On the Bench Parkville, Victoria, Australia
By port63 on 23-Jun-12. Waypoint GC3P559

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Found this cache in the obvious spot today. Pity that the beautiful surrounds weren't utilised here. Cache needs to be replaced as logbook is ruined and lid has fallen off.

Thanks for the effort put into this cache placement


TFTC TNLN SL

After going to the event yesterday and googling geocaching A LOT, I thought it was time to find a cache today. Staying with friends nearby we picked this one for a start since it doesn't seem to be too hard. The logbook was a bit wrecked but research tells me that seems to be a common thing. Thanks Igor + Natalie

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found lid, container and a few scrunched up pages of logbook scattered separately across GZ. Reassembled as best I could. Needs maintenance

Nice place for a rest

Woah I just found my first one.

Needs fixing lid won't stay on

Tftc. Needs some pretty serious maintenance and a new log book.

Nice

Easy, thanks to hint! Quite gross though!

**Find #935**

Nice easy find on a wet morning. No muggles around today. Got to try out my new rain coat. Lots of flowering gum trees in blossom. Thanks **port63**. TFTC.

Easy to find

Pretty worn but easy to find

Got it but log is knackered

Its all in the name.

Dropped off LZZ(f) for her appointment, drove down Poplar and walked into the park. A quick find at the coords at 13:05. The log is in bad shape, mostly scrunched up paper. The container lid is loose and could disappear anytime. Cache maintenance needed. TFTC

My first real find i loved it

Lovely spot. I was in a bad mood and the surroundings cheered me up. TFTC

I am visiting from the USA. Hopped off the tram and made the short walk to the cache. Found it easily. TNLNSL. Thanks.

A lovely spot and an easy find by Remy.

It was a good idea to make a one day stop in our trip from New Zealand Back to Poland in Melbourne. In the morning I headed with Lady Murazor towards the Melbourne Zoo. We arrived about 8.50, so we had a few minutes to locate the event ground zero before the designated time.

When the event was over we went to the zoo to see a real platypus, there was one inside, as we got to know it was a boy. A very playful guy! Then we went for a short walk around the zoo grounds to find a few caches; as there was very hot we just got two: one traditional (this one, it was a quick find) and one EarthCache.

We have to return to Australia one day but definitely for more than one day!

No trade.
Thank you for this cache and greetings from Kraków, Poland!

Found with Murazor after the visit at the zoo and the event by the zoo
Thank you for this cache.

Greetings from Krakow, Poland!

A quick find after the Polish Platypus event at the Zoo

Tftc!

Tftc

Took a tram to go and see the Melbourne Zoo, saw that this one was fairly close to the tramstop so obviously I had to go and find it.

TFTC

TFTC. Snatched that one up quickly.

Nice place to be. Tftc.

Tftc. Quick find.

This was my very last cache, before we had to leave later this day to fly back to Germany. We had some very nice two months, in which we travelled from Cairns to Melbourne and that we now concluded with a visit to the Melbourne Zoo. And just before we entered I took the time to find the cache on the bench. However, it was not the nicest cache, I had found here in down under. It was actually very wet and some maintenance would be more than welcome here. Still, it was nice to find one last container, thank you very much!


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Found while strolling through the parklands as I overnight in this lovely city.
TFTC

Found It!
A quick find here to start the day as several trams went past...
TFTC

TFTC!

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As I was walking along the track to the zoo,feeling fedup cos I couldn't find the last one, I thought I'd have a rest and enjoy the sunshine. Curious to see if there was a gc nearby I checked the app. OMG! I reached downand there it was! Feel better now

Found while visiting zoo. Great way to finish the day. Needs new log book as just bits of paper inside. TNLNSL, TFTC.

Quick find on the way to scouting out some information for the nearby earthcache. The lid now comes off entirely but that isn't a problem re rain for obvious reasons....

Thanks for bringing me to a very well manicured part of the Melbourne Zoo/State Netball Centre complex.

Great place to rest after a long walk! TFTC

Had some time to kill so found this one. A nice easy find.

Wet bench

Nice spot. TFTC. Found by Geo-El.

Nice easy find

Needs new paper, but will be back!

Had a lovely long walk to this area and even managed to have enough battery life to find this one. T4tc

Thanks

On a long weekend visit with Pagenz from New Zealand and after going to the market we headed north. TFTC

I used to ride my bike on that path. Thanks for the nostalgia

Tftc

nice start for our zoo invite

Quick and easy find on my way to work

A nice spot close to home.

Nice little find after a fun day out at the zoo. Thanks port63.

Found @12:00
Quickly found while taking a break from the RMH.
Kookaburra started laughing as we opened the cache.
SL Thanks for the cache port63

Great hunt

After starting on the wrong side of the tracks, literally. I crossed over & got this cache! TFTC

It was almost midnight when I found this cache, at the end of a long caching day. It was a quick and easy find and it also happens to be our 2000th find. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

We had some spare time so decided to see what caches were in the area. We saw three in reasonable distance of each other so decided on this park. A quick find was made, log signed, cache replaced. TFTC.

Easy to find at night.

Found this one with Poseidon a few weeks ago but guess not logged it, so here I am, enjoying my last few days of my visit. Such a relaxing location. Glad to see many families enjoying this walk on the way to the zoo. Tftc

After visiting the zoo, we thought we would have a short walk. Cold day so no muggles about. Thanks

Couldn't find it, may have been removed.

What a nice spot and walking track. TFTC

Had to look casual for a bit until some muggles passed by then quickly to hand.

Nice spot for a break

Tranquility bird noises coming from everywhere

A lovely day at the zoo with friends. Time for a quick cache on the way to the car before peak hour sets in.
TFTC

Mcbagis adventure log: Find #050-K. Easy find, not so micro. Thanks

First time near the zoo. Nice park areas. Quick find. Tftc

The Sunshine beckoned me outdoors and out for a walk. I'm staying locally and thought that I'd just grab a quick couple. Easy find. No muggles at the time. TFTC

During a visit to the zoo I had to make a slight detour to get this one

First ever Aussie cache! Over here for a training course. Tftc. JJinNZ

After a few hours battling groups of small school students to get a glimpse of the animals at the zoo, this was a pleasant stroll and find. Had to rip a page from my pad to 'add anew log' so may need maintenance soon.

T4TC port63

Beautiful spot and well hidden

Took me a bit but I found it!

TFTC

Found it, TFTC - made for a welcome arvo tea jog amidst a restless training day, and who knew there where two bike tracks - one either side of the train line!

Nice easy find, out on an Anzac Day bike adventure. TFTC

Happy ANZAC day tomorrow.

Lovely day. On the way back from the Flemington market. Stopped for a bit of caching. TFTC. Needs maintenance.

Nice quick find TFTC

Easy find during my bike ride. Very tranquil. Thanks for the cache

I had to wait out a guy taking photos of birds so I could grab this cache.

Leafy green tranquility broken by squeaky wheels

Quick and easy find. As other cachers mentioned, desperately needs a new log.

Nice quick find - first find for the Rainbow_Unicorn - after our day at the zoo. TFTC

TFTC, although cache needs a proper logbook... badly... We have visited the zoo, very impressive. Totally worth it.

Found this easy one after a day at the zoo! Thought we'd try our luck in this area, as we are seldom here. Quick and easy find, but 'log book' is still an old napkin thoughtfully used by Plymouth and RoadRunna. Might need an update nice peaceful area after a long day at the zoo.
JH & SB

TFTC )

Had a nice day at the zoo so we decided to do the closest cache... Found very quickly tftc

Found this a while ago, back on the 28/1/16 I think but obviously forgot to log it. Nice easy find, thank you

Found it lid and all. Nice quiet spot.

Tftc

Tftc. Found cache but no log to sign. So we found a old piece of napkin. Used this as a temporary log. Great location it was a nice walk in another part of Melbourne i didnt know about.

Log book missing so made do with a nearby item we could write on. Nice walk on a pleasant Saturday afternoon. TFTC

Lovely day. Lovely find. Nice track for a bike

Tftc. Team ABEI

TFTC!