Is It Dead or Alive? Wendouree, Victoria, Australia
By Shamus1 on 28-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3J6JQ

No luck

Looks like someone has taken it

this cache is missing and is has had its time

After the CITO Event a few of us went to get this cache
only to find it has been muggled!

Eighth find on a trip west with geobuddy BJ. Pen safely accounted for this time I found the cache and signed the log. TNLN. TFTC Shamus1

After being offered a weekend caching to and from Ballarat with Tounga and Moneydork, how could I refuse[?]
Sushilord joined us too and for 3 days we laughed and cached and laughed and cached until we could cache no more. [|)]
As for the topics of conversation, apparently mirth, maniacal murder and mayhem were the common themes for the weekend along with a few other topics
My total for a great weekend was 1 event attended in Ballarat , 113 cache finds 7 DNFs and a FTF as I wound my way home, alone, in the early morning

Loved this area, almost like woods in suburbia
As Moneydork had a 4WD, no problems for us today getting here...although he wouldn't go through the ditch

TNLN. SL. TFTC Shamus1

Found on the weekend attack on Mexican caches by a couple of Kiwis and a couple of Aussies, surprisingly there were no slayings although we talked a lot about maniacal murders along the way.

I'd say part dead, part alive and trying to make up it's mind.

Thanks for the cache Shamus1.

A nice quick find as the weather started to turn cold.

Found on a fantastic weekend away with Moneydork (Hero Husband), Locus Cache and Sushilord. It was not a quiet trip but oh so worth it! Lots of caching, lots of laughter and finally some sleep thrown in when we just couldn't carry on!
Thanks for your cache and helping make our weekend so great.

My second find after just starting out. Excited.

Nice find late at night. Found with Darth Briji.

Out and about with new cacher Ganny78. A quick find here in the dark.
Thanks Shamus1 for the cache
Log signed & replaced. TFTC & smiley face

#809

This was our 1st geocaching

Good hid

Easy find tftc

Found with Eminor93 on a geocaching trip to Ballarat. Found this one quite quickly after watching our step in the long grass. TFTC.

Found with DoorMatt on a lovely (freezing) day of caching around Ballarat. This one was nicely hidden, TFTC

Thanks for the cache, cool cache. Found pretty easily today in the rain and wind. Thanks Shamus1.

We planned a big day out caching in Ballarat, leaving with a crew from Geelong and meeting up with fellow cachers in Ballarat - including the CO.
Having the CO with us here made for a quick find - and the convoy lined up while signing duties took place.
Thanks for placing this, Shamus1.

This was my fifteenth find on a trip to Ballarat on a windy and cold winter's day. In the early hours we convened in Geelong and set off up the highway - Na'wal, Roads75, ThePacman, DAB, The_Tritonz and I. With two vehicles in our little convoy, there were various stops along the way for a few caches here and there before we finally reached town.
And then the fun began. A few caches under our belts before it was time for a quick coffee stop and then it was off into the wind for more finds before lunch. We looked, we found, we calculated, some of us climbed and paddled for the communal cause. We were joined in some of our adventures by Wozzle68, ST37E and Shamus1 who were all keen to show us the sights and sounds - and of course, all the best caches in town !
With the CO in tow and the appropriate vehicles, this cache became a quick drive by which was soon located and the log signed as one of our number snapped a couple of pics of the impressive trees in the area.
Thanks Shamus1 !

This entry was edited by Buckleysbabe on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 at 13:11:38 UTC.

After tackling some nearby caches we grabbed this one on the way past... TFTC

Glad we had the 4wd today. That didn't worry the CO who followed us in his 2wd with no fear at all !! Grabbed this one after another cache close by. TFTC Shamus1

Found! Lucky its wasn't too wet in here as the trail of cars drove through without hassle. Cache was found quickly with the CO not far away.

Buckleysbabe, DAB, Pacman, the Tritonz and Roads75 and I planned a road trip from Geelong to Ballarat today to enjoy the sights as well as pick up some finds. We teamed up with some locals while here Wozzle68, ST37E and Shamus1. We all had a great day, lots of laughs and various amounts of hides were found Lucky for us the rain held off for most of the day until our last 2 finds.

TFTC TNLN

Find #1244

Found with Sally!

Found on our "Making Memories" tour of Mainland Australia.

Today we explored Ballarat with whitewebbs using geocaching as our guide.

Many thanks to all cache owners for placing and maintaining caches for our enjoyment.

Today we cached with Tassie Trekkers around Ballarat on a cold autumn day. TFTC

Easy find thanks!

Thanks for the hide Shamus1. We believe it is 'alive'.

With the tritonz

Found by The_Tritonz on the 26/01/14 TFTC

Drove truck straight to GZ. Not sure if I could, but I saw tyre tracks, so wife's assumption was yes, go stupid. No spiders, today. Too hot for them. Tftc, tnln.26/01/2014 8:29 pm Find #586

Nice simple find in an obvious spot. Watch out for spiders! TFTC!

Found with malicemadden 2nd find for the day

Found with madloz

Another early start before the heat wave, a quick walk across the dry grass to the cache. No spiders! Thanks Shamus 1.

Found cache, and no spider this time. Wasn't looking too hard for charlotte's web to be honest, icky!
Left a couple tokens for micro swaps, hope you don't mind...

Easy find with miss_julie_anne

TFTC!

Found

11:46
We didn't even get a whiff from the "You've done it again" today, we signed the log and made a quick dash to the car just before a heavy dump of

FEEDBACK TO CO:- Stash note seems to be missing.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt Shamus1.
7130

i hate spiders.... but here i dont see spider ! cool
tftc Shamus1

Nice easy find, took the geo-nephews out and they found it and loved it!

Found 10:38am , find # 2338
Today I joined a group bike ride organised by LouiseAnn to tackle the caches on the Bike Trail between Ballarat and Smythesdale.
Other members of out party included -nirgal-, Quiet AU, Krazy Karl and Clickcraftman.
The weather was very good, a nice temperature for the 18km ride, and the breeze was on our backs.
There were not too many muggles and we had a terrific afternoon. As well as the bike path caches, a few others we encountered were found as well.
This was find # 1 of 46 finds for me for the day.
Having arrived at the start point a little early, I backtracked and found this cache with a nice new log book.
I left a pathtag. Then I returned to meet up with the others.

Thanks Shamus1.

Tftc

Cute marker, might not have found it if it wasn't for it

Found

Walked right past this one when muddy hesitated. That gave it away. Soon had the log signed and we were back in the warm car.
TFTC shamus1

Quick find on a cold day all safe and sound TFTC

Nice and easy. Thanks

Got it, a nice easy one for us newbies

Quick look and found it

En route to and around Ballarat to do a bit of exploring / caching. An interesting question....hmmm, I think its dead. Thanks Shamus1 for hiding this cache for me to find today.

After a brief wander among the old large pine trees and we were soon at GZ. Thanks for the cache.

GZ was spot on. We drove right up to it. We signed the log and headed home after school. Thanks for the hide.

Found this one fairly easily, good little spot, out of the way.
TFTC.

Found after wandering aimlessly for a while

Staying nearby found this with Bogonhazey drove almost right to the cache

Having a great time on holiday.
Slowly working my way back to Ballarat then Melbourne then home - one cache at a time!

Soon found. SL TFTC

Should have gone to this one during the day but found it

new log book in

Found today in the company of flyingwalrus49 and duchess_of_cornwall. Can't believe these type of containers are so prevalent (they seriously are the bane of our geocaching existence) Thanks Shamus1 for the cache today!

Log book is absolutely full at this one

Went off to find this one to kill time hoping that now I can go back and get "fun and games", there was too many muggles there earlier, if not ill go for a walk at night!
I signed log at the top of the sheet under the ftf spot because there is no more room left on the sheet, this one will need a new log asap.

It was more dead than alive, thanks for the cache

I'd say it is alive - any part alive is alive. To be dead, you have to be all dead. Nice easy find in the cool of the early morning. TFTC

Is the glass half full , I still don't get it ? - tftc Shamus1

We hit the cache like lightening. Straight to it. Thanks.

Out caching with sorceysal. Easy find. Thanks for the cache.

A quick find whilst out and about with JungleJodes whilst shopping in Ballarat for the day.

Thanks for the cache Shamus1

I guess this has been hit by lightning. Cache was a quick find.

Thanks for bringing me here.

A quick find. Added 1 Yuan (Chinese currency) to the cache.
TFTC Shamus1.

Filling in time before the birthday event we had this one on our to do list
Not having a 4wd this trip and being a bit too hot for a walk we found ourselves a relatively close park and headed off to gz. As we approached the cache name made a lot more sense and we would lean towards alive, but only just.The cache itself was a nice easy find and after adding our name to the log we headed back to the cool of the car.
Thanks for the cache, we will return another day to grab the others.

This was one of over 110 caches I found during a huge day and night of caching with my fellow cachers Trailrunning, Rebel Acts and Blacklegend (The Demolition Crew). As we all had the day free we carefully planned in advance the run and decided to call it Ballarat Smackdown II. The plan was ambitious and resulted in almost 22 hours of continual caching.

The day started in the early hours of the morning in the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne, then moving through the northern suburbs then onto and along the Western Freeway to Enfield State Forest then north up to Ballarat itself. We cached through Melton, Pykes Reservoir and Bacchus Marsh and many of the country roads north and south of the Western Freeway as we made our way west.

We had a fantastic day finding all the different types of caches and there were some quite inventive, very tricky and well constructed hides that we found. I thank all the cache owners for the time and effort they have spent in placing all the caches we found today.

Another legendary cache run by The Demolition Crew (myself, TrailRunning, Quasar3671 and Rebel Acts). We have dubbed it Ballarat Smackdown II. This was a huge run taking us all the way from near Cardinia, via the northern suburbs of Melbourne, to Bacchus Marsh and Melton and finally Ballarat. A massive loop, and over 100 caches for the run. The company was as always fantastic, a lot of laughs, good dinner, and great caches. Many thanks to all the CO's for the hides, without them we wouldn't have been able to find anything.

Another quick find. We have to come back here for a certain tree climb.... TFTC.

This was, cache # 113 of 117 finds for the day in the company of The Demolition Crew. no trouble locating this one, does not bother me if they are dead or alive. My thanks to Shamus1 for the cache.

This cache was found by me today in the company of The Demolition Crew.

While I strive to make my logs personal to every cache, I have far too many logs to do, that I apologise in this instance for using a generic log. I thank you for the placement of this cache as it was one of many that made up a great day for me and the crew..

The Day's Blurb...

The annual holidays is always a great time to relax and take it easy, but not today. The Demolition Crew had decided that after such a long break from caching together that we would start the year off with a bang! So the planning minds were put into operation, and Ballarat Smackdown II was conceived.

The smackdown started along way from Ballarat, in fact in the hills around Cardinia Reservoir and from there is was a push across the northern suburbs of Melbourne through Melton & Bacchus Marsh. It being such a hot day, the waters of Pykes Creek Reservoir cooled and refreshed us, and we were soon off to start on the Ballarat caches.

Since our first Smackdown in the area, many new caches have popped up, so it was a fruitful run which ended well into the early morning. A couple of caches were replaced as a way of saying thanks to those who took the time to place them, and I think in the end my tally was well over 100 for the run.

It was a completely awesome day, and I thank you for placing the cache. We will return to the Ballarat area soon as there are still a number of caches we left undiscovered.

This was an interesting cache. The neighbourhood must be a bit rough due to all the nearby gang graffiti and the amount of random trash dumped everywhere, but most of all... a muscular pitbull or bull terrier type dog was wandering loose around GZ, unleashed and unattended and with no human in sight. I approached carefully and luckily this dog seemed unaggressive and trotted away.

Still, I signed the cache quickly and moved away as briskly as possible.

Quick find whilst on holidays interstate visiting friends.
Great to pick up some local caches.
tftc

Had to look hard, but I located him....thank you Shamus1 for the cache.

Easy find, however it was uncovered and open. Recovered up with some bark.

My first pathtag!! tftc

A nice easy find today. TFTC

I Put way too much effort into finding this cache and all along it way right in front of me, now for a long drive back to Dandenong !!! Dropped a pathtag, log it if you want to keep it ))))

Sorry Shamus1 for the generic log but I'm trying to catch up on my logging, I currently have over 1000 to log before hitting some powertrails in the US after the block party next week. As always I enjoy the hunt whether I'm solo or with some of my caching or muggle friends. Thanks to those who have accompanied me to make the day more pleasurable and many thanks Shamus1 for placing this cache.

A quick find as i did some caches in the area, day 60 in a row of caching !
TFTC

Ended up on the wrong side of the houses here, but after a drive around I soon where I wanted to be. After a short walk in, the cache was soon in hand.

Found on my 2 day caching trip around the area. Thanks for the cache....

Not the most attractive place for a cache, beware of syringes. Thanks for the hide anyways.

Thanks for the fresh hide.

A nice park and grab - we managed to drive str8 up to it. Cache in dry and in good condition.
Thx for the hide.

What a nice day to be out for a little walk and caching. Nice little hide

Find #310 @ 1012H

A short walk to an interesting GZ
"Is it Dead or Alive?" i would have to say alive.

TFTC

Found along with AmboAlex for my 50th cache AmboAlex had to retrieve as the hint made my courage fail on me. Lucky none of those nasties were about today TFTC

Nice quick find gezzastar was able to get her 50th cache with this find. So good day of geocaching

Found @ 11:27 with Taterheadz

No spiders luckily.

TFTC

We decided it was half alive. All well here today. TFTC Shamus1

Suscoe and Sister were out for a day's caching in Ballarat.
It was a delightful day, a little bit cloudy and a gentle breeze.
This was find number fifteen for us today.
A quick walk and an even quicker find.
Just a word of warning, we found syringe packets at GZ, beware for where you put your hands.
Thanks to Shamus1 for bringing us here.

After finding the nearby tree climbing cache, I drove around to here and it was a literal walk in the park.

Found the cache today at 3.10pm with beanie.

An easy find today. Signed the log.

Thanks Shamus1 for the cache.

i have checked the GZ out and it is all fine,no empty syringe packets 0r anything like that but thanks for the feed back MrIwik