Marysville some time after the devastating fires. Our first impressions were of a pretty area, with strong community pride in public areas and private dwellings. However a quick look below the surface showed the signs of the intensity of the bushfires that had swept through the area. There were very tall trees which were now single poles and grey standing well above the lush and vigorous regeneration occurring below. The ridges lines showed the scars of the fires. It must have been a horrible experience for residents and for those fighting the fires as the steep sided terrain gave little opportunity to fight the fires nor escape. We were amazed at how the local community had recovered but no doubt, there are many personal scars which are not that evident to visitors.

Our first caching area in Marysville was Lady Talbot Drive. Reasonably accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks GeoScouts for the cache and for giving us a reason to visit the area.

***** We are currently writing detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC. "The Author" Badge challenges geocachers to average one hundred words or more in each log. On 1 September 2017 our average was 86 which seems close to the 100 target. However given that we have found so many GC caches, we have to write many logs with well over 100 words for a long period of time to get our average to the target. Apologies to anyone who finds the logs tedious but it is the only way that we can strive to attain this challenge. Well, after 616 caches (which includes all cache finds up and including yesterday), the average log length is just over 100.3. We have attained our goal, and got there much sooner than we had anticipated. We will continue with the extended logs until the end of the trip to give ourselves a little buffer so that it is very unlikely that we will fall below 100 words per cache average in the future*****

Sitting in Marysville having lunch I was trying to figure out if it was possible to close a 50-cache gap in two weeks to make The Alexandra Event #1000. Easy for some, but until today I was on a 50 day slump. Hmmm I need a power trail, of trads, on a road, and I need it now. Aha! This will do nicely.

Many caches on the trail need maintenance, mainly due to wet logs, and a couple of caches possibly missing. It would be nice to see this series be restored to its original glory. The landscape is fantastic.

Lots of cars on this road. LOTS of cars. And bikes. We more or less drove through a cloud of dust the whole trip!

We got a fair way in to the trail before the 4WD section started, and that just wasn't going to happen in my car.

Thanks GeoScouts for the series. Hopefully we'll be back soon to grab more caches in the area.

Left postman pat...

Great series of caches in a magnificent location, very interesting to see the way the area is regenerating and amazed at the damage still visible. Would have loved to complete this series but the gate is shut. TFTC Found while away for a relaxing weekend with Highcatt 3

Taking the scenic track home after the weekend in Melb. It was hard to miss the big stump and then it was just making the find.
Thanks team_coxy for placing the cache for us to find.
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Little toys. Kids happy

Beware of ants
Tip bring a stick
There's lots of trees
Hoo hoo wee wee

Note to self: bring a stick

Another quick find. Did I mention it's a beautiful day? Thanks

Nice little hair hidey hole

This was a lovely drive along the river and we decided to look for the available caches in the first 12 of the series. They were all found successfully. Some had really good co-ordinates but some were up to 13 metres off the mark. This hide was a bit trickier as it was not in the obvious place so took a little bit longer to locate. Thanks team coxy for a good hide.

Found it tftc

Found with Geo Nerds while off on a trip to do the Lake Eildon Geo tour. What a great couple of days we all had. TFTC

Found with Geo Nerds while off on a trip to do the Lake Eildon Geo tour. What a great couple of days we all had. TFTC

Out for a fantastic caching weekend with some very special friends. This was one that we found on our travels. Many thanks to all the COs that helped make it a very happy caching trip.

Found with Zobo04, Hearse068, BorisB&Natasha and Bounty on our way to do the Lake Eildon Geo Tour. we were trying to do as many caches along the way so I could get in front of KTCvic, whom we would meet up with later. This is one of the caches we found along the way. Decided we would do this little trail. Cant remember ever being in the area but I can tell you I wont forget those white tree tops. They make for some good photos but can only imagine the horror that was felt on that day in February 2009. Thanks for showing us the area it was a real eye opener. TFTC Wow that is one huge old stump

Log was stamped as Geo Nerds consisting of Gonefishen07,Borisb&Natasha, Hearse068, Zobo04, and myself Bounty Trackers.

Gonefishen came up with the plan of doing the Lake Eioldon Geo Tour before it was gone, so we all agreed, Lets get up there and do it.
KTCvic was straight on to booking a place that would sleep 10 people in Bonnie Doon for our 2 night stay.
Gonefishen Borisb&natasha and Hearse068 and myself all meet up in Pakenham so we could cache our way up while DeJaVu and KTCvic where coming up later as they had to work. BorisB&natasha gave the keys to the Prado as she wanted to be a lady of leisure and be chauffeured.
We laughed all the way and just had a fantastic weekend away with great friends, cant wait until the next adventure.
signed log thanks for the cache.

Found today with GF07, BB&N, BT and Zobo04

Here today with the family for some caching and bushwalking. The Taggerty River looks gorgeous. We had fun exploring. Loved this location!!

We arrived in Marysville late afternoon after doing some caches in the Healesville/Warburton area. Our main aim is to get what caches we can along Lady Talbot Drive.

We were soon to find that the road is closed after the half way point, which was a bit disappointing, having came so far.

All caches to that closure point were found, even though variations in coordinates of 3XGPS still didn't put us straight on GZ.

Thanks team coxy for this placement.

Still in good condition thanks for the great series and bringing us to a top spot in the wilderness

A lovely day for a walk - since the road was closed to cars .. Beautiful place

Thanks for the cache and thanks to bring us back to Lady Talbot!

Another one thanks hesps

Great clue about the stump

Another good find along this beautiful drive. Tftc!

Another quick find! Tftc

Found with BBC Youth Kids and Eadon while camping in Marysville. TFTC

Found

Found it

Got it

Found it! Tftc Took deck of card left wombat and bilbi

It is a big stump, be wary of the wasps who seem to have a nest real close.

Another one. Thanks.