Wall Tennis Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
By entropyharvester on 15-Nov-14. Waypoint GC5GGW6

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29-Apr-21
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26-Mar-21
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25-Feb-21
Ran out of time, had to go to work. Did find a bong and a syringe though... so be careful
 
21-Feb-21
checked with friend who has found it before and she told me what the cache looked like,

its not there anymore i dont think

needs help

James0116
 
16-Feb-21
Grrr

Couldnt find it

Not happy

James0116
 
18-Jan-21
2nd visit on way home from event in the city this morning. Would have been a 2nd DNF had it not been for the eyes of a tennis muggle (a.k.a. a new Geo-convert) who found it after my declaration of why I was on premises and explanation of the hunt! thanks for your clever hide. My first visit had me looking at the wrong coloured wall.
 
15-Jan-21
This was our second attempt for this clever cache. We were sure that we knew what we were looking for and when we found it our suspicions were confirmed. We were clutching at straws and pulling in strings for a while until we aced it.
 
31-Dec-20
Out for my what has realistically become my annual caching trip (I really should cache more) with Doctor Owl after having finally been allowed across the border from Victoria. The joys of family being in one state but having to study in another. I have missed South Australia.
The plan of the day, following an event to wrap up the year, was to slowly head towards some caches that Doctor Owl really wanted to get and grab any that I hadn't got on the way. There are a lot of caches that I don't have to be honest.
Doctor Owl, drawing upon her memory, said that is was a different cache container and when I found it I was a bit surprised to find it was slightly bigger than I was expecting given the cache container that Doctor Owl had described. Very cool though.
 
28-Dec-20
Couldn't find. Coords being out, noisy dog, and pretty sure I need to grow to reach /see this one made it less fun. Think I'll leave this one till coordinates are updated and I can find a tall friend.
 
25-Dec-20
Weird
 
24-Dec-20
Good hiding spot for this one.
TFTC entropyharvester.
Striker and Runningman222.
 
07-Dec-20
Hard to find but look hard enough and you'll be balls galore Smile
 
02-Dec-20
very creative but confused to why the coordinates aren’t just updated
loved it TFTC
 
14-Nov-20
Nice one. Screen shot of my computer screen was enough to head off on the bikes to get this one!
 
09-Oct-20
Was a ballsy cache! We made such a racket finding this one! TFTC! So creative Smile
 
16-Aug-20
??
 
31-Jul-20
Love the camo on this one, very creative.
 
25-Jul-20
Found in spite of the extremely noisy and annoying dog next door. Wouldnt like to play with this Tftc
 
11-Jul-20
No luck with this one. Maybe next time. Cheers.
 
23-May-20
No luck today, noisy dog ruined the search
 
12-May-20
Nice!
 
14-Apr-20
Very cool! Fun with the kids. TFTC
 
13-Apr-20
This is amazing!! Brought a smile to my face when I found it, great theme. Tip: use your phone camera!

CO why haven't you updated the coordinates though? Seems weird to have them off and suggest looking elsewhere in the hint. I found the last posted ones in the logs to be spot on.
 
13-Apr-20
Sad tennis ball
 
12-Apr-20
Found it with my brother and mum! My lil bro’s so smart!!
 
11-Apr-20
DNF - found some empty cable ties, don’t know if they were something to do with the cache.
 
10-Apr-20
Felt like I was in the right spot but perhaps not tall enough as it seems like that is needed. Will try again another day.
 
14-Mar-20
Third time lucky! A very clever hide. I had to go there in the very early morning as there are often muggles around. TFTC.
 
08-Mar-20
Found in seconds.
Nice One

TFTC entropyharvester
 
17-Feb-20
We went back the next day and found it after about 15 minutes. Found with Airnah. This is my favourite so far. Cheeky hide. TFTC
 
16-Feb-20
DNF this one. Hard to know where to look
 
13-Feb-20
I had a poor hit rate this afternoon. The events of the day made it hard to concentrate which is why this one may have eluded me. There was a lot of rubbish around including broken glass so I admit I didn't look too closely.
 
13-Jan-20
This took a lot of persistence! But looking back through the logs helped. We had a good laugh when we found it! Thanks for the cache, one of our favourite finds!
 
03-Dec-19
Council work going on I walked for so long....
 
11-Oct-19
Not today
 
11-Aug-19
Today fluffymaxi and I needed to find 23 geocaches to finish the Mystery at the Museum souvenir challenge. We targeted caches needed to fill gaps in the Jasmer grid (3) and the hidden date grid (20) and had a couple of spares up our sleeves in case of DNF’s, which there were a few.
This cache was our sixth find of the day. We’d had a look at the logs so knew it wasn’t right on the co-ordinates. When we arrived we thought it was in a key box at the back of the club house (on the wall), but this turned out to be a key box. After a bit of a search around we found something that didn’t appear to have a purpose and it turned out to have a cache related purpose (hoping I have not given too much away here).
TNLNSL
TFTC entropyharvester
Find #622
 
11-Aug-19
Found with GeckoJ
 
12-Jun-19
3rd time lucky on this rather frustrating cache.
Frustrating because I seemed to be thwarted with dead end roads, muggles at the tennis ground and incorrect coords Sad
Last visit had me looking with Everlastings coords but even they were incorrect Sad
I had to PAF for this one before attempting a 3rd time, and then found the cache, which was well designed and hidden in a great spot.
My coords are S34 58.229 E138 34.623
 
23-Apr-19
Didnt find it 12 months ago and same result today, tried new coords, looked high looked low. I give up
.
 
18-Apr-19
Searched for 30 mins around the new coords provided but couldnt spot anything. Gave up and left. Will need some help with this one, as I didnt have my caching eyes today Sad
 
31-Mar-19
31/03/2019

Try use S 34 58.227 E138 34.631

After lunch - decided some caches - enjoyed myself [^]Cool
After good read the logs and It help me - find it so happy... Big Grin

Thanks for entropyharvester for the hide the cache and hunt. Razz
 
28-Jan-19
Found on my old account what i lost Restas1. now logging under my new account
 
04-Jan-19
TFTC
Good hide
Nice camouflage
Hello from Latvia
 
26-Dec-18
Great hide entropyharvester. FP from me. I write the log while sweat runs down my back, for it is hot here today. Found a great big spider nearby, very impressive
 
26-Dec-18
Took a while and needed some clues from previous finds. Eventually we were on the right line... tftc
 
11-Nov-18
Looked everywhere...?
 
08-Nov-18
Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching
 
23-Sep-18
2nd time round found it. Daylight helped
 
22-Sep-18
Found it. Agree with others, previous clues helped... It is very appropriately themed, clever hiding spot and definitely had to work to avoid muggles.
 
22-Sep-18
GPS way out 20m. Need to be tall
 
01-Sep-18
Very clever cache.
 
01-Sep-18
First find in a while.. took me afew minutes to get back into the swing of it...... think up..! TFTC
 
14-Aug-18
Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Finally good to have the smiley for what has turned out to be a nemesis cache. Most times this has been due to all the wall tennis muggles running all around the place but also on one occasion an abandoned search.
Today was returning form a meeting and it was lunchtime and decided to swing by and have another look for this one. However noticed that there were a lot more hints even though the coordinates still had not been updated to be correct or at least within a couple of metres.
Arrived at the site and parked nearby and wandered over to GZ, Then took the suggested hint before starting the search. Looked and looked and bounced around a lot but still could not find a cache. Read some more logs and got another clue so restarted the search and then the AHA moment hit and the cache was found. Signed log and replaced.
Funny how all the clues make sense after you have made the find.
Even with all the frustration this one has caused a favourite is being logged.
Gratias pro cache entropyharvester
 
09-Jul-18
Doing a bit of caching on my way to the airport. Thanks for the hide.
 
24-Jun-18
Loved this cache. Perfect theme. Location correction is good. Look back through the comments for helpful clues.
 
02-Jun-18
After a previous DNF, came back in the daylight and had much more success!
 
01-Jun-18
Returned in the daylight to have another look armed with the CO's assurance it was still there, we were close, and to think about the clues more. We still spent another 10 min looking around the area and talked through the clues until we saw something suspicious and the cache was revealed. The cache was pretty cool and well themed, so many thanks in the end.
I do think even if the cache has been moved around over time, the coordinates should probably be updated accordingly.
 
20-May-18
This cache bounces around a lot.
At the momement its more like totem tennis.
So read the hint.
 
20-May-18
Tough one
 
10-May-18
This one was confusing to look for with the various coordinates postulated, and hint declaring the cache being 20 m out of GZ. We explored a few potential locations, and one structure that seemed to line up with previous comments, but just couldn’t find this cache. We did find some straps with nothing attached, so wonder if it has previously been muggled? Will message CO to check.
 
10-May-18
Looked for about 10 mins, but the cold got the better of us, and left this one as a DNF
 
24-Apr-18
The second Tuesday Trekking in a row for the Puzzled Puzzlers trying to rectify our DNF's. Today's crew was me, Doctor Owl, SA Sewer Rats and Blackadders. We had combined our collective DNF's and surprisingly at least one in the group was a previous finder so we able to assist each other. Cool We headed out east and south of the city but as usual we didn't want to pass any caches that popped up in our travels.[8)]
This time I was back with previous finders. They suggested I try in a different location than where the GPS wanted me. Surprised
Why the hell would I try there. Twisted I ignored them and had a chat to the neighbour over the fence and found precisely what i found last time. NADASad
Reluctantly I put the GPS in pocket and went an tried where they suggested. I found the cache and was the second name in the new log book. Smile
For all this others watching and having no luck try around

###S34°58.228 E138°34.631###

**Thanks entropyharvester for this cache. ** Big Grin
 
07-Apr-18
Dis Did not find if co ords sre out by 20 metr res s better change the coordinates.
 
24-Mar-18
Could not find Sad
 
17-Mar-18
No go
 
04-Mar-18
Cache is still in play.
The hint is a great jelp with this one now.
 
24-Feb-18
No luck Sad
 
24-Feb-18
Found some cable ties which look like they once held something but no sign of a cache tonight
 
14-Jan-18
No luck
 
07-Jan-18
Couldnt find it
 
01-Jan-18
This one nearly had me strung Wink
 
01-Jan-18
This string makes me strong
 
23-Dec-17
New cache in place.
Be aware this cache gets lobbed around a bit.
It has not moved far but is a bit more stealth.
 
19-Dec-17
Once again I found myself being Dad's Taxi to bring geoson to town for 'a couple' of hours. Wink That's okay because I want to go to Castle Plaza for some Chrissie shopping. I can do a couple of caches on the way there and a couple on the way back. No problem. Cool So nine Finds, two Did Not Finds and five hours later he finally calls to be picked up. [8)]

My second DNF for the day. I wasn't even able to find the empty container that the last searcher did. Twisted
I did find an old tennis ball that I am sure the dogs will like. [:o)]
Plenty of mulching and pruning has occurred recently. May have resulted in the empty container going missing!

Thanks entropyharvester for the search, I will watch and see if it still here. Big Grin
 
04-Nov-17
We found what we 'think' is the container (based on logs) but it was on the ground and empty. Needs maintenance.
 
28-Oct-17
A Saturday afternoon cache hunt. Found this one after a little searching. Not many muggles about - a few oldies having a hit of tennis ! Great day for it!

TFTC. TNLN. SL.

Another one off the list.
 
28-Oct-17
Found Smile tftc and nice hide
 
20-Oct-17
It was cool
 
25-Sep-17
Very good find
 
23-Sep-17
Today we were finally able to turn this frown upside down and make it a happy face. The item we found at GZ has certainly not been there when we have looked before. Thank you for replacing the cache. L 1 x TB SL TFTC
 
23-Sep-17
Back in South Australia for a visit. Out caching with Muff1 and having a holiday at the same time. SL TNLN TFTC
 
20-Sep-17
A return visit with a previous dnf er. The snake showed her exactly where it was, there obvious. Hope this novelty cache lasts this time. TFTC
 
20-Sep-17
Mrs Rat had been here before, but had no luck.
Returned to day to try again.
Lucky the Snake found the cache in an obvious spot. Tftc
 
17-Sep-17
Best hide ever
 
10-Sep-17
Found by Olga at 17:57
Another nemesis done. I don't remember seeing the hint mention such a large discrepancy between the cache and the coordinates before, but I'm sure glad we did.
A clever hide too. Quite unexpected.
 
10-Sep-17
Coordinates are 20m out, which owner is aware of. Correct coordinates a much closer to S34 58.230 E138 34.625
 
13-Aug-17
Despite the glorious day there was no one here playing tennis TFTC liked it very apt
 
05-Aug-17
Played a fair bit of wall tennis in my youth. Was never good enough for a team, so I played it on the farm against the barn wall. Was always interesting hitting the rebounds when the ball bounced of rocks on the ground. Enough of my memories. Found cache easily and soon had log in hand.
TFTH
TFTC
 
26-Jul-17
Nice lil hiding spot tftc
 
20-Jul-17
??
 
20-Jul-17
??????
 
19-Jul-17
Very good geocache which accurately represents the spot. Favourited
 
19-Jul-17
Awesome hiding spot!
 
15-Jul-17
Very clever hide, luckily was with geo-friend who is taller than me.. TFTC Smile
 
12-Jul-17
Was out for a mini caching run of 1 with Blue Wrentit tonight. He has tried this a few times before and been muggled out each time. This evening the courts are dark, so a perfect time to go searching, and searching and looking here there and everywhere wall related.

Hmmh, no luck, where can it be? Look high, look low, even checked a wooden stake to see if it is hollow. Check description, small, well that should narrow down the likely hides, as it won't be a mint tin ... will it?

No it is definitely not a mint tin, but in my humble (?) opinion pushing the definition of small as well, but it is most defiantly related to the area.

As for the hint? Hmmm, I have to wonder about that one, over using accurate co-ords, but I guess if you goto the co-ords first, then apply the hint, it might help in the search. On google earth it is no more than 21m using the ruler function.
 
12-Jul-17
After an Awesome Cacher Pub Catch Up at the Cremorne Hotel I wanted so bad to get to this previously DNF'd cache hide at an "Extremely Muggley" spot! Everytime I have tried to have a crack at this hide it was damn "Wimbledon"!!! These Tennis Courts are more popular than Roland-Garros! [:(!]

I arrived on my Deadly Geo-Treadly to see there was not a soul around... Yes, Finally! When I got closer to the assumed GZ there was this figure sitting on a seat when I arrived, "Damn! a Muggle! you've gotta be kidding!" It was Mr. Knightyme Smile He was awaiting my arrival Smile We conducted a search high and low... Looking, looking and more looking under torchlight till the search was widened and I thought i'd just try something a little different and Bingo! The hide was spied. Very cool cache too. We both SL at 20:13 on Wed. 12 July, 2017. Have a Fave Point for the coolness of the cache, it is now a Nemesis-Cache conquered and the fact it did my head in lol Big Grin TFTC entropyharvester Smile
 
10-Jul-17
Got it on the first serve. After 2 DNFs and one half finished multi, it was good to get one tonight. Thanks. Loved the container.
 
23-Jun-17
Clue certainly helps. Interesting hide. TFTC
 
11-Jun-17
Cache is nack in play.
 
11-Jun-17
With a rare, of late, sunday that I'm not required at work it was time to head into the CBD and surrounds to see what I could find. This is one of a few new smilies on the map as a result.
Was out and about when I saw that this one was available so had to take the long way home for a look. Quick find relying on the hint.
Thanks for the cache entropyharvester