Message in a Bottle Manly, New South Wales, Australia
By
joni.gersbach on 25-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5FD08
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Logs
Had a little search around but couldn't see anything! I think this needs an owner check...
Couldn't see it - maybe well camoed? Thanks for the nice location. Time for an owner check?
. Not too many muggles on this wet windy day so we were able to give it a good search. Nothing found.
Lots of muggles around but were able to have a good look, couldn't find the cache
Looked & explained to muggles what we are doing. Thought maybe it had been collected as rubbish?? We did find lots of rubbish & have put in bin. At least we cleaned up a bit.
Found it but it STANK of wee!!! Like really stank! Tame Bear noted our find in the log but grimaced all
The way through and had to use precious water bottle to wash hands afterwards!!
The way through and had to use precious water bottle to wash hands afterwards!!
Quick find, bit of a dirty area. TFTC Nice some scenery in small areas around here.
After staying at the Q Station last night, my wife and I explored North Head today. We then went to Manly for dinner. This one was found after dinner in the dark. A lovely view over a moonlit ocean. Thanks Shuckypoo
Awesome views but managed to collect some doggy poo on my shoe right by GZ!
TFTC, NazzoR
TFTC, NazzoR
Wonderful view. There was a muggle having lunch when I first came. But luckily the spot was clear when I returned an hour later. Nice idea. Tftc
Little bit confused as we were looking for a similar container to last, looking at photos but think photo was put with wrong log. Absolute fantastic location but lots of muggles - not a bird spotter but think we were being followed by a storm - don't laugh at us - I did stress we are not switchers!! We enjoyed these finds here as others we looked at were too muggly in Manley..TFTC
Just a great view.was going to drop off my coin I had brought from the UK but unfortunately it wouldn't fit in the cache. Log slightly damp.TFTC
Love the view from here and along the walk from Shelley Beach. Cache was fairly easily spotted, but not so easily retrieved. I was glad I had a friend with longer arms than me as I'm not sure I could have reached it by myself - tried to replace it in an attainable, but still well-hidden spot. TFTC!
After a five minutes, desperate search at the wrong place, carola.de had the right idea. Lovely view!
Thanks for the "message in a bottle"
Thanks for the "message in a bottle"
Enjoyed a lovely walk round North Head after escaping the awful crowds down at the beach. A muggle sitting on a bench fortuitously decided to move on just as we approached so we had free rein for casting about. Loved the location and views, and an easy find. Signed the log, replaced as found and moved on for a wonderful day's walking. Thank you for placing this cache here.
Found on a fantastic walk on a lovely day! Saw water dragons, parrots, huge spiders and other to us unknown birds. Muggles about, but they were not interested in us. Tftc and greetings from Norway
Walked around from the Bower to find this one. Great views and a nice quick find. Sadly however this is the last cache for me on a fabulous holiday to New Zealand and more briefly Australia...we have had such a wonderful time- great experiences, fantastic views and lovely people....must come back!! Thanks for a nice last cache.
I looked in all the tall grass I could reach from the inside of the fence. No clear glass bottle. What I did find is a black aluminum container with a log. TFTC
I haven't been caching much since I ruined my streak last year, but since the 29th of Feb only comes around once every four years I knew I needed to collect a cache today to fill that hole in my calendar. I tried another one earlier but had no luck. After a very belated work xmas party for the restaurant I work at, I decided to grab one of the easy ones in Manly that I had been saving. For many months this cache was out of action, so I was excited to see it was active again. Being late at night I figured this was the perfect time to target this cache as there was very little chance of being interrupted by muggles. I parked nearby and wandered in towards the GZ. I was poking around for a while then I suddenly spotted something that matched the description and sure enough I had CIH. I was grateful for a quick find because I was looking forward to going home and relaxing. TFTC.
TFTC.What a great view to Manly and a nice Geocache too.
TB in
Greetings from Erfurt-Germany
TFTC #2,252
Mertimum
TB in
Greetings from Erfurt-Germany
TFTC #2,252
Mertimum
Hiked over from Manly beach when I finished work today. Lovely spot for a cache. Thanks for replacing it. No muggle around so easy to sit down and sign the log. Greetings from Canada.
Visiting a mate in Lithgow for the weekend and this time i brought my bike. Was great fun riding all over town collecting the caches. Lovely to see some of the history of this place. Cheers.
Streak Day #954 - Thanks for bringing us here, found with dave8153 for a quick find. TFTC
Stumbled across this one while a fellow geocacher was just finishing! Funny! He gave us a clue.
While spending 16 months abroad, travelling through all states of Australia and also having a two months break in Thailand I did a lot of geocaching.
After many, many caches accompanied by the strong will not to write any standard logs, I ended up with more than 700 finds, all waiting for an official log. After intense considerations and carefully weighing my options, you now receive this special limited edition numbered log.
This is my unique non-standard log #155.
Since I was back in Sydney I had to do a geocachingtrip with smirkwood. This time joined by some of his friends. So we thought clearing the north head was a nice task for today. It's a scenic walk, it was perfect weather as it was cloudy but warm and there were nine caches on the list
Thanks smirkwood, mandalf, aimandignite and their muggle friend for this beautiful day!!
Sneaky, because it was so obvious^^
For further information have a look at smirkwoods logs
Thanks a lot Shuckypoo for taking care of this cache, showing me this place and turning my travels into an adventure!
Greetings from Germany.
Keep on caching!
Theatralis ?
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That’s roughly the route I travelled:
Germany – Sydney – Cairns – Cape Tribulation – Biloela – Armidale – Sydney – Canberra– Melbourne – Tasmania – Melbourne – Boinka – Adelaide – Alice Springs – Darwin – Adelaide – Melbourne – Perth – Rottnest Island – Denmark – Perth – Melbourne – Thailand – Brisbane – Sydney – Adelaide – Boinka – Melbourne – Germany
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And finally some statistics:
Days abroad: 157
Days of geocaching: 66
Geocaches abroad: 155
Geocache of the day: 6/9
After many, many caches accompanied by the strong will not to write any standard logs, I ended up with more than 700 finds, all waiting for an official log. After intense considerations and carefully weighing my options, you now receive this special limited edition numbered log.
This is my unique non-standard log #155.
Since I was back in Sydney I had to do a geocachingtrip with smirkwood. This time joined by some of his friends. So we thought clearing the north head was a nice task for today. It's a scenic walk, it was perfect weather as it was cloudy but warm and there were nine caches on the list
Thanks smirkwood, mandalf, aimandignite and their muggle friend for this beautiful day!!
Sneaky, because it was so obvious^^
For further information have a look at smirkwoods logs
Thanks a lot Shuckypoo for taking care of this cache, showing me this place and turning my travels into an adventure!
Greetings from Germany.
Keep on caching!
Theatralis ?
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That’s roughly the route I travelled:
Germany – Sydney – Cairns – Cape Tribulation – Biloela – Armidale – Sydney – Canberra– Melbourne – Tasmania – Melbourne – Boinka – Adelaide – Alice Springs – Darwin – Adelaide – Melbourne – Perth – Rottnest Island – Denmark – Perth – Melbourne – Thailand – Brisbane – Sydney – Adelaide – Boinka – Melbourne – Germany
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And finally some statistics:
Days abroad: 157
Days of geocaching: 66
Geocaches abroad: 155
Geocache of the day: 6/9
What a sneaky hide! It was easy to find despite the muggle sitting on the bench. Admittedly, she was paying more attention to her friends who were sat on the other side of the fence on the rocks. TFTC great views!
Easy find. Muggles about which was a laugh in trying to locate cache. Beautiful view.
When we got to GZ a female muggle was sitting on the bench reading something on her electronic device. We had to use all kinds of distracting and covering activities to be able to retrieve the cache, sign the log and then put it back where it was found. We do not think she noticed what we were doing, she was too engulfed in the reading, but this must have been the closest to a unknowing muggle we have ever retrieved a cache.
Had hoped to pick up TB but it had gone. Couldn't fit any of mine in either so have dropped one off along the way. Nice spot though - TFTC.
Apologies for not fixing this sooner but we didn't get to Manly as soon as expected. We will be staying there for several days next week and plan to replace the cache then.
Lovely spot but my 7 year old grand daughter found only an old beer bottle with a cigarette end in; what a shame.....Another DNF added to the list. Shame. Enjoyed the walk to here none the less. CO needs to pop out when they can as it hasn't been found since May and the last found log was actually referring to the cache down the path with the PVC pipe!
A great area but alas no cahce was found today. I did see a spot where I think the cache has been sitting.
A couple of German tourists asked me what I was looking for . They said they had heard about geocaching.
A couple of German tourists asked me what I was looking for . They said they had heard about geocaching.
The CO (my 10 yo daughter) and I will check on this as soon as we can. However we have had DNFs before and then it's been found again. Also, it sometimes gets removed from its spot to be signed because of there being so many lurking muggles... Sometimes DNFs have been due to this. There have been a few DNFs this time though.... So perhaps it truly IS missing now :/
We were getting very desperate but even with hint and spoiler photos - we had no chance 
and with all the comments saying it was an easy one we felt quite blind
and with all the comments saying it was an easy one we felt quite blindJust as I reached the GZ, before I had time to search I was joined by another couple and one pulled out her sketch book and began to draw the view. After hanging around forever for her to finish I decided to move on and try again later. When I returned over 90 minutes later the sketching was still going and she had been joined by a two more artists so I gave up. Nice spot for a cache though.
Found it! Great view! Keep looking in the grass it is there and it is not dangerous.
Found the Cache together with Team ANA and TeamMelodie. Thanks for this beautiful view.
Although this was published six months ago (exactly!) and is only around 5kms from home, we hadn't got around to finding the cache yet. Well today was the day! After some fun at Worm Logged, we had an enjoyable and highly recommended walk down to Shelly Beach car park, where we could enjoy some more amazing views, and also find this cache.
Walking to GZ, I noticed a family hovering around 10m away, looking at a phone. Could they be... As we approached, they said a couple words (the hint) which confirmed who they were. "Are you geocaching?" Geomum asked, and indeed they were. Later we found out that they had only found two other caches previously (they are emmajago), so were very new to this addicting activity!
After a bit of a search, we were unsure whether the cache was presently in a position where it was accessible from the viewpoint. Just as we were about to hop over to check further afield, the geogirl from the other team said "I think I've got it!" and held up a jar which turned out to be the cache. Well done to you!
Soon we had signed in and said our goodbyes, then we had a pleasant walk back up to North Head.
Thanks Shuckypoo for this nice cache.
Walking to GZ, I noticed a family hovering around 10m away, looking at a phone. Could they be... As we approached, they said a couple words (the hint) which confirmed who they were. "Are you geocaching?" Geomum asked, and indeed they were. Later we found out that they had only found two other caches previously (they are emmajago), so were very new to this addicting activity!
After a bit of a search, we were unsure whether the cache was presently in a position where it was accessible from the viewpoint. Just as we were about to hop over to check further afield, the geogirl from the other team said "I think I've got it!" and held up a jar which turned out to be the cache. Well done to you!
Soon we had signed in and said our goodbyes, then we had a pleasant walk back up to North Head.
Thanks Shuckypoo for this nice cache.
Fount it together with with Team GuLi, Melodie ANA - all from Germany. Nice place with unknown animals. Tftc. Out: nothing; In: TB "ERZelmännchen"
