Valentine walking track Valentine, New South Wales, Australia
By elliejye on 19-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4TBDJ

One or more of the following has occurred:

No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.

As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

Should you like to resurrect the cache please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

From http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70

4.23. Unarchiving a Geocache

The archiving of a geocache is intended to be a permanent status. That is why only community volunteer reviewers and Geocaching HQ staff have the capability to unarchive it. This is done only in rare circumstances and only if it meets the current Geocache Listing Guidelines.

If a geocache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance it will not be unarchived.

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) 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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Hi there Reviewer,

RE: The cache ""

I'm following up on my "Needs Maintenance" log which is now well over 90 days old.
There has been no action by the CO, who hasn't visited the site since November 2015.
The cache appears to have been abandoned and should be archived.

Regards

Ian & Penny

Hi there elliejye.

This is the 2nd of 2 caches we didn't find today. [:(!]

We spent quite some time here at around 11:07:00 AM, but we just couldn't locate your cache. GZ is a spot where a tree used to be. All that remains is sawdust and mulch.

Regards
Ian and Penny

Hi there elliejye,

RE: Your cache **"Valentine walking track"**

Could you please do a maintenance run to repair the cache, or perhaps archive it, as it appears the cache is missing. (See our DNF Log).

Regards

Ian & Penny

Too easy! Needs new log.

Nice quick roadside grab. TFTC

Took a cube and left bubbles from the birds lots of activity hid my visit

Quick find tftc

Nice hide

Littleness had another find tftc

Quick find with geo kid finding it

I wouldn't exactly call it micro and you definitely don't need tweezers lol

Cache holder is a littlr dmp, but managed to sign the log.TFTC

Super little cache, enjoyed this one.TFTC.

Tftc
Lots of muggles but got it signed

nice hide,nice container

Here I was expecting a walking track, and found a quick roadside park and grab! Thanks for the find, I feel bad using it to help fill our grid, as it clearly is not a D 3.5.....
A shame to have it on the footpath, with a nice reserve mere metres away??

Thanks for the chase!

Thanks for the find!

Looking for a micro found something better ( i dont really like micros) would never have known about this spot if it wasn't for geocaching, thanks for the cache.

I think the difficulty has been over represented here. It was very easy. Swapped a rubix cube piece for some stickers. Thank you!

#4472

Our first find for the day after a couple of DNF's. A quick find.

TFTC elliejye

A nice day for a drive and grabbing some caches,This was our first for the day.Thanks for the cache elliejye tnln sl

Visiting family and after a bit of a walk found this one
Tftc

I think this May have been changed since its original placement, you are looking for a small sistema now.

Looks as though the walk might be good to do, too. TFTC!

Doing the maintenance of a yard close buy on a break did this cache quick and easy.

Woohoo found it

Easy one. Thanks but size is a bit off. Took red and green Rubik cube and left yellow plane

Very deceptive description! Pretty much ignore it and use your caching skillz... TFTC

cache is bigger than expected, nice easy find tftc

Found cache in wet condition, hard to sign. TFTC

Another sunny day, so we ventured out to visit Swansea, and pick up a few caches.
With the area being muggle free today, it was a quick find.
Many thanks for placing this cache, elliejye, for us and others to find.

Third cache on night hunt

Easy find

An easy find once I realised it wasn't where my GPSr wanted me and I searched close to the road.

Has it been taken to be fixed? Unable to find today.

TFTC. Wasn't a difficult find at all. Log was water damaged. CO needs to wrap in plastic.

Found whilst the Misses visited a nearby relative. TFTC

Didn't need tweezers
Easy find

Quickly found this one before heading down the hill to the next. Tftc, no tweezers required anymore, but I came prepared

TFTC. We were looking for a micro as the description stated but found a much bigger cache. Nice easy find

6677 Found today with ALL7. Pulled up to this one and there were workmen across the road. I just went for it and lucky for me made a quick find TFTC

Found with Mr Roo.... Watch out road men work.... Lucky us they didnt see us.... hide well.. Thank

Nice. Tftc!

had a go at finding my own cache.. seeing how the coordinates are and they are good ;")

Thanks for the nice easy cache.

I finally got back into geocaching
Changed the geocache and it is now big enough to hold items such as travel bugs
it is now waterproofed and has a new log, have fun caching everyone

Thanks bro nice one took me about a minute to find still a good one just need a new log book

Found it but needs some attention

The cache is full of rotting paper in the bottom and desperately needs a new log and new bag. I added a loose petrol receipt to act as a log today but couldn't get the only bag I had to fit in there.

Great spot - third place I looked (thank goodness) but log is a bad way and needs work. TNLN TFTC

Reperio at 1300.

After heading out to Swansea for lunch with the family, it was such a nice day that we decided to stop by and grab this one on the way back home. Pulled up next to GZ, and it wasn't long before the cache was in hand. A nicely created little hide...although there is virtually no log to sign anymore...just a small scrap of paper no bigger than a thumbnail.

Gratias elliejye.

Found. Container is showing some wear and log is completely destroyed by Water. Sorry CO I had no log suiable for the size of the cache. Needs Maintenance

Found ok - nice touch

Thought I was in for a long walk but could have done it from the car
Found it quickly but log still needs replacing
TFTC

Did not really look that hard as we didn't want to creep the neighbours out.

Brrr what a day to go caching, damned cold out in the wind, yet too hot in the car
Parking right at GZ I circled cautiously and meticulously until the cache was spotted, not so hard after all
[green] - Found It on Wednesday ... at 1:40 PM ...
TFTC! - [blue]elliejye[/blue] ... [/green]
Total Finds now ... 973
[blue] This log was posted with CacheSense v3.1.21, available on Android and BlackBerry ![/blue]

Log Roll is missing and needs replacing.
[green] - Good Luck to You All !
1:40 PM [/green]
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1300

My Ride through Greenpoint was awesome! Haven't shredded the trails in there for ages. Finally found the path up in the bushes after a minor MTB detour! Nearly landed in the drink!!

Anyways, upon arriving to GZ, I found the cache relatively quickly. Armed with mini-tweezers, I couldn't retrieve any paper or log...couldn't even see if any was in there!

I ripped off a piece of paper and put it in as my log. Loved the creativity of the hide despite the peculiar formatting of the description. Nicely done.

TFTC

#709
Had some work to do in the area do dropped by here on the way home for a quick find find. Like the container.
Thanks for this cache elliejye.

Found it but no paper. Added small scrap of paper. Tfth very cute.

Could CO please check and replace log. Appreciate creative container!

Well hidden. Took a while to find. Loved the container but couldn't retrieve the log to sign (seems to be pushed right to the bottom of container. Have photo of container as proof.

Found at 2:40 PM GAFF1. The GPSr was pointing to the bollard, so I checked all over that for no return
I eventually moved a bit and then luckily and to my relief found the cache in the first spot I looked. To my relief, because it started to rain and there were muggles about, so I didn't want to be there for too long. The log sheet was mush - so I replaced it with a slip of paper.
Thanks elliejye.

Paper was drenched and couldn't write on it

Log sheet very wet after huge storm!! Needs replacing! TFTC

I had a look around while the GPS was starting, and found it before MrsFish even got out of the car. It was logged in the car with such an exposed GZ. Thanks for the hide, it's good to see someone putting a bit of extra work into a cache.

After a bit of a search had the cache in hand, unfortunately i couldn't sign it because i didn't have the required tools to extract the log. Good attempt at a homemade cache. Tftc

Had a 2nd birthday out this way to go to, so stopped in just before.
started walking down the track before I realised I'd gone past it.
Found reasonably quickly, signed log. Nice container.
Accidentally put the two elastic bands on the outside of the bag, instead of one on the log and one on the bag.
Thanks for making a great container!

Found

This entry was edited by The Cash Man on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 03:57:55 UTC.

I was having a little trouble with the GPSr when I heard "Did you find it?", CO's mother came over and pointed me in the right direction, cute little homemade cache, left a Pathtag for CO with mum, TFTC elliejye!!

Nice one

Having left EARLY for a trip south it was still dark, so with headlights we found this one.
TNLN, TFTC ellie jye

0345 GAFF1 We were on our way to the other side of the lake and this one 'popped up' as we drove past, so stopped and had a look. With the updated coordinates, even tho the cache is well hidden it was soon found with two pairs of eyes, and hopefully no muggles wondering what we were doing.
Will add a book mark for the Night Caching elective
Bringing through the trackable shirts.
TFTC elliejye

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 00.906 E 151° 38.256

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 00.910 E 151° 38.253

Distance from original: 28.8 feet or 8.8 meters.
changed coordinates again

At last the co-ords for this cache have been corrected (or nearly) and the cache is able to be found.
Luckily, I was able to park the geomobile right next to the cache, and was able to use its bulk to hide my search from inquisitive muggles across the road.
Because of the open nature of this cache, I've added my own co-ords, so that future finders can also cover their searching. TNLNSL TFTC

***FTF*** Found it at last. Yay!
We noticed the coordinate adjustment and checked the map to get an idea of where GZ would be. Rolled up to find that the new coords were close enough to indicate where a cache may be hidden. It only took a few minutes to locate the prize although we had to pause for a moment while a tradie came by. Looks as though he had a job at the house next to GZ as the occupant arrived at the same time.
Regarding the container. A good try at fabricating a cache. The main drawback is that it is not waterproof and the log, being wet, came apart as we tried to extract it, using tweezers.
After muggles, moisture is possibly the biggest enemy of a geocache. Even if it doesn't get rained on, paper will absorb moisture from the air. To rectify the problem we replaced the log, with one more suited to the container, in a small plastic zip bag. This should be good for a while if finders are careful with their tweezers.
Cachers will need to use stealth here as GZ fairly open.
Thanks for the cache elliejye.

We spent a bit of time on this cache, not feeling comfortable around peoples property boundaries while being over watched by other house. A micro in the bush, especially without a hint are always caches that don't seem to progress and get good feedback. In my opinion this cache placement should of had more thought put into it as 20m away was a whole bush land, but instead you put right next to someones fence line. Perhaps you may need to find about 150 caches before placing you're own, just so you get the idea of a good placement by either finding that really good hide, or by being in the same situation as we were by not feeling comfortable in searching for the cache.

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This entry was edited by TeamSenz on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 at 11:50:50 UTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 00.906 E 151° 38.232

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 00.906 E 151° 38.256

Distance from original: 122.4 feet or 37.3 meters.
changed coordinates and hint again to help

found just after colleda cords close nice container keep up the good work as others have said GZ a bit out in the open but you can find it quickly so some stealth is required Thanks elliejye for the hide

After returning from our morning cycle ride we found the updated coordinates for this one. We decided to have another look.
Arrived at new GZ and still came up empty handed. Spent about 15 minutes searching until the rain started so we pulled the plug and went home for lunch.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 00.912 E 151° 38.232

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 00.906 E 151° 38.232

Distance from original: 36.5 feet or 11.1 meters.
fixed up coordinates

Saw this one published last night. Checked Google map and saw that coords had GZ in someones's backyard with bush reserve behind. We prefer not to cache at night so close to houses.
It was still unfound this morning 0600 so we thought either it was found last night and not logged or it hasn't been found. Either way we decided to have a shot at it.
Parked in Leichhardt street and walked down the track towards GZ. The GPS confirmed that the GZ coords are indeed in someones back yard, and not by a little bit. Had a search around the grass and scrub for any likely, or unlikely hides but no result.
As this is the CO's first hide perhaps the coords my need rechecking using waypoint averaging?
Anyway we'll wait and see if it is found before trying again.

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