George Willmore Legacy 1 Ferny Hills, Queensland, Australia
By jachna on 17-Dec-12. Waypoint GC42YNV

It's gone. It was fun whilst it lasted. 15 months is longer than some of us expected. I certainly didn't expect this one to have lasted longer than George Willmore Legacy 2.

Second time trying this one, first time a couple of days ago but geo wasn't working properly on my phone. Still managed to find the right area by reading the comments. Geo is now working but still said it didn't know the loc for the cache.
I'm 99% sure from reading all the comments on the log that I was in the right spot (I'd even used the same retrieval tool as others to help me find it).
After 2 attempts with Ms C also searching I'm wondering if this one has been muggled. As others said much earlier this is an extremely popular spot for parties. I'll try again during the week - maybe we just missed that one particular hidey hole where the cache is hidden.

Nice and easy. Lucky one of us is tall

Tough one, very pleased that we found it.

TFTC. Need to be of reasonable height. Found it after the geokids almost gave up.

Found it. Look up. Tftc.

First one found, think I'm hooked. Great hidey hole!

Tricky!

Some good luck at last! There was a young couple right at GZ as I began walking over from #2. When I was close, I looked up again and they were gone. I have no idea how they disappeared so quickly but naturally I was very pleased about it. Admittedly, they left their chicken and chips and drinks behind (it's such a long way to a bin here, isn't it?) which I disposed of for them.
My search was aided considerably by the fact someone had either left a retrieval tool in place or else had very coincidentally decided to stick something somewhere. I utilized the tool and then tossed it. Cache and log are in fine condition and I was really pleased to be able to claim both of these today after a long wait. Cheers jachna!

This entry was edited by Teamtinda on Monday, 17 February 2014 at 10:50:09 UTC.

Fun one!

A very smart place to hide the container. Thanks for hiding this one i actually did this one yesterday.

Not a bad hiding spot.

A nice little park - once again no one here being a school day. Spied this one after checking a couple of likely spots. TFTC

Out geocaching today with Nursey Julie. Julie found this cache quickly and we signed the log, then we headed across the park the number 2. TFTC

Tftc. Nice one. Reach for the sky.. TDI

No. 490!

After viewing an open house nearby, I sneakily suggested a picnic at this park for lunch. When we first arrived, the particular hiding area was over-run by muggles, so I settled for a nearby table with our lunch while Geohubby took Geodaughters 1, 2 and 3 for a play on the playground. As soon as the first (closer) muggle and her baby left, I used the overcast sky and impending rain as an excuse to move to the under-cover table. Soon after the large group at the second table moved on and I found myself with a window of opportunity. The cache was quickly spotted and retrieved, to be signed at the table I had reserved for my family. While signing the logbook, a new group of muggles arrived at the second table. I felt a little panicked at the thought of trying to replace the cache while they were there. Luckily they were friendly enough people and I managed to have a conversation with them, giving me an excuse to move closer to GZ. As soon as they were all distracted by their four-year old on the playground, I quickly replaced the cache and breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Thanks for the sneaky cache in such a lovely park. Geohubby was very impressed by the park and the area.

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

Well hidden! Thanks!

Found it after maybe 10mins search!

Finally! We got there early this morning and nabbed a spot nearby for a coffee & snacks with some friends. We had tried earlier in the week to nab this one but too many muggles about! It was lovely in the park this morning, Thanks!!

I parked conveniently and headed towards the search area when the GPS went flat. I probably should have continued on as I think I know where the search area is but I decided to return to the car and replace the batteries. Before I could head back another car pulled up and a couple of muggles decided that they would have their lunch right where I wanted to search. That was the end to that. Off to No.2

Tricky one,but fun!

All is well with this cache and I'm certainly surprised to see it outlasting George Willmore Legacy 2.

found it

Great little hide. TFTC

found with Jazzh4nds

TFTC!! Good hide!

This one took us a while, but then we started a methodical exploration of all the hidey holes we could think of and success was ours. A nice park. TFTC

Very sneaky. Found with MyJet

Great spot

Dropped by and found that this cache has also suffered a little cache creep. All is good.

After a quick call from La Kedi, it didn't take long to throw the kids in the car and head out for an early morning search for this cache which we've never been able to grab due to the huge numbers of mums and bubs using this great little park. The boys took of for the play equipment leaving us to search unhindered and the cache was quickly to hand. TFTC

I've driven past this spot many times waiting for a clear go at the cache. Every time I've checked, it's been muggles from here to kingdom come, but today, I decided to try in the space between early morning exercisers and morning tea mums. With only a few passersby, a random school kid or three and a council truck, it looked like today would be my best bet. I gave The Marble a call as I knew she'd want to grab it while the grabbing was good, and we finally managed to search for this cache, hooray! TFTC, jachna. =^.^=

Got muggled out. We have a good idea where it is but could not get close.

sneaky little hide . first cache in brizzy )

Had to wait for a group to leave before we could search and find it.

Found it! TFGC

Sigh, too many muggles at GZ even after sundown! We tried wandering over here after a failure at #2 but gave up when it was evident we'd have no pivacy. Strike four from four for us tonight!

After Net88 and I had admired my excellent parking skills we headed for the muggle filled GZ. Luckily as we approached the muggle children went off to play and the mothers were left sitting with their backs to us. I had a quick look and could see the cache from a certain view point. Ah ok! I found myself a handy dandy cache retrieval tool and set about getting to the cache. A little bit of this and that and I had cache in hand.

TFTC jachna

Found this cache whilst out with Nyssaflutterby and the munchkins grabbing a few caches after seeing a movie. The kids went off to play and it was left for Nyssasflutterby and I to do the hunting. Nyssa could see the cache so we waited until the mothers nearby were watching their kids and nyssa made the grab. Thanks for the cache jachna

Almost gave up on this one, a stick definately helps

Awesome little hiding place... Good thing there are plenty of sticks around

It is nice and dry in its hidding spot. Geokids have a great play on the playground.

Luckily it was a wet day so only one group of mughles in shelter nearby so got to have a good look around, almost gave up as kids were soaked but found it at the last minute, sneaky little spot.

Despite looking carefully for a while we couldn't find it. Took a break and found another not far away but when we came back, too many muggles about for a proper look (.

I had driven past this one but with too many muggles I headed to the other first.
Now that everyone is gone I could search for this one.
A quick find.
Thanks for he cache.

Dropped by for a quick check. Team Benders was spot on.

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Jinga2 at 9:15am. This took a few minutes to track down but it is there and where we should have looked first, but didn't.
TFTC

Once we got there, there was certain features of this structure that made me think, "it'll be in there!". After a few minutes, we found the right one. Nice hiding! TFTC jachna.

This is our 2nd visit here to find this cache. Other visit had too many muggles around. Luckily it's too wet today for muggles so we had the place to ourselves. Found with Matt_Eth . TFTH .

This was published whilst we were on a trip to Victoria so we got it today dodging rain and local young muggles taking children for a stroll. Where we thought, just needed them to leave!
TFTC

Had a crack at this one but left because of a persistent muggle presence.
TFTC!

nairnfamily

This was our first time in looking for a geocaching and we found it.. I th ink my 11 & 9 yr old are addicted already lol...

2nd visit to this cache.
Muggled out before.
Found this one on the ground in the garden this morning while witing for the muggles to go for lunch.
Sat nearby to sign the log.
Put back in a nearby position as didn't know where it was originally.
May need a check by the CO.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks jachna All good with the cache but need to check location.

After finding one cache in this park the GPSR showed another one just over 160 meters away.

As they say "it would be just plain rude not to" so I quickly ducked over.

No one was around so I had a bit of a search. One of the words in a previous log entry gave me a clue as to where to look and soon the cache was in hand.

With log signed and cache returned to it's spot I headed back to the rest of the family. The heavens opened and it started pouring down. I ran back and grabbed the umbrella from the car. Lisa and Blake had found a dry spot under a shelter so I helped them get back to the car without getting too much wetter. Nice park but it's time to go.

Thanks for the cache. Cheers!!

Finally on my third visit I manged to get the place to myself at 6:30 am on a Saturday morning. This has been a lot of bike mileage for one cache.

The cache was in a place I suspcted it would be. So glad to cross this one off the list

Found with V1 today.

I agree with totalube , I will be surprised if this cache survives peak party season.

PS, The cache finder may require a prod in the right direction.

Busy day for these George Willmore caches today - we were the fourth to sign the log today! Unfortunately we got a bit of a hint as to the location by spotting another cacher at GZ as we pulled up. We went to look for the other nearby cache while he was signing the log. When we came back I had an idea where to look but it took Mr Waffle a few mins to find the cache in the spot I suggested. We were impressed with the container & hide location! SL, TFTC! (Edited to add - what a cool playground nearby!! Glad to learn of this place.)

My third trip here, and the first time I could actually search for it.

The first time was late last night, when I thought would be a cinch to grab it, but some local teenagers were doing whatever local teenagers do at 11:30pm. I didn't even bother stopping the car

This morning I drove past, but it was muggle central with parties and children all about.

So this afternoon, with geokids in tow, I had the perfect opportunity to get this,even so it took a PAF and out waiting some muggles before I had the cache in my hands.

Log book signed and replaced, while the children played.

A good hide, but I worry about its long term safety here, it is very popular for parties and it may be found while people are setting up and clearing up.

Thanks

at 15:44. This was actually our second attempt today. The first time the area was fully occupied by muggles.

We were about to give up thinking we had tried every possible hiding place. Just as we were leaving I decided to try one I thought I had tried but was not sure and so bingo.

TFTC again Jachna and a Happy New Year to you. The cache is fine.

Forgot the pen. Will come back & sign log. TFTC

We spent some time looking for this but certainly not our day will return

Muggle central - not a hope of checking out any spots.

Two red herrings ..... Bam. Kids loved the park.sl.tnln.TFTC.

Looked in all the likely spots but the presence of a lone toddler on the swings did not allow a search in comfort for ruzzelz. Did find a small plastic device ( on the ground) with nothing inside which may or may not have been a decoy.

Another k8nco cache today.. This was tricky.. A few muggles about, but we found it after returning from #2. Sneaky hide !

Ps: Next time we'll remember to bring a pen !

TFTC

Found while out with aandm with little L. L liked the swings (as always). Spotted this myself and A retrieved it. I like the container. TFTC!

Found in the company of Flerdle, who spotted the cache in its hiding spot. This is a favourite park for baby Lucy who loves the swings. Thanks for the cache, Andrew, Maryan and baby Lucy.

After reading the logs and looking at the area, had an idea where to look. It seems we were on the right track, just found too many red herrings on the way.

Fun cache.

TFTH

arrived at GZ
thought 'this is how it will be hidden'
yep we were right
found 3 red heerings on the way

found 5c on the way out

Published

Log to follow

*FTF* at 9:24pm with T-Tech. Log to follow.

Update: 3 from 3 FTF's tonight Woohoo! We were chatting to our daughter in Osaka on Skype when the notifications began to roll in. You beauty! Some new ones less than 2kms from home!!!! I recognised the name of these two caches straightaway and yelled to T-Tech to dash out the door. This was our first stop, and there were no cars to be seen so we relaxed a little and began a methodical search. T-Tech eventually spotted the tricky hide. With bated breath we opened the log and found a lovely blank page Log signed and cache returned and we dashed acrossed the park for the next one. TFTC, jachna.

This entry was edited by IolantheK on Tuesday, 18 December 2012 at 12:53:33 UTC.