Lump In A Stump Hawthorndene, South Australia, Australia
By
Spheranaut on 16-Jan-13. Waypoint GC44GE8
Cache Details
This cache is listed on an external listing site.
By visiting the external cache listing you are leaving the Geocaching Australia website.
Geocaching Australia is not affiliated with the original listing site for this cache.
Please click here to view the caches listing.
If you wish to log this cache, you will need to log it on the external site.
This will require a separate user account on that site. (More Details)
By visiting the external cache listing you are leaving the Geocaching Australia website.
Geocaching Australia is not affiliated with the original listing site for this cache.
Please click here to view the caches listing.
If you wish to log this cache, you will need to log it on the external site.
This will require a separate user account on that site. (More Details)
Archived Cache Notice:
This cache is currently listed as Archived in our database.
The could be for one of several reasons:
This cache is currently listed as Archived in our database.
The could be for one of several reasons:
- The cache is archived on the cache's listing site.
- Geocaching Australia has not received any data in our feed for this cache in a reasonable amount of time and it has been auto-archived.
- The cache's status has only recently changed on its listing site and we don't know about it yet (can take up to 7 days).
- The cache has been incorrectly set as 'Archived' by a user.
If you know that this geocache is incorrectly listed as archived you can click the 'Set Available' link on the right. This will temporarily re-activate the cache.
You must be logged in to do this
ZONE CAUTION:
This cache is in an area marked as a warning area.
Zone Name: Blackwood Forest (RP) (Click here for zone Details)
This may mean the cache is placed in an area where geocaching is not allowed by the land manager.
Please review the details for this zone and act accordingly.
If it is in a geocaching banned area please consider whether you wish to seek this cache.
Please note that any cache you seek is your legal responsibility.
It may also mean that this cache resides near the zone boundary, but is showing as within the zone boundary due to the resolution of our data. If this is the case, then please disregard this warning
This cache is in an area marked as a warning area.
Zone Name: Blackwood Forest (RP) (Click here for zone Details)
This may mean the cache is placed in an area where geocaching is not allowed by the land manager.
Please review the details for this zone and act accordingly.
If it is in a geocaching banned area please consider whether you wish to seek this cache.
Please note that any cache you seek is your legal responsibility.
It may also mean that this cache resides near the zone boundary, but is showing as within the zone boundary due to the resolution of our data. If this is the case, then please disregard this warning
Logs
One or more of the following has occurred:
No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.
As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.
Should you like to resurrect the cache please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.
From http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70
4.23. Unarchiving a Geocache
The archiving of a geocache is intended to be a permanent status. That is why only community volunteer reviewers and Geocaching HQ staff have the capability to unarchive it. This is done only in rare circumstances and only if it meets the current Geocache Listing Guidelines.
If a geocache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance it will not be unarchived.
No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.
As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.
Should you like to resurrect the cache please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.
From http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70
4.23. Unarchiving a Geocache
The archiving of a geocache is intended to be a permanent status. That is why only community volunteer reviewers and Geocaching HQ staff have the capability to unarchive it. This is done only in rare circumstances and only if it meets the current Geocache Listing Guidelines.
If a geocache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance it will not be unarchived.
It seems that the cache has again been muggled and destroyed, which is a shame as I only just re-enabled it after the last time.
I am disabling this cache until I can find a new spot in the same area, and I will update the coordinates as well as re-enable it when I have done so.
I am disabling this cache until I can find a new spot in the same area, and I will update the coordinates as well as re-enable it when I have done so.
Went to find lump in a stump as l had left a tb there. Unfortunately I found the well camouflaged cache in the open and empty. Sad end to that tb
I have looked a couple of times for this now. I dont want it to get the better of me. But i am stumped! !
Out with Purrfect Di today.
Found a likely stump, but no lump.
Searched a wider area... still none.
Hope the wild weather hasn't claimed it or exposed it to muggles
Thanks for the challenge Spheranaut
will place on the watch list and return asap!
Found a likely stump, but no lump.
Searched a wider area... still none.
Hope the wild weather hasn't claimed it or exposed it to muggles
Thanks for the challenge Spheranaut
will place on the watch list and return asap!
Thanks for the notes inspicio, sir spectre, FourW. Unfortunately, external commitments have drawn my attention away from geocaching and from this cache during past months. However, I do have a replacement of the cache ready to install, and will replace it this weekend (13-14 May).
cache has been disabled for 6 months
no response to 2 write notes on cache listing
Current Slump 407 consecutive days without a find since 27.3.2016
time to go
no response to 2 write notes on cache listing
Current Slump 407 consecutive days without a find since 27.3.2016
time to go
I reckon I walked right past the location twice this afternoon, pity it was off line. Should be dry by now. 
Having not visited the cache for some time, I thought it was appropriate to check up on it again. Went to GZ without GPS, as I remember where the cache should be. Up approaching, saw the cache lying exposed on the ground. The interior is wet and the log book is soggy and close to completely deteriorating. As such, I am temporarily disabling it while I dry the inside and replace the log book.
That is a very good camo one, love it.
Thanks to CO, love the forest scene so much. TFTC
Thanks to CO, love the forest scene so much. TFTC
This one had us "stumped" but found it in the end. Love the camo. Found with family4p sl tftc
This one had us looking.... utechick81 soon had it in hand. Great disguise! SL. TFTC.
Found it but felt more than a little guilty hiding behind the trees from muggle walkers. Nice hide. Another favourite point from me. TFTC TNLNSL. This was my cache find for the souvenir for this weekend.
Groundspeak are offering a souvenir this weekend if you find a cache that meets a criterium. There are 2 in this reserve so we picked this. The rain got steadier and heavier as we drove here but that only slowed us down long enough to don coats.
The search was a good one. GPS reception in the trees was patchy, lots of places to look, the rain got heavier and heavier and it was starting to get dark. A challenge - lovely.
Chelle made the find on this one.
Great camo. I appreciate the effort people put into these hides.
TFTC Spheranaut
)
5:11 PM - Find #2005
The search was a good one. GPS reception in the trees was patchy, lots of places to look, the rain got heavier and heavier and it was starting to get dark. A challenge - lovely.
Chelle made the find on this one.
Great camo. I appreciate the effort people put into these hides.
TFTC Spheranaut
)5:11 PM - Find #2005
Fantastic camo! Apty and I went out in the rain having had our plans shift like sand in the desert all day but being determined to earn today's souvenir... stumbled around a bit until I set my eye on it. Can see why it has so many favourite points, and will get another from me! TFTC Spheranaut
30/07/2016, 6:03 PM Find #387
30/07/2016, 6:03 PM Find #387
Raven needed to be picked up from a school camp, so Owl took the opportunity to find a few caches in the area. It was a good excuse to start getting the fitness levels up to what passes as normal, though this one was only a short walk from where the owlmobile was parked. A suspicious dog was the only thing watching Owl find the cache precisely as advertised. A nice area in a part of Adelaide Owl would never have visited otherwise. Isn't caching grand! (And that's a favourite point for you!)
Found with basketcache. Thanks for bringing us to a beautiful part of Adelaide! Unfortunately the cache was out in the open when we found it. We hid it close to where we found it, but cache owner might want to check on it and replace it to its original position.
Fond on a nice morning stroll around the reserve. Good camo. TFTC. 24/03/2016, 10:27 Find #1819
A quick find whilst out on a morning walk with the family. I think this was Patrick's first geocache! Didn't end up being the happiest experience for him as a pack of dogs came running up to scare him. I don't think dog packs are common and they were friendly, but their people were nowhere to be found. I suspect they were from a neighbouring house.
GPS was working fine when we set out to find this one, until we hit the forest. Then we had to get to an approximate location and look for likely hides from there, which didn't take long. Nice camo on this one. TFTC.
Found on an enjoyable wander in this interesting location. Great hide ... a favourite!!
Just beautiful to walk into this little forest this morning, on a fine day with a cool breeze [^].
Walked around a bit, but found after noticing something 'cachey [8].'
NIce camo. TNLNSL.
Thanks Spheranaut.
Walked around a bit, but found after noticing something 'cachey [8].'
NIce camo. TNLNSL.
Thanks Spheranaut.
GeoWalrus was onto this one straight away, I don't know how I could have missed it on my previous visits.
Thanks for the cache Spheranaut.
Thanks for the cache Spheranaut.
Moneydork and I met up with locus cache and Sushilord to attack the inner south that we didn't quite get to last week. With eight finds and two very frustrating DNF's it was a mixed evening.
Apparently some of our crew had been after this one previously with no luck. Tonight we managed to get lucky, and had this one in hand almost straight away. Very clever camo, for which I am awarding a favourite point.
This was find number 8 of 8 for the night for me. TFTC Spheranaut!
Apparently some of our crew had been after this one previously with no luck. Tonight we managed to get lucky, and had this one in hand almost straight away. Very clever camo, for which I am awarding a favourite point.
This was find number 8 of 8 for the night for me. TFTC Spheranaut!
Moneydork wanted to go caching and so sushilord, RideTheGeoWalrus and I joined him.
A later start than usual after 3 of us devoured Al Pacino's pizza for tea, as 2 of the gang had worked late.
A sad caching night for me...3 DNFs
(2 on the same cache) and only 6 finds 
However lots of fun was had
although pants were torn (sushilord's) , injuries were received (sushilord) and late night coffees were drunk at a fireman's house in order to coax him to help us find Khumbu Glacier Revisted .....although it still wasn't found
On the phone to firesafe while walking into this cache and he said we'd have lots of trouble finding it at night
Really[?] Then how come RTGW has it in his hands within seconds[?]
Cute camo on that lump in a stump
TNLN. SL. TFTC Spheranaut
A later start than usual after 3 of us devoured Al Pacino's pizza for tea, as 2 of the gang had worked late.
A sad caching night for me...3 DNFs
(2 on the same cache) and only 6 finds However lots of fun was had
although pants were torn (sushilord's) , injuries were received (sushilord) and late night coffees were drunk at a fireman's house in order to coax him to help us find Khumbu Glacier Revisted .....although it still wasn't found On the phone to firesafe while walking into this cache and he said we'd have lots of trouble finding it at night
Really[?] Then how come RTGW has it in his hands within seconds[?]
Cute camo on that lump in a stump
TNLN. SL. TFTC Spheranaut
Its Tuesday night... That means mid week night caching.
Sushilord, Locus cache and Ride the Geowalrus joined me for this one.
This time I chose the Blackwood area as an area that I haven't cached much.
We had a great time - Thanks for the cache.
Sushilord, Locus cache and Ride the Geowalrus joined me for this one.
This time I chose the Blackwood area as an area that I haven't cached much.
We had a great time - Thanks for the cache.
Found on a walk with the dogs. Great camo thanks.
This entry was edited by miray on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 08:02:55 UTC.
This entry was edited by miray on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 08:02:55 UTC.
Great camouflage, took us ages! Also didn't get GPS working well here, but so happy we found it at last!! 
Nice walk in a area we had not visited before, quick find for us today, great cammo TFTC Spheranaut
Wow what a cool hide beautiful day for geocaching its so quiet sitting here all alone love this game
That was hard. GPS was bouncing around heaps. Found with cachehunter2207 and zoe the dog
Took ages to find as GPS was throwing us off GZ found eventually. Excellent camo! One of my favourites found with NiciDanielle and Zoe the GeoDog
found with NiciDanielle and Zoe the GeoDogI was searching left and right for this on a windy evening just waiting for a tree to snap and fall each time I'd hear them creak. Just glad it was a nice area to be lost in, not as if I had to climb through a jungle just to look 5 foot away. Eventually I found it, nice hide. Thanks!
This had me "stumped" for quite some time. It wasn't until I sat down and had a drink whilst some muggles strolled by, that I really started to think about the name of the cache. Pretty soon after, cache was found and log signed. Brilliant. Have a favourite point for your efforts.
Found with SuperViolet. We were in the area after eating in Belair. We had looked for a while and then considered the name of the cache. TFTC
Have found numerous caches in this forest over the years, but I recon this one's camo is better than most! Love it. Thanks SN.
Could not find, however my GPS on phone was playing up. Will come back over weekend to try again!
There is a large pine tree fallen in the area my GPS says we are closest, it's a recent tree fall- the tree is v fresh, maybe it's underneath!?
Went for a check-up and found contents thrown all over the ground. Managed to find soggy log-book. Will try and replace in the next few days.
