Echos of the past. Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
By toptox on 20-Jul-16. Waypoint GC6NTDN

Unfortunately there has not been a response (or regular update) from the cache owner within the period requested and, as per the original advice, this cache is now being de-listed (Archived) as abandoned.If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment.If you wish to contact a Reviewer regarding this cache, please send an email via the profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the Cache Name and GC Identification Code.

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### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUESTED PLEASE** ###

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Hi there Cache Owner,

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **possibly** needs some attention. You may recall having received an automated email from Geocaching HQ which explained what you needed to do.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened, so the cache is being temporarily disable - see here: [**Geocache Health Score.**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713)

**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days,** so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.

#What you need to do:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-

- **Check On The Cache** - once checked, place an Owner Maintenance log and then enable the cache.

- **Place A Write Note Log** - indicating a date when you expect it will be restored.

- **Adopt Out or Archive** - depending on whether you want it kept or for it to disappear.

Full details for each of the above choices can be found at [**GEOCACHE MAINTENANCE**]( https://wiki.groundspeak.com/display/GEO/Victoria) on the Regional Policies page.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of the above. Well, when the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned. [xx(]

It would be far better if you decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Bunjil (Pete & Helen)
Volunteer Reviewers - Australia

[3AS]

Found the echo but not the cache.
It’s gotta be gone …

Surely it's missing

No luck today.

Sadly another DNF to the list.

No luck here for us

good place not found

No luck here. Muggles in the area so couldn't have a real good look. Next time.

I had a good look but nothing sighted today.

Searched for roughly 20 mins and could not find. Searched around whole area as well as where the hint indicated

Easy find after sitting eating our great Sanger’s from Beechworth bakery. Greetings from the UK. TFTC

Found on a quick twilight drive around Beechworth after arriving at our beautiful accomodation. Quick park and find as per the hint. Nicely hidden and in a lovely park. TFTC!

Out with my nephews for a walk. We dropped the pen!

Great hint. Cheers.

Freezing night our first in Beechworth. Quick find here while waiting for pizza. Trouble opening the cache with cold fingers though! Thanks.

tftc

Out for a wander through town and stopped in here and checked out the beautiful building and park. No-one about at 10:30 this morning which made for a straight forward find. Log signed!
Cheers
MajuraHathi

Nice and easy find !
The museum was stunning aswell!

More great history from our area. Quick find. TFTC

Easy find

Nice

Quick easy find ... TFTC

Gotcha - Found with a bit of searching. Tftc

First find in Beechworth with geospouse GrahamT on 17/2/22. TrudyJane.

on 17/2 our start of caching round Beechworth. Yes!!

GrahamT

We came to this park yesterday, for a wedding in the church across the road and as we had afternoon tea in the gardens, there was music from the festival that was about to begin. we returned today as it was less busy and quickly found the cache. TFTC - a beautiful location.

Funny day for me here in Beechworth. I was primarily on the hunt for clues for a puzzle cache which ended up as a fruitless exercise. Not to worry I thought, I'll find some trade to make me happy. This is a sneaky little cache and although wet, I was still able to sign the log. Such a pretty little park. Thanks toptox for the cache and bringing me here.

A quick find while taking in the gardens nearby.

The logbook was too wet for us to sign.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Easy find after arriving in town

After just making it through the museum before closing time we had a suspicion that there would be a cache nearby and we were right! We found the echoes of the past and then found the cache! Sadly it was waterlogged after Friday's rains so we weren't able to sign it. We tipped the water out as much as possible but it will likely need some maintenance as the ziplock bag was broken too.

Thanks for the cache! We loved this little park

The girls had arrived in Beechworth for our stay before the MEGA in Wang and whilst awaiting our takeout order, we wandered the streets to find this wee cache. In hand somewhat quickly, we signed and moved on. TFTC toptox

Having a wonderful girls weekend away in honour of the nearby Mega event, spending time with Mummy Short Legs and Ms Manda Moo and making the most of the caches in the area.
After ordering take away Indian and having found an outlet to purchase some dinner drinks, we went for a wander to find a cache before the food was ready. While I phoned home to check if the natives were still kicking, MSL and MMM make the find. In a show of teamwork, I still managed to provide the writing stick while chatting away. TFTC!

Muggle65 needed this DT for one of the last caches of his next loop. So we made a slight deviation on the drive to Wangaratta to make a tick in one of the boxes. Cache was found in good order right about where it should be. We love this town so it was no hardship to be brought here. Went for a stroll around town while we were here. Thank you so much for the cache.

& I are heading to Wangaratta Mega & this DT was needed to close off another loop. Beechworth is a great little town & we’ve been here twice in the past 3 weeks. Cache in great condition

Find #12 on our Mega trip. We stopped for lunch in this park and went for a short walk to find the cache. We were searching the area when Mr 6 from the Bowden family yelled i found it - it was right at his height.
Thanks for the fun.

This one had 4 adults and 1 geochild looking. Of course it was the geochild that soon said he had it. No wonder when I saw where it went. Right at his height. Thanks for the fun

A quick stop for lunch under a beautiful big tree the we thought we would check if there was a cache here & up there sure was so off we went to find it. Thanks to geo kid who was the 1 to find it. TFTC

13 January 2022 7:48 am

Day 2 of my Mega trip after camping out at Pioneer Creek last night I woke up early to go out and get as many caches before it starts to heat up. Caching from there moving towards beechworth then headed back toward Wangaratta where I will cache throughout the afternoon. Eitherways thanks for the cache and being a part of the day.

ENjoyed finding this one after having a lovely meal nearby. Brought back memories of my younger days. A pretty container here spotted by Tag along.
Thanks toptox

We where walking down the road when one of the kids asked "Is there a cache in the area." Opening the app we literally was standing one meter from this one and 5 seconds later it was in hand. I so love this game.

January 11, 2022 12:52 PM

Fortunately the park was relatively quiet while i was here. Just had to time the grab while reading the sign and had the cache in hand easily. An unusual container that unfortunately was wet through after the rain last night. Lucky it had all weather paper in it. Thank you toptox ftc, after our quick look around town today Beechworth is definitely on our return for a holiday list.

In Wangaratta for the Mega, we traveled over early so we could get some local caching in. After stowing the shop in a storage shed so it wasn't bouncing around in the back of the car we set up in the caravan park and Can now cache and explore. We headed out early..ish today our mission to explore Beechworth and Bright and of course...to Cache! Meggs went off to find this while I downloaded some Pocket Queries while having lunch, She informed me that the cache was full of water, but luckily the log was a rite in the rain one, so she managed to sign. Probably could do with the CO's attention. TFTC

Got it

Found

Very wet.....

Thanks for the cache!!

Cybergran V wanted to come to the Meet and Greet at Beechworth held by some lovely Canberra geocachers[^]
So we headed off Friday and returned home on Saturday[:X][^]
In between, I found 20 geocaches, had 1 DNF, attended the 1 event, ate a lovely apple, blue cheese and hazelnut pizza[:X][:X][^] for tea accompanied by some of the event attendees, found a cache with them after tea[:X][^][:X] and I got bitten by a dog at the hotel we were staying at, when it attacked Rex. So my weekend ended with a tetanus shot and a course of antibiotics[xx(][^]
We also completed a few adv lab stages and were so enamoured of the history of Billson's Brewery as told to us by 'Declan' who works there, that we ended up there for lunch on Saturday and enjoyed their wonderfully cheerful staff[^][^], the lovely food[:X][^] and gorgeous old buildings[:X][^][:X][^][:X]

Museums are interesting places[^] Maybe one day I'll get to see inside here[^]

TNLN. SL. TFTC toptox

Found, the case has been water logged so couldn't write on the sheet

Make sure to Pop into the museum

Found by Mary and David at 14:30. The main street is incredibly busy. hard to imagine what it would be like on the weekend and during the holidays. Everyone carrying bags of purchases, so the retailers are literally cashing in. Original log is very wet and mushy, but there is also what seems to be some (recently added?) rite-in-the-rain paper, so we could still write our log. Our thanks to toptox.

Found with MazzyMay I did a good job of deflecting attention from MazzyMay by trying out the old scales. She brought over the log which was very soggy and she tipped a bucket of water out at me. Well, maybe a very small bucket....like a thimble. TFTC

Found while holidaying in the area. Very wet log. TFTC

Such a beautiful location to hunt for echos, R + T + Lunar

Brilliant spot

Thought this one was going to be hard, but we found it in a few minutes. But the container was a bit rusty and very very hard to open. But we got it open. TFTC. SL. Cheers and thanks for putting a cache here for us to find.

The log book is very very wet and its almost impossible to write on the paper. The cache needs checking asap and the log book needs replacing and maybe the container too. Cheers and Bye.

Had to look twice but found it

Ok

This was a fun, not to hard geocache to find.

Found with geoFam cute hide but very wet. TFTC

Today we decided to make the best of the good weather and school holidays. We set off on an adventure with fellow geocaching enthusiasts- 2 Geo-mums and 4 Geo-kids!
Geo-kids found this one independently! Log very soggy!
Very cool tftc

Out today with old friends whom we have realised also share a new passion for caching! Such a fun day was had trecking from Barnawartha to Chiltern to the Old Chiltern Road, then on to Beechworth for some yummy bakery treats. W had many a climb, slip and trip over stuff, as well as getting ourselves lost at one point in thick brush. A full day 9:30am - 6pm, we came home exhausted but satisfied with our day of finds and adventure. So nice to get the Geokids out of the house, despite the consistent whinging from my youngest bloke after he scraped his belly on his fall from a tree. Thanks Georgenmoo family and thanks to those who placed the caches we found today.

Log wet and bag torn. Maintenance required on this one. Sent a message to cache owner.

Accio 10:21:01
a quick find today.
Thanks toptox for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #9398}*

Loved visiting Beechworth! Quick find, log is very damp though. TFTC!

A surprisingly easy find considering the difficulty rating.
Tftc

#9555 11:55
To celebrate my birthday, Mrs. Dozzie and I drove down from Sydney to Albury to spent a few days exploring the area, including Rutherglenn, Beechworth and Yackandandah. Of course a few caches had to be added to the program, including a few along the Hume highway.

We loved Beechworth with its beautiful old buildings, quaint shops and a great bakery. After exploring the shops I stopped by this little cache which was an easy find. The logsheet was very wet so a photo log instead.

TFTC toptox.

#1844 Doing the Beechworth to Myrtleford section of the M2m rail trail today. After arriving in Beechworth and getting coffee it was off to Gaol, the old Beechworth Gaol at least. After a very entertaining tour there, it was time to grab a bite to to eat and find a cache before we headed off to the rail trail. Fortunately the area was muggle free (apart from the lady sitting in a car nearby, who we didn't spot until we were up to the signing the log stage due to the reflection on her windscreen. ) upon retrieving the cache discovered the log was dripping wet. Shook off as much water as we good but decided it would be better to go with a new log sheet. Left a waterproof log sheet and returned it and the soggy one back to the cache. TNSL. TFTC toptox.

26 April 2021 @ 10:45 am
Caching buddy: muggle companion
Strolling around town managed to grab this one on a peaceful Monday morning

Thank you toptox for placing and maintaining this cache. I've enjoyed finding it.

Tftc

Found. Must take pen on walks!

Today was day four of our Beechworth holiday (take two, post the very disappointing escape from Victoria Covid of 2020).

We drove down to Bowmans station and rode over the Taylors Gap hill to Myrtleford where we had lunch, and grabbed some caches on our way back. On sunset we went for a stroll around Beechworth to pick up Randolph's Church Multi, and grabbed an Echo cache while we were out.

This was the seventh cache for the day, and we sat in the park to work out the final coords for Randolphs Church multi, and as we walked off I noticed this one. Of course we had to stop. We eventually worked out the clue, then had to deflect an inquisitive muggle before we could retrieve the cache and sign the log.


Thanks for the cache toptox.

Day trip down for a lunch in the park on a lovely Easter Sunday.

Cache found in good condition, signed and returned, TYFC

TFTC!!

After a tour of Beechworth gaol Craftydusty and myself plus geopooch Pippa decided to head for this one. Found pretty quickly-cheers!

Lovely hot day and great cache in the shade. Love the canister too. TFTC.

Looked for this a few years back at night. No joy. Today was close to forty degrees and after stocking up at the brewery this was a much more straightforward find. Just missed the museum for the day, another time. TFTC

Nice quick bike ride from breakfast(Beechworth Bakery) in a cool park on a hot day! TFT

TFTC, easy find when you work out the clue.

Found it

Tftc. Nice park and grab.

I tried this one, but didn't succeed

Very sneaky find, just had to grab it

Came late enough everyone had cleared off, thanks

Sneaky little find thank you very much... the hints were good too

Cute area

Found today as we wandered town. TFTC

Quick easy hide on a nice sunny day ️

Arrived early in Beechworth for a lunch booking so went looking for a hide. TFTC

Found with Aussiepuschaks while enjoying all the town had to offer. TFTC

Found with Sophiescout on a trip through Beechworth. Took fluffyfish path tag. Tftc

TFTC.

Find # 6638
Nice quick find.
TFTC toptox
14 December 2020 4:26 pm

Our GZ's were in very different places but the cache was soon located, signed and returned to it's hide. Thanks for the cache.

We shouldn't have found this one as our GPSr's had us in a different place but after exhausting everywhere we could think of, we looked someone else and soon had the cache in hand. Thanks for placing this for us to find.

Day two of our Beechworth camping road trip.
While I wandered off towards where my GPSr was pointing, GT37 made the quick find.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, toptox

We found something!

TFTC - clever hide

While one shops, one caches. Signed at the news agency and replaced. Got to have a pen attached to me

Got it

Nice park and buildings