Hydromys Chrysogaster Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By The Empire on 18-May-12. Waypoint GC3KM4Z

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This is 7th DNF in a row. Had a good look around, absolutely nothing. Please check and verify cache has not been muggled.

Snake territory watch out i couldnt find it seriously watch out for snakes

Spent a while looking here but no good for me this time. Thanks anyway.

Kids getting grumpy. Save it for another day.

I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!

Unfortunately dnf

I think I need a hint...

Quick find after a steamy morning with the Swaggies.

A photographer was taking shots around GZ and came over to see what we were doing. He was amazed at the whole process.

Not sure if the container was in the correct spot when located, it didn't feel right. The CO may wish to check it.

Yorsys and I took a while with this one as there was quite a few possible hidey spots. While we were here a bird watcher strolled up to see what we were up to. So we gave him a short explanation. He was interested, but not enough to give up his bird photography, the feathered variety we think!
TFTC The Empire.

Took me awhile

Took a while but fantastic find! 2nd ever Cache find and the kids are hooked. Off to locate #3

Pulled up to this one and may or may not have changed my top (hint = I did).
Jumped out of the geomobile and went looking, but heard voices so retreated to the nearby seat.
A couple of guys nearby were unnerving, and that's because they may or may not have seen me get changed (hint = they did!).
I could wait them out, but time was running out. I was determined, but who lost? (hint = I did).
Thanks anyway...

Too tricky for a couple of bush loving Kiwis. Maybe we gave up way too soon? Who knows.
DNF

Guess I missed the obvious n this one. Nice view regardless.

Yayy, took us a while to find it! Log is almost full

Friday fun one. Finished work and decided to head out with the Geofamily to tidy up a little more of the Williamstown precinct glad to finally put a smiley face on this cache.
TFTC!!!

We found this while out caching with Bazinga01 and Arkbell80.
TFTC

When I first started looking for this cache I was looking in the wrong spot, when I moved to the right spot I found the cache laying on the ground. It is still intact so I signed the log and put the cache where I thought it belongs. TFTC

Fallen oak - A.N.

[red]#5798[/red]
Today is my last day in Melbourne and Australian. I took the train to Spotswood and went to the coast to Seaholme.
Unfortunately it was very windy.
After a while, I could find the cache.
[green]TFTC[/green], [blue]SchwesterN01[/blue]

Tftc

Saw lots of swans. .. Didn't catch any little water rat thingos though. Tftc

Looked for a while, found it back where I thought it was originally.

Yay

Thanks! Quick find

Signed and returned.

In the area for a few days so grabbing a few local caches as opportunities arise. A pleasant little walk brought me to GZ and with good coords, it took no time to have the cache in hand and logged. Thanks for the smiley Empire.

Good one for the kids

Thanks. Much bigger and more obviously than I expected.. which means took me way longer than it should've. Haha

Found fairly quickly, unfortunately I slipped getting the cache out and the zip tie broke.
I put it back as best I could sorry

Wandered around a bit in the bushes. The meter thing was weird - I was standing right in front of it and it still said I had 4 meters to go. But so much fun!

I was walking the dog with my family and we decided to find this cache on the way. Thanks for the cache.

We took a while finding this one. The GPS wasn't working that well and so we wondered around a bit before we found it.
Thanks for the cache.

Out tonight with the bike after working in the city today. Thought I would take the opportunity to tackle the other side of the city. Tftc

We are behind logging caches after misplacing our caching book.
Out today knocking over a few hides in the local area.
Thanks for the hide,
Regards The Coffee's.

[red]Find #2812 Traditional #2219 [/red]

We were almost not going to venture out on a geocaching day today with the kiddies as the weather looked nasty but we couldn't resist the chance of exploring some more around this area. With the nearby event happening, we couldn't resist another close by. The idea of this location stop was to collect a few hides and obtain the information for the Earth Cache within this area. I was able to spot this one quickly without any muggles bothering me. Signed and replaced as found.

[blue]Thanks for this trad cache hide, The Empire [^]
Log and container in good condition.
Took Nothing, Left Nothing [/blue]

Masses of swans, ducks, etc. and noises of a few who didn't show themselves! Great spot. Thanks for bringing me here.

Superb fairy-wren serenaded while I filled out register

Found on a quick caching trip after tennis... Nice area...birds are talking away to each other! Noisy buggers! TFTC

Nice and peacefully place. TFTC
Greetings from Germany.

our first time here and thought we would grab a few caches. had a did not find nearby so this was great to grab. a lovely area, the kids then had wars with reed swords and spike bombs from the trees unfortunately i was the evil villian

TFTC! =)

Thanks! Allegra & Oscar, Poppy and Gizmo (dogs), Mum & Aunt Liz

Nice

Almost to dark to find. Then eureka. Very clever.

Tricky to find in the dark

Out on a windy afternoon with my nephew James. Very cold but lots of fun. TFTC

Jimmytherat spotted this leafy little beauty after GPS took us in a different direction at 1st. Thanks The Empire terrific spot

Many thanks for the cache The Empire. I got a bit excited when I saw this one due to the fabulous nature of the subjects of the cache. Aqua Rattones. Jimmytherat with Noelle04.

Great first catch and beautiful views over the bay.

Thank you for this Cache says a German guy

Was so bothered that I went back for a second look. Waited for muggles to go before slipping in. Read people comments and was looking for something completely different. #2 for this newbie!

To many biting ants to keep going

Yay, found it!!! That's 2 for today!

Found with Nina5113 on her first cache. Looked around until we realised it was right in front of our eyes! TFTC

First cache found with ingridfreem. Good hide but didn't take too long. TFTC

Nearly gave up but found it in the end.
Tricky hide, but kicked myself that I didn't see it earlier

Great spot TFTC

I had a TB to drop off and a cache to log for a milestone so I thought I'd spend my last "official" day of holidays with a walk along the foreshore here and log a few caches.

This one was a little tricky initially, I thought I had the obvious GZ but I couldn't find the prize. A quick read of the previous logs had me ingoring the obvious and I had the logbook in hand in just a few moments. No Hydromys Chrysogaster for me today but the abundant bird life made up for it.

TNLNSL Cache is in excellent condition. TFTC

Looked up and down!!!

'Twas an afternoon caching run in Williamstown for manzie and I on a lovely summer's day Had to have a bit of a search for this one, although, in hindsight, it probably should have been much easier to locate. It's funny how experience will see you look in particular places, blinded to what is around you ... Anyway, all is well in the world—manzie found the cache and log has been signed. TFTC!

The coords seemed fine, despite previous comments.
Tftc.

Simple hide, found with JelenaGreenleaf. Tftc!

Found with georocks101. Unfortunately we didn't see any water-rats, maybe it was too late in the day for them? I don't know, but I still thought it was a beautiful spot and will probably come back here again for a walk. TFTC!

Had to look outside the lines but TFTC

2nd find of the evening @ 6pm.
Found a while back now, I will edit the date.
Cheers & T.F.T.C!
Safe travels and hoppy caching =]
Thanks for bringing me here.
Sorry for my delayed log, it has been in suspend in the old app which is soon retiring so have to get rid of all my old unlogged finds.

Great cache !

Was hard to find as our gps said 6 m on the cache. Found it with family lamy and that was great. TFTC

Visited at 8.30pm on a Summer's evening.
TFTC

Found with geodaughter. TFTC. Tnln

Found it! Great one to find with the kid's!

A nice quick and easy find. TFTC.

No water rats, but I did see a swan and signet. TFTC

Tftc. Quick easy find.

Yay!!! Second cache for the day and so obvious that we were kicking ourselves when we found it. Great hiding spot around in great wildlife! team Madge261

Great hide in a lovely area.
So many beautiful houses to admire and a great wide walking track.
Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC

Quick find, nice and easy cache in a lovely area.
TFTC

Found it

Found!

Last one for the day for me I am trying to clean up all my local caches. Found easily, no muggles around. TFTC.

Nice easy find. On holiday from SA. TFTC

After a third unsuccessful attempt at Bill's Bones, came over to this one. Found it very quickly, I liked the way the cache was hidden! TFTC The Empire

If you're looking at birdnests, you're not quite in the right place

During my work and travel year in Australia I'm trying to solve my 365 days of caching challenge. Having a moving home zone should make this definitely way easier.

Another short trip to this area. Found this box fast and easy, but unfortunately I didn't discover one of the Hydromys Chrysogaster.

TFTC and greetings from Germany

Tftc

The ants do bite

TFTC

Tenth find of the day. Had the geofamily drop me and the bike at the head of the trail on the way to visit the in-laws at Willie, so while they lunched, I cached .
Had stopped for lunch in Altona and made my way round the track caching as I went. I had been leapfrogging a walking muggle as I found the previous two caches and was not keen to do it again. Fortunately I think I managed to slip out of sight here and conduct the search for this cache while she passed. In doing so, I soon made the find and had the log signed. No Hydromys Chrysogaster today, or any snakes!
Thanks to The Empire!

Nice easy find, but no rats in sight!

We couldn't retrieve log from cache, BYO removal tool.
Also beware ants who live on the tree and bite when disturbed.

Collecting a few caches while wife and son are visiting Scienceworks.
TFTC

Lovely spot, great cache. Not the usual, you need a good eye.

With the sun setting and running out of time before a dinner date, Chmunk and I decided to try for one more before heading home.
What a fantastic little cache! Will definitely be back to try and catch some water rats.
TFTC!

Last one one found on a nice afternoon stroll. TFTC

Found with Trailrunning on another Monday night adventure, It was rather windy tonight but we were still keen to get out and about and find some caches, we picked up a few new publications then headd to the You Yangs were we found some of the best constructed caches, I have seen in some time. Thanks The Empire for the cache.

Got distracted by a pair of black swans and nearly forgot to sign this. Lovely location.

Out and about with Echidna44 for the day in the west. Nice easy find in a very nice part of Williamstown
Thanks for the cache The Empire