Divine Architecture - Sri Durga Rockbank, Victoria, Australia
By BBDAMN on 06-Mar-14. Waypoint GC4ZPB3

The recent loss of my mum and the travelling back and forward to NZ leading up to it has completely taken my attention away from Geocaching. After giving it some thought I have decided to archive this cache rather than unearth my supplies and perform the necessary maintenance.

Taking off line until I can replace the log

Another quick find today, thank you

I've been wanting to do this cache for ages now. Every time I go straight past it on the way to pick up Brianna.92. Today was the day Brianna.92 and I decided to find this cache. It was a quick find for Brianna.92. She's getting too good at this and I've nicknamed her Bloodhound. (Think I've trained her well)
Had a quick look at the church, what a great structure. Thanks for the cache BBDAMN.
SL TNLN.

Been on my radar for some time, finally got it on a wet autumn day tftc.

While staying in Keilor with a friend for a couple of days we decided to get out of the high traffic areas to go caching. We noticed there was a nice selection of caches out this way and returned here to do more after our time here yesterday. Lots of creative hides and thanks to BBDAMN for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

I noticed this unusual building as I drove out to Ballarat a week ago. Having seen slightly similar temples in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka, I stopped for a look.
As a bonus there was a cache nearby, which was quickly found.
NOTE for cache owner: Only 5 blank spaces on the log book.
Greetings from France.
SlackMac.

Had a little bit of time up my sleeve so I thought I would grab a couple of caches between appointments.
Weather is a little different compared to where I was last weekend.
The architecture on the building is impressive and not many people around at the moment.
A quick find as coords are spot on and not many places to hide a cache.
Thanks BBDAMN for bringing me here and showing me this placeTFTC

Having been away for a few days it was time to head home. We had spotted this building previously so today we stopped for a closer look and to find a cache. Peter spotted this one.
Thanks

After attending an event in Melton, we did a quick stop on the way home. Still a warm day after Christmas yesterday, being very aware of snakes in this grass. Say find. Tftc

Found on our way down to do the Wyndham Christmas Lights virtual. Yes, very interesting architecture indeed. A quick find. Many thanks for the cache and for getting us to stop by here for a closer look.

Another year, another trip to see the Wyndham Lights.
Came up a few hours early to grab some caches before it was dark.
Nice and quick find in a nice spot for viewing the temple.
Thanks for the cache hide here.

Found with McAdies and Jelly_bean14.
We came for the Christmas lights and found this one before hand.
Thanks for the hide.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
We came for the Christmas lights and found this one before hand.
It was fun going around here looking for caches.
Thanks for the hide.

TFTC Caching with Hans & Linda. Looking very out of place as the congregation exited. Sunday probably not the best day for a visit. Quick find though and we are on our way.

TFTC. As we travel around the country we often stop at old churches and unusual buildings. We needed a cache today to fill in our 366 day calendar . After disappointments close to Hillside, we chose this cache to attempt. As we pulled up we saw the Car Park full of cars. Bother! Undaunted we discovered we had parked right on top of the cache. A quick find and pretending to take photos as the congregation slowly exited. A quick return and we drove off to attempt the nearby Serbian Church.

Took the geopup out for a drive and explore on a gorgeous day. Thanks for giving us some great destinations.

Thanks for another great cache to find on my drive around the area.
SL TFTC

Having failed miserably at the Rockbank divine architecture, we thought we better get this one. A quick find here while we discussed the building. Thanks for the hide.

** Smile # *4290* / Traditional # *3279* **

I was out today and noticed this one with a little detour. I'm not one for religion but this seemed of interesting architecture. I stopped to take a photo before finding this cache quite quickly. Signed and returned as found.

**Thanks for placing this trad BBDAMN** [^]
**Cache container and log in good condition**
**Took nothing, Left nothing**

Awesome quick find with the geo kids !!
Thankyou

Got this one, I've searched for the other Devine Arc cache without any luck. I will return and will find it. Tftc

After getting the other Divine Architecture cache down the road I grabbed this one, a nice easy find.

Geo dad found - easy obvious interesting temple left jimmy maff tag here
If found be sure to continue to move it on and log it cheers

Found with a little help my GPS jumped all over the place TFTC.

Pretty cool temple, nice simple find. Now back to the freeway....
TFTC

Today was a busy day for the sims family. The morning and early afternoon were spent in Diggers Rest attending a wedding. We had a couple of hours to get back home, cook tea for guests who were coming over, and then head out to a fund-raising event in Geelong for the evening. Of course a cache needed to be squeezed in there somewhere as well, and this one was conveniently on our way home.
I'm not sure why we didn't notice the cache here before. We have certainly noticed the building, and even stopped by for a closer look once. Our focus must have been so much on the interesting building, that we forgot to check the map and didn't realise we were right next to a cache the whole time!
We had a few muggles leaving just as we pulled up. They soon drove off, and we quickly found the cache, signed and returned before any more cars came by. Thanks to BBDAMN for bringing us back to this unusual building.

Found on rainy day. Plenty of muggles about

nice quick easy find. had to be quick as something was on here today. few people around

After trying a new way home from work and having a DNF on this one previously I could not resist another look.

I pulled up right next to GZ and had a quick find.

Another one of these on the way home from Melton tftc!

Temple is busy tonight.

Very easy find. TFTC

An easy find by geohubby at a beautiful place. Great architecture here. Cache found in familiar place. TFTC

Lovely temple to see and great find

Came to search for this one last night so parked my car on the side of the road near GZ. While still in the car trying to find a pen, another car pulled up behind with it's hazard lights on and sat there for ages-so no cache for me. Arrived here again this morning for another shot. No muggles around here today so cache was soon in hand and log signed. TFTC. I drive past here twice a week to work and never knew a cache existed here until earlier this week.

Easy spot while we were out on our Geo trip home, TFTC

TFTC very quick find, easy to spot!

A quick and easy find on our way to Ballarat. It certainly is a striking piece of architecture. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

17:32
We have enjoyed following the Divine Architecture series. Stopping for a cache certainly makes us look and learn about these fascinating buildings, we would otherwise probably just drive past. Today P-P spotted this one after the GPS'r settled to the occasion. Certainly a modern religious structure based on an older theme.

Our thanks to BBDAMN for bringing us to this location.
14163

Yay

Easy find

Your home town is beautiful BBDAMN; nothing like it around here.
Geokid was able to make a quick grab here today after we were muggled out last week.
They've added a new adornment to the temple tower now: geokids call it a golden ice-cream!
Found with thanks

Muggled out by a steam roller: that's a first! Couldn't hunt as he was right there, will be back. Thanks.

A quick drive by and easily found. Interesting structure with alot of work going on nearby. TFTC

Found with Mel_Adz for the Victorian Local Government challenge cache at 11:18. TftC

A quick find for us on the way to Ballarat. TFTC.

Nice quick find. TFTC

A nice easy drive by. TFTC.

Nice quick find. Tftc

Quick find! A very easy one with which to wrap up a day of caching.

Nice easy find on the way to work. TFTC.

The second different architectural building to find today. Very strange looking.
Thanks BBDAMN For showing us the different styles of buildings.

Used to drive past here every day (before I discovered the back way is quicker) to get to & from work in Melton. It's an interesting building.
Quick park & find, no. 2 on my quest to reach 300.
TFTC.

Stopped off here on the way to Bacchus Marsh for a day of caching and walking our dog. Found the cache easily enough at 10:45am. Still seemed to be workers at the site. Is it finished?
TNLN
thanks BBDAMN

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 44.460 E 144° 41.982

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 44.455 E 144° 41.987

Distance from original: 38.7 feet or 11.8 meters.
Dropped by on my way home from work to take new coords with my GPSr. Ironically, my smart phone had GZ very close to where it physically was.

Followed the advice of previous logs and scoured the fence line. Also agree that it is an ugly concrete structure.
TFTC

found on my way to work.
Yes i think its Ugly.
Thanks for the Cache.

14:08, 1 July 2015. #195. Out on a mid-week ride with a Ulysses Club branch and I had to head home early. Decided to hunt for some caches between Castlemaine and the Calder. This was a last minute tack on after that and obviously not part of the original plan. This one was a bit closer to home and I thought, what the hey - one more stop, I've still got time. I'm glad I stopped.

Definitely helped to read other logs as my iPhone was telling me GZ was the wrong side of the fence. a little bit of looking along the fence line and looking in the wrong places because I expected something different, but found it pretty quickly all the same. All in good condition.

SL TFTC BBADMIN.

This entry was edited by RGSBruce on Thursday, 02 July 2015 at 10:20:19 UTC.

Out today with the LalorBrennan's for our first hunt together for a while. The kids had a great time spending time together and it was great to see them all getting along (most of the day) hunting for the treasure we were after. All caches found today were in good repair and were a treat to find. Thank you to all the CO's, we had a great day.

Very uninspiring building unfortunately. Happy to witness Smepster and Darcy's 500th find. Well done TFTC

It looks like a part complete concrete monolith-not inspiring at all, actually quite depressing. No scaffolding so I presume it's finished.

A nice quick find tftc

New log added and full log removed.

Don't know about divine. Pretty plain building to me. Cache in good condition.

Interesting building!! Old sheep nearby giving us the eye. We signed on the last spot. Log is now full!! TFTC!

Great find. Found with Gavan75 & Henain

Tftc, found while on holidays visiting with my sissy. Definately needed the past clues to find. Only one more space to sign.
I found with em eats pie and Gavan75

First stop today and a quick find

T4TC & greetings from Switzerland
Smurfy_CH

Found by caughtatwork at 17:17 on 11/04/2015
A very tricky cache to find as it was some > 10m from GZ and not quite near the gate where the GPS was pointing. A walk alo0ng the fence and we had the cache in hand.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks BBDAMN for this cache today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Tftc Too dark to see the temple.

Found this cache today on the way home from work.
TFTC!!!

Spiffy- and I were out on a road trip and popped in to grab this cache for our LGA zone. It was busy but the cache was far enough away from the muggles to allow for a find. TFTC

Today was 'project centroid' to fulfill the requirements for a centroid challenge cache in Williamstown.
We grabbed this on on the way back to the city to fill in another LGA (Local Government Area) on the map for another challenge we are slowly working on.
A few people up near the temple so I pulled over the car and lifted up the back to make it look like we were busy and seconds later my buddy made the find.
Thanks BBDAMN for the cache, the hunt and the fun.

Found on our way home from our caching weekend in Ballarat. TFTC

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there BBDAMN. We found your cache "Divine Architecture - Sri Durga" at 12:32:00 PM today. This cache makes our find count 10405.
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A nice, quick park-n-grab, and we are glad to cross another DNF off the list.
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Coordinate Accuracy: We found the cache around 10m North from where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: The container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
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In the local vicinity and managed to pick up this one on our travel. TFTC TNLN SL

In the Melton area this afternoon on a work related task, managed to find some time to whip around and find a few caches, many thanks to for the effort and placement of this cache. TNLN SL

[green]Found #4071 @ 1.12pm[/green]...

Fantastic day, pleasant walks & collected a cache or two too...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment BBDAMN...
- P
Took: Nothing Left: Nothing Dipped TB's...

Found today by Team Ladava while in transit to place our own new offering a little further south east.
An unfortunate day to attempt this one as so many cars were exiting the temple it made stealth almost impossible.
Yes, the coordinates had me well over the fence however taking note of the cache data a second lap of the fence had the prize in hand.
I pass this building twice daily in transit to and from work so I have watched it being constructed over the past year or so.
Externally it is probably the most unlovely places of worship I have seen. I can only imagine the interior and activities is why the attendees flock to it.
Our thanks to BBDAMN for the cache.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
*Overall Experience: 3*
Cache condition - fine

Rated: for Overall Experience

I'd seen this pop up on the radar as I'd passed by on several occasions but never had the chance to stop. With an empty car today, there wouldn't be a better time so I took the necessary diversion. Like most, the coordinates had me inside the property but I stayed outside as per the cache notes. I searched the 'usual' spots, including the most logical location, but it wasn't until I moved a few metres along that I spotted the 'camo', after which I had the stash in hand at 18:00.

I don't know about the architecture but I reckon that the road is busier than the highway only a few hundred metres to the south!

TNLNSL, although a couple of our geocoins had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks and [purple]Happy[/purple] [orange]New[/orange] [red]Year[/red] BBDAMN.

We found this cache today at 7:00pm as number 23 of 23 on our Melton Intervening Days Tour. Never helps when the co-ords are about 10m over the fence as alluded to by lots of other finders. In between the myriad of many, many passing cars, the cache was discovered. An interesting building. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

Got to agree with you. Very flat and unappealing. Thought we were going to see something special. Maybe it will be enhance d with some external decorations on completion. Thanks for the cache

Found on another caching adventure with Trailrunning, With the day off we decided to head out to the Western Suburbs and do a few caches, the higlight being the TSS caches. The signs made this place out to be bigger than Ben Hur, I found it rather drab looking, compared to the Hindu Temples I had seen in India. Thanks BBDAMN for the cache.

A day off work prior to Christmas break saw Rebel Acts and I going for a drive out this way to pick up a few caches. Nice little run and heaps of fun. Thanks

Accompany with whitepaws9 to Adelaide for few days then go to Perth.
Found it in early the morning.
Thanks BBDAMN

Left Melb 5am to start my long journey to SA and WA.
Found it with crank1.
TFTC

After considerable effort some weeks ago looking in the wrong spot I returned with renewed hope after re-reading the cache notes (and finding another sri-site cache, I got the general idea) was able to quickly locate the GZ "outside" the temple grounds. Problem was I had to wait to sign log as a local temple devotee had stopped to check if I was needing assistance parked on the roadside beside the security gate. We had a good old chat about the building and the work still to be done and then he went on his way having attempted his convertion spiel...phew! TFTC BBDAMN.

Rather interesting concrete sculpture.

I hope it gets a little bit of life drawn into it as I think its rather bland.

However the cache was a little trickier.

Even though I had not to enter the property the cache was not anywhere near where I was searching.

But once I widened the area it was easily found.

TFTC

Second attempt this time in daylight but because the GPS wanted me to jump fence and search 10m inside property had to give it a miss. Later re-read cache notes and realised my error. Next time I return looking for cache smaller and closer to roadside. Think I know where and how as well! TFTC BBDAMN.

Found on a day out with highrod and wozzle68. This one was on our way home. Very busy roads with lots of cars. An interesting building. TFTC

Probably picked the wrong day of the week to do this one, people everywhere! TFTC

We are on a day trip to the Brunswick area.
Found with Wozzle68, Misscheif18.

We found your cache Divine Architecture - Sri Durga on 28/09/2014 3:43 pm. This is our find #4004 and find #14 today.
Very busy at this time on a Sunday!!
The cache is in good shape.
Thanks BBDAMN for the cache!

It was a good day for geocaching,with CLOGWOG,and thanx for hiding the cache. TNLN!!!!

Find # 4406 @ 1:28 PM. Another day out caching with redranger2001. TNLN, Left my mark in the log, Thanks for placing this cache here....

Quick stop on the way home, always driving by, maybe one day the outside of the temple will resemble the beautiful ones found in Asia.

This entry was edited by robinson_family_oz on Friday, 19 September 2014 at 12:31:05 UTC.

What a hideous building!!! lol.
Nice to have this one off the radar after a previous DNF. For some reason I was looking for a sneakier hide than it actually was, stumbled on it unexpectedly. Coords were about 8m out and trying to lead me into the temple grounds, however thanks to the cache notes it narrowed the search area a bit.
TFTC BBDAMN

After a most enjoyable day caching I espied this one on the way home. A quick diversion and a short hunt and the cache was found, just as people started arriving at the place in question. It looks unfinished, and the coords were quite acceptable for me.

My daughter and her partner were visiting and he only likes to do caches that I can't find. Having been to this little spot several times already, this is where we came.... I knew the coords were well off... Geobuddies have mentioned looking for a pinecone in a fence post! (Couldn't find anything, checked all the posts...) Checked trees, followed worn tracks, etc etc, but to no avail.. Finally geo-daughter found it! Sneaky little toad! Ok, you DON't climb through the fence!!!! Coordinates are S37 44.457 E144 41.986 TFTC

Took a bit of tracking down. Coords a bit out?