Wooden Wonder Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
By Happycat12 on 16-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3HMW5

As there has been no response to the last request/s to attend to this cache, or provide regular updates, the cache is being de-listed on the basis that it has been abandoned by the Cache Owner.

If there are components or remnants of the cache, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

Caches that have been archived for lack of maintenance will not be unarchived. This is explained here: [**Unarchive a geocache**](http://support.groundspeak.com//index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70).

If you wish to contact me regarding this cache, please send an email via my profile - [**Bunjil,**](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the cache name and GC number.

2 August 2018 @ 6:16 pm
Caching buddies: muggle Anshi

Anshi being tall, I knew I had to come find this one! Cache is indeed in place. It needs a new logbook, sure, but if you want to find it and sign it, there's still ample space to write names! I would have replaced logbook and cache with tall Anshi but I didn't have logbook paper unfortunately. Have plenty of cache containers though! Happy to share cache containers if CO is falling short..
TFTC Happycat12

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###**CACHE OWNER ACTION REQUIRED PLEASE**###

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I've noticed this cache is carrying a maintenance log which really does need to be addressed by the cache owner.

The guidelines indicated that regular visits to check on the cache, as well as prompt attention to any logs that indicate there is a problem, are part of the [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235) - I have Disabled it for you this time.

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) by 19th July,** so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Repair and/or Replace your cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you don't plan on fixing it up then please [**Archive it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (by 22nd July). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, it is likely that I will need to Archive it on the basis that it has been abandoned. Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the instructions posted above.


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Came out on a freezing winter day with a friend. He found it pretty quickly so glad i had him to reach it as i wouldnt have been able to from my chair. Lid is missing and log book is full managed to sign a spot after lifting the page where the staple is.

You need to be tall alright I JUST made the height! High muggle area, so very difficult not to look suspicious. As reported, the lid is missing and log is full. I just managed to sign a random piece of paper that someone else had left. Also, I was surprised by a yucky looking spider because the lid is off. May need maintenance.

Missing lid and log book is full

Bumped into another cacher while grabbing this one. No lid, a great start with a new muggle kid! TFTC!

What a great fort! If my Geokid was here she'd love it!

I'm visiting from Queensland and thought I'd try to find some caches after Parkrun.
The section of the park where the cache is was not too busy so I had a quick scout of anything behind the pavilion that was over 1.5 m to no avail. I then sat down To see if the logs could help me and noticed something ever so slightly out of place. By the time I did a quick check of all of the same places in the structure I realised that I'd found the cache!
The next challenge was the height. I'm 1.65m, but I had to get my pen to knocked it out. Also there were some young fellows playing soccer right near the pavilion so I waited a bit. But my spideysense told me to go for it anyway. And it turns out they were looking for the same thing! And as liambaxter88 is a bit taller than me I was glad he was there to help!

Others have noted that the lid is missing and the log is full.

T4TC!

TFTC first time visiting the wooden wonder. Great find with Stardust Kiwi, Eagle Everywhere and Picses Onlooker.

Was looking around the area a bit confused for a while but turned out the be in the first place Khalexus tried!

Terrain difficulty had me wondering a bit... But after looking around a bit I managed to grab the cache in the very first place I looked. Sweet!

Finally I've had an attempt to tackle a few of the caches around Albert Park. 3rd find on this caching run. TFTC

Nice quick find, great playground for the kids!

Height is important, great spot. Lid missing but it shouldn’t affect it. Paper is full needs replacing. I can’t believe 3000 people in he community volunteered building this incredible playground. Worth checking out.

Easy find. The log wasn't in a good shape but the cache itself all good

Quick and easy found.
Cache need a replacement!
Greets from Germany
Red_Cherry_ & Graureiher

This is the first outdoor Australian barbecue we have come across. The cache was a quick find. Out caching with Will of the Wisp whilst travelling around the world in 80 days to celebrate retirement. Greetings from England, TFTC.

Haven’t had much luck finding caches in the area today but yours was nice and satisfying. Thanks for the hint and TFTC. CHEERS!

Lots of muggles about as expected. Easy find my pen decided not to work!! Next stop is a shop!

TFTC.

Visiting from Tassie and we just had to know what the wooden wonder was. What a magnificent structure it would have been a wonderful place to place as a kid.
This cache was hunted, tagged and released by activehunters tftc.

Had to disturb a BBQ party here, but they were very understanding, quick grab, sign, and replace the container, which is missing the lid, but as the hide is well out of the weather, it should pose no problems, Thanks Happycat12, I now know where to come midweek to have a lunch BBQ

Doggies barking but found it after interrupting a BBQ

Quick and easy find! Beautiful place for lunch

TFTC - great location on a very humid day

Nice and easy to find, TFTC

Found on a quiet Sunday Xmas Eve. I am short. Managed to get it down. Look me longer to get it back than to find it.

Had some time to kill so thought a cache and walk was a good idea. Found easy with hint. Thanks to Happycat12 for placing this cache.

Found while kids played in the park.
tftc
Log book full

This one is in a very safe place. Thanks Happycat12.

Found It!
No one around today which made for a quick and easy find!
TFTC

**Find #1408**

An amazing wooden playground here. The kids would go nuts. The cache was an easy find using the hint. The log is quite full. Great place to bring the geo-kids and have a BBQ.

Thanks **Happiikhat**

TFTC.

Back to Bowen Cres office for what I think will be the last time on a big day for the company I work for...after sneaking out early I decided to grab a couple of drive-bys. This was the first and a quick reach and find. tftc

A quick find. TFTC TNLN

Easy with the clue, no muggles early in the morning, but plenty of signs they enjoyed themselves here last night! Log is overfull.

What a fantastic playground! Tftc!

Quickly spotted by geo-buddy cmkoe3.
Tftc

12:07 #5085
The hint was very instructive here so it was practically impossible not to find the cache. Greetings from the Czech Republic and thanks for the cache!

With lisyb. Easy find, just had to navigate the muggles

Ahh up ya go! taz_6

#8/9 of a lovely chilling summer weather biking Melbourne exploring day. What a lovely playground! I couldn't resist and enjoyed walking throughout it. Thanks for the cache.

Managed to get this one even though I was a little bit short but I used my geocaching intuitive to get it down & back up without too much issue! TFTC

Got it! TFTC

TFTC!

Nice place, thanks.

TFTC!

Me and the 2 kids found it!

Nice hiding spot and a great place to play.

Got it - quick grab. Could not get a few weeks ago as picnickers using the facility for what it is meant for. ( despite a cache hiding location ) - no one here today. 1st of 2 after swim at MSAC thanks Happycat12. Bit cold for the wonderful playground and no kids with me today. TFTC

TFTC logbook full needs to be replaced

First for the day

Very good

OK tftc

Great geocache

Got

**Wow, what a terrific wooden playground. Love this area. The workers are still packing up after the Grand Prix, but still found the cache ok. Went to look for this one early in the morning, so to avoid all the muggles that visit this area. TFTC. SL. Cache still in good condition and well hidden. Thanks for bringing us to this spot. Cheers.**

Definitely need to be tall for this one, but so glad we found it! Does need a new logbook though, just found a small gap!!

Definitely need to be tall for this one, but so glad we found it! Does need a new logbook though, just found a small gap!!

TFTC! I've lived in the area for years and didn't know about the Wooden Wonder.
I had to stretch to full height for this one.
Enjoyable Easter Monday find.

(BTW the log is full).

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany. Tftc

Quickly spotted after the F1 today but with so many people about, could I get it down unobserved? Probably not to be honest and common sense said I should come back another day... but the cache was winking at me, too tempting a lure to resist. So I went for it. Extracted and replaced the cache as quickly as dignity allowed. Tftc

TFTC. Found it rather quickly.

Lucky I had someone tall with me to retrieve the cache and put it back.
Yes, it is a wooden wonder.
TFTC

A homeless guy had dinner here. Maybe next time.

Got here before the rain.

Visited on my day off in Melbourne. Dipped a TB and SL. I'm vertically challenged but lucky I had a tool that helped. I enjoyed the wooden wonder thank you for bringing me here. Log book is very full squeezed in on back cover. TFTC

17:42 / #902

I was tall enough to reach up, which was handy for two other cachers that turned up while I was logging it.

BTW: It also was my first time using the "new" official Geocaching App, which is terrible [:(!] and I assumed the notes were field notes, so sorry for the cryptic note log earlier.

TFTC, cacheqai

Took the geokidlets out today for a walk around the lake.
This cache location is great. AWESOME park! Had no idea it was here!
Cache would have been a nice, super quick find if it hadn't been for the muggle picnic happening!
Cache located, log signed.
TFTC

13:14
Albert Park - what a great area to spend a few hours while a younger family member has an appointment in the city. Just a shame we didn't have any kids with us today - it would be a good excuse to explore the wooden work more closely.

**Note to CO** This cache is looking a bit unloved, the lid flips off/broken and the log needs refreshing.

Our thanks to Happiikhat for placing this cache.
17630.

Ta....TFTC

thank you for show me with my husband

Geochild found this cache quite easily in the end. Thanks. Silkyie.

Found it. Could not reach unfortunately. Aaah. Took s photo if required by CO. TFTC

Off for an F1 lap of the track - found this on our way around. Great playground - luckily no geokids with us or we may have be stuck here a while. Cache was easily spotted as it was replaced the wrong way, but after we signed we fixed that and all is well again. TFTC

Great little park...what a fort! Log is pretty full!

Rather quiet in the park today which made for an easy retrieval, sign and replace
Found whilst doing a lap of the lake
Many thanx to happiikhat

Despite a great many mini-muggles and their parental/carer units a-frolicking on the titular Wonder, GZ itself was blissfully free of other humans, so a very quick grab was doable, helped by the hide spot being a somewhat familiar style.

Was also nice to come by here for the first time in several years - back when Casa Del Madman was located in Elwood, this was a popular location to run around and play hide-n-seek with then-toddler-sized Geoson the Elder.

Signed the log, thanks for the cache (and parental nostalgia!), Happiikhat.

We came to see the sliding
The sport everyone plays but never competes

The money was ladled on heavy
All-you-can-eat icecreams for alls
A lanky Victorian slid to Victory, with socks outside his shoes
Fancy that

Next stop the Olympics

Stopped by this one in attempt to replace the logs after seeing their condition and finally being free from study. To my frustration and despair the persistence of a rather aggressive looking muggle prevented any work on the cache ( more than an hour spent waiting D: ). Will try my best again sometime this week to restore the logs to immaculate condition.
Best of luck to potential hunters.

Tftc

Second day of caching with my 2 favourite people team GoldJ from Tassie. We meet through caching on board a cruise ship almost 12 months ago. TFTC.

I was pleased it was not following the cache name.TFTC

Realy a nice playground. Log is quite full. Tftc

This morning we intended to go to the st kilda adventure playground - but I forgot to check what time they opened! not til midday! so we came in search of other playgrounds and wow what a great one this is! Of course it also happens to have a geocache so even better. thanks for the cache!

Too easy

TFTC

Great find!! TFTC

A very quick find while the geokids play on the fantastic wooden playground.

Nice easy cache! TFTC

Found it and looking forward to checking out the play ground.

FYI the log book is almost full and the container is a little damaged.

Tftc cute playground

Found it but not tall enough at 5'2" to reach it and log. Does that count?

The second one for the night for Nanton34 and I. Using my go go gadet arms and legs this cache was quickly found! TFTC

The second find for the night and although I could have reached the cache myself having a giant with me made this cache nice and easy to retrieve. The kids have played on this park during the day but this cache is much easier to retrieve at night TFTC

What a nice playground. I wish we would have these big ones back home in Germany! The roof makes noises Magnet will fall off soon. Should be taped. Thank you for showing this location!

Hello, this is a temporary boring log. I plan  to edit and go into more detail once I am back in the USA. Found with Railwalker and signed the cache with our team name, HistoryMajors2007. Cheers and thank you for the cache.

Found with Walk-Away-Renee and signed the cache with our team name, HistoryMajors2007. Cheers and thank you for the cache.

Night time caching with no-one around as it started to rain, TFTC

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Found with mark9375. TFTC

**Find #664 at 3:54:07 PM on 24/07/2016**
Out in the city collecting a few caches with geojill_11 , this one was one was found

I will start off with the bad....cache is in poor condition, i would reccomend a new container..and new logbook

**The Good**
This cache was some fun to get, we took it in turns try to reach it, evuntually we resorted to natural tools to get it down and back up,

**Thanks to Happycat12 for this cache**
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