Paperbark Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
By oz_bean_counter on 19-Nov-11. Waypoint GC380XK

As there has been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it has been a number of months since the last owner note I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact a reviewer (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, the reviewer will be happy to unarchive it.

Should you replace the cache after 30 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. If you require more time please be sure to post a note (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the page and post a note every month or so to keep everyone up to date.

Out attacking Caboolture with Net88 and this one was next, I was surprised at the little park having the cache and not the huge one across the road, but it is a nice little spot. The previous logs didn't look promising, but we had an extensive search all the same.

I noted a few thing about the area here. The first was it looks like there has been works here and possibly a tree or several missing. Also, there was absolutely no rubbish around, one wonders if council has had a cleanup.

So with our lack of finding and a few DNFs before us, perhaps this one needs the CO to have a look and confirm it's status.

I can not see a needs maintenance log on this cache,
From the Help Centre, http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=57
[quote]If you find a geocache that is in need of some help (e.g. container is cracked, logbook is full or wet), please post a "Needs Maintenance" log on the cache page so the cache owner and the community is notified. This log adds an attribute to the page (looks like a colored cross) to alert other geocachers of the needed repairs. Logging Needs Maintenance does not increase find count. Needs Maintenance logs are not forwarded to reviewers.[/quote]
and from the Archive help centre article http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=56
[quote]Please use this log only when there are serious problems with the cache or its location. Do not use it if the cache needs repairs, or you didn't find it, or the location made you uncomfortable. Please consider first contacting the owner of the geocache with your concerns. Use the profile link next to the cache owner's name at the top of the cache page to send an email, as well as logging to the cache page about your visit. [/quote]
If you have no response from the cache owner after 30 days then I'd suggest using a Needs Archive Note. Except for in the most extreme cases, it's normally best to give the cache owner a chance to fix the issue before alerting the reviewers.

Three DNFs in a row. Cache owner not active since Jan 2012. Its time for this to go.

Hmmm. Didnt find it after much scratching around. Must.be that cache blindness that others were talking about. Ill come back again later

3 Geokids and geodad stumped by this one. Had a good look around every paper bark. The GPS was a bit jumpy hut will be back if confirmed its here.

Out for a MTB ride and decided to do a little caching. Spent 30 minutes searching but had no luck. Will keep a eye on any positive logs and return when found again.

Finally returned with ayepeacee and found the cache, and then spent awhile questioning our caching abilities.. TFTC ^^

=) After a DNF with Brightskies some weeks ago, we thought we'd give this one a go this afternoon, we knew the park well after scratching around so much last time , container was found very quickly and confirms our cache blindness from our last visit ... TFTC =)

Cache found,no smurfs present? Tftc

It was Thursday again, Yay!! My caching day The lovely Lady membsec and myself had planned on heading to the darkside to try rounding up a few caches. But instead.... We had been lured north with the hopes of a FTF. Unfortunately the FTF was already taken. So seeing as we were up this way we continued finding the caches in the area. There was one here and there that we both needed to find.

After a bit of a search and a widened GZ area I had the cache in hand.

TFTC oz bean counter

Just before I rode up, rode up, rode up to GZ the GPS decided to have a hissy-spit and the screen went blank [:(!]
So I headed into the park and found me a nice comfy spot for a seat and a change of batteries.
May as well have a fizzy cola and recharge meself too

Oh dear !! Seems my spare, old rechargables have finally died.
They were flat too [:o]

Time to raid the batteries from the camera
Cheese !!
They worked and I quickly headed for the "other park"
Tiny isn't it.
But what it lacked in area it made up for in paperbarks [^]
It took 10 minutes, but I did eventually flush out the well concealed cache

Return visits in order for a couple of people it seems

TFTC.

We searched for ages, ayepeacee and i, but to no avail. Possibly a serious case of cache blindness, but we were thorough. Will have to return once we are sure its still here. ^^

Couldn't find it our second go at this maybe we just couldn't see it left a frangipani token where my gps said it would be

Easy find, TFTC

Nice quiet location for this cache
2nd of yours for the day
Tftc oz-bean-counter

With a base near the Glass House Mountains we ventured out to get a few caches. An enjoyable assortment of hides and we enjoyed finding this one.
Thanks to oz_bean_counter.

Allot of rubbish and kids toys around but nothing to be seen

Gps took me about 6 mtrs from it, but just keot searching

A nice quiet Sunday & there is nobody about. Are they watching the Olympic Games'
A nice quick find.
TFTC oz bean counter

Took quite a bit of searching but located the cache. SL TFTC

Eventually found it as the GPSr wanted us to go into private property. We knew it couldn't be there so we widened our search and eventually found it in this small park.

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Had an awful time trying to find this one at night. GPSr had me in the middle of several likely GZs, so it took a while to search them all. Note to self: search anti-clockwise in future . Found the cache full of water, the logbook and stickers are ruined, so threw it all away, dried the container and put a replacement logbook in. Hope this one stays dry. Sistema boxes sure don't deliver in the water-proof department. This was the second cache today with the logbook looking more like a "science experiment" than anything else.

My granddaughters found this one but were disappointed as it was very wet and we couldn't write in the log.

Easy find. Log still a mess. TFTC

Cache was very wet inside. To wet to log anything. TNLN

Very wet, needs replacing.

1188 - A quick grab as it was getting dark and as the local kids were riding their bikes and skate boards around the local streets. There were even some dog walking muggles moving through, but they caused no dramas as we stopped, grabbed and signed the log at 5:48pm. Thanks for the cache oz bean counter.

Another quick find. The cache container was full of water and while the log is wet, it can still be written on.
Dried the cache container and contents as best we could. Unsure of why the leak as the container lid seems to seal well.
We took nothing and left nothing but placed the cache back with a little more wet weather protection.

Another quick find
TFTC

My son Mitchell managed to find this one mostly by himself.

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Jinga2 at 3:17pm. The cache took about 5 minutes to track down and it's in good condition. TFTC

Great hide! TFTC.

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A quick find after a bit of a technological hiccup with the GPS. Thanks oz_bean_counter

Nice easy find by Geokid.

quick and easy the kids found it

What's wrong with developers these days - imagine leaving a block of land for the residents to enjoy.

tftc oz bean counter.

Found[Time to Find: 1 min] TFTC

Found[Time to Find: 1 min]

Arrived at GZ, thought I might be here fore a while.

Was quite surprised to find it quickly.

The camo is coming away a bit, but otherwise cache is good.

Thanks oz_bean_counter

This entry was edited by agap2 on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 at 05:16:52 UTC.

Found at 0817 with Marg the GPS was jumping all over the place so we took to some time to find it but Geocaching intuition drop in and someting caught my eye. TFTC.

Found Ok

Took a while to locate. Good one with a clever bit of camouflage. Left Take Me Away From Here! Geocoin.
TFTC

I don't do smurfs sorry. But I like caches, so I signed the log. thanks

This looked a bit suspicious on my map - but pulling up at GZ, I could see all was well. I quietly padded my way into the area. I could hear a muggle working outside a house nearby.

I located the cache safe and sound with its clever camo. It is in good condition. TFTC oz_bean_counter

Found very quickly. Log dry. TNLN TFTC Thanks oz bean counter

A nice easy find today in this odd little stand of paperbarks . I checked a few of them, before i hit pay dirt. TNLN Thanks again oz_bean_counter

For once we were lucky to be in the right spot when some new caches were published close to home, so we jumped in the car to snag an *FTF*. Fortunately there didn't seem to be any dogs nearby so it was quite easy to search for the cache in peace. Not sure we would like to be trying to search for it at night next month though, because if memory serves us correctly, this area has some brilliant Christmas Lights displays. TFTC oz bean counter

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