Bacchus Marsh Train Turntable Maddingley, Victoria, Australia
By g_ordo on 29-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3WJDA

It is with regret that I am disabling this.
However in acknowledgment of g_ordo's original placement a new multi cache will be published in its place.
Thanks g_ordo for the opportunity to adopt and look after this traditional in 18/11/2015.
Since i have been caretaker it has been a popular discovery by others.

Nice little spot that one. Good to see it is still there even after the train station upgrade. Wasn't sure if it had been removed ️

Found it!!

Found at 12:52 pm.
Today Fleabag- wanted to find his 6,000th cache with me before he headed off on a work trip so a lofty goal of 74 caches was needed but we got there even though 3 caches into the day the low pressure tyre warning flashed up on the dashboard and we had a slow leaking flat tyre. We mucked around for way too long trying to work out how to change it. It was on the drivers side too ... the wheel that wasn't pulling off onto the side of the road all the time?? I haven't had a flat tyre for probably 20+ years and RACV changed that last one. So for the rest of the day the paranoia of having another flat was hanging over my head and occasionally with the non alloy spare wheel the tyre pressure sensor failure message starting coming up on the dashboard instead. We made it though without another flat on a LOT of gravel roads that Fleabag- managed to keep finding.

I got a phone call from work while arriving here so Fleabag- had to do all the hard work himself for the find here.
Thanks g_ordo for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Started the day needing 74 more for my 6000. And my awesome geobuddy was the person I wanted to share this with. The cache is not that important, it's the adventure. So off we went heading north with a mission. And probably lots of maccas.

Quickly found here.

Thanks to g_ordo for the placement and fun.

Found it, cool spot.

Restrictions are relaxed. Don't forget yo use your sanitizer to keep everyone safe.

This geocache is currently disabled for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis in compliance with current restrictions on non-essential travel.
For the welfare of all I feel there is no choice in the matter as the virus is transmitted by surface contact and geocaching by nature, is a game that involves touching.

Magnetic

It was a good hide

Tftc found with pugss

Found straight away tftc

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 41.241 E 144° 26.251

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 41.241 E 144° 26.260

Distance from original: 43.3 feet or 13.2 meters.

Ground works have been completed. This is a similar hide and should be OK. the turntable is in view here.

All good to go here now with a similar hide.

Can't do anything until the ground works have been completed. Not sure when that will happen.

Will have to disable this one as the ground works for the new station have totally removed all signs of the bike rack near the turntable.
Once work has been completed I will reinstate the cache.

Quick and awesome !! TFTC

Done!

Ty

Found it! TYFTC

Great spot! Clever too!

Very sneaky, found it earlier but had to move on and came back. TFTC

checked it out - all good here.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH G_ordo (6Hinemoa2) [^]

Found it, but missing the log

TFTC

Found as Nicnax with PapaGrouch and MazzyMay on a caching day to Bacchus Marsh. We had looked for this one before with no luck so were glad to make the find today. Some of the previous logs helped with the find. Retrieved the TB to move along. TFTC

Signed log as Nicnax with PapaGrouch and SciFiRulz. We decided to visit Baccus Marsh and experience some of the great caches in the area and we were not disappointed. Very satisfying to finally put this one to rest. We crawled all over the structure last time with no success and were happy to have a second go at it today. TFTC

Found it with SciFiRulz and MazzyMay as team nicnax TFTC

(;=;)

Tb drop

TFTC

Found it! First timer here and it was fun

Nice and easy

Quick find but still hard
TFTGC

I helped 6himemao2 fix this cache. TFTC





















p.s. well hidden

Easy find full of water

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We found this one straight away today. We did look there last time we searched. A train came past while we were searching. TFTC

Sneaky hide. Quite enjoyed finding this one. Was found pretty quickly. The log is a little damp. Thanks for the cache. A great area. Love all things trains.

Wow great place TFTC

Don’t know on this one.

Took a while but got there in the end. TFTC

9/9 with Raainjoy TFTC Number 11

Quick easy find TFTC

Just checked it. All good here.

Found safely and picked up the TB tftc

How many corners can a circle have after circling around GZ the cache was located and log signed.
TFTC

Found by Scotty & Shaye.

I tried all four corners before getting the right place this cache was hidden. There’s a flash bike shelter here for commuters to use and an interesting old train turntable, unfortunately it’s not in the best of condition but still recognisable. The two story signal box was interesting to check out too.

Found several years ago but not sure why I never logged it. Assuming it's still there.

Today we decided to target highly favourited caches out west but closer west than Ballarat, and any other caches that we came across close by.
This one took some hunting - even after looking at the clue the GPS and phone both took a while to work out which one of those the clue referred to lol TB dropped
TFTC g_ordo - GJMMelb

Thank you P Jan.

First one ever. Yay.

So close to muggles

Rather exciting our first geocaching find... Kids were beside themselves!!

Found

Back in Bacchus Marsh today successfully grabbing nearby first to find that I failed miserably at last night. So I thought I would grab a few more smileys while I was here.
I have driven past this area so many time on the way to somewhere else but never seem to find the time to grab caches around here. Today that changes.
These turntable are not something you see every day. I managed to get up for a good view of this one today. If it wasn't for this cache I would never have know it was there.
Thank you g_ordo for bringing me here

I thought this cache would have me running in circles trying to find it [:o)]
Nup !!
I was running in squares
On the third lap,
I discovered that I had been looking for the wrong type of container !!

TFTC by the busy station.

**22/04/2018, 08:43**
**Find #2971**
**Traditional Cache Find #2038**

SteMicMitSar and I headed out early to today to go to Ballarat for a CITO and an event and also find caches of interest in the area. The area around GZ was quiet this early on a Sunday morning and we searched all the likely places to no avail. Steve came up trumps with a cache that was quite a bit bigger than we were expecting.

SL TFTC

**Thank-you to 6Hinemoa2 for placing this geocache**

*22/4/18, Found @ 8:44 am, Find # 7803.*

While on my way to Ballarat with biggles1024 to attended a couple of events, we made a slight detour through this area to have a bit of a look around.
we headed over to this one next, we arrived and started looking around but were lead astray after reading a bit of old info, a change in how we were looking and the cache was soon found which was a lot bigger than what we were originally looking for.

**Thanks to 6Hinemoa2 for placing this cache.**

We found it!!! It ‘rocks’

DNF

Not Found. Four of us looking and we couldn't find it.

Our for a day hunting for some caches we tried this one as Nicnax with PapaGrouch, SciFiiRulz and MazzyMay but we did not find it's resting place, so sad.

TFTC nice easy one

Quite an easy find well hidden the clue is deceiving

Found it

Picking up my brother in law from the train station today and while waiting for it to arrive decided to scope out this hide. I approached from the right angle here and spotted something that looked likely and sure enough made the quick find. Thanks for the cache.

Was a challenging find

TFTC
Logbook is full

+1 to 6/6 of a day hike throughout the Werribee Gorge I took my japanese friend to. We were lucky again to get a lift from the natural park back to the town.
It was my 4/4 good time to this station. I always met a good people around while hitch-hiking. Thanks for all the nice people and for the cache as well.

Found cache it two adults and four kids to find it

Found it

This one was a tricky find and took a couple of circuits but got there in the end. Nice and quiet surrounds at the time which was fortunate

Checked it out today. It's still there in the correct spot!

Checked every bolt at every corner at the bottom.of the bike lockup and did not find. Started raining and had to give in.

We had a hankering for a few smilies and no school sport on! It was decided to head out this way to find a few and mark off a couple more squares on our Wherigo Sudoku map. Last one for the day having reached 9010, as we turn the car towards home.
Thanks for placing Bacchus Marsh Train Turntable so we could find it. Cache was all good.
Thanks 6Hinemoa2 for the caching fun.

Found it!

Really well hidden !

I need to wash my hands

Enjoyed a walk with the little guy to see the train taken off. Nice and easy. TFTC

Found with 6Hinemoa2

Good spot train just came in from Ballarat, timing was important as lots of passengers arriving.
Thank
Vicfire

13:22, 6 July 2017. #887.

After a new furniture pick up and delivery to Bacchus Marsh trip, I made a short stop to pick this one up on the journey home with the back-load of the no longer required couch. This would have been a fairly quick park and grab, except that I had to park a little way down the road. What the heck, I needed the walk.

I had read the hint and looked at some of the previous logs. Some people must have keen eyes . The usefulness of the hint depended a lot on the direction from which one approached GZ. However, it didn't take long to locate the hide and sign the log.

The cache is in good condition.

SL. TFTC 6Hinemoa2.

Heading up to Malmsbury today for a work trip. A quick cache to stretch the legs.

How did i miss this last time!

Thanks Hinemoa for keeping this one going by a BM legend

Found with kejajo89, drive past on my way to work everyday and finally stopped to find it. Tftc

Found with Benny_McBeardy, who had all ready spotted this from the road in his daily travels. Enjoyed checking out the old turntable... pretty cool! Tftc

Tftc quick find stopping at the train station on the way from ballan to caroline springs

Found by Team Ninja 24/04/2017, find number 997.
This was the fifth find on my '1000 or bust' caching day.
I remember visiting Bacchus Marsh back in 2011 to see a steam locomotive being turned here whilst running a test run from Melbourne. I don't think the turntable has been used since then.
It was after peak hour when I visited so there were no muggles around which made for an easy find. I imagine this area would be muggle central at times!
TFTC!

Quick easy find tftc. Needs a new log soon, getting a bit tatty.

Another piece of rail history that I didn't know existed
That's why geocaching is great it takes you to places that you would normally not see
On quite Monday parked the car checked out the turntable the any easy find due to the clue
Thanks g_ordo for bringing me here TFTC

Yay! It's the LWE and we are getting away for a couple of nights. Heading North to grab the last two squares we need for the Victorian atlas challenge we are of course caching our way. This one was chosen as a navigation point to keep us off the main roads. We arrived early enough in the morning to miss the muggle rush and geoP made short work of the find.

TNLN SL TFTC

Was able to find quite easily with the clue, a lot of muggle activity around. Might need a new log book soon

My 11 son found it straight away fun!

Ha, who would have thought we'd be back in the area so soon?! This time we made sure we had a good look at the turntable. We were wondering if somebody has to move the whole thing just by pushing the "handle", on foot?
The damaged bike that we noted recently is still there.

Roadworks hampered us a little but soon had cache in hand, signed and replaced tftc.

A bit of road construction around the area, wasn't enough to deter me, tftc

We came here near the end of our excursion with 08151605 today and soon found what we were after.
Very happy to have found a car park in the shade, followed by a quick find, we then got terribly distracted by the wilful damage that had been applied to someone's bicycle. When the owner gets off the train, he or she will be unable to ride home. Such a waste!
So distracted were we that we did not even look at the turntable, which was the whole point of the exercise! Well, we'll come and check it out next time we visit Bacchus Marsh, promise!