A Funny Thing Staghorn Flat, Victoria, Australia
By Coruze on 18-Sep-11. Waypoint GC34EET

The GZ area for this cache has turned unsightly due to people dumping rubbish.
Archiving cache because the hide is no longer about the location.

A plan was hatched with Rapidlywild to head out for a mini adventure and stay with a fellow cacher in
Albury for the weekend.

After the mob cache we called back to where we were staying and picked up Coruze to join us for the evening/wee hours of the morning caching madness. Lots of chatting, laughing and caching was achieved on this adventure.

TFTC Coruze

A mini mission for the weekend was planned to head down to Albury/Wodonga area for a caching weekend with one party of the FurfacesLL ladies. We had organised to stay with a fellow cacher in Albury while we ran a muck around the town collecting caches.

After arriving in town, and unpacking the geomobile in Albury, and doing a little caching last night, we went back and slept before heading out again. Today we wanted to go check out the High Voltage trail to see if my 2WD was up to the task. We did 22 of the (backwards) before pulling the pin as we did not want to be out here when the sun dropped so we changed our plans and decided to attack some of the smaller towns instead.

As the evening was approaching, we called in to pick up Coruze to come on an evening/night time adventure with us.

As the evening continued, so did the cache collections. Many laughs and discussions along the way as we made our way towards Coruze's old stomping grounds.

This one was not very funny at all. I got myself a number of grey hairs solving this one and just as I thought I was getting somewhere on the puzzle, I would hit a road block lol. Eventually, after multiple curse words, the coordinates were identified. [:p]

Thanks for the puzzle and cache placement Coruze

Cache and hide is fine

# 11190 Found on another warm almost summer day.
I hitched a ride down south with The Drovers for a fun day of puzzles and caching.
We were both happy to get here to check out the hide.
Thanks for the puzzle and the cache Coruze,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Maintenance Check

Our first puzzle cache! Took not too long to work this one out....Nice! Took a couple of moments to find the hide and don't think it is as it was intended by reading the past logs and how we found the cache. The cache is also being protected by a million ants. TNLN T4TC

This entry was edited by RainbowWarriorz on Sunday, 31 August 2014 at 09:30:08 UTC.

Thanks to Brindavy for working this one out. Almost had to leave this one for another day when some muggles pulled up and seemed to be going to hang around. They finally left and after a bit of searching, the cache was soon signed and back in its hide.

Another one I owe to Brindavy and werdobiker, was getting extremely cold by the time it was found, but a great day out

Spent ages this morning trying to nut this one out, and after one failed attempt, I finally had it Took a little while to actually find, but got there in the end. A great cache to round out the day.

TFTC

Decided to have another look here after a bit of help from the CO. I finally spotted the cache but no wonder I missed it the first time, it was swallowed by the tree and only the ring was slightly poking out.
I performed a small tree surgery and finally managed to get it with some tweezers.
The tree will survive but the GZ may need rethinking/positioning.

TFTC Coruze!

Search GZ for about half an hour after the sun went behind the mountain. Started getting cold and the big spiders were starting to show themselves in all the hidey holes so I opted to live to find another day.

I'll be back!

Mrs. Lost Wanderer had tried to figure out the puzzle a few times over the last lew months but couldn't get the Romans figured out. Finally had a moment of clarity smd an answer that the geo checker liked then had to wait until we had an evening with no other plans. We got to the GZ and quickly found the cache, the hard part was extracting it.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hunt Coruze.

During the GeoParent's (GillandTony) annual visit, I took the opportunity to use Dad's Brain to help solve some puzzle caches.

I had no idea how to tackle this one and was more than happy to hand it over to Dad. His first attempt resulted in a negative response from the co-ords checker and he hunkered down again to rethink it. His second attempt was spot on and we were soon headed off to GZ.

The co-ords proved spot on and we soon had the tricky little cache in hand - this one earns a favourite point from me for both the puzzle and the actual hide. Thanks so much for this cache!

During my annual visit, geodaughter introduced me to the joys of puzzlecaches and gave me this one because I have a reputation for getting these. I got it wrong first time! Second time lucky and we were off the GZ.

The actual cache was the first one of its kind I had seen and I was most impressed. When we came to log the cache we realised that it was a premium member only and I've become a premium member simply so I can write this log and say thanks for the puzzle and the clever cache.



This entry was edited by GillandTony on Monday, 22 October 2012 at 08:07:43 UTC.

One of the good things about shift work is being able to get out midweek to grab a couple of caches. Worked this one out yesterday. Don't mind the odd logic puzzle. Checked answer and all ok. SL after a brief search at 12 noon. Great camo and nice spot! TFTC Coruze. Another 'on the agenda' knocked over.

I quite enjoy these logic puzzles, and this one wasn't too difficult. A good hide too! Thanks Coruze for the puzzle and the cache.

I don't like this type of puzzles, but, persistance pays off.
Sneaky hide!
SL.....TNLN.....T4TC
troobloo

A not so funny thing happened when I found this one. At GZ, there were some remains of a dead deer badly rotting in a plastic bag and it stunk very badly. We managed to find the well camouflaged cache in the end though and we then made a hasty retreat back to the car and some fresh air. Thanks Coruze for the cache.

Coruze help me with puzzle - still learn... Signed the log. Thanks Coruza.

As Gunnie69 & I headed back to Melbourne we stopped to snatch this one...

Now where Oh Where can it be..???????????????

After a bit of a search we made the find - very well camouflaged..

TNLNSL

Thanks Coruze

I quite enjoy these logic puzzles, they sit well my my methodical way of thinking... [^] Armed with a set of coords for the final, I set sail for GZ with Kaisho53 as we motored away from the Mega event and headed South. We were on a mission to collect as many cache types as we could in one day and this was to mark number 5.

BUT... We arrived at GZ and couldn't find a container... I panicked and immediately thought "Crap, I never checked the coords on the cache page"... I was confident they were correct but it's always nice to have that confirmation...

We powered on with the search though and after ruling out what we thought was every possible hiding spot, the cache revealed itself.... Oh Boy, that is very well done I must say... [^]

So, happy with the discovery and with the 5th icon, we chuffed off.

Thanks for the puzzle and excellent cache Coruze. Your creativity gains a favourite point from me...

Found at 3.05pm GAFF4. What wasn't funny was the dead animal at the base of a nearby tree - had to take deep breaths and search a bit then run away! A tricky hide that we nearly gave up on - as a matter of fact finding the cache was more difficult than the puzzle.
Thanks Coruze.

Found with a enthusiastic bunch of SA geocachers for the mega event in Albury

All checked and all good to go.

Please accept my apologies for "boilerplate logs" this week. Caching during the day and socialising at night leaves little time to do real justice to each cache log. Found today whilst attending OZ MEGA. Did the tour to Yackandandah and Beechworth townships picking up smilies and ten icon types. Thanks for the cache in such a wonderful area.

A funny thing happened on the way to Yack ... ran into a cacher here, another one there, by the time we hit the township we had a real ol' fashioned convoy! Woop!!!

Found on my way home form the OZ Mega, I had solved this one for the trip, sure was an evil hide. TFTC

Solved this one at home in preparation for our MEGA trip. Excellent hide, favourite for us TFTC.

We solved this before venturing East for Oz Mega. Took some looking to find this one. Then found by accident.
Thanks

A funny thing happened while we were looking for this cache. Teaching DR Kramers new caching team's geokids about different types of hides, Mogni put her hand right on the cache and said look out for things that look like this. Imagine her surprise when the cache appeared. Much giggling from Monica, Mary and Lily ensued.

Found during our Oz Mega Holiday.
We really appreciate all the caches that people placed in and around Albury.
We had a ball finding them and this was one of them.
Spent quite a while on the enjoyable puzzle and 5 seconds with the hide!
Thanks Coruze.

Found with Mum & Dad during our Oz Mega Holiday.
We really appreciate all the caches that people placed in and around Albury.
Cool final hide!

Reperio at 0750.

As soon as I saw this puzzle, it brought back memories of doing these in 'That's Life' magazine where I first laid eyes on them. Had to have to goes at this one as I stuffed up somewhere along the lines, but once I had that sorted, I stopped by today on a caching run to Beechworth, and needless to say...this took longer than expected to find. After checking most possibilities around GZ, it was only by luck that I bumped the cache with my hand which made it move did I think to check there. Certainly a difficult cache to find.

Gratias Coruze.

3636th total find at around 16:07

We spent another enjoyable day caching around the area before attending the Oz Mega Event in Albury over Easter. Our companions today were Flipper & Co, Liz and Bruce and Phetlern.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks Coruze for the cache
(And our apologies for "boilerplate logs" this week.)

16:08
The Mega site is starting to emerge from it's equestrian camo. With just two days to go we spent today with Liz&Bruce, Ian & Penny and Flipper and Co. in the Wodonga / Yackandanda area.
Nothing really funny happened on our caching journey today, but we did find a real well hidden cache. Nicely crafted.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Coruze.
2829

Out with Phetlern, Ian and Penny and Flipper & Co for an entertaining day of caching - a good pre mega event activity. A lovely day to be out caching and this was one of the caches we targetted and were able to find. This was a cleverly hidden cache and a very pretty location with the autumn leaves on the poplars. Thanks coruze

NICE HIDE
On a day out with the Mega caching crew of Ian & Penny, Liz & Bruce & Phetlern. Was a fun day out.
TFTC
[red]Gayle & Mark[/red]

Found by Mary & David at 1055. David enjoys these kinds of puzzles (muzza has published a few). GZ was in an area with lots of colour and autumn leave falling. Coordinates were pretty good today, which was just as well as it still took a while to find. Our thanks to Coruze.

#2420 We were having a brilliant day and thought it was an ideal time to go out to GZ before heading for a swim. So into the NinjaGolf we piled and off we went, looking forward to this little adventure. We only had one GPS and it took a little bit to settle but once it did the spot on co-ords soon enable Dad to locate the very nicely camo'd container. Funnily we have printed this puzzle out quite a few times but we have discovered that these type of puzzles are not meant to be solved at work or when bored 11yo's are around. Whilst TGP was staying at her grandparents both Dad & the Queen sat down one night intent on solving this puzzle once and for all - as it was conditions were "ideal" and with no interruptions and continued concentration we both came up with the same numbers. Our thanks to Coruze, we really enjoyed the puzzle and theme - our one cache for the weekend and what a beauty. Nice one!

BlackLegend and I wanted to have a caching run for the day since I was camping in his area. Today was the day and this cache was one of the lucky ones. BL was the brains behind this one. Happy to nab another Coruze puzzle. TFTC

Found with my good mate Justin aka Covert Hypnosis aka C@H on a days caching run out to Albury for Justin to pick up the last of his Project 81 caches. Took the twins, James and Jemma who had a great day.

Another that has been solved for quite some time, and this was the right time to grab it... After a careful search, the sneaky and well hidden cache was located. Sometimes you just gotta step back and have a look. A puzzle I personally struggled with, just not flash with logic diagrams like that, but after some time, muddled an answer out. TFTC.

I enjoyed solving this one but once at GZ I started scratching my head. Then the GPS relented a bit so I was able to concentrate the search in a more logical location. The cache was found but not without a wrestle with the hide which had become stuck! All is well now though, thanks Coruze. One of only a few micros in the bush and otherwise that I was able to find on this trip.

Discovered this puzzle while supposed to be working, printed it off and made a start on the puzzle that night. I love this style of puzzle, so enjoyed the challenge this one presented. As we were on the way back from Myrtleford we took the opportunity to finishing it off. Pulled up near GZ and it wasn't long before geohubby had the clever cache in hand. Very clever camo. TFTC.

Whoop whoop. Joint *FTF*with DJ Rascal. Spotted this puzzle come out whilst at work yesterday & instantly cringed - not good at those puzzles at all.
Printed it off and asked a "junior" team member to kick me off before heading home to finish it with DJ. We've worked on similar ones with DJ before - so we got cracking & some coords were put together. After the geochecker was added to the page we popped the coords in to get the first green ticks this morning. Re-checked after work to see no logs so arranged to met at GZ, hopefully before the rain. (didn't happen - we got wet)
The "funny thing" sure began here. Found the cache no probs & the rest of the story is far too long and funny to share here.
Many thanks Coruze for another head scratching puzzle & a crafty hide at the end. Thanks also to TrooBloo for stopping by for a visit!
Eventually signed the log, loaded the soaked Geokids in the car from splashing in the puddles and headed for home. Thanks guys. TNLN SL

Mrs H had let me know through the day yesterday that this puzzle had come online and I was to get cracking at it. I didn't really get time to have at this puzzle till last night and Mrs H had told me how much she had worked out, which was probably right but I knew it would be better for me to work it out from scratch to avoid any confusion. I had to wait for some quiet time and when I finally got some, the puzzle was done in 10 minutes, but was getting too late to head out and grab it.
I could have picked the FTF this morning while out that way but left it until after work, hoping no one would pick it up by then.
Knock off time rolled round and arrangements were made to meet at Gz. I arrived first and immediately spotted the cache in the hiding spot thanks to the spot on coords but left it till Mrs H and Little Ez turned up so they could search and make the find.
A bit of head scratching followed once container extracted, and not sure what to do with it we continued the search looking for a possible "real" cache but after half an hour or so a call had to be made to the owners to make sure we weren't missing something, turns out the cache was missing something. The missing piece was delivered by hand by Troobloo (good to meet you) and log signed, a brief chat and it was time to speed away before the next rain shower arrived.

Cheers.


This entry was edited by DJ Rascal on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 11:53:05 AM UTC.

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