Optical Illusion... POLEverised 4. Frankston South, Victoria, Australia
By jithi5 on 05-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4DKFE

Found it

Done

I was a bit confused about this one, but after inspecting the area I found a few points of interest!

With unknown unpredictable weather due. I asked Rebel Acts if he was up for a cache run today to make the most of the sunny day. "Is the Pope Catholic?" No, they weren't the words he used, but I knew l didn't need to twist his arm. (Nor would I want to ouch) so Rebel Acts was given the job of picking the location. This reserve was one of today's destinations where we did a lot of walking. (No complaints from me it was a beautiful day and a great location. Epic fail in finding the tool at waypoint 1. After being fixated on something else that was similar to what we needed to look for, I found the correct GZ and was able to get in without any TOTT. Check out the picture we were both fascinated by this unusual tree near GZ.

Not knowing the Pole series, as we are from the other side of the bay, we initially thought this was going to be a fishing pole placement, high up in the tree. After reading the description we were happy to note that it wasn’t and that it was a much more interesting way to hide a cache.
The tool was found easily at the given coordinates and then used to extract the cache and ultimately the logbook to sign.
Thanks jithi5 for the fun way to place this multi, we enjoyed the experience.

Very hard couldnt find. Found the tool but not the cache

Well I'm back again today with a couple of hints from previous finders, some good and some bad. After a search in a area I had looked before but it was covered with debris we found what we were looking for this time. Man that was hard!
Thanks jithi5 for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Yeah... wow.. that was very tricky. Thankfully Spiffy- had some idea on this from his previous attempts.

Thanks to jithi5 for the fun and the adventure.

Today I dropped my daughter off for a few days sleepover at her friends house so then I of course had to look for some caches on the way home. Well, in a very roundabout way home anyway.

I arrived and immediately found the tool. Then I had no idea what to do, I looked around in a lot of bushes and found a few interesting objects but then didn't no what to do so moved on....
Thanks jithi5 for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Found the tool, couldn't find what to use it on! Will have to come back when it's lighter.

Spotted what we were looking for but didn't have the tool to retrieve. Will have to come back another time

The first part of this multi was easy but the next stage was a bit tougher. Took a few minutes to work out as I made a wrong turn and ended up at the final point before I started at the co-ords . That helped me solve this very clever one.

Funny story with this one, apparently I had been here before many moons ago and had forgotten to log it as a find, because as I arrived at gz I thought wait a minute....... this seems awfully familiar and with looking at the page the cache was soon in hand where I had last found it.... easy as, that being said maybe I should be more diligent with my logging ah wells I am here now so I may as well log it for today. TFTC

Out with JimmyJabGames for the day. Our. second time attempting this multi. Very creative cache. Loved it and nearly gave up the second time as well

What a find! This one had us scratching our heads for a little while. Tool was a quick find but the location of the final cache, not so much. Thanks to a little nudge from the CO, we were back on track and soon found this secret hiding spot. Thanks for the hide

Most fun cache, absolutely brilliant hide for a very locked down weekend bike ride. A bit of puzzlement but then a Yelp from geokid as he crashed around the bushes looking for things to apply the tool to. Got it!

Quick find of the tool then found cache a few minutes later didn’t need tool to retrieve cache. TFTC

Tried yesterday with TOTT but magnet wasn't strong enough. Brought a stronger magnet today and still no luck.

What a cheeky cache! I should back up for a moment and advise those that follow, well the next finder to come, bring along a magnetic grabbing tool for the initial bit. At the moment the container holding the tool and likely the coords or instructions to get to GZ is a little too far recessed to be able to extract any other way.
Given that advice, the CO or anyone else might ask how I managed to find the cache. Well, it pays to have PAFs available is all I will say. Needing a multi for today I was glad to make a find on this one.

Well. I found it I think. But not the tool. Could bring my own but really want to know if the tool is still there

Can see cache, just not TOTT. Will come again with my own. Such a busy bike path.

I think we found the container, but not the tool, so couldn’t confirm our find

I found the tool quickly enough, but then it took some searching, and perhaps a PAF to steer me in the right direction. A fantastic cache! Thanks so much for placing this cache jithi5, a favourite from me.

Quick find at wp1. Then the hunt began is it here is it there. No it's over there nice one accept for the ants that have taken over gz.. tftc

Noted the insect issue. Thanks for the heads up.
Will bug spray and fix up so it is a little more "user" friendly for future cachers.

After ride the bike at Peninsula Link Trail with pwala
The weather was great for us today.
Awesome hide I like
fav from me
Found it
Thanks jithi5

Out for a cache day on my bike with Crank1 in Frankston area. Beautiful day. Thanks jithi5 for bringing us here and the multi cache, loved this hide. A fav from me.

#1436 - 10.50am
I've come to enjoy the odd Tuesday morning jithi5 challenge. Despite passing a school excursion group as I approached WP0, the key scene was fortuitously deserted... aside from the trademark cement mixer.
I solved the first step easily but then the bafflement set in. Up as back. Round and around. I had to search everything 3 times before I found what I was looking for.
So very well played again, jithi5. Even in spite of the plague of ants in both positions, this cleverly conceived cache daily earns a favourite point.
Thank for the fun.

This one was an awesome hide! Im a bit annoyed it was given away by the pic
But fav from me still!

I though I saw this on approach, and I did sort of... but what came out of the 'hide' was most unexpected - I should really start reading cache pages first. So I took the 'tool' and thought, omg now what? To I need to find something that matches, or is a bit of a red herring? I looked about and couldn't see anything at all! Then some clown shows up and starts washing out his cement truck!! I stealthily hid the tool back and was about to walk away, when I decided to check a few more things and on one of those things had something that would fit! So I grabbed the tool again and set to work, keeping one eye on what I was doing and one on the footpath. Soon enough things were freed and I was signing the logbook.

This cache is now in my top ten of hides. I love the cryptic hint, that I didn't get until an hour later and I was driving home!

Epic work, more please!!

Found it but didn't have the necessary equipment, have to come back

1 April 2017 5:22 pm
Find # 400!
With no intention of reaching this milestone today, we found ourselves ridiculously close so we pushed on and found some rippers to finish off on.
This one is a worthy milestone cache. What a terrific effort in placing this here.
TFTC - a fave point from the Wombles

Nice ride along the bike track doing a couple of caches. Found the first WP easily, then sat and scratched our heads for a while wondering what to do with the acquired tool. After a short search found a suitable bolt. Signed the log and added a toy.
TFTC

While I have some views on this cache, I'll keep them to myself, but perhaps the coordinates for GZ could be engraved or somehow provided with the tool at WP1 to make it fairer to the cacher... Otherwise an excellent cache! Sure is an optical illusion, could have fooled me! I did first check one structure again but that wasn't going to budge, then onto the other and convinced myself to look past the deception. I was in business, a few cyclists passing by but no one interested in what I was doing, I could've passed off for an inspector or something I guess. A few spiders and then had the log in hand. Signed and replaced all back as found.

Quite a bit of difficulty returning the tool. Got it in ok but perhaps it could be reworked... thanks for all the effort gone into the cache, it was good fun. Thanks jithi5.

Oops, accidentally logged the find. Well, I wish I had of looked at the spoiler photo in the gallery here before attempting this cache! Ah well. Found the tool but where to go? Unfortunately some workers very close by weren't making it easy to wander around aimlessly. Will be back. Thanks jithi5.

I have done a few of your caches in the past and some today so I had some idea that I should expect the unexpected ! Arrived at GZ and soon found the tool.
But what to do with it .
So started looking around for things that I could use the tool on. Nothing was coming up roses at first but after a while I found something of interest. Was still uncertain but persevered and an interesting thing happened. Not saying what but needless to say I was soon signing the log.
Thanks jithi5 for another quirky cache, definately a fav point for this one.

Going for another of jithi5's POLEverised caches, I had an idea what I was looking for, even with no clues in the description.
At the GZ, soon had the tool in hand, but couldn't find anything like what I was expecting.
Starting to worry that the cache was under the fallen tree, was soon amused by a crow chasing away a kookaburra.
That was the break that I needed to clear my mind of preconceptions and soon, even thought I still didn't believe it, was using the tool and found the cache.
Waited for all the spiders to make a dash and was then signing my name.
I've said it before and am sure I will say it again, jithi5, your in-field puzzles are just devious, evil and fantastic.
Thanks for another great caching experience
Hunter

What a great cache - it did take us a little while to figure out what to do, and even with the spoiler photo we kept searching. Nice one! Found in the company of quiet1_au and GJMMelb. TFTC

This one had us thinking. After the walk to GZ, G' of GJMMelb soon found the tool but like others before us we weren't sure what to do next. Searching around we still didn't see anything obvious so lochb set to researching previous logs and found a lead. I kept thinking I needed to explore one area that seemed to keep drawing my attention and with lochb I looked at but discounted something, but see spotted the link and - well - there wasn't anything else around so as unlikely as it seemed we had a closer look. The tool fitted so after a little work by G' we were still a little surprised when the cache appeared. Bold? Cheeky? Clever? - perhaps a little of each - definitely not one to attempt with muggles around. TFTC jithi5

Found with Lochb and Quiet1_au on a warm afternoon. having been to the nearby flora and fauna park we drove down the road a bit and parked not too far away from this cache. Walking along the track a short distance - thankfully having had a long walk already, we came to Gz. I soon spotted what we needed, but I had no idea what to apply it too. We read some logs and looked around a bit before Q spotted a promising object and L made the connection with the clues. I then applied the tool supplied and soon had the cache in hand. No spiders today. Great cache although perhaps some what of a puzzle as well as a multi. Thanks
jithi5
GJMMelb

New to multicaches, bit bummed we couldn't find it. There is fallen trees across where I 'think' I might have to head.

Why oh why does this only have 27% favourite points! It deserves sooo much more than that I don't know how someone could even log this cache without adding a favourite point.

I was a bit confused that this multi had no instructions whatsoever, I don't think I have come across another multi like this. The first waypoint took me about 5 minutes because I was looking in the wrong places but I eventually located it.

Finding the actual cache was another story. What am I doing here with this tool? Where do I go? What am I supposed to be doing? Is there some cryptic clue I have missed?

I was pretty confused and aimlessly wondered around for a bit. 20 minutes passed and I branched out further and I finally spotted the cache location however I was still extremely weary as I didn't think it could be placed there.

After using my tool I pulled out the cache and BOOOOOOMMM. SPIDERS EVERYWHERE AHHHH. I DROPPED THE CACHE AND RAN. But the spiders ran too! They were infested inside the cache location but quickly dissipated. After I waited a few minutes I cautiously signed the log and replaced everything back where it belonged.

Thanks for such an awesome cache and amazing experience. Cache hiding goals for me
Big fat favourite point added, what a great idea and well planned cache/experience

Have been out and fixed the issue.
Tool is back where it should be and cache is again fully operational.

Another big night of walking talking and finding caches. Full log to follow. But for now TFTC

Out tonight with Ruverbug Jam & BendSinister checking my nightcaches across the road.
Followed on by clearing out this trail.

The tool was located but unfortunately we were not able to retrieve it from it's hide. A short walk back to the Geo-vehicle soon had our own tool kit sorted.
Back at GZ the cache was soon in hand and signed.

Thanks for a clever multi jithi5
You will need to do some maintenance at wp1.

Was at the posted coordinates tonight and it's clear things have been tampered with since I was last here, such that it's not possible to complete the task at hand without coming specially equipped.

Find #2056

I was here yesterday but failed to complete the task. This time after a nearby find I wandered past again and spotted something that I had checked but dismissed yesterday. It's amazing how some time to think it over helps to clarify what to look for! Back for the tool that I had found yesterday and after doing the necessary the cache was in hand. Fortunately no passers by on a warm lunchtime and before long all was back in place as it should be. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for a different and clever multi cache jithi5. This one earns a favourite point from me.

Found the tool today but another visit will be required to progress further. Thanks jithi5.

Just performed owners maintenance on this cache.

Out on the bikes grabbing caches along this section. Arrived at destination to WP1 and a quick search had us holding the clue to GZ. Looking for a likely target had us scouring around and Geo wife came up with the spot. It now was not too long and log book signed and safely back again. I think we were lucky though with this one. TFTF

Thought it was surely time to have a look at the multi here given that, for once, pedestrian traffic was surprisingly close to non-existent by usual standards. And what an unconventional multi-cache it turned out to be! I found the hidey-hole at WP1 after a short look around but what one was expected to do next was not entirely clear. Nothing in the immediately vicinity showed much promise. It's possible my extensive use of these pedestrian thoroughfares (official and not-very-official) between here and central Frankston helped me a little here. Whatever the reason, I was able to identify the intended destination surprisingly swiftly. Thankfully there seems to be sufficient foliage around presently to conceal a lone figure while doing the required, fairly involved, deed. I especially liked this one! A favourite. Thanks once more jithi5!

16:25
Back in 2013 we pedalled part of the PLT, so it was good to get a little further today. This was our fourth POLEverised experience, another test for the grey matter. At WP1 we soon had what we needed, off to GZ, getting our name in the log was relatively easy. It was returning everything to its original configuration which took a lot of patience.

Our thanks to jithi5 for bringing us here.
13642

Found the first part super quick but then the hunt for second half was quick long. eventually finding after remebering something we saw earlier and then it clicked. TFTC a fav point

This entry was edited by The Boyd Family on Sunday, 19 July 2015 at 07:00:44 UTC.

It's very sad to see someone had removed this hide after all the effort you put in to your clever caches. Found but someone had removed it from its original spot

Thanks, what for dog turds

Found it after thinking a bit and saying what

Tools gone

Clever hide and name. Attacked by ants that had decided to make the cache part of their home. Another 366 filled. TFTC

Knocked off early this afternoon and headed out to grab some fresh air, some exercise and yeah, some caches.
Quick to find the device, but what to do with it? That is the question! Hmmm, wondered around considering the options and yep, my first choice was the correct choice. Interesting cache, not sure about the location though, food for thought.
Thanks for placing this cache jithi5

With a previous DNF I decided to return and have another try. This time I was more persistent and more importantly in the right spot.
What a great hide, I was pleased to be able to finally finish this off. Thanks to jithi5 for the cache.

Find number 1094 on 9 Nov 2014 at 12:42 pm.
A really enjoyable find. Thank you for your effort here Jithi5

nearly bashed a couple on bikes until they revealed they are not muggles but in fact gruffpuppy! really enjoyed this cache good stuff

this one is a beauty, Tftc

G'day! Went back today to do this cache again (love it), and it needs maintenance.

I won't go into detail here, however part of the 1st leg of the cache has come undone and will need repair. I've done a quick-fix of a job so that CO can have some time to repair it properly, however I recommend that anybody finding this cache for the first time to hold off until CO has done a proper official repair.

Thanks for the cache!

Ech-B

Been out of the game for a while so man, was this a good one to get back into.

This is such a brilliant cache. Felt like a real sleuth trying to find it, however I guess that's just because I'm not all that experienced

Amazing clue, thankfully my wet footsteps quickly dried out.

Cache location was pretty close by and once I remembered it was a pole in a pole, I knew what sort of sounds I should be hearing.

Few muggles out today but thankfully they were only coming from one angle, which was a relief.

Thanks again for such a great hide, favourite from me.

TFTC!

- Echidna Boy

Having attended the morning event I headed out with Mrs Crackers, Alansee and Muzza to find some more caches. This one yet again was was a well thought out hide and worthy of another favorite point.
Thanks jithis,
Regards The Coffee's.

Catching up with some late logs.
After the 7 souvenirs of August event Mrs Crackers teamed up with Mrs Coffee, alansee and Muzza for a very enjoyable afternoon's caching.
We had found some very clever caches today and this one was no exception. Muzza was on the ball and we soon had what was required to get to the log after we had located the container.
This was our 15,000th cache find, we were happy that it was on a quality cache, with good caching friends as last two milestones have been micro's on power trails.
We took nothing but left a favourite point.
Thanks for the cache.

Found with Muzza, Team Crackers and The Coffees today. I was glad to be doing this one with some very experienced cachers - it was more fun and we were more likely to find what was needed. This time it was muzza who both found wp1 and the cache! It took him/us a few minutes but that is a good thing - it is not too easy.

Another very good piece of work here from jithi5, and future searchers should persist and use their eyes and thinking. I really like the way that the clever caches we did today were findable with a reasonable amount of effort - it is not good not finding them of course! Sigh, I can only allocate one favourite again!

It was such a lovely day for caching, how could I not go out. It all started early with an event, then off to find some caches with friends.This was found in the company of Alansee, Mrs Coffee and Mrs Crackers. We found the tool without any trouble, but then spent another few minutes searching for the cache.

Thanks to jithi5 for the cache. I'll give this another favourite.

Well, due to the gallery geomum spotted this quickly. Approaching from the correct direction helped us eagle eye the first part and then simply discovered the second part. Another souvenir for us. Now just the events left later this month. Another favourite!! TFTC

I enjoyed this cache a lot, and I was very lucky that no muggles were around at 10 am when I attempted it.

I quickly found the first part of the cache - that was easy. The second part had me searching all over the place looking here and looking there, trying this and trying that.

By process of elimination I was able to get the cache and sign the log.

Putting the cache back together took much longer though due, and I was able to hide it away with about 30 seconds to spare before a muggle came around the corner.

A very clever hide and a lot of fun - thank you

Wandering along the trail, I enjoyed a pleasant walk and was soon at GZ. I was able to find the tool, but unfortunately had no luck in working out what to do next. Thanks to jithi5 for the hide.

stopped in for a cache walked to gz found the first part then took some time for the next great idea great camo thanks

found this along with 2 others today but did not sign the log as we were trying to be discreet due to high muggle activity. Love love these. TFTC

Find # 1067 Found @16:24Hrs

What can i say without giving to much away well yes it is an Optical Illusion.


TNLNSL
TFTH

We thought this was an absolute ripper.
Thanks jithi5.
Chiefton.

Found 2:00:00 PM, on our second visit to this location [B)] a great cache.

TNLN, thanks jithi5

Thanks to ALL the supporters of my POLEverised series that have Emailed and called to show their support for my caches and the way they are hidden, not to mention the family fun had in finding them. YES... they are back online as of the 1st of October, 2013.
Enjoy and thank you all again for your support!
JITHI5.

So is this series going to come back on line soon or not?????

Until 2 groups of people that have complained about my cache hiding refrain from complaining to geocache.com with unfounded and ill-knowledge of my placements, then I have no opinion but to suspend ALL my caches till this matter is sorted out.
Sorry to all the awesome cachers out there that love my caches and hopefully they will be back online soon once common sense corrects these people and puts them back in there place!
As for the complaining parties, try spending your time on studying horticulture and the environment and then you my have an opinion and some credibility.

Found on a TDC run, lots of laughs and good times had while out finding caches, We did a fair loop of the city tonight, finding some of the new caches published. Thanks jithi5 for the cache.

Trailrunning, Rebel Acts and I hit the road for another of our regular night cache runs and this time we went all over the place. Starting out east we made our way south before heading back north through the city then out to the north east finishing up in Doncaster. A great night of caching with trads, a couple of multis and a puzzle found during the run.
My second time here as the first time I visited I was a bit concerned with WP1 as I thought it had become unaccessable (but it turned out to be ok) and also I got caught in a downpour so abandoned continuing for the warmth and dryness of my car. Tonight we headed to WP1 and got the tool and after a small hunt around TR spotted what we had to do next. A clever and fun hide. Well done and thanks.

On a cold night in Melbourne The Demolition Crew did a quick circular run around Melbourne cleaning up all the new caches published recently. A nice easy find here. Thanks

We needed a cache for today and along with Pea bear it was decided this was the one. With the threat of rain thisafternoon it was the perfect time for no muggles. Arrived at the given coords and found what was necessary, then it was just a process of elimination. Not long before a very ingenious cache was found.
Thanks jithi5 for the cache, really enjoy and appreciate the work that goes into your caches.

Today being Geocaching get outdoors day I just had to find a cache. Not many unfound caches near home anymore, this was the closest. Off I went accompanied by BorisB&Natasha.
After arriving at given coordinates the tool was quickly found... Working out what to do with it took a little longer. Eventually the very clever cache was found and signed.
Thanks jithi5 for the cache.

Well this would have to be the best one today. Had me thinking for a bit when i discovered the first part. Took a while to work out the next part given the clue, then I just went for it and came up trumps. Certainly a challenge with the muggle traffic along here. Contents is good but cache does have a few holes. TNLNSL. TFTC. Kems

Very clever well done for such a well thought out cache. A favourite point from me. TNLNSL

Found a long time ago, forgot to pull finds off the garmin.
Sorry for the late log!

21/06/13 20:13
Find #407
Out with stemicmitsar for another raid on the Mornington Peninsula. Clever idea and night is definitely the best time to do this cache. SL TFTC

Found @ 8:09pm, find # 2293
Sent from out on the hunt for caches.
Main log to follow at a later time.
Thanks to jithi5 for this cache and all the caching fun.

Published

What a fun cache - somewhat challenging and muggles everywhere

Full log to follow