Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead! Pakenham, Victoria, Australia
By DOROTHY on 13-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5AVP2

this was an unexpected find.
We were in the cemetery looking for another cache.
Signed the log SASrs. Tftc

Well, weren't you just the most unexpected find!
So pleased this is dead but it is alive and dry and well in the field!
Now, with the geo eyes i have had this week, if i had wanted to find you you would have alluded me BUT because I was looking for something else you appeared. Like the house that landed on you!
TYFTC SLTNLN

Sadly this one has to go 8( Thanks for the fun everyone

This took over an hour due to muggles at various waypoints! A quick find in the end. Had fun. TFTC

Well that was an experience!! I was more frightened of the spiders that seemed to attack en masse and the scratching, scuffling noises in the bushes, than the threat of ghosts making an appearance! That was fun though! Thanks for putting this together!

thanks for the cache found with Kmannz and stinky tom TFTC

Found as part of WLC. TFTC

Found with We_Like_Candy

Was an interesting night out in the Cemetery. Thank you TeamThommo, I have always wanted to go to a Cemetery at night. Very good Cache. Enjoyed it.

When in attendance at PP7's GIFF event I was chatting with leafotwind , buhfuhguh and lukie1987 who had a plan to make sure that the rumour they'd heard on the grape vine, that the witch was dead, was indeed true. a better night to be roaming through a grave yard I could not think of, we were cheered on by howling winds and the ghosts of dead torches.
We can confirm that the rumours are true and that the witch is in fact dead and mostly buried.
Clever little multi, I thoroughly enjoyed it and the company I was in.

After the giff event a group of us ended up going out and grabbing a night cache near my and this was it. Love the setup great hide thanks for making the end of the night spooky TFTC

This was the last cache of the day today (awwwww sad I know, but all good things must come to an end), with this cache I was accompanied by Ruverbug Jam, Lukie1987 and LeafotWind. I had never done a graveyard cache before so it was something new. I had a fun time working on this cache and after a short period of time roughly 30 minutes to complete, the last stage took a little longer than expected but I managed to quickly find it and signed it for the others, after this we all headed out of the wind to our seperate homes.TFTC
- Buhfuhguh

After having attended the nearby GIFF event I thought a night cache was in order.
A group including Bufuhguh, Lukie1987 and Ruverbug Jam set off to complete the cache in what felt like gale force winds.
The bits and bobs required took a little bit of finding but all went smoothly.

Replaced the device and changed a few tiny details, still should be good

Having been doing Dinosaur caches all day, and the day's still not being too long, I decided to hang around and try this cache. The first couple of steps went well but after that I hit a bit of a hurdle. I tried this, I tried that, and wasn't getting far. I even tried a PAF to no avail. Then I re-read everything and had a bit of an insight which turned out to be good enough to find the cache! Many thanks TeamThommo, it is a good cache, even though I didn't do it completely right.

Wow, what an experience. Muggle neighbours who were up to (no?) good, dogs, cars, us hiding behind some trees so we wouldn't be seen... in short, a fun night cache! The batteries had rusted unfortunately but we were able to complete it anyway putting all sorts of hints together. Very nice ending to it, too! Found in the company of quiet1_au and GJMMelb. TFTC

Having finished another local night cache early we decided to have a go at this one as well. The cache stated well - getting the information we needed. However, after heading across the cemetery we were interrupted by muggles - lots of them. They were walking dogs and driving cars and some were quite close by with no cover except a thin line of trees. We worked out where we needed to be and fortunately this was in a quite part of the cemetery with no houses close by. We had to look for a bit as I went further on. Q discovered the cache without too many problems. A shame we did not get to do all of the activities but we still enjoyed the cache and liked the end. Thanks teamThommo
GJMMelb

Expecting visitors tonight a quick battery change

One last night-cache for lochb, G' of GJMMelb and I. We collected the first information without any problems and headed to WP2 and our journey continued on foot. No problem getting to WP3 and reflectors and then an item found in a peculiar hiding place but it was soon discovered the mechanism was badly corroded and indeed one power source missing... No sign of a Sistema either so we kept looking until nearby muggles arrived and we halted our search and waited them out. Time passed... Frustration grew... Eventually the coast was clear and we searched a while more but still couldn't find what we were expecting. At this point the muggles appeared again soon followed by a vehicle with a noisily flat tyre pulled up nearby and we decided it was time to try our luck without the "key" at GZ (noticing in the logs that someone else had similar problems)... Proceding carefully without torchlight - the muggles around were unnerving us a bit - we made our way there and deciding we should be OK to use torches again started our search. I spotted a RF or two but couldn't see a cache so we continued on our way, wondering perhaps if there was a trail to follow first? lochb and G' had headed on whilst I was checking out this spot and I caught out with them as they were heading back again. Eventually lochb spotted the cache (about the same time I noticed something from my different viewpoint) soon followed by the Wicked Witch and she retrieved the cache (I couldn't get at it from my side). Phew! That was harder than it ought to be and with the local muggle factor we were glad not to have to return the "key" and could slip away and back home! TFTC

Came by with Stinky Tom and Stinky Bob last night. It was just going on dark and I had already done most of the work so showed the dudes what I had got so far then after reading the description we headed towards GZ and the hunt was on. Found after a short search without the help of the Key.

A really cool multi here, thanks TeamThommo, I emptied the cache of it's litter (leaves etc) and replaced.

Dropped off a nice big TB

#1305

A creepy cache found with Kmannz and the young stinky Bob. Would be good one to do on Halloween. TFTC

KAKAGA begins - Kato Potato and I are on an AGA (Amazing Geocache Adventure) for the first time overnight, without babies, and at this point are giggling with excitement as we near our destination for the adventure - some awesome night caches. This particular cache was the main attraction; the name, the favourite points, popping Kato Potato's night cache cherry. We admired the view as we approached WP1, circled around to WP2 and made a quick find and solve. From there, we dodged and weaved our way across the cemetery and Kato made a lucky spot of the reflector. She dived in for the find, laughed at the container and emerged triumphant knowing exactly what we had to do. In the end, due to rust, it wasn't an effective method, however we did find our way to the cache itself using reflectors and only then did Kato spot the hilarity above. Nice work TeamThommo, very funny. I picked up a happy little TB and we were on our way for more night cache excitement. TFTC guys!

In our first ever 24 hour caching journey, affectionately named Kate and Kelly's Amazing Geocaching Adventure or "KAKAGA" Mummy Short Legs and I were off and away and looking to grab as many as we could while this freedom lasted.
This was my second ever night cache and I was pumped! Maybe a little apprehensive about wandering about in a grave yard after dark but in the end I barely noticed the potential creepiness because the thrill of the hunt was overwhelming. Was so excited to find the second waypoint and discover the key to finding gz... but no matter how we tried we couldn't get a response. So we searched in a likely spot and came up with gz independently. The wicked witch was spotted (very clever!) and it was discovered that rust may caused the key to be defunct... might need attention COs? Trekked back to the key keeper and crept back out the side gate. Loved this hunt TeamThommo. Favourite point and much appreciation from me!

With the shorter winter days it was an ideal time to attempt this multi. It was just getting dark, so I am glad I hadn't waited until the middle of the night - that would have been even creepier! Everything worked well, it was really fun and I was pleased to be able to add my name to the log.

Thanks TeamThommo.

Having already completed one nearby night-cache this morning I dashed over here to take advantage of the remaining darkness, which means I rushed through this one a little. I ended up finding all the waypoints in pretty good time (though I pondered the information at WP2 for quite a while before progressing) and I was relieved that GZ revealed itself long before anyone else amongst the living took any interest in the cemetery. I was tempted to add to the ghoulish gallery here but my fingers were so numb this cold morning that it was effort enough to simply get a name into the log! Thanks TeamThommo! This ended up being the first of a number of TT caches I investigated in the area as night turned to day.

I've been wanting to do this one for ages, but geodaughter isn't a fan of cemeteries so there was no way she would do this one with me. Eventually, I managed to convince some other cachers to head down this way to grab this one with me, and geodaughter decided finally she'd come too, I guess she likes them more than me LOL. And wouldn't you know it, muggle hubby decided to tag along too "just for the walk".

We all met at entrance after working out the WP2 co-ords, and headed in on a dark night with the threat of rain. Found the area easily, with lots of reflectors on display and we soon had the clue in hand. Three hours later after multiple goes at deciphering the coordinates and relaying them to the others to put in their devices, and fixing them and doing it all over again (grin), we finally all agreed where we were heading. The key was quickly found but it took a few reads of the description to figure out what to do next. No fault of the description, simply due to slightly cold, excited cachers all "dying" to find GZ I suspect.

Now back on track, and with everyone clued into what we were searching for, it wasn't long until we heard the call of the witch, spotted the telltale reflectors and found our prize. Photos were duly taken and added to the gallery just as the rain started, witchy magic I suspect!

Thanks for an awesome night out, it all worked well and it is a great length night cache for those that aren't up to/in the mood for 5-10km hikes through the forest at night. Another TeamThommo classic

This was the first of 4 caches for the night after running 20 minutes late and holding everyone up we finally arrived to start this one just my luck i decided not to wear my water proof jacket and it rains. After finding what we needed we were off to find the finally part after a quick noise the cache was spotted collected and signed by the group then replaced. With geodude#74 judith and the rest of the gang what a great start to the night tftc

A night of caching with lilmissgeo89, geodude#74, mazzag, jaybeebaby and co. Our night started off with this as our first. After finding the relevant clues we were able to retrieve the tool that was needed at GZ. After making our way to GZ with said tool it wasn't long before a familiar sound was heard. Cache was retrieved with the group singing the log. TFTC

What a perfect night for wandering around a cemetery - soggy ground, cold and rain. Traipsing through the mud en masse soon led to the 'key' that we needed and we soon had the cache in hand, took some funny photos, signed the log and then laid it to rest, again.

This was to be the first of two night caches being completed tonight. Safety in numbers we met outside the cemetery gate. We collected the required information and made our trek across the grounds to retrieve the key. Another trek towards GZ and 'Ding Dong' the cache was found. Very novel idea. A favourite point from me. TFTC

Staying in the area we decided it was a must to do a local nightcache. On inspection of the map we found this one which had been on our list for awhile now. After filling our bellies at the local fast food establishment we set off armed with our torches to begin the adventure. Every step went smoothly (which is always a welcomed relief when doing a nightcache) leading us to the necessary equipment needed to find our final destination. Wow , how cool was that?!? Fantastic work TeamThommo , a thoroughly enjoyable multi. A fav for your fine work.

Found a while ago with Fore! & Co.
It all went a bit awry - especially in that we found the final waypoint first! Backtracked because we were curious anyway. Really cool idea, just not well executed.

Saw this one when searching for nearby caches. Looked like a really cool concept so we waited for our caching family members from interstate. We kept the kids up until dark as requested. We headed in calculated the waypoint despite me attempting to multiply the numbers because of the brackets - maths teacher! Apparently it's not that hard. We walked through the cemetery, respectfully viewing some beautiful headstones and staying on the pathways. As a result we found the final cache first, really disappointing. Us being us we hunted around and tried to find the other waypoints, plus the kids were enjoying being in the cemetery at night. We found two were attacked by mossies and called it a night. TFTC

Found with TrumpyGee, Team Goanna, and all the Raspberries.

I do love a cemetery cache. This one had potential.

WP3 was a bit of a fizzer as it's non functional, but the idea was thematically clever.

Thanks for the effort. It'd be a great idea to move GZ to prevent the accidental and unintended early discovery.

Left Fore!tyCent path tag, took nothing (except sap)

Cache check - good to go

Been wanting to do this one for ages. Didn't have a gizmo compass first off, then Winter came. Now a good night to head out with geodaughter to grab it. In the end an Aaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!

Loved the cheeky decorations at WP2 Tftc! Had fun scaring the geowife while searching around!

Tiff & Con

Who knew a simple Maintence task could turn into such a muggle fest - all fixed and ready to go

Attended this cache with Mrs from team smokey bear who has already complete the cache. With bellies full of bbq and pavolva we started the search. With her expertise and heavy powered torch we made it with no broken bones to the very end. It was wonderful to go searching cos what else do ypu do on a sunday night?
Unfortunately the door bell didnt ring but may be a battery issue but i was still able to spot it. Loved this little search!

Up doing some maintenance and halfway through I got muggled out, will try to put it all back without compromising the hide ASAP

Freezing night for caching but fun night - tflc - fun clues - and did it the long way

Found after the road trip meet with Mansgirl. Thanks.

Fun fun fun!!!! What a lovely cemetery though. The cows were mooing big time!!! Thanks for a fun night!!!

Out for another night of caching with n0worries. We had heard good things about this cache so we wanted to see what it was all about.

On arrival at the starting point, actually parked at WP1 which I had calculated earlier, we got our gear together. At this time the Police Air wing flew over. Last time n0w0rries and I were out in Beaconsfield/Berwick we were challenged by the local bobbies who had arrived in three cars. N0worries said " This time they have sent the Air Wing to get us". We had a laugh and I made sure I did not point my new head torch at them for fear of being accused of interfering with them (like we would).

Any way down to the cache. We zigzagged over the graveyard following instructions. A gentleman was on site tending a nearby grave; we tried to be respectful of his situation. He told us he had just driven down from Albury, that he had to drive back and that his wife had been murdered; what do you say to someone in this situation. Death is always sad but murder is something worse. We expressed or sorry and continued on our search.

N0w0rries laid his hand on the key so we made our way to GZ and I managed to locate this fairly easily. The witch was guarding the stash but we were not scared by her antics. Log signed, photos taken as requested and n0w0rries left a small contribution for making potions, we were soon on our way for more finds.

Exiting but did not get that spine tingling feeling I would normally get in places like this. I put that down to the good company.


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Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!



























Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.

Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!

Mayor: As Mayor of the Munchkin City, In the County of the Land of Oz, I welcome you most regally.

Barrister: But we've got to verify it legally, to see

Mayor: To see?

Barrister: If she

Mayor: If she?

Barrister: Is morally, ethic'lly

Father No.1: Spiritually, physically

Father No. 2: Positively, absolutely

Munchkins: Undeniably and reliably Dead

Coroner: As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.
And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.

Mayor: Then this is a day of Independence For all the Munchkins and their descendants

Barrister: If any.

Mayor: Yes, let the joyous news be spread The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!

Found with megs_q riding shotgun.
After finishing off a nearby bacon themed GeoArt series, and faffing about until the sun went down, it was now dark time and that meant spooky night caching in a cemetery time.
So we gathered the required info at the start and then repositioned the geocruze to an undisclosed location with the GeoPrincess standing guard over the car ready to confuse any spooky spooks with talk of Pokémon and Dragons.
Then it was off into the inky blackness for us intrepid adults, to find the next exciting episode in this nocturnal escapade.....
Well......OK......now.......right......
So, off we went into the night again, like a bunch of ding dongs, trying to find a ding dong........
And waddayaknow....
"Ding dong"
Meg found a ding dong.
So we all took silly photos of us wearing the silly mask, like a bunch of ding dongs, and did all the required paperwork.....and the skulked off into the night again...........like ding dongs.

Thanks TeamThommo for a really cool night cache that we very much enjoyed.

Favourite from us.

Cheers

Found while night caching with Skull Racing. Loved this cache, it was well thought out. I was glad to see that everything was still working and all the markers were clear.
The cemetery was a tad creepy at night, lucky I had others there to keep me sane,
At the final we took some photos with the masks, it was a great end to the cache
TFTC

Catching up on some logs that I have discovered hadn't been published yet. As always I have enjoyed the challenge of looking for and finding this cache.

Many thanks TeamThommo for placing this cache .

With last night being so mild and also a full moon we headed off with
micaparamedic to try our luck at this night cache as it is so close to
home but we never seem to find time at night to get here.
We thought the coloured lights on the various graves looked very
impressive with the head stones also illuminated by the moon.

We got off to a bad start, note to self read cache page thoroughly, but
soon sorted out what we had done wrong.

WP1 was quickly sorted and we were off WP2 was also a fairly quick find
and lucky we had seen this type of key before and knew how to use it.
We were soon off to GZ and a quick search had us adding our names to the
log.

Many thanks Team Thommo for setting this one up.

We will add a couple of pictures of our adventure and also a favourite
point for a very well thought out and executed cache, we are sure the
kids will love it.

Lol once we got soaking wet and my GPS sending me to Tokyo we finally tripped n stumbled over the peaceful locals to the GZ
THANX TEAM THOMMO

Date: 17 April 2015
Time: 10:15 pm
Find #5230

Was here with my housemate and part time caching partner to do this night cache. Unfortunately the weather was not fantastic and was raining quite heavily. A great little night cache which didn't take too long to work out, even with the "Twist". Cache was found quickly once at GZ.

Thanks to TeamThommo for the cache. TNLN

Out for a night cache with OzHockeyChick and Daznjaneo and we decided to do this cemetery cache. Very thpooky but fun all the same ....

Out for a spot of night-caching with 88andy88 and daznjaneo. This has been on our to-do list since awards day. Very well deserved and thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks Team Thommo. A fav from me.

A nice night out doing night caches with OzHockeyChick and 88andy88. This was very enjoyable and a bit spooky and we had a good laugh. Tftc.

PS, had to log again for second photo

I had a rostered day off today because it is my birthday and also I wanted to catch up on some contenders for the 2014 Victorian Geocache of the Year Awards tomorrow. I have a full days caching before racing home to get my vote in before 5 pm and as it turned out, I made it by 5 minutes, phew.
Completed in the early early hours of the morning this cache was a breath of fresh air after all the drive by's done over the years. It is amazing how relaxing a cemetery can be when you just wander around quietly browsing the old tombstones, sad when you come across the young though. Great cache.
Thanks for placing this cache TeamThommo

I was driving back from Drouin and had been wanting to give this cache a go for ages. Only problem was, I had my six-year-old with me, and it was getting late and I didn't want to freak him out by doing a nightcache in a cemetery. But I asked him, and he agreed straight away. Cool.

At WP1 I found the numbers easily enough and made the calcs to WP2. It was just on twilight, so we weren't too freaked out, and we were able to find the reflectors to narrow down where we had to look. Yet it still took me a while, until we investigated some suspicious looking objects and found the clue.

I did a bit of number juggling and came up with some numbers that were deeper into the cemetery. It still wasn't dark, but I didn't want to be hanging around too much, so we made it a pretty quick run over to WP3. I couldn't find anything for a long time, and then remembered to look at the clue. That narrowed things down and we soon found the supercreepy cache. Opening it up, I laughed at how the key fitted into the name of the cache. My son didn't really understand at this point, but I gave it to him to hold.

We went to WP4 and my son was squealing with laughter at the key and how it worked. He was so delighted with it, and with how funny it was. We found little witchy and the cache and squealed with laughter again at the masks inside. So much fun. We put them on and took some photos that I'll have to attach later.

It was properly dark by the time we had to return the key, and we returned it and hop, skippity, jumped out of there. We both loved this cache. A really fun cache, and I'm so proud of my little fella for being so fearless. Thanks a lot TeamThommo, a favourite from me.

TeamThommo wanted to show this cache off so while I was down we checked this one out. It's very clever, I'm only new to caching but this is the best cache I have seen I am very proud of my daughter and her team.

found it last night. couldn't find the third waypoint. couldn't figure out the previous clue, but found the cache anyway

The 2014 Vic cache awards brought our attention to this brilliant multi, as well as reading Robin Yang's humorous log about his adventures, so we decided to try our luck on a warm but windy Friday night. We arrived in this location around 9pm and expected it to be deserted, but there was another car lingering around WP2, presumably another cacher but we can't be sure. They drove off and we were able to start the adventure. Disappointingly our LED Lenser decided to conk out as it has suddenly developed a faulty switch so we were relying on our iPhone torches for light, which seemed to work fine. I can't say this cemetery felt at all creepy, but we sure annoyed the hell out of a local dog so we tried to be very discreet with our torches while at WP3. The key made perfect sense and luckily we found GZ without a problem and with much amusement. When we left there was another car waiting, so looks like this cache is getting a lot of attempts which is fantastic for such an out of the way place. What a great multi - well done to TeamThommo - a vote and fav point are heading your way.

We quickly got WP1 yesterday, but reading all the details decided to come back tonight for WP2, but then the thought of heading over to wp3 was a slight turn off for Geo daughter and Geo buddy(and one or 2 of the trackables), so the decision was made to use the alternate option, which was quickly retrieved, and a quick visit to GZ had cache in hand. Sorry to team thommo for not doing the fun bit, but we found the cache anyhow. tftc.

Where do I start..... Despite getting entangled in a dirty big spider web, getting eaten alive by mozzies and almost walking into freshly dug graves we really did have a FABULOUS night.
Hera (of Zeus, Hera & kids) and I decided that this balmy weather shouldn't be wasted at home so I swung past and picked her up enroute to Packenham.
We laughed as the creaky gate squeaked open. Couldn't ask for better sound effects to start off a cemetery cache!! First freak out was when Hera pointed something out in the darkness with a bit of surprise in her voice. I sheepishly pointed the torch in the direction she was pointing and there it was...........cute little bunnies hopping everywhere!!
Ok, nothing to be scared of here. Time to find the first clue. He hmmm this one was a little tough but we found it eventually in an unexpected spot. I warned Hera to be careful of the big spider (who looked hungry) and then moments later I walked right thru his freakin' web!!!!
Now waypoint number 3 was right next to some freshly dug piles of dirt which kind of creeped me out a whole lot so I was watching my back and not the compass a whole lot. Referred to the hint quickly in order to expedite the proceedings. Hera was holding the torch as I retrieved the cache and when I extracted myself from the branches she said "have a look at what you're holding". I let out yet another little squeal.
I have to tell you that on our way to WP4 I was cringing at the thought of what we were in for. I had visions of some sort of crazy witch with light up eyes cackling in the trees but the reality was much nicer and we ended up in fits of laughter as we found the cache, the Wicked Witch in the tree and the reason for the key. Very well done!
Now, you will notice by the fact that I've been nominated for best caching photo that I'm not shy when it comes to using props and adding pics to logs. Just wish I'd thought to pull a better witchy face but I kind of had my mind on getting out of the bushes before my friend, the hungry spider, came and found me!
Phew! Cache has been found. We can get the heck outta here.......oh no we have to replace the key. Went the long way around to avoid the fresh graves this time.
Massive respect to Robin Yang for doing this alone!!
Thanks for all your effort. I can't reuse these undies tomorrow (joke!!!!) but we did have heaps of fun.

Good night geocaching with slink1 and dunko.

This was hilarious (can you say that about a cache in a cemetery?!) The Rusty's invited Hera to do this cache on a balmy summer evening and the nervous giggles started the moment we heard the creeeaak of the rusty gate. I was eaten alive by mozzies at WP1 so spent the rest of the adventure scratching my ankles with one hand and shining a wobbly i-phone torch on the path with the other as, of course, I forgot to bring a proper torch to a night cache . . .

Took us a while to find WP2 - I was blindly and awkwardly reaching into a 'cachey' kind of hiding place when The Rusty's realised there was a gate that would give us much easier access. More nervous giggles when the torch revealed what I was blindly poking my hand into.

We had a major freak out as the wind picked up just as our torches arced across a couple of freshly dug graves. Another freak out when the Rusty's got a good look at the container she had just retrieved. With the key in hand it was off to find the cache. We loved the final stage and took great delight in using 'the key' to locate GZ. We spotted the guardian of the cache in the tree and were relieved to sign our names in the log book. We gave the new graves a very wide berth as we replaced the key.

Thanks TeamThommo for a hugely entertaining night in a graveyard on a Monday night! Thanks to The Rusty's for suggesting the adventure.

We know the CO and we know they try hard so we got over our fear of the spooks and gave this one a go. Admit ably we text the CO as we got stuck with the twist but worked it out. A fantastic little cache we have seen nothing like it in our short caching time. We paid our premium membership just so we could award a favourite point so PLEASE FEEL SPECIAL TEAM THOMMO and we will try and nominate you too for those award things - we maybe in trouble though we lost our pen in the dark but have sent the CO a pic of the cache as proof TFTC

Out tonight for a little caching fun
Made our way round without issue and the door opened leading to GZ where we found what we were looking for. Thanks for the caching fun THLN SL

Out tonight for caching as you do. Nice straight forward multi cache. now I get the ding dong. Funny.
TFTC TNLN SL

All parts are in place ready to be found. Good luck

Found with SciFiRulz. Very tricky in the dark and we spent quite a long time on the 2nd waypoint. SciFiRulz was still picking bits of trees and spider webs off when we got home. I think she met every spider in Pakenham tonight. Ewww TFTC

Found as Nicnax with WeRAmused. We found this cache but not as intended, we just couldn't find the information at WP2, however we stumbled across the end point and signed the log, even tried to take a picture but it was a bit dark and the camera in the GPS wasn't being very co-operative. We may return another time and try to complete as intended because I am intrigued to find out what is actually involved although I do have some ideas as to what it could be. You may want to check up on WP2 to see if we just had a bad case of caching-blindness or if there actually is a problem with it. TFTC

Driving down the road as we approached the GZ I began to wonder about the likelihood of experiencing some sort of paranormal phenomenon. Unlikely!

As I climbed from the car I found the darkness was accompanied by an eerie silence. In the distance a rabbit dashed across the roadway vanishing into the bushes. Opening the gate the silence was broken "CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK" the rusted hinges resisted the urge to move before eventually relenting and jolting open with a thud. I jumped a little before composing myself. It didn't matter how noisy I was, there was, no one around to disturb. I glanced down at my GPS, and sighed, as the direction of my journey became apparent. I'm not normally bothered by graves but in the cold night air and thick fog I will admit to feeling a little uneasy. After walking what seemed like 300 metres I glanced down to see my GPS had not changed. Could the fog be disrupting my reception. I shone my torch around to try and get my bearing but the fog just created glare. Blinded by the white I turned my torch off to assist navigation. Another 250 metres in the dark and my GPS continued to show I hadn't moved. I was beginning to become concerned and turned to head back to the gate when I realised I wasn't exactly sure where I had come from. Stumbling through the darkness I heard the voices of people having a conversation, laughing! "Hello" I shouted into the mist, no response but the talking continued. Walking towards the voices I once again shouted "Hello!" The conversation became a whisper before one of the voices replied "Have you found it yet?" Two figures began to appear through the fog, "Nope no luck yet! I replied. "Maybe you need a different set of eyes" they said in unison. I nervously laughed and pulled out my torch pointing it in their direction. My mouth dropped and eyes widened, the figures had no faces. Frozen with fear it took every piece of strength to turn and run. As I dashed into the fog I could here the figures following me " We'll help you find it!" they wailed. Running and glancing over my shoulder I didn't see the open grave that lay before me. Falling into the hole I was bracing for impact when I heard a new voice.

"I think you missed GZ" I was Jolted from my imagination by my navigator. "you've gone past it" he said. Heading back and getting the number for the first clue we were soon on our way. Being a clear night we didn't have any of the dramas I had imagined as we wandered through reading the headstones of the graves. While I always enjoy a creative cache like this I can say my non caching friend who tag along for the night really enjoyed all aspects of this cache he particularly enjoyed the concept of the key. It was definitely a fun cache and worthy of a favourite point. Thanks Team Thommo

Out with Naton34 and a tag along mate. This would be our last cache for the night. After having heard about this particular one from a facebook group it had me interested.... but also a little apprehensive. I wasn't so keen on the idea of walking through a graveyard at night! Working together to solve each checkpoint and trekking around had me feeling like I was in an episode of scooby doo! It wasn't too long before the cache was in hand and log book signed! Our tag along friend was truly impressed with how this cache worked and I must say I was too! Especially with how the key worked! This cache won't be one I soon forget! You may even say it will "haunt" me for some time! This is an awesome cache! TFTC!!!!

Tonight I travelled down to Pakenham specifically to grab this night cache. After hearing about the unfortunate incident with previous cachers at the cemetery, I timed my arrival for twilight. Have to say, walking around in a cemetery at night time is a scary experience. Once I had signed the logbook and replaced the key back at WP3, the gloomy of night had fallen and I literally ran back to the car!

I arrived at the given coordinates which had me at the main gates and I could only just make out the phone number. I calculated the coordinates, drove the short distance to new coordinates, parked and grabbed my night caching gear. WP2 was an interesting puzzle and when I first saw it, my heart sank as I am hopeless with puzzles. Was fearful I would be stumped by it but once I read the clue attached to this WP, I quickly figured it out. Very much relieved I walked over to WP3.

Ended up searching for alittle while but eventually found the cache and key. Armed with this, walked to final GZ. I now understand the name of the cache! Very creative and impressive. Quickly found the logbook and signed beneath previous finders. At this point, twilight had given over to night and there was this growing feeling of dread and fear that just continued to grow. I power walked back to replace the key and once back to the main driveway, literally ran the final 50m out of there. My heartrate only began to subside once I got back into civilisation. To illustrate just how flustered and scared I was, I turned into east bound traffic on the Princess Hwy! Had to pull right over onto the grass to avoid a collision and do U turn.

Phew! Thanks TeamThommo for a fantastic multi with great cache containers, good coordinates, very creative key, nice puzzle which is all laced with the anxiety and fear of walking around a cemetery at night. Pick up a TB that I will move on.

TFTC! Favourite from me.

Suggest you remove the "Recommended at night" attribute and add the "Not available 24/7" attribute.

PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OR THIS CACHE WILL BE ARCHIVED
I REQUESTED THAT THIS CACHE BE DONE AT NIGHT
NOT WHILE A FUNERAL IS IN PROGRESS
The cemetery trust has complained
" The police are aware of the gentlemen “running amuck” and have asked me to contact them immediately if we were ever to be in this unfortunate circumstance again."

Poor form cachers, why do you need to hunt a cache while a funeral is in progress? lets not bring the games name down.

Found @ 1:23am, find # 3831

Out and about with biggles1024 to find a few caches tonight, this was one of them.
This was the last one before heading for home and what's a night without going for a stroll back and forth across a cemetery.
All way points went according to plan, we had the key and we were off to GZ, once there the key was used, the mystery was unlocked and the cache was found.
I have done another cache like this one in Croydon, which has now been archived I think.

Thanks to TeamThommo for placing this cache in the dead centre of Pakenham.

15/11/14 1:23 AM
Find #1651

I headed out tonight with Stemicmitsar to collect a few caches east of our usual areas. One last cache for this run and another multi. This one had us walking back and forth a few times. We experienced no problems at any of the waypoints and the method of determining GZ was quite novel. A favourite point from me. SL TFTC

This entry was edited by biggles1024 on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at 03:02:13 UTC.

TB drop - Thanks to Bunjil for publishing this at my preferred time - Good luck FTF hunters

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Typo fixed it's all good and remember all WP's are at the Cemetery