The Wise Old Bird Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By
gmj3191 on 07-Jun-14. Waypoint GC56F41
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Logs
No one around early this morning so could have a good look and feel around. Couldnt find anything resembling a cache, only some fresh roses placed near by
Bit to busy to really look today. So we tried twice for a quick search but decided to stop.
This really was a cracker cache.KateRX and I made the quick find before heading to John Cain arena to watch the bullets beat the phoenix Tftc
Found with Noo82 en route to the Phoenix v Bullets basketball game. We stopped to smell the roses too, so beautiful! TFTC
TFTC:). A quick afternoon walk results in a find. Clever hide. Thanks CO for the replacement. C.C
According to the hint, I'm pretty sure I looked where it should be and it looks like it must be missing.
Had a quick look at this one on my way to a Storm game. Was up too high for me to grab. Will have to come back with my grabber and try again.
Another find with TravelDragon99 while using the gardens to go between museums. So many flowers laid in front of the monument, but I dont understand why . Anyway, TFTC
I suspect that once again someone has broken the cache, and neglected to let me know. I won't disable it as it sounds like the log container component of the cache is still there, but a replacement is in train and I should be able to call by and restore everything later in the week.
With the lure of an event on Herring Island that didn't require us to cart a kayak into the city, Chook joined forces with Sunset62 and micaparamedic, catching the train in and enjoying a leisurely walk there via a handful of caches.Luckily sunset62 had found this before so micaparamedic could make a swift find in a gap with no muggles around (other than an artist concentrating on his painting). We are aware that the cache should have involved a nice bit of clever camo, however this was not found today, only the basic 'log holder'. It is possible that the camo has made its way a bit beyond our reach, but all of us being on the shorter side of things (only at one end), we did not want to draw attention to ourselves with further searching.TFTC gmj3191.
I arrived in Australia a couple of weeks ago for work, and once that was finally done with I started the holiday portion of my travels. And what a holiday it is, I will be visiting six cities in a little over two weeks as I follow a rock band around on tour. Along the way, I will be collecting geocaches. I started this portion in Perth, then Adelaide, and now Melbourne. Only a few finds here as I have a busy schedule with none Geocaching things, but here is one I did find.I had no problem reaching this one (as I am height unimpaired), but I can see how others might struggle. All good here.---Thanks to gmj3191 for placing and maintaining this cache. I enjoy each and every cache I find, and it is only with Geocachers like this creating them and placing them out in the world that this wonderful game continues.
Met up with chooknchunk and sunset62 for one of our PTV shake down walks, eventually heading to Herring Island for an event there. There was a chap there painting a picture of the monument here, I wonder if I made it into the painting.Thanks gmj3191 for placing this traditional cache, enhancing the game board and adding to our enjoyment.
Found and signed- but guessing it must be busted. It was literally just the container and log sitting there behind the wise bird. Tftc!
Lots of joggers around the tan this morning but none seem interested in crossing over to pay respects... Lucky for me! This is my second visit as the cache was missing last time around, seems to happen a lot with this one! Massive thanks to Geoff for maintaining this, which must be almost a part time job!
Thank you! What a beautiful spot, and gorgeous statues. Very clever cache!! Unfortunately it was a spur of the moment cache find and as I was out on a walk I didnt have a pen with me. I have attached a pic as proof I found, hope thats ok! No muggles around during retrieval or when I put it back. All good here!
Stopped by here on an early morning walk around the city. Cache was found easily in between muggle traffic. Quite the lovely views from the city from here. Thanks for bringing me to this interesting spot.
Not been to these gardens for years. They really are lovely particularly on a lovely sunny day. TFTC
I arrived here early in the morning, while everyone nearby was rushing to work and school.This is the 4th cache of the day. Nice place and all muggles ignored me.
Hard to get it without getting Muggle attention. So tried to be very very quick!TFTC
TFTC! Easy find on a sunny Friday afternoon. Thanks for the cache! - From Adelaide.
Some city workers standing precisely at GZ. Bugger! Will have to come back another time.
Found this one after a lap of the statue. Spotted it and wasnt sure I could reach it so my dad retrieved it. Very cool cache !!! TFTC
Brilliant hide! Great find while walking around Melbourne this evening. Thanks!
Found on Mothers Day. Luckily all the people are across the road at the Mothers Day Classic and there were very few muggles at the cache. A great view and an interesting cache. TFTC
With our exchange student exploring the city we decided to go and show what a cache was like and this was a great example. A quick search and we had the cache signed and back in placeThanks gmj3191 for the cache.Found at 4:17pm on 5/5/2024. Find # 2748
Haha, great cache, both for the view of the skyline and for how it is hidden: thanx from two Swedes travelling thru Melbourne!
After the meeting in the Glasshouse for the day, and between the planned dinner event there were optional drinks to be had. So the only option here was to get on a scooter and find a few geocaches! TFTH Quality hide here and a good reason for all the FP have another.
It looks like it has been compromised again.Stand by for replacement, yet again ..........
Was super keen to see this one with the high level of favourite points, but have come up empty handed. Reading the other logs I didn't think it should be too hard to spot, but nothing there.Hopefully CO can come check and see if it's still here!
After looking for a while (reading the different comments and looking the pictures we couldnt find it
Tricky as! Couldnt find it after checking logs and photos, will have to return another time 
Wow, If I could give more than 1 FP I would for this one. I had looked a week before and had no luck. In fact it turns out it wasn't there, but I wasn't looking there anyway. Chikinlittle saw it and I was just stunned at such a clever cache. Wow. Awesome job. The best cache I have ever found I recon. Thanks for the fun and a brand new log sheet to sign. .. the Chikins from Brisbane
Couldnt find at first after seeing the hint item. Found log on grass. No outer container. Put log without outer container where I thought it should be but it wont stay for long. It will need co assistance. TFTC
Not too busy here today and spotted the cache easily. Signed and replaced. We were here visiting from Perth for the formula 1 and today is our last day in Melbourne. With Caperdoodle 2.
Day 14 of our roadtrip in Australia. Well, no roadtrip today, as we're still in Melbourne. Today we'll be exploring the parts outside of CBD, starting in the north, then south of Yarra and east where all the sports related stuff happens. Well, if we make it that far, there's so much to see here . Wow, that's a really cool hiding place. We immediately spotted it when walking up, but it's a nice camouflage. Thanks and kind regards from Switzerland, Hinni&Simo
During our cruise from New Zealand, via Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Mystery Island, Fiji, Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti, Raiatea, Maui, Kaua?i, O?ahu and Hawai?i Island we also passed by here and found this cache.T4tc and best regardsJoskaranch
On our last day in Melbourne and covering some unfound caches on our walk home we headed towards GZ. We quicker read the hint were a little confused. After taking a step back so as not to overthink the situation. It just flew into sight. What a hoot!!! Surprised such a public area and we were able to retrieve the cs he without attracting any attention. Great idea and location in such a serene location. TFTC??
Staying in Melbourne for a few days for the Grand Prix.With most of my time down here dedicated to being at Albert Park, there isn't a lot of time left over for caching. As today was race day, I wanted to get to the track much earlier than previous days to ensure a good vantage point could be secured which left time for just the one find this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed my first experience at a Grand Prix (even though my favourite driver DNF'd right in front of me) after being a fan of the sport for several years now. I will definitely try to make this an annual thing into the future Had a general idea what to expect here so managed to spot the cache rather quickly and retrieve it without having to stretch too much. It truly is a beautifully designed cache and def worth a fp.Thanks for the cache
Had a general idea what to expect here so managed to spot the cache rather quickly and retrieve it without having to stretch too much. It truly is a beautifully designed cache and def worth a fp.Thanks for the cacheThat was a nice hiding spot. In my opinion, the best I saw during our Australia trip.Therefore, I'd like to leave a here.TFTCacheld
Suite de notre priple en Australie : deux jours Melbourne. On logue en team Mado. Merci pour la cache, qui mrite un beau PF pour sa qualit et son originalit
Notre road trip nous emmne pour 2 jours Melbourne. Nous jaunirons quelques points sur la carte. TFTC logue en team Mado. Jardin botanique et cache trs originale qui mrite son PF
Centrocampisto and I always have to come to the gardens when were here. Before going to the footy we grab this easily. Great hide!! A bluey from me Thx skippy&co
Oh I feel like I got a trophy after a bit of climbing because I am little. Its perfect cache! At 5:20pm I walked and I see it but there many muggle so I back later that confirmed that I log in at 8:44pm. Brillant cache! Thank you!
Wowww!! This is such a cool cache!! Lucky my husband is a lot taller than me so could easily grab it. Thanks for the cache, my second one in Melbourne but one of my all time favourites!
Today a member of the team who is in Melbourne comes to pick up this great cache.Very shameless cache, brave that we left signed. We have had to wait for the Mugles to let us work Thanks for hiding and greetings from Spain
