Old Iron Sides Keilor East, Victoria, Australia
By Mattluxeeee on 31-Oct-16. Waypoint GC6WC6Q

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 or an indication as to when this might take place

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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Hi Mattluxeeee,

This cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed, as well as to remove it from search listings.

Please note that CO's of caches disabled during the current COVID19 crisis will be given some extra time to react as we recognise that CO's can't always just pop out and fix the issue. Caches where the cache owner does not currently feel safe to maintain will not be archived.

#What should you do:-#
- Should the regional Health and Victorian Government requirements allow it **AND** you feel it safe for you to maintain and address this cache now, please feel free to do so.

- **Alternatively,** what you need to do is place a Write Note log indicating a date when you you expect you might be able to attend to the issue/s.

#Please Note#
When the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if there is no acknowledgment from the CO as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned and processed accordingly.

Bunjil

Could not find

Cursed

Second go at this one after it had been replaced but no luck, had a fellow cacher with me that had found it previously, believe it to be muggled again

Checked both potentials quite well could not locate.

2.30pm
Despite reading past logs to hone in where I needed to be, and despite delving in waist deep with the assistance of Heymissjo, I couldn't find the newly replaced cache.

Maybe it's just me.

Will keep watching...

Despite a thorough search, The Welder and I had couldn’t locate.

Hide replaced
Let’s hope this doesn’t get muggled again

Disabling this until it’s reinstated

DNF. After speaking with fellow cacher, the cache has almost certainly been muggled

Looked for a while, checked with a local who had found it that we were looking in the right place - we were, appears it has gone

Searched for a while, no go on this one, suspect it’s been muggled

On Geocaching day with Claybol and Jtnsilo. With 3 of us looking for 10 mins, no luck

For a cache 1.5 / 1.5 this cache seems a little hard. Maybe a hint is required?

Only the lid and the logbook was at GZ but thanks to Crustyvarmit we were able to replace the container. TFTC.

Caching after the CITO in this very hot day. This one took is a while for some reason but we did eventually sign it. TFTC Mattluxeeee

This one was tricky but we got it on a very hot day after the cito thanks for the cache Mattluxeeee
With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

After the nearby Brimbank CITO Bunadoorian and I went in search of a few more caches. Crustyvarmint gave us a replacement container so we changed it over and took the lid ( all that was left of the original container). TFTC Mattluxeeee. Cache 5 of 7 today

I grabbed this one on my way to the nearby CITO event. tftc.

It is perhaps too hot to be caching, but here we are... This was a tricky hide that took longer than it should have... Thanks for the cache!

*Found with [Geooh Live](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohLive)*

Loved this spot, and enjoyed the cool hide!

I’ve started a short contract job nearby and decided to drive past & grab this cache while there is sunlight in the evenings.
A lovely old bridge I would never have seen if not for geocaching.
Thanks

I found the log and the lid but the base of the cache is missing. I had a good hunt for it but fear it has gone. Sometimes I carry spare parts for this type of cache container, but ad nothing with me today. The logbook is in perfect condition all the same.

Out for a drive, we stopped to look at the old bridge. After a short search, the elusive cache was spotted. Thanks Mattluxeeee

First located in 2017 with MEMO. A weekend away with FWBs. This is a generic log to help me catch up with the long overdue logging of my found caches. Please note that each cache and location can be remembered but due to time restraints unable to personalize each log. The date logged may also differ to day found. Thank you for sharing this location for us.
JABs.

Thank you! My little son enjoyed to found it !

Great hide.

Find number 6801 at 5:34:32 pm
On my way home from work via "the long way" to grab a geocache or several on the way.
A big bridge for it's day I'm sure and a pretty one too. Quick find
**Thanks for placing this cache Mattluxeeee**

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Big things are continuing to happening in Victoria! *Are you joining in the fun?*
[**THE PARKVILLE EVENT 2018**](https://coord.info/GC75D90)
*17th & 18th November 2018 - GC75D90 - Parkville - Melbourne - Victoria*

Interesting history. TftC.

I remember finding an earlier version of this cache at this same location. Today I was riding past, so it was my opportunity to stop and find this new one. A relatively quick find, after feeling around in the dark. Cheers!

A quick find after a nice walk today. Thanks Mattluxeeee. Took TB

Decided to grab this one on the way home from helping my son with his car.sometimes we forget they need petrol to run nice little hide.
Added some swag and done a swap.
Tftc

TFTC! Great spot!

Found it but forgot to log it online

Found quite easily what a beautiful old bridge. Left a Trackable here

Lovely bridge. Tftc

Cool. Sunny with some cloud cover 16° 1019hr Cache in good condition. TFTC Cheers

Today being a required calender day and #101 days in a row. This grand old bridge was the target. After a brief search at the wrong level the prize was soon in hand.
All in good condition. Thanks Mattluxeeee for making me stop here and finally check out this historic bridge.

11:07
It was going to be a lazy day between school runs... until a friend rang up to announce he was popping in. Wonderful, but I needed a find for today.

So I consulted the In Case Of Emergency list.

Between cycling, Ingress and Geocaching in the vicinity of Brimbank Park, I've visited or crossed this historic bridge many times. So often, in fact, that I knew exactly where to park the car for a brisk walk down the grassy slope. Pausing only to grab a pen, off I went.

There are only a few logical places to hide a cache this size on the bridge, and the arrow pointed to one. Sure enough, a quick game of blind man's buff came up trumps.

And I got home just as my mate rolled his new e-bike that he was hanging out to show me in through the front gate.

Mattluxeeee, thanks for an audacious hide.

#3822

Just as we were about to give up, found it!! TFTC

During my early years this bridge was the ONLY entry to Melbourne from the north western part of Victoria, I must have crossed Thousands of times carrying materials from PMG store to various towns in north Victoria, Daily trips to Castlemaine and Bendigo for two years, Very happy to see it is still here, and not been turned into a Holden or Mazda, Thanks for the hide Mattluxeeee, it took me nearly 8 months between trips to turn a frown to a smile

Thanks for find

Been past this bridge many times and probably drove accross it some too, brings back memories. sl tnln tftc

I've sort of half attempted this one a couple of times over the last year without actually getting to gz. Both times I've misjudged on where to park and rather than persevere have just kept driving. Today I was back in the area briefly for work and was determined to actually make it out there.

After a short walk in the warm sun I found myself finally at the bridge and after a quick search and a few cobwebs came up with the cache all in good condition.

Thanks for the cache Mattluxeeee, glad to finally find it.

Beautiful weather. Great to get out of the house.
Doing with caches. Why not.
Beautiful old bridge.
Found it
Thanks for the cache Mattluxeeee

Gps was a lil off today, but it was where we thought it might be. We remember doing the original one here. TFTC.

Being a nice afternoon I decided to find the caches around the Keilor Village on the way home
Parked the car at the shops and headed off to GZ
A nice old bridge with some great engineering for its time
I too went to the wrong level at first then changed levels, used the GPS and soon had the cleverly hidden cache in hand
Thanks Mattluxeee TFTC

Found by caughtatwork at 14:59 on 11/06/2017
Ahhh, yes the old bridge. I have found a geocache here before, in almost exactly the same location, so I suspected where it might be before I even got up here. Nicely done with the securing device.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for hiding a geocache. Without hiders there are no finders.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Haha...took us a while...went completely the wrong way....under, over..everything!!! Determined to find and we did! TFTC!
PS. GPS very screwy! 7m off location.

Came here today to grab a few nearby, but sadly my cache eyes were not working, I could not find this cache

13:12, 1 March 2017. #605.

On my way home from a mid-week motorcycle ride which ended (for me) at Whittlesea. Having previously cleaned out all the caches in Whittlesea I could have got to in the time available, I stopped in at Keilor to make up for it.

After finding Caroline Chisholm nearby, I figured I had enough time to look for this one as well iPhone bearings were true for the second time today and apart from some self inflicted mis-direction found the hide pretty quickly.

The cache is in good condition.

TNLNSL. TFTC Mattluxeeee.

Hmmm. After reading the previous log, we were a little unsure on where it might be. Turns out, it was in the first place we checked - just up. Tftc

It took us a short time to find this extremely well hidden cache in an unusual hiding place but we were unable to reach it due to our arms not being long enough so emailed the CO re where we found it and he has given his permission to log it as found. Planning and implementation of this cache was well done on this lovely old bridge.
TFTC Mattluxeeee

With a need to grab a cache for the day, a quick drive to down the Calder and then the old Calder to the GZ. Like VividRogers we also went the wrong way at first but given the later time, we didn't have to worry about legless lizards. Finally at the right spot we search for a bit before using the head to search. Ah...there you are. Nice hide and a lovely bridge. They certainly don't make them like this today.

Cache in good order

Found by Team Justice #1470 CDWAF#146

I initially went to the wrong level. I had a rather hairy look around and met a creature which had no legs. Hmm. Back away slowly!!

Then I went to the right level. I carefully avoided the makeshift home at one side, and concentrating on the other side, I got all my TOTT out, including a new torch that I had treated myself to at Aussie disposals and was very keen to test. I discovered I'd make a lousy dentist as trying to work torch and mirror in conjunction with one another was a little like trying to get a grand piano up a spiral staircase, by following instructions delivered via video link.

In the end I stuck my head in and looked the old fashioned way and was rewarded by a very swift subsequent find. On the way back we saw the results of recent flooding rains which had put a HUGE log up a tree (pic is attached) - a "spooky" abandoned house and a duck trying very hard to not go over the edge of a mini waterfall. Which was hilarious.

18:44
What an amazing surprise here - to sign in after fellow Geelong cachers Bushfire & Suscoe, as we cached our way toward Tullamarine Airport.

Satellites today had our GZ 7 metres south of where we found the cache.

Our thanks to Mattluxeeee for placing this cache.
17622.

Received a call from my good caching mates the suscoe cachers if I would be interested in a trip to grab a few cachers that they had not found in Werribee, Taylors Lakes, Melton, Bacchus Marsh and a couple closer to home out at Lara.
A good day for caching as it was not too hot and little wind and no rain. I will have to return to some of these areas because now I have the odd smiley and lots of green boxes on my maps.
On arrival I had a quick look at this area but not good enough as I then focussed on the other side and went where a seventy eight year old cacher stand back and look but then my mate gave out that famous call "Got it" so I returned to the safety of where the cache is located.
Thanks again Mattluxeeee for an interesting cache and location.

What better things could you do than go out caching on a delightfull6y mild January day in the terrific company of Bushfire.
With the last few hot days finally over we couldn't resist the idea of a trip into the west of Melbourne with caches in mind.
It was a cloudy day in the most part and a pleasant mild breeze keeping things on the good side of the thermometer.
We were surprised with the relatively good traffic conditions as we wandered the western plains out as far as the Pentlands.

We approached this one with some hesitancy.
Not sure what we would find, but after a bit of toing and froing, and up and downing, we popped our hands on the cache.
Thanks to Mattluxeeee for this tricky little hide.
All quiet at GZ today.

Finally found this one. I too had trouble finding it on my first attempt, but after a work break-up and a few beers under belt, felt I knew where this cache was hiding. Thanks to mattluxeeee on another great hide in TPTB!!!

After 2 failed attempts to find this cache. Decided today was the day I would find it. After trying to find it for sometime I was ready to give up but decided to persist on. With the help of the phone torch I was pleased to say 'found it' thank you, what a great hide

After 2 previous failed attempts at this cache, today Brianna.92 and I decided that we were not going until we found it. As they say 3rd time lucky. Brianna.92 and I talked about where it had to be but after looking and searching with no avail we almost gave up again. I said, "squeeze in there and use my phone torch". It was so good to hear Brianna.92 yell found it. It was a great walk back to geocar talking about how we missed it other times as we actually looked and felt around where the cache is. Brianna.92 is getting too good at this game. Picked up a TB and others visited. Great hide. TNLN

A lovely spot for a cache and a short wander down here from the shops brought me here.
no one at home next door but the cache was soon found and logged.
Thanks

Quick check up all ok

Found by Mary & David at 1655. Left it a bit late to leave maccamob HQ this afternoon, so the Ring Road was in virtual gridlock. Took about an hour and three quarters to get here instead of the usual thirty five minutes. Found a place to park nearby and walked to GZ. Found it in excellent condition after a brief search. Our thanks to Mattluxeeee.

Work allowed me to step out of the office today slightly unteathered. Heading out this way was a good excuse to get some caches and tidy up the map a bit.
TFTC!!!

Nice new cache all ok TFTC.

I remember finding the previous cache at this location so I knew exactly where to look.
This one has a better magnet arrangement.
No one at home on the other side.
TFTC

In the area today and this was the only one i have not found. The bridge was great and the cache was an easy find. TFTC

Great piece of engineering that is now retiring elegantly as a reminder to all of the Victorian industrial age. Thanks for bringing me here, again.

A nice bridge. had a good look around while I was here. At the base of the bridge was a Leopard Slug, These are the largest Slug in Australia. The cache was found with a bit of spider web removal first. There does seem to be some-ones Hide on the opposite side of the bridge, So like the previous comment I hope this cache doesn't get muggled. Nice place, Thanks Mattluxeeee. TFTC.

That was the first weekend in ages that I haven't found a cache, so today being Monday I was itching to get back out there, this was my first of the evening to a place I'd visited a couple of times for a cache hidden in exactly the same place. That one was muggled, I hope this one doesn't suffer a similar fate, as it looks like someone is living in the opposite hole on the bridge! Thanks Matt for the new cache here, a great old bridge to visit

Coordinates changed from:
S 37° 43.415 E 144° 50.423

Coordinates changed to:
S 37° 43.420 E 144° 50.418

Distance from original: 38.8 feet or 11.8 meters.

Coord update

Published

••FTF**
10:20 AM

Having been invited to an RSL Christmas party and also having an event in the city we were out early today. I was checking my email while the muggle wife was driving and noticed this cache had been published.

I asked in my best please can I voice when I noticed it still had no logs and she agreed!

We made a slight detour and parked up, I went solo and a short walk later I began my search.

Once I was in the right spot it was a quick find and I was rewarded with a blank logbook!