AP 556 Boulderdash Bedfordale, Western Australia, Australia
By Allied Pranksters Crew on 06-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4DX3A

I am regretfully archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, Granett, requesting additional time.

An ample opportunity has been provided for the Cache Owner to respond, but since this opportunity has been ignored, I can only conclude that the cache has been abandoned.

Caches archived under these circumstances are unable to be Unarchived, and this location is now available for the placement of a new cache, by somebody else.

Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:

* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.
* 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 Granett 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 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

Had a look but alas we couldn't find it.

Spent a while here searching but no find today

No cache but we saw a beautiful boobook owl

Couldn't find this one

Looked but no luck

Spent the afternoon on a pleasant walk doing Boulderdash and a few surrounding cache. It took just under 3 hours for 17 finds and 2 dnfs.
TFTC Allied Pranksters Crew this is find # 8014 for us.

Teamed up with Photo-Play today for a couple of hikes around Bedfordale. A great series here with some hilly terrain and a nice variety of caches. This one took us a while but persistence paid off. Thank you for the hide Granett.

Found it. TFTC Granett. Out roaming the countryside with papillon367. We decided to try our luck with this series. The log was wet and as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike so we left a dry one. Great walk through this area

Thought i'd have another go. No gps but off i went. The hide was really obscured by the huge amount of leaf litter we are getting this year. Just happened to poke a stick in a hollow and scrape it out and hello, what was that hollow sound. Found it.

Second go here. Nice & close to home. Signal is a problem. Got closer this time but frustrated with all the DNF's today so gave up.

We have just been visiting Miss Terry so thought we would do a couple more before heading home. TFTC granett

*Found this while House Sitting in Bedfordale*

*Out and about letting my GPS be my guide*...

A bit of a stroll, a short search, found cache, stamped and returned.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Granett. Appreciate your efforts.
-P

**Took**: *Nothing*
**Left**: *Nothing*

**#10563**

In the area today to find a few caches, and this one did not elude us this time .
I started looking in one spot, and Janine another .. but my GPS'r settled, and I headed to where Janine was searching.
She headed back to the car to check on the kids, when I found it in the second spot I looked
Nice to finally turn this one into a smiley after 3 visits [:o)] ... TFTC APC

Quick Find TFTH

Started as a nice bush walk ... 3 dogs ... 3 kids .... lol

with the kids on holidays we decided to head out for a big walk. this series tickled our fancy.

Found AP 556 Boulderdash. TNLN SL TFTH Granett.

thanks..

Todays Mission was to rescue two WAGB racers before tomorrows big event. This was stop one and it was only a short walk and a quick find before I could hear the 'jingling' rescue cries from the TB within the cache. Mission successful one TB retrieved Thank you for maintaining this cache Granett

Thanks for this great cache trail. Up in Perth for the day to do airport pick up. With some time on my hands I decided to do this trail. Great use of different cache containers which where all well maintained. Found them all in good condition and with accurate GPS positions. Parked the car close to AP 551 which was well hidden from the road as description did mention the fact that cars get broken in to at the dam car park.
After doing the last cache in was only a short 1.2 km walk back to the car which was a bonus. This series gets a fav point from me. TFTC Granett

Out for a walk with Krabiboy and thought we'd try our hand at the Boulderdash series.

Beat Krabiboy to the second in a row here. Slowly pegging it back to an even score.



TFTC Granett.

Granett, I found your cache AP 556 Boulderdash on 15/04/2016 at 1:16 PM.
This is my find #318 and find #6 today.

Out for a walk with Krabiboy and thought we'd try our hand at the Boulderdash series.

Beat Krabiboy to the second in a row here. Slowly pegging it back to an even score.



TFTC Granett.

Granett, I found your cache AP 556 Boulderdash on 15/04/2016 at 1:16 PM.
This is my find #318 and find #6 today.

Decided to head out with Goorjus to grab a few caches, and we ended up at the Boulderdash series.

Stopped for a moment to think where would I hide it and Goorjus pulled it from its spot...quick or the dead.

TFTC Granett.

Granett, I found your cache AP 556 Boulderdash on 15/04/2016 at 1:15 PM.
This is my find #2452 and find #9 today.

AP 556 Boulderdash was transferred from Allied Pranksters to user Granett

Headed out this morning to finally make an assault on the Boulderdash series as I hear their life may be limited and have been on my to-do list for a long time. Started off about 8:00am and was all done and dusted about three and half hours later with no DNF's.

All in all a nice stroll with only a couple of major ups and downs. I made sure that R0gue's logs were saved on the phone before I left which came in handy at a couple of spots.

Think I got a bit lucky to spot this one fairly quickly. Dropped the 'The Near Year Jingle' TB here to continue on it's journey.

Allied Pranksters I found your cache at 10:11am, this was the 12th of 19 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 3060. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

SLTFTC

I'm looking forward to meeting other geocachers in Pinjarra at the 'WA GOES BIG IN 2016' event on the 4th - 5th June. Registrations now open.

Check it out at [GC5YAGP](http://coord.info/GC5YAGP)

This is a series I have wanted to do for a long time, but just never seemed to get the time, or got distracted by other caches closer to home. Well, today was the day! A day that promised 25-50mm of rain seemed like an excellent day for a hike in the bush.

After finding the original Boulderdash first, I then parked the car at the end of Godwit Retreat, right by AP 566, and started my loop from there, heading directly into the bush, so that I could finish on the downhill bitumen section.

I actually found pretty much every cache hard to find, with my GPS sending me all over the place and eventually I would find the cache some 10m away from where it was sending me, I guess the rain was playing havoc with it. I was pleased to find all with the exception of the first one.

I DNF'd the first cache at 10:40am, and DNF'd it again at 2:23pm. Most caches took me an average of 20 minutes to find with the exception of a couple of the micros.

One of the quicker finds here, I was lucky I spotted part of the container as I approached.

Thanks for the cache Allied Pranksters!

Checking out a block of land for our son in Bedfordale and decided to do a few geocaches as well. such a nice day for it.
Easy find.

TNLN.
TFTC.
Lin & Jim.

Gz took us on a bit of a roundabout but we located it after a bit. Stopped for morning tea, on for the next ones.

Quick find for GeoAunty.
TFTC

Quick find. Tftc

Quick find. TFTC!

TFTC! Teamed up with JLotsos today to tackle the Boulderdash series in Bedfordale. Was a very nice approx 6km walk, with only 1 DNF. Was great to complete a lovely walk with a well maintained series to match. Thanks AP.

Headed out for some caches today with Barnzy12. Today's track was the Boulderdash series. Parked up near start and final and headed off.

A fantastic clear track that surprises me hasn't attracted more finds. Nathan boy aged 9 had a great time and I encourage more of you to enjoy this beautiful part of the bush

good hide

Headed to Wungong Dam with the kids & noticed this cache on the map... This is the second time I have visited this spot although last time the cache had gone AWOL Today I am not so sure, but I spent a bit of time looking but the kids were totally sick of it & trying there hardest distract me from searching

I shall return another day & will be sure to bring Jase along to show me just exactly where I should be looking [o:)] TFTH Allied Pranksters!

Came out to the Wungong Dam area to hunt down the Boulderdash series and a couple of other caches nearby. The roughly 7km walk took three hours with no DNFs.
The last hide of the series for us today was a bit tricky with too many hiding spots, but finally found the little bastard. TFTH

Tff

Thanks for find

TFTC

The great cache trek begun early enough and with the boulder dash series in our sights the Overington clan and I were in hot pursuit! We had a few muggle family to make the clan bigger a tribe of 8 and the geohound set out to enjoy the bush and grab some smileys
With the geocars at the car park we trekked up to 563 for the first find of the day easy enough. Traveling up to 564, 565, 566 before making our way through the series in order I Suggest this is a nice way to head as the path can be steep - the hardest part being the last great hill you catch a glimps at it on the path at 563. Having lots of sets of eyes made for quick finds and quite a few laughs!
Enjoyed the novelty caches with quite a few having us jumping back.
2 DNF for the day.
3 easytags (I was pretty excited about them)

Great BBQ facilities feed the clan and every one went home with plans of the next great cache trip !
over all a great day had by all

Thanks allied pranksters for the series!

keep calm and carry on caching

Nice find. The start if the trail. Thanks

Our first find with bellad55!

Replaced cache

Headed up into the hills today with MNS13 & our two young'uns with a plan to do the Boulderdash series! We were at this cache for along time... The kids sat there eating, whilst we searched! The GPSr originally wanted us in one spot which we searched for along time, then it changed its mind & kept taking us to another spot which we also searched for sometime Unfortunately this was another one we could not find today! TFTH Allied Pranksters.

Headed out here today with my little offsider, and met up with Janine and little Tyler.
Overall we had a fairly average day in the finds department, but for the most part the walk was enjoyable, we searched high and low for this one, but it was not to be, oh well. Thanks for the hunt

Headed out early this morning to tackle this series and trying to beat the heat as it is forecast to be 38C. This one had me wondering around for awhile and the GPS was right again...TFTC

We had been eyeing these caches off for some time, and today we went for it.
With a 5.30am start, it was a cool walk with great views, along the trails through the hills.
All were well hidden and in good condition.
Many thanks for the caches, Allied Pranksters.

Last night I was looking at a geocache map and saw this lonely Boulderdash cache that I had missed back in June. You don't notice the changes that geocaching can cause to the environment when you visit a location only once. Back in June this was difficult to find because of the lush undergrowth but today it was just barren making for a much easier find.

Thanks Allied Pranksters for the cache.

We required a cache today to close out another day on our caching statistics calender and thought it was a suitable time to try for this series before the weather becomes too warm for strolls around the bush. The memory has become hazy from this point onwards so please accept an apology for the subsequent repeat of the logs logs. We really enjoyed most of the walk (the down hill part) and the wildlife and floral display was bountiful. Thanks for the cache series Allied Pranksters

I have had this series lined up for some time now and today was the day that the stars aligned and I had some free time to turn these green boxes into smileys. .
There were a variety of caches (some made me jump a little [:0]) and hiding spots along with some very friendly roos between 551 and 553 . Most of the caches were easy finds (although my GPS was a little jumpy at some spots) and I loved the effort (read up hill and down dale) required to get around them all. TFTC and series Allied Pranksters.

My phone refused to load any of the previous caches. Probably due to reception problems. Without any guidance or hints I still managed to find this one! Geo daughter insisted in going home and come back next time with a proper GPS. So last cache for the day. The remainder of the boulderdashes will have to wait until next time. So far it has been very enjoyable. Looking forward to next time! TFTC!

No problems with this one either. Thanks for gettting us out here today.

Today the wife was at work the kids in school and the weather man said it was going to be a glorious day. This series has been on my to-do list along with many others for ages, so today was the day.

I parked the car close to a riding school driveway close to a bridle track sign in the hope to deter any would be thieves, plus it was at a doable distance from my planned final cache, It turned out to be slightly under a 1km walk back after the final find for the day.

Today I found 16 Boulderdash caches and one gong cache for a total of 17, covering 5.6km in some very nice bush, all taking a little less than 2 hours. Not 1 DNF tho there was a couple I spent too long looking for and a couple I just plain stumbled onto them with blind luck.

Spring has indeed sprung and the bush was alive with so many insects and animals, I lost count of the different types of bird and lizards I spotted, along with a healthy dose of Kangaroos, some sheep and a young lass on a horse who trotted by while I was looking for a tiger, I just kept still and low so she was none the wiser.

Hmm hello Kitty note paper? and easy finds, what have you done with the real Allied Pranksters... Not that I am complaining
TFTS
AlliedOz aka The Jokers

Nice and quiet around here. We almost bought a house in this area about 20 years ago.
My GPS had me 5 m away but lucky there are limited places to hide a cache.

Out and about on a big day out Caching with Kyzabra.

Didn't really set out with a plan, just to walk the Boulderdash series and then see where the day took us.

If any of the next finders want a hint on where the cache is there is a large congealed mass of blood marking GZ.

Kyzabra very selflessly decided to stab himself with 4 inch long tweezers, just to mark the spot for the next cacher !!

Oh and is that rain overhead !!!

MM

A big day out had been planned for a while with The Machman.
The plan was Boulderdash, and then a few around the area to fill in the day.
Well, a few more turned the day into 37. And not a DNF amongst them.
This one was the start of my pain....Mental note, dont carry tweezers in the same pocket as your pens.
Dived in to make the sign and stabbed/cut my hand. Blood everywhere. And the drizzle didnt help.
Ah Well, The Machman is gonna have to sign for a while
TFTH Allied Pranksters

Parked on the corner here this was a quick find here then we made our way along the bridal path for the rest to find the rest of this section. Thanks for the series.

Found with richlink. The boys set off for a challenging ride on their bikes. Although there was nearly as much pushing as peddling, they returned some time later bushed but not beaten. Thanks Allied Pranksters.

Mr iluvtrekking and Mr richlink decided to complete their quest by pedal power. Although they were glad they decided to complete the series on bikes, there were some challenging sections which required pushing rather than pedalling. Another quick find. Thanks AP

TFTC. Lovely afternoon for a walk through this area.

An easy find after the GPS settled. For some reason the trees play havoc with it. No swaps but SL. Thanks to AP for the cache.

Did not find this one but cannot remember why.
Will try again another day

Used all my Triple P training (Parental Powers of Persuasion) to get geoson out of bed and in the car before he realized he was being hijacked.

This was another one that he was onto very quickly. I think he does enjoy it really...maybe...

Thanks Allied Pranksters

This series has been on the radar since it was published. Today was the day and I set out with geo-wife and geo-dog. Parked the geo-Camry on Springfield Road close to AP 551 and walked the loop from there. It was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon ... nice views, good exercise, lots of birds and roos to be seen and some fun caches as well.

This was the fifth find of the series for us ... took a minute or two longer than the others as the GPSr didn't want to settle. Eventually spotted the hiding spot. SL. TNLN. TFTH Allied Pranksters

[:(!] Went for an afternoon of caching to do the Boulderdash Series and fitted in a few extra ones along the way, parked the geocar as close as possible to GC4DX3A (AP556 Boulderdash) and walked the rest of the way, on arrival at GZ the cache was in hand in a matter of minutes.

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH Allied Pranksters.

The dogs and I needed a nice walk in the bush today, weather was perfect and I had a couple of hours to spare. Parked the car half way up the hill and followed the bridal path.
Dogs enjoyed this area as much as I did. Lots of roos about even half way through the afternoon.


Looking forward to do the rest of the series.

TFTC

Crickey the GPS is going crazy but we got it tftc

Out on a day of caching with Skippy 46 and Luna Maya and we decided to tackle the Boulderdash series. We decided to do it in reverse like previous cachers had done and im glad we did otherwise we would have had to climb up some steep hills even though going down the hills in certain places was quite slippery. We had a very successful days with no DNFS and we picked up a couple of other caches on the way. Most caches were quick finds and there was a couple that took about 15 minutes of searching to locate them. With a good track to walk on and a variety of contaners to look for it made it a very enjoyable day of caching. After reading previous logs we had an idea of the sort of hide we were looking for, after about 5 minutes of searching we found the cache TFTC Allied Pranksters

Out on a caching run with Ooh Yeh and Luna Maya to attempt the Boulderdash series. I thoroughly enjoyed this series with the variety of cache containers and a FABULOUS walk trail with FANTASTIC views. We had a great day with no DNFs, and highly recommend this to everyone who love the bush.
The track ended after the last find and we found ourselves walking up the road for a little way until we jumped back onto the track at this cache. Had a quick look at where GZ was for us all, widened the search a little, read previous log so back to GZ where we then mad a quick find.
TFTH TFTC Allied Pranksters

This did not take us too long Which was good because I think that there was talk of staying at GZ until we found it [?] Skippy46 found this ( to my relief) a nice hide, SL TFTC allied Pranksters

Semi pleasant terrain (for a welcome change). The thing that makes this a difficult hide is that it seems like you walked off the road a little way, tossed a sistema in the air and, once it had landed, tossed a healthy covering of leave litter over it; well that's my honest take on it anyway. Ironically, this GZ was the most accurate for me of all the caches on the loop. Full credit to MDV for finding this one; I can only scrounge so deep! I am so grateful that this wasn't a bison else I'm sure we'd still be out there with MDV scratching around. Thanks for the cache; for MDV it was one step closer to his 5000th find.

Chilli's log made me concentrate on the one spot and I eventually came up trumps....thanks again AP

(Chwiliwr team catch up log)

After walking for something like 3 hours around the series we decided to have one last go at this cache before heading home. Had the same GZ as before and did a spiral search around it and then decided to have a last look right in the middle at my original GZ and found the cache with a blank log so an unexpected *FTF*.

Thanks Allied Pranksters for the cache.

Out for an afternoon walk and had intended to start at this one and walk around the circle. Couldn't find it so started walking to the next one and met SCH on the way back to his car so walked back and compared GZ from out GPS units and made a search but came up empty. I then started my walk again.

After walking for something like 3 hours around the series I decided to have one last go at this cache before heading home. Had the same GZ as before and did a spiral search around it and then decided to have a last look right in the middle at my original GZ and found the cache with a blank log so an unexpected *FTF* for the day at 4.35pm. Now to go home and have a long hot shower.

Thanks Allied Pranksters for the cache. Have given this one a favorite for the whole series.

On a cool sunny morning the newly released Boulderdash series was to much to resist. Nothing better than walking through the bush searching for geocaches. This is where I started and could not find the cache. I left it and continued with the intent of searching on the return leg. I could still not find it and drove off to do another section.

After finding all the other caches in the series I returned for a final look. Came across Chwiliwr and we both had similar GZ but another fruitless search. With time running out I had to leave, will return another day.

Thanks Allied Pranksters Crew.

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