Ah the serenity Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
By squidzie on 27-Nov-12. Waypoint GC422TD

As there has been no response to the last request/s to attend to this cache, or provide regular updates, the cache is being de-listed on the basis that it has been abandoned by the Cache Owner.

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

Caches that have been archived for lack of maintenance will not be unarchived. This is explained here: [**Unarchive a geocache**](http://support.groundspeak.com//index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70).

If you wish to contact me regarding this cache, please send an email via my profile - [**Bunjil,**](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the cache name and GC number.

This cache has been disabled for a long time and is in horrible condition archiving it would open up the general area for more fantastic geocaches such as mine.

And happy geocaching

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The log is soaked and the container in bad shape plz repair yours truly Beattie

Found! Beautiful spot. Didn’t sign the log book as it it quite damp. Tftc

Coordinates were spot on. Love the bellbirds singing.

I ended up in Ivanhoe Grammar trying to get to this one. The nice gardener put me straight, and straight out the gate. So off I went. I took a couple of wrong paths, got my shoes very wet, but after a bit of a hunt, found the cache.

Was our first geocache and was good fun, and a good introduction to geocaching!

Found, with +Wife: A big slide, a few little creeks, a swamp, heaps of leaf curl spiders, two shins full of stinging nettle, boxes up trees, many bird species, a better way to gz and the cache, at at S 37° 46.712 and E 145° 02.747 EPE: 4.42m (not worth correcting).
Thanks for placing this cache squidzie,
An interesting area steeped in history, I think we shall return for a better look, soon.

Found after the awards event today. I let n0w0rries battle the nettles and spiders first. TFTC sqiudzie

Found it look out for snakes

16:09, 22 January 2018, log sheet very wet and cache not where gps says it should be approx 11 mtrs out.. full log to follow.

My first geocache ever! Awesome location.
Pen does not work very well, log book is damp but usable.

Log soaked needs maintenance

Found opened to the heavens and filled with water. Of course no signage possible. Will notify CO

First cache in awhile. Got the kids on the bikes. First attempt was wrong side is the little creek (not Wilson's reserve) but got there in the end

Wet and windy day. Good walk in between showers. Found without much problem. Log book soaked.
Thanks

Found, log soaked so couldn't sign. Thanks for the hunt anyway! TFTC

A lot of my experience resembled others. I tried first from Wilson Reserve carpark, and retreated when the way became more and more overgrown and swampy. Luckily I was riding a bike, and quickly found the correct track. Spent quite a bit of time searching the area indicated, and was rewarded with a few painful blackberry prickles! Then I moved areas and found the cache about 8 metres south of where my phone showed (as described by somebody else). Also as noted, the contents were rather damp, and the paper of the log could benefit by a few hours exposure to the sun! I put the log in a new plastic bag to protect it from more water, but the bag was too small to fasten the ziplock. Better than nothing, I guess. The area was very enjoyable (except for the blackberries!) and lots of bird calls were heard.

This was found out in the open, and rather swimming in rancid water. I rescued a tb and hid it a little better than I found it.

Nearby I was astounded at the wealth of birdlife around- so many varieties. I tried to take a photo of ducks, but ducks are mean, and they all swam away before the shutter went. Never trust ducks, they are troublemakers.

I also admired some nearby memorials. One had been completely defaced, which is sad and disrespectful. I'm not sure I've ever come across a memorial shed before though.

The council are doing things in the locality which will presumably bring more visitors.

I introduced my cute husband so geocaching today! His first cache, my first in the Australian nature! It's a different level of excitement when you think you're going to be eaten by snakes and spiders all at the same time!! Haha tftc!

Have up after a while as there was too much bush-bashing and my map wasn't taking me anywhere.

Foud it on a nice walk through the park! It has a travel bug inside now! tftc

Looks like contsiner may have been left open very wet and dirty might neef some tlc

Lovely day for walk with the birds singing and sun shining tftc

Found today with the McLookers while heading towards the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. Thanks sqidzie for bringing us here to this lovely spot.

Found today about 8m south of where the GPS was indicating. Nice spot, found with The Tritonz.

We got here the long way round but eventually found gz. However it is very overgrown and the GPs was pointing to a particularly dence pile of uprooted plants that looked like the result of recent weeding as well as flood spoil. After 10 mins it looks possible the cache has floated away maybe

Approached from the wrong side of the creek. My advice don't come in from Wilson reserve. Come in from ChelmsWorth Park. TFTC.

Another success. A good one for doing with the kids, with the playground so nearby, and lots of great spaces to explore.

We came by this cache before for a look, on a day of geocaching disappointments where we just didn't find anything and there was more enthusiasm for giant slides in the playground than caches. But today is another day!
On the bikes today so that made the getting here more fun, and I had the gps rather than just the phone. Geokid spotted it while I was still circling - it was lying out quite visibly, it looks like maybe some pruning/weeding has been done around here recently so it may have been moved from its hide. We hid it a bit better but it might need a check. thanks for the cache!

First time here and loved it. TFTC

Found it.

Didn't have much trouble finding this one - the coordinates weren't perfect, but they were certainly good enough. Removed some very unappetising foodstuffs from the cache and carefully re-hid it. The ziplock bag has definitely seen better days, but otherwise this cache is in good condition
TFTC!

Out and about with Lionlord and Benjoda - decided to come here and grab a quick one.

Lionlord wanted to play on the big slide whilst I reminisced about my school days when I used to play sport in the nearby sports ovals.

Thanks for the trip here today - all found in good order.

Tried previously without success but mindful of some comments that the coordinates are a bit out I widened my search to the other side of the track and found easily

Here in the company of quiet1_au and GJMMelb. We were looking for a few more caches after completing the first 12 in the nearby bike trail series. G found this cache vert quickly, after we had stepped through a swamp!!! There was a perfect path we could have taken, but which way is my crew leading me??? TFTC

I had had a quick look for this cache previously whilst helping out with a micro-bat count in the reserve but without luck due to a hurried search in dense undergrowth and vague GPS reception. This afternoon whilst caching with my regular "crew" of lochb and G' of GJMMelb we decided to have another go. Approaching from a different direction we thought there might be a shortcut - there wasn't - however we gave it a try anyway. My first steps were greeted with a stab of pain in my shin (I was wearing MTB shorts) - stinging nettle I presume - but for a while following a little trail was looking OK. Then we reached a little creek which wasn't too big a hurdle but then it was wet, swampy ground - lochb wasn't too pleased. A big tip - take the paths - they're quicker, easier, less messy!... Anyway, we soon reached GZ and I made comment that I bet it gets found in 30 seconds - I think it only took 10-15!... It certainly helps to have extra eyes, less wandering jew and looking in the right place! Happy to have finally crossed this one off my to-do list. TFTC

After discussing the best parking spot for this cache Lochb, Quiet1_au and myself drove down into the car park. A really nice spot. Rather than following the track (big mistake) we set off in the general direction of the cache. After following a rough grassed track we came to a spot where we had to make a decision. We decided to press on across the ground. At first it was rough but ok until we reached the swamp. I pushed on quickly trying to keep to the grass and got though without getting wet feet. Q came next carefully picking the best spots. L came last and got stuck. Eventually we all got through and then found the cache in quick time. Thanks squidzie
GJMMelb

Took a while to find but that made it more rewarding.

Lots of native birds around: Superb Fairy Wren, White-browed Scrubwren and Eastern Yellow Robin.

I attempted this cache many months ago using the GPS on my phone with zero success. Today I returned with a proper GPS unit and located the treasure immediately. Tftc.

A nice little hunt in a beautiful area. Tftc

Good cache

Noice

Thank you

On a visit to Melbourne. What a beautiful park. Pencil broken so photo confirmation. TFTC

This one is for you Buddy. We will miss you <3

Found without too much trouble with geokids. Interesting bit of Scouting History here in Wilson Reserve, as Australia's oldest Scout Group, 1st Ivanhoe Sea Scouts started here in 1908, just one year after Baden-Powell started the movement in the UK. Wilson Reserve is in fact named for the original scoutleader. There's a few plaques here, on the path near the old boat store between the car park and the cache. TFTC.

Took quite a thorough search, but found cache nicely hidden. TFTC

hmmm.. a couple of rather discontent logs below completely belies the fact that this is a good cache which is eminently findable, even in failing light (we collected it at about 8:30pm). My GPS was a little bit out, but hardly surprising given the tall trees surrounding the GZ. The container is in good condition, the log is very full and ever so slightly damp.
All in all, a good cache. Thanks squidzie, and for future hunters, fear not.. this is a good one. TFTC!

Took awhile!!! Beat a few bushes!!!

BADDLY

Logs indicated this would very much be a needle in a haystack game. Not today!

Lovely day for it TFTC!

TFTC however there was no pen out with daughter fun fun fun

Good spot, TFTC

TFTC Great fun thanks

Fun

Out on a cache Run with PantherX in the north of the city.

What a gorgeous little park tucked away in the burbs. From the evidence I can only assume this was a scout park given the old hall and camping ground areas. I wish i had come here in the day to take it all in as the torches were on their last legs. This was eventually spotted but not after a fair bit of searching.

TFTC TNLN SL

#1562 @20:34

I was out caching with Burge tonight and we headed to the inner north to try to fill in a few gaps on the map. We found 18 caches all up on this run.

I think we managed to take a reasonably short route to this one. Parked at the road, wandered down the driveway, jumped down the slide and cut through the playground and then walked to GZ. At least, the journey was more straightforward than locating the cache as there was plenty of undergrowth to search through! It wasn't helped by the fact that our torch batteries were slowly dying but perseverance paid off in the end. Thanks for the cache, squidzie!

Found it

Turned this one into a night cache on the way home. Easy enough find after quicks search, helped to have lots of eyes searching. TFTc

Team effort night caching with BB, CM and CM Jnr. Thanks Squidzie. [^]

This entry was edited by faulksi on Saturday, 02 May 2015 at 23:30:06 UTC.

Poking around in bushes, in a park, just as the light is disappearing, is not something that should be done alone. Thankfully, there were five of us which made the job a lot easier. Torches helped too.
Thanks squidzie

Found with carkisser .....
TFT ......

Third find with JSando. Many thanks to Sharkiefan for coords. Pity we didn't read logs till wed been searching for a while already. Thanks for bringing us to another amazing place very close to our home. TFTC

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Gday all,

It's been a great ride watching so many happy cachers enjoy Ah The Serenity and its surroundings as I do. I still regularly visit the park to fly my radio control glider (if you see a young dude flying a big gliding around the place, it's probably me )
What a terrific community this seems to be.

I've neglected to update the co-ordinates for far too long, and I'm sorry for any difficulty locating the cache on my account! I've had several corrections on the true co-ords and I'll need to ascertain which is actually the most accurate and update it.

I am however heading overseas for an indeterminate amount of time soon and I'll no longer be able to keep an eye on the cache. Before I'll go I'll make sure there's a pen and paper etc and that the co-ords are updated, but beyond that it'll be in the hands of the community.

If anyone reading this is a regular to the park or would like to keep an eye on it, by all means do so. It's been fairly low-maintenance so far so there shouldn't be many issues, though someone did record a missing pen recently (and as I said I'll get onto that!)

So happy caching and all that, and it'd be much appreciated if anybody can fill the gap. Feel free to send me a message if need be.

Jono

No pen, caught unprepared.
Great location...Charlie found it, and decided to bolster the camouflage.
TFTC

Yay

Great spot, not to far from the path.

Found it with the coordinates given by someone in the logbook. They were spot on. Thanks for the cache, discovered a cool playground for the kids while we were at it.

Sharkiefan's coordinates are correct. Found it with Bonstar. Nice little hideaway; -) tftc!

Gps had me looking on wrong side of track for a while i was 12m out with mine

I found your cache to be at S37° 46.712 and E145° 02.744. Just a rough coordinate. As others have said I find it about 9m out but due to tree cover that's not too bad. Kinda just looked around and lifted stuff until I found it. What a good size hide for this area. Tftc

I visited this park a few weeks ago but I was on the wrong side of the swamp. After looking at a satellite view of the park I headed out today and found the cache just off the main path, as stated in the description. Wandering back to my car I stopped to watch a few Red-rumped Parrots that were enjoying a feed of grass seeds.

Compas a little shakey but with some searching cache found and logged TFTC

Have walked this track for many years but not recently. Thanks for making me revisit it is an aptly named cache & a fab! Spot. TFTC

Jam and mups rule

First we got our lunch, then we took a stroll!! It was so great. We practically forgot we were big time g - aching. We got side tracked playing cops and robbers but we're back on track with no time to spare. Unaided by the gas whatsoever, my counterpart practically tripped over the treasure chest!

No worms were harmed during this operation. Another mission triumphantly succeeded by the marshmallow pirate society.

#gc4lyf

Found great hide. Look at photo for coordinates.

The plan had been to grab a few caches with a morning bike ride however the rain dampened my enthusiasm so I decided to have a drive around and fill in some gaps. Like others my GPSr had me searching in the wrong place. Once I crossed over the track I soon found it. TFTC.

Took a while as my iPhone had me looking in the wrong place but once I found the right area it was an easy find. TFTC.

Found this after a bit of searching. My gps put me about 7m away but finally found the cache. Loved the park and the history about Skipper Wilson and the Ivanhoe Sea Scout. Thanks for bringing me here and for the cache.

I was sitting around at home and had finished lunch, the kids went swimming so I went out caching and decided to grab a few around the Yarra River area. Weather was good, not too hot and a nice cooling breeze at the same time. Still not too many muggles around during the Xmas break time which made it easier today.
I parked near the footy ovals and walked into this cache today in a deserted park and found it after a 30 second search totally exposed so have returned it to its obvious hiding place.
Thanks squidzie for the cache, the hunt and the fun.

Good hiding spot

Lots to see in a hidden park. Lots of sculptures and monuments. Needs another visit. My iPhone indicated .712 and .743. But the given coords were close enough for me to find it. The final hunt is often the fun. TFTC.

Nice to visit and explore a new area. Great hiding spot! TFTC

Good little spot. No pencil so bring your own!

TFTC!

A great walk past the cricket games and dog runs. Found a track that took us to the cache nicely hidden and the log was in hand at 15:15. TFTC

TFTC

Found it, nice & peaceful area. Took Travel bug

Tftc left trAval bug

TFTC squidzy. Lovely location. Junior Cacher Flopsybunny had a great time on the very long slide nearby. Bonus! Jimmytherat.

Very nice park, TFTC!

Found it! Thanks

Woo! First find. Took a while but Gemma's keen eyes finally found it! Very excited about the goodies.

Lovely area, a few scratches from battering around in the wrong places, found it while trying to get a look at a potential hiding spot.

Took a while to find this one - the gps kept bouncing around. Just happened to look where it was - but definitely could've easily missed it! Also, probably not the best to do at night haha TFTC