Caching by 903 Bus #1 Everyone goes to the Market Preston, Victoria, Australia
By daunts and Melbermans on 04-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3YDP5

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One of the first caches I ever found. Go to the market often and it's long gone.

Looks like it's been out of action six months or so.

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DNF

Four searched for ages but DNF. We used coordinates and ended up standing in front of a parking meter. New, so we think it was on back of old and then parking meter replaced. Please get new cache.

Read comments, out for maintenance

Replacement in near future, arrangements are in hand!

Pass this one often as go to the market all the time. Did a check for it and no longer there. Needs replacing.

Couldn't see it. Found an eclipse container with no contents or lid. I fear that may be all that remains. Photo attached

Got it but no notebook inside

Easy!

On our way home from a team power trail we thought we would stop here for a quick pick up for me. Bad mistake. Friday night as peak hour. What were we thinking. Cars and people everywhere. Easy park though and a quick walk I made the easy find.
Thanks for the cache daunts

Many pieces of paper in cache. Lid also broken, resulting in wet cache.

Got it, on the one day I'm here in Melbourne for work! Left my sister in law's trackable behind...please continue it on its journey! TFTC!

Sunny afternoon of caching. 9 years of living in PC 3085 but have never been here! Quick find but cost $1!

Downcast here at Preston Market today. Onlookers were quite curious when I had to stoop down low to search for and retrieve the cache. The cache is almost full but overall a very pleasant first geocaching experience. TFTC

We found out first Geocache shopping at our local market. Preston. Time for lunch - pizza!!

We found had to have a look out but snuck around pretty easy to found it! Easter to get it on a non market day!

Sunday & cold. Not many shoppers about, just a few scavenger birds feasting on yesterdays' trading leftovers.
Thanks to the owner.

Luckily I had Mr Long Arms with me to reach it, but I could find it by myself. Handy seating to sign log and log find in.

Pretty easy find. Thanks for the cache! Visited on a Sunday morning so very quiet at the market.

With maroon be careful security guard will interfere

Che found it! (With mum's help)

In Melbourne for Anzac Day took the bus 903 with 2finchlookers to do some caching and this was our first stop off. Easy find and no muggles about at all, just perfect! Signed log, grabbed some sticky tape to secure top to container. All good for a while yet. TFTC

I'd driven up en-route to an appointment, meaning to stop at an entirely different cache, but got lost. That is not really "news" to anyone who knows me. I'd parked nearby to re-look at the map and realised how close this was, and after a minor detour through cash converters (you never know if you might find a handheld GPS for $10 - I didn't, but I am eternally optimistic) I was soon in the vicinity, and as it was not market day, there wasn't much in the way of muggle traffic, and I soon had my hands on the hide. I headed back to where my car was parked, and wondered if this is where they hold the night markets - I've seen something about them in the moreland leader. If it is, I at least know now, how to get here.

We took the bus 903 with jtnsilo to do some caching together and this was our first stop off. Easy find and no muggles about at all, just perfect! Signed log, and returned after a quick repair by jtnsilo.. TFTC

Found by caughtatwork at 16:44 on 24/04/2016
With it not being market day, this was a simple find here today.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this geocache here today. Without people hiding we would never be finding. We both appreciate your contribution to geocaching.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

This was good, very difficult to find. I love you!

1st cache, this is going to be addictive!

Logged this one today on a busy market day - a loaded shopping trolley is a good prop for cover thanks for the cache!

Found it!! Very good camo! Thank you!

Found it. Chocked full of scraps of paper. Needs a bit of a clean out.

Great find - thanks!!

Nice one

Nice hiding place. There are bits of paper crammed in the cache, it may need a clean out.

first find needs new paper and geocash box is falling apart.

We were nearby on Australia Day and thought, wow, the market will be quiet today, and it was. We quickly located the cache. Cheers. TFTC

Found by Team Justice - #707

Found it with my eyes but was relatively busy, so didn't want to compromise the location of the cache. Great one! Thanks

Christmas day geocaching, muggle free at every cache!
Imagine that this usually is impossible to log at this time of day for more than 300 days of the year
Thanks for the hide
R

Good work with this one

My first find

So fun, had the security guard roaming around, but found it in the end, tftc!

Found it (first find)! Tftc

Good hide, fun fin, tftc

Nice hide!

PSO's wandered over and wondered what was up. They thought it sounded like a great idea.

Great hide! Took us quite some time. Tftc!

Looking on wrong side of area but when found, it was hard to extract, luckily had tool which did the job, signed log and replaced lid has broken off but still can be closed

I found it on a Thursday Night, no one there by night, only the Security...

School holiday find with my boys

Found it with a bit of searching, security guard questioned if we needed a hand - not sure if he knew what we were doing. The PSO's from the train station also came over and questioned us - Fun little cache !

Had a little bit of trouble with this one at first. Just gotta be at the right angle to find it and then it's a cinch! Tftc, market looks a little downtrodden on off days but I'm sure it bustles over the weekend!

I quite liked this geo!! Thanks

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Found with cheats from gcpro.co.uk

Nice find:)

took lil bit finding it.. clever hiding it.. found it eventually

Raaaaaat

Good hide

Smelly and cops came (did it at 11:30pm)

Easy find. Found while getting some supplies for seafood chowder for dinner tonight TFTC

I took the train, rather than the bus because I was going to Preston for a different reason. As a result of this cache I discovered Preston Market. It's very much like Pike's Place Market in Seattle, so it brought back memories! TFTC and the discovery of a fantastic market!

Me and Richie had to run away from the security guard that's why the handwriting was a mess but took us 10 seconds to find

Had some some guidance from a very helpful security guard... He helped us find our "lost coin" TFTC

Easy find. Security thought we were a bit suss. Got arrested. But we found "our dollar we dropped"

Took me many visits... Many many muggles. Tftc

TFTC! Really like the markets, too

Such a treat! Partner went and got dumplings whilst the toddler and I looked. Found it, then ate dumplings. There was a cop car at the station, was worried they'd see me and think the worst lol but they were no where to been seen. Quiet enough, no many muggles at 8.30pm TFTC

Needed St Patrick's day to fill in a gap in my 366 days project. Had a meeting nearby that went on until 9:30pm, but despite being very knackered, I needed to make a find today. Dark of course, although there were still a few people around heading for the train station over there, including a few PSOs, who took no interest in what I was doing. Took a couple of goes to find this, but I used my torch (how suspicious could I possibly look ???) and the cache was soon in hand. Tftc

Found after going around in circles a couple of times. Thanks.

Not many muggles around nice spot

Quick and easy

found it. Pretty easy

Whoop de woop!! Been meaning to get this one for a while and with the help of a few cool geodude a found it in no time!!!

First one! Definitely easiest when market is closed.

A nice quick park n grab after the market closed. Sando23468 almost had it in hand before we were approached by a muggle asking for a light. His face was a picture when we said 'sorry don't smoke' and pointed to the no smoking sign lol. He made a hasty retreat allowing us to grab, sign and return. TFTC

Found with carkisser. TFTC

Found it but didn't sign... lots of mugged. Found with allaras

found this on my lunch break, unable to sign as muggles were around

I dropped by this cache after seeing (lol) my optometrist in Heidelberg. Being a non-market day and as the shops were closing for the day there weren't many muggles passing GZ. [^]

Although my optometrist said that I needed new glasses I managed to spot the cache with my old ones. I had a slight bit of trouble coaxing the container out of its hiding spot but eventually got there and signed the logbook at 5:20 pm. TNLN but I did remember to collect the clue to the final puzzle cache. I then carefully returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Thanks daunts for the bold hide in a very busy location. I think this is the first clue I have to the final puzzle cache so finding this cache should give me some incentive to find the others in this series.

Found ! Great spot

Quick find with atsmug on a late night run, busy area that was nice and quite at night

I have been past here many times, and it has always looked busy, so after doing a nearby cache (getting second to find) it was a detour to grab this, knowing that it would be deserted. Quickly located hide and carefully extracted, photographed clue- hope to grab the final soon thanks for the cache, nice hiding place .

Found after a yum cha at The Golden Leaf before heading to the airport for our flight home. TFTC

quick find as market was packing up. Tftc

Finally found. Less security staff tonight. Good location as have to be crafty to collect when no muggles or security around. TFTC

I did poke in all the hole before I got wise. Thanks daunts.

Muggles must have been going cheap, lots of people everywhere

Well hidden!! Thankyou

Woop

No muggles on a sunday. Great hide. TFTC

So fun to find. We didn't bring a pen but there is already one there (pencil):)

Congratulations to Ben777 as the first cacher who actually used the 903 bus for any of the caches in this series.

Preston Market was the third stop for the day on my 903 caching adventure. Friday being a prime market day I was a bit concerned this would be too hard. However it was quite easy, everyone was so busy going about their business that no one noticed what I was doing. I made this my lunch break and had a Vietnamese meal from one of the stalls at the market. Also took the chance to top up my myki at the nearby Preston Station.

Another one for me in the 903 series. TFTC.

This entry was edited by bigkevcruiser on Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 09:14:40 UTC.

The market was completely deserted, I can imagine it might get quite busy here. The cache was in full view, so after signing the log I popped it back just around behind to match the hint. Another in the series completed, I am slowly making my way through them all.
Thanks for the cache.

Great cache.

A nice first cache to start on, cheers to Khalexus for getting me started.

At the right time of day this place is like a ghost town.
TNLNSL Thanks for yet another in the series daunts.

Nice easy find

TFTC