Prahran Footy Prahran, Victoria, Australia
By Happycat12 on 31-Mar-12. Waypoint GC3E99B

I was going to fix and rework this cache but as I was going to make quite a major change and shift the theme and the countdown to 2 million is underway I figured I may as well make a new cache listing and archive the old one so more people can find it. Thus I am archiving this cache, but keep an eye out as a new one should be coming soon.

Was contacted today by one of the dwellers of the households that i contacted for permission for placing near her grounds saying that she was offering her house for rent in a months time and any further activity near it was requested to be ceased by the deadline. I will be temporarily disabling this cache hopefully for no more than a month to rework the points of the multi.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Was contacted today by one of the dwellers of the households that i contacted for permission for placing near her grounds saying that she was offering her house for rent in a months time and any further activity near it was requested to be ceased by the deadline. I will be temporarily disabling this cache hopefully for no more than a month to rework the points of the multi.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Just checked through all the points and GZ, all is in order. Happy caching.

Well I nearly came unstuck here. The GPS had me near the main road but the hint had me looking elsewhere. After several interruptions from muggles, including some twice, I started to get funny looks so tried the PAF option and was glad that I did.
When I finally got to GZ there was a mugglet playing down the lane which made this one harder as, well before the hide was located.

I am generally not a fan of laneway caches since the police were called by neighbours at one a while ago. Unfortunately it is not the landholders that we need be concerned about, it is all the people who live around these areas seeing people hanging around their lanes. Let's face it, would you like it?

Marks though for the effort in putting this one together.

The first waypoint had me troubled but then I hit my straps. The hint was used to find the cache in excellent condition. Good fun stuff in construction and hides. If only the friends whose house where I had dinner knew what mysteries lurked so close to their back fence...

Came to have a look after having dinner at friends' place in a nearby street. We managed to not talk geocaching the entire dinner. We also found WP1 several metres from where the co-ords said we should be. Looking for it was also somewhat awkward being so close to the nearby flats. However it was very enjoyable walk round the the rest of the cache.Drjim7 made quick work of the final so we were soon wandering our way back to the car. This was a fun little cache and I really liked some of the houses we passed and think it would be a nice place to like to live.

Found with Rebel Acts, A great day for caching, this nice hide was soon found. Thanks for the cache.

Out and about with Crazy! Nat Girl on another one of our Sunday caching trips, Spring sure had turned on some nice weather today. An interesting final hide on this one. TFTC

Found by Facitman at 17:10
My DNF a couple of days ago was not enough to stop me considering this for a quick stop on the way home from work today. Having made it to way point 2 I thought I could resolve that clue today and hopefully I would discover the final location as findable. This time I drove all the way to way point 2 expecting that a quick stop and search would all I needed. Of course as I drove up the lane I had another car following so my plan was in question. "That's ok" I said to myself I'll just pull into one of the dozens of empty parks behind some flats. But when I pulled into a spot I found that the car behind simply stopped. You are kidding! Out of all the spots I could have chosen I picked hers! After I moved and defrosted from the icicle stare I received I managed to find a spot to park and quickly collected the co-ordinates for the final. Another short trip and I was staring at GZ... hmmm search search no find... search again... no find. Could it be under this parked car??? Ok, check the hint....search search finally there it is! What an interesting hide this was! Signed the log and put everything back together, ahh done!
Thanks Happycat12, an interesting lane way cache!

This entry was edited by Facitman on Tuesday, 28 August 2012 at 12:45:26 UTC.

I approached this multi from the wrong direction, and ended up backtracking over every single bit of my path I found the containers pretty quickly, and thought the final location was well set out. Well done on making a multi that is more than just reading plaques and signs.

Not Found by Facitman
With my GeoCalendar blank days slowly reducing I'm also finding my need to travel great distances to find a cache is increasing! So in the last week or two I've been attempting some multi's as the time required balances out the travelling time to a traditional. I had stopped at the posted co-ordinates for this cache a couple of weeks ago but it was night time and my brief look failed to locate way point 1. Today I stopped during daylight and soon had the co-ordinates for way point 2 in my GPSr. Travelled to the second location and immediately knew my attempt was over for today. Walked past the hide, pretty sure I know exactly where it is, but today a resident of the flats was sorting through their garage contents and was not going to miss me extracting and replacing the cache directly opposite their open door. I'll keep this one in the bag, probably will have another go in the next couple of weeks as it's pretty much on my route to the office!
Thanks Happycat12, so far so good.

Fun cache this one requiring you to find many things, not just spot and calculate, before you get to the final location. Had more trouble getting to the laneways rather than finding the information. Perhaps it would be easier if your a local, but then not many people know many of these backstreets. Good final hide too, first time i have seen this done. TFTC.

Just checked on the cache today and have no idea how but the log was soaked and out of its packet. It was easy to replace though so copied down what names i could decipher, swapped what i could and was off.

It was a pleasant sunny day today, so I set off for a long lunchtime stroll. I found the clues at WP1 and WP2 without any problems thanks to the great descriptions and continued on to GZ. The laneway was nice and clear in the middle of the day, so after a bit of hunting the hide dawned on me. It was fun to explore the laneways around here. Thanks for the enjoyable cache.

Woo! Finally found it as the third smiley for the day!

Well, where to begin. This is a very good cache Happycat12, especially considering it is one of your first.

I started this cache quite a few months ago however I only managed to find the final box today after my third attempt. The first few waypoints are very good and well created. On my first attempt, I wasn't left with enough time to complete it (which is often the case). It turns out that I was looking in the wrong spot anyway.

The second attempt saw me searching in the same place as the first however under the cover of darkness, creating a very suspicious feeling. We did not like where we were and thus, we discontinued the search after about 10mins.

The third time I was armed with the proper GZ (it seems I entered the wrong coordinates into my GPS for the first two attempts [xx(] ) however I was still unable to locate the elusive cache. I then decided to play my PAF card and call up some Tasmanian dancers..... They were able to assist and I soon had the cache in hand!

I think my major downfall for this cache was false knowledge and only looking in spots that matched clues. I have a feeling the cache has changed since I looked for it first and thus, I have been quite confused.

Nevertheless, this is a fantastic cache Alex! Well done! I look forward to your next one!

After exploring the back lane ways of Prahan in the drizzling rain we finally found the final of this cache. WP1 had us puzzled for a little while until some past logs had us searching in a good location. WP2 was easy and the final was in hand quickly. TFTC

Found in the company of the Walenators on what has turned into a soggy Sat afternoon. We attracted a bit of attention from the folk who were unloading a trailer into a house at the entrance of the lane way where we parked. EB99 stayed in the car and was just as bemused by their comings and goings as they were by ours. There were people arriving and leaving the house left and right and no one seemed to be helping the woman doing all the moving from the trailer across the street! Chivalry is dead! About to head off to flash mob at Luna Park in St K. TFTC



This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 09:39:31 UTC.

I really enjoyed this cache. I parked near Waypoint 1, then walked the short distances to Wpt2 and GZ. It was well organised and very well put together. All the waypoints were fully explained which made the searches a delight. Thanks to Happycat12 - I'll be giving it a favourite for sure.

5.00 Getting Mrs 80 out after nursing a broken leg for some months and I am using my non working day doing what I enjoy most. These were some of the tightest squeezes we have for a long time, especially when some of them are two way. Our first stop we were delayed. Mrs80 had to manover the car to allow a local to enter. I did some severe checking out GZ but no luck at all. Mrs 80 used her resources and that narrowed it right down. You need to widen to search here but seeing the buildings are so close it is understandable that getting a pin point is hard. We were looking for a similar clue as to another backstreet series which gave us a bum steer. Signing off on this first one we had no trouble with second and quickly moved to the final location which was another tricky manouver as we had a local hovering around us. While I did some searching Mrs 80 had to move the vechile again. Excellent gutsy hide and a great series, you got my vote for the day.
Thanks Happycat12 we enjoyed it

Found at 5.00pm. Today was ladies day for Mrs80 and Mrs X who headed out for an afternoon on their own. The first waypoint had us looking for a bit and the clue suggested over 10mtres from listed co-ords. Checked previous logs and used a PAF option that pointed us towards the first co-ords. Everything went smoothly then. Although the find became easier when Mrs80 moved the Geovehicle. TFTC and the drive around the area.

Found at 09:55 on 04.05.2012.
Called by again today and had no trouble finding it with the new configuration.
Thanks for placing this cache.
This is find #1198 for me.
Logged in the field using Neongeo.

Found in the company of lochb on a wintery Melbourne ANZAC day.
Interesting multi.
At WP1 felt as though I was trespassing on private property. WP2 took some skill to find. WP3 interesting choice for GZ.
I used to have family living nearby in Grandview Grove, so came to the nearby park a bit in my younger years to play with their dog.
Thanks Happycat12 for this cache.

Found in the company of PrincessDiala. An interesting idea for a multi... we found all waypoints easily, and the hint helped enormously with the location of the cache itself. TFTC, Happpycar12

Had to apply some changes to this caches GZ due to renovation and rain damage but nothing I didn't update or that makes it any more difficult.

Everything went really well with this cache until the final location. There there were two issues.
A car was parked across exactly where I wanted to search.
On the other side of the fence someone was doing some work with carpentry tools and I couldn't really do very much without them hearing me. Therefore I made a note of the final location for later reference and moved on.
I really liked the containers and camo used at the first two locations however the first one did have a private property feel about it and I felt a bit exposed at the second one too. Really liked the side streets around here, but felt the lanes were just lanes.
I'll be back.

My 200th cache! A little bit of hunting was needed for point 1 as my GPS was about 7 or 8 meters out, but found it in the end. All other points were spot on! Interesting tour of the backstreets of Prahran. Thanks for the cache Happycat12.

An interesting multi. I've visited the local streets many times but did not know about the interconnecting network of laneways. Each waypoint was accurately located and the hides were neat. The final GZ was unusual but the provided assistance proved effective. TFTC

I hit the road tonight with Marshy on our usual Monday night cache run. Trailrunning, who is part of The Demolition Crew was not able to come out this night so it was just myself and Marshy. We had a heap of puzzles solved and multis GZ coords to go to so our plan was to get as many of those during the night, as well as any other cache along the way. We had a great run with about 40 caches netted for the night.
This was just one of many multis we completed on the night. It took us a bit longer than expect to locate the cache which was quite a good hide. Nice one.
Thank for the cache.

I was on my way to an eye appointment at cabrini so I decided to stop by and try for this one. A quick drive around the area collcting clues and I eventually found the cache by standing on the bonnet of my car. Thanks.

The only DNF out of about 40 finds on another installment in the legendary night caching runs of "The Demolition Crew" aka me, Quasar3671 and Trailrunning. Tonight we were minus Trailrunning, so it was just Marty and I. It was a clean up night for multi's and mystery caches. We have worked on so many over the previous months, tonight was the final chapter for them, time to collect so to speak. So we did.

Well, we solved it, got to GZ, then completely failed to grasp where the cache was. Have since spoken to a previous finder, and confirmed our suspicions we had 5 caches and 10kms later. Will go back and grab it next time.

Found @ 02:20 (the first 2:20 for the night). I was up late working on an assignment and decided to call it a night. I just slipped into bed when my cache alert went off. I didn't think anyone else would be around so decided to go out on a caching trip in the hopes of scoring a *FTF* (and the trackable prize).
I got there first, but no trackable was inside... an April Fools joke, or perhaps I missed it amongst the other treasures?
Even at this time of night (early morning) there was muggle skateboard traffic at wp2.
Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and was amazed at the very interesting laneways and small streets involved in this cache.
Thanks for the cache Happycat12, a very good first cache.

Geo-GF was out spending my money at near-by Chapel Street - so I decided to walk away from the hustle & bustle and have a crack at this little beauty

A well put together Mutli - Flowed smoothly from stage - stage.....Coords were spot on. Each concealment was cleverly placed.
GZ again well placed!! - it was a bit of a challenge to pinpoint GZ as my height didn't help With a bit of lateral thinking I soon had the cache in hand. Although I had to confirm it's whereabouts with a PAF .......thx sirJ - those 8 legged creatures freak me out.

Well done Happycat12 on a nicely put together cache.......especially for your first

Overall a worthy Multi - shall recommend!!!

Thx for the chat Alex and neonsoldier. Also congrats to SirJ-oz for the FTF

Published

Dropping off my first trackable, hope it is picked up by an eager cacher.

Found with happycat12, and met shogun-. My first multi cache it was a good one

Just putting adding a trackable for first person who finds it