Holey Stump: Secret Paths of Koonung Park #2 Balwyn North, Victoria, Australia
By littlemerpip on 11-Apr-15. Waypoint GC5M7RM

**Cache Archived**
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Looked for 20 minutes and DNF. We’ll look again soon!

I’ll find you next time!

DNF

need to check if this one is still there and replace if not

No luck today

The cache was on the ground in the open, hopefully put it in the right spot...

Quick find, was on the ground but we replaced it the best we could. Thanks for the hide

Found with my trusty assistants. Very nice hide.

Love the new hide

Found with yellowsneakers. Sneaky one

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 46.820 E 145° 5.667

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 46.821 E 145° 5.672

Distance from original: 24.7 feet or 7.5 meters.

relocated to another stump!

This one has now moved a few metres to its permanent new home, same container, similar hide, remember to replace camo when returning!

TFTC! Quick an easy find. Need to come from the west or south west as there is fenced off works area to the east of the cache!

Found it TFTC

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Disabled - pending CO response to my email enquiry . . . . . . . . . .

After a DNF dropped in to see if the cache I put out yesterday had been muggled and no - it's still there waiting to be found.

Nothing there!

Visited today and found that the stump the cache was hidden in has been uprooted and isn't suitable as a hide anymore. Whilst I think about what to do with this one I have placed a temporary bison hanging less than a metre from the published coords so ready to find again.

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Hi littlemerpip,

This cache has been listed as possibly needing owner intervention. You may recall having received an automated email from Geocaching HQ recently which explained what you needed to do.

The cache is being temporarily disabled, so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed.

Whilst it is recognized that as a result of the current COVID19 situation, it might not be possible for a Cache Owner to just pop out and check on a cache, we still need to know that you are on top of the issue.

CO's of caches disabled during the current COVID19 crisis will be given some extra time to react. Caches where the cache owner does not currently feel it is safe to maintain will not be archived in the normal time frame, **as long as there is some indication from the CO. Don't let a lack of communication kill this cache.**

#What should you do:-#
- Should the Regional Health and State Government requirements allow it **AND** you feel it safe for you to maintain this cache now, please feel free to do so.

- **Alternatively,** what you need to do is place a Write Note log indicating a date when you expect/hope you might be able to attend to the issue/s.

#Please Note#
When the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, **or there is no acknowledgment from the CO as requested above,** it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned and processed accordingly.

HS/Covid

Found the stump however the cache is missing from it

Found the stump it was in but didn't find the cache

Found the stump from one of the previous photos but no longer here

Found the spot but some sick troll took the cache, still glad we at least found the stump doe

Wasn’t in its place! Saw the log but not in their

Found the geo cache on the 13 of June 2021

Tftc

My first cache!

tftc

Found by teddy Hugo Elroy and mathilda Darwin , navigation by Elroy . Adult is Ben. Hid toy under log.

Found by teddy Hugo and Elroy and mathilda , navigation by Elroy.

Found on ground but now restored to where I think is should be.

Nice quick find while working nearby on the north east link project early works. A great little spot that I didn't even know existed until today. Tftc

Had to wait for a guy in high vis clothes to depart. He seemed to be searching for something too and I started to wonder if he was a cacher but he eventually left.

Found it we think

Didn't expect it to be where I found it. Tftc

Pretty stuck in there haha...TFTC

Simple. Though getting the log out not so much. TFTC @A2986

TFTC Found with devil

Didn’t have a pen but found it woo

Found it but didn’t have a pen :/ cool spot though

Found the bison tube on ground and put it back where I think it was intended to be, thanks

TFTC! Nice little hiding spot

Tftc

A cute little geocache! Was fun to look for and find : D

Was concerned it might be gone with the recent cleaning at GZ, but there it was! Thank you for the cache!

Thank you, clue in the name!

Found but didn’t touch. TFTC!

came prepared with nice new cache and the longest long nose pliers I could find! Used said pliers to remove old cache, put in new one, all ready to find again

Cache replaced today on my daily walk, ready to find again.

looks like this one isn't really findable at the moment, will disable until I can get out to fix up

Brilliant hide. Could get it out my fingers to big.

Nice

Good hide but when I went to lift it as clue suggests, only the top of the bison came out.... the tube itself is firmly wedged in hiding spot... maintenance needed???

Found it quickly. Log has got quite wet unfortunately.

Log is very wet

The little guy found this in about half a second flat. Thanks for the hide!

Walking the trails to collect the caches nearby the handbag geoart. Clever hide. TFTC

A nice sneaky trail and quick find!

This would have been a very clever cache when it was new. It is still great but as it wasn't intact when we arrived, it was easy to locate. Definitely worthy of a favourite regardless as we think we would have struggled in its original condition. Thanks for the effort and the cache.

Deze 14-12020 gevonden maar lukt nog steeds niet om hem te loggen hij blijft maar in concept staan dus bij deze nog een poging.
Bedankt??

My last days in melbourne. I had a great time. Nice to finish my time over here in the park i was always running. Nice to cache over here.
I found it tftc

Ventured away from Sharkiefan's Handbag series for a moment. Easy find. 19 for 19 on my birthday caching trip.

Fourth of eight finds with Aussiewolves around suburban Melbourne. Nice quick find. TFTC

#1921 Fourth of eight finds with Rieka around suburban Melbourne on Day 14 of our road trip. Nice quick find. TFTC

Thanks! A quick find today. Didn’t have a pen so will sign log on next visit.

A second morning of walking in this lovely area, following the previous day's (mostly) non-caching walk. Today included the requisite serious focus on caching, so having passed perilously close to this spot the previous day I was now back, doing the (requisite) serious business of finding the cache. This serious business proved to be seriously easy (but presumably not too easy), though getting to the log was a bit trickier. All was duly accomplished, however, and all securely returned. TFTC

Looking at other logs having made mine leaves me thinking that my find WAS actually a bit too easy and the cache was not hidden in quite the way intended and was a bit too exposed. When I am next back here I will turn things around a bit, but anyone else reading this in the meantime might want to do the same.

A morning of caching to finish off the year. Found in good condition. TFTC

Love the name of this one!

On a ride, I stopped by and looked here and was stumped before considering another hidey hole. A very tight squeeze.

Thanks for the cache, littlemerip.

Look for the stump

Cool spot to hide a cache!

We were in the area 'collecting some handbags' and couldn't help but drop by this one.
Seems like one of the holes does work these days.
Thanks littlemerpip for showing us this area.
Chiefton!!!

Thanks .

A few hours to spare on a bright sunny afternoon . Decided to tackle some caches along the Koonung trail . A nice offshoot from the main trail . Thanks littlemerpip

While out wandering around this lovely parkland today we stopped off to search for this cache, which was soon located once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the nicely hidden cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

A nicely hidden cache in a lovely park. It was just a bit of a shame that the lid of the container was not attached to the base which left the logbook exposed and therefore wet. TFTC.

We found it. TFTC.

We found Kooning park lovely and interesting to explore. Thanks for bringing us here with a cache. We liked using the exercise equipment the best. The cache was found in it’s hidey spot safe and well. Thanks!

Finally found a free bit of Friday to gather some mystery caches. Quick easy find - All in good condition TFTC

Out hunting for murder mystery souvenirs. Appreciated the quick and muggle-free find tonight. Tftc

Was nearby picking up handbags and decided to grab this one too. Tftc

Another very nice hired by this GIO Keisha

Great little hide, TFTC

Doing a run through the area. Quick find. Tftc !

Cool

n0w0rries found your cache Holey Stump: Secret Paths of Koonung Park #2, on 11 June 2019 15:52
Holey Stump Batman!
Found out along the BatTrack.
Thank you for placing and maintaining this Micro geocache for us to find, littlemerpip.

Hi

A slight detour onto secret paths in Koonung Park soon had us at a Holey stump. SL at 4.30pm - although it did take us a little while to decipher the hint and find what we needed. We have come down to the Big Smoke from Wangaratta for the Queen’s Birthday long weekend and to add some more smiley faces to our City maps. #6228 TFTC littlemerpip

As we wandered our way through this great parkland, I spied another green dot on the map just off the trail up ahead. As we got closer I could see something that was not naturally formed and then a further search revealed a well hidden cache. Even though the lid was off and laying on the ground, the log was safe and dry so we added our name and reassembled the cache. TNLNSL. TFTC. KKams

I was in the area tonight to grab the handbag series and I grabbed this along the way. A nice quick find in this great park - TFTC!

Not quite what I expected but aptly named. TFTC.

Coords spot on. TFTC

it was pretty hard to find one in the dark!!! but was so fun!

Picked up this one and a few on a day off on a bike ride Sneaky one - once a few muggles and their dogs had gone by. Thanks littlemerpip for the cute hide.

Found it but didn’t have a pen to write in it, was really just taking the dog for a walk

This was a great hide it was creative, thanks for bringing us here

06/04/2019 18:52 Very quick and easy was spotted as I approached GZ. TFTC littlemerpip TNLN SL

Yeah.. getting the hang of this

Nothing is better that finding a few geocaches on my way to work on a Monday afternoon. It will leave me in a good mood for the rest of the week.

With the 'Cache Carnival' starting today I travelled along these secret paths for some high favourite point caches.

Some of the camo had been dislodged so I spotted the cache from a few metres away. After signing the log I spent some time trying to fix the camo so that the cache was better hidden.
I loved the holey stump, as well.

Thank you littlemerpip for this cache and series.

Couldn't get the paper out