Galen Billabong 'Back to Nature' Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
By South49 & Whs Yr 9 Clc Students on 29-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5FMBT

Unfortunately, as there has not been a response to the last request/s to attend to this cache, or provide regular updates, the cache is being de-listed on the basis that it has been abandoned by the Cache Owner.

Caches that have been archived for lack of maintenance will not be unarchived. This is explained here: [**Unarchive a geocache**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56). If there are components or remnants of the cache, please return to the GZ and collect the cache (or remnants). We don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

If you wish to contact me regarding this cache, please send an email via my profile - [Bunjil,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the cache name and GC number.

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###**CACHE OWNER ACTION REQUIRED PLEASE**###

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I've noticed this cache is carrying a maintenance log which really does need to be addressed by the cache owner.

The guidelines indicated that periodic visits to check on the cache, as well as prompt attention to any logs that indicate there is a problem, are part of the [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235) - I have Disabled it for you this time.

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) within 14 days,** so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Check on the cache, repair and/or replace the cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (within 14 days). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. For ongoing issues (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 28 days so as to keep everyone up to speed.

- If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it,**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when I next look at the cache page, it is likely that I will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) it on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

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Couldn't find the cache. I'm not sure if it's been moved to the location it's supposed to be at. Looked for a good hour and nothing. Even walked several metres away in both directions from where GZ was.

It’s New Year’s Day and I needed to find a cache!
I thought I’d try my luck again here and see if I could turn the frown into a smilie.
Armed with a small bit of intel I made a quick find today. Not sure if this is cache creep or the actual intended GZ. Signed the very wet and deteriorating log sheet and replaced as found.

Good start to 2019!

TFTC

Log sheet needs replacing. Container isn’t very water proof.
Location could use with a check as well, Cache is quite a distance from where the gps leads you to.
This led me to searching for ages in the wrong spot last time.

Found it!

Fun walk in by geohubby & geokid.
Great cache hide
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TFTC South49 & WHS Yr 9 CLC students

Tried and tried but dident have any luck # geokid

Day four away with my kayak, but today there was no paddling on the cards. Today was about the Warbys. I spent a lot of time looking where my GPS was pointing. I expanded my search and eventually found it.

My thanks to South49 & Whs Yr 9 Clc Students for the cache.

Couldn't find not sure if still there, would of been flooded in winter so if it was low probably got washed away

Did not find.

Out for another walk in the area and once again it's a DNF for me here.

Out walking the dogs tonight so I thought I'd stop for a look. No luck for me though, all I found was a massive spider at GZ!

Geofamily trip to Victoria... Cool!
Mrs Moneydork, Moneydork, sushilord and I left Friday morning for a 4 day jaunt over the border to find a cache or two
Two nights in Wangaratta and then a night in Bendigo left me with 10 DNFs and 205 cache finds one of which was a FTF
Day 3 was Wangaratta to Bendigo as there is a particular wool mill there that geomum loves to visit [^] As with any family, when geo mum is happy... everyone else is [^]
Todays DNFs numbered 1 and the finds numbered 66 with some interesting caches and experiences amongst them.... not the least of them being me falling off of the walk the plank cache At least I found a PT there to make up for the fall

Continuing our wander through this lovely area of nature Thanks so much for allowing us to get back to nature for a while

TNLN. SL. TFTC South49

The geofamily are off on another trip to Mexico. Fun, sore backsides (for some) and Dad getting the geomobile stuck and breaking his bike, TWICE were the highlights of the trip. One of the running jokes for the trip was 'If it's 2.5T it's laying on the ground, if it's 2.5D it's under that pile of rocks or in the open, if it's listed as large we are looking for an eclipse tin' which came about due to a number of early finds. The lasting memory from this trip will be the grass seeds!!!

We attempted the three caches here with two hits and one strike. This was a hit. A lovely area.

Thanks for the cache South49 & WHS Yr 9 CLC Students.

Nice wetland

Having explored various sections of the Ovens River further to the east, I was surprised to find this bushland so close to town. A cleverly hidden container, a neat little surprise.

Thanks for placing this cache and showing me this location.

Well hidden! Had to expand the search area to find it though. T4TC

Well hidden! Had to expand the search area to find it though. T4TC

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one off the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH South49 [^]

Team effort with Shadow 67, was a beautiful day for exploring this part of Wang TFTC

Great day to go out about caching with Nena Nine
Easy find.
Signed the log
TFTC

Eek! But we weren't scared, nice easy one once we widened our search a little....like the fact each of these has a pencil.... TFTC

All I can say is AHHHHH!!!! TFTC

this one is creepy tftc

Ok now one of the team will be having nightmares tonight! Nice nice walk though tftc

TFTC! This was a wonderful hind and a scary spider lives here indeed.

A nice easy spot from the track. Look at previous logs. You may be some metres away. Thank you year 9 for this series. We have enjoyed our walk around the area. TFTC

Our GPS decided to have a bit of a hissy fit at this GZ and we spent a long time looking in the wrong spot. As we were about to give up i decided to widen the search area a bit and after some more time finally had the cool container in hand.
TFTC.

TFTC. We are not local to the area so we were amazed that this area exists in harmony with a new estate.
We are trying to complete the numbers and name challenge , we needed a cacher with 9 in the name. This series of 3 fitted the bill. As we were walking to GZ I was trying to puzzle out the hint. Not having young children meant we scratched our heads until Linda realised. Yuk from her.

yuck ! on a lighter note, i saw some Malurus cyaneus near this cache. tftc's south49 and the team at galen. from splittie.

#1536 2nd find today after doing a bit of a merry dance around gz until the cache was finally spotted. Nice cache container and well hidden - TFTC South49 and students, love your work.

Big spider lives there

Oooh. Scary! TFTC

Scared Tue hell out of me! Found it with marcrus123

Found it very easy it might be hard for sum or it might be easy for others
Thanks south49

TFTC - Great day for a cache or 2. What a great area.

Went for a walk in this lovely bushland area, we thought the area was stunning.
Cache was found quickly, and in good condition.
Many thanks for placing this cache, South49, for us and others to find.

It's great to see these caches hidden in out wonderful native bushlands. I got a great photo of a Grey Fantail here today on the river bank after finding the well hidden cache ... love the camo. TFTC

Went for a pleasant wander in the very dry wetlands. What a magnificent area so close to the city and a fabulous place for teaching environmental and outdoor pursuits How lucky is Galen College to have this resource, and generous of them to let others have access. I found the caxhe easily, then enjoyed a sit on the nearby sturdily constructed seat, relaxing with that calm view of the river before heading on to other tasks TFTC South49

Oops, looks like I forgot to log this one over a year ago!!

# 7493. After attending the Caravan & Camping Expo with Robmc this morning it was time to add a few smilies by finding a few of the newly published caches around town.

This is where we caught up with Harrowang and Beavar chatting to the CO. Well how about that? After a bit of a chat and some time spent admiring the river views and enjoying the serenity in here it was time to log the cache and continue back to the cars and home.

Thanks South49

After meeting half the geocaching population of Wangaratta at the Travel Show, BettyBoo3747 and I decided to do a few of our outstanding caches along the river.
A very nice stroll into this cache along a dry and dusty road. Harrowang and Beavar had cornered the CO at the cache so it wasn't a tricky place to find.
Was the dangerous animals attribute for the possibility of snakes or the cache container?
Thanks, Robmc.

Continuing our walk in the Wetlands with Beavar, we followed the meandering path by the billabongs to GZ. We were quite happy to find Charlotte here, but would have been very surprised and concerned to find Wilbur! We had just signed the log and replaced the cache when a ute came creeping along the track. It was the CO on a blackberry spraying mission, she was surprised and delighted to meet us all. As we were chatting, BettyBoo and Robmc came strolling along the track as well. A mini geocachers event! We seem to have been involved in quite a few of those meetings this weekend! Anyway, great to meet you South49 and to hear about the work you are doing with the school kids here. SL at 2.25pm #2778 TFTC and the chance to wander in this peaceful area once more. Time to go home and do a few more chores before the end of the weekend.

This is what geocaching is about
I get to go exploring a beautiful wetlands area that I did not know about [^]
And environmentally minded skool chids get to study and map wetlands that ...
... lets face it ...
... will play an important part in the future of the planet you guys are inheriting [^]

The serenity here, so close, but so far away from towne is amazing
I saw quite a few birds here !!
Pacific herons, White Faced herons, an egret or two, and a kangaroo

Lovely spot, and a great cache.

TFTC, and visit to a top spot

The second one I found in the series, I figured out what I was looking for through the cache listing hint and previous logs, but took me a while to find it, the GPS had me looking about 10-15meters away, but eventually the cache was in hand and log was signed. TFTC

Second to find. Yay!
What an evil cache. The Mrs made the Mr retrieve it even though she knew it was fake!
Hope i never see another like it again!

Published

FTF Two-for!

After grabbing the closer FTF to the car, I walked over to this one to try my luck. It would seem that an iPhone with 5% battery loses quite a lot of its GPS accuracy, as I spent 20 mins searching in the wrong place (about 15-20m from the actual GZ). As I about to give up and go home, I spotted a likely place on another tree and thought to give it check just to be sure - and there it was.

I should probably use my proper GPSr huh?

TFTC

This entry was edited by mvyrmnd on Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 10:32:40 UTC.