Crafty Containers - Coloured ice cream sticks Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 19-Mar-17. Waypoint GC72CP6

As there's been no cache to find for a long time, and it appears to have been abandoned, I'm archiving it to keep it from showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

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MavEtJu

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

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tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

As advised, this cache has been removed and is now gone.

We accidentally found it and I didn’t know what geo caching was so my friends didn’t put it back sadly.

wasnt trying to find it my friend took it home so its not there anymore

DNF. Found the place it was meant to be in and found it had been thrown away. Might want to check it/ replace it.

So many DNFs and so little time

Unfortunately DNF. Must have been destroyed as we found popsicle sticks on the ground, also found a lizard!

After almost an hour of searching and near killing my partner (he doesn't understand yet that I am always right) we've decided to DNF. Unsure if it's been muggled or if the tree canopy was playing havoc with the gps. Any help trying to locate would be great. Nonetheless TFTC.

Must be a replacement container as it doesn't look like the one on the cache page, although the log was definitely for Crafty Containers - Coloured ice-cream sticks.

I'd been at the Community Celebration Event for 20 Years of Geocaching in The Shire this morning, which was very good. A great bush walk to the event, a beautiful location, spectacular weather and lots of geocachers from far and wide.
So now on the way back to the north of the harbour I stopped for a few caches along the way. Who can resist grabbing a couple more!

As I approached GZ I passed a couple of kids playing viking warriors just below the park. They must have wondered what I was doing!
The cache was a super quick find. Firstly the co-ordinates were spot on but secondly the finder earlier in the day had not used any camo for the cache so it was easy to see from the right angle. All good now!

TFTC # 4527

Nice spot and nice cache but hard to get to love the creek

Found

A bit of an adventure through the bush!

Found right before a family event in the area! We were certainly not dressed for the trek - very happy to find the cache. Thanks for this one!

FULL LOG TO FOLLOW

Drove over to the Shire this afternoon to see if we could knock off a few more caches on our Sutherland Shire Cachers Challenge hitlist. Meetup with TARDIS 0061 and phlphotos then drove down to Wattamolla in order to collect a cache from 2006. Afterwards, we came over to Heathcote in order to find a cache in this suburb and we selected this Crafty Container. Parked near the under-construction playground and made the short walk over to GZ. Quick and easy find in amongst the water dragons grabbing the last of the sunlight. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache Team MavEtju.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, Searching for Paradise, Moneypenny Deadly Duck

Nice GC, easy find. Rocks were a little slippery in parts as parked in the far carpark to use when dry. Found a friend here who i nearly stepped on. He forgave me as then became a willing model for me.

We found it but it was a jump!

Thankyou for the fun experience, I enjoyed finding the geocache.

As I was looking for it, I found a chicken and a spider. I was jumping rocks in the nearby creek, and got my shoes wet, had a few nice scratches on my arms and legs from the twigs and branches, but it's ok, I guess it's the life of a geocacher.

After finding this geocache I was desperate to find more, and so I started my life of a geocacher.

Found

Found it

#2109 Fourth of ten finds with Rieka on our continued efforts to complete the Shire Challenge. Found after a short search. Loved the container TFTC

Fourth of ten finds with Aussiewolves on our continued efforts to complete the Shire Challenge. Found after a short search. Loved the container TFTC

Nice spot

Nicely placed. Left a TB. TFTC

TFTC easy afternoon find after doing pot luck

Found!

Very crafty of you! TFTC TMEJ

This was my first start to magical activity, I loved looking for it in rocks, twigs, leaves and bushes, my legs were scratched by sticks and I even found a chicken. I loved it a lot.

Tftc! Lovely spot

Found with Jet tftc ️

Found with Paris

Yftikhdykctk lol gays found there hahahahahahahah

Easy

Very hidden under some shrubbery.

A relatively easy find in an amazingly peaceful place. I love this crafty series. Such a great idea. Cache container was found with its lid off and contents spilt. I replaced contents and lid and restored to original place. TFTC

I found it!

Medium

I was searching for this and I saw a chicken free roaming. Someone lost their pet. I even looked at a browny amber sauce tin that must have came from Asian takeaway food. I even got a scratch on my leg in the shape of a heart. And thankyou creators of this geo cache. You made my day. I loved finding this and going on an adventure to explore. I think the geocache was really cute and very bright and colourful.

Great hiding spot

Found it!

Thanks

Im spending the day down here at Heathcote and i decided to come a little early to pick up a cache or two.
This is the third Crafty Container ive picked up.
As it was raining yesterday i parked up on Cassandra Cres. And walked down theough the muggleless park.
A quick search of the area and i had the cache in hand.
The container is in good condition and the log is dry.
Thanks.
#513

It took us a while to home in on and find this cache once in the Ground Zero area, probably not helped by it being almost dark. We finally got to sign the log book before replacing as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

Tftc. Big enough for some swaps but none in container. I would normally put a few in but this was a quick impromptu cache find

Trip away with woolwood9 and slowly heading to the Clear Waters MEGA.
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or in pen as tm421/ww9
*Another nice find for us today, thanks for putting this cache out.*

Found while on a trip away with tmann421, heading to the MEGA in Canberra
Signed as TT/WW NZ
Thanks for the placement

A wet walk through the bush, the cache was quickly found, thanks for the hide

Two parking suggestions - one for wet, one for dry weather. Despite the extreme dry heatwave today, figured the wet weather approach may be quicker and easier. Container craft could do with a bit of work as there are more sticks in than out.

Found this afternoon. Bush bashed my way through, found the cache then spotted a more civilised way back (always the way..) TFTC!

Quick park and grab
Thanks for the cache

We traveled from the States (Ohio) to find this fun cache!! Thanks!

Found with Mizcupcake. Wear shoes

Found with Crinklypear5. He has finally learnt its not good to go caching in thongs this was a quick find as it was a bit exposed. SL and replaced it with some camo to help hide it. If you park on the right side of the creek, its easier if you take the path thats at the begining instead of bush bashing through tftc!

Out clearing up some unfound caches, I went the easy way and Wazza9 the hardest, and I found it. Signed log and replaced. Thanks to Team MavEtJu.

TFTC,
I went up and Nana nel went down. Guess who found it.
Aiming towards achieving an average 4 cache finds per day for the year.
Out today to build my numbers and clear a few new caches from the area around mt base.
Visited trackables sharing the experience with me.

Found with the geokids signed and replaced. TFTC

Thanks! This was my first one. My dog and I enjoyed the search!

Nice day for a walk

After a nice morning walk with the CO and HanorahTLG, I decided to pick up a few other caches in Heathcote as it was my first caching visit here. Walked up along the dry rocky creek bed, over to the side and the around to an outcrop that looked like a possible candidate. A quick find, but a few more sticks had shed from the exterior (I just added to the collection of the fallen inside the container). Nice hide and nice creek. Thanks Team MavEtJu.

Nice easy cache on my way home from work. Nice spot for it and a good hide. TFTC.

Find 2842 13 May 2018 12:53 pm
Found with sesblocker.
Good coords made for a quick find. The terrain here was a lot easier than we were expecting. Because of the rain, we approached GZ from the Northern waypoint. The camo on the container is shedding.
TNLNSL
TFTC Team MavEtJu

Found easily spot on the GPS coordinates. Is the nearby brook natural ? Grabbed the trackable. Thanks for the cache.

Fun easy find after the gps sent us around in circles for a bit

Hard find

First cache to log since name change. Rocks rocks rocks everywhere geo son 11 enjoyed climbing and searching everywhere since the GPD was jumping but got it in the end. Loved container nice and bright for the bush dropped trackable since it's one of the first containers that I thought was safe enough to for it not to get muggled

Nice bright container in a lovely bush setting.

TFTC
Ironbark.

#1574 my final cache for 2017 while I was down nearby followed the track to GZ checked in a few spots till spotted the cache. There are almost as icecream sticks inside the cache than outside the cache

Signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache Team MavEtJu

The following TBs visited for the distance - Jasmer Geocoin, GasCans 2006 Geocoin, Kitac 2, Caching Dilemma's Geocoin, Butterfly, phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 NSW geocoin, phlphotos' Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2012, 2017 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos' Mary Hyde's compass, MARJ01 Mystery Micro Geocoin, Zaur's 2000. Cache, Albany WA - Museum, Icelandic Viking on Safari, Give Blood (Alnic's only A+), Smile Steffs Journey #2, Evolution of Geocaching Geocoin, tommy´s, Trekker the Hiking Boot Travel Tag, Darzee Di's Red Centre Experience, Nimmie’s Red Car & Race against myself

Searched for a local cache before my geocaching adventure of New Zealand beginning tomorrow

Found it after looking for a while
Great spot to hide

Dapto scout group found it and put in number 18 golf ball

I was able to have a day away from the place of employment so I thought I'd head out and grab a few caches. As luck would have it I targeted a few hotspots and quickly watched my numbers climb for the day.

A quick detour off the main road and a short bush bash revealled this early morning find.
Thanks to all the CO's for the finds today

Beautiful colourful cache. Thanks for organising the cache.

Took the GeoPupper for a walk a while ago and found this one with Selfdecapitation. Forgot to log it and just realised. TFTC!

Good hiding. Took a while. Signed the log with Everlasting. Thanks.

Loved it nice bushland. Signed the log with ozuk. Thanks for the cache and hunt

I think that was my third crafty container for the day. A big day for Team MavEtJu caches. TFTC

Never trust your smartphone to know the difference between a track and a road...

I did get there in the end though.

A nice little creek and area.
A quick find but unfortunately done of the craft work ous unstuck.

TFTC

Nice hide. Some of the sticks coming off. TFTC!

Not sure why it took me so long to stop off for this one but this afternoon was the time and another in the series down. TFTC!

A quick scramble and we were at the obvious spot for an easy find.

Unfortunately the camouflage is coming off.

TFTC.

We found it

Good one and found it. stick come out of few.

Fairly quick find, must be getting use to this. Nice little hiding spot but a little poking and prodding produced the goods. TFTC Squigs + Trukes

#4084 (4 of 4 today)

I'd spotted a cache down at Heathcote that looked like a bit of a challenge, and after barely having time to grab a cache in The Shire on Sunday, I'd decided to come south today for a bush cache or two.
Then I spotted two puzzle caches nearby that hadn't been found in a while - still need unloved days for the 50 Year Challenge.

So last night I looked at those puzzles and managed to solve both. Looks like my day's caching is mapped out.
Got all three, and one of two others afterwards before heading home.
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After a DNF I was hoping for one last find before heading home.
Came here and... another scramble. Sigh.

At least this time I spotted the likely camo as I approached GZ. Nice quick find.
The craft component of the container is definitely giving way. I think a more industrial strength glue is required to brave the elements.
I put the bits I spotted inside to keep them safe.

Completed signing duties and replaced.
Time for home.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Found it with Georgia_jane97 and geopupper! TFTC

TFTC

Nice effort with the container. Awesome quiet little spot. TFTC

A perfect morning for geocaching. This one is not far away and in a nice area. I took the fair weather track and was rewarded with a quick find. Visited a geocoin. TFTC Team MavEtJu.

P.S. some of the sticks on the lid and coming unstuck.

Nice quick find even with thongs and 2 dogs on leads. Tftc look forward the others in this series.

Quick easy find. TFTC

Another crafty container cache in the bank. Although i probably took the longer way to get there.
Unfortunately i had misplaced my pen and catapult07 didn't have one either so i had to scratch our initials in with a stick.
I'd the next one to find it could trace our names with ink, is be very thankful.
Thanks for the cache.

The only find today, but we had no pen so made our mark with a stick.
Thanks for the cache.

Well the weather was dry so I took the easy option. Great little spot so close to the houses! Hope the craft hold when the winter kicks in.
TFTC Wilbert67

The start of the holidays and a chance to grab #5 in the series (so far). From P1 it was a short stroll through the bush, taking care to avoid the puddles and streams from recent rainfall. Unlike the previous finder, I was careful not to slip off any mossy rocks, and made it safely. At GZ I spotted the hint and soon had CIH to be 3TF. Another crafty container Mr E! I like your handy work. You're Keep them coming!

TFTC. Looking forward to the remainder when they come online. Dropped off a TB.

Love the work on the container - looks like someone has been keeping the kids busy! With school holidays coming up they can knock up a few more if we are lucky!

TFTC

FTF!
An early morning detour before work and a fairly quick find. Nice spot & a good hide. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

TFTC
Needing a cache on my way to work, and also wanting to check on one of my nearby caches, I selected this one. Nice fun Container mate...
on my way to GZ had a little woopsy and grazed my knee on a big rock, but NO Bandaged Bear required..
Cheers
Seemyshell

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