Dam It- Outta Reach Creswick, Victoria, Australia
By highrod on 26-May-12. Waypoint GC3M6M8

Dam It! outta time! geocache archived.

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Hi Highrod,

This cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed, as well as to remove it from search listings.

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#Please Note#
When I next check on the cache, if there is no acknowledgment from the CO as requested above, the cache will most likely be de-listed (Archived).

Bunjil

Unfortunately no luck for us today better luck next time!

Missing.

Back to geocaching after a break of 5 years! Unfortunately DNF, looks like the spot has been turned into a bit of a rubbish trap. Geoteen unimpressed (shock).

A nice little rest stop by the lake here
And after a bit of a poke around,
nothing out of reach was seen [:o]
One very tempting spot only contained a few olde bottles dumped in it,
but no sign of a cache anywhere I looked

No luck for us today

Quick easy hide after Foam Fest (they tell me I had fun after I froze...)Tftc

Found with GreyGhost69 on a Foam Fest weekend. Thanks

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 10356.

Watch out for the big dog across the fence he sneaks up and scares the daylights out of you! The cache was found pretty quickly though the coords were a little out.

Thanks highrod for the cache.

GPS was a tad off but still a pretty easy find I could reach it but hubby managed to stretch. TFTC great spot to stop for lunch

Was just outa reach for me.ini cacher got hoisted by Dad, we soon had it signed and replaced. TFTC.

Tftc

Thank you highrod for your cache a great hide in a great area, took a little time as my gps was taking me around in circles but found it in the most obvious location. Left a couple of small coins
Greytiger.

Found this morning with the O’Gomells after check out from the Goldfields resort. Great spot. TFTC

Found with Mazza G thanks for the find!

Found this cache on our way to the koala campground

Thanks for the cache

Greetings from the Netherlands

An older cache for this area. Used an extension device which the CO wouldn't have needed!

Could only just reach this one tftc

Finally. A find after a couple of GPS fails and DNFs!

Another one today.

Third find for the first day of our short break in Creswick. Geowife in top form and fairly bounding out of the car. Trees didn't affect her judgment re what the phone was telling her. Even the lack of height on her part was no impediment. She dashed back to the car and found a tool, successfully extracted the cache and wore a whack on the ear from container. What did l contribute? Well, l signed the log.

Walked across from the resort to find this one, but took us a while to find it. TFTC

After walking around to get the co ords right quickly had cache in hand TFTC SL

Looked for a while but a neighbouring dog was not happy I was there so I called off the search after a while.

TFTC. We had been here a few times to no avail. The cache was not where it should have been. Noticed a log earlier on that suggested the cache was placed back in it’s proper place. Nice to have this one off the list.

this one had me going for abit bloody phone was pointing me in the wrong direction and had a spot that matched the criteria. then I used some common sense and redirected myself.
Thanks for a nice cache.

Out caching with thomo31, found with ease. TFTC

Found with and by teamashy while out and about today. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Caching in the Ballarat area for the afternoon. TFTC

Found this with the family
Wasn't in the original spot but we have returned it there now

Quick easy find although i don't think it was in the original spot. Tftc

Snooped around the wrong area for a while before I noticed the obvious hiding spot in-line with your info. Fortunately I am not vertically challenged. Thanks for this one!

Great spot .... will keep this mind for a future picnic place. Mmmmmm all I can say is .... thank goodness I had "something" in the car to help with getting to this cache. TFTC

got it thanks

Found it, nice hide, love the leaf work.

A nice picnic spot TFTC

Fortunately we had our elevating equipment with us so Geohubby had no trouble find this well hidden cache. Lovely dam with ducks on it enjoying the nice day too.
Had our picnic lunch at the table and enjoyed the sunny windless day and the lovely views. Thanks for bringing us here - much appreciated.
TFTC highrod

Almost! TFTC

awesome cache a little tricky but we got there hahaha....

This is a charming location and today I had it all to myself, which made for a quick find. Thankfully there was no issue reaching the container and I was soon adding my name to the log. There was a trackable that I grabbed to keep moving along.
The cache was found on 31/03/2018 at 12:42:00 PM.
Thanks to Highrod for placing this cache.

First grab on a weekend in Creswick. SL TFTC

Just passing thought I would drop in. Tftc

This area comes alive at night! During my walk here from across the road I encountered giant spiders and ants but none of them kept me from scoring a find! Thanks highrod.

Almost but not quiet, with a bit of a strech I got it. sl tnln tftc

Found with AddictedGamer and Youban. We all walked down from the unit we were staying at, crossing the quiet road just on dusk. As we walked along the road two dogs barked at us for a bit then ran off. But as we turned the corner into the sad looking picnic area, one of the dogs met us at the corner and barked at us again, before running off and not coming back. Luckily it was a quick find, with the geohubby snatching this one for us with ease. Tftc!!!

Mr DTY73 was just the right height for this one & along with dty73 & AddG we quickly signed the log before trying to skip stones on the pond with the Geo Kids. Kutgw

Found as Nicnax with PapaGrouch. I might be vertically challenged but I found a tool to help me access the cache while PapaGrouch was still starting up his GPS. He had to return it though. TFTC

Nice one highrod - luckily some of the team were not vertically challenged and the cache was easily retrieved by Mark of Markndee. SL at 4.56pm Left: windmill PT. #4811 TFTC

Heading home after a day caching around Creswick with Harrowang we picked up this well hidden cache at 4:56pm. Left pathtag SL TFTC

Nice easy find

Found at 8:30 AM today. We were staying nearby for a short weekend away and saw that this one was very close by. Drove over and extremely easy to find. Quick log and replace and we were on our way. TFTC.

Tftc

Out driving to Daylesford for the day with geo-dog. Thought we would stop by this cache approaching Creswick....this time we have got tool required. Quick grab, no muggles but a couple of nasty muggle dogs (fenced in on neighbouring property though thank goodness). Thanks for the cache highrod.

Only 2 ducks here today the others must have gone north for winter we don't blame them Nice hide TFTC

Found it after a little searching. Cheers.

Team Autumn out today for Mothers day and a mission to get me to 1000 caches today. Nice spot with the disadvantage of the overprotective dogs from next door.
Smallest geokid was disappointed that Dad could reach as he was hoping he would have to go on his shoulders to reach this one. TFTC.

Big bad dogs, well they think they are until you throw something small at them. Lol

There must be some short bums around. Quick reach and grab.

Tftc

A week of work road trip Ballarat, Creswick, Bendigo, Echuca, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Wangaratta, Wodonga Gundagai, Yass, Canberra, Cooma, Cann river and Bemm river areas we put some kms on the car. Thanks for all the caches we done over the week with aqau.
Thanks

*Grabbing a cache or two to maintain my current streak*...

A nice park and grab at this lovely area on this beautiful day as I visit friends in Creswick...
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Highrod... Appreciate your efforts...

**Took**: *Nothing but photo's*
**Left**: *Nothing but foot prints*...
Stamped log...

**#9746**

I am glad that I am not vertically challenged. Easy find.

Lovely little spot to which I will come again.

TFTC

Found on a spontaneous day of caching in the area, in the company of wozzle68.

What a neat little, peaceful place. We had no idea it was here.
Lucky Chunk was able to reach this one.

TFTC Highrod.

Nice little place......found cache good job Mr Moose is tall, no spider there thank goodness

Nice easy find. TFTC

Great hide! Definitely needed some height and there was a live spider on top of it so watch out for the wildlife!

Astro made this much harder than it needed to be by making assumptions - lovely spot
Many thanks Highrod from the Wacky one

A pleasant little stop. We looked in a lot of places before Wacky spied the pot for this one. How did I not look there!? Very peaceful spot, apart from the jabbing I got.

Thanks to Highrod and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

Found this one after a false start, could only just reach it! Neighbour's dogs were eyeing me the whole time, and gave me a shock with a bark right as I was writing in the log: had quite a pen slip! Thanks for this cache in front of grand and beautiful dam!

One small step then one giant stretch for K.B. kind. Thanks for the hide.

Another good cache found while touring around.
Thanks for helping show me interesting locations and history of the area.
Soon had the container spotted. SL

...but not quite out of reach for myself who made the quick find while out with the geofamily. Find number 9 today. Tftc. Lollies removed.

Glad we had brisal5 for this one as all 3 female cachers are short..... And I am one of them. Thanks for the cache highrod. Sorry for late log.

Another countdown event to the Surf Coast Mega. This time Ballarat. I enlisted Locus Cache for company and we arranged to meet mogni and Mrs. Aussie M & M there as they were coming from a different direction. Having arrived last night we set off early to cache our way to the event. We had worked on Puzzles on the weeks leading up to the event so were keen to see if we could get some of those and any others we were passing. [^]
Not out of my reach it's not. the neighbours dogs didn't really want us there and tried to alert everybody near to our presence. Nobody around though. Thanks Highrod.

Out with Aussie M & M, brisal5 and locus cache.... we were on a cache hunt.... A we got it! Well my tool got it.... I'm vertically challenged.
Thanks

Brisal5 wanted a 'yapper' to keep him awake as he drove to Ballarat and he thought I'd be up to the task
After a late start Friday, due to his 'anytime is fine' reply when I asked what time we were leaving [)], we landed at our barn accommodation [^] in Ballarat about 8pm. After grabbing tea and a cache, we caught up with Mogni and Aussie M&M before checking out their weekend's amazing accommodation
Saturday we travelled the countryside from cache to cache in our two vehicles and managed to attend an event too (2 months to the Surf Coast Event - Ballarat) then bolted off to find a rare moveable cache [^]
Following a DNF on a bridge cache, our friends headed off for sleep [)] while Brisal5 and I cached until just after midnight by which time we were beat! [xx(]
Sunday after the usual caching breakfast of Maccas we said our goodbyes to the two ladies and then we two cached Ballarat until 1.45pm before finally heading for home.
Weekend tally of 1 event attended, 2 DNFs and 58 cache finds

On our way to find another targeted cache when a quick stop was made by the two ladies in the lead car
Seems they decided we needed a quick cache find
The retrieval fell to our human tool since he is the tallest of the group and guess what[?] It wasn't out of his reach!
The two dogs behind the fence weren't too happy about our being here

TNLN. SL. TFTC Highrod

I can agree with this. Thankfully Happy pants had come along for the ride and was able to retrieve it for me.
Thanks Highrod for placing & maintaining the cache for us to find.
#3452

Cool, good spot. Found with GenieJoan. TFTC

Tranquil dam to watch while geohubby did the stretching to find the cache. Luckily it wasn't me doing the hunting, I'd need a step ladder! Cache was all good and dry. TFTC

Out with the family so stopped off on the way out to creswick to nab this one. Great place for a cache

Drooped off Duck Race TB

#4565 - 09:40; On holiday with the geohoney in the Goldfields and staying not far from this cache. The geohoney was still getting ready, so I took a stroll down the road on a foggy morning, for a quick find and sign on this cache. TFTC Highrod

Out with Poppet_93 for a day of caching. #5 for the day. Clever hide. Vertical challenge it is, but Poppet-93 stretched out to the max and managed to reach it. Yay Poppet-93!!!
TFTC and the competitiveness you have instilled in us today.

Vertical challenge...yep, that I can agree to. Was a little off the GZ at first, but soon cracked onto it and just had to reach it. With all the stretch I could manage, I soon had the cache in my hands. TFTC.

(7th cache for the day)

here's me without a pen

On a trip from Bendigo to Camperdown finding a few caches along our way. Little Ruverbug andMumma Jam came up with the goods. Cache found, log signed, cache replaced as found.

TFTC

Great find on a wet day

Good fun

Nice little spot, it was actually my vertically challenged partner who found this one, a bit of stretching and she had it in her hands. TFTC

Dannibri and dre again

Accurate coordinates led to a quick find by Mrs y'stassie but the taller member of the team was called on to retrieve the cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks highrod for the cache.

10:37:00 AM. A good park and grab. A damp day and nice and quiet except the local farm bikes. Log signed. Thanks highrod for placing this cache.

Had to allow the GPS to settle out of the car. A very quick find once it did. Glad I'm tall.

Wandered over from the nearby resort to gather up this one. Nice location and spot on co-ords. TFTC

Found it

Great spot even for a coffee or smoke break tftc

Late Entry :We headed off for a lovely day and managed to add some smiles, while being vertically challenged made this one a challenge in itself we were gratful we had a solution and soon it was in hand, signed and replaced, Thanks for bringing us into this area, and for the fun, TFTC highrod

I had a feeling we'd been here before, but obviously not. We found it on our way through from one side of the state to the other. Thanks for the hide and bringing us here.

Gps was a bit confused but logic won and i found it. TFTC

TFTC. A quick grab to start proceedings

With our dogs back in the car after their swim, we parked at GZ.
The neighbor's dogs were not amused [:/]

Why place it so close to their fence?
Thanks highrod.