Split Rock Beaconsfield Upper, Victoria, Australia
By TeamThommo on 12-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5ARK2

I was so proud of myself finding this cache and then found the log was full . Advised CO, fav point from me.TFTC

Found it with rex46

After finishing square dancing came back to redeem a smile and then grabbed this as nearby

Out on a night adventure with Blazertriaz and we decided to keep it local for our night out. Tftc on to the next one

Out on a night time adventure with MsSmokeyBear. We decided to clear up as much of Upper Beaconsfield as we could for an easy run locally. Nice hint. had to have a quick think but it all made sense! Cache in great condition. placed back where it was located.TFTC

We had the office Christmas party today, which meant we only had to work until lunch and then could sneak away from the party whenever we liked. So I snuck out a bit early and went to grab a few caches. I have been working on trying to qualify for [Jamin Appleford's](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=8b39e499-2ef1-42f7-8b4e-07e9ed9799b3&wid=1c255109-db1d-4461-a946-19fdb69b868e&ds=2) [WCT Cache at your own risk Challenge (GC9DPHT)](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9DPHT) for a bit now and have been trying to target caches with the **"Dangerous Area"** attribute as I still need to find a few more to qualify.So when I saw that this cache had the **"Dangerous Area"** attribute it was quickly added to today's targets. So once I was able to sneak away from the office Christmas party, I hopped in the geomobile and made my way to GZ.When I arrived, I didn't really see a safe place to pull over and sorted ended up parking in a muggle drive way. With the cache being a D1.5 I was hopping I could hop out, find the cache, and drive away before the muggle noticed I was there.Because I was a bit nervous that a muggle would tell me off for parking in their drive away I checked the hint right away.*What on earth does that mean?!*Even after finding the cache, I still have no idea what this hint is referring to. So I just tried to look as fast as possible. I think I got extremely lucky with this one and just so happened to have found a similar style hide the other week and so this type of camo was still fresh in my mind.The craftsmanship on the cache looked amazing and blended in so well. I really think this one could have taken me ages to find as it looked so good. However, luck was on my side tonight and I was able to make a nice quick find.*Even found the cache, signed the log, and was able to drive away before any muggles paid notice to me.*A big thanks goes to [TheamThommo](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=4c35ffd9-cbf9-4dbe-94cc-36f6cee19efa&wid=a9b0207d-4df4-4a7f-9466-12091953c0cc&ds=2) for the fun and challenging hide today. TFTC.**Cache Maintenance Status**The cache camouflage looked great and the cache container seemed to be in decent shape. The logbook was clean and dry, but it is starting to become full and should probably be replaced soon.

MIND BLOWN! That was such a spectacular geocache. Thank you. You did such a amazing job doing that. Im really impressed

That was hard to find but very well hidden

Found it with Mitzi 113456
Dot 558

Found very quickly and a great cache.

Even better when a friend posted it as a DNF.

Looks like some had a bit of a whoops going too fast round the corner.

TFTC

If it weren’t for a previous logs I might have been here for ages having held the container and not realising!! tftc

Another quick, easy find here. I quite liked the hint, made perfect sense to me lol. TFTC!!

Out to do some caches with beckgiz to wrack ip the numbers and try out the new truck :3

Mister wombat has made a good home here

Found after a short search, signed and replaced. No bananas in sight, no idea what it was supposed to mean.

Found

Mind blown, had fun finding this. TFTC

It is very hard to find but a little hint I could tell you is: it is tiny and there might be a small rock with something in it! Good luck

Here I was thinking it would be ab easy find
Did a couple of full circles, looking in the usual places. Couldn't find it.
Read through the previous logs again and after getting some ideas from them, managed to find it!!
Thank for the hide!!!

Looked and looked but no find

No lucky

Found it

Come in from around the back. When looking at road left hand side of big boulder in crevice about chest high. Granite rock with small plastic vial drilled in.
Now being allowed 15k for exercise we thought we would head up to Cardinia Lake for our walk today.
This one popped up so a slight detour saw is at a place we used to take the kids when this was just a seldom used dirt road. Found a park and headed back up the hill toward gz. Once there I think we were very lucky or we know Team Thommo better than we thought as the cache was a relatively quick find and we happily added our name to the log.

Many thanks Team Thommo for bringing us back here and for the hide, a favorite point from us.

Found the cache. Drove by this rock so many times but never stopped. Not sure about the banana hint though Unfortunately we forgot a pen so made a photo of the log. Hopefully that’s ok. Great cache.

After parking as close and discreetly as possible to the structure, I was hoping this would be a quick find, but had read it took some people awhile to find. Dodging animal as we made our way round, I had my hand on an object, when Steve said he had already checked it, but I thought it warranted checking again. What do you know, there’s a cache! Steve obviously had a boys look first time:)

Thanks TeamThommo for the cleverly constructed cache.

Found it TFTC

The parking was a bit tricky and the cache proved just as tricky.
We had picked it up and put it down more than once before we eventually spotted the 'giveaway' from a different approach angle.
Thanks TeamThommo for the clever piece of construction.
Chiefton!!!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language. It is a medical condition, called Pneumoconiosis that is specifically caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust. The challenge today was to find a cache with the first letter of each cache title to match each letter in this word. Why would I do this? Well, because there is a challenge of course (see GC5EWGV, Scrabble Challenge-Beckworth Beckons).
So, a LOT of planning went into this day. You see, there are 45 letters in this word alone, which meant identifying 45 different caches that I would have to find, one each starting with each of these letters, aacccccceiiiiiilllmmnnnnooooooooopprrsssstuuv. That’s 14 different letters and just for good measure, I identified a bonus cache for each letter, for when the inevitable DNFs were to happen. Which means there were now 59 caches on my list for the day, spread out from Maryknoll, to Berwick, Cranbourne, Lysterfield, Lilydale, Woori Yallock and then into the Dandenongs. I expected it to take me most of the day but in the end, because of 9 DNFs and a number of times where I had to hastily look for other options, I only finished it with minutes to spare before midnight.

The letter S was supposed to be an easy one. Only 4 of them in the word and 3 of them I was confident I could grab with the Scat series out at Maryknoll.

This was my first S, and my second find for the day. Thankfully I have left this one for a number of years. I never really liked the position, not enough room to pull over without conspicuously blocking someones driveway. But today I did and although the cache was a tough one to locate, I did so amazingly quickly. Finding this one so easily gave me a burst of confidence that today might be easier than I had imagined. A feeling that would be turned around an number of times through the rest of today.

Great weather and a free Sunday so decided to go caching with some geo friends out East.

A clever hide but fortunately accessed from the right angle and spotted it on my loop around.

Thanks TeamThommo for the cache.

So every Friday I drive past here and say ‘I should have stopped’.
Well today I did.
Having seen this structure so many times from the road I was surprised to see its greatness up close. So glad I stopped.
Even more glad to find the tricky hide. Was about to leave when what caught my eye happened to be the cache.
Caching has taken a backward step these last few months so any find is a great find. Ha.
Thanks for the placement.

Found it

Nice spot didn't know why this road was called that tftc

Awesome spot!

Awesome geocache!

Cool rock and cool geocache - saw it many times before actually realising what it was.

We were stumped at this intricate cache but when found the hint makes sense! Clever! TFTC!

One of the best hides ive seen in ages! Took me far too long to find it but it was satisfying when I did. Unfortunately the log has been pushed too far into the cache so I couldnt get it out to sign it. Tftc

Just about to give up and my experienced geo partner found it

Just about to give up when I said to myself “If I was a Geocache where would I hide”. Hey presto . Success. TFTC.

As usual it seems when I am caching out in these parts it’s an early start and as many caches as I can find before I need to head off to other more mundane tasks. I had been on a good run of quick finds for the morning so far so it was no surprise when I found one that caused me some trouble. I spent quite a bit of time here and was getting very close to considering a PAF. I felt like I had tried everywhere but despite getting very close I had missed this well-hidden cache. Followed the GPS and in the end there it was right in front of me. My eighth find of twelve on a pleasant morning to be out this way. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache TeamThommo. A favourite point from me for the very effective camo job.

Out about with my geo son pimpmyballoons after he had a gig at the local hall. Lousy weather so muggles was not a problem. First no joy but on my return I took a breath and reasoned it out TRUST YOUR CO ORDS. Its right in front of you. Thanks for the challenge, I will give it a favorite Teamthommo for another excellent hide.

Today was a day of random finds and dodging rain. Fortunately we were able to stop at this one so that we could walk around and around in circles, overlooking the cleverly hidden cache. Like many others, we returned to where we first looked to sign the log. Thanks for another of your well hidden caches TeamThommo.

Found by The Empire + H
We're chasing Victoria's first Adventure Lab tour, and picking up caches along the way. Starting at around 9:30am, we finished the Geocaching Adventure at about 4:30pm - we took it pretty easy today and had a great time. This was one of the caches we found along the way. Ooooh a nice one. H had this one but overlooked it! I made the find in the end - favourite point added! Thanks for the cache TeamThommo.
- M

Ship Rock, Split Rock... is there a theme happening here?
Found in the first place I overlooked, after wandering around in circles for five minutes.
Thanks for the rock TeamThommo.

I noticed Split Rock Farm after we found this one.
Thank you for bringing us here today and highlighting this rock TeamThommo.

Many thanks to 4B_Ninja's for doing maintenance on this for me and replacing the log

TeamThommo needed help with maintenance on a couple of caches and I was only too happy to help. Although I had the necessary replacements a few weeks ago, with the weather, busy week-ends and car troubles, I finely got out to the 2 , I needed to do. I made the hide, much harder than it should've and with a step back and a think, it was true to a Thommo hide and then spotted. This one resulting in a smiley. Would you believe after all of that, I did not have a pen in the car but was able to scratch in green pencil 4BN. Not really caching much these days so it was nice to get out. Thank you xxxx

I was on my way back from an afternoon of caching and I couldn't resist looking for just one more. After making the small detour I arrived at GZ and enjoyed walking around the rock formation here. I found the cache easily enough but as previous finders have noted the log book is full... I just ended up writing over old faded entries. TFTC

I'll pop up around 27/2 to replace log book

Easy find, where else could it be? Couldn't sign though as the book was full! TFTC!

Found it with SciFiRulz as team nn2 TFTC

Found as NN2 with PapaGrouch. This took me a while to spot, the hint just wasn't helping me. Eventually found then had to squeeze some initials into the full log. Sorry I didn't have a replacement with me. The rocks certainly are impressive. TFTC

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

Warm day caching around here. Found it
TFTC

We were on our way home from a weekend away in the Yarra Valley and thought we would grab a few caches. This one had us looking around for quite a while, I had even looked directly and the cache a few times before Geo Wife clued in with the hint. Log is full I found the last bit of empty space on it. TFTC

#355

Found with Eliott Geoson. Our 50th find!

Been past this a hundred times and couldn’t stop. Finally ticked off

Always wondered why it was called this too!! Cool spot TFTC.

Found signed log but log books now full TFTC

An Interesting Rock . Spotted something out of the Ordinary . Nice Hide
Thanks
TeamThommo

Out with Yorsys getting a few caches today. A quick pull over and backup to grab the parking spot. Whoops what is that Landcruiser doing behind us!
We let him go and proceeded accross the road to investigate Split Rock. Found cache and left our mark.
TFTC TeamThommo

Granititude for te cache. Found quickly with The Swaggies at 14 March 2018 2:06 pm. Find # 1645

Our family was doing Relay for Life with one of our sporting groups and there were enough people around at lunch time that I thought I would sneak off and grab a few caches while I could.

Had to do a U Turn to find a nice parking location, but it meant the car had a nice shady spot. After looking around for a fair time, I found this sneaky little cache at 12.10 pm. Not sure what the hint means.

Thanks for the cache TeamThommo
Hunter

Fyi - log almost full and didn't have one that size with me

After a bit of poking around I saw something that didn't quite belong. We finally managed to actually get it out, and get the log out. Thanks! Lots of fun.

Pretty cool! TFTC!!

Tricky find, forgot a pen. Not sure on banana clue

Today we explored Beaconsfield Upper and surrounds using Geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way. An easy find at GZ.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

We was at Event at Langwarrin
Drive along for caching day
The weather is great for outing
Found it with good condition
Thanks Teamthommo

Been visiting to an event at Langwarrin. Accompanied with crank1 for the day. I came here for my second attempt after my DNF was logged it few months ago and now finally found it. Thanks TeamThommo for the cache!!

Great afternoon for a drive and a bit of geocaching. Arrived on site and began my search. Spotted a likely spot and just as I went to check it out a cyclist made me jump by appearing very silently and suddenly. So kept moving around the rock showing a very intense interest in it until the cyclist had moved well past then honed back in on where I suspected the cache was and bingo. SL. Interesting well designed cache. Thanks TeamThommo.

Love the clue!! Found it after a bit of a wander about, but yeah that doesn't look like it belongs... TFTC

Found this sneaky hide while grabbing a few caches in the area with omegaman1971, certainly a interesting feature of the area. Thanks TeamThommo for highlighting it and the cache.

omegaman1971# 2675
Was great to be out caching with Happy pants once again.
After a short search found the well constructed container.
Really had to look twice.
Cheers for the cache.

Quite tricky but found it in the end! Good hide!

Cannot find on this area but one branch fell down nearby that i couldnt access. I will come back for another try. Cheers

It was good to get out of the house this afternoon and head back up to Beacy Upper.

Saw GZ and drove past to turn around so I could park safely.

The hint confused me a bit but soon found the cache.

Thanks TeamThommo

#1642

Since moving from New Zealand I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches. I have got a nice streak going and hoping to let it run for as long as possible. This may or may not become easier now that I have found a job but I’m still currently staying with my brother (stinky tom) and his family which includes my nephew (stinky bob).

A big thanks goes out to all the cachers and cache owners without whom this lifestyle would not be possible.
The caches I’ve found in Australia so far have for the most part all been in great condition. Keep up the good work. Everyone likes finding a well maintained cache with a dry logbook.

Out today with one of my semi-muggle friends who likes driving around and hanging out with me and sees geocaching as an excuse to go out and explore new places, yet he does not want to be a cacher just wants to tag along. Todays goal was to grab one or two letterboxes before having lunch and just casually driving around for the rest of the day. Anyways I really enjoyed the cache and cannot wait to go out and grab some more.
**Buhfuhguh #744**

Very cool hide. And yep, that's were the road name comes from! Tftc

6:28 pm #2722
After attending a nearby event, Mark&Kelly, S_38, Papillon4506, GeoTurtle37 and I headed out to find some of the local caches.
After a couple of the crew searched directly at gz, I decided to have a grown-up look. What do you know. That's it!

Out for a nice cruise after the event today. Have been past this cache a few times but never stopped.
Papillon4605 had found this before so got to watch and laugh. I picked this one up and put it back then Mark of Mark&Kelly picked it up and put it back. Finally OHC said this is it and so it was, lol. TFTC

Found it! After attending a nearby Mega countdown event we teamed up with OHC, S_38, Papillon4506 and Geoturtle37 to go grab a few more around Pakenham. Some of our crew had found this one previously and despite our best efforts not to find it, OHC was able to grab it after S_38 and M had had their "man" look and dismissed it as just what it looks like. Apparently 40 odd years ago this split was barely wide enough for your hand, today we almost got the geokid in there...TFTC...

P.S. We were all having a good chuckle to ourselves about our lack of finding skills, when a 4x4 went past with the driver chatting on his phone, we gave him that look, so he waved...with the other hand. The wonders of stupidity may never cease.

Parked in the only nearby spot and walked to the GZ. Started checking things and found something not quite right which was the cache. More nice work from TeamThommo.

The weather was ideal for enjoying a drive along the slightly less traveled roads here. There were plenty of great views and different locations including this unusual rock. There was even a caravan parked right nearby on the property. Thanks to TeamThommo for this fun hide.

Mum loved this one

Team work pays off for this one while i jumped out of the car and quickly found it hubby went and found somewhere do to a uturn use to drive past here daily. Tftc

Tricky

The gps did not want to settle. But reading the logs helped. Fav point!

Tricky

Nice hide! I got stuck!! Was a laugh though ha ha ha TFTC

Hard find! But worth it!

We found this cache today at 5:45pm as number 16 of 17 on our Berwick Beaconsfield Bash. This spot so deserved a cache with a matching cache name, road name and cache placement. We had travelled this road years back but it was a dirrt road back then. Thanks from D & H B-A.

Sneaky, very sneaky. I had to use a trusty stick, as I had no tweezers.

Such a clever hide.

Its done. Now time to split.

Tftc found on a nice hot summers day. Thole cache seem to have a split personality

I just saw this photo on one of the history pages I thought it was worth adding to the pages gallery

TFTC OUT AT WORK AND HAD A QUICK STOP AWSOME HIDE.

While I was at the Mega on Sunday I attended a session on creative containers. The guy running it, Pacman, said he wants cachers to find his caches but not muggles. This container is idea for that. As soon as I saw it, a natural item in the wrong place, I knew it was the cache. Any muggle would pass it by unnoticed. Well done TeamThommo thanks.

Find #: 4124
Time: 11:09 am
Date: Mon 2 Nov 2015
There was a lot of drizzle this morning, which stopped just I reached this vicinity. After scoring the nearby Nov dashpoint, I couldn't leave without checking out this feature. A nice little micro was found, which had been very well camouflaged and a cut above your average micro. It gets a fav point from me.
Had no idea what the hint meant.
It would be easy to make a nice little earthcache here too.

Thanks for placing this cache TeamThommo

Looked back through older logs to help me find it.

Parked in the driveway nearby and I jumped out to make the find. After no obvious container was found I re-read the cache description and a couple of logs and then found the cache very quickly. Nice one Team Thommo!