Carrum Oils Carrum Downs, Victoria, Australia
By Team-Ruphace on 04-Dec-15. Waypoint GC67QPH

Found it

Cache was found after a short search. Thanks for the fun. Cleaning up Victoria with gridge98. We are on a mission this week. Completing twenty finds in Mexican local government areas is the challenge. Another find with the correct criteria. It is in Victoria and we have not accumalated twenty finds in this local government area.Today was the day to find this cache. Today is Woden's day the sixteenth day of the octavus month of the Roman calendar in the wonderful year of twenty twenty four. We found your cache container and added some inky stuff to the paper sheet or note pad you have supplied for a log book or scroll. The cache container and log book or scroll were in good condition. It was a bit windy today. It was so windy today.With the log signed and the cache replaced it was time to leave. Onwards to the next cache. Woot, that is not to far.I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, and their continuing connection to it. I wish to pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past, present and emerging.I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count and winning that one hundred word diamond badge again. Somebody moved the goal posts. So many caches to find. So many caches to log. We find them, sign them and replace them.This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and an Apple iPhone 11 using the marvelous Cachly app. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs macro.Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun. Apologies for the generic part of the cache log. We do apologise for the generic logs. Thanks to all the cache owner for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke fr den Cache. Gracias por el cach. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos ktkst. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Ksznm a rejtst. Vdaka za cache. Dzieki za cache. Takk for at cache. Obrigado por isso cache. Dky za ke. Aciu u ta talpykla. Paldies par o cache. Aith selle eest cache. Tack fr att Cache. Tak for denne Cache. nbellek iin tesekkrler. Ksznjk, hogy a cache. Graas para o cache. Dankon pro la kasmemorone. Dank fr de csch. Eskerrik asko cache horrengatik. Na gode da wannan cache. Zikomo chifukwa cha cache.I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Blockheads Unite in 2025.

A short stop here this evening, seen a few of these styles of hides so made the quick find, cache is all goodTravelling around Victoria with Freddo for a week finding caches as we go. With two challenges on our radar we were in full force. All logs signed with our names or F+g98 for the smaller caches. Thanks for the cache

In the area for work and decided to swing by and grab this one. Quick find at GZ.

Cheeky but nice quick find

Greash find

Good hint good spot no pen on me unfortunately

What a fun and creative cache! On a cold winter's night the family decided to do some caching adventures. Great way to spend a Friday night! We pulled up, jumped out and found the cache very quickly. The hint definitely helped. Being late night no muggles were about. TFTC!

Third find today on a trip to try for 3 new LGAs. I haven't seen one of these before but it was fairly obvious as being out of place. TNLN. TFTC

Out whilendonsome shopping

Cheeky little hide that

Sneaky! Collecting this on the weekend meant no muggles were about. Thank you Team-Ruphace for placing and maintaining Carrum Oils for us to find today.

On my way down to Frankston for work on a sunny morning. Quick stop in the back blocks to grab this easy cache. Thanks.

Thanks

GEOCACHE #89 (06/03/2024)

Quick easy find. Creative hide. Log in good condition. Tftc

Nope. Not on the ground.Cache was in place.In great condition, and awaiting its next finder...

Hi found on the ground . Needs attention

Dnf

Out and about with Echidna44 on a cold, dull, wet day, we were targeting caches around Carrum Downs. I expected this cache to be much more difficult to find, but the area was surprisingly muggle free and I have seen this type of hide before, so the cache was in our hands very quickly. Great spot for a cache.

Out with a geo-buddy, this was an instant find as we had seen them before. Thanks Team-Ruphace

#1711
Having completed the mandatory fortnightly drive to return mini welders to their second abode… it was time to get a cache before the long drive home.

At this time all was quiet, so it was the perfect opportunity for a drive by. Geoninja was keen to do the honors and swiftly had it in hand under the watchful eyes of The Welder and I. Carefully signed and rehidden for the next finder

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After our regularly irregular jaunt down to this past of the world, attention turned to Heymissjo’s calendar - oh yes, we needed to go caching.

Of course we did.

In winter.

And at night.

Excellent!

A scrutiny of the local map drew our attention here, to the 4/1.5 on offer. We negotiated the infamous roadworks and made our way to GZ, where we sent forth our pageboy, GeoNinja, to go off into the deserted night to search for treasure while we patiently waited with our steed - as all good knights do.

Well, we didn’t have to wait long as our brave page had the treasure in hand in mere moments and we were signing in from the warm comfort of our steed.

He will make a great knight one day, I’m sure!

Thanks so much for the nocturnal fun, Team-Ruphace

Kids are wanting to go to nearby Gravity zone but we arrived to early due to it being a public holiday. Had a look for nearby caches and came across this one. Miss 13 was the lucky finder. TFTH

Nice one
Clever.

I chose my day to find this cache wisely - only the 1 business open and they paid me no attention as I got out to sign this cache.

We managed to park within 2m of this one as it was early evening and hardly any muggles around. We waited for one muggle to leave, then we were able to find the cache and sign the log.
Tftc

A good one for the weekend when it’s not as busy. Checked the hint and a quick find after that.

Glad I did this one on the weekend, this one gets a favourite from me

An easy find. Got it after a quick lunch break

Given how busy this area is in the daytime, night certainly was the way to go. Although Roof-Resto across the road had some very bright spotlights!

Got out of my car with torch in hand only to find the batteries were flat! Never mind, I spotted the cache straight away even with the camo that would keep it out of muggle sight.

TFTC!

Thanks for the cache. Great little cache.

Jumped out the car and found it in seconds. Didn’t even have time to shut the car door. Cache Partner didn’t even have time to start looking. A fun and creative cache but not sure if it should be a 4 difficulty

After some reflecting of a very congested / blocked highway nOwOrries managed to do some cache maintenance including the addition of a nice new logbook

A surprisingly quick find here tonight. Signed the nice new log. Thanks for the cache Team-Ruphace

I found myself in the area today, unexpectedly.
After doing what I needed to do, I was happy to find some caches on the drive home.
Apparently 4pm on a Saturday is the perfect time to find this, no one around!

Parked close to GZ, checked the hint and went to the most obvious place - the first place I looked gave me a smiley.

TFTC

Forgot to mention, only 2 spaces left on the log.
Will need a replacement soon

I love a good night grab and this one is one of the better ones. The logs filling up fast though

Looked for this one over NY but could not find. Three months and a lot more cachers and it was a quick find.
Still ingenious though
TFTC

That was a little surprising with a 4 difficulty- quiet Sat morning, quick park and grab

Very clever, this is only my 4 find and I’m loving it!

Lucky day - tradie pulled up right next to the cache and went straight into one of the offices, leaving his van to cover our extraction and return.

Very creative little find!

Thanks for this cache. Out exploring caches with ThaKraken

Spending the day caching with AlexiKatty trying to stay on target for my milestone for the Wangaratta mega in January. It's a nice day and beautiful to be out hear again. Very happy to add this smile to my map.
Tftc

Found it , a quiet day in a very busy area. In and out of the car the log was found and signed. Tftc

What was harder? Finding it or pulling out the log coolest spot so far for me, new to the game, thanks so much for the cache

Found it! Good sneaky spot, had to look at the hint after two minutes!

TFTC! A great hide, able to find quickly despite the rain!

Nice love this one

Out for my 5km walk and a few local caches. Nicely done!

Thanks to Team-Ruphace for the placement and fun.

Oh that's a nice one! Signed no.32 on log
Love caches like this! No one around today.

Nice little find! Was nearly able to lean out of the window to grab it

Love this one. Very sneaky!

Thought I knew what I was doing. But didn't match what i was expecting. Looked at the gps and realised I wasn't where I thought I should be. Readjusted and it was all good. Tftc

Found it TFTC

Out on a freezing day, just a few caches before I go back home and do the dinner. I had come here way back when I was a mere muggle!! Today I decided to come back and test my memory being a cacher now. Thanks for the great placement here.

Very clever hide. Tftc

Excuse my belated logging. On my way to the funtopia play centre with some time to spare and figured this would be suitable for a park and grab. Waiting for a muggle to clear off, I hopped out of the car and found the cache in the second place I looked. Returned to the car to sign and then returned it to its home. I recall working years ago in a warehouse further up the road, even though I didn't enjoy the job, so I left.

Thanks to Team Ruphace for placing this one.

Quick and easy find. TFTC

Great little find. Thanks

Found it

First thing I touched

Finally I was in the area on a sunday .. it was much quieter than on previous visits and the industrial estate was muggle free .. I was able to retrieve the cache without being observed .. nicely placed Team-Ruphace.. I can see it would be a difficult retrieval on a week day

Nice quick easy cache first for the day thanks for the cache

comming back out of hibernation from the Cv19 epidemic,
come and find me

Regrettably we have decided to disable our Caches due to the wide spread impact of the Covid #19 outbreak.

we Appologise and will hope to be up and running again SOON

Was a tricky one but most definitely fun!

Found it!

with the epidemic easing we are bringing our caches back online...

ENJOY

Due to the Global Pandemic Covid-19 (corona virus) i am disabling my caches until it over

Find number 8155 at 4:39:37 pm
In the area to drop off my GeoTruck to have the suspension beefed up for our new GeoVan and oh there are so many undiscovered caches about, where do I start
Quickly spotted and an easy retrieve this afternoon, must be just after everybody has knocked off.
**Thanks for placing this cache Team-Ruphace**

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Out with geo kids 1,2 and 3 in the last remaining days of the holidays before school starts. We invited our muggle friend Michelle to join us. Luckily for us the weather was glorious with the sun shining high in the sky.

There is not much to see here other than a row of factories. At least it was quiet here when we came, no muggles about. We let our muggle friend try finding this one as we already had an idea what it would be. Well, she was onto this one straight away, so were the geo kids. A clever little hide.

We did find some yellow flowers growing on the nature strip to bring some colour to this industrial area.

Cache and log in good condition.

Thank you for the cache here Team-Ruphace

Plans were made with My good caching mates omegaman1971 and Trailrunning to do the new Thompsons road series and other caches in the area, we had a great day out caching with quiet a few find and lots of laughs along the way, we even bumped into Ozhokey Chic and Atsmung doing the bike trail.

Thanks Team-Ruphace for the cache.

Rebel Acts and Omegaman planned to do a bike trail on the weekend and kindly asked me to come along. We had a bit of a hiccup at the start with essential equipment missing, but in the end, we had a great day and found many more than we expected. Laughs all day made the journey so much fun. Thanks.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 6024 finds
Out and about putting some smiles on the map with Rebel Acts and Trailrunning in an area that I haven't been in awhile.
Our journey was filled with much  laughter and tales of caching.
Cheers for the cache.
The log was signed with our initials "RA, TR, OM"

Tftc

Love these out in the open but hidden. Couldn’t sleep so what to do. Come out and chase a few unusual D/T cache. This one didn’t disappoint. I brought a torch to help me find it...

I AM GUR

Good start for streak week nice and quiet on a sunday morning great hide had more trouble getting the log out than finding it TFTC SL

Found your cache today. It’s very neat hide. Fav from me. Team-Ruphace, thank you so much for placing it.

Checked a few things before finding the hide. Thanks, that was a good one!

Great cache really fun thanks!

Took a while but between the hint and where the GPS was taking me I finally worked it out. Great spot

**Date: 22 May 2019, 19:06:59**
**Find# 3494**
**Traditional Cache Find #2363**

A power outage caused by a car hitting a power pole started around 5:50pm and left me with nothing to do this evening. I decided to head out and find a couple of local caches.
I thought that this time of day would be the ideal time to attempt this cache however, there were two hard working muggles in the factory across the road from GZ. Fortunately, I had parked between them and the cache and a quick find ensued. Extracting the log took me a lot longer than finding the cache did. [B)]

SL TFTC

**Thank-you to Team-Ruphace for placing this geocache**

Tftc

Great job! Easy find! TFTC

Awesome hiding spot. I got pretty excited when i found this one... i love creative hides and this ticked the box. Thanks for the cache!

Very quick and easy find

Perfect timing for me to visit with not much muggles around due to Xmas holidays. Good one! Thanks Team-Ruphace for placing the cache.

Taking a detour on the way home to collect this one. Clever hide and is nice to see something different. Was concerned as do not have luck in this type of area but was able To locate very quickly and have log signed and returned with too much suspicion on a busy afternoon.

Thanks Team-Ruphace for the cache.
Found at 4:05 pm on 19/12/18.
Find # 1024

Find # 1170 Found @20:14Hrs

This was so easy to spot i had it pegged even before i got out of the car, this cache is esay to spot if you have an idea of what to look for


TNLNSL
TFTH

Awesome hiding spot

I thought I posted my find via my phone yesterday... So I read all about the cache before arriving and made a quick find. Too easy especially on a Sunday Thanks Kindly.

Quiet Sunday pulled up next to gz. Quick find and first on replacement log. Thanks kindly

maintenance complete, cache is accessible and slippery again

Maintenance is underway, a replacement of the cache is in the post n0w0rries and the cache should be findable again in a couple weeks

Container appeared to be missing. Here in the company of GJMMelb. TFTC

Out for an arvo of caching with lochb in her brand new car, what comfy seats and it’s all shiny and new... As the day wore on it didn’t look so clean, especially under our shoes ...sorry lb!
This was the last cache of the day and was a perfect time to be looking at about 4.45pm on a Sunday arvo. However when we arrived at GZ we found the logbook on the ground. The cache camo was missing as noted by a previous finder. We signed the log then rebagged it and rehid it at the base of the fence so that it doesn’t get lost/ mown over. Will send photos to CO
TFTC Team-Ruphace - GJMMelb

See our found log for details - thanks