Animal Swap Narromine, New South Wales, Australia
By Bourkebornandbred on 12-Jun-15. Waypoint GC5XD1F

Unfortunately, I cannot see any information that indicates that steps have been taken to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement. Therefore as advised previously, the cache is being de-listed (Archived) to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

The [**Geocache Maintenance guideline**](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance) explains what needs to happen with a Disable cache.

Caches that have been archived for lack of maintenance will not be unarchived. This is explained in the Help Center article [**here**](http://support.groundspeak.com//index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70).

If you wish to contact me 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 notice from one or more log entries that this cache would seem to be in need of some help - **there appears to be a need for owner intervention.**

Therefore, the cache is being temporarily disabling so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

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) I cannot see any log that indicates a recent visit by the CO to this cache.

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) by **27th September,** 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:

- Repair and/or Replace your cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) 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 don't plan on fixing it up then please [**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.

- 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 (by 27th September). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.

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) the cache 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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Missing

Did not find a cache did find a needle

Unfortunately we could find this one found a container we thought may have been it, but it was empty

Found a container that presumably was it but was found empty at the gps location.

Could not find.. watch out needles. Thank you anyway. : )

No find for this one today. Doing a trip from Lake Macquarie to Broken Hill and back, and have limited time. Probably spent to much time looking for the rating. It looks like the container is missing, and no animals, found a needle disposal container about 4 meters from GZ. Will have to try some other time Bourkebornandbred.
Attempted to find this at 11:02:00 AM on 21Apr2018

didn't find it and we have a trackableto place in it too

After spending several delightful hours at the Western Plains Zoo we headed back to our current digs in Narromine and tried to find any of the caches on the left hand side of the road on the way back. This is such a busy road and we didn’t fancy dodging cars and trucks to grab any on the right hand side.

Once again we had mixed results and have some DNF’s to log as well

This was our second DNF unfortunately.

Many thanks anyway Bourkebornandbred

Found on road trip to SA with Lonely RA sorry about the delay in post

TFTC

The road from Dubbo to Bourke is long and boring. Actually it’s very nice. There is plenty to see on the way, bit to break the driving part and rest a bit at the same time I took the time to find some caches along the way.

thanks for this cache, we left swops but took nothing, sl

Literally walked over it
Took cat, put rhino in
Replaced the pencil !

A quick find on a Road Trip to SA

Found with MoSS AU

TFTC

Quick find on a afternoon drive around narromine tnln

The total count for the day was 1 consisting 1 Traditional

Thanks Bourkebornandbread for this place to stop and collect another smilie

Grand Cache count = 244 total consisting of 227 Traditionals, 13 Multi and 4 Mystery

Easy find

Cool, found with Ketannah & Mrs Dorper Nice sunny day. Cheers TFTC

Great find

Kids loved this! TFTC

Nice quick find on the way home from work!!

Swapped a monkey for a pig... Great find TY

TFTC Thank you for going to the effort of hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity.

Alice trip 2017. Day 28. Today Sol de Lune, Luckyl10n, Fitzy_1965 and I spent the second last day of the trip going from Nyngen to Parkes, but Fitzy & I spent most of the day in Narromine.

Thanks.

23664.24 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2012 Compass Rose Saraha A#245

**Albida**

13822. Next find of Day 20 of the Red Centre Experience Roadtrip. Heading South through NSW towards Home.

I flew into Alice Springs to meet up with my caching mates Sol de Lune, Albida33 and LuckyL10n (signing mostly as ALFS) to attend the Red Centre Experience and then venture up north to Darwin and then east into Qld before heading south for home - a three week caching trek.

Next stop for the day. Quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache, and headed off to the next one.

TNLN - TFTC !!

**# 16731** Found on the start of our 2017 winter escape trip.
A top day for a drive to Narromine for a few caches.
Mostly good quick finds with not many muggles around on a quiet Sunday.
Thanks for the cache Bourkebornandbred,
***Roostaman***

Cache check all good

TFTC

Lovely find TU

Heading north for the Alice Springs Event at Easter we explored Narromine and surrounds using geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way and this was one of them. An easy find. Took and left TB. A milestone cache, ticking over our 10,000 find.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

TFTC

Swapped a fish for a fish

A quick drive by on my way to Narromine for a few days camping and gliding. Did not find a TB in the Log however dropped one appropriate for Animal Swap..
Thanks for the cache.

if the tb is not in the geocache anymore, can the person who took the TB , please post a message in this geocaches log please. Or change the status of the TB as grabbed.

Thank you very much
Jollyclub

A quick stop and find.
TFTC

Another cache on our way from Dubbo to Narromine. Stopped by the side of the road, and quickly found the cache. Noticed that the TB which should be in the cache was not there.

Easy find, tftc

Thanks good one

Thanks good one

Can the TB "Holly Saints" be moved from this cache to new location please.
thank you.

Thank you for a Geokiddie Grab n Go!
Left a shell. All appears in good order despite the recent rain. Replaced in cover.
TFTF

TFTC. Signed and returned.

Good cash

A nice quick find this morning and I added a TB, thanks

Found nicely on the way west – thanks for the stop - TFTC / TFTH / SL

A quick find our second for the day and our second in a long time.
Was found out in the open a little so replaced a little better.
TFTC

Great find - left butterfly - took nothing

An quick find by the Moose today. Thanks for the hide and bringing us here.

Quick park and grab. As others have said there's lots of spider webs and also sharp prickles - beware if wearing thongs! TFTC

This was a very nice and easy park and grab cache. The only animals we had to fight off were the spiders which had webs in the foliage. The cache was quickly retrieved and the log was duly signed. The cache was then put back where we had found it. Thank you for placing this cache for us and other cachers to find.

Quick find while driving back home to Cobar.
Be aware of the cache guardians! They almost took me by surprise.

Took a little car (pretty sure it's not an animal) Tftc

Visiting friends at Dubbo while on holidays caching. Decided today to travel out to Narromine where I lived for 4 years many, many years ago, when I worked in the Commonwealth Bank. It was good to do these caches out here in the countryside and how badly rain is needed. Located the caches and signed the logs. TFTC

Having a morning out caching near Narromine as part of our two week road trip from Canberra to Tweed Heads. Many interesting caches found, some we are still looking for and a greater appreciation of our vast country. Thanks to all the COs - you have brought us to some very interesting places!

Good find but watch out for burrs and spiders

Found it and was protected by golden orb weavers everywhere Tftf

Never seen that many spider webs in my life! GZ was full of them! Cleared a few away to reach the cache, but there were still so many left. Nice well stocked cache though, thank you!

On my AUS trip 2015/2016 logged. Thanks for the cache. Cheers Peter
#2824

Didn't realise all the animals would be giant spiders in their webs. So many webs I had to take extreme caution as the plan the correct route into the cache. TFTC.

Found on the way home from fieldwork with KniKna. Lots of nice Orb spider webs around the cache. TFTC

Lots of spidey webs

Found

Found it got attack by cactus Chinese riding boots didn't hold up to the challenge sore and sorry and traded a kinder surprise for a kinder surprise

The 2nd cache of 31 for the day, which turned out different to say the least. Dubbo to Broken Hill, a visit to Trangie outpatients where there was no Dr on duty, I was given antibiotics and told they can't do anymore there. Sent to Nyngan where I received a Tetanus booster shot but as they where not advised about the injury just the Tetanus Booster and due to a previous emergency there I was advised to keep travelling and present myself to another out patients within 72 hr's to have a "foreign body" removed from my forearm. Ah well might as well keep caching as we move west, Eventually arrived at Wilcannia and headed through town, A lap past the hospital and nope I think we will keep going. So eventually arrived at broken Hill in one piece + "foreign object" still embedded in the arm and looking forward to another hospital visit. Maybe tomorrow, I'm nearly as good as finding hospitals now as cashes Ha Ha

Quick find TFTC retrieved "Troy Mountain (NV)" Green Jeep Travel Bug and plan to head west.

Found it. Quick find on road trip to Broken Hill. TNLN TFTC

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there Bourkebornandbred. We found your cache "Animal Swap" at 9:55:00 AM today. This cache makes our find count 11710.
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Today was another nice day for 'caching on our visit to Dubbo.. We started off at a random cache and then navigated by using the "next closest" method to end up logging 9 caches (and DNFing 5).
Please excuse our boilerplate log. It's not really a good excuse, but it's really difficult to craft individual logs when we attempt so many similar caches in a day.

Thanks for not placing an eclipse tin or a 200ml Sistema here. Once upon a time caches seemed to be "regular" sized,and well stocked with goodies for kids to swap. Nowadays it seems like every other cache is small and devoid anything to induce children to enjoy the hunt. It made us feel really good to find this cache in a "special" place.
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Coordinate Accuracy: We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: The container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Smiley Badge.
Dropped Trackable: "Troy Mountain (NV)" Green Jeep Travel Bug.
Thanks for the hunt,
Regards
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Found at 10:56 AM GAFF1.
A surprising amount of traffic on this road on a public holiday - what's going on? It was actually difficult to turn off with the van on because we had a vehicle right on our tai land we had to make a very sudden indication as to where we were going
Not much to swap in the cache - however we didn't have any suitable animal ones in any case.
Thanks Bourkebornandbred.

A quick stop by the highway revealed this menagerie
Not quite as speccy as the Dubbo Zoo, but it is getting there

TFTC !! Moo, oink, baa !!

This is our last day in Dubbo.
An early start to find a few caches in Narromine, it was raining as we left Dubbo but cleared a little before we got there. The unsealed roads were slippery, so we were pleased with the few we found.
Then it was back to do a couple more before we headed on our way home.
Thanks for placing this cache Bourkebornandbred

Great enjoyed drive to small town for tour of Glenn McGrath , finally to see him about his life live...
Good spot, sign in as no trouble..
Thanks

Great enjoyed drive to small town for tour of Glenn McGrath , finally to see him about his life live...
Good spot, sign in as no trouble..
Thanks

Found with merryn and Kara

Tftc, on a quest, a geo-quest. To narromine to gather sum new geo's to the collection. Onward and onforth

Quick find. Good parking. Tnln.Tftc

Nice easy one on our way to Bourke. We put a pink cat in, but didn't take any.

Easy hide was sitting in the open. Covered it a bit better to stop school bus muggles

To Easy to find Think it was not were it should have been

Swapped a camel for my frog TFTC!

Found with Gangstella. And it was my frog. I picked it up from an Australian Geocache in our region, Emmagool. TFTC

TFTC Bourkebornandbred
Found with TeamBarnaby

TFTC BourkeBornAndBred

First finders!! Kids loved the animal idea. Ps watch your step, a few cactus on the ground
#BSA

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