Divine Architecture - St Petka Rockbank, Victoria, Australia
By BBDAMN on 29-Mar-13. Waypoint GC48MPT

Archiving due to ongoing works at GZ

"Temporary" fencing and machinery are still in place. I'm not sure what they are meant to be doing but they are sure taking their time about it. If not clear soon I think I will archive cache.

Drove by on the way to work. Temporary fence is still erected across GZ

A lot of works going on here and cache may be fenced off. Need to stop by and check if it is still here.

There is a big pile of dirt and rocks here now. Work in progress. Didnt have too hard a look

**Find #979**

It was May the 4th yesterday, But the force was strong with me today. A quick easy find. Found it at about shin height. Signed the log and replaced it at knee height. Thanks **BBDAMN.** TFTC.

Driven past this one many times from the highway, finally on the side roads so stopped to pick it up. No luck. My GPS had me standing metres away from where anything "knee to hip height" could be. Followed the fence and still didn't find anything. Will try again another day.

Georocks101 and I failed to find this one after searching for a while. Hopefully we'll have better luck next time.

A fascinating looking church. We drove in for a closer look and spoke to the ministers mother. Her husband is buried just outside the church. A lovely chat to a nice lady. We drove to the other side of the fence and struck out.

Started on the wrong side of the fence. Drove around and found it pretty quickly. Tftc.

We first looked for this cache in November. There were 7 of us in fading light searching for 10 minutes but with no luck. This time with just the missus and I searching I thought that we were going to end up with the same result until......

Nasty, straight out nasty.

Thanks BBDAMN.

Grabbed this cache today and another Divine Architecture down the road. This was an easy find GZ was spot on. TFTC

I first looked for this only shortly after I started caching and had no luck at the time. Despite driving past GZ regularly I had never stopped in to try and convert this relatively nearby cache. Today after visiting the fantastic playground in the new Woodlea estate just down the road we detoured back past this way on the way home. This time after a short search I spotted the little hide. No wonder I struggled a bit without much experience this one is easily overlooked, particularly if it hadn't been found in a while I would imagine. I was a bit startled by a train rocketing past while I was signing the log, it's amazing there is no barrier between the tracks and the road here. I wonder for how much longer this area will be fairly open, suburbia is quickly encroaching. Thanks for the hide BBDAMN and glad to finally be logging it.

Find no. 1114

Our last cache for the day after a full day completing a series and caching in the surrounding area. Geowife spotted this one on the map as we were driving home and said "one more" for today.

We're always determined to end every caching day with a smiley, however after I started the search and seeing the past DNF I thought we were going to walk away disappointed. Full credit goes to geowife here, she had the cache in hand in a matter of moments.

Thanks BBDAMN for placing this cache and highlighting this interesting building.

Unfortunately a DNF here. Wished i had read previous logs before i started looking as i would not have relied on the hint. Oh well, I'll try again another day.

Our last find for today made a quick on a very cold day.
Been wanting to do this one for a long time now can cross it off the to o list.
Thanks for bringing us here. Signed and replaced. TFTC.

Tftc

Being a nice winters day my son and I decided to spend the afternoon caching.

This must have been a really short cachet if you go by the hint.

TFTC

All ok TFTC

that was very tricky. thanks for taking me here. beautiful old church!

Found it, although based on the hint, my knees are higher than the cache hider.

After stopping at a nearby servo for fuel, this was the closest cache. Twisting hubbies arm we were able to stop as it wasn't far of our route

Thanks for placing this cache

Not over this side of the city much but I had a delivery to do here in the work truck. Great reason to find a quick cache! GPS had me bouncing around a bit so it took me a few minutes to spot. TFTC
We have a lot of similar structures over on the south eastern side of the city.

Quick find on the way home visiting family, tftc!

Never fails to surprise

When they say small. They mean damn small! Good find even though I lived around the corner I never new this was here. TFTC

I was heading up to the Pyrete Range for a hike and bypassed here.

No one in site and I amazed myself with this wonderful piece of architecture.

A little search back and forth soon had me spotting the little cache.

I signed the relatively new log and was on my way.

TFTC

I was going to attempt this one a couple of months ago, but there was a muggle worker not far from GZ. This time the area was clear & it wasn't long before I located the cache. TFTC BBDAMN and for showing this fascinating building.

All ready to find again

Log replaced

Need to change log but pet chores come first
Hope to get there before Australia Day

A nice easy find with accurate co-ords. TFTC

On the way home from Melbourne couldn't resist one last stop to nab this one. Log is full but managed to squeeze it on tftc

This certainly is a hidden gem in the unassuming township of Rockbank - what a divine surprise indeed. Thanks for taking us here

Log has only about three spots left

Talk about tiny.... wow. Found it

nice quick and easy find, TFTC

TFTC quick little fine.

Out of work early for New Years Eve and thought to broaden the smilies on my map.
TFTC!!!

Driving past the area we we couldn't resist - mini shogun tailing close behind under the watchful eye of mum - we nailed the hide somewhat quickly ... which I didnt expect. Now I wonder if we were being watched by the nearby house?

Many thx to the co.

Last time I came for this one had to give up as there was muggles around went back today and it was muggle free . Quick find with the hint . Thanks BBDAMN .

A short detour off the highway brought us to gz for this cache. After admiring the architecture, a brief search found what we came for. Log signed and cache returned to it's place, we were on our way to our next target. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache

I thought the sky looked great today but it wasn't as spectacular as your photo. Thanks for the cache.

Some CITO needed along the fence. Took a bit of finding but got there in the end. TFTCSL

Tiny, awesome cache

Micro black hard to spot

12:28, 2 December 2015. #291. Out pre-riding the route for the Melbourne Toy Run from Werribee to Melton and thought while I had to practically drive by this one I'd check it out. I've visited before, but didn't hunt long so didn't log it, but I'm pretty sure I looked where I found it today and 1. it wasn't where I found it today 2. it sure wasn't positioned as obviously as it was today. A very quick and easy find today.

SL. TFTC BBDAMN.

This entry was edited by RGSBruce on Wednesday, 02 December 2015 at 03:02:45 UTC.

[green]Find #7385[/green]...

Found on my November Cache Cleanup...

A beautiful day to be out this as I attempt to clean up some of the local caches...

A short search, found cache, stamped and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment BBDAMN...

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing

A quick find beside another interesting structure. Thanks.

Loving being bought to these structures. TFTC

Off to Melbourne and districts for a long weekend with mates - Fangsoki and Crew153. Our goals were kind of focussed and for today we decided we needed this one for a special challenge we were after qualifying for. Drove in and parked at GZ, and after a short hunt a little'un was uncovered and unravelled for signaturing.

Thanks for placing this cache, BBDAMN. Found in good condition.
{Overall find #4213}
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Pprime, Fangsoki and I had flown down from Brisbane for a weekend of caching and we had picked out a list of "special" caches which interested us. This container type was of interest for us to complete a challenge.

We had to wait for a train to cross before we drove close to the search spot. There were a few cars around St Petka but there we no prying eyes so we could search with no problems and Pprime eventually came up with the find.

TFTC.

Pprime, Crew 153, and I were in the area and we decided to grab this one.

We parked up near GZ and started our hunt. It took a while but Pprime eventually came up with the goods. They were in good condition. TFTC BBAMN

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On the way to Ballarat - detour and loved old St Petka so beautiful [^] [^]

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Found this little cache on my way to Mount Cottrell on EarthCache Day. Took a little while to locate cache but by the time I found it the muggles playing nearby had retreated, and signing the log was straight-forward. TFTC!

This was our second attempt at this one still no luck

Found this one on my isolated caches run. I had to wait for a train to come past and then avoided a few car muggles before searching for this one. I prefer bigger caches but I managed to find this one with not too much stress though it did take a while. Signed log and continued on with my journey.

Thanks for the cache.

16/09/2015 1:08:00 PM
No luck for me here today, an interesting church though

Searched for about 15 minutes, but I was looking for a nano by torchlight I couldn't really tell if it was behind one of the metallic posts, or on one of the star pickets. Couldn't narrow down a particular post to search so I felt pretty distracted. Nano's aren't really my preferred cache type so I gave up before the frustration set in.

found with geniejoan

Finally!!! I've lost count of how many times I have tried to find this baby... After a chat with you at the un-birthday event I had a clearer idea of what I was looking for. Thank you!

Found this small "other" while trying to dodge some locals.
Thanks for the cache.

Sneaky little thing, prefer 814/128 as co-ords given are a bit off. T4TC

Smythesdale to Rockbank where we are camped for 2 nights.
After setting up camp we headed towards Eynesbury caches not far away.
There were also a couple of others we could not pass by.
Thanks for placing this cache BBDAMN

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 43.812 E 144° 39.132

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 43.812 E 144° 39.133

Distance from original: 6.6 feet or 2 meters.
Dropped by on my way home today to take new coords on my GPSr.

A quick drive by!
The o-ring has split.
TFTC

Found with Mrs Blue Duck on our caching expedition. The church is lovely. The cache was suitably tricky to find. Scared myself looking inside one of the posts there was a rather large spider in there. Don't look there! We soon got our hands on the micro and signed the log. TFTC.

Out for a walk this morning and a visit to this area to finish off the remainder of the Eynesbury series seemed like a good idea, even despite the weather outlook. Having finished the series I can now look at a few of the surrounding caches.
Back on the road (almost) for the trip home to the east of Melbourne. An enjoyable morning with some interesting finds/hides and this nasty hide to finish it off.
Thanks for placing this cache BBDAMN

Found the little guy. Very very cute little church. Didn't expect that to be here! TFTC!!

No luck for me today... Either my caching eyes aren't working or maybe the cache needs checking...

Thanks for bringing me here anyway BBDAMN

What beautiful architecture but disgusting surrounds, lots of rubbish and prickly pears, not ideal areas to search for a nano, but we tried, and we failed, not a great way to start our day

Found It... Found this one while out on a caching afternoon, After arriving at GZ a short search soon reveled the cache and with the log signed we moved onto the next one. Thanks BBDAMN for the cache and bringing us to this hidden gem

Tried to find on our way to Grey Box Forest. No luck today

It certainly is a nice building. Actually has a train come through and stop just as I pulled up so I had to wait for a muggle to leave before starting the search properly, which was really a process of elimination before the cache was in hand. Thought I had it earlier but this was a cache sized spider egg nest (well emptied by the way!) Thanks to BBDAMN for highlighting this place and the cache.

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On todays little caching trip with Pathfinder24 and Ostara74 we decided to drive past this one to see if we could find anything to write on In the scorching heat it was probably my gps that was suffering most as it showed ca.10 m off where we found the cache. On the other hand Ostara74 was spot on with her gps and that did make things easier. Back in the car I only had to remove one cactus spine from my hand, so all in all not bad

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Norway.

Ostara74, Ellesaich LouiseAnn, LouiseAnn's partner and I headed for the Pykes Creek Reserve armed with kayaks planning to get some of the water only caches in the area. The plan was soon changed when we arrived, the wind was very, very strong and the water was very choppy. This made Ostara74 and Ellesaich a bit nervous. We decided to try for one cache, just across from where we put in. After a long but reasonable uneventfull paddle we were at the GZ in question but we were unable to get onto the shore to find the cache due to the on shore winds and the chop and wake from power boats. We returned to the cars and had awodnerful lunch instead. After Lunch we packed up said goodbye to LouiseAnn and her ever patient partner and we headed for home. However, we were quickly distracted by a winery close by, and after visiting them, we were inspired to take a more seanic route home and find some caches on the way. Ostara74 did a great job spotting this very tricky hide. This was cache find number 4 of 6 for the day. Thanks for the cache, BBDAMN.

I found this cache together with Pathfinder24 and ellesaich on a very hot day. This was my second of five finds today.
After spending the first half of the day by the Pykes creek lake we were heading home but made some stops on our way for some caches.
The cache was retrieved, the log signed and then we were quick to get back in the air conditioned car.
Thanks for the cache BBDAMN!

We found this cache today at 6:40pm as number 22 of 23 on our Melton Intervening Days Tour. Just ducking in now to get a few caches close to the freeway on the way home. Wow, a bit difficult to spot but we eventually got it. Our second cache find on this little section of road over the years. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

I had a bit of a look, but couldn't figure out where to focus my attention. Nice church though!

On way to Adelaide for few days via Perth with whitepaws9
Quickly found it
Thanks BBDAMN

I hunted a lot, but alas, no cache for me. Given the proximity to the playground, could it have been kid-led? (a junior version of muggled)

Got it this time in the daylight as much easier to spot micros. Not stepping on cacti helps. TFTC BBDAMN.

What a sneaky cache it was hard to find with the GPS playing up badly today thanks to Azz for the find !tftc

We are on a day trip to the Brunswick area.
Found with Wozzle68, Misscheif18.

We found your cache Divine Architecture - St Petka on 28/09/2014 3:58 pm. This is our find #4005 and find #15 today.
Nearly got blown away, which made for a harder search than it should have been.
The cache is in good shape.
Thanks BBDAMN for the cache!

Bumped up the difficulty rating after the previous log - have to admit I completely forgot to review it when I hid the replacement cache

15:01
Having read the logs written over the past five months for this one, it was with some hesitation began our search today. Bingo! Spot On coordinates had the little sucker in hand and a fresh log sheet to boot - a nice way to end the afternoon. Given the nature of the hide, we did wonder if the DR of 1.5 was a somewhat low though.

Thanks to BBDAMN for the hunt.
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This entry was edited by Phetlern on Monday, 22 September 2014 at 06:39:57 UTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 43.810 E 144° 39.138

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 43.812 E 144° 39.132

Distance from original: 33.7 feet or 10.3 meters.
Dropped by on my way home from work to take the coords again.

Checked on the way home and container is still securely where I put it. GPS Coords were out this afternoon - maybe because of the clouds. I will try to check on a clearer day. Without giving away the location completely, the container is a standard commercially available nano. It IS hidden from direct view by a naturally occurring shield. It IS hard to see due to the size and colour.

Looked for quite awhile.

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 43.788 E 144° 39.079

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 43.810 E 144° 39.138

Distance from original: 314.7 feet or 95.9 meters.
Have changed cache location due to installation of CC camera and ongoing works at the site

New cache container in a new location

I have decided to place a completely different type of container here in a different location as the installation of the CC camera and the ongoing works makes the original area an uncertain gamble.

Work continues at the location. I am checking on my way to work each day and will replace when I can

This one might have been muggled.

Checked on my way home from work and it has in deed been muggled. Possibly by muggles in hi-vis and hardhats given the work going on at the station at the moment. I will temporarily disable for now and decide whether to replace when the work is completed.

Not tonight =[ with previous finders and all.

Found it
Heading to OZ Mega SA...
TFTC

Geokid found this one within a minute of parking the car.
Interesting looking building.
TFTC

Found 11.30am
We have been here before to find a cache and with the area to ourselves this one was a quick easy find.

TNLNSL
Thanks BBDAMN

The old band was back together as GazaC took a drive to find a few more caches to the NW. This was the first of a hand-full of smileys collected today, and a cool little spot. I've driven by and noticed the building but hadn't realised the train station was so close. We found the cache quickly but felt a bit exposed when i car came to pick someone up from the presumably soon-to-arrive train, but we appeared to be of little interest to them.
Cheers for the cache BBDAMN and kicking off todays proceedings.