Isabella Williams Deer Park, Victoria, Australia
By !Go! on 04-Jul-12. Waypoint GC3PTZT

As there has been no response to the last request/s to attend to this cache, I have no option but to archive this listing on the basis it has been abandoned.

If there are components or remnants of the cache and you haven't already done so, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Geotrash.

If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the next 28 days, just contact a reviewer (by email and include **GC Number and Cache Name** ) and, assuming it still meets the current guidelines, the reviewer will unarchive it. Should you wish to replace the cache after 28 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

### **MAINTENANCE REQUIRED?** ###

I notice from one or more recent log entries that **this cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.** Therefore, I am temporarily disabling it so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

Prompt attention by cache owners to any log that indicates anything could be amiss is greatly appreciated by all seekers. The guideline advises; ***"if you can't check/fix it straight away then Disable it till you can."*** see here: [Owner is responsible for visits to the physical location,](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance ) and here's how; [Temporarily Disable and Enable,](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235) also check out this Blog: [Helpful Tips To Keep In Mind As A Geocache Owner.](http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2015/03/you-hid-your-first-geocache-now-what/)

Please respond to this situation by **1st November** to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. If you require more time, please be sure to post a "Write Note" log (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

**And don't forget,** once you have addressed the issue, post both an "Owner Maintenance" log, see here; [Removing the Needs Maintenance Icon](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) and an "Enable Listing" log, see here; [Temporarily Disable and Enable](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) to get your cache up and running again.

Is this the cache? Looks pretty cool, until it was broken

Looks destroyed

This was going to be my first cache, bit disappointing that i couldnt find it but oh well, will try another time

Saw the cache looks destroyed no log book no nothing just debris.

very smart!

Found by caughtatwork at 15:31 on 27/02/2016
Some TLC needed at this location as the log book is no more.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this one here today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

I've been to this playground many times before caching - a hidden little gem that's fun for the kids. We call it the Volcano Park because the hill was originally vibrant shades of orange and red to signify lava flows.
I found the cache but not the log. It wasn't until I read previous life and comments that I saw it was to be attended to. Will send pics to CO.
A well-made cache in a fun location. Thanks

Cache log missing

Sorry I've had a few messages advising my cache has been tampered with and destroyed. It is currently out of action until I can retrieve and repair it.

found the 2 hollowed out sticks and the like but alas it's been damaged and needs some serious maintenance.

find #1196. found the very clever hide, but alas no log or goodies. TFTC

A good spot for a cache, and away from all the people enjoying the park. Unfortunately the cache has clearly been interfered with in a big way and all the contents are missing. I put the cache back where it is unlikely to be muggled soon, although almost certainly it is not how it originally was.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, it is clearly a good bit of work.

Parked on the wrong side of the creek thanks to Google but managed to rock hop across and find our way around to pick this cache up. Nice little hide.
Thanks !Go! For the hunt.

Nice easy find while on a bresk from work. Second attempt at this as last time I approached from the North. I like the camo. I found a TB in the cache also.
TFTC!!!

Very clever! Loved this find!

Found it ver sneaky

Heading out on this not so friendly night OzHockeyChick and I were heading to a 65th birthday dinner over the other side of town to our local geoturf and we thought we would grab a couple of local caches to the distant area so we set out on our trip via the satnav searched a few cache zones. Soon enough we came across this one and looked at the favourite points and thought we better grab this one. So fighting daylight and the clock for our party deadline we shot off the path the have a search for this one. Wasn't long before OzhockeyChick found this one and the camo was very impressive and a lot of effort had gone into this one clearly. We logged the find and signed the appropriate paperwork and replace the clever cache container so to speak and headed back towards the main roads.
TFTC and the clever cache container.

#288 5:58 pm
A brilliant hide. Well done!

Excellent camouflage....gets a favourite from me. TFTC and the interesting history lesson on Isabella.....we have it so much easier now!!

Favourite cache ever Left mementos inside.

Celebrating at finding another hidden treasure (very cleverly hidden!!!! WE WERE IMPRESSED) + we had a few clues from Hermes (tigerlily) teehee!

ADDENDUM: TnijDb and I searched in the merry bush yapping away about unrequited love and the beginnings of lovers....

Merci !Go!

A Bientot! hidden treasures

2nd attempt- this time during the day and with kids. is the gps location exact?

Awesome hiding spot, had a great time thanks

Another ripper hide in this area. Fav for your first ever. Cache find #903. TFTC !Go!

This entry was edited by Saint.Anthony on Sunday, 25 January 2015 at 11:40:57 UTC.

Awesome cache, my favourite so far

Found this on our way to a Christmas party on boxing day! We were set to arrive 30 mins early so this killed some time. Thanks, very clever hiding spot

First one found, mad experience.

Great little hide... Very nice, a good amount of effort in this one. A lovely spot and great kids area as well. Tftc

Nice well hidden cache. Worth the visit. Thanks.

Nice cache design. Thanks for the cache.

Great camo

Pressed for time and with Miss 5 scraping a knee and in no mood to traipse through the underbrush, we missed this one. Will come back another time, even if only for the playground!

Best hiding spot!!

nice one missed it during night but came back in day and found it

Beware hacksaw

Great hiding spot. TFTC

Tftc.. Very clever! Forgot pen so will be back

Unfortunately no pen, but will be back to sign.. great camo and cache for my first find!! Thx!

Unfortunately no pen, but will be back to sign.. great camo and cache for my first find!! Thx!

What a rush didnt expected that

Thank u so much!! what a great lil adventure to start our geocaching journey

Found the camo but unfortunately on opening there was no cache inside. The old camo is still sitting close by, which is probably a give away and should be removed.
thanks anyway.

Most awesomest camo and cache ever. So friggen wicked. Love it

Found this one the other day. This one was so cool. Great camo. ☺
Also, don't slip in the mud.

Tfth great cache

Found one of the older, broken camos there so nearly wrote this one off. But then sure enough, found the brand new one, first to sign this new log book! Brilliant camo, must try this myself!

Back online!! Please be careful with the new cache as this is the fourth remake.

Cache has been repaired & will be returned to its hiding spot in the next two weeks

14/5/14 Cache has been repaired and will be returned back to its hiding spot in the new two weeks



15/3/14 Just checked cache and it's broken. Has been taken away to be repaired! Sorry

This entry was edited by !Go! on Wednesday, 14 May 2014 at 11:25:48 UTC.

Find #142

Happened to be this side of the city for work purposes today and a lunchtime caching run was in order. Wandered around a little for this fellow but the location was pleasant and the weather nice. Found this clever hide and signed the log. Only as I was returning it did I spot a fisherman down by the bank. Luckily he was as disinterested in me as I was in him and I put this cache back in it's spot and continued on my way. Thanks for this cache !Go! though as others have noted the camo is showing some signed of wear.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

This cache was a good one. The log it's in was a bit broken though.

Found while introducing a friend to geocaching. Good hide, but cache seems to have been tampered with and is broken.

Very nice hide
Would never have found unless Boongz hadnt kicked it

Love the hide. Thanks

Team-Ruphace. 17/12/13
And Boongz

behind brimbank park with team ruphace lucky find.. inside tree branch in pvc container..

Found 12:25, during my lunch break. With a DNF on our last visit, I was happy to see the GPS taking us to a slightly different area of the park, and a nice easy find.

TNLN, thanks !Go!

Great little cache took a little to find it because it was laying on the ground. Signed log and fixed cache back into place. TFTC

Very clever. We'll done.

Find # 3968 @ 1:04 PM. Thought we might go out and do a bit of caching and get a bit closer to my goal to reach 4000 finds, accompanied by the Mrs and Mommy&DaughterDuo. Nice hide love the camo, TNLN, Left my mark in the log, Thanx for placing the cache....

just a quick drive by, lovely park, will have to bring the grandkids here....

loved the camouflage on this one, trying to find GZ was a little tricky,
but as usual ended up looking around and ignoring gps when within 3 metres of GZ

thanks to the CO for this cache and the history of the location

TNLNSL

Out and about with ClogWog

He beat me to this one

Cleaver cammo thanks for the cache

Decided to get today's cache as early as possible, as keeping the cache a day challenge wears on.

What a great looking playground.

Very impressive hide to, might do my own take on this idea.

Cheers gordo
8:41 AM

A great hide with a great playground! Our 200th find and a favourite from us! TFTC

What an amazing place the Isabella Williams Memorial Reserve proved to be - so different from most reserves/parks. Plenty of muggle families here this afternoon enjoying the volcano style playground etc.
What a well concealed and well constructed cache indeed - well done and we will give you a fave from us.
TFTC !Go! and also for the interesting story about Isabbela Williams - much appreciated.

Tried for this last Sunday but was put off by three young teenagers with loud voices all milling around GZ. Decided another day would be best.
Third time lucky.
So now I am slopping around in my gumboots when I heard a voice call out my name. Is that you ...? Quickly I left the spot and walked towards the voice trying to look innocent yet again The voice belonged to Sorceysal. Boy has she got a memory! We have only met once at Xmas function. Well done S.
After signing the log we walked back to our cars where we chatted for a while before going our separate ways.
Great cache !Go! Sorry I missed finding it last time (when it had been muggled.) I suspect that there is no fear of that now and am pleased that it is back, up and running again. I wish there were many such parks around for the old and young alike to enjoy.
Thanks for bringing me here. As I re-read the history I was thankful that I don't have top go outside to complete any chores even though I am well past 39 years of age.
TFTC !Go!

Had a couple of hours spare before night school and decided to grab a couple of caches on the way. I was walking away from this one as the path was quite muddy and slippery and I didn't want to fall and end up with mud on my clothes and then have to attend school looking an absolute fright. On the way back to the car I passed who I thought was another cacher who I had only met briefly.

I then back peddled back to the cache and low and behold yes someone was searching around in the bushes and it was 6hinemoa2. The log was signed and a nice walk back to the car chatting about caching. Glad to finally meet you at last as we are both from the same area.

Thanks for the cache !Go! as I lived in this area many years ago prior to this park being built. The area has certainly changed since my days here.

4th find for the day
Great great great hide, we always love finding these sorts of caches.
Definitely not a newbie cache.
TFTC great imagination

Could only access cache from deer park side because the map doesn't show the river in between! Will come back another day

Suscoe's third find for this afternoon after the Better Homes and Gardens show at the Show Grounds.
We had spent a bit of time here just after a previous muggling and so were very happy to see this one back up and running.
Approached GZ and noticed something and sure enough it was worth looking at. Nice job indeed.
Had to wait for some mini muggles to head home before checking things out.
Lots of planes heading west while we were at GZ.
Kids gone and signing was all done.
Thanks to !Go!for this cache.
We are never going out at hight to get the cows again!

3:48pm

With a little time to fill in I chased a few caches in the area this afternoon.

I approached this at first from the wrong side before realising I would have no hope.

After a short trip I was in the zone.

The cache was a fairly quick find that may trouble a few newbies.

I signed the log and departed.

TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 45.111 E 144° 45.502

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 45.107 E 144° 45.448

Distance from original: 260.8 feet or 79.5 meters.

S037° 45.107'
E144° 45.448'

Slight change of location. Have fun!

Good to see this cache back. Hope it doesn't get muggled or destroyed again, fingers crossed third time lucky! Well done !Go!

Isabella info....maybe more?

Someone has taken my cache. Will replace it soon

I apologize if this appears as a double post!

I found this cache the other night! It was upside down in a storm water drain in pretty rough condition. It was empty sadly, but I wrote a note and put it inside the green container. I placed it under the tree closest to the drain. This was roughly midnight on Sunday the 9th.

Go!
It is up to you to replace it or archive it. I would have replaced it but I didn't have my caching bag with me.
If you intend to archive it, don't wait for the umpire to do it for you, log into the cache on GC and do it yourself.

Tried without knowing it was missing. Wanted it for my 31 day challenge, guess I miss out. Something needs to be done with it so this doesn't happen agaito some one else.
Liked the history and the park.

Just checked on cache. Most likely muggled. Not sure if it will be returned. May need to be archived.

Epic Fail [xx(]

Suscoe's visit was fruitless today.
Will be back.

Well done on your first hide! Great job. Thanks for bringing us to this amazing park as well. The shadows were long by the time we arrived but we will return another day for a play. TFTC

Well done good to see this one back into play nice and easy
Cubsgrasshopper

Cache is back & has been returned to its original place...

Cache is currently unavailable due to being in the care of another Geocachers possession.. Hope to have it back soon.

Having a few minutes spare at work, I had time to seek this cache.
Unfortunately, the cache and container were scattered over the garden,
and it was after a brief search that I located the logbook too.
The work put into this hide, and the perfect concealment makes me wonder how it was ever discovered at all. I'm giving this a favorite point, always a pleasure to find a cache that the CO has crafted together
for our benefit. Thanks for the history also !Go!

PS. I have the cache in my possession for safekeeping, and will hopefully meet with the owner to return

I'm in area and this looked like a nice easy one nearby.
I love your work here. A lot of effort has gone into this one and the craftsmanship shows.
Nicely done. A favourite point if I have left.
Cheers
Dog-gone

Another huge and awesome TDC (The Demolition Crew) run consisting of myself, Quasar3671 and TrailRunning. Starting in the afternoon, heading into the evening, night and early morning hours, we cached until we almost dropped, finding around 70 for the run. A huge effort. The run took us from the Eastern Suburbs, winding our way slowly out of Melbourne then up to Sunbury and finally back through Melbourne.

The weather was fine, with no rain to be seen. A big mixed bag of caches with at least 10 mysteries, several multis, a few night caches, a few tree climbs, and a few nice walks thrown in as well. Marty got stung by stinging nettles, we had a huge Maccas feed during the night and we even stopped at a local Sunbury pub for a pot of beer, the run was going so well time wise. A top night caching down south for me.

Another well constructed cache. Cheers and thanks. TFTC.

An exceptionally huge and successful winters afternoon, evening and night of caching by The Demolition Crew (myself, Blacklegend and Trailrunning). Yet again the weather was kind to us and although it was pretty cold, the rain held off all night. In a nut shell we worked our way from the eastern side of Melbourne across to Sunbury then back through Melbourne city itself. With only a few DNF's for the night I managed to net about 64 caches for the night ranging from some nice easy trads, multis and puzzles that we had worked out the finals for, and a difficult up tree hide that had me being hoisted up by Blacklegend and Trailrunning, using the harness and ropes supplied by TR. I was glad to get down after that one as with the tightness of the harness was almost giving me at extra set of tonsils, if you know what I mean . The last of the difficult local tree hides now conquered (for now).
Another highlight - or lowlight was when we did Time & Tide. The terrain was very wet and slippery and stinging nettle everywhere. I managed to slip and my right hand and wrist slammed into a great big patch of the stuff. Three days later my hand was still feeling the effects with pins and needles and numbness. At one point we even stopped for a beer at a local pub in Sunbury as we were ahead of time, and sat and relaxed for a few minutes and enjoyed the larger. Back on the road and we continued on, into the early hours of the morning. A great night both for the cache's found and the localities visited.
Short walk from the car and soon found the nicely cammoed cache. Nice park too. Thanks for the hide.

Yet on another clear winter’s night, The Demotion Crew (TDC – Quasar3671, Blacklegend, and TrailRunning) are out on another mammoth night-time caching run. This time the route took us north of Melbourne. One could describe it as a run through the northern outer suburbs from Eltham to Sunbury, and the final part of the night (or should I say just before daybreak) in central Melbourne. We have all cached these areas before, but with new caches being published all the time, and multi’s yet to be found, the night yielded a swag of over 70 caches. Many of the multi’s had been worked out using Google and streetview in the planning phase before the night. The night was going so well, we were well ahead of time, so we stopped for a beer at a local Sunbury pub. There is nothing like helping out the local economy! The highlight of the night was Cladocalyx (GC2RTN3). This cache I had previously attempted immediately after doing the Woodlands series, but I was so tired I was unable to get to the cache. On this night we had great success in harnessing up Marty, and pulling him up to the cache using my climbing gear. A nicely constructed cache. Thanks.

Thanks for the history on this one and at 7.45am this morning I was the only visitor here. The construction area was far enough away for me to make a quick trouble free find. I appreciate it when a cache owner goes to this much trouble.

The third one on my trip through this area.
Must be very healthy to go caching here because I use a bike at the moment...

Nice easy find.

Found with nirgalagrin... now I have my own account.



14:53

A drizzly Melbourne day (just to remind us that we're back south of the divide)... what to do? Lets see some interesting sites in the outer Western Suburbs.



With the activity nearby, we wondered if we'd be able to reach this one, but thankfully the arrow pointed away from the construction.



For done reason, I homed straight in on the beautifully crafted camo.



A clever first cache. Cheers.



#530

14:53
A drizzly Melbourne day (just to remind us that we're back south of the divide)... what to do? Lets see some interesting sites in the outer Western Suburbs.

With the activity nearby, we wondered if we'd be able to reach this one, but thankfully the arrow pointed away from the construction.

For done reason, I homed straight in on the beautifully crafted camo.

A clever first cache. Cheers.

#530

Published

Found at 4:10pm

Thought we had this one in the bag with Jester living close by and seeing the email reasonably quickly.

Oh well, Empire beat us to the punch....again

Quick easy find, (a slight delay to retrieve due to muggle activity) with great cammo in a fantastic park. Will have to return with the geo kids soon!

TFTC!

Congrats on your first hide!

Found by The Empire @ 3:20pm
*** First to Find ***
Actually found by The recovering Empire. I'd just finished some shopping and therapeutic walking around Ikea in Richmond, and returned home to Williamstown, when this notification came through. School holidays, shouldn't be too much traffic, why not?

This park is still receiving a well needed upgrade, should be finished soon. The cache was found quickly, top job on the camo, very well done indeed. GPS signal was a little dodgy from all the clouds so I poked around some bushes about 10 metres from the cache first. Thanks for the cache, and of course, another First to Find to The Empire, !Go!.
- M