Magnetic mystery Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
By M0O on 20-Dec-13. Waypoint GC4VMVD

As there has been no response to a previous request to attend to this cache, or to email advice (19/Nov/2021) it would appear the cache owner is either unwilling or unable to maintain the cache - the cache has effectively been abandoned.

Cache ownership requires attendance to maintenance matters which, apart from physically looking after a cache and making regular visits to check, can include updating any changes to the text, updating coordinates, responding to Reviewer enquiries, removing Needs Maintenance attributes and Enabling the listing.

The [**Geocache Maintenance guideline**](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance) explains a CO's responsibility towards checking and maintaining the cache when problems are reported. Caches that have been archived for lack of maintenance will not be unarchived. This is explained in the Help Center article [**here**](http://support.groundspeak.com//index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70).

If there are components or remnants of the cache and you haven't already done so, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

If you wish to contact a Reviewer regarding this cache, please send an email via the profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the cache name and GC number.

We found this cache today on our first day Bairnsdale for our East Gippsland Road Trip. We did not realise that this one was offline but we found it relatively easily. There is still plenty of room to log. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

Not sure what the issue is with placement, it's still there. Further information is required or reactivation requested thanks.

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### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED PLEASE** ###

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Hi there Cache Owner,

It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is an issue with the placement. The cache is being temporarily disabled, so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed.

Whilst it is recognized that as a result of the current COVID19 situation, it might not be possible for a Cache Owner to just pop out and check on a cache, we still need to know that you are on top of the issue.

CO's of caches disabled during the current COVID19 crisis will be given some extra time to react. Caches where the cache owner does not currently feel it is safe to maintain will not be archived in the normal time frame, as long as there is some indication from the CO. **Don't let a lack of communication kill this cache.**

#What should you do:-#
- Should the regional Health and State Government requirements allow it **AND** you feel it safe for you to maintain this cache now, please feel free to do so. Don't forget to log an 'Owner Maintenance ' log and also Enable the cache once the issue is fixed.

- **Alternatively,** what you need to do is place a Write Note log indicating a date when you you expect you might be able to attend to the issue/s.

#Please Note#
When the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment from the CO as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned and processed accordingly.

**JUST A HINT:-** In case you are not aware, there is a new Geocaching Dash Board designed to assist a Cache Owner in managing the caches they own. Have a read about it [**HERE.**](https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-to-the-cache-owner-dashboard/?newsletter=PM) You will find your very own dash board [**HERE**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/owner?utm_source=geocaching&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=COD)

Thanks for you cooperation,

Bunjil


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A bit of muggle activity due to the long weekend so had a brief search.

Fun and challenging. Log needs updating. Thanks

Found

found it with goat girl44 and Geo kids while on our trip around Australia

While staying at the caravan park I walked along beside the Mitchell River and stopped for this quick find.
Thanks M0O

Things were not looking good today with the fires around but had a little time to go for a walk from my place.
Cache was soon found but waxy paper was hard to write on
TFTC

We DNFd this last year... turns out we were looking in the wrong place! Found it this time, very happy.

Needs a new log

I’m catching up on logging my caches from our road trip to the Mega and back. ZimbaW and I and geopooches had a great time-thanks for the cache!

F(H)ound It! #3613 @ 4:35 PM

Miz Wacket and I and the geohounds are on our way north after spending a night at Tarra River. The weather is scary - hot and windy like being in a furnace so we only logged a couple of park and grabs today.

This one certainly took a bit of searching, but persistence paid off. A bled a bit for this one as I got a scratch while hunting in the shrubbery.
Thanks M0O

Day 5 of KmanNZ's 2019 roadtrip.
Cooma to Bairnsdale via the Snowy Mountains and beautiful Lakes Entrance.

Find #23

Last find for the day. Not easy to find but not impossible.
There are finite options to check and the coords are spot on.

Thanks

#3502

Found this with a some telephone clues from Phetlern, TFTC

Found this one as we were about to give up. TFTC

In Bairnsdale this afternoon and decided to do this on our way home. Took the walk and quickly had this one in hand, which was good as it was looking like it was lost.

**Log in micro is totally full if anyone going here and has one they can spare.

Thanks M0O for this placement.

Very hard to get to

We too joined the list of DNF's

Since this cache has not been found for over 6months by numerous cachers it is time for some action by the CO

Nothing here, seems to be fallen down or something

Very mystery, nothing found

We came, we looked we DNF

Couldn’t find

Found it, but couldn’t get it out so haven’t logged it. Need tweezers.

Finally found
Still lots of muggelers around.
Could not get the log out.
Tftc.
CC

Wow this was a tricky one! We made the most of no muggles after a big downpour and fading light forgot tweezers so took a photo instead! TFTC

Also a Dnf

Looked in every place we could with no result. We'll try another time...

Second DNF to Manny mugglers

Heading home from Eden we stopped at this caravan park to break up the drive. In the morning before hitting the road we headed for this cache. We were a little worried this might be a fruitless search but it did not take us very long to reveal the little container TFTC

An overnight stay at the caravan park nearby to close out our trip with swimming and fishing the day and night prior. A morning text from nanton34 was enough to get going and collect the two caches within 150 metres of the park. The previous logs spooked us but we had this in hand in the end. Tftc

Third DNF here for me. My Garmin had GZ near a bush on the fence. I searched there and extended the search, but this cache still eludes me.

I looked in a couple of spots, then there it was. Thankfully caravan park tenants were shielded from view. It looks like a nice spot for a walk.

TFTC

To many eyes today

The long weekend was here and it was time for fitzy_1965 and I to head down to Vic in the geo-unit for an epic geomission We had a great time camping, cruising around admiring the beautiful scenery and nabbing LOTS of caches! A great weekend of quality caching all round!

Day four and we were just about to head off when I thought I'd fire up the GPS to see where we were off too. I then discovered we had camped just 20m from this cache! Well best we grab it then! found the little bugger after a short search.

Thanks for the hide, M0O

14753. Found during a long weekend caching run down through the Bombala / Genoa / Mallacoota / Cann River / Orbost / Lakes Entrance / Bairnsdale regions with specimenX.

A long weekend caching plan was hatched with specimenX to head down to Victoria for 4 days of caching and camping. Had a fantastic time driving around enjoying the scenery, camping at various locations, plus the huge number of caches to be found. Day Four was here, and we packed up again. When we were about to leave we checked the GPSs - we had camped/slept only 20m from a cache !!! A quick search revealed the first find for the day - and a bonus one. Signed the log, returned the cache, and we headed off to the net one.

Thanks to all the COs for placing their caches !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Quickly found the sneaky little hide. TFTC

After a short search I located this well hidden cache
TFTC

Tricky find
Tricky accessing log
Tricky writing on log with the wrong type of pen
Tftc and tricky one

Found by Mary & David at 0944. Arrived at GZ and began searching likely nano spots, but no early luck. After a DNF at our first stop, we were starting to despair. Another check around our indicated GZ and this time we found it. Phew. Glad to tick it off. Our thanks to M0O.

This cache could have been a DNF !! [:o]
But thanks to a comment made by a previous finder,
I soon tracked down this rather small cache

Burn the nano factories !!!

TFTC

The soldiers in!

Nice quick one while having a bite to eat alongside the river.TFTC

Found by the little one

Nice shady spot. Quick easy find.

Stumbled upon this one quite quickly on what was a surprisingly busy Christmas day in the area.
TFTC

2 time lucky!

I just had left the motorhome for 5 minutes, in which I was able to find the Bairnsdale Technical School Cache, when I already had to go back, as the little kid had started to cry again. I seems to smell when I am leaving the area. So only after I comforted him a bit, I was allowed to go outside a little more. This time I made my way to look for the magnetic mystery. It was an easy find... which I found during being watched by many possum-muggles that were hanging around in the nearby oak tree. I was actually amazed - an oak tree in Australia - that was something I would not have expected here...


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Don't like the muggles! Dnf

Found after a few attempts looking in a beautiful area

It was a mystery, but cache in hand. TFTC

Nano. Don't forget to bring tweezers to get the log out of its container. Easy find even at night.

While sitting eating I check for near by caches what do yu know ther eas this one really close.

We did it! Back for the second attempt and a better result. Persistence pays. Well done team Great cache and a great little hide.

We are going to log this as a DNF. I suspect the satellites were playing up today with the rainy, cloudy conditions. We'll try to come back on a clearer day and see if the coordinates play a little nicer.

Second attempt yay!

The morning after our work-day in the area and we decided to fit in as much caching as we could before we had to return to Traralgon to relieve our babysitter. By this time, we'd found a place which supplied coffee in 'buckets' and were slowly awakening for the day. We were creeped out and grossed out on our route down to the cache by the multitude of cancer-stick inhaling Fed Training students up above, who did keep watch on us while we tried to inconspicuously search. We came up with nothing, also disappointed at the vandalism that a park bench has suffered here, and left empty handed. Thanks anyway M0O

No good

??

Found it

Found it

TFTC ... Tricky find

Had us looking for a while!!

No luck today.

3rd times a charm

found it

Showing mummahbear77 the ropes and example of caches and she's loving it... Tftc

Tftc was a great find

Found it

Visiting Bairnsdale with our club, we have had a fairly full and interesting week. However, we have also managed to pop out on our own to search for some caches. This afternoon we looked for four with three successes. This was the third find at 3.15 pm. We had decided to combine the hunt with a walk along the riverside, thank you MOO for the added interest. As Phetlern said, once the GPSr settled down, the coords were spot on, well done! A T B travelling with us visited, TNLN, signed with the diminutive D2 (pesky little things!).

My second attempt to locate cache, this time success. TFTC

1150 at lovely walk along river 8/4/16 with Alsume

Walked along the river track to make the find with 4maal at 11:50am.
thanks M0O

I searched for this in the dark and couldn't find it. I checked the fence near GZ and the bench near the fence. GZ was showing on my Garmin in that area. My second DNF here. If I get time I will search in the morning in the light.

18:41
Good Co'ords meant this one was soon in hand! Having read previous logs, meant we were able to provide a new log for this little guy.
This is one of the caches we were able to find while staying in Bairnsdale to celebrate a very special family birthday.

Our thanks to M0O for bringing us to this location.
14438

Couldn't find

Awesome little cache. Surprised Geodad with the size but I still spotted it quickly.

Log however is full so needs some cache maintenance. My spare logs are in the car...

Thanks for the cache!

Oh look, another late log by Ms-Enchantress! Who would have thought!

Found in the company of TeamThommo and Nicocoa whilst on an Australia day camping holiday :)

So after waiting a VERY Looooong time we finally had our new Black series 'Dominator' camper. Last week MS-enchantress and her hubby were over and suggested we go camping Australia Day long weekend so thats exactly what we did!
Having arrived at Nicocoa's property in Nicholson and set up camp it was us women folk's job to go into town and grab a couple of things before dinner.
So Mrs Teamthommo, Ms-enchanctress and Nicoco decided to do a couple of caches on the way. This was one of them.
M-enchatress made the find on this one today.
TFTC M0O SL TNLN TBV

Awesome little cache TFTC

Found with muggle Belinda. Tftc.

Nothing like a challenge of getting a nano near a caravan park in the busiest week of the year. But hey why not give it a go. After about 20 minutes of muggle dodging and gps spinning like a top GeoDad found it. Well hidden. Thanks for the cache. Silkyie

This was a tricky one but got it in the end

I walk pass this location frequently and I was worried as there had been recent trimming back of vegetation in the area of the GZ. Usually there are campers near-by or people out enjoying the walking track but luckily tonight the coast was clear and I quickly located cache.

Thanks MOO nice hide.

Peace

Nice hide

Tftc. Beautiful sunny day in bairnsdale. Not much action here for a few months

Quick find with Justjessie and Debandian on a wet mornings caching around Bairnsdale.

Third try. Found with Justjessie and O319 on a rainy day, nothing else to do but go for a drive and cache!!!

Found with O319 and Debandian. TFTC!

Found as part of our Easter weekend cache hunt, far healthier than hunting chocolate eggs TFTC

Clever hide may need tweezers to get log out

Found 3:02:00 PM, during an Easter long weekend expedition to Barnesdale to visit family.

TNLN, thanks M0O.

Found it after 3 attempts with little mirpip whilst doing the road book for the East Gippsland stages

Back in Bairnsdale this weekend and the chance to hunt a cache or two with lagavullin3. This one has been a bit of a nemesis cache for us as on the previous 2 attempts muggles have always been close by preventing a proper search. This time the caravan park was nowhere near as occupied so there was actually a bit of space around and no eyes watching for once. Looked from one side at where I thought it would be with no luck, then tried from the other side and had the cache in hand in short order. Thanks to M0O for this one, can be tricky to find muggle free times to hunt!!!!