Be My Cachentine #5 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
By 3ferrets on 14-Feb-17. Waypoint GC70J3G

Unfortunately there was no response (or regular update) from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).Ngaambul - Matt

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Ngaambul - Matt

We looked high and we looked low but no luck for us here today. Maybe next time.

Thanks anyway.

Sadly DNF

Another dnf on this series.

No luck here

With Mannering Park Joeys

No luck finding cache at Gz but instead lots of rubbish in hidey holes I cleaned up.

Booked into Ingenia Van Park so as to do the Cachentine series . Oh well there's always another day to try again.

Feeling like a big cache run today, I quickly strung out about 20x caches to do as well as pickup some furniture at the end of the day. Found some old DNF's and collected or is that didn't collect a few more DNFs for a return one day. TFTC's and for once I had fun solving the Puzzles.


Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

Looked and couldn’t find it. Left to find some others and when I returned I found it quite quickly. Thanks for the puzzles and the cache. Log and cache in pretty good condition

#9055 (3 of 10 today)

I am gradually catching up with my logging - am currently only a month and a bit behind. But that's still over 100 caches!

To be honest, while I still find searching for caches fun, I'm finding logging less so. But I have to log to get me stats and souvenirs, so...

Only a few Adventure Labs and my First2Finds have been written up in a timely manner - don't want people racing out when it's already been snaffled.

Nevertheless, I have kept up with my 2022 goal of 16 finds per caching day. In fact, for the most part my modus operandi has been to actually aim for 20. So far I've only failed on that a few times, and only by 1 find. Amazingly I'm on track for 19 finds per day, but somehow I expect that will eventually prove too hard as I have to travel a good distance if I want more than a cache a day.

Thanks to all the CO's who have made it possible to keep my goal in sight. Most of the finds have been Traditionals, but a few Puzzle series and the odd other cache type have been grabbed where possible.
Sorry the logs are very generic, but I'll never catch back up otherwise.
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Headed north for an attempt on the *Be My Cachentine* series around Mannering Park. Maybe I should have left it for next February as I didn't get all the love I was hoping for. Still, I did snaffle ten finds today before heading back home.
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Any cache specific comments will be added here.
If none, then it was a good cache and easily found.

Signed, replaced and away.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Wish it was a sunny day it would of looked great hear

This puzzle absolutely stumped me even with the hint from the CO, my initial idea was correct but I had no idea what to do next..
After walking back and forth along the lovely foreshore I decided to try find the cache without solving the puzzle and luck was with me.
I will have to try the puzzle again.

Found with Grub Fred, shaneo58 & geomoz, tftc 3ferretts!

Right near the Warrigal greens.

Find No: 8257. , thanks for the cache !!

Last one on this amazing series
TFTC

Puzzle had me going for a little while but cache was easy enough to find

Love love love this one. By far the smallest cache we have found. ️️️

This was a tough find and a tougher challenge to get the log out. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache!

Tftc. Lucky I brought the tweezers

After having to give this one a pass numerous times due to muggles, I finally had an opportunity to hunt for it today whilst walking the dog. Took a little while due to my phone throwing the GZ all over the place, but soon found it!
The terrain rating is correct - no need for a ladder, but an extra TOTT would have been helpful to extract both the cache and the log! I made do with what I had, and continued on. TFTC!

Checked 11:07. Cache still there.

Found with Thusbruv_sqrd, tricky little hide. TFTC

BONUS! Found 2 caches here....about 12ft apart from each other. One found using hint, the other found using previous comments!
Had a the whole family caching today on this series so more eyes than normal for the hunt.
Nice spot to take a break also.
TFTC 3ferrets

Tftc 3 ferrets, nice spot here.

Out caching for the day with GeoIan. Not sure about the hint, but found it in the right hole, after much seaching. TFTC

We missed # 4, as there was a big regatta on, and too many people around. This was #4 on the list for today, and our first find for today. More by chance than anything. Looking at the puzzle today, would not have a clue how i solved it. Must have googled it. We searched the salad, but no joy, so searching all the trees in the area again, i just happen to look in the right hole to find it. Little bugger, well camoed, like a battleship. More a nano than a micro. TFTC i think.

Found with My Dad (DJANT) and my Brothers (dart16 & Jedi Anakin) I have my own account now and am trying to catch up to the boys Thanks for the cache.

A nice quick find, can't say the same about the next 3 DNF's. Signed tge log and replaced. Thanks to 3ferrets.

TFTC,
We solved this series a couple of years ago and passing by again, it was time to grab a few more.
Not a good day with only 1 find from 4 attempts.
Nana nel made a quick find and I made the recovery. We signed the log and returned it to it's hide.

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 2929#

Found on: 31 August 2020 14:36

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Took as a little effort to get it out of its hidey hole.

**TFTC 3ferrets TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0V, GM5KY0

#Find#: 2929#
Found on: 31 August 2020 14:36
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Took as a little effort to get it out of its hidey hole.
**TFTC 3ferrets TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0V, GM5KY0

A lucky find. Don’t quite understand what the clue means. TFTC

Trickily hid! OCW MaxAdventurer and Brewmaker. TFTC

Out and about with EverestHigh and MaxAdventurer post St Valentine's Day after solving these all week.

A sneaky place to put one of these. Luckily I had my magnetic TOTT to first get it out and then remove the log. Shiny! TFTC

TFTC

Found on a nice summer's day with Shaneo58 , with temperatures in the high 20s. The salad had nothing to do with the location. Log signed and caches replaced as found. Thanks For The Cache 3ferrets
# 2262 at 12:54:00 PM on 23Jan2020

Found it.Cache had me searching for a long time before broadening the search area.Improvised with the extraction.TFTC 3ferrets.

Replaced 11:40

DNF for this one, Most of these are low terain so should not need a ladder to make a find, and the GPS was all over the place making it hard to pinpiont a tree. No letice anywhere for the salid. 3ferrets.
Attempted to find this at 12:22:00 PM on 24Sep2019

Had an enjoyable walk along here, but alas couldn't find the cache. Hope to be back again. Cheers!

After solving all the puzzles it was a quick find for the ones I did find.

Thanks for the series I can hopefully finish one day.

We had pre-solved this very nice series of puzzles while back home in Africa before our current travels to Australia, and so it was great to find ourselves in the right area today to come and search for the first 10 of the final locations. First we checked into the Big4 Caravan Park and then as soon as we had parked up we set off on what turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable and scenic 6.9 kilometre walk that we did over the last two and a half hours of daylight, arriving back at the Big4 Caravan Park just after sunset. We found this one in the second place we searched. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and for the puzzle. Greetings from Zimbabwe

A local wasn't too happy with my snooping around here, so I made a hasty retreat.

We have spent a couple of nice days in Mannering Parks caravan park
We’ve rented a poolside villa and have started our cacher trip from there
We have solved the geoart caches already back home in Germany.
Weve took a beautiful walk around Mannering park today
Weve visited Wyee Point today and saw many cute kangaroos
Weve looked for all caches along the way
It took us a bit longer for some but most could be found quite quickly
Thank you for the nice caches
Team sissifalke

Continuing on our quest to find as many of the Cachentines caches as possible, this one was found with a moderate amount of fuss, although the weather may have played a part in it.

Found on a quick little romp down Lake Macquarie on the weekend!

Up early this morning enjoying the cooler start to the day. Walked along the foreshore to pick up the rest of this series. Great puzzles and great scenery
TFTC 3ferrets
Total Cache Finds 5916

We set up camp at Mannering Park and were well positioned so we could head out and do this cache series. We teamed up with the Snakepiters and enjoyed the find. Thanks to 3ferrets for hiding this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

On this cloudy morning we did this very nice GeoArt.
13 found it and 1 DNF. At GZ most of them was easy to find.
Thank for the series.
TFTC

#7434 9:25
A few days off and one of those days allocated to driving up to Morisset and surrounding area. Main attraction is the "Be My Cachetine" series as well as part of the 'OZ Geomuster' series.

It was a great day with many finds in tranquil towns, along quiet road and great views of Lake Macquarie.

Big thank you to all CO for the puzzle pleasure and placing and maintaining all the boxes and micros.

Needing 9 more caches for the hidden creatures we set off down the south and west side of the lake then into Moriset Penisula. This also allowed me to enable my missing tree climb.
This was the first one of the day i had been here previously but for some reason couldn't find it. Today i made a quick find it. TFTC

There was a gandmother and nipper feeding the ducks nearby, but when at GZ, I had the cover of the trees to ensure I was not spotted while moving in for a quick scout around. [^]

It didn't take long to track down the cache and the extraction was swift. name quickly added ot the log, I returned as found and headed off a little further down the path.

Cheers 3ferrets.

Quick find for this one. Saw it without starting the search yet.

Found with Gazkersh and littlemissleft while staying in Lake Macquarie for the Mega. TFTC!

Day 6 of the Mega trip! The focus today was on picking the last few of the Cachentime series before making a start on the massive solo drive home. Of course I had to pick up a few letterboxes and a Virtual in the way!

Tftc great walk

Out and about finding all the Be my Cachentine series while in Morisset after being in town for the OzGeoMuster. Thanks for showcasing this beautiful area and for the great puzzles. There are so many wonderful spots around the Lake. TFTP

Found it with Crank1, Everlasting, Dranyer, skyejam & sevabo during "OZ Geo Muster 2018" at Morisset.

It has been pleasure to meet people here.

Logged as Deaf Group.

After this, we went to Mega event, saw the fireworks.

Thanks 3ferrets for bringing us here.

Our last day of caching at the Mega, we had a cacher from NZ Tawhai Team who had not been here before so we combined our caching with sightseeing.
The walk we had around the headlands was so relaxing, we felt that this would be a great place to live.
Some very sneaky hides included here.
Thanks for placing this cache 3ferrets

Great find. Found with Grey team, tatt2squared and teamcooper06

Found with Djant and Dart16 had fun this is my 198 find thank you for the cache 3ferrets

Day 3 of Oz Geo Muster Mega and our team (RoddyC, Snickersallan and Blue wattle) went searching for caches in the area.
And early start today and what a beautiful day to go caching around Lake Macquarie. No trouble finding these caches.
TFTC and the puzzles.

*Found whilst at the Oz GeoMuster*.

Out and about clearing up some puzzles that we had solved previously.

Teamed up with a few other Teams to knock over the Series. Apologies for the generic logs but it was a great series. Appreciate the places that it took us too and a few tricky hides.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment 3ferrets. Appreciate your efforts.
-P

Stamped and returned as found...

**Took**: *Nothing*
**Left**: *Nothing*

**#12325**

Cache-On!

Teamed up again as Trans Tasman Team which included dghoffy, Natalie247 and Granville68a, we signed as TTT. Today we were taking it a little easier as we wanted to achieve some of the things happening onsite as well.

Thanks to all the owners of the caches in the GeoMuster region, I had a fabulous time and thank you for your careful maintenance and placements of the caches. TFTC

Found with ZimbaW and Specimen X at a very enjoyable Mega weekend of Mega fun-thank you!

F(H)ound It! #2549 @ 3:40 PM

With the Ridgeo-pup, Miz Wacket and SpecimenX.
We are really enjoying our walk by the lake.

Thanks for the cache 3ferrets

Ridgeo-pup pic attached

Geomum solved I was happy to tag along on a great walk/drive. TFTC

16:34
After a morning at the Oz Geo Muster site, catching up with friends and attending the site activities, we ventured out to enjoy the scenery and hopefully add a few more smileys to our geo-map.
Having solved the puzzles some time back, we chanced another quirky day to collect - April Fools' Day! Certainly needed the extra eyes of Crank1, Everlasting, Dranyer, Pwala, skyejam & sevabo to locate a number of the hides.

Thanks '3ferrets' for placing the Valentine series.
20799

Out and about with my bestie Happy Uke and some of our more experienced caching friends.

For this one HU and I were off on our own.

Thanks for this one!

Up from Canberra for the Mega! Teamed up with ZimbaW (+ Ridgeopup!) and Mizwacket where we cruised round in the Jeep to collect our target caches The whole weekend was a blast!

Day two for us and we were back to make the collect on the rest of the OZGM & also the Cachentine series.

Most of the series were easy finds with only a few needing a bit more of a search.

The puzzle: Quick solve using a familiar tool.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, 3ferrets

Nice quick find on a walk around collecting the caches in this series TFTC!

Out caching with a formed Trans Trasman Team which included; dghoffy, Granville68a, yorkshirekiwi83, Dakocats and WhiskersNZ, we signed as TTT.

It was a great time to explore the area during the OZ Geomuster 2018 and find some caches. Really enjoyed the experience of caching in a new part of the world with some new as well as old friends.

Found it with Everlasting, skyejam, dranyer, Pwala and crank1. Thanks for the series. TFTH

We came across your cache, 3ferrets, during day five of caching during the Easter Mega.

Loved solving these puzzles. Such a beautiful morning for a walk besides the lake.

Log signed and replaced at 9:09 am on 1 April 2018. TFTC.

TFTC, Geo Muster time, found with Snickersallan, RoddyC and Patrol14

Third day of caching in the local area with geo friends on a beautiful autumn day. Good hide and a quick find here.
TFTC 3ferrets
Found April 1, 2018

Thanks for putting out and maintaining this cache done with aussieben over the mega long weekend

Found with Little Miss long legs and Little Miss left and gazkersh and dart16 tftc

Found with Gazkersh, littlemisslonglegs, DJANT, Dart16 and family! Cool hide - TFTC!

Found as part of the Trans Tasman team at the mega event in morisett. Thanks for the hide.

Found with djant,little miss long legs,gazkersh,little miss left tftc

Caching around the cachentine series... with Grey Team, Liv_123 and Team Cooper 06...TFTC.

Found with Tatt2squared, Team Cooper06 and Liv_123 during the Oz Geomuster event. Tftc.

Day 3 of OzGeomuster Mega event. Out caching with Tatt2squared, GreyTeam & Liv_123. Heading for our 200th today.
Starting with the Cachentine series.
Absolutely gorgeous spot - looks like a great spot for holiday.
Thanks 3Ferrets for sharing your beautiful part of the world with some great puzzles.

Cache 3521 on 1 Apr 2018

After so much anticipation, Bobl27 and I are finally attending our first Mega! There is so much to see and do, but today is the day to collect a few random caches all around the area. Unless otherwise indicated, all caches were found in good order and in accordance with the hint.

Found with Sharkiefan and FUF009!

Thanks 3ferrets for the cache and the challenge!

Find # 5096

Found with sharkiefan
One of many found while attending the Oz GeoMuster



TFTC 3ferrets

Found with littlemissleft and littlemisslonglegs and DJant and dart 16 while at the mega event

Thanks for the cache.

This series of Be My Cachentine puzzles and hides was on the program to find, as it was so close to the Mega event at Morisset. The puzzles offered variety and were manageable, but some of the hides were a bit more on the tricky side, which made the search more interesting. Each log was duly signed and replaced before we moved on to continue the search. Our thanks go to 3ferrets for the cache placements and the fun of solving the puzzles.

Mega weekend.. lovely scene .. Thanks for the cache and hunt

Had two goes before finding this one. First attempt had me scratching my head and walking away cursing a DNF. A short distance away bumped into another group of cachers. After a chat about the w/ends activities I confessed I couldn't find this one and was given a hint. So back I went and bugger me there it is, how did I miss that? Thanks 3ferrets

Found with FUF009. We had solved these puzzles from home but weren't sure we'd be able to make it round to collect them or if we were fit enough. We met up with Phetlern at one part and AngelG27 and BobL27 at another. A superb area but tricky cache hides at some points. We were pleased to complete the series. Tftc

On a beautiful day, enjoying caching with our NZ friends at the mega, signing as TTT trans tasman team. Time to do our cachetine series on April fools day hmmmm something bit wrong there but not to worry, happy to cache any day. Thanks to CO for giving us opportunity to do this. These ones are on the sneaky side of things, needing to get our eyes in. Tftc

Found by Mary & David at 1410. Palm trees seem so exotic and tropical. The humidity over the last few days has surprised us. GZ here was in the kind of place that can be hard to find, but luck was with us this time. Our thanks to 3ferrets.

Found with Angel on an afternoon run before heading back to the Mega for the final evening entertainment. Good to pick up some solved puzzles! Joined by Sharkiefan and FUF009. Thanks for the fun:-)

Up for the Mega, Finalf29 and I had the day to ourselves today. We went to the reviewer talk (very informative) and then went on to find all the "Be my cachentine" series and a few others. Overall we got 20... finished early so I could practice for the ozgeomuster talent quest. Woo-hoo came a not too shabby second. Then the spectacular fireworks!

I logged these last night... I thought, but it doesn't look like they logged... so without my draft notes I'll just do it by memory. Thanks to all the CO's

A day trip was made to complete the geoart of cachentine and a few other caches in the area, we meet many cachers along the trails. The final locations took us to some great views and areas that I would have never seen or been to if it wasn't for geocaching. Thanks for the interesting puzzles and the caches.

Found while at mega. Thanks to those that have placed caches in the area and thankyou to those that helped with the answers.

Caching day today while we stayed for mega
Accompanied with pwala,everlasting, dranyer , sevabo and skyejam
Log as Deaf Group
Found it
Thanks 3ferrets