Zikes! It's a Flood! Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
By 2Lost-Souls on 18-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4K57Q

I am regretfully archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, 2Lost-Souls, 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 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 an Owner Check, and so it has been disabled to allow the CO to rectify the problem and prevent further inconvenience for our geocaching community.

The cache owner, 2Lost-Souls, 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-enabling the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log if a Needs Maintenance attribute needs to be cleared.

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 2Lost-Souls.
[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 be sure that the maintenance has been done, or that further information has been provided. If there has been no action to repair the cache or explain the situation, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance 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

DNF…with all the dnf logs we thought we’d have a look, three of us searching high and low, right and left, all around, checked the photos to see what we are looking for, unfortunately, no smiley here today
Is there anyway the CO can check on this one please?

3 of us tried for a while..... no luck

After searching for a while, unable to find.

Sadly after a Team effort here, we searched high and low, extended our search area, came back again for another search today, unfortunately we had no luck with this one either time
Hopefully we’ll be able to put a smiley here soon, while we are in town

Would have liked more
Time-never mind

??

We searched pretty thoroughly but could not find it. It’d be nice to have a hint!

Must be very well hidden as looked over with detail. The hint is not a hint.

A

Thanks for the hide!

TFTC

Tftc

Tiny

Amazing cache but hard to find because it’s tiny

Amy, Jahkyia, Lacota, shantsi Matt & Helena

No chance of a flood atm. I over though this hide but got there eventually.

Thanks for the cache 2Lost-Souls.

Yosaaa

TFTC

Found it

Very tricky !

Found during my stay in Alice. TFTC.

Cache is in place. Please do not report as requiring maintenance if you simply can't find it. Courtesy is to contact the cache owner for a clue - but please remember we do remote area fieldwork and may not be in internet range for up to a week.

Thanks

2 Lost Souls.

Checked this today. This geocache IS in place. Please reinstate, thank you.

This needs unarchiving as it is definitely in place. Actually it was a qef for me. Tftc

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.

I am temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

If you require more time please be sure to post a note (not an email or message centre) explaining the situation and how much more time you require.

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

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We searched what we thought was the obvious location high and low, without success

Doesn’t find

Hard to image what this river looks like when it flows. TFTC!

Motivated to find my next geocach I was willing g to spend some time looking but even after 15min I was still unable to locate it.
Wish better luck for the next one

Interesting location!

Easy find for the desert feral3! AKA DF3

Thank goodness our first cache in Alice. Tfth
We made it harder than we should have. Haha

Very small.
TFTC
Felixger

Good hide. Tftc

Yikes! Does it really flood that deep? Thanks for the cache.

Town of Nanos , Alice Springs! Quick find , TftC

22 days vacation in Australia, a big round trip around the red continent. Adelaide & Kangaroo Island, Darwin & Kakadu National Park & Yellow Waters, Alice Springs & Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Port Douglas & Rainforest & Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, Blue Mountains, Sydney - what a trip! It's been great, it's been exhausting, it's given us so many impressions of this country that we'll need another few weeks to process all of these.
Of course there were also a lot of geocaches along our track and we tried to find them whenever they were (more or less ) on our path. Due to the amount of places, impressions and geocaches I'm unfortunately able to write a detailled log for each of them, but we appreciated every single one of them.
Thanks 2Lost-Souls for placing and maintaining this cache!

TFTC - this has to be the smallest cache we’ve come across - no need to go climbing

We were on a late afternoon stroll picking up just a few more caches in Alice before moving on tomorrow.
The cache was found in moments, the log signed and the cache replaced carefully.
TFTC.

I came I looked but did not find it.

Found this cache while we were here but for some reason we hadnt logged it

Coulsnt find it the first time but second time we got it! No pen, pic as proof

Too tricky for us

Cheers and thanks,
S.t.
NZ

After a few days in the outback, we arrived in Alice Springs. We looked around and stopped at this cache. Interesting place! After a bit of searching, I found the Nano. TFTC

Australia
Next stop: Alice Springs.

A very nice city!
The cache was easy to find.

TFTC Döödlers und LG aus Österreich!

Took a little while but got it finally. On bus trip passing through. Hard to believe that is a river. TFTC 2lost souls

Atterrissage ce midi a Alice Sprins ou nous retrouvons une chaleur qui nous convient tout à fait.
A 1km500 du centre, nous partons a pied.
Nous découvrons un paysage très sec et des rivières ou l'eau ne semble plus coulér depuis longtemps.
Merci pour cette cache qui nous a fait chercher un peu.
Bonjour de la France
Merci pour cette cache
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Landing this afternoon Alice Sprins or we find a heat that suits us perfectly. At 1km500 from the center, we leave on foot. We discover a very dry landscape and rivers where the water does not seem to have run for a long time. Thank you for this cache that made us look a little. hello from France Thank you for this cache

No flood today - dry as a bone. Interesting info on the nearby walk about the war. TFTC- no pen so pic instead

Kaupungin työmiehet ihmetteli pyörimistämme. Lopulta löysimme tämän kätkön. Tftc.

From FINLAND TFTC and favo

Found this during our walk in Alice Springs before boarding The Ghan.
Really interesting to study the river

Thanks for the cache!

Log sheet was full replaced log sheet

New log sheet yay tftc

As per the last couple of logs, the log is full so I’ve attached a photo. It’s great to find a GZ starting with Z as they are pretty rare

The log is chocker and needs more paper please.

The cache is totally full with no spaces left for signing. See photo fora proof of find.

In town overnight before heading out to tackle the Canning Stock Route with Team Crackers. A great spot for a nasty nano. Like the previous logger the log is full but I managed to find a small space which now has my initials (MP).

Thanks A & G for placing this hide.

In Alice Springs to join a hike of the Larapinta Trail tomorrow. Grabbing a few sneaky caches the day before. TFTC

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Sorry for the late log - trying to get caught up on our cache logs

Found by The Marathon Man and pnutbeagle on our 3-month Australia holiday after travelling from snowy and cold Northern Ontario Canada. Now trying to log a week worth of geocaching finds

Found by The Marathon Man and pnutbeagle on our 3-month Australia holiday after travelling from snowy and cold Northern Ontario Canada. Now trying to log a week worth of geocaching finds

The cache was found as we were in Alice Springs, NT on our way to Uluru for a couple of days before we take the Ghan Train north again. This was one of 3 finds today.

This one took a while to find. Then I spotted it by feeling with my fingers - nasty nano

Couldn't locate it, searched everywhere. I may try again!

Way too hot and hard to find

TFTC, Log was full only had a small piece of paper to fit in ... Might be able to replace the log in a few days if you want...

Neuseeland und Australien im Frühling, der anscheinend besten Reisezeit
ein langgehegter Traum von ufridolin-Mann welcher nun in Erfüllung ging
mit dicht gedrängtem, aber sehr informativem Reiseprogramm ausgestattet
beginnend mit dem Flug von Zürich nach Singapur (wo natürlich auch gleich der Cache im Schmetterlingsgarten geholt werden musste)
Weiterflug nach Auckland, welches wir nach 25-stündiger Anreise wohlbehalten erreichten
dann wurde die Nord- und die Südinsel Neuseelands mit all ihren Facetten besucht
von Sonnenschein bis und mit Schneefall war alles dabei
nun weiter nach Australien
beginnend mit Sydney besuchten wir eine Stadt nach der anderen
besonders beeindruckend fanden wir die Regenwälder und dann als Kontrast die Korallenriffe
Koalas, vielfarbige Papageien und logischerweise auch Kängurus gehörten zum Programm
natürlich war auch der Uluru ein absolutes Muss
ein sehr beeindruckendes Land welches wir mit dem Fugzeug, dem Bus, der Eisenbahn, einer Seilbahn, sowie mit dem Schiff erkundeten
vielen Dank an alle Owner für die Aufgaben und für's Hegen und Pflegen
TFTC und liebe Grüsse aus Liechtenstein ufridolin #13403

On our two month travelling trip through Austrialia, we are enjoying all the wonderful places and scenery. We will stop on the way to visit some nice caches as well. This Little one we could find.

2Lost-Souls TFTC !
GeoGroet uit Alphen aan den Rijn (NL)
GvdP's founds: 3990

Arrgh very bad luck today 0/3 with the kids... Will have to come back another time to try again!

Vor unserer Fahrt mit dem Ghan heute Abend sind wir bei einem Spaziergang an diesem Cache vorbei gekommen. Wir mussten ein wenig suchen, aber dann haben wir den Kleinen erspäht. Danke fürs Verstecken! Das Logbuch ist leider voll und wir hatten auch kein Neues dabei.

Quick find early in the morning, heading out to Telegraph Station. Needs new log. TFTC!

Found after a bit of searching with caixacacher before our flight down to Uluru.
Tftc

Difficult to imagine this dry area full of water but saw plenty evidence it does on a walk along the river. Nano located quickly with Mild Rover. TFTC!

Cool evil nano

Watched the regatta a couple of weeks ago. Amazing!! Back in Alice for a couple of days so got the bikes out to stretch the legs. Great ride to the Telegraph Station and nice cache on the way. Log full so hope my signing shows. TFTC

Logged a few after the regatta. Tftc fraenkies

No flood but plenty of boat preparation for the Regatta which was happening the next day. Interesting non-digital contraption. TFTC

In the Team with MiTaRi we manged this one easy an did see the rotary club in alice. Thanks for bringing us here to this place. T4T$ FF5

Yeah, we found it! TFTC tells MiTaRi to the Owner!

Damned another of these little caches but we found it. Thanx for the cache

Quick find on a walk to the Telegraph Station. TFTC
As per previous posts the log is almost full.

Visited Alice a few weeks back now getting to log caches
Walked away from this one but turned around and had a closer look
Spotted the well hidden cache
Took me longer to get up after returning cache to its hide than it did to find it
Geohubby helped me up
Tftc

Found 3rd find in Alice.

Log nearly full. Had to wait out some muggles but found it in the end.

Yay we found it

Found on our travels around Australia

Nice little hide. Would love to see this place at first flood. Next time.

grate hide

very hard but fun hide.

DNF. Hate nano

Visited and found this cache during our holidays with Magelmami in Australia

At the afternoon walk we found it this Trail. It was to hot. TFTC
Greetings from Switzerland

Very quick find and a nice location.
TFTC!

Great little hiding place! Only problem was that we couldn’t actually remove it. TFTC.

3rd times the charm . Tftc!

Took a little while but found it. Thanks for taking me here to this spot!

Couldn't extract the only likely hiding object not searched.

I found it really easy. The hardest thing was to get the log out.
I signed it and replaced it as found.
Thanks for the cache

TFTC. Found during the Henley On Todd Boat Regatta with Clan Magee.

Nanos... Hard to find, even harder to sign. Eventually found this with Mrs mochila as the throng cleared out at the conclusion of the Henley on Todd regatta. It provided the perfect cover. TFTC