Chinamans Lagoon Teesdale, Victoria, Australia
By Lacinta and Rebel Llama on 06-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5MB94

Unfortunately there does not seem to be any evidence that indicates that steps have been taken to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement. It would appear the owner of this cache listing is no longer interested in the cache and the cache has been abandoned.

As such the cache is being de-listed (Archived). If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as 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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Hi there Cache Owner,

This cache has come to my notice as there is a 'Needs Maintenance' log that that indicates there is some sort of issue with the placement and it needs your attention please.

Check out the Guidelines here: [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable the cache**](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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Didn’t fine

We looked high, we looked low, we looked in, we looked out, we looked everywhere but no luck today hope this can be checked and we can return to add a smile, thanks for bringing us to an area we didn't know about

We think its time for a check - its very cacheworthy so I hope it can be replaced. Tnx for bringing us here

Tried snorkeling in the well, no success

Well, I enjoyed the walk. Well, I found the beautifully constructed well But sadly did not do well in the cache finding department. Thanks for the walk Lucinta

DNF this one, had a long look with no luck

For such an easy find just cannot see it. Looked under, over, in , on and about the tree, well, platform. Nothing. Perhaps CO check time.

Never been here before! A great spot! Thanks for the walk.

TFTC

Found by Scott & Shaye.

Beautiful winter sunny day for caching..
Enjoy walk toward the cache..
Never been here before.
Great hide
Thanks for bring me here and cache.

Found cache while down visiting family from Newcastle. Brother and I went out for a day of caching. This was a lovely walk thanks for bringing us here. TFTC
cheers team wooness

I never knew this place was here until now. I was looking for a more difficult hide when my geo partner said here it is. I think i need to do more caching I'm a bit rusty lol

Find 2918 24 March 2018
Found on our way to Geelong for a night away.

This is my second attempt at this cache after an DNF a long time ago. Today we found the cache in good order. Great spot.

TFTC

Thanks for a great day of ridding and fun with my friends.

It was a hot one today and we tried staying in the shade as we walked to GZ. It will be interesting to see how full the lagoon gets with the rain that is forecast over the next few days! A neat container at GZ. TFTC and sharing this spot.

Great spot. Also found your original cache and have included the old log book with the new one.

Lovely walk around the lagoon, not much water at present. Nice bit if history too. Thanks for bringing us here.

good hide and well hid but easy to find

So easy

Yeah nice and fun

Yay!! My new container arrived. I have replaced cache and new log. I have also popped in a FTF nano coin for the lucky person who is first to find and fill out replacement log.
Thanks for your patience, I was beginning to wander if my new container would ever arrive.

I see you are aware that the container has gone missing. It is a sad day when that happens. Loved the history on the cache page and McLookers and I duly noted just how dry the area was today.
TFTC Lacinta

A nice walk in although it is very crispy dry today. 6Hinemoa2 made the find and we signed our name on the piece of paper available. Good spot, thanks Lacinta.

Unfortunately this cache has been muggled. I have ordered a new canister and will replace as soon as it arrives. Sorry for any inconvenience, but please whatcha this space for it to be up and going .
Thanks for your understanding.
Lacinta

Another nice location well worth a cache. As the two previou sfinders have said the cache is in fact missing. I have put in a temporary piece of paper but more needs to be done.

Found it - sort of. Canister is gone but can see where was meant to be.

Well I found the camo... but no cache...

The camo was found facing down into the well.... so I can only assume that is where the cache is.... not a good sign.

However the GZ was really interesting and also liked the nearby bird hide.

CO Might want to do a welfare check soon.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one off the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Lacinta [^]

Nice find

Tftc

Yay! TFTC. Found it with two screaming toddlers.

TFTC! Found it with our two screaming toddlers.

Took a geo-adventure with Bogonghazy, SorceySal and the geodogs. Fantastic adventure with lots of caching along the way. Big thanks to SS who did all the calculations and drove. BH and I did the searching and digging. What turned into a lovely day presented us with a large haul and great fun. BH and I took the geodogs for a wander around here. Beautiful location. Thanks for adding to our adventure.

Out and about with Bogonghazy, Leetalicious and of course Tess and Work to give the new geo vehicle a bit of a test. It behaved beautifully on these roads. As I had solved the puzzles, it was only fitting that BH and LL did the running. That was my reasoning anyway. LOL

A great walk to a well hidden gem. Thanks Lacinto for showing us another area that we would not know about if it wasn't for caching.

Out and about for the day with Sorceysal, testing her new Rav4's limits, also Leetalicious, and of course the 2 geodogs just had to come along for the ride/run.

This was a great walk for us and the two dogs of course, and really would be nice in the Summer if there was water in the lagoon as well.
Thanks for highlighting this local treasure Lacinta

Very clever. Tftc!

Found it. Bottle opener.

So good to be out on a great day

Thanks for the cache!!!

Great spot.

Great fun. Great hiding spot. Interesting history.

TFTC - Nicely hid in a beautiful location!

What an awesome place for a cache. Very interesting place and unique cache. Thanks for bringing us here

As I was in the area I thought I'd grab grab a few caches before heading home. As it was After midnight I had the place to myself with only a few startled creatures to share the find. Signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for cache Lacinta
#2,240

It's school holidays, time for a mini-road-trip with my two GeoKids. Miraculously they were enthusiastic about it so off we went!

We'd found four caches before stopping for lunch at the berry farm (recommended!). After a game of mini-golf it was time for a walk or two.

I really enjoyed reading the cache notes for this spot - thank you! No water today but still plenty of bird life to see. The GeoKids were fascinated by the well and while we were investigating the area the cleverly constructed hide was located.

TFTC!

Awesome spot. Great hide, loves it!

Awesome little spot very creative

Great find!! Very creative.

An interesting reserve with its historic well and bird hide. We enjoyed reading the history and exploring the area, not to mention search for the cache. At one stage we had 4 large friendly dogs pounce on us as their owner walked past us, obviously a great place to stretch their legs. Thanks Lacinta and Rebel Llama for showing us to this historic water reserve, we sure hope it fills up in the not too distant future and all the birdlife returns.

Our road trip today brought us to this great reserve. We were intrigued by the name of the cache, but we soon understood its meaning. This is a great area to explore, watch some birds, walk around the dry dam - avoiding the busy ants -, find the bird hide and the well - and the well-camoed cache. Another experience that we would have missed out on if it wasn't for caching. Thank you Lacinta!

3 from 3 finds! Great night for caching! Cool little hide, watch out for the decoys! (Watch out for muggles!) From the McPhail family

great camo. love this one. thanks for taking here to this historic place

Wow ... That's a bison tube !
Thanks for showing me here.
Cheers 5/02/2016, 17:37 Find #1208

OMG! One of my favourites so far. Such a clever hide and a great walk to the spot, under the watchful eye of many corellas. Thank you for an excellent cache

Such a great hide, loved the walk

10:39
A favourite here for many reasons, a bold, cleverly constructed hide and yes - another spot we would never have learnt about or visited were it not for geocaching. Found while out and about, mainly off the beaten track, in the area, between Inverleigh and Staffordshire Reef.

Our thanks to Lacinta for bringing us to this location.
13872

Our first ever geocache

Great hide, great cammo, never been to this little spot, thanks for bringing us here! TFTC

Quick find once the hint was read. Great spot, beautiful even when it's dry. Thanks for the effort with this cache. Log signed and returned.

[red]Find #2823 Traditional #2228 [/red]

We were at home enjoying a great Father's day morning when we were deciding what to do for the day. We drew up a checker board with lots of different ideas and decided on that a dolls house pet pig would decide what to do. The first roll came up on Find treasures [^] can't deny that. We had visit the Moorabool chocolate shop on there three times so even though we didn't roll that, we wanted to visit. Ding. Email went off, Woo! Father's day FTF up for grabs. Well it's in the direction we want to go so I grabbed everyone and off we went in the Geo vehicle. After a successful FTF hunt, we stayed in the area for some playtime and to look for the other caches in town. This was the next on the list. We parked the geo vehicle in the parking bay and walked in. There was a muggle family enjoying the area too but were leaving as we arrived. Unfortunately the lagoon was dry today. Another great walk in a great area.A great adventure. The kiddies loved it. Quick find. Stamped and replaced as found.

[blue]Thanks for this trad cache hide, Lacinta. A favourite from me for getting me out here today, enjoying this great area and a well done hide on this one [^]
Log and container in good condition.
Took Nothing, Left Nothing [/blue]

Found @13:16
Quick easy find with Geo Puppy. Nice hide and location.
Took cat, left butterfly ring.
SL Thanks for the cache and for bringing us to this interesting area Lacinta and Rebel Llama.

Number 2 boys having a great time

Great spot. In town to do some work and had some time left over. Tftc.

This entry was edited by autumncs on Saturday, 15 August 2015 at 11:54:41 UTC.

What a great spot! Thanks for leaving a cache here - it was a great excuse to see a really interesting part of Teesdale.

Excellent! Dad and daughter found it

Found it

Woohooo

Dad and Daughter found it 26/6/15. This was a nice one to find.

Dad and Daughter found it 26/6/15. This was a nice one to find.

Suscoe's 6th find on the first day of Winter.
We found our way in here and enjoyed a short walk to GZ.
Soon had the cache in hand and we marvelled at the work done with the adjacent structure.
Thanks to Lacinta for bringing us to this location.

This morning early I noticed that a new cache had been published after the ageing Bushfire had retired for the night and was published at 12.17am.
After paddling most of the day yesterday for the last remaining water caches in Geelong I thought I had better earn some brownie points today but at about 2.30 I noticed that the new cache close by still had not been found so this called for a review of the afternoons work.
After finding the two caches on the other side of the highway this was the next cache and last in this area so over here for a look.
Once again I have never been or even heard of Chinamans Lagoon before today but on arrival I could see that a lot of work must of been done if they dug a tunnel for the pipe to carry the water through the hill.
After the cache was signed I had a wander around and it is indeed a sorry site to see no water in the lagoon.
Thanks to Lacinta for showing me this bit of local history.

The things one learns and finds while caching.
Thanks heaps for bringing me here to a place I would have visited if it wasn't for caching.

Thanks Lacinta for the cache and smiley face
Log signed & replaced as found.

Lovely place for a little stroll. So many beautiful birds about whilst we were here. TFTC

Found today at 1545.

Nice easy find on a lovely day.

These caches are why I love geocaching... Takes me to places that are lovely and a bit of history thrown in as well.

TFTC

VKC1SR

Great location and good hiding spot

I had no idea this little place existed. Approached from the wrong side. Had a look at the map and realised there is a parking attribute. Whoops... Parked at the suggested co-ords and set off on foot. This place is another hidden gem I now am aware of thanks to geocaching !! A pleasant stroll to GZ, passing an impressive bird viewing structure on the way in. Unfortunately there was no water, or any birds in the lagoon today. I will have to return in the wetter months. Nice bit of work on the well here. Accurate co-ords led to a quick find. A clever bit of camo, well done. I love these cache containers as well. TFTC Lacinta.

Having struck it lucky with a FTF at a new cache in another reserve not too far away, I decided to head over here to grab this cache while I was in town. I parked at the suggested point and wandered in via the sign which gave me some of the history of the area. I love these kind of stories and have even spent a little time researching the local water supply when I wrote a post about Turtle Bend for my Barwon Blog. I soon realised that this place would not only provide me with a smiley on my caching map but probably another blog post too !
I followed the path and soon found myself at the bird hide which worked as I always find such things do in that I entered the structure and the birds all went and hid . Realising I would be waiting a while for them to return, I elected to head off to find the cache instead. I followed the GPSr and arrived at a likely location. I took some time to examine the historic artefact and took some photos before beginning the search.
With accurate co-ordinates placing me right where I needed to be, I had a quick glance which wasn't productive, then (having searched this kind of location before), I tried a couple of things which soon paid off. The clever cache was found and the log was signed.
Thanks Lacinta for showing me this great place and for another little snippet of history. A favourite from me !

A lovely walk through a local nature reserve. Great hiding spot and camouflage. TFTC.

Second person to sign the book! Another score for team Bogan Nation on our Port fairy music festival trek home.

This entry was edited by Team Bogan Nation on Wednesday, 11 March 2015 at 02:02:32 UTC.

Published - Congratulations on your first cache placement. Great to see some new placers in this part of the State.

FTF. Today at 16:41.
Was sitting at home going over bills when the email came through. Was a quick decision to say bugger the bills lets go. So geo-wife geo-baby and muggle sister in the car I headed to GZ. was a nice little walk through the bush to get to the lookout. After a quick look in the first likely spot the cache was in hand. Very well camo'd. Took FTF tag. Log signed and replaced

TFTC