PH: 1959 Drowning Tragedy Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia
By WA K Team on 04-Jun-12. Waypoint GC3MR09

Have decided I will relocate this cache based off the sculpture at the Performing Arts Centre.

Found real good hiding spot...white pipe but no log container.....sad. I'll be back. Thanks for the history lesson

Gone again. Will have to rethink this one.

Did not find. Found a short length of white plastic pipe which was empty.

Happy to log this one on our second visit...interesting history....thanks again WA K Team

No need to search right through the lavendar bushes like we did!

I think this was our only WA K Team hide of an overnight stay at the luxurious Forte Quays Resort. I've been a fan of your hides in the past; I appreciate another opportunity for a smiley on my map although not as keen on caches like this which I believe are against the guidelines. Still a quick find while doing a final wander around Mandurah. Thanks for replacing this hide.

Another good hide from the WA K team. A quick find while I was shopping at Clarke Rubber. TFTH.

Another quick find next to a beautiful church. TFTC!

All OK
Enjoy

TFTC!

At Mandurah for a swimming competition so tried to grab some nearby caches. This one took a little while until I got on the correct level.

Thanks WA K Team.

TFTC!

TFTC

Tftf

Down this way to get the car in for service. Plenty of time to kill so why not grab some geocaches.
Thanks WA K TEAM t4thsl

This entry was edited by allys angels on Thursday, 13 June 2013 at 03:10:31 UTC.

Found after work today, hardly any muggles so easy to find Thanks for replacing the cache Wa K Team SL

Found by geospouse after I missed it. one good thing is the bushes smell nice & aren't prickly!!TFTC

Found it with Geo-rge, Miss Jane, EMDH & CRH on our WA road trip.

It was a quick find. Thanks for bringing us to this part of WA.

Dipped TB's

TFTC WA K Team

Well been long off the hunt so I decided to go hunting for caches as my knee injury is stoping me from geocaching so decided to go out for some nice easy ones to get back in the game loved this little hide tftc WAK team I'm going to give a favorite point to this sneaky hide made me smile when I found it

Tftc: love that container- would be perfect for a cache I have in mind

Coordinates changed from:
S 32° 32.135 E 115° 43.448

Coordinates changed to:
S 32° 32.130 E 115° 43.449

Distance from original: 30.7 feet or 9.4 meters.

Relocated

Have relocated this a bit further away from the window, but you can still see it from GZ. Cache container is new type also, but still a micro so bring your own writing stick.

All good to go
Enjoy

Not found in about 3 mths, is it there ? needs archive ?

Have just returned from extended period overseas and checked it out today and its not there as indicated by DNF's etc.
I will work on an alternative location as i don't want to archive this cache.

This entry was edited by WA K Team on Friday, 26 April 2013 at 06:29:05 UTC.

Remulched trying to find but no luck.

With Pink Bling and Thestimpsooons, DTF unfortunately

Would be nice to know if the cache is still there, lots of dnf's. Thanks

I have been to this beautiful little garden before to search for the cache, but not possible due to too many muggles around. So today in the middle of Perth's heatwave and no-one at GZ had a good search.No luck today I did find something though, see the photo! Pretty sure I can't log as a find! Thanks anyway WA K Team

Didn't find. We're in a little rush. Geouncle came with me. I will be back.

A little depressing, but a did not find today

While over in Mandurah for a week from Melbourne with the family Mr & Mr X with geo son and grandchild are out in force. Saturday is definately the best day to do this one. It has us guessing which side of the fence to be on for a while so we had one each side. Hiden in a very popular container but well contained. Good to see that is happening more often now to protect the log book.
Thanks WA K Team for a nice little church, from Melbourne

This entry was edited by xambo4u on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 at 14:41:19 UTC.

Thank you for the detailed history and for the cache.

Drove past, but too many people in the car park so we thought we'd go back Sunday afternoon. But as the weather report said there was to be a storm coming, we decided to go back home and attempt it another time we are in Mandurah. So sad to hear about the loss of lives though.
We actually went to another church down the road looking for the stained glass window, and realised we were at the wrong coordinates.

The statue near GZ is beautiful. Thanks for bringing me here!

Nice morning for a bike-ride with some of the children, and although there were quite a few muggles around, the juniors could safely make the retrieval undetected. Nice garden! TFTC.

Tftc

Easy find tftc

very hard rock too find, but did it!!

Out and about this morning, and noting that today was another required for the 366 challenge, I took a detour to attempt this cache.

I have never been here before, and also this is the first time I had heard of this tragedy. A fitting tribute to all involved.

Thanks WA K Team for bringing me here, the history lesson, and the quick find on a camo cache

TFTF ... nice windows... lovely little garden... TFTF

This entry was edited by KEKEMO on Saturday, 08 September 2012 at 18:30:59 UTC.

What a beautiful spot, worthy of the people remembered there TFTF

Thanks again WA K Team for highlighting the tragic Mandurah History linked to this cache site. Its certainly a busy church with band practice on a Sunday afternoon. I think it may have been the priest who came out to see who we were...but then went back in satisfied a minute or so later after observing us chatting! Children's memorial was a time for reflection on the tragedy some families endure. Geoson and I had a good look around the exterior of the church before leaving.

Nice little camo. The geomum found this one before me!

TFTC

Muggle free....Saturday afternoon.

TFTC.WA K Team

Nice cache seen few these now

After a yummy lunch with Geowife, I showed her a DNF I had eariler. Strike me pink if I did not find it in under 30 seconds flat . Don't you hate that when it happens![B)]

TFTC WA K Team

Found with Mr richlink. An interesting piece of local history. Thanx WA K Team.

On my way home from and exhausting weekend of caching, and thought I should have another go at this one when there should be no muggles about to wonder what I was up to. This time I found it immediately - I really must have needed these new glasses when here before!
Thanks for the interesting history of this memorial and the cache WA K Team

While geo-wife was doing a work related course in Mandurah today, I met up with iluvtrekking to hopefully score a few smileys in the appalling squally weather. Fortunately it was a quick find and didn't get too wet.

Had a good look around but the local shop workers seem to smoke out the back here and love to watch you. Called it a day after about 20 minutes and smelling like lavender.

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TFTC!
Dried out the cache. It was a bit damp

Had a search about in the limited spots where it might have been, but could see nothing. (On my way to get new glasses though!)

So we walked to this from Butterfly Kisses after failing there, mainly we 'hope' due to the nearby muggle.

Anyways we enjoyed the short walk to stretch the legs. The GPSr was leading us on a complete bee dance basically circling the building. Finally resorted to checking the picture on google maps hoping for a better idea of where we needed to be.

Not too long after that Mr Mezzleowl yet again came up with the goods! Phew, was going to be embarassing going home with too many DNF's.

The main problem here was that I left my 'Power Tank' pen at home and none of the 3 I had in my bag wanted to write on the write in the rain paper . We finally managed to leave our mark.

TFTC WA K Team

Had to come into town this afternoon, but prior to leaving, I noticed that this one was back up and running. I am glad that the history behind this cache is being publicized, as I doubt that many people know about it. Can you imagine being a nun, wearing full "habit", not knowing how to swim? They didn't stand much of a chance, as the estuary is deeper that many people think. Tragic!! Thanks for reminding me of this story WA K Team, and for the effort you put into this cache.

Have replaced the cache.
Enjoy

Tried finding this after the Geocaching event with wot and Devar, but just couldn't find it.
Came back today with wot after getting a hint from someone who found it on Saturday, but still could not locate the cache. I hope it's still there, but will wait for confirmation from the owner, or somebody to find it, before attempting again.

Muggled in the first week
Have a replacement container on order so will replace as soon as it arrives

Just missed out on FTF w/ Skippy46 and OOH YEH! Really good camo. Nice hide WA K Team!

Published

Found while here for the flash mob. TFTH

2 nd to find ..... GPS had me at the right GZ but it had me tricked until other team member located said cache. TFTH

Three of us looking everywhere to no avail.

2nd to find, tricky little hiding spot

This is one we found that others have missed....hmmm are we getting better or are they getting worse.
We are willing to swap clues as we never found "swim thu"....

Pity too, as this one would of been Moonlightz 500th cache find !!

Looked everywhere, and were usually good at finding these tricky ones..

A DNF for LouBla & I. This tricky hide came at the end of a long days caching so our treasure radars were a bit worn out. Also there were people coming & going from the church quite frequently making us feel a little uncomfortable. Thanks anyway for taking us to this out of the way location.

*FTF* shortly after it was published.

I had left the event and was doing an outstanding unfound cache before heading off to do a boat trip with Urch and others when all the new caches were published. This cache, and the other one I just came from were only a few hundred metres from where I was at the time so I came and found them before heading off to do the boat trip.

Thanks WA K Team for the cache.