Schools Out! Benger, Western Australia, Australia
By richlink on 19-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3B4Y7

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Hi there richlink.

This is the 3rd of 3 caches we didn't find today. [:(!]

We spent quite some time here but we just couldn't locate your cache, so here's a DNF from us.

Regards
Ian and Penny

Hi there richlink,

RE: Your cache **"Schools Out!"**

We are really sorry to report that the cache is probably missing. It really needs some owner TLC.

We would have liked to replace/maintain the cache but we were really unprepared today and had nothing to replace it with.

Regards

Ian & Penny

Found this not far from where cache supposed to be, dunno if was cache???

Couldn't find this one. But was a great spot to visit

Another DNF today

No good today.

Nice find today on way to Harvey dam

A pretty little place but the gps was all over the map so we had to put our cacher's eyes in and use our highly developed mental facilities. Just where would be a good hide? Of course! And there it was. TFTC

Where shall I cache today? The weather wasn't looking too good so I opted for some park and grabs and headed down the highway. I love these old schools its great that they are persevered. A nice easy find here with good co-ords. My goal was to grab some of the caches M,M&P got on the way down south a couple of weeks ago that i didn't have time for and I followed right behind them on the log this time. TFTC richlink

Day 1 of the Southern Adventure with pommieparkin2 and megawat60.
Sad to see these old schools close down. Quick find by pommieparkin2.

We planned a trip down south with m4yB & Sir Ricard or Megawat, primarily to have a good time but with half an eye out for a few more LGAs for us.....I think they already have them all.
We signed most of the logs MMPP to save space.
I love visiting these old Australian schools....very different to the schools of my youth.
TFTC richlink

Off down south with m4yb and the wonderful PP2 team, to grab some caches and L.G.As.

Sad to see such a short run for this school.

TFTC rich link

Quick find

Found on the way home, tftc sl tnln.

Tftc all in good condition. Have never noticed this school here before!

Hooray!!!1000 caches and at a school site. How appropriate for 2 ancient schoolies! Thanks rich link.
Dropped off a teacher geocoin.

Enjoying a holiday in Perth with tmann421 and collecting a few caches along the way.
Another great find here. TFTC

Another good quick find for us here today.

Found on our day trip down south to master all of Harvey's caches so we have all smiley faces on our map! If it wasn't for Geocaching this school would still be unbeknown to us. With Both of us working in a school we're curious to know what students went here. Thanks Richlink.

Thanks

A quick stop on our way to Collie for the night.

Thanks for the hide Richlink. Out doing some Mother's Day caching. Cute little old building.

Stopped here in the dead of night once but got frightened iff when a train pulled up right next to us and the driver got out. Figured we would look a bit suspicious of we hung around so we left without the find. Nice to come back in daylight to check it out and make the find. TFTC

Nice little spot. Quick find TFTC

TFTC! Took a drive down SWH to grab a bunch of caches I've driven past on previous visits. Thanks

Never realised this was an old school TFTC

We found it nice quiet spot this is 993 for us

What a gorgeous spot

On oue way to harvey
Had to grab one
TFTC

Woohoo !!! Found it !!! TFTC

Took a big detour to drive down to Albany today to pick up some caches that were still un found. TFTH TFTC

Great little stop on the way home from our Road Trip, good to see the school wasn't demolished when it closed.

I thought I could find this one without looking at my gps for fine tuning.......I managed to get covered in ants for my trouble. Once I realized I was looking in the wrong spot it didn't take long to find the cache

TFTC

Lovely school. Sadly not in use.
Took awhile.

Sadly this school is closed. TFTC. Angus the great GeoWestie assisted by grey nomad Carer Lis Brown en route from Bundaberg Qld to Perth WA via all of Tasmania.

After a massive week of caching, I still came up short of my target of 300 caches for the month. I decided to duck out today and hopefully grab the 60 odd remaining caches before returning to the Pilbara and work later on in the week. Nice little school here. TFTC richlink

richlink, I found your cache Schools Out! on 21/09/2015 2:14 pm. This is my find #1919 and #50 today.

I was down this way today and decided to grab a few caches

No one here so a nice quick find here.

richlink I found your cache Schools Out! on 3/09/2015. This is my find #3669. TFTC.

Good quick find on our way home from Perth TFTC

Good quick find TFTC

We've called in here at least twice before and I thought that we'd found the cache back then but it appears not. At least - todays effort is a find, so it won't appear on the GPS next time we pass this way. Sl. Thanks to richlink for the cache.

vere cool

Tftc. SL. Out with ross 1957 & me& b for a gnomesville run . Quiet day. And great weather.

Found it with monf and me&b

Found on the way to Gnomesville with monf and Ross1957 on a beautiful winter sunday.

TFTC richlink

After a great weekend in Busselton for the WA Goes Big in 2015 Event it was time to head home. We had brought two cars down so I was free to cache my way back to suburbia on my own, free of the groans from the muggle wife and daughter.

A pleasant five hour drive picking up some WAGB Arrows, knocking off a blank in the 'Well Travelled Cacher Challenge' ([url=http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3TR3M_the-well-travelled-and-aged-cacher-challenge-wa]GC3TR3M[/url]) and working towards the 'WA Rural Towns Challenge' ([url=http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4GK4Q_cacher-challenge-1-wa-rural-towns]GC4GK4Q[/url]). Still beat the missus home by two and a half hours, I think there may have been some country shopping on the way for them.

Been through here a fair few times without even giving it a thought, today was the first time in 40 years that I have had reason to stop at Benger. Love the way these challenges motivate you to slow down and take in the country air.

Approached GZ and after checking the hint I spotted the corner of the cache from about ten meters for a quick grab. This was a very pleasant area for a lunch break and a stretch of the legs. Giving it a favourite for it's charm.

SLTFTC

Quick find on the way home from the WA goes big event in Busselton. TFTC.

Nice casual find on our meandering caching journey to busso for the wagb event tftc

Tftc nice easy find trying to get numbers for my small town challenge

Cache was found out in the open not hidden at all. After signing we re hid following coordinates . Tftc

This one was to good for us. Visiting some of the local attractions and a few caches.Thanks anyway richlink for placing this cache.

Thx richlink for the cache.

Darn phone is nearly flat! Might need a second hint for primary school searchers and their mums lol xx will try again later!!

I nearly passed this one by due to the previous DNF's but I am now pleased I didn't . The cache is still in place and in good condition . I found it in the second place I looked [^]

A day out of the office had me heading down this way to collect some more of the SWH series...and a few others.

richlink - jinta29 found your cache Schools Out! on 28/11/2014 10:06 am. This is my find #2438 and find #29 today. The cache is in good shape and we replaced it as found. Thanks for placing this and bringing us to this spot!

11:36 am Sat 18 Oct 2014
We had a good look in a number of locations consistent with the GPS and the hint, but to no avail.
Thanks anyway richlink

Got close. Will have to come back with dirty gear for this one I think.

Not found will have to come back

Another attempt at finding this cache and another fail

First find in the dark!

Found it. Signed it and replaced it. TFTC

Fun fun.

Stopped by with IQO after Coffee on Marlston today. Took a little while to locate this sneaky cache. TFTC and the history Richlink.

Gypsy Roaming and I got a bit dusty and dirty at this one but we were able to locate it in the end.

TFTC.richlink

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TFTC Great hide

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As me and mistraluna entered the old school grounds I was thinking to my self wow this one could take a wile. As mistraluna left me to go and hunt down the cache to her surprise that I had found it very quickly witch was good for me as I was thinking to my self this one could have gone home with a sad face lol. Very crafty hide I must say and loved the location and the cache name what a shame the old school dose not get used no more as it's a lovely location tftc richlink

Very happy to come back here to this interesting location and revisit another previous dnf, particularly as, despite the falling rain, managed to find it after only a sort search. Took the TB.
Thanks for the cache richlink.

Out and about today with Dirty Jobs. He managed to find this one remarkable quickly, and without any hints from me. Dropped in a trackable to continue it's journey. Thanks richlink

Well that was HARD!! Good spot

Another grab for the day. Tftc

I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!

Found this on the way home - the day after the excellent Capel Caching "C"apers event. One of about 20 on the way home SL TFTC

We were here back in September in wretched weather and had a DNF. Not so today, took a punt on its location and the hand went straight to it. Signed the log, dropped a GC and headed south.
TFTC Richlink.

Time for a few caches on the way home from Bunbury to Pinjarra! Nice bit of history, cache not too hard to find if you have a little poke around.

What a lovely spot, we have been past here many times before and never stopped in for a look. Cache found without much trouble, took a sherrifs badge, left an eraser.TFTC

Cache is still exactly where it is supposed to be - very much alive!

Mugglified we reckon

Will check again.

We spent quite some time here today. without success.

With so many DNF's could the cache owner please check to see if it is still alive?

Didn't find it. The GPS's were jumping around

DNF I think because this place is visited a lot that maybe a muggle got there hands on it. And we even had a torch in the car some how and looked under the building and did't see any thing out.

Our 5th DNF today.
[red]Just adding to the DNF count.
We spent quite some time here at around 1:49:00 PM, but couldn't locate the cache.
[/red]Ian and Penny

GPS was clearly pointing to a logical hide but no luck. Even the clue didn't help. Is it still there?

Used the clue…but still didn't help us.

All good - cache s till in place.

TFTC

Great little cache! Pretty little spot too. Thanks for the cache:)

Spending a day of caching with my geo son-in-law, one half of intrepidcrew. You sure make it difficult.
Took quite a while and some strain. TFTH

7th find of the day with baffle. Took a few minutes but cache eventually in hand. TFTC.

Spent fifteen minutes here in the rain and resorted to previous logs and the hint. Co-ords had us well away from where the clues were so we thought we'd give it a miss and return to fight another day when the weather was a little better.
Are we getting soft??

It is a hall used for community meetings etc.

I am sure someone lived there. That why I cant go there due maybe they call me beacuse I can't hear so better leave it (see pic.) Thanks.

Finally, the nephew climbed under to retrieve this one. TFTC.

Found with lenni41o. Great hide, aunty couldn't climb under so I did. TFTC.

On our regular trip south to Busselton to visit Gran so decided to take the inland road and pick up some caches to increase our number of WA towns to be able to log the WA Rural Towns challenge cache in Busselton. By the end of this trip we had enough towns, unfortunately the challenge cache had been muggled so will have to wait for our next trip south.

This one was seriously dirty - by the time we (I ) found it I had mud, on my knees, front, back and arms - did manage to keep my head clean though. GPS was accurate, just finding the actual location was not so simple.
Great to see that the school has been put to good use for the community, hence preserving the history and memories for many.

Thanks for the cache richlink [^] - Benger now added to our list

Found by the longer arm of the team while we were on our way home from the 2 day events held in Busselton.
TFTH TFTC richlink

[:(!] On our way down to Bussellton for the event weekend, WA goes BIG in 2013 (GC45X55) and we picked up a few caches along the way and this was one of them, parked the geocar as close as possible to GZ and walked in from there, on arrival at GZ the cache was in hand in a matter of minutes.

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH Richlink.