Do Not Stand in Front of Vent Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
By Tassieboy on 01-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3FX7P

I am archiving this cache due to the unfortunate lack of action taken to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, Tassieboy, requesting additional time.Despite ample opportunities provided for the Cache Owner to respond, their silence leads me to the conclusion that the cache has been abandoned.In such cases, archived caches will not be unarchived, and as a result, this location is now open for the placement of a new cache by another interested party.Thanks,BalayangCommunity Reviewer - Australia

### Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner. The cache owner needs to:* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present. Otherwise :* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary or provide other information.. **Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this. That is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**. Alternatively:* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by Tassieboy and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned, and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache. *Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.Thank youBalayangCommunity Reviewer -Australia

Smoker central so just did a fly by. Maybe next pass.

I don't think it is still there

No luck here for us today. Only so many places it could be but could not find it anywhere. Worth a CO check.

Don’t look good for this one. Only so many places it could be.

Nowhere tone seen

Looked for a long time. We looked on the opposite wall but it wasn't there so we thought it was gone because it said it was opposite to the sign. We were about to go and then just quickly looked on the other side because we thought we might as well, and then it was there! Logbook was full and ripped and the lid of the container was gone. Thank you for much for placing this cache for us cachers to find. We loved this cache as there are not many urban caches and it was a good to do one for a change. TFTC

Visiting from Brissie on a family road trip around Tassie

Didn't find the sign but found the cache tucked away in a logical spot. No lid but contents still dry

Find #12803 @ 15:43
Thanks Tassieboy for giving us a reason to visit.

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Another DNF fin the city tonight. Not having any luck cache except for the virtual. I’ll watch this one too.

Spent a good 10 mins looking in all the likely spots with a friend, had to call it a DNF so would go back for another crack
if someone else finds it before we leave Launceston. Good clue to definitely at GZ.

This was a short walk from our hotel. I agree cache maintenance is needed. Greetings from Kentucky USA.

Case is destroyer. Need maintenance. Tftc

Caching around Tasmania. TFTC.
Found once I stopped looking in pee corner. Nice burb cache.

TFTC

After a lovely event at the nearby establishment I ducked down the lane way to grab this one. The poor sign can hardly be read.

TFTC Tassieboy
Keep smiling

GCA1DNA - SA’s Leap Year Event - 29th February 2024 -
This only happens every 4 years -
Don’t miss out, it’s going to be MEGA -

We were the cavalry

TFTC

In Tassie for March, cutting a lap and finding a few caches along the way.

Here’s what the sign looks like now.

What a year Sandyofthesea and I have had. We kitted out the Prado and took off from Perth, Western Australia at the start of April 2022 to travel more of Australia using geocaching as a guide to see the sights. We started with the Nullabour, Eyre and York Peninsulas, the Riverlands, visited family in Victoria and then back in SA it got cold. Flinders and the Oodnadatta Track was amazing and we finally warmed up in Dalhousie Springs. The Alice beckoned and then a change of plan and we ended up tackling the Tanami Track to the Kimberley and Bungles Bungles. Territory Day in Darwin was unhinged - please try and do it! The Gulf, the coast and the car breaker ‘Old Tele Track’ to the top of Cape York. This is a must but it’s not easy! Eventually made it to Brisbane to get some fixes to the car….. let’s see where we end up.

Tassieboy, I found Do Not Stand in Front of Vent today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Quick find with Morgo and Sandyofthesea whilst wandering around town. Morgo struggled the first look on his own and had to bring in the cavalry TFTC

Aucun souci pour la trouver, je vais pouvoir manger un bout, il est plus que l'heure!
Ma première à Launie
Merci Tassieboy pour la cache


No problem finding it, I'll be able to have a bite to eat, it's more than time!
My first in Launie
Thanks Tassieboy for the cache
Greetings from France

With team TD23
Thanks!

After dinner some of us ...myself ..NZ_B and Net61 decided to find a few caches in the dark on the long way back to our Accomodation. We are on a geotour from NZ.Very cool!Thanks!

After dinner at the local Royal Oak pub we picked up a few local caches.

Out caching after dinner after a long day driving from Hobart and finding lots of caches.

I am touring Tasmania with a group of Kiwi cachers. I’m looking forward to seeing the countryside, the towns and cities, finding lots of caches.

Kia ora rawa atu for the cache Tassieboy.

Helaas

Hurried off to here whilst mrs c checked out a couple of shops. Quick find, good coordinates.

Today we are on the move, heading from Hobart up to Launceston. We decided on a route up across the Highlands and via the Great Lake and the day was cool as 11 degrees at it's lowest and finished the day in mid-30s in Cataract Gorge.

We had a weeks holiday booked in Tasmania as a way of celebrating mrs capperz's 60th birthday. What can I say but WOW. What an awesome state and was everything we'd seen and heard about this gem of a place. My main PQ had only Earthcaches and Virtuals and aside from an old cache for my missing month stats I only turned the GPS on when we were stopping somewhere anyway, what a great way to tour a place. Managed one complete set of Ad Labs at the airport, and started another 6 adventures with no intention to complete. Over 50 'real' caches were completed and left behind a couple of trackables to continue their journeys.
I will upload the associated pictures and answers over the next few days or so, need to start to make a dent in my finds backlog.
Oh, and thanks to all COs for their hides, much appreciated for this New Zealander.

Found by The Empire
A quick find this morning whilst I waited for my coffee from the cafe next door. Thanks for the cache Tassieboy.
- M

10 days in Tassi with Dino, Pebbles and Wilma. What a treat and not just that went around to so so many great natural highlights but we did Caches were ever we went which made me very happy and is perfect remember all those nice places. Thank you all for showing us this beautiful state with your caches.

Today was our first day and after flying into Launceston we stopped at the markets and did some caches downtown.

This cache: A quick find along the way. Nice hide took a minute.
Thank you Tassieboy for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

Tftc

Found with but not with the help of AddisonPascal, who apparently foind this so long ago he has now forgotten! Anyway it was fairly straightforward, log is very full but otherwise fine, TFTC )

No luck today but may try again later tonight or tomorrow! Quite a few muggles and cars passing through so a little tricky. Stuck our hands in a few unsuccessful spots

TFTC. Log book full.

Got it on second attempt. No lid on tin but log still dry.

Found it, good spot.

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Searched a few places before Mr Minion made the find. Thanks for the cache tnln replaced as found sl

Needs maintenance

Could not find.. no luck today..

Cache needs maintenance

DNF for me today - first day in Lonnie

Mrs Woodyrothwell and I were spending our morning walking around the CBD. We had just visited a book shop and my wife who is a teacher loaded up on some books that are hard to get back home.

We walked around the corner and felt naughty but were also here for a good time. We stuck our hands in a few places, read a few logs, and then felt up some more spots. My wife has smaller hands than I and found the cache in a spot I had tried to slip my fat hand into a few times already. tftc

Found as we explored a few areas on our short trip to Tasmania, hope we can return soon to add more smiles and see more places TFTC and the fun

Nice little urban find TFTC

done and dusted

During a road trip on Tasmania with two friends. Our next stop was Launceston and with a recommendation to eat at a nearby restaurant I got the perfect opportunity to also log a cache in Launceston. Again I was so discreet that one of my fellow travelers didn't even notice. The E1k on the other hand was fully aware but he has been logging caches together with me from time to time.

TFTC

Great spot for an urban cache
Tftc

Nice clue! Cache has lost its lid and log needs maintenance though. Nik + Ed

Not today

Sign has been graffitied so not so obvious but otherwise according to instructions. Container has lost its lid so not too secure or waterproof. TFTC.

After careful read of cache description found easily. Tftc

Looked for ages

No luck this time but will come back another!

How did this one take me three tries. Today was the day. No pen so signed in lipstick

in the last place i searched. TFTC

Forgot a pen tftc

Easy find TFTC

Lovely day to find a cache. TFTC

No muggles around on Saturday afternoon so easy to find. TFTC

Nice easy find. No muggles TFTC

A little to left of the gz but otherwise an easy find. Log full so added a paper. No lid on the tin.TFTC

Looked for ages but sadly dnf

TFF

Spent too long trying to find this, Why am I not allowed to stand infront of the vent

Tftc

Getting away for a mountain biking trip with friends, we had planned on a holiday to Derby during 8-13/02/2022. For the most part, we spent our days MTB-ing Blue Derby (Black Stumps) trails, as well as riding Blue Tier Forest Reserve's trails, such as the upper section of Bay of Fires, Blue Tier and Atlas. There was an opportunity to find a few geocaches in Launceston before driving to Derby, and on our final day with our flight departure in the evening, we travelled back via Scottsdale and Lilydale, and visited a few spots around Launceston such as Cataract Gorge and Trevallyn Dam.

Today, the rest of our group were flying into Launceston, and then it was largely a travel day to Derby via Scottsdale. We did have some time in the morning to see Launceston, so after our breakfast, we headed into the CBD/mall where we met the local Tasmanian Devils, and then walked around Royal Park to admire the views across the River Tamar.

Whilst checking out Launceston's CBD, we took a walk around the block, passing by this location. Thankfully, the cache was a reasonably quick find. The cache container was in good shape, although the lid was missing (a standard evolution of these containers). The logbook was also reasonably full, so it is probably due for replacement. Thanks Tassieboy for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Quick find thanks. No lid on cache. And no pen so took a photo of log instead. Just did a walking history tour with Walkabout tours. Really good and informative

Found the cache, but not the sign opposite GZ.

Had to grab and run with this one so as not to look suspicious standing in the laneway.

Signed the log and replaced.

TFTC

tftc

Quick find TFTC!

Second time lucky with this one. Further from the sign than I’d thought. Much easier on a weekend with less people around.

A nice easy one TFTC

Quick find while having a stop over in the north of TAS
TFTC

TFTC?
*Pic contains spoilers*
Lid of container and pencil both missing and as this was an impromptu after a delicious dinner find we did not carry a pen.

Found the sign, and looked in the most obvious place but nothing there.

No idea. found the sign tho

Quick find for our 6 yr old TFTC

Challenging hide after dark but soon located

Seedy allley

A quick find on our first night in Launceston. Tftc

Thanks for the hometown cache

Great hide. Took longer than it should have

TFTC
Found with AlbyDangles.
Full log to follow.
#2211 @ 2040hrs Sat 26th June 2021

Haven't cached for a while and found motivation to get back into it while showing someone around my home town. Fairly straightforward find, thanks for the cache!

Dnf

Took a while but eventually we found it. We had a few blonde moments while looking.

Tftf

TFTC

In town for Agfest and staying at a nearby hotel. Decided venture out for a bit of after dark caching. Found with a little bit of feeling. Tftc

17:55, 28 April, 2021. #412.

Found with RGSBruce on Day 5 of our trip to Tassie (his fifth, my fourth).

What he wrote.

TNLNSL. TFTC Tassieboy.

17:55, 28 April, 2021. #1707.

Day 5 of HerIndoorsOutdoors and my trip to Tassie.

Today’s mission included a trip to Mt Direction to pick up a multi that has its start point within 5km of our home in Victoria and then on to Deloraine for me to visit a place that has nostalgic value from my first trip to Tassie in 1975. Part three of the mission was to have a look at each stop we made and see what opportunity caches there were to find. The day ended with a total of eight caches found and no DNFs .

This wasn’t one of our opportunity hunts of the day. This was one we picked up on our way to pick up dinner. We didn’t expect to find this one tonight, but took a torch with us to improve the odds. That turned out to be a good idea as we found the hide in the first place we looked. The lid’s still missing, but the log is dry.

TNLNSL. TFTC Tassieboy.

This was a bit unusual. Got to GZ well enough and started groping around in some likely spots when we were joined by a well primed gentleman and his lady who were going to the carpark. Now this guy sussed us straight away, and had obviously been in attendance previously, although he couldn't remember what the name of the "game" was ...... only that it was world wide and the cache was on this side .......... no maybe that side. Anyway they left us to it, and by the time they were driving out we had the prize in hand. An amusing little interlude, and a sneaky cache right in the thick of things. Thanks for the cache Tassieboy

Dnf

Nice quick find. Just got log signed and replaced before first muggle entered lane carrying coffees. TFTC

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

quick and easy find, tin needs replacing though

needs a new tin, lid is broken

Took a couple of visits and finially the cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for placing a fun cache guys. We do love your work. We signed the logbook. Of course we did that is way we play this game. Cache in pretty good condition for the cache age.

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Easter 2020 was supposed to see South Australia Geocaching hosting the next Easter big MEGA event, GeoVenture 2020 at Millicent. GC82DAN. Due to COVID restrictions the event is now postponed to early October 2021. Check out the event page and our website for new details. We would love to see you at this four day event. Mega event sponsored by Wattle Range Council, Geocaching.com and many other supporters. Lots of caches to find with two classic geo art trails including the famous animated bottle and glass.

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Well guarded. cache name helos byt not definitive. Lid missing, not watertight, cache container needs replacing.

TFTC a quick find along our journey. No lid on
Tin