Elliot's Nano Wendouree, Victoria, Australia
By Fergzter on 25-Jan-13. Waypoint GC44XA4

Archiving this one so the area can be freed up for someone else. Thanks to all who found this geocache.

Temp disable as I now have the cache to perform maintenance. Will try to get this one back up ASAP.

The magnet is loose inside the container. Please see our "Found" log for further details.

This cache was a quick find but retrieval required use of a tool that we had with us - neither of us were tall enough to reach the cache. There was one problem with the cache - the magnet inside was loose and, unbeknown to us, fell onto the ground when we were extracting the log. We discovered the problem when we went to put the cache back and it would not stick. We quickly found the magnet and then the container would adhere to its host. The next cacher may not be so lucky to find the magnet. Thanks for the cache Fergzter.

Found # 9872

quick find, good co ords

took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache Fergzter

Thanks for the cache. Geo mum bunked me up. Cool cache.

Found just out of reach had to get tricky

Found by The_Tritonz in the 26/01/14 TFTC

Great cache!

And here is the maintenance log.

Back in action. New log good to go.

Attempted earlier during business hours and had to come back in the evening to grab this one. Quick enough find. Log will need replacing very soon - had a lot of trouble signing this one (couldn't leave a date) as our pen was playing funny buggers on this paper. TFTC SL

Magnet has come loose on the inside - will need to be re-glued on to make sure it doesn't get lost.

Temp disable until I can do some maintenance on this one.

Brilliant. A nano that I could do! Walked up, saw it straight away, picked it off, kept walking, logged quitely in car and went back, replaced without fuss or muggle attention. Helps to look for it after business hours I suppose. TFTH Fergzter.

Found with Trailrunning on another Monday caching adventure, We were both on Holiday so this gave us the opportunity for a big cache run we started around the city and suburbs and then made our way to Ballarrat where we enjoyed the rail trail caches. Thanks Fergzter for the cache.

After a big two days in the north of the state I drove back to Melbourne for a caching run with my good mate Rebel Acts. As we are both on leave we decided to hit Ballarat for another time and we both collected over 100 caches for the day. We started in Melbourne and then went directly to the main area of focus, western and northern Ballarat. We had a great time on the bikes with the BSRT series completed in just over 2 hours. Thanks to all the CO's for their efforts, and I'm sorry for the generic log, but time is short these days. Thanks.

Easy find, log book will need replacing soon!!

I'd had set aside today for a big caching day and eventually settled on caching mainly around the Ballarat area, collecting a few caches on the way there and on the way back. It proved a very fruitful caching day with 112 caches found with only a couple of DNF's and a couple on non attempts due to excessive muggle activity.
Rising nice and early at 4:45 am, I was on the road by 5:10 and at my first cache, 185km from home, by 7:10 am. I moved through the northern part of Ballarat before starting the BSRT trail (which I thoroughly enjoyed) at around 11:00 am, completing it in its entirety at 3:15pm. From there I cached around the southern Ballarat area before moving up into Ballarat city itself. Some of the caches I probably should have done earlier as it was quite busy in town by then, being a Saturday night. As the sun set and it grew dark I moved through the eastern areas of Ballarat before starting for home, caching along the way and finding my last cache around midnight in Melton; then arriving back home around 2:15 am. In total it was a 20 hour and 40 minute caching run, 584.7 km traveled of which approx 40km were on bike and 26km on foot.
The weather was great on the day too, with it starting off quite fresh in the morning but by the mid afternoon it was sunny and warm. This was my second big caching trip to Ballarat since I started caching and the standard of the caches and the scenery once again made it a fantastic day. Thanks to all the Ballarat CO's for their caches, I had a great time.

After an earlier non attempt due to muggles at GZ, I had the location to myself this evening and quickly located the cache. Thanks for the hide.

Really simple find. Eye height for a tall person. No need for hints compass led us straight to it

Finally got the chance to find this one. With no-one around it was easy.
Thanks Fergzter

Found on a huge caching run with Dunko over to the SA power runs, as always we enjoyed where the caching took us along with the hunt. Our tanks to Fergzter for the effort and placement TNLN SL

Found while out and about at large with my caching mate Slink1 on a huge caching run. We had a crack at the new SA power runs and as always we enjoyed where the caching took us. Our thanks to Fergzter for the effort and placement TNLN SL

Nice. Geo dad and geo lad out on a mission.

Nice and easy. Geo dad and geo lad out on a mission.

4/10/2013 teens and kids

Un peu de shopping sur Kmart, un détour pour cette cache, qui est rapidement trouvée
Merci Fergzter !

Still on the post 31 Days of Geocaching and today’s search was a bit later in the day. We were nearby eyeing off a new GPS unit and realised this was only a short walk from where we were. We were able to park virtually right next to this one, which provided a bit of cover, although it wasn’t too busy today and we did not have to wait long for a clear shot. We could see the cache, but needed to wait a minute for a muggle free moment. We seem to be finding a few nanos in Ballarat at the moment. After ducking into the car to sign the log and wrestle with replacing the log, the cache was put snug back into place.

Thanks for the cache Fergzter.

Found this instantly with matthewhimself - knew what I was looking for since I had already found "Flower by the Lake" yesterday. Thanks Fergzter

Lol Needed a 6fter plus a geokid on the shoulders! Geokids loved this one! TFTC

And here was me thinking I am vertically challenged!
Day 29/31 & much as I hate Nanos necessity drove me here- I have too much to do to travel further afield today.

Nice find but hard for us short folk. TFTC

Bring super tall friend!! Had a 6'2" friend who had to stretch and stand on tip toes to reach it and put it back!!

A quick stop on the way home, and just as quick find but Shelby had no hope so back to the car for the taller Mr. Coffee.
Thanks Fergzter for the hide,
Regards The Coffee's.

Quick easy find... no muggles around

thanks for the cache hide

Finally got back to this on to find it missing. No matter had new one in car anyway. So all good now

had to get my mate on his shoulders for this tiny one

Dropped by tonight to check upon my cache. Noted the almost full log sheet. Will return with a new sheet in a few days. There is still room for a few more entries

Boost required for this shorty.

Had to find this one while on holiday to celebrate his brothers 3rd birthday but I hope our grandson doesn't grow that tall!! But then his grandmother may have had trouble reaching it but uncle lion didn't. Tftc

Shopping nearby a detour and a quick look scored this nano.

TFTC

This is our 1st cache in Ballarat so what better than a nano to find
Which didn't take us long Great hide TFTC

I hope Elliot doesn't grow that tall. Found cache easily. Reaching was another matter. Just as well The 2 Wanderers had a suitable tool in their car. A few muggles around. One gave us strange looks as he went to his car and drove away. TFTC

This was our 4th find of the day and yes stealth and height does help. Glad we had a piece of invalid equipment in the car. Cache soon in hand. Found with Misschief18
SL TFTC

Realising our goal was a bit of a stretch, but we got there after employing some minor gymnastic
maneuverers. TFTC.

A caching expedition in Ballarat on the last day before travelling home. Number 18 found while walking around a cache cluster in Ballarat. Even my tall friend had to stretch for this one. TFTC

Found tonight at about 6 pm, great time on a Sunday night, managed to retrieve and return to where it was found. Signed log. Thanks for the cache.

Found by Mary & David at 1525. Hope you had a fun birthday, Elliot. We liked the idea of dad putting in a cache to celebrate. Luckily we struck a time with very few muggles about and we could park right beside GZ. As it was, David needed a tool to help in retrieving and replacing the cache, but the process went smoothly. Our thanks to Fergzter.

Small

Great hide

Forgot to log this at the time. Found in the dark of night after waiting a while for a nearby muggle
to finish eating his takeaway in the car, and leave. Once he was gone, cache was quickly located,
Logged and replaced. It was a rather fresh night for this. Thanks to fergzter for the cache.

Great cache. Thanks.

23 May 2013

Thanks to Geo kid and his Dad.

Found

Sneaky sneaky!!! Good hide!!

On a good day out with the Mighty Phil from BogonHazy what a great day we had. Even learnt a bit
With a worker walking out just as i was about to make the grab we waited till he left the area and made a quick find

Once again Muggle Avoidance Techniques had to be employed. Locating and extracting the cache was easy, but then a muggle pulled up on the other side and sat in his car! All was well in the end.

Having the day free, I joined up with Garry of the Honeysuckers to take him on a bit of a cache run through Ballarat.
I was able to park within a metre here, and Garry had it in hand in no time.
Thanks again Fergzter and Elliot too

Been eyeballing this cache for weeks but never had the right combination of muggle-free opportunity and suitable tool at hand to reach it till now.

Found this easily at 9.15pm on a Friday night. Could be difficult during the day. Geokid was 'up' for the grab. Thanks for the hide.

Decided a epic walk tonight was in order and had to get this nearby cache that was the bane of my daytime existence considering it was less than 1km from home...
No probs at 8 pm, it was quiet and miggle free!
Thanks for the hide here, it proved to be a plannimg exercise!

Suscoe's 24th find of 27 for today. Found with the sister.
Had a delicious tea at the rellies then out or a quick set of drivebys.
Clear area greeted us.
Thanks to Fergzter for a nice challenge here. We are a little challenged genetically in this area so the Suscoe tool kit got a run here.

What a great geocacher Grumpy is! Made this the ultimate drive-by. We spotted this one from the car less than 2 metres away. Shame we had to get out to retrieve it, but we did!
Love a genuine drive-by.
TFTC

Happy was inventive and used an umbrella to retrieve it.

Found by H and The Empire
Lucky I always cache with The Empire. Not tall enough for this one.
TFTC

Found by The Empire + H
Tall? How about an umbrella? Thanks for the cache Fergzter.
- M

Thank heavens for Good Friday and a subsequent complete absence of muffles!!! Not sure how I would have put the seven yo on my shoulders discretely otherwise!!!!

Found, while visiting the area.
A good hide, easy with the right tool.
TFTC

I know one of the reasons I dislike nanos is because it is very hard to write small enough on the tiny log sheet. Never mind, just this once, perhaps, I will succumb to doing another nano!
TFTC

This entry was edited by daunts on Saturday, 16 March 2013 at 05:33:17 UTC.

Always did like being a tall person TFTC!

Just dipping in for KM.

Quite high up to grab. Lucky I was wearing heels!
TFTC

Grabbed with the assistance of featherdown. Quiet here on a Sunday arvo which helped.
TFTC

Dropped by to check on cahce. Log book was almost full, so I replaced it. Also returned the cache to a more realistic height for people to be able to reach.

Found this one today
Thanks for the hide

His aunt and uncle finally got to do this cache. nice and easy to get when you are part of the family. TFTC

Thanks fergzter for the find, without a gps and a rough idea over the phone my tick for this day in the year was quickly down. Cheers

Good hide no one around tftc

This cache worked perfectly for us to find on a quiet morning before the shops opened.
A quick find we could just reach.
Thanks for placing this one Elliot, it was easy to do before opening hours but would be a lttle harder during business hours.

Found with Mum and Dad.
I would have never reached it on my own!
Thanks Elliot.

Found it...tiny and fun

Found .

This one is really unexpected and cool

Almost started climbing on each other before i found it! Haha
With KT

Was Elliot in "ET " ? - tftc Fergzter

On a nice Sunday afternoon, ducked out to grab this one. Found quickly in between muggles. Thanks!

First find on our days caching. You're not wrong, you've got to be tall to grab this one and we could only just get it! Nice hide. Thanks fergzter for the cache.

A tricky spot to search during the day but at 11pm at night less stealth was needed. It still eluded our fingers until we shed more light on the area. Found with TheQuantumQuark.
Thanks for a great cache

Very quick find. Thought my friend already had found it when he got out of the car and put his hand on it straight away. Thanks.

Found on my way home from town

FTF with S4 Sammy after quickly arriving at GZ, when we arrived we had to sit and wait for a pair of furniture buying muggles to disappear before we could make the quick find

TFTC

This entry was edited by ST37E on Saturday, 26 January 2013 at 08:16:35 UTC.

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