Sticks and Stones Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
By jacqsndave on 02-Mar-13. Waypoint GC46Z5E

I cannot see any information that suggests to me that steps have been taken to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement - one or more of the following applies:

- Cache Owner unable to maintain cache
- 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.
- Cache has been abandoned by cache owner/cache in disrepair

As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to also prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the next 28 days, just contact a reviewer (by email and include GC number in cache name) and, assuming it still meets the current guidelines, the reviewer will be happy to unarchive it.

If there are components or remnants of the cache and you haven't already done so, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Geotrash.

Should you wish to replace the cache after 28 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

[u]MAINTENANCE REQUIRED?[/u]
[navy]This cache would appear to be in need of owner intervention, therefore I am temporarily disabling it so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

Geocache maintenance is a cache owner responsibility. Your prompt attention to any log that indicates things could be amiss will be greatly appreciated by all geocachers, see here http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance
The guidelines advise; if you can't fix it straight away then Disable it till you can and here's how; http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235

Please respond to this situation within 28 days to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

If you require more time, please be sure to post a "Write Note" log (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 28 days so as to keep everyone up to date, or the cache will be treated as an abandoned cache and archived without further notice.

And don't forget, once you have addressed the issue, post both an "Owner Maintenance" log, see here; http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404 and an "Enable Listing" log, see here; https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 to get your cache up and running again.[/navy]
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Another DNF. Could be gone and needs replacing perhaps?

No luck here!!

Looked for fake rocks but couldn't find it. Looked like the place was cleaned as there was a lot of fresh mulch.

No fake rocks in area. Checked them all

I had posted this one as a found by accident. For some reason my GPS/old tablet had selected this cache instead of another that I had found recently in the area. Apologies for any confusion this may have created as I noticed there have been a number of DNF's on this recently. I will be back here in the next couple of days and will try to find. Fingers crossed I do but will post if it's a DNF, also.

This entry was edited by bazinga01 on Friday, 10 April 2015 at 01:04:14 UTC.

Couldn't see it anywhere, felt really uncomfortable trying to find something in someone's front garden !! Was our first search though :p

No where to be seen!

No idea. Thanks anyway jacqsndave!

Awesome...tftc!!!

Found on our Wednesday evening caching adventure after having fish and chips at Jawbone Reserve.
We had been here once before at dusk and the dog in the nearby house didn't stop barking, so decided to come back during the day.
We found the cache a few metres from the GPS coordinates and fortunately away from the barking dog. The cache was intact with its base secure and we were the first to sign the new log.
TFTC

'Twas an afternoon caching run in Williamstown for manzie and I on a lovely summer's day After an extensive search around GZ, manzie's eagle eye spied what we were looking for, what appears to be a temporary log was signed and we were onto the next one. Strange, I also have a note that it needs maintenance because the base was missing?

Looked wverywhere and another cacher showed and also didn't find.

Maybe muggled

#3rd of the day.
Something strange going on here I think.
I searched and searched around GZ.
Then decided to go back to the car, then I saw something that was worth investigating.
Not a fake rock.
But a cache.
18m away from posted co-ords.
Lots of names on extremely wet log sheet.
No baggy.
Which was supposedly replaced?
I'm confused.
But I left a bit of water proof paper.
Cheers & T.F.T.C!
Safe travels and hoppy caching =]
Found a while back now, will edit date.
Sorry for my delayed log, it has been in suspend in the old app which is soon retiring so have to get rid of all my old unlogged finds.

3rd geocache not found today !!

We have been away for a while, hence the maintenance taking a while. We placed a new log in a ziplock bag inside the cache yesterday. However the cache container was in fine condition with the base still attached, so not too sure what previous cachers were referring to - I hope it was our cache that was found!! In any case its all still fine to find now. Happy caching!

I looked for this one before a long time ago. Today I came back and like others found the container minus its base but with a sheet of paper which a few teams had signed. A bit damp but after the rain, lucky it wasn't wetter.
Cheers and needs maintenance

Found this and signed log supplied by previous cacher. Urgent maintenance needed!!

Log and base are missing.

We did find it but the log is gone and so is the base of the container.
We signed a piece of paper and put it in. Needs maintenance.
TFTC

Found with 2peasinapod2012,But only top part of cache, base and log missing,
Put in page from note book, but maintenance required?
TFTC

Found it, empty though

Found! Needs repairing!

Very tricky .. Needs repairing of compartment also no paper to write on

Found by caughtatwork at 15:11 on 13/12/2014
A quick find of the container, but alas, the log book is no longer inside. May need some maintenance.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks jacqsndave for this cache today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found the box on the pathway. Broken..

Hid it next to a tree under some branches.

During my work and travel year in Australia I'm trying to solve my 365 days of caching challenge. Having a moving home zone should make this definitely way easier.

Another short late night trip to this area. Found the box broken on the walkway but as the logbook was still signable I placed my stamp and did my best in hiding the box again.

TFTC and greetings from Germany

Tftc needs a bit of maintenence

Found it. Shame there are no trinkets to swap!

TFTC

Tftc

Twelfth find of the day. Had the geofamily drop me and the bike at the head of the trail on the way to visit the in-laws at Willie, so while they lunched, I cached .
After stopping for lunch in Altona, I followed the path round before deciding to take a short detour to find this cache and another nearby. I arrived at GZ and fortunately had the place to myself, without even seeing any mini-muggles nearby. A quick search revealed what I was after, the log was signed and I was on my way.
Thanks jacqsndave !

A little bit close to neighbours backyards for easy finding. But quickly found nonetheless.

Easy find, the clue is a great help!!!
TFTC!!!!

Collecting a few caches while wife and son are visiting Scienceworks.
TFTC

We tried this cache over a year ago but at the time it was muggled. This trip was successful with a quick grab been between muggle walkers. The signing of the log was challenging as the log was moist and the wind was out of control. As we went to return the log the wind grabbed the page and it went high in the sky, lucky the log was moist as it dropped back down and landed on the fence!! So lucky it didn't blow over as it was the page we signed. Tftc tnln sl

No luck with this one, though was hampered by muggle kids about. May have to try this one again another day.

Feel like sabakitty and I were close on this one, but the only lead based on the hint would have had us looking a bit suss so we moved on.

Find 1248 at 16:56. I was out caching with Burge today and we were out to pick up some of the caches around Williamstown and beyond. All in all, I collected 11 on this beautiful sunny afternoon and this was find number 7.

We had visited this one on a couple of prior occasions and each time we couldn't make a find. Today we were not so unlucky and we soon had the cache in hand... that is until the wind nearly blew the log sheet over the nearby fence! We recovered it safely, though, and returned it to its hiding spot. Thanks for the cache, jacqsndave!

Exactly where it's supposed to be. TFTC

lovely sunny day! container and rock don't exactly go together though. Nice little park!!

good day to find a few

Revisited this one today with xambo4u, and found I hadn't logged it when I was last here on 27.5.13, so am logging it today. Thanks jacqsndave

2.15 Out and about with Echidna44 for the day in the west. Nice easy find in a very nice housing estate. Container was exposed but now is covered it up
Thanks for the cache jacqsndave

Bloody rocks everywhere.

Easy find under the fake rock. Tin might need replacing soon.

TFTC might need a better camo

Trick

Precise coordinates made for a quick find.
Thanks for the cache jacqsndave.

This was a bit of a challenge to find and took a few minutes longer than expected. I was about to give up and then I thought no I'll try over there and there it was. Oddly enough the GPSr at this point decided it was going to be accurate and give me spot on co-ords. Thanks jacqsndave.

It was a pleasant evening for a caching adventure with Rebel Acts. We didn't get much time to get out tonight, but what we did get to do was productive. Finally got it once we had better co-ords.

Found with trailrunning on a pleasnant 7°c night not a big numbers night but we cleaned up afew good caches. Thanks jacqsndave for the cache.

A quick find while picking up a few caches in Williamstown. Cute but yappy dog nearby! Thanks for the cache.

Found it! Needs repair. Thanks for the hiding!

It is school holidays and my wife headed off on a drive to Sydney with the kids to see relatives so I was free from late morning onwards and also still on work duties during the week. I sat on the couch for a little while waiting for the showers to stop but they didn't so I went out anyway. I ended up driving over to Williamstown and didn't have a drop of rain all day which is fantastic. When I arrived back home mid afternoon it was still wet...glad I didn't wait or I'd still be on the couch.
Starting my return journey home today I stopped in a nearby street and wandered over here to find muggles playing football but the GZ was still possible. After a few minutes searching the cache was found a little further away than I thought. Since the muggles were very nearby now I headed up the path the extract and sign the log. Lucky I did because the muggles went running through all the bushes with their football right where I had been. A minute or so later they dispersed so I quickly returned the hide and was on my way.
Thanks jacqnsdave for the cache, the hunt and the fun.

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

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Too much undergrowth not enough time.

This was our first time finding a geocache. Good spot, thanks!

Found with Pathfinder on a dark evening. We had been thinking to look for this one for a while and on my way home from work I called Pathfinder24 to see if he would help me look for it tonight, which he agreed to. I was the first to arrive in the area and tried some different angles to get to GZ before I found the best one. Pathfinder24 arrived well equiped with tourches and the search started. Looking around where our GPSs placed GZ did not result in any find but expanding our search a bit made Pathfinder24 locate the cache. It turned out to be a well camuflaged container and we were glad to have the hint to help us out. Thanks for the cache jacqsndave and to Pathfinder24 for joining me in the search .

Had a look today but it defeated me today
Regards
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Out with Sorceysal today doing some of the Williamstown area. A lovely area and my how Williamstown is growing. I used to live here as a kid and it was very different back then. Took us a little while to find this one but with some help from the hint we had it logged and back in the car we went. Thanks jacqsndave

A day out in Willy and surrounds with Dutch Frangipani to grab a few smileys. Resorted to the clue on this one but still had to fossick to find the cache. Eventually found and signed. Nice area with lots of lovely homes.

thanks for the cache jacqsndave

That was a really good one! Was crawling and crawling and finally my geo-son got it. TFTC

Out with Slink1 today to pick up some caches where we can. In the area today to pick up this one. TFTC TNLN SL

Passing by today, managed with the limited time to check out a few caches, found without issue many thanks to jacqsndave for the effort in placing the cache SL.

Great find thanks

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

Tfth

Couldn't find it

Couldn't find it!

I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!

Yeah, our first find!

Don't come will a dog and look our for sticks

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

Found after a bit of a search tftc.

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 51.593 E 144° 52.858

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 51.597 E 144° 52.864

Distance from original: 37.8 feet or 11.5 meters.
Updated coordinates (thanks Alsume), no doubt to everyones pleasure! Sorry for any confusion or resulting DNFs. Happy hunting

S 37° 51.594 E 144° 52.864
I too used the alternate coords after an initial foray at the posted ones got me nowhere. The alternates were still a little out for me but are much closer than the posted. A nice park with all those faux-Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Found 08:10, after a short detour on my way to work. An easy find today using the co-ords provided by gmj3191 et. al. I can now see why my first visit ended in failure as this area was well away from my search area as determined by the posted co-ords.

TNLN, thanks jacqsndave.

Find # 2711
1:02 pm Mon 3 Mar 2014
I used the coordinates provided by Alsume and the cache was found pretty quickly.
You should update the cache coordinates to these new coordinates so that other caches do not have to live with this cache's problem location.
Thanks for placing this cache jacqsndave

Eventually found this one at 11m distance from where the coords said it should be, so I have listed the coordinates where I found it. Fortunately didn't have any interruptions while crawling around looking a bit sus in the bushes.
thanks jacqsndave

Came out on a caching bender to the Jawbone area and started with this hide. It was a happily isolated spot that made for safe searching and the tell tale sign was spotted after a few minutes. Had a bit of a struggle getting the log sheet out but soon had it signed and replaced and was on my way. Thanks for bringing me here to this wonderful area.
Cheers
MajuraHathi

Found, signed & released back into the wild, TFTC! Xox

Found by Mary & David at 1530. Arrived at GZ after a short walk. Had to search in bursts, stopping occasionally as muggle school kids ambled past on their way home. Finally spotted our quarry about 11m from our indicated GZ. Our thanks to jacqsndave.

I wish I had my grandgeokids with me to hunt this cache up. Its difficult for a 2m, 115kg, 58 year old man to scramble around on hands and knees to find the elusive hidden treasure. But persistence won out and after 10 minutes I decided to read the hint to try and discover where the little bugger was! 30 seconds later success, tftc jacqsndave.

A great Sunday morning to go venture out with my two boys Tyler and Cooper to pick up a few caches around the Williamstown area. Our last find for the day before heading back home. Quite a few DNF's on this one but didn't notice that until logging the find.
Once at GZ we started the hunt and kept looking about under the trees and bushes, maybe buried under the mulch. Expanded the search area and - that looks like a familiar hide, cache found and log signed. Tricky to spot and found about 10m from where my GPS had GZ.
Thanks for the hide.

# 5712. Robmc and I were riding back from Altona when I suggested we detour slightly to have another look for this one. We have been watching it for a while now. Didn't have GPSs with us but did have the iPhone which was of course nowhere near GZ when Rob finally had the cache to hand. Nice one. I can see why people are having difficulty but it sure is good to get this one under the belt. A smilie at last - oh yeah!!

Thanks jacqsndave

We had looked here before (no DNF! sorry about that, but we figured we would be back soon - didn't happen!)
On out way home on the deadly treadlies today and we decided to take the trail along the coast. BB suggested we drop in to have a look for this cache. Neither of us had a GPSr, but we figured we should remember the rough area. I rode right past it - so much for my memory, but BB recognized the place.
Crawled into the bushes trying to miss most of the broken glass (why do people do that?). Saw a suspicious looking object, that was it.
Not sure how we missed it last time.
An interesting construction.
Thanks, Robmc.

We had a good scratch around , apart from demolishing the whole lot couldn't find today.

Epic Fail [B)]

I decided to give this cache a new go, but after an extensive look, still could not find it. I was sooking on the way home when 6hinemoa2 rang, knowing I was still smarting from my last abortive try, so, despite my better judgement I went into the verdent, jungle like vegetation again seeking this aledged cache for the third time, looking with fervour, vigor, and discombobulation around 5 metres to the right of GZ according to my GPS ( 6hinemoa2's suggestion.) After much fart-arsing around ( a well known geocaching term meaning an extensive search when you don't have Buckley's chance and you may as well whistle dixie. ). When the dust had settled & the conniption had finished,I was still very bereft of a cache. I will, in future, stick with a pie with dodger & dead horse..... sticks & stones are off the menu. Thank you anyway jacqsndave for the gardening & scouting practice, the beer, later on, will taste bonza. This cache 3, mudbrick 0.

Tried again early today with better success. Must have had my geo eyed switched on.
TFTC in such a nice housing estate jacqsndave

Had a good scrounge but did not want to damage the shrubery, that is an awful lot of DNF's now jacqsndave.

Junior found this after a good hunt about and hint from the owner. Happy to log this one it was tricky. Tftc

Looked nad looked but no joy here today.
THanks anyway jacqsndave

Just can't seem to find this elusive one

After a few DNFs went and checked the cache. Its still there and in good condition. Coordinates according to my GPS are at most 1m out, but seems spot on most times. Will look into changing the clue as it seems to be difficult for a few. Happy hunting

We came again last night and had a good search in the area of GZ to reveal nothing. Opted for the PAF option, and realised that the cache is more than likely been muggled. Given the the number of DNF's I suggest the cache owner perform maintenance on this cache to confirm it is still there, and confirm the co-ordinates are accurate. Thanks.