Canberra Console Collection - Sega Dreamcast City, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By
shinydragon on 04-Mar-13. Waypoint GC47409
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Logs
I'm sure I had been here some time ago, but perhaps not. Didn't take too long to nab this find. TFTC!
I was feeling a bit crook this morning - enough to call off work, but not quite enough to throw away 265 streak days.After spending most of the day in bed, I felt a bit better by the afternoon and went for a wander to grab something local.I was fortunate that these tennis courts weren't being used which meant I could head to the noteworthy spot at the coordinates and make a quick find for Day 266.Thanks to shinydragon for placing this one here! 
Found on our canberra journey. We wander through the land, grabbing caches and seeing the sights even occasionally catching up with friends log damaged replaced A good day was had while grabbing these caches with lots of miles covered Thanks for placing them *Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*
Out and about at the Canberra Mega with Honeysucker, we visited many caches today on Good Friday and thanks to all the cache owners for some awesome caches, and sorry for the generic log.Regards MrCoffee and the "Mega logs" Coffee Clan.
A quick find today, campus is very very quiet at this time of year! Thanks for the cache shinydragon
After discovering a nearby cache, I better see what more finds possible in this university precinct. Lovely leisure activity around here
Oh Im just starting on this series!I got the PlayStation one some weeks agoI never had a sega but my neighbour had I spent some time playing ninja turtles there with him Thanks for the cache
Thats a beautiful tennis court! In a really nice spotits definitely worth walking around this campus on a spring afternoonNever had a Dreamcast! Was always a PlayStation kid myself, but I do remember one kid in school who got the Dreamcast, which I think was the first 128 bit console available in Australia.Thanks for the cache!
Found after my tutorial finished tonight.
I've not spent a great deal of time around these parts of the campus. Obviously, undergraduate rooms have made up the larger part of my Acton exploration, so it's nice to see some of the more spread out, research focused areas.
Despite the drizzly weather I managed to spot where the cache was hidden on the wander up. Nobody around because of the weather and the night, ended up being a nice drive-by.
Thanks for the cache!
I've not spent a great deal of time around these parts of the campus. Obviously, undergraduate rooms have made up the larger part of my Acton exploration, so it's nice to see some of the more spread out, research focused areas.
Despite the drizzly weather I managed to spot where the cache was hidden on the wander up. Nobody around because of the weather and the night, ended up being a nice drive-by.
Thanks for the cache!
Such a cute tennis court! Nice quiet day so a quick find with the hint. Thanks for the cache!
Hurrah, I finally found this cache, albeit in a newer iteration than my initial searches.
Had to stay longer at work, so it was dark by the time I got out. Mind you, the whole day was quite gloomy.
Thank you for replacing the cache for longer enjoyment.
TFTC
Had to stay longer at work, so it was dark by the time I got out. Mind you, the whole day was quite gloomy.
Thank you for replacing the cache for longer enjoyment.
TFTC
Yay!!! Found at a munzee event lol obsessed with alll the GPS games. Nice fast find on this one today. Thanks for the cache
As per SJG66 's log she did find it in the end. The coordinates have you standing on a sawn off tree stump. The satellite picture confirms this. The actual GZ is a few metres away and hidden as per the clue.
We scrapped around for a while, but no luck today. We might come back for a game of tennis, though!
#3562 Another of the console collection series finally ticked off by DT and I this evening. Thanks shinydragon for placing this cache.
I found this geocache a few years ago with a friend ( forgot to log it though) and is good to come back and find it again.
Went hunting with Emmagizer and Kivicha (who was appropriately dressed in tennis attire) for the find. Thanks for the cache!
Got a bit confused as there wasn't any particularly (13 shift) zvq urvtug sbyvntr at GZ, but it was also getting dark so that might be why I couldn't find it! Will be back...
Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 17.067 E 149° 6.967
Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 17.073 E 149° 6.958
Distance from original: 57.7 feet or 17.6 meters.
Replaced and moved to a slightly different location. I assume the last container got overgrown, I couldn't find it anymore.
S 35° 17.067 E 149° 6.967
Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 17.073 E 149° 6.958
Distance from original: 57.7 feet or 17.6 meters.
Replaced and moved to a slightly different location. I assume the last container got overgrown, I couldn't find it anymore.
###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as being in need of an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.
The cache owner needs to:
* Investigate the situation and either restore the cache, or address any other issues, such as correcting the D/T rating if necessary.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done, and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.
Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary, or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this, that is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.
Alternatively:
* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.
In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by shinydragon and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*
The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is there, and in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.
Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia
This geocache has been brought to my attention as being in need of an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.
The cache owner needs to:
* Investigate the situation and either restore the cache, or address any other issues, such as correcting the D/T rating if necessary.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done, and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.
Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary, or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this, that is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.
Alternatively:
* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.
In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by shinydragon and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*
The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is there, and in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.
Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia
It's gone.
I've now looked for this at least 3 times. And pretty much the whole length of the fence except behind the rose bush. The bottom of the fence is very overgrown and curved into the court. The coordinates are pointing to a tree several meters away and this has not changed with satellites on different days and with different devices. I now also had a friend who found it come and help me and it's not where it was at the new location.
I've now looked for this at least 3 times. And pretty much the whole length of the fence except behind the rose bush. The bottom of the fence is very overgrown and curved into the court. The coordinates are pointing to a tree several meters away and this has not changed with satellites on different days and with different devices. I now also had a friend who found it come and help me and it's not where it was at the new location.
No luck today. The coords led me to one spot, but the hint would indicate a slightly different spot in the same location. Unfortunately a search in both spots has turned up nothing. Given the number of DNFs, I’d recommend the cache owner check to see if the cache is still there, and also reconfirm the coordinates.
Me and my small human friend and a look but couldn't find it this time... we will try again another day
This weekend from 17-21/06/2021, I joined georode and gridge98 in visiting our nation's capital, Canberra for geocaching adventures. We prioritised the higher difficulty-terrain combinations, as well as the more special/unique cache types.
On Thursday, I largely spent the day solo and visited Black Hill lookout, the Botanic Gardens, Australian National University and nearby Canberra Central, and then gridge98 and I walked around the front of Parliament area in Parkes.
Friday was spent completing a few hikes in Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve and Kowen Escarpment Nature Reserve, before then meeting locals at a Friday evening dinner event.
Saturday was predominantly the UFO series in Bullen Range Conservation Reserve, targeting the higher terrain ridge area.
On Sunday, we arose to the morning's CITO event, before returning to Goorooyarroo Reserve for more walking around those hills.
Finally on Monday, gridge98 and I headed north to Yass for the Birds of Australia Wherigo series, a few climbing caches, and returning to ACT completing the UGC series.
Today, I took ownership of our rental car, with my aim of heading to the lower Black Mountain challenges. However, I was lured by the virtual cache at the top of the mountain, and so that became my first stop. A short jog around the hill, and then great views at the top of Telstra Tower.
My next visit was the Australian National Botanic Gardens, completing the *Australia's Garden* and *The Rainforest Walk* Adventure Labs. It was then on to the challenges around lower Black Mountain, spending a few hours walking around before the rain fell later in the afternoon.
My afternoon was then spent touring around Australian National University whilst following a few more Adventure Labs: *ANU*, *Everyone's a critic!* and *What's in a name?*. I then had a walk in downtown Canberra and visited Glebe Park completing that *Glebe Park Wander* Adventure Lab.
After dinner, gridge98 was grabbed from the airport, and we explored some of Parkes in front of Parliament House. A few more virtual, wherigos and Adventure Labs were completed, and we made one last stop at the National Carillon.
I was nearby to this cache whilst completing the Adventure Lab Locations and EarthCache, so I thought I would have a quick walk to this spot. Wow, this was a tough hide, and spent a good 15 minutes searching around (I probably should have left this one). In amongst my searching, I did find two tennis balls hidden within the ivy, and just as I was about ready to give up, I found the well, well hidden cache. A very difficult hide, that is probably a little underrated to only be a difficulty two cache, and the coordinates were about 8 m away from the posted coordinates. Otherwise, the cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks shinydragon for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance. Luckily, the place was rather quiet today, that I didn't look too suspicious!
On Thursday, I largely spent the day solo and visited Black Hill lookout, the Botanic Gardens, Australian National University and nearby Canberra Central, and then gridge98 and I walked around the front of Parliament area in Parkes.
Friday was spent completing a few hikes in Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve and Kowen Escarpment Nature Reserve, before then meeting locals at a Friday evening dinner event.
Saturday was predominantly the UFO series in Bullen Range Conservation Reserve, targeting the higher terrain ridge area.
On Sunday, we arose to the morning's CITO event, before returning to Goorooyarroo Reserve for more walking around those hills.
Finally on Monday, gridge98 and I headed north to Yass for the Birds of Australia Wherigo series, a few climbing caches, and returning to ACT completing the UGC series.
Today, I took ownership of our rental car, with my aim of heading to the lower Black Mountain challenges. However, I was lured by the virtual cache at the top of the mountain, and so that became my first stop. A short jog around the hill, and then great views at the top of Telstra Tower.
My next visit was the Australian National Botanic Gardens, completing the *Australia's Garden* and *The Rainforest Walk* Adventure Labs. It was then on to the challenges around lower Black Mountain, spending a few hours walking around before the rain fell later in the afternoon.
My afternoon was then spent touring around Australian National University whilst following a few more Adventure Labs: *ANU*, *Everyone's a critic!* and *What's in a name?*. I then had a walk in downtown Canberra and visited Glebe Park completing that *Glebe Park Wander* Adventure Lab.
After dinner, gridge98 was grabbed from the airport, and we explored some of Parkes in front of Parliament House. A few more virtual, wherigos and Adventure Labs were completed, and we made one last stop at the National Carillon.
I was nearby to this cache whilst completing the Adventure Lab Locations and EarthCache, so I thought I would have a quick walk to this spot. Wow, this was a tough hide, and spent a good 15 minutes searching around (I probably should have left this one). In amongst my searching, I did find two tennis balls hidden within the ivy, and just as I was about ready to give up, I found the well, well hidden cache. A very difficult hide, that is probably a little underrated to only be a difficulty two cache, and the coordinates were about 8 m away from the posted coordinates. Otherwise, the cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks shinydragon for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance. Luckily, the place was rather quiet today, that I didn't look too suspicious!
was about to hunt an e-cache nearby. couldn't resist getting this one as well.
co-ords a bit off for me but the clue made to find easy with a logical search.
cute little tennis court.
Thanks for the cache
co-ords a bit off for me but the clue made to find easy with a logical search.
cute little tennis court.
Thanks for the cache
No-one in sight so could search thoroughly. Which was fortunate cause it took me a few turns around the area. Finally found in a quite easy to get to and obvious spot for the area - but nicely tucked away. Good hide. Tftc
Looked high and low, waited it out until someone finished up on the courts to further the search and came up empty handed
On previous visits there was no opportunity for a thorough search as the nearby courts were always in use. Today however, was the day. Spot on coordinates led to an immediate find, low down. TFTC shinydragon
Once again this one has eluded us. With 3 pairs of eyes searching we were still unable to find it.
With oniefrrret and nibletricecakes. We search at the co-ords and along the fence (14m away from co-ords) but did not come away with a find. 2nd time unlucky.
Visited the new location with a sense of hope but sadly GLISS! onieferret and I came up empty handed once again. Rats. Will have to come back and try another day.
Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 17.056 E 149° 6.950
Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 17.067 E 149° 6.967
Distance from original: 107.8 feet or 32.8 meters.
Container could not be found, moved slightly to a new location
S 35° 17.056 E 149° 6.950
Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 17.067 E 149° 6.967
Distance from original: 107.8 feet or 32.8 meters.
Container could not be found, moved slightly to a new location
Out on the hunt with GLISS! K8TYBEE, onieferret and Lacealot trying to clear out the rest of the ANU caches, looks like we will need to be back as this one was a no show tonight. Thanks for the cache.
Our and about geocaching with Team SLAK plus Lacelot, and we were unable to locate this one. We found a location where it possibly could be but unfortunately it was a no go. Maybe next time we are in the area we can change thus frown to a smile.
Out with my usual Wednesday night crew plus 1. The 5 of us could not find this one. I think the area has been cleaned up and this little one has gone.
TFTC from the Kayakviking - catching up some logs.
Night time walk after work and found the area clear after a couple of previous walk pasts.
Covered the cache a little better as quite exposed on apprach.
Cheers
Night time walk after work and found the area clear after a couple of previous walk pasts.
Covered the cache a little better as quite exposed on apprach.
Cheers
Beautiful day for caching
No pen. So took a photo instead Threesmartgirls.
No pen. So took a photo instead Threesmartgirls.
Decide to collect all the ANU caches off my do list, so went to search it quick found and placed back where it belong TFTC shinydragon
Signed this one PJB after a quick find on the way to the Geo sons school concert. Tftc
Came for this one years ago as one of my first caches with no luck...triumphant return today with a much more accurate compass!
In Canberra for a meeting that finished early so went for a run to collect some caches. This took a bit of searching but something glimmering took my eye. A quick sign of the log and returned. TFTC
