Yachts-a-lots West Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
By Dalfonteiners on 28-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5NHG4

I am archiving this cache due to the unfortunate lack of action taken to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, Dalfos, requesting additional time.Despite ample opportunities provided for the Cache Owner to respond, their silence leads me to the conclusion that the cache has been abandoned.In such cases, archived caches will not be unarchived, and as a result, this location is now open for the placement of a new cache by another interested party.Thanks,BalayangCommunity Reviewer - Australia

### Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner. The cache owner needs to:* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present. Otherwise :* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary or provide other information.. **Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this. That is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**. Alternatively:* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by Dalfos and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned, and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache. *Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.Thank youBalayangCommunity Reviewer -Australia

No luck for me

No dice. Found this guy instead though

Dnf after 10 min search

Couldn't find it, might be gone...

Adding to the blue faces.

Looked in and around but couldn't get our hands on it

Unlucky to not find this after quite the search - will try after there’s less growth on the ground

Found it

lots of ground activity around the cache

Visiting from Victoria. Doing some more caches, along the coast from Busselton to Dunsbough,while kids and hubby snorkelling at the jetty. TFTC

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Dnf

Hi there Dalfonteiners - finally a chance to get out into the country for a break from the city. We found this cache at 0227pm after a short search - and the container and log are as noted in the Fieldnotes below. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to Dalfonteiners for this cache - the 4th of 5 finds for the day.

FieldNotes: The cache and log were both found in good condition.

Took a little while but geohubby persisted and we found it. TFTC

Enjoying a short a trip to W.A. and surrounding areas with tmann421
Saw lots of sites and enjoyed the finds.
Thanks to the cache owners for the efforts involved in their hides.
Signed log tm/ww NZ

*Another geocaching adventure with woolwood9.*
*We visited many good caches and trails on our trip in WA and had a lot of fun!*
Really appreciate the cache owners effort putting this container out.

All logs stamped: *tm/ww NZ*

TFTC with Never2old and geo dog Opal

Down in Busso for the long weekend, trying to grab a few smileys while Themongrel Very happy to claim a smiley a here.

This is my 10719find.
Thankyou Dalfos for placing and maintaining this cache

TFTC. Yeah. Now for some shady lunch.

A bit of probing & we found it. TFTC

Labs are the plan for today with it getting a bit hotter in the new year. Should a trad pop up close by we maybe tempted... and we were for this one.

On the road with Kyzabra and The Fitzys shooting the shit


Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache Dalfonteiners you help make the game what it is today, cheers

AlliedOz

A day out today mainly focussing on labs. Too hot for long walks. AlliedOz and TheFitzys joined me for the trip today and this is was one we grabbed while out.

Grabbing the nearby labs, we grabbed this as well were greater by a friend

Many thanks to Dalfos for placing and maintaining Yachts-a-lots. I was here at 2:18 pm on Tuesday and this is my find 10588.
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Last day of the Xmas break for me and got invited to go on a day trip down south with alliedoz and kyzabra. Grabbing some labs and caches along the coast on the way back.

Be careful of the possum guarding the cache very timidly from nearby.

Thanks for the cache.

Bit of a bush rummage while out for a skate. Tftc

Found after a scrap around. Container is damp but new log is good.

After some bush bashing and rummaging we found it

Nice one! Thankyou

Found it.

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We found it

Found it but was a bit wet.

Found it. Bit of a rummage and bingo ! Tftc

AB73 with the quick find. Popped in a new log in a zip lock bag as the log was wet. TFTC

Was out in the open so hid it a bit TFTC

Good Friday find! TFTC

Down in Busselton for a long weekend, making use of a spare bed made available to me for the weekend. This was one of the finds made.

Quick and easy, just how I like it! Cheers Dalfonteiners!

MY FIRST CACHE!! 15/02/22

Meme28, Cirrus_Wa, Sir Fancy and I C Nothing are hitting the road for a caching weekend with many caches in our sights. A weekend of many laughs and hopefully a few challenges we will qualify for after this run. All caches were found in good condition. Logged as SMIC.

A road trip south with the team. Naomi put her hand up in the dark to find this one and all we heard was rustling… found this cache in good condition and logged as Team SMIC! Cheers

Day one of the SMIC(SirFancy, Meme28, I C Nothing and Cirrus_WA) weekend, we met up for some lunch at Pinjarra bakery and planned our path down to Busso.
Got to Busso did a few labs and had some nice pizza.




This is my 1370 find.
Thank you Dalfonteiners for placing and maintaining this cache.



Geology rocks but Geography is where it’s at!
(I’m not a geologist I just like puns)

Started our 2nd tour of WA now touring around the south and now checking out Busselton. 27 January 2022 2:52 pm Tyfc Dalfonteiners total caches now 3792

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O what an experience this geocache was for me.
It started well enough. I found a nice shady car park, which continues a run of fortuitous happenstance.
I walked around to the GZ and spotted a well trodden path, so followed it in. I had a look around and spotted a likely place. Sure enough I found it there. It was not so hard, as it was in plain sight. The log was signed and the cache back in place.
That’s where things went to custard. As I walked out I reached for my phone to note the find - and it was not in my pocket. Having left it in the car on previous occasions I was not overly concerned. When I got back to the car, the phone was notably absent - time for concern to set it. Quickly I raced back to the cache to see where I had dropped it. But no phone was to be found. I search the bush where I leaned over - nothing. I went back along my route - nothing there. One more thorough search around GZ was in order. I got to the cache and was rummaging around in the bush when I glanced left to see the last 20cm of a tail disappearing into the bush I was sticking my hands into! A few big quick steps backward were in order, for if the tail is there and it’s pointed away from me, the snake’s head must be even closer to me.
I tried to peer between the leaves to see if I could see my phone from a distance. That’s when I saw the snake’s head, and much more of its body. I waited in hope that it was passing through. It did move, but only into the sun between me and the cache and started to curl up. The snake won. Tail between my legs I walked off - phoneless.
My geocaching day also had to end early, as I had no access to cache location data.
Later in the evening I came back with TaurusSix and tried calling my phone, but no noises or buzzing were heard. On the positive side the snake had moved on.
So in all I found the cache (yay), but lost my phone (boo), narrowly avoided being bitten (yay), and didn’t achieve my target today (boo). I will give this cache a favourite for the overall experience and gloss over my loss.

Accurate coordinates and a common style of hide led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks for the cache in a very pleasant area.

Lots of rubbish around . But found .

Found with my Mum

180ish days since we left home and stated our ‘lap year’ half way in our original time allocation not even close to half way around the country…hmm I guess we won’t be ‘home’ for Christmas….oh well… (shhh don’t tell the grandparents)
Perhaps if I stopped looking at so many rocks trees and beaches we wouldn’t be taking so long…then there are the flowers, old things and street art that keeps catching our attention.. maybe it’s the Geocaches… what ever it is, we are having a bloody brilliant time and I wouldn’t change a thing!
Thanks for being one of the awesome caches we found this week.
TFTC

Thanks for placing this cache for us to find. We have tried to find this one before but haven’t been able to make the find in the dark today we were able to make a daytime find with few muggles around

A bit more off the beaten track and the iPhone GPS didn’t fare to well in the trees... but we got there!

Took a bit of searching, but was easy to find once in the right spot! TFTC

Q & E

A quick find. Lovely park. Found with SharknSparkle.

Found it, go bush

Hi there Dalfonteiners, I searched high, low, far and wide
But couldn’t find this hide!

The cache itself, wouldn’t show
I’ll have to come back to have another go.

I missed it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.
Maybe it’s somewhere very near.

It wasn’t where I thought it would be, so I guess thats a DNF for me!

Found it with 5_12_9 while doing the BBT series. That was hard, finally a regular sized container. Put in 2 TBs.

Tftc

Quick and easy find with Skyryser.
TFTC The-Shredder.

Thanks for this nice cache here and my number 4845.
Found easily with The-Shredder.
TFTC Skyryser

Spent ages then when all seemed lost and with my leg bleeding - bingo

Briver5057 #7

Found. Good cache.
Took house, left marble.
TFTC

Wow great views
Thanks for bringing me to this area
Tftc
Well done

A quick find but my exit from the bushes in front of a cyclist probably looked dodge! TFTC

In Busselton to pick up one of the kids, and taking the opportunity to get some caches with ChrisRG - something I haven't done for a while!

Took a little.searching and reading of past logs for clues, but we got there in the end. Log signed and cache replaced as found. TFTC

Spent the day with @BigRyanFamily grabbing a few caches in the Busselton area. It was very busy in town with lots of holiday makers but most of the caches we grabbed were quiet.
We worked our way along the coast to BRF destination and stopped at this one. It took a bit of searching but was eventually found with the help of some previous logs
TFTC Dalfonteiners

Hi there Dalfonteiners.

This is the 1st of 1 caches we didn't find today. [:(!]

We spent quite some time here but we just couldn't locate your cache. We did wonder how accurate the coords were, as our GPS put us closer to the playing fields than the bike path.

Here's a DNF from us.

Regards
Ian and Penny

Found while staying at Busselton for a few days while on our lap of Aust. Out for a lovely bike ride. Thanks for the cache

Another dnf for me here.

Took us a little while but got there in the end! tftc

Found by dad in an overgrown area.

Was a tough find, but managed to reed the other logs to get an idea. It’s a high stakes cache.

Awesome find! Look in the reads. There is a clue next to item

No luck today, thanks for the hunt anyway.

Hunted for ages but all I caught was fly rage. Also the GPS kept jumping around and couldn’t get a definite read on location.

GPS a bit off so used last clues to help. Great cache full of goodies for the kids. Swapped out toys for new toys

Yahoo! The map was spot on for this one! Found with ease, signed and swapped some toys! Thanks!!

Suscoe was enjoying another lovely day in Busselton.
The weather was pleasant yet again with a top Temp of around 21 degrees, clouds and sunshine, some wind early which settled down during the afternoon. And the sea changed from small wind blown waves and a few little white caps and then no wind and a clam ocean out from the beach.
We cached and cached and walked and trained the jetty and cached and cached.
Thanks to Dalfonteiners for this hide.
All good here today.

Found with mandate7 after a short search dropped off trackable TFTC

Found with bigSalmon1 TFTC

With the geotruck in it's last service, we headed out to grab a few caches while wating.

For future lookers....It's not at the heart of the problem. **nudge nudge**

Cut a finger looking through the bloody reeds here, please be careful. After a cut finger and a little frustration, my boot ended up finding this one

It's particularly overgrown after a very wet winter, but hey, found it... signed the log and the kids swapped out a mammoth for a dinosaur.

TFTC

We were just about to give up and decided to see if we could get some clues from past logs. Then hey presto

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Hidden too well for Shelley0 and i today. So many places to search and lots of fern cover. Thanks anyway. Nice walk from the jetty in the strong winds today

Our geosenses must be shot today.

Found by Mrs Copwat on a day enjoying the bike and walking trail of Busselton TFTC

Thankyou for the cache the Ewoks

Very busy to day with football and dog walkers but we got it TFTC

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Good find, thank you

A little bit hard but we found it

great find

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Found a travel bug in this one it is going back to Victoria with me

Just when I was about to give up, something caught my eye. Tree cover caused havoc with the app.
TB left

Good find with geo kids. Took trackable

Nice easy find on our Easter bike ride. TFTC

Nice easy find TFTC

glad to find this one quickly not keen scratching around the bush this time of the year TFTC TNLN