Tongala Station Tongala, Victoria, Australia
By gregandjudi on 09-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3DFV1

One or more of the following has occurred:

No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.

As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

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No sign for us either.

Thanks for bringing us here.

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Multiple DNF's over a few months and no attention from the owner. Time to go.

Add my DNF. Thanks.

Could the CO check this cache please.

After looking at spoiler photo we came to the conclusion this one is missing!

No luck need to move on ....

TFTC

After a bit of a search we soon had the cache in hand. Thank you for the hunt gregandjudi

This entry was edited by H_3 on Saturday, 06 September 2014 at 01:54:05 UTC.

Micheena and I arrived at the GZ and with spot on coords it wasn't to long before we had the cache in hand. Signed the log and returned it to it's hiding spot. TFTC

Kerydn21 soon had it in hand. Great hide

Took a bit of looking but found it, great hide.

Tropical find.

Easy TFTC

Nice & easy. TFTC

Don't know how we missed this the first time TFTC

Nice and smooth

Was quite a search but did find it. Looked in that same spot several times. Brilliant hide! Cache has been replaced. Byo pen.

Quite a look!!

TFTC

We loved this town's gardens, art and monuments. We were also very impressed with the preservation of the station area. I couldn't see the cache even when I was looking right at it, but luckily Cybergran V assured me it was really there. It's really good caching with others. TFTC

What a picturesque little spot and well deserving of a cache. And what a clever hide it was too, I was so lucky to have spotted it

It's a bit of a conundrum. I seem to remember this cache from a couple of years ago. The description says it was placed 09/04/2012, but the log-book goes back several years before this date. I'm in the log as having found it this cache on 22/10/11, but I must not have recorded it on line, as it does not appear on my found caches around this date. I still think that this is one of the cleverest caches I have found. Congratulations on it. Today I did not sign log, but as it does not appear on my previous list of finds I'm now claiming it on today's date, not the date in the log.

Another find for me yay : )

Cache looks nothing like the photo, has been changed. Location about 1m from where gps says. Tftf

This one took a good while longer than we expected. Got it in the end thankfully.

Nice hide

TFTC

Found # 9559

smaller than we thought

took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache gregandjudi

A quick park and grab on our way home from Australia Day caching in Echuca.
noworries +wife (with niece & nephew)
Found by Tasha #330 - 3/10 for today
Visited trackables. TNLN. Signed log.
Thanks For The Cache gregandjudi

TFTC

Cool day to escape from the Golden Cow.

Yay 2nd OK one ever with the crew

I found this geocache using the Geocaching Intro App. TFTC!

TFTC

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Found it , nice little walk down the road to this cache TFTC

Now we're hooked

Looked in every hidey hole we could think of but unable to lay our hands on it. Will be back soon to have another look

Muggled again - suspect this may be a favoured drinking spot for some locals. A new type of hide will jopefully keep it safe. Rail line about yo be reopened as well.

Looked in the right spot I recon but alas it's not there

Well we found this cache up on the corner of the platform tucked in neatly to a VB can, so have hidden it near to where it was so hopefully it stay safe tftc

This was our 1st cache find in the caching run & we found it at 14:32
So this now makes our total find count 6204.
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We've arrived a little early for the CVGT, so today has been a great opportunity to clean up all the caches we haven't found before any new ones get published.
We are staying in the caravan park in town and really couldn't leave without doing this one.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent (Under 2 metres)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape, but has been muggled by "Mike" who signed the log.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks gregandjudi for the hunt today.

Apologies for the late logging. I only just discovered a whole bunch of field notes that never uploaded. This cache was found with La Kedi whilst we were attending a weekend family reunion milestone birthday party in the area. TFTC gregandjudi

I grinned when we got to this one, having discussed the existence of a station with a couple of local residents last night - it was exactly what I was expecting . Amazingly we had to wait for a muggle to stroll past, but once he'd gone, it was a quick find and the cache was in good condition. Definitely no trains today! TFTC, gregandjudi. =^.^=

Seems now all good with this one. Pity our once extensive rail system seems to be systematically dismantled. TFTC

Indeed someone took container and left contents. Replaced container.

Found with stinga4. Nice easy one

A nice little find taking us to a great part of history in the Tongala area. T.f.t.c

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Well, that's an interesting way to begin the new year... it appears from the note left in the log book that the container was appropriated by someone wanting something to carry their "stash" in. The last cachers kindly gathered the contents in a baggie, and that's how I found it.

It seemed prudent to take the TB I found with the rest and put it somewhere safer.

Thanks, gregandjudi.

#1221

Interesting to see the old station. We found a plastic bag with log and cache information and a few trinkets. It was just lying on the ground and there was no hard container. We put the bag in the obvious spot near the co-ordinates. TFTC

This entry was edited by thetaz on Friday, 23 November 2012 at 11:33:01 UTC.

On way home from Echuca for weekend work.
Intersting spot and nice hide
Thanks gregandjudi for bring me here and cache

Found with GeoJnr and GeoTilly whilst observing a minute silence nearby. TFTC.

GeoDad grew up in Tongala - so a trip down memory lane - he even remembers when there was a station here. TFTC.

Found with Blacklegend and Team RJay on an atrociously miserable day... rain, wind and 11 degrees :0 I'm heading over to NZ to team up and cache on in a week or two, so this'll be it with Blacklegend at least in Victoria. Cheers, Bro!

Found with Blacklegend and XD1 on a rainy, wind and 11 degrees :0 I thought Aussie was hot!

Found on a run over to Echuca with my good mate XD1 aka Richard... This is possibly the last Aussie run me and Richard will do, as he is heading over to NZ to live this month.... Even thought the weather was atrocious, with torrential rain and thunder storms, we braved it making the run to Echuca via Tongala. There were some caches we just couldn't get to unfortunately, but we did get a grand total of 9 which included two multis....

This was the first for the day, a quick find which Richo grabbed in the rain. TFTC.

You just have to love the school holidays. It means I have to take time off work to look after the kids. Today we had a few hours spare and I wanted to head north to have personal look at some things listed on ebay. So the kids and I piled in the car and made a day of it caching as we went. I'd like to stop at every cache I could be we cached as opportunities presented themselves today, and this was one of them. Thanks for the cache.

Easy find while caching with 1 aussie fun seeker.
Signed log and replaced. TNLN TFTC.

Found with aussie fun seakers TFTC.

Easy find, which was welcome after the tricky tank cache!! TFTC

Found at 11:55 AM GAFF1. Now this was a little easier to extract than the Tankyou cache! Actually it was quite exposed and ready to be muggled.
Thanks gregandjudi

quick stop on the way to Bendigo, easy find

A quick find, lovely old station! Thanks for bringing us here! TFTC

thanks for the hide, quick find in a lovely quiet spot

Good find got our first travel bug

Great hide

Dropped off a track able item

easy find
left butterfly and motorbike
tftc

easy find tftc
left dragonfly and leaf

easy find, tftc

was looking in the wrong place to start with until I checked my co ords, then easy find. tftc

Good hide, takes a bit to find.

Second geo find good hiding spot left message and an elastic band because I didn't have anything else

Quick find on our way home from an Echuca caching weekend. Thanks for the cache.

Day 3 on a road-trip to the north-west of Victoria with DazRascal to tick off a few more maps for the VIC Country Road Atlas Challenge cache.

We were quite suprised when we navigated to the next cache to see this one so close, and under the "161 metre" rule, however, it is there, and an interesting spot none the less.

Located the cache quickly and signed log whilst Micro Ez waved to "Bear Grylls" in a micro light flying overhead.

Many thanks gregandjudi. Cheers.

Traveling around the NW of the state with the Haveanez clan to pick up maps needed for the Atlas challenge.

A quick find by Mrs H as Little and Big Ez went on a pit stop run. Not sure how this one got published with the 161mt rule, but here it is.

Saw no trains today, pretty quiet all round actually except for a lone micro light buzzing over head, and Micro Ez (2yo) was convinced it Bear Grylls. Took him a while to work out he wasn't coming back

TNLN, TFTC, Cheers.

13 of 20 travelling from Kerang to Goughs Bay.
Tongala Egypt, I found it.
TFTC

This entry was edited by BernieH on Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 02:05:40 UTC.

Made a quick find glad no muggles around here today. Thanks for putting some more caches out around this area and showing me another area. TFTC T1(tb)L1

Ducked out to grab this one after dinner. Weather had cleared so I didnt get wet. NIce neat hide that I wa onto quickly. Dropped off a TB. TN L-1000 reil note Thanks gregandjudi for the hunt.

This entry was edited by Jimmymaff on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 9:18:58 PM UTC.

Last for the day... quick find... Thanks guy's for the few we found of yours today.

My only find in tongala on a quick stop over on my way home after a short stint of relieving work in Kyabram. Will have to return to try and find the other two in this town. TFTC

A nice easy find in a nice little town....it has not changed too much since the 45 years , or so, since I lived near here. TNLN...thank you gregandjudi

Found with team Hayshack! Took travel bug.

This log marks the 1264th smiley to be recorded in the stats of WazzaAndWenches.

A slack Sunday morning with nothing to do except find a couple of caches...

A quick and easy find on a very quiet morning with no muggles anywhere in sight.

Thanks gregandjudi

Our group of four found it in 2 minutes! One stepped over it, another walked around it, another was no where near it, while the clever one saw that something was out of place.
Took: Spider. Left: 3 Bells on a Ribbon.
Great cache!

Found with our aunty. TFTC SL

Found quickly this evening after a rush for another cache in town.
SL TFTC gregandjudi.
Took TB
Left TB

Found by Roma and Max.
It is sad to see the demise of any institution we grew up with and as is the case with numerous country schools all that remains of these rail stations are vaguely recognisable mounds on existing lines and in many cases not even that, only memories!
In an area north of Bendigo where we both spent our formative years we are aware of several whistle stops that have faded into history.
The evolving of both public and commercial road transport has played no small part in these happenings together with population movements to larger city centres.
Thank you gregandjudi for adding another one to the geocaching scene, albeit there is much more evidence here of past glory!
Cheers,
from Romax.

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