AP 129 - Down Gara way Port Denison, Western Australia, Australia
By Keego_and_Chil on 18-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4K9BJ

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

Couldn’t find this cache

Think someone took it

Looked and looked, did not find

Stopped on a drive to Geraldton. The cache has clearly been replaced since it does not match the hint. Worrying not very magnetic anymore either! Thanks for the hide.

Easy magnetic nano.
Slightly higher than expected.
TFTC. SL.

Thanks for taking us to this interesting piece of artwork. Used my go go gadget arms to reach it

2nd try and still no luck

Found it

Over from Brisbane. Work delay allowed me to look for a couple of geocaches in the hot, windy midday sun. Whew!
Quick easy find. Not high, not!
Looked up and there it was.
Pointy tweezers would be handy!
TFTC
Worth a fav

Wow, that took a long time! Lucky we had an agile determined 10 year old with us! Clever hiding! Magnetised!

Found it just a little high

Finally found it after we went back a couple of times. Just missed it each time. At least we'll have a funny story to tell later! Thanks for the cache

Didn't find it but might come back later to have another go. Very well hidden, we spent a while looking.

Found it but corroded shut so couldn’t sign the log.

kjgs 30/11/2021

Cool shelter, too harder geo

Looked high and low did not find!!!

Second time unlucky here

With so many nooks, that took way longer than it should haveTFTC K&C

Tricky to get the log out...but finally found it!

After walking away for an ale and returning with a fresh set of eyes, success! TFTC

Tftc

It’s definitely high!

Third time lucky, with help from previous posts.

Had a really good look especially in nooks and crevices, no luck!

Was hoping to fill dongara full of smileys but this one had be staring and feeling all around for half n hour to no avail. Maybe next time!

Not high if you are a giant maybe

TFTC Keego_and_Chil this is find #12469 for us.

Found it! If your using the hint - it’s opposite TFTC

A nice quick find with not many people around

Nice spot

Kinda high

Ez

Was a little higher than expected... TFTC!

TFTF

TFTC!!! was a little higher than expected

TFTC

Ah well

Beautiful setting TFTC

Came to Dongara for fish and chips on the foreshore, and found a cache as well. Found with Flim and Flick.

Found it!!

Tricky one to find

Found it. TFTC Keego_and_Chil. It was easier to find it than it was to retrieve the log. After using some elbow grease and loosing a few teeth. I finally gained access to the log. Oh ! It was full. I left a new log and gave it a bit of a working so the next person should not have a problem, I hope.

Dnf

Unable to open

DNF

Too difficult for me!

On a road trip with my cousin and her mum from Three Springs we stopped to admire the view. This cache was a bonus and a nice quick find. Thank you.

Found it. Out for walk from the camp ground.
TFTH. Bella Vista

Found quite easily

Aka gingindobras TFTC

Tftc

Awesome hide great fun, very well hidden

AB73 with the find here, bit stumped for a few minutes and then thanks to a clue found this one TFTC

Took a seat admiring that view. Had flagged this one to find . Tftc

On a lovely wildflower trip through beautiful WA.

TFTC

She is unbelievable ...and this is a fitting for d for Me&B's 5000th find. Good thing there is wine to celebrate with this evening.

Had been out at coalseam and depot hill on a wildflower pilgramige when the wife gave me directions to head to Green head where we were staying but the directions she gave me took us to Dongara....a very long way home. We stopped immediately across the road for a cuppa and i made the 100m walk across the road and put my hand on the first spot and it was the right spot. log signed but did not find the dinghy - so i shall keep looking ahoy tftc keego and chil

Found it finally!

Trying not to look out of place made this easy find.

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Found this after a short search. The log book and pencil are completely ruined. We have replaced the log in a resealable bag. Hopefully it lasts a while. Lovely winter's day here. Tftc

Nice hide

Found it

TFTC

A little wet and soggy

Found in plain sight, forgot pen, will try and sign later at sunset TFTC

TFTC - too waterlogged to sign! Pic attached.

TFTC. Log book soaked! Container needs replacing!

Correction to our find: couldn’t open this one, needs maintenance.

Easy find, hard to open, put a new log book in cache. TFTF

Nice quick find! For myself the hint was spot on. Owner definitely may need to look into repairing/updating this one. Could not sign the log. TFTC

Auf der Rückfahrt bei zweiten Tage im zweiten Anlauf entdeckt. Leider ging die Dose nicht auf und so muss ein Logfoto reichen.
Danke fürs legen und pflegen schreib dir der
momolus

Hidden very well. Great find. Think hard. Log was wet so date could not be written

Found it! But the log was all wet so couldn't leave a name unfortunately.

Log is completely wet

TFTC - the dog sniffing around helped me uncover this one!

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Whoops, couldn't find it at first, but came back for a second look and voila!! No lead in pencil so byo pen

Isn’t it good when a geocache leads you to such an interesting place? If it wasn’t for this cache we would have remained on the path next to the beach and missed this altogether and that would have been such a pity. I’ve never seen anything like it, it’s brilliant! So tftc.

Busy place but found without arousing suspicion

Good size

Great job tftc

Tftc great find love the spot

Took a lie town and was on the right leavle thanks guys

Gut gefunden. Tftc

Great cache! Thanks.

Found it

Thanks for the great find

No joy

A quick find but oh dear the host structure is standing in a bit of a depression & the weather today has been horrendous. As a result the cache is drenched & log mush. We replaced log & put it in a waterproof bag. Don’t know how it will fair with the weather the way it is. TFTC Keego_and_Chil

Quickest find for us normally it takes ages. Thankyou

Homeward bound from Geraldton and needed some lunch, a quick Google search pointed us in the direction of a fish and chip shop in Dongara. We phoned ahead to place the order, and as we arrived we discovered the shop was across the road from a nice grassed area with a playground and toilets and enough shade for us to have lunch. Then I discovered a cache was located just meters away. After finishing our lunch (which was delicious by the way) I sorted the kids out and went in for the find. Didn't take too long to find, and name added to the book. Have a fav for location and convenience TFTC!

Up and running again

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was from Jurien Bay to Geraldton
.

On the way we came to some interesting locations. Here we searched, found and logged this Tradi-Cache.

Weather was good in the morning and it should even get better during the day.

Thanks to 'Keego_and_Chil' for showing us this location and for the fun we had with 'AP 129 - Down Gara way'. The search here and today didn't take too much time, fortunately. And it is there.

Greetings from Germany and we hope to see you soon in the forest.

TFTC says H_M_A @ 25. September 2019 @ 11:35 o'clock @ [#13633](https://coord.info/GC4K9BJ)

This cache is currently disabled but being found, what is its status?

Thought we would give this one a try even though it was disabled. We were lucky and found it in a likely place. Enjoying Easter Monday finding a few caches before lunch.

We thought we may have trouble finding this cache with disabled log. Always up for a challenge. No problem as we found it in the second place we looked.