Geo Trail #68 Doncaster East, Victoria, Australia
By
Team Yarra on 12-Apr-13. Waypoint GC45YKK
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Logs
Magneticccccccc like sam I was edging at home when I found this as I was about to goon
I was travelling by scooter for this one. Nobody in the park or playground. The hint narrowed down the search area very nicely. Still lots of room in the logbook.
TwoEms are picking up a cache a day, but this one we found at night. We conducted our search and were shocked at how fast we found it! We couldnt resist smiling when we saw the writing implementhow very kind, but we had enough energy to pull out and use our own pen. After we signed and returned the log, we felt tired and took a little power nap in our car before heading home. Thank you for the cache.
Lovely little park. A quick grab on my walk by . Clocked quite a few steps today. Thanks baluke for the hide.
Not sure why I couldnt find this on a previous visit because it was dead easy today. Weird. TFTC
Nice quick find today. I love the way you recycled individual parts of the cache
This one was sticking out quite a bit for us so we tucked it up our of plain eyesight. A nice quick stop and grab. Tftc!!
Today we concentrated on the Local Government Areas of Maroondah and Manningham as we worked towards two challenges. After very heavy overnight rain, we continued to experience periods of heavy rain, light showers and short periods of no rain - testing conditions for a days caching, especially as many areas were very wet, muddy and slippery. We were very pleased that, in the prevailing conditions, we found 26 caches.
The next rain storm had arrived when we went to look for this cache. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find of what was initially a very well presented cache. However it is being damaged because a previous finder had stuffed paper in the bottom of the container, causing damage to the logbook as it was pushed back into the container after each find. The contents were dry (much more than us). Thanks Team_Yarra for the cache.
The next rain storm had arrived when we went to look for this cache. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find of what was initially a very well presented cache. However it is being damaged because a previous finder had stuffed paper in the bottom of the container, causing damage to the logbook as it was pushed back into the container after each find. The contents were dry (much more than us). Thanks Team_Yarra for the cache.
Quick find while picking up some other caches in the area.
Happy International Geocaching Day 2022!
Happy International Geocaching Day 2022!
Continuing on my Winter wander this was my third and final cache for today.
Missed it on the first pass then spotted it when searching at a different level.
Great little log book.
Thanks baluke!
Missed it on the first pass then spotted it when searching at a different level.
Great little log book.
Thanks baluke!
Visiting my dear friend who lives in this area, and realizing i may have got here too early and she'd still be in bed, thought I'd do a quick find to fill in a bit more time. Nicely found, but when I got there she was still in her pj's.... maybe I should have found a few more before hand lol!
Over this side of town late at night m; decided to try and find a cache and we did yay
Thought we were going crazy after we spent what felt was way too long. Great hide TFTC
Thanks for the cache awesome little find! we found it after about 10 minutes. Thanks again
Final find of the day and I was glad it was far away from the playground which was pretty busy.
I had an errand to run in Templestowe today, and had time to find a few caches on the way towards home.
There were some muggles nearby, but not at this end of the park. The container didn't take long to locate, even though it wasn't what I initially expected, as it is more a micro than a small.
Nicely camoed and concealed, and in good condition.
TFTC baluke
There were some muggles nearby, but not at this end of the park. The container didn't take long to locate, even though it wasn't what I initially expected, as it is more a micro than a small.
Nicely camoed and concealed, and in good condition.
TFTC baluke
Infrastructure like this has been created solely for the purpose of hiding geocaches. This cache was found speedily.
After failing to find the nearby trad I walked an extra block to find this one instead. Fortunately this was a very quick find and I was on my way just a minute after arriving at GZ.
Thanks baluke for the cache and for contributing to the game.
Thanks baluke for the cache and for contributing to the game.
Found @07:56 #7523
Well after not having the right tool for nearby cache came over to this one for a more classic hide. A quick find another in the trail collected. Have enough chipping away at this trail over the years.
204 of 365 completed
TFTC Team Yarra
Well after not having the right tool for nearby cache came over to this one for a more classic hide. A quick find another in the trail collected. Have enough chipping away at this trail over the years.
204 of 365 completed
TFTC Team Yarra
Excited some interest from passing muggles, as we inspected every inch of the GZ. A previous finder gave us the clue; deploy a torch!. TFTC.
Back in June I tried to find this cache and after a lengthy search had to log a DNF. As it turned out, COVID restrictions meant it wasn't until now that I could get back here for another go.
This attempt initially ended like the last. I spent a long while here, searching everywhere I could, ignoring the possibility of eight-legged surprises. I used various methods of searching and came up with nought. There's really not that many options here, but...
I wandered off to find a few others in the area, determined to have another look on my way back to my nearby car. All the while I was bugged by a feeling that I had approached this cache with too much of a fixed idea of what I was looking for, a common trap that can lead to severe cache blindness.
In due course I returned, searched again and eventually gave up again. Sitting in the car with dark descending, I decided to give it one last try. I deployed the torch this time and - bingo - made virtually an instant find. For the life of me I cannot work out how I missed this the first and second times. It really isn't that hard. I can only put it down to that fixed idea and the resulting cache blindness. I mean, I MUST have looked in this spot at least once and there should have been no way of overlooking it. Oh well. It's done now (inserts self-deprecating eye-rolling emoticon). TFTC
This attempt initially ended like the last. I spent a long while here, searching everywhere I could, ignoring the possibility of eight-legged surprises. I used various methods of searching and came up with nought. There's really not that many options here, but...
I wandered off to find a few others in the area, determined to have another look on my way back to my nearby car. All the while I was bugged by a feeling that I had approached this cache with too much of a fixed idea of what I was looking for, a common trap that can lead to severe cache blindness.
In due course I returned, searched again and eventually gave up again. Sitting in the car with dark descending, I decided to give it one last try. I deployed the torch this time and - bingo - made virtually an instant find. For the life of me I cannot work out how I missed this the first and second times. It really isn't that hard. I can only put it down to that fixed idea and the resulting cache blindness. I mean, I MUST have looked in this spot at least once and there should have been no way of overlooking it. Oh well. It's done now (inserts self-deprecating eye-rolling emoticon). TFTC
I thought that this cache would prove to be similar to my last one but that was not to be the case. A nice hide and the muggles didn't prove to be too much trouble. NTNL and TFTC.
I found this one on a rainy spring day. The good thing about rainy days is there’s not many muggles about. TFTC
Quick find on a beautiful sunny day, first day of more post-covid freedom! Woohoo!
What a relief to head out for a few caches and not need to worry about the 5km zone any longer. I spent a pleasant Sunday morning in Ruffey Lake Park and nearby surrounds to find a bunch of caches here that I hadn't tried before. After a few finds in the park I jumped back in the car and followed the trail through the back streets to the east. Stopped close by and made the find without too much trouble at this one. My ninth find in total for the morning. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache Team Yarra / baluke.
Was about to give up but decided to have a closer look and get low and boom! Thank you ️
First geocaching experience for me but I still couldn't find it, even after looking at some pictures.
Like MJW1, I just couldn’t find it.
I, too, checked everywhere it could possibly be, I think.
Suspect it has been muggled from this highly visible spot ...
I, too, checked everywhere it could possibly be, I think.
Suspect it has been muggled from this highly visible spot ...
I've no real idea why I couldn't find this one. Yes, the logs suggest that it's well hidden, but I'm sure I checked everywhere it could possibly have been. Oh well. Another time...
