Window on the world Mount Kuring-gai, New South Wales, Australia
By Lockie Picker on 26-Jun-14. Waypoint GC57QY8

This one has gone missing. Out of locks so archiving to give someone else a go at placing a fun cache around this area.
14 favs when archived.

A little sad to see this one go.
We made a special trip to do this one when visiting Sydney a few years ago.
And then sat and sweated and hoped until the sudden joy of the click and twist of the lock opening
And now we have created one of our own in SA.
https://coord.info/GC8K8XA
Thanks again asbestiform

Very sorry to hear this cache has been retired. It was one of my favourite finds.

Guess whose cache's got a ??GC6XPWQ also resides in Adelaide, inspired by Window on the world ??.

The walk down to the cache via the suggested trail was simple enough, even with the kids.
Unfortunately at GZ I was unable to lay my hands on the cache. I got covered in sand, spiderwebs, and a couple of leeches, stuck my hand in and around any number of holes mildly angering a couple of resident wasps and came back empty handed.

Will have to return again in the not too distant future and search some more.

I parked up the top a the co ords and couldn't find a logical spot to get to GZ so a bush bash was had and I arrived at GZ, the hint was had and still after 30 mins the cache couldn't be found even with reading past logs, finally I spotted something at the base of the rock face and sure enough it was the cache, sat there for about 30mins raking the lock before it finally opened. Woo hoo! (i had practice in SA from perviously doing 2 of these) I put the cache back where I thought it should be hidden.

With a few days of not much going on in Adelaide, I was deciding what to do for the next few days. For some reason Sydney seemed like a good choice and within 6hours I was off and away. With a last minute decision came a last minute plan of what I was going to go and find and as usual it changed but still got most of what I came for. A few DT fill-ins for my next loop, high favourites and JASMAR caches I was yet to find including the oldest in Aus: Lane Cove. Day 1: I arrived in Sydney late in the evening and had booked to stay at the rocks, I got off the train at an early stop and collected a few caches in the city along my path and a few lab caches. Day 2 I was up nice and early and went for nice run along the foreshore collecting some cache from the opera house to Walsh bay, I then headed over to manly and a nice walk around the area before picking up the free hirer car collecting a few caches on my way to lane cove. I later headed north to central coast to 2 Multis I was keen to tick off before arriving back in the city suburbs for the evening. I continued driving around the suburbs collecting LGAs and that continued on for day 3 before going to Bondi for some nice walks along the rock faces and the beach. As I had to drop the car back at lunch time I headed back into the city for the afternoon to collect the rest of the caches I had missed that were possible in the time I had left.
A total of 86 finds and 37 adventure labs for the trip.


Thanks for the cache

Out today doing my bit for social distancing #covid-19. Decided to add this one to the itin last night at the last minute as I've had it to do for ages. But it's always made me a little apprehensive as I'm no lock picker. I pulled off Dinosaurs Must Die ok but this one looked real deal.

Well it was hard enough just finding a way to GZ, and once there (place is cool!) it took me quite some time to finally extract the very well hidden cache! Good grief - sure enough, there I sat for 90mins that's NINETY MINUTES and so I just had to pack it in. Bah!!! I've had a string of bad luck with high D/T caches lately!!! Then, after rather reluctantly re-hiding the cache, I noticed a wet patch on my sock near my ankle - previously I was caching near water but that was ages ago.... oh no. To add insult to injury I got LEACHED big time!! Two hours that sucker had me and was now the size of my pinky! I'm getting out of here!!!
#1131

Came here last weekend but could not open. At home we practiced and on return we had it open in about 10 seconds.log signed and cache returned to its hiding spot.

Found with bedlem2 easy after we practice at home

OCW PelDroedGwin

Heading north to the GCNSW expedition, stopping off to target dates for my Jasmer grid and the missing D/T combinations

Took the direct approach to a very interesting GZ

PDG got on the tools and was in, in a matter of minutes !!

Excellent fun

Fav point from me

Tftc

OCW the Bebes. Parked by the cricket ground and headed to GZ. Found the cache quickly in an obvious spot and proceed to pick the lock. Luckily only took 2-3 mins and bang, it was open. Loved the challenge though. Tftc

Found with Ari, Naomi, Daniel & Alissa

Wow, this was a fun one. Went caching with Prof Jones and some other friends, along with the geofamily. This one was found by the youngest geokid and we all took turns in lock picking (after watching the video) until it was finally picked! Tftc, this was brilliant.

After son's cricket up the top I sent him home with a friend, and went looking. I cut straight down, and found the GZ. After another of the CO's hides I knew the sort of place to look, and actually ended up catching a glimpse of it from the outside looking in. I expected to take it away to work on it, but thought I'd try my hand first. After a few false starts I changed tools and then managed to get the lock open fairly quickly. Everything is in top order. I signed the log, replaced it as found, and then found a much better way back up (I'd been a bit worried about snakes on the way in). If I were doing it again I'd start from the power towers at the south eastern side of the ground. What a great location and a really interesting container/puzzle. TFTC.

Parked at 6:15am, headed carefully down to GZ and began my search firstly by flashlight and then by lovely crisp daylight but alas, after thirty minutes could not locate the cache in its hiding place. I’m confident it’s there, just my D5 senses were not switched on I shall return. L’chaim! Спасибо!

It's been a while since we went for a geo find and this one looked like a nice one to take our new puppy on an adventure with us.
A good search for about 40mins and a roll around we came out looking like ghosts but with cache in hand. P took all but a minute to work his magic on unlocking this cache. A beautiful spot and a great lil cache. TFTF

Checked hidey hole and it's where it normally is. If you are lying back looking out the window , your feet are in a good position to find it.

I spent ages with stainless steel rat looking for this cache. We were looking forward to the challenge but left with our tails between our legs. We couldn't even find the cache

searched for about half an hour, with no luck we couldn't even find the container
we were looking forward to the fun part too.

Quick check in while oldest trained for the round ball comp. All the goods in place in their hidey hole. Opened ok but the pins have lost a lot of spring. Will look at replacing the lock soon. Recent log entries in the photo.

Well, this one was fun! We were actually a little naughty and took the cache to a nearby cafe in the comfort of air-conditioning on this very hot day thinking that it would take us ages to open, if we were even successful. We were gone for less than an hour so took the risk that nobody else would turn up and search for the cache. Many apologies if someone did!
We ordered lunch and a coffee, sat down and got the cache and tools out, and in less than a minute, the lock popped open! We've had a little practice, and opened the one at "Dinosaurs Must Die" easily but did not expect to unlock this one in such a short time - beginner's luck I reckon! The log was signed, the cache was put back together, lunch & coffee were had, and we returned back to GZ to replace the cache. Will have to have a go at some other locks now to see if there's a hidden talent in me hehe! TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Well done Hancock Clan! Method gets CO tick of approval. I think a max of 24 hours away from GZ would be ok.

+1 fave point - Very interesting cache, with just a touch of scandal!

What a wonderful day, I was at Prince Alfred Park near Central for the Marriage Law Survey announcement, I later got to find this cache, and although I was late home I was on the couch with a beer and playing with the dog when Australia scored their first goal against Honduras.

This cache captured my imagination when I first became aware of it. Read through the tip book but didn't get around to making the trip to Mt Kuring-Gai. Purchased a lock pick set via eBay. It came with a see-through padlock, and what a beautiful object that is! I was able to pick it open quite quickly, which surprised me. I found 3 other padlocks around the house which were instantly drafted into my new locksport collection. They weren't quite as easy to open but eventually yielded. The smallest padlock I found the most difficult, mostly due to the lack of room to get the tools into. Quite amazing to think that the padlocks you see **everywhere** locking things up reallu aren't that secure...

So now I was very keen to visit the cache. Caught the train to Kuring-Gai which I don't think I've ever done, nor has I ever been to this 'eastern part' of the town. Seems like a nice place to live, a real gateway-to-adventure with all the nearby bushland. The area near GZ is a bit odd though - a sporting field with electrical wires overhead, with the land dropping off around the oval ... Even the kid's play area is only a few feet away from where the ground drops away, I wouldn't want to see a child fall down there. So I find my way down in the clothes I was wearing from work, looks like I'll need to invest in another $10 pair of black shoes from Kmart...

The cache itself was well hidden, took me a while to find. Nice rock formations. The padlock was more of a challenge than I thought it would be, I found it hard to get any torque on the barrel, or at least I couldn't tell if it was even moving. But I was getting a few clicks of pins so kept at it. The tools with the cache seem a little softer than the ones in my kit (at home), I was a bit wary of bending them. Or maybe I was just going at this lock with extra excitement and gusto? Then I thought, what if *this* padlock turns the other way? Uh oh. Watched the nice young man in the video and copied of the use of the tool to apply torque. And then soon -pop- opens the lock. Woo hoo! Very happy to be able to sign the log. I wished I'd timed myself, I think it took about 20 minutes to open the lock. TFTC! **Awesome.**

On the way to Berowra we stopped for this D5 !
1st step: find the good way the cache.
2nd step: find the cache (not so easy)
3rd step: open it .... Really not easy. We spent more than 30min we watched few videos to understand a bit more. After tried many times YES ... clic ... open !!! It's the first time we open a locker without keys.
TFTC +1FP for the experience.

Well done noodles!

Well this cache and I go way back, despite this being the first time i locked my eyes on it.
Back when i was filling in my D/T grid this cache and one other had the combination to fill in one of my missing spots. Only the idea of having to pick the lock scared me away, (and I have yet to crack the other puzzle cache) but luckily found another one on holidays that filled the spot nicely.
Now I'm filling in my grid the second time over and that dreaded d/t combo was so missing! Not making any progress on the alternative cache, i had another look at this one on my lunch break yesterday and thought I'd give it a go. After a brief skim through the manual and watched the COs video clip i felt as though i could go pro! My urge to find it was so strong that i completely ignored the weather go bad last night and didn't care about the rain on the 2 hour drive to gz.
Finding my way to gz wasn't difficult, but uncomfortable. After wading through WET scrub and bushes, crawling around through soft sandwhile searching for the cache left me covered in it. Even then they sand wasn't enough to repel the savage leeches that kept crawling up my legs multiple times (after i flicked them off) while i was trying to open the lock.
11 minutes it took me (including the time taken to fend off the leech attacks) to get it open!
After getting back to my car i found another 3 leeches had just found their way to the top of my socks and were licking their lips in anticipation of a feast before i scraped them off.
Thanks for the cache.

Found with JJ but could not open

I’d seen this cache listed but had not previously investigated it so I did not realise until a couple of weeks ago that it involved the dubious sport of lock picking. Learning a new skill appealed to me - hmm, could be useful one day - so I acquired some tools and did some research, learning that, legally, I was fairly safe in Australia but had better remove them from my caching kit next time I travel overseas.

I practiced on a couple of old locks found in the garage but neither were of the brand I expected to encounter today and they were not difficult to pick. One, supposedly a very secure model, was ridiculously easy. So today, after such poor preparation, I expected to be at GZ for some time and came prepared with sun protection and refreshments. However, it did not take me too long to access the log. Based on the timestamps of my before and after photographs, it took me 17 minutes to open the lock after taking a similar amount of time to locate the cache, getting covered in dust in the process.

Great idea, thanks asbestiform.

I am visiting Sydney today and have some free time. Sadly Janet is still at home. There are five targets for the day but this is the main one.

So get up at 3:45, get taxi at 04:30, fly out of Adelaide at 06:00, hire car in Sydney at 08:55, find two year 2000 placed caches and then drive to parking zone for this cache.

We first heard of this from Malco! who was bubbling with enthusiasm after his success in February this year. He had purchased some tools himself and at a birthday party he produced them along with various locks which for the most part we all totally failed to open.

He persisted and got better. Recently he hid his own GC6XPWQ Guess whose cache got a

I had practiced too and got that one open fairly quickly. So I was confident when arriving at GZ today.

But first I had to find the cache container! It only required me to hit my head twice to finally get it out where the work could start.

And there it is. I was secretly hoping the "lock would" not be the one brand I had not been able to open at all so far. Arrggghhh.

Well, photo time first and then time to select tools and get to work. Include watch in photo to show the current time but wonder if it should really be a calendar?

Note: If you drop the cache it may well roll and bounce its way down the slope until it comes to rest in bushes about 10 metres down. It will slow you getting started. I do not recommend doing this.

It is amazing how emotions change quickly with something like this. Excitement, anticipation, hope, frustration, despair, more hope. And that is just trying to find a way to GZ from the car park.

A well practiced technique was tried. Just not one tried on this lock, or on one like it. The emotions were back.

After around 10 minutes there was a slight movement. Maybe a pin or two has caught? But it seems stuck there. I was about to release to reset when I recalled the stiffness others had mentioned and applied a little more turning force. And Bingo!

Woohoo !!

Padlock removed and cache contents removed. Time to set up for another photo

Photo taken. Watch there again. Calendar not required this time. Phew.
Log signed.
More photos.
Cache restored to its original condition.
Cache returned to its original location.
One last head strike for good measure.
And it's back to the car time.
with a big grin

TNLNSL
TFTC and a FP from us asbestiform

Congrats on a great time B and J!

Half found with BillHill531 on a day trip down south. Nice views from up top. And found the cache easily enough, but my lock picking skills are not quite good enough. So did not sign the log, so no find. I will have to practice more and come back another day. Nice different type of puzzle/cache!

Found with TOMBI!, doing some for the more challenging caches near the Berowra area, quickest to get to from Newcastle. Nice view. We spent over half an hour, and decided that we needed more skill, and could not sign the log.

#1971

A very sneaky and tricky hide and then the lock.. it took about 20minutes to pick it.. not tooo back for a first timer I reckon and bonus a DT point. TFTC

Short note to congratulate the most recent finders. Persistence pays off!

Well today was the day I just had to have another attempt at the WOtW. Weather was in my favour - not raining, not hot or cold. Just great geocaching weather.
Caught the train out to Mt Kuringai and had a very pleasant walk from the station, past some muggles playing stick ball, down the rocky path by the overhead lines, onto a small dirt bush track and then a little bush bash to the clearing which housed a hidden treasure.
As I had visited this location previously I knew the task at hand was not going to be easy and immediately began a thorough but systematic search of the 'bat cave' until finally I located the well hidden cache. Hmmm! Sneaky hide. No wonder I missed this last week. Must have had the blinkers on and didn't reach in far enough. Anyway managed to retrieve the little blue bag containing the cache and like Golum out of LOTR (ahhh! my precious) made my way to a sunny little rocky outcrop to begin the next stage of the task - Lock picking or picking the lock. Whatever!
Using the tools provided and sometimes cursing / praising the geo-gods I began the task of lock breaking errr, what I actually meant was lock picking. Like many of my geocaching brethren before me I was able to set multiple pins but with one or two of them not grabbing it felt that I was not making any progress.
So I decided to take a brief kit kat break (whoever said that this was easy work was wrong LOL) and started again on the lock. Raking the pins before inserting the key in slot (gently holding back using light pressure) and then methodically picking each pin with the tools provided.
After about 30 minutes of perserverence, trial and error I felt the 'key' turn then a light touch and a final gentle turn with the 'key' and CLICK Oh my! the lock popped open. I was in! The goods were mine for the taking.
You can imagine my relief when the lock clicked open and yes, there I was doing a little happy dance to the geo-gods. Good thing there was no-one around to witness this spectacular dance or I would have been locked up.
Woohoo! yes, I couldn't believe it but the lock was opened and I had access to the goods. Managed to retrieve the cache logbook and took a few photos of proof that it can be done before signing as cacher No. 15. Given the environment the logbook and container are in great condition. There is definitely no room for swaps or drops here. Rechecked that everything was in order (pencil in , logbook sealed in container then replaced in cache holder) before clicking the lock shut, replacing all the tools in the pouch provided and returning the cache to its (not so) secret (anymore) location in the 'bat cave' awaiting the fate of another adventurous and daring geocacher.

Fav point awarded. Thanks asbestiform. Thanks for the coin. All I can say now is FOUND, FOUND, FOUND!

Check found the container where it should be. Try low as you're tucked in tight looking out the window.
Completed the annual lube and tested. Still opens with tools provided. Replaced in small blue baggy and added a coin for the next finder.

Found the area no problem. Location and surrounding area of cache nada. Will email CO separately with description if site

Thanks for the note. It's due for a check and some lube, will check soon

Out for a cache run around Berowra Heights and surrounds with TARDIS 0061 and JJCC. With a swag of solved but unfound caches sitting in all of our to be found lists, we formulated a plan and ended up finding nine caches for the day including Gundah Ridge Library - Fight Club, Never Odd or Even, Biggles Flies Undone, Jepp's Revenge, A Tartan Treasure, Gundah Ridge Library - 1984, Dinosaurs must die, Window on the world and Windy Waters.

After literally coming in from the highs of a successful find at Dinosaurs must die, we agreed that we should also have a crack at Window on the world. Working our way down to GZ via the non direct approach suggested by the CO, we arrived to find several potential hide locations. After about fifteen minutes of searching we rechecked an area that we looked in earlier, but this time the cache was located.

Within a couple of minutes we had the lock picked open and access to the log was granted. With the logbook now safely in hand we all signed the log before returning everything as found. Cache log and container are in good condition.

The following TBs visited for the mileage - Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Horhal`s Travel Bug, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, MOEDIGE MAURICE, Salute to the Bush Fire Brigades, Signal's Arabian Nights Downunder, Stuart geoMinion, Vanlith The Youngling.

TFTC asbestiform.

Set off today to pick up some puzzle caches I had solve with team merlin over past few weeks along with JJcc. It was a most excellent adventure with TM providing the daring and bravado I was sadly lacking. Disappearing over cliff edges and reappearing with caches in hand in moments. This being eighth
Flushed with our success at DMD TM astounded us with opening the cache in a flash. TFTC TM JJCC wonderful day.

Log to follow

Ahhh. The lure of a full DT Grid.

Over from Adelaide on a short trip and I decided to check for some of the caches I need to fill my grid.

This one popped up and the challenge of picking a lock in the bush was very appealing. I've actually picked a lock before. It was our front door and I did it just to see if I could but that was a long time ago. But at least I knew that I had the ability to do it.

I got a padlock from the shed (it had a key) and set about making the tools I needed using paper clips. After a couple of hours of fruitless fiddling, I got nowhere. This was going to be hard.

But I reasoned at least, that the padlock at WOTW was pickable. And the proper tools would be provided. So I had some confidence in my mission.

Arrived at GZ around 12:30pm, and made my way down to GZ. After about 10 minutes, I eventually found the little hiding spot and thought that after a few minutes I'd have it done.

After a while, I started to have my doubts. No quick opening like on the TV (how long do they take? 20 secs). I needed some advice, so I dialled up a website which gave me the same stuff I was already doing but there was some good tips in there as well. I was encouraged to continue.

After 30 minutes, my butt ached. It was hot. My fingers stung from pressure points. A march fly wanted my blood. Sweat tricked down my forehead. My glasses were steamed. I heard slithering in the grass. I picked and picked.

Sometime around 50 minutes in, the turning tool moved. It had done that quite often if I didn't put in the right spot to catch the ridges in the keyhole. Happened quite a lot. But this time it was different. The letters on the barrel moved with it. It was still tight. The tool moved. The letters moved. The padlock went click! YOU BEAUTY. YES!! Got it after 50 minutes on my arse. Got the log and signed it.

I can't recall a cache I have had as much satisfaction getting. An AWESOME job, Lockie Picker.

Thanks for the cache.

#153
Being relatively close to home, I've had my eye on this for a while but always put it on the back-burner because of the difficulty (you have to pick a lock after all). So last week, my novice lock picking set arrives and I go at it with every padlock I could find (even borrowing from neighbours and friends), while simultaneously watching many YouTube videos on the subject. The theory seems simple enough, but as they say; practice makes perfect. Over the course of several days, I managed to open one of the padlocks twice - I think that qualifies me as an expert - NOT! Still being on a high from my FTF at Next to Nothing this morning, I decided I should at least try to find it and see what type of lock it is. A short ride from home saw me at the pylons and I followed the path from there on foot. Several faint tracks led me to GZ without too much bush bashing. Didn't think it should be too hard to find until I remembered that its pretty small which increases the number of likely hiding spots. Found it after about 5 minutes using a systematic approach. So first impressions were that it looked to be a more difficult lock than I had practised with. I found a shady spot and tried every tool including my own set. Was regularly able to set multiple pins but didn't feel like I was making any progress. In the end, it took just over 1 hour and am confident to say that it was luck rather than skill. After signing the log and assembling, I triple checked that everything was as it should be before finally clicking the lock shut. I couldn't imagine trying to pick it again. Woohoo - my first D5! Thanks for the tricky challenge asbestiform!

Got to GZ relatively quickly, after soccer finished. Almost gave up because we just couldn't find it. The Garmin and the phone both kept pointing us in a direction that did not seem to make sense. Finally after another look the sneaky hide was located. Unlocking the lock was another challenge, but we managed it. Truly deserves a D5 and worthy of inclusion in our road trip challenge. Today we learnt a new skill too. Earns a fav point. Thanks -Asbestiform.

Made my way down following a narrow trail under the electricity towers from the sports ground change rooms.
I'd already grabbed my D5/T5 souvenir but did have this one in mind.
The trail kept on going but the arrow wanted me 90 degrees to it, so headed bush for the remaining 25m. Crawled in and out of a cave before realising where I needed to be. Finding the item wasn't hard, so grabbed it and clambered up top to flat ground and sat down to play the game.
The first thing I did was to shake out all sand particles from the lock. Now, I'm no locksmith but working on a unit tower of 135 units installing fire entry doors, seals and locks, I have a fair idea on how to do it.
After 10mins, grabbed the item and headed up to the van to spray machine oil inside and even graphite which wasn't necessary. Wiped it all down and with the angle pin inserted, applied light pressure to the lever pin to be taught and started to lift the pins back up from the bottom working out.
Still a bit stubborn, but access was granted.
Signed the log up here in the van, returned log container and locked back into place. I've placed the cache item in a large zip lock bag to prevent elements from entering the lock. All good now and then the return walk back down to GZ.
Thanks for a different caching experience and have a fav.

Well, I for one was not expecting to pick up that particular skill today!
Loved this one asbestiform.
Fav when back!

This entry was edited by Lavinian on Wednesday, 08 July 2015 at 10:26:18 UTC.

Forgot a pic - Also probably warrants a better log, given how much fun I had.
Got here late-ish so was hearing on the radio about the impending conjunction of venus, jupiter and the space station in about 40 minutes. Enough light to see my way down and had looked at the online video to assist my larceny before coming.
However, video I think only works when you've got the object in your hands so had another look on the rock, precariously balancing the phone- and I found the twist at the end helped me a lot in getting this open before I was in the dark.
Saw the planets later but missed the space station due to clouds.
Ta again Asbestiform.

This entry was edited by Lavinian on Wednesday, 08 July 2015 at 10:40:13 UTC.

In for an oil change, back soon

Back in place.

Returned to the scene of the DNF with a little help from yesterday's finders. On my previous visit the cache had already been found by sjamp and son so I hadn't seen where it came from. However I knew the general area. That said it took me some time looking in every bit of honeycomb I could find before I spotted it in a tricky spot A few more points for the difficulty. Once the cache was opened I was able to sign the log and replace it as it should be. Also tricky to return it. Got a bit dirty.

Thanks!

A merry group headed off this morning, full of anticipation and great hope that their lock picking skills would easily prevail. KRS made the tricky find, and therafter all four sets of fumbling, bumbling fingers tried and tried and tried in vain to unlock this cache for probably 45 minutes. Not content with a DNF we decided to retain the cache for the day (thinking it unlikely that others would be attempting this cache) and took it on a little road trip. The rest of the team wanted to make a find that I have already logged so I sat in the car as they headed off, and proceeded to patiently try my luck again. But no luck is needed with this cache, just pure skill and perseverance. Within minutes of them leaving my inner criminal revealed itself and I had the puzzle unpicked!!!!! Whoo hoo!

Certainly a unique and "trying" puzzle. Well done.

SL TFTC

An intrepid group of four hearty souls sat and failed at opening this. Despite twenty minutes playing and hearing pins drop I was no use to the group.

Eventually purplepeopleater popped the lock when left to his own devices.

TFTC.

9/11/14. 11:44 AM. Cache #1985. Streak day #140. "3rd" of 6 finds today, joined by Purplepeopleater, bella@waggy & Team Canary - we were on a northern puzzle finding frenzy, clearing a bunch of solved puzzles that have sat in our to-do lists for too long. This was meant to be the first of the day, and we actually met up at the parking WP at 08:30.

We made our way to GZ, and at first were looking for a larger cache before I re-read everything and we had to change our focus. More scrambling later, and the one area that we did see a window at had no goods. My Garmin finally locked onto satellites and pointed me 10m away from where the phone had had me, and finally I made the sneaky find. But we weren't there yet!

The others have already covered that it took us ages sitting there and getting nowhere. At this stage, I didn't contribute much - but then I'd done my bit .

So we took it with us for the next 5 or so hours; apologies to anyone who came looking for it between 9 and 2?!? With this not opened, I now needed a back-up #1983rd; that fell to "Spike's Place". My #1984th could then be "Gundah Ridge Library - 1984", as planned all along; a couple of the other guys also went to "Dinosaurs Must Die". After all that, PPE had gotten it open and we gladly signed this D5. It came with us for a few more hours, with the next cache being "Biggles Flies Undone". I replaced it at the end of our day, at around 2pm, this time noticing that there was a window here after all! TFTC }:)

Teamed up with KRS, Team Canary and PPE to track down a few puzzles that had been suggested as part of a small Northern Sydney Puzzle collection and for KRS to notch up 1984 finds. The original plan was for KRS to complete this prior to doing 1984 as his 1984th find. Well while we were all keen and so additional tools had been borrowed (no not bolt cutters or an angle grinder) it did not start well as it took along time to find. We all had a go but no luck. A decision was made to take the cache on the road trip with us (and hopefully run into a lock smith). Well while we where off doing another cache PPE had already done with the pressure of no one looking we returned to the car to find an unlocked cache (thank you). We all eagerly signed the log and headed for the next one. TFTC

Quick check and everything is functional. Log nice and dry the two names listed waiting for more company.

It's amazing what one can get on ebay! I got myself a 'lock picking set' for the price of a large size coffee.
After some practising on any lock I could find at home I believed I was ready. Today we approached gz and made a quick find. Now would I have a stage fright? Naah! Grabbed the lock, used my picks and had it open fairly quick.

Thanks for another interesting cache asbestiform!
Oh.. happy to lend the picks if someone wants to practise.

There hasn't been any recent activity on this cache so I thought I'd post a note to say it's not forgotten.

At the recent Geocaching NSW AGM I was lucky enough to meet the CO and I mentioned my need to develop some skill before retrying. I also found out what was used to make the provided implements, and ever since I have been keeping my eyes peeled when I walk along footpaths. As it happened, walking from the train station yesterday I saw something slender lying in the gutter! Then this morning while returning home from the local shops I spotted another one!!

Now that I am paying attention and noticing what is lying around, it seems amazing what is there - lots of metal parts that seem to have dropped from passing cars and trucks, plus the occasional bristle. So I'm one step closer to practicing at home. Please keep this cache alive - eventually I'll get back there!

I might have to head down there for some practice myself!

Just saw this last night, then realised it was only just published. Armed with tools from a work colleague, ive seen him use them, i prefer the less subtle approach generally(axe). The in situ tools actually performed better than my one.
Max and I came out for an adventure and that's what we found.
Fun all around.
Thanks and good work Asbestiform.


This entry was edited by Johndomeney on Saturday, 12 July 2014 at 01:32:47 UTC.

I thought it curious that no one had logged a try on the day when this was published, however this morning the FTF went to Johndomeney - congratulation! I headed off early this afternoon after lunch with Jono_9. I had overcome the lock at DMD so how hard could this one be!!!

We took the suggested trail in and it wasn't too difficult to find the cache. Having watched the video a few times and read the guide I knew this wouldn't be easy, but I did think that perseverance might pay off. Well Jono_9 and I sat on the rock and enjoyed the view for the best part of two hours without gaining entry to the log book. We were visited by Yurt, fresh from conquering DMD, but he suffered the same fate as ourselves.

The guide is correct in stating that you need to practice. I felt my skill level increase during my time on the rock - I became good at feeling each of the pins and am confident I know which one needs to be set first. When I released he torque wrench I'd hear several pins click back into place, but I just could't get everything to line up as needed. Overall it was a lot of fun but I know I need to practice at home before trying again. Thanks asbestiform, this is like a D5 puzzle!

After sitting on a rock and watching Sjamp trying to pick a lock and failing and then watching Yurt trying to pick a lock and failing and then myself trying to pick a lock and failing for 2 hours, I gave up for this visit.

TFTC asbestiform, I must come back another time.

After success at Dinosaurs Must Die I thought I'd use my newly found skills at this nearby cache albeit at a higher skill level. Got to GZ (follow the track via the pylons) and spotted some hats below me. These turned out to be attached to sjamp and son who'd been struggling with the lock for a while. I didn't think it would be easy but mucked around with it nevertheless. We passed it around but none of us had enough convict blood in us to make the find. Might need a tutorial visit by the CO to show off his dodgy skills...

Thanks.

This entry was edited by Yurt on Sunday, 13 July 2014 at 10:40:57 UTC.

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Sounds like a job for the local cat burglar - Baktrak:)