Don't Forget To Stop Merbein South, Victoria, Australia
By TheVersteegs on 29-Jan-13. Waypoint GC454Z5

Unfortunately there has not been a response (or regular update) from the cache owner within the period requested and, as per the original advice, this cache is now being de-listed (Archived) as abandoned.

If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment.

If you wish to contact a Reviewer regarding this cache, please send an email via the profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the Cache Name and GC Identification Code.

### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED PLEASE** ###

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Hi there TheVersteegs,

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **MAY** need some attention.

You may recall having received an automated email from Geocaching HQ which explained what you needed to do.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened, so the cache is being temporarily disable - see here: [**Geocache Health Score.**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713)

**You do need to respond to this enquiry in some way within 14 days, so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.**

#What should you do now:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-

- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache to check, repair, replace or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the logs of praise to roll in.

- **Place A Write Note Log:-** Reviewers are not mind readers (more's the pity), so without your note on the cache page explaining that the site works are on-going, you have been in hospital, the area is in flood, or some other reason that has prevented attending to the cache, they can't tell what is going on.
You need to post a note to the page (within 14 days) explaining the situation and when a Reviewer next looks at the listing, all will be fine for a little bit longer.
Be sure to indicate **the actual date that you expect to have it fixed** so that everyone knows you are on top of it. If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date) please **post a Write Note log every 4 to 6 weeks,** so as to keep everyone up to speed.

- **Adopt/Archive:-** If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another Geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it,**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of the above. Well, when the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned and processed accordingly.

Honestly, it's better for you to decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Bunjil

[3AS]

Need maintenance as finders DNF list..

Deaf group
No luck

Can’t find it

Couldn't find it

Couldn't find

F

Found

Travelling from Perth to Canberra with lots of side tracks.TFTC.
Nice cache design.

Found it!

Found on our way home from the Tri-State weekend. TFTC

On the way back to accommodation after the 3 events in 3 states, we stopped for 1 or 2 more caches, in the dark.

We definitely didn't forget to stop, how could we when there's a cache to be found. TFTC TheVersteegs

One day, three events, in three STATEs

I have not seen one of these before. How does it know you’re coming ?? I was in a STATE of confusion, until it was explained it was possibly a pressure plate on the road that set this off flashing.

TFTC TheVersteegs
Keep smiling

TFTC!

Was a quick find, watch out for the pickle bushes though!

After a night in Hay, fitzy_1965 and I continued on to Mildura for the Community Celebration Event on offer.

We picked up a few beforehand so that I could log the CCE as find 15000. Turned out to be a gorgeous day and was great to meet some new cachers along the way. We then headed south to pick up a couple of rouge counties. Then spent the night in Culgoa at the free camping next to the pub. Great pub food and fantastic hospitality.

Nice easy find here today.

28,330. Found with minniek during a quick run around Mildura prior to attending a Community Celebration Event nearby.

With a Community Celebration Event on offer in Mildura this weekend, we decided another visit was worth the drive to attend it and knock off the last of the NW Vic Counties we need. We left home yesterday and free-camped overnight at Hay. Another few hours and we arrived in Mildura. As expected we had a bit of time up our sleeves so we hit a few selected caches. This one was a nice quick drive by. An easy find once at GZ. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, then we headed off to the next cache on the list.

Thanks TheVersteegs !!

Found another! Good hiding

found it

TFTC! Good hiding place! Had us looking for a while.

Tftc

Found easy.

Got it!

Spending a few days in Mildura, joined by the rest of the Goldy clan for a family getaway.

We've been coming here since our first visit in 2008, it's a Goldy family favourite so I'm excited for the opportunity to find a few geocaches here and in some of the surrounding towns.

I'm also looking forward to experiencing some different hides in another state, as all my finds so far have been in South Australia.

I won't be able to get to all the caches due to having other plans with family, family always comes first.

So a high majority of caches on the "to be found" list are ones where I can learn local history and ones that are relatively quick and easy.

I've been primarily eyeing off the turtle series geoart and adventure labs.

Made an easy find after reading previous logs, not where I thought it would be.

Put my signature in the log book and returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Signed as "P.Goldy"

Thanks to TheVersteegs for this cache.

Find No.870
23/04/2022

Not such a quick find here but managed it in the end.
The hint lead me to an item but proved to be a red herring.

Thank you for the cache.

#3841

Day 5 was Port Augusta to Mildura. An early start had me watching the sunrise over The Remarkables. Another amazing day on the road. Thank you!

Lights!

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. TFTC TheVersteegs
Find #7647 at 14:32.

Out on hot summers day caching adventures with Wollaston.

Container condition good even though it’s a bit rusty
Log condition lots of room

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC TheVersteegs

Find # 5276

Found

Thanks for keeping us busy during Lockdown. Bert can add this to his collection.

Emzheartu found it today

Very tricky

Found. Not where I expected

Found but not sure about the magnetic side of it

Found

Found!

Found the nifty hide today.

Found it!

Tftc

With wthcatie

Found it during my lunch break. TFTC

Stopped here due to the many favourites, have found caches similar to this one before. Quick find for us. Yes we did have to stop here on the way out. TFTC

Yay

Kids founds this one, they loved it

Found by Rebel Acts

In Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and The Empire.

Today was My last day in Mildura, I finished off any solved puzzles I had to do and a few other caches I passed by, once they were done I followed the Silo Art trail down to Rupanyup and then across to St Arnaud to do the labs there.

Thanks TheVersteegs for the cache.

This was a great opportunity to get away with some caching friends in Mildura. The plan was to hit some of the local trails and geo art. There was many other hides discovered, with some really great containers and hides in the area.

A quick find at GZ.

Thanks TheVersteegs for placing the cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy the find.

Found by The Empire
Here in Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet and Happy Pants.
Once we'd finished finding the nearby turtle series geoart, we were keen to keep on caching into the late afternoon, then on and into the night. "There's another one over here" was the saying heard most today. We found a plethora of different cache types, hide styles and were happily perplexed at some GZs! I was also able to dish out many favourite points. Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs.
- M

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 7929 finds
In town for a few day with the crew to hit the nearby powertrails and put some smiles on the map.
Has been many years since I was here last , the town has certainly changed.
Nice camo !
Cheers for the cache

TFTC

Log boy

Found on a fine warm Autumn day for a country drive.
Not so many muggles around here today.
More good accurate co-ordinates again too.
Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs,
***Roostaman ***

A great little stop on our drive from Adelaide to Brisbane with Davidwazza! TFTC!

Moving from Adelaide to Brisbane, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I decided to drive the long distance to make the opportunity a holiday, taking 12 days and passing through Victoria, New South Wales, and then finally arriving in Queensland. We spent the first few days in SA's Riverland, visiting Morgan, Berri and Renmark; and then drove through Mildura in Victoria. In NSW, we stopped at Hay, Parkes, Merriwa, Tamworth, Port Macquarie, and Coffs Harbour, and then entered Qld to stop for a night in Robina in the Gold Coast.

Today, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I travelled from Berri across the Victorian border, visiting MacCabe Corner in the morning. We then continued to make our way east, stopping in Mildura for lunch and completed the *Navigating the River as a Paddle Steamer* Adventure Lab. We then entered NSW, travelling along Sturt Highway and detouring through Euston, back into Victoria via Boundary Bend, then back to NSW to Balranald where we had dinner, and stopping in Hay for the night.

We stopped off here encouraged by the number of Favourite Points that this cache had accumulated. This hint confused us, and it is almost wrong/misleading to the hide itself. After 5+ minutes of looking around the area, we eventually found the nicely hidden cache. The cache container and logbook were in good shape, and well constructed. Thanks TheVersteegs for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/jesswrigley stamp.

Tftc. Little confused at first but good one.

Found this one with Dad when he same up for a visit

Nice hiding, logged our name

Found on a trip from Adelaide to the Mildura area for a few days of caching with Team Waldron, Brisal5 and FeatherWaite. Our main targets were the Paddle Steamer and Turtle geoart series' but we also took the opportunity to seek out a few other caches along the way.

We were fortunate with the weather. After a burst of very hot days, we timed our trip nicely to coincide with the milder conditions before the next hot spell. That helped to make both the caching and the camping along the Murray River and in the Murray-Sunset National Park very pleasant.

We ended up finding all the caches that we had targeted. Most were in good order. Some of the puzzles were quite challenging and there were some very novel and entertaining multi's. Some certainly took a bit of finding and there were many very clever and/or tricky caches and containers that were a credit to the cache owners’ ingenuity.

It would have been good to have had another day or two to complete the remaining caches in the area, but I’m sure we’ll be back.

Thanks to all the cache owners for the hides.

Over from SA for 4 days of caching with Egregory1, Featherwaite and Brisal5.

We came primarily to do the Paddlesteamer series but picked up orthers as we drove around.

Apologies for the generis logs.

All caches we found were in good order.

Thanks to all cache owners whose caches we found.

TFTC

Found during a trip from Adelaide to the Mildura area for a few days of caching with Brisal5, e.gregory1 and Team Waldron with the main aim to complete the Paddle Steamer and Turtle GeoArt series but also to find other caches along the way. We camped out on the banks of the Murray River near Mildura on the first night, at Rocket Lake campground in the Murray-Sunset National Park on the second night, then back to the banks of the Murray River near Merbein on the last night. We signed the logs as B.E.F.W. Thanks to all the cache owners for placing the cache!

A good reminder to stop ahead and a great cache to find. Showing a few signs of age but still nice and dry inside. Thanks

Took a sec, but got it. The hint ended up confusing me. Interesting construction! Tftc

Forgot to log nice one

We stopped , we searched and we found.
Thanks TheVersteegs for the placement.

Dad found this 1

Tftc quick park while on holidays

July 6, 2020 4:30 PM #3010

Last afternoon in Mildura for family Perpetuallylost enjoying a long weekend. Came out here for a late drive to find a large cache nearby and pick up a few more on our way back into town.
Appreciate the effort in the construction of this cache, well done The Versteegs . ( At some stage you may want to stop by this one with some glue as the lid piece had a part that had fallen off)

Tftc versteegs, very cool , enjoyed this hide. GPS was spot on.

Tftc

Yay

Yo

️

Good hide, great cache

TFTC, be aware nearby cache as there are 3 syringes.

Nice

Found it

Another find

Heading back home to Queensland and we stopped to do this cache. Sure is quiet out here. This was a cool cache, fav point alloc. Our thanks to TheVersteegs for placing this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Nice

Nice and easy find

Great hide wasn’t what we were expecting

A nice quick find.
Nice effort here! We looked at the clue and ignored it... followed the GPSr and bingo.
TFTC

Stopped and found in the pouring rain. Wasn’t as quick as I’d hoped as it wasn’t in the first place I looked. Now very wet.

Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs.
Found on 4/3/20 at 1:15 pm.
Find #10737.

Had a brief look thinking that it was gonna be easier than thought because of the clue.... Grabbed the letter box cache then headed back for this one.... Easier to find without clue

Purrfect Di said what a nice day it was to go to Mildura on our day off, so we
hopped in the geovehicle and off we went. Had some help from young Jack and Sebastbat.
Main aim was to finish off the fun turtle series, which we did, enjoying exploring the area around the lake.

A neat little hide in the second place we looked.

tftc TheVersteegs


The drive home later was fun, with a huge dust storm turning into thunder and lightning and drenching rain... this didn't last however, so it's probably dusty again by now

Evilracing found this one today not too bad of a find very well hidden lol won’t take too long

Traveling wilberries and evilracing found very easily

Pulled up and so. Someone was leaving. We're they or weren't they? Such a busy spot but glad to get out and stretch my legs. Left Mildura and hadn't found knew for.. Oh two hours!! TYFTC SLTNLN

Suscoe headed out this afternoon to find a few caches to the east and south of Mildura.
A lovely sunny afternoon.
We enjoyed the trip around the area and we were delighted with the horticulture of this region.

Thanks to TheVersteegs for your efforts here.
So quiet while we were here.
We did remember to stop for this cache.

No forgetting here. TFTC

A quick stop as we headed out of Mildura. Nicely crafted, thanks CO. Greetings from New Zealand.

Nice one

Good one
Thanks

Catching up with late logs

We were heading back home after doing the fireworks for the Broken hill show, with no products on board we could now happily stop anywhere we wanted for any caches that popped up.

Coming back from the nearby letterbox where we read a little bit about the work that the CSIRO used to do here, we will have to do some investigating to see why it closed but that's for another day. Today we were here to locate a cache so we didn't forget to stop, even though it would be very hard to miss with the warning signs just before the intersection.
Diane spotted a likely hide as we pulled up and headed off without the GPS and happily her suspicions were correct and the log book now contains our name.

Many thanks Versteegs for the cache.

Travelling around Australia, we have been camped on the mighty Murray. Today we moved into a caravan park in case it should rain as forecast tomorrow. Dont want to be stuck AGAIN.

Gathered this one between Turtles. Nice work but the cache is looking a little tired these days.


TFTC

Tricky find

Good finds. Needs new pad.

We did enjoy finding this cache that certainly was well planned and implemented. Great idea indeed.
TFTC TheVersteegs

Tftc! ᕙ(＠°▽°＠)ᕗ

Found it eventually, in the dark about 10m from where GPSr wanted me.
Not sure if cache is where it supposed to be, but I found it at... S34 12.864 E142 02.713
Nice work!
TNLNSL
Thanks

I got the last gem needed here, a sapphire.

Not exactly what I was expecting, but anyway it was interesting. TFTC