Finding Dory Bittern, Victoria, Australia
By snugglebunnies on 27-May-17. Waypoint GC75ZEA

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.

This is a Bonus cache that is reliant on information from other cache/s so the co-ords for the GZ can be calculated.

As one or more of the other caches needed to calculate the coordinates for this cache has been disabled/archived, this cache is being disabled as well.

Once the issue with the other cache/s has been resolved and the cache has been enabled, this cache can be enabled as well.

This is impossible to do now with 2 of the trads with clues in them now gone.

This is impossible to do now with 2 of the trads with clues in them now gone.

Jaya and aurora found it

Found it ok
Was in good order

Found this one after hiking the board walk with Riotgirlckb back to the beach we go for a sunset pic

Great way to ens our night, love that you dont need to disturb nature by leaving the path for these ones...thanks

What a fun little series! I clocked up my 200th find with this series too! Thanks so much for the effort you put into this series! Blessings!

Snuck out on this nice day to find the final prize. The cache is in great condition. Made some swaps and signed the log.

After having collected this series in 2017 and 2018, it was time to finish things off today with the final mystery.
All I needed was to turn the clues into coordinates and off we went.
But, of course, I didn't record the clues.
Who records the clues?
Well, I probably had at some point or another, but I'd clearly lost track of them and could only uncover about two.
Fortunately, with a little maths magic and trickery utilising the intel I had, a plausible location was identified and I figured that things would be easy peasy with the hint.

A few months later and here we were, strolling down the trail to gz.
I explained the predicament to dad but assured him that it'd be within about 10m or so of what I'd noted down.
"Famous last words," was the response I got.
With that confidence-booster out of the way, our search began and I stuck closer to the coords I'd figured out but found a disappointing lack of tree hollows.
Luckily dad had tried the other side of the path and particularly enjoyed toying with me in a game of hot/cold before I finally spotted the container.
Finally the log was signed and this pocket of Nemo/Dory caches was complete.
Thanks to snugglebunnies for a wonderful cache and series!

TFTC, Brainiac03

Found all the necessary information to retrieve this puzzle cache which was probably the hardest of all. TFTC!

Following the GPS took me into the brambles, so I stopped, took a look around, went to the most accessible likely spot, and there it was. Thank you for the cache and series! 5 reg, 1 multi, 1 puzzle was the net haul for today.

Collected the clues along the way, we came up with a set of co-ords that worked for us.

Cache and contents were in good condition and adding to our favourites.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Got all the pieces of the puzzles and did the maths in the field, made my way to the GZ but my GPS has me all over the place. Used my geoinstincts and just searched blind and found it within a minute!
Thanks for the series - it was great fun going along and putting the pieces together.

Took me a while to find it, my phone gps had me going both sides. Loved this cache theme. Took tb. Kind thanks

All ok. But mind the big bullants!

Forgot to log but found the other day. Thanks for something to do !

Thanks for a great series. Lots of fun and great for getting the goekids off their iPads.

The goal for today was to have a short to medium length walk and find some caches. I thought this series would do nicely given that it was approximately 4km in length, had at least one puzzle cache to keep my daily puzzle streak going and there were a couple of old neighbouring caches which were worth finding as well.
The walk was excellent and although a couple of the caches took some finding all were eventually found. As is my custom I'm awarding the final in the nemo series a representative FP for the effort and time taken to setup the series. In this case given the natural beauty of the route I think I'll add that in as a justification for the FP.
A CO might also wonder whether they should have 2 FPs given that there are two discrete series'. Well, given the location of one of the finals and it's clear enticement to have people start and complete both series' together I'll take that as a cue to treat both as one extended series
Thanks for the fun and the exercise, snugglebunnies.

We had a great morning’s walk and a lot of fun finding all the caches! Thanks!

Another visit to the Mornington Peninsula saw us completing the 4 children's themed series. With perfect conditions we enjoyed the walk along the boardwalk, taking in the views of the wetlands as we found each well concealed cache. Collecting the clues from each character we soon had the finals and a bonus Piglet Puzzler as well.
Thanks snugglebunnies for the fun series, luckily we did find Dory today and in an excellent themed cache

We moved the car and decided to start from the other end to where started for Nemo. It was nice to have the walk broken up with caches long the way. We only had to wait out one muggle our this end, it’s certainly not as popular as the Nemo end of the walk! Thanks so much for placing this series and showcasing the boardwalk snugglebunnies, it was great to find this larger final cache!

Found with *The Empire, Omegaman* and *Jentrek* as we tackle the series along a rail trail with . What an awesome ride along the boardwalk.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.
-P

Took: Nothing.
Left: Fave Point.
Stamped Log

We came here after doing another bike series up the road. It has been great to do two bike rides in one day. The weather was perfect just like the company. Thanks for placing.

Found by The Empire with Snap Happy, Jentrek1 & Omegaman
After having a great time smashing out the Red Hill rail trail, we had our bikes so we decided to head over here and ride this trail too! We found Dory but we couldn't find Nemo! Thanks for the cache and the series, snugglebunnies!
- M

Dory: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney! You asked me where I'm going? OK, I'll tell you: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney! That's where I'm going!

omegaman1971
4519 Finds
Found with Snap Happy, Jentrek1 and the Empire.
After a great morning smashing the red hill series we decided to find Nemo.
But due to a dnf that will have to wait for another day unfortunately.
Cheers for the series.

Found it , we had the clues worked out last year for this final, when we found it was back on line, it was all about finding the right time to go and get it. All in good order here. Tftc

A nice quick and easy find on a beautiful day on the peninsula.
Crunching the numbers soon had the cache in hand.
TFTC

We found Dory!!! The little one really wanted to find some caches today, and I thought a fun little series might be perfect. Surprise surprise, it was!
After collecting the info from all the other caches, we wandered over here. What a diverse little park! Scrub, bush, mangroves, mud crabs, beach, this place has it all! Anyway, when we eventually got to GZ, the little one made a quick find after I pointed out the cacher trail. He was happy to see Dory safe and sound! We signed the log, he took a card (and I think he put a swap in, apologies if he didn't), then we replaced it carefully, all whilst deftly avoiding the muggles in fluoro fitness gear.
Thanks for the cache, an excellent series, easily obtainable in a morning's walk. FP from me.

2nd mystery for today, loved the series and even had the muggle wife with me today who enjoyed every minute. Thanks again

Just another great GC. The kids are over the moon. Thanks for the great work you did. Tftc

It looks like we did this series in the reverse order, but we made our way back the way we came to find this cache. I had the gps in hand so I released the geo-3yr old, geo-kid and friend into the bushes near the gz in search of the last cache in this series. I didnt have to wait long, and geo-kid excliams "got it!!"
Thanks so much for this whole series (including the finding nemo part) and this cache. Kids and i had an absolute blast!!

OMG …….. How did I not know there were 2 attached to his series? We did all of them only thinking it was one finale. So looks like we need to come back with the other piece of the puzzle at least we don't have to do all the walking next time. So I will write my big log now. Congratulations on such a well thought out, planned and maintained series. Great parking at the beginning, beautiful flat walking paths, lots of birds and just peaceful. You get the best of everything here, a little bit of bush/nature walking then the wetlands. The ending is fantastic too, with more parking space and also toilets. You deserve the compliments and the nomination. We really enjoyed this series especially in this glorious weather, no mozzies, no snakes and just clear skys. We were very blessed today. Just perfect & thanks again. Fav given here too.

Dory is back in the game! Thanks for your patience everyone. Hopefully she stays put this time. Please recover really well. There is plenty of bark about. Thanks

Still working on the replacement container.

Will have up and running again soon.

After attending the event this morning in Cranbourne I decided to join SteMicMitSar in completing a few of the letterbox caches and then on to the Nemo series and this one. A great morning to be out on the bikes and we weren't the only ones. After completing all the caches and collecting the clues we were expecting the final to be an easy find. A bit of searching first and then we resorted to the hint. Even reading earlier logs we still came up empty handed. A young couple walking by asked if we were geocaching. I was hopeful that they knew where it was, but they weren't actively caching and were unable to help. Even without picking up the final it was still a great afternoon out. I will be back another day.

A previous find couldn’t spot this one today, and judging by the photo they sent it appears to be missing.

Disabled until we can check it out.

In the area having a walk and something drew me to this spot. Signed the log but then realised I had already done this one. All good safe and sound.

Find number 6385 at 5:01:19 pm
Doing my annual rounds of "Geocache of the Year" nominated caches and some worthy choices there are!
Cute fish, a favorite of mine
Good luck at the awards
**Thanks for placing this cache snugglebunnies**

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[**THE PARKVILLE EVENT 2018**](https://coord.info/GC75D90)
*17th & 18th November 2018 - GC75D90 - Parkville - Melbourne - Victoria*

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This series has been nominated for the 2017 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards!!

This is a fantastic recognition of your series by the Victorian geocaching community. I hope you can make it along to the awards ceremony on the 24th of February.

[**The Victorian Cache of the Year Awards 2017**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7GKGX)

I am out geocaching with my aunt 'cathud' today.
Thank you for this cache, the series and the 'I found Dory' card.

An enjoyable day geocaching with my niece "PrincessFiona" [8)] and my muggle son who drove us around (while adding to his learner driving hours). My niece had control of my GPSr while I used my phone, or my geosense.

As Destiny is MIA at present we had to do some detective work to find Dory. Jenny&Charlie, Bailey and Hank were all very helpful and we found the well hidden Dory, even though my niece could not see her when she was within 1m of GZ. My niece loved the 'I found Dory' cards and chose one to add to the cards that she found last summer in some of your other series.

Thank you snugglebunnies for this cache and the series.

Chtistmas Eve and a perfect afternoon for a maintenance run. All in good order here.

Really enjoyed finding these caches. The walk was lovely and there was a good variety of containers and hides. Great final container.
TFTC Snugglebunnies.

Another beautifully presented cache to finish off this enjoyable series.
Thanks snugglebunnies for all the effort that you have put in here.
Chiefton!!!

Clues all found and coords were correct. I made it a hard job finding the final by trusting my GPS over my instinct, took a scratchy way to GZ and finally had cache in hand.

Thanks for the great series snugglebunnies

#1989

Since moving from New Zealand I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches. I usually cache on my own but sometimes I will collect my nephew stinky bob and my brother stinky tom who both enjoy this hobby.
A big thanks goes out to all the cachers and cache owners without whom this lifestyle would not be possible.
The caches I’ve found in Australia so far have for the most part all been in great condition. Keep up the good work.

Whoohoo found dory! Wit taz_6

With lisyb. Yay, we found dory

Yay! We found dory. We had calculated the answers for the mystery at the last caches so kept walking past the cars to retrieve this one. Then decide to go to the nearby multi as it's close. We had a wonderful afternoon doing the series, really enjoyed it and thanks for the CO for all the effort going into the caches!

Woohoo!! We found Dory
Thanks to the GC for a great series and many laughs along the way

I love it when I do a series in one run and collect all the clues. Most of the time I'm either forgetting to pick up clues or I am grabbing random caches and losing the clues in between. Luckily for me these caches were orderly and do-able in the one go!

Accurate coords led me too the goods and I was greeted with another suitable container for the series.
Thanks snugglebunnies, you have done great things for geocaching down on the peninsula! I would of been bored on my holiday's without all of your caches I found today

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After finishing the letterboxes down the road I made my way to this trail. Wow I did not expect anything like this! The wetlands were awesome, must of taken a lot of effort to build all those elevated paths. There were a couple people here today but not too many. Overall a peaceful and interesting walk! Thanks for these caches snugglebunnies

This is my favourite part of such a series. It turned out I'd faithfully recorded the clues and substituted them into the correct places in the given formula. An eminently plausible location appeared upon the map and after a stroll a cache was found there. Niiice. The only remaining question: is there an appropriate bus-stop appreciably closer than the one I departed from? (The answer: not really.)

Thanks snugglebunnies for setting up this series and luring me back into a nifty part of the peninsula!

After parking at Jacks Beach Reserve I headed off to pick up the Dory series. A very nice walk today but I found myself wondering why there are no water birds around, not even ducks. Oh wait....there was one duckling. Obviously a rebel! TFTC

Find #3442

Headed out with the youngest Tarbit today to try this series. She is a little reluctant to go caching these days but given we had watched the movie last week the prospect of 'Finding Dory' was taken up with enthusiasm. My own commitment was tested as we hit south of Frankston and the weather seemed to noticeably worsen. We pressed on and were rewarded with a pleasant walk and just a few light showers. After picking up all the clues along the way we were able to collate the information and head to this final mystery cache. A straight forward find in a likely spot. The little one was chuffed to pick up one of the 'I found Dory' cards - A nice touch from the CO. We were pleased to make it back to the car before the rain really came down for the afternoon! Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache and the series snugglebunnies. This one earns a favourite point from me on behalf of the series.

16:09
Our second day on the Peninsula, following a course charted by Cap'n Suscoe. We really enjoyed the walk through the wetlands, it was quite sheltered after a morning in the wind. Having found Nemo, we were keen to continue on and net Dory! With all the numbers lined up we were soon onto the trail of Dory and what a treat to find another cleverly themed hide, another favourite for the day.

Thanks snugglebunnies for placing another fun series, for everyone's enjoyment.
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Suscoe was out and about today in the very good company of Phetlern on the Mornington Peninsular.
It was a cool day with a strong wind blowing for most of the day.
We had worked out a plan, drop most of the gang at the northern end, then Mr. S headed for the southern end and walked up to meet the travellers heading south.
The plan worked well and the caches were found along the way.
Thanks to the snugglebunnies for this hide.
A favourite from us for the caches, the puzzle and the locations and containers.
Well done.
What a delightful part of the world.

*21/7/17, Found @ 9:45 pm, Find # 6874.*

Tonight I headed out with biggles1024, first time in a very long time to find a few caches with a couple of night caches as the main targets.
As we had now completed the two night caches we were after we decided to head over to the Dory series as nether of us had found them.
After collecting all the clues we stet about finding the location for this final cache, once that was done we headed for that spot, once there it wasn't long before the cache was found and the log was signed.

**Thanks to snugglebunnies for placing this cache.**

**21/07/2017, 21:45**
**Find #2663**
**Mystery Cache Find #379**

I headed out with Stemicmitsar for our first Friday night run in a very long time. Two night caches were our main goal. Having achieved our main goal, we headed here because we're both fans of Snugglebunnies' caches. Having collected all the clues, we assembled the coords for this final. The location was very fortunate because it took us the way we wanted to go. Once again Steve spotted the cache first. A favourite point for this series.

SL TFTC

Thank-you to snugglebunnies for placing this geocache

Well... after an altercation with the prickly tree of death, the living daylights scared out of me by a HUGE sneaky hopping monster of doom and a slip on my bum... i got all the clues needed to find this bonus one!

Thanks for bringing me out to this part of the world... its beautiful... even if it does want to attack me!

I was out caching with Biggles Bear #1 for the day down the peninsula. Found without difficulty, once a miscalculation was fixed. Fortunately, we were only about 15 metres away when the mistake was found.

My thanks to snugglebunnies for the cache. I'll give it a favourite.

Found 3:53:00 PM, in the company of Muzza during our July caching day out.

Took geocoin but left nothing, thanks snugglebunnies (F=1700 H=46).

Find number 1666 on 25 Jun 2017 at 1:26 pm.
A lovely stroll along the boardwalk today in this beautiful reserve. We especially enjoyed making our way out a little further and exploring Jacks Beach. Great views of the Submarine.
Thank you very much Snugglebunnies for placing a cache here and creating this fun series. Fav point from us.

Found 17/6/17. Nice easy finds in this series. I was surprised by the great boardwalk over the native wetland vegetation. TFTC and for showing me the area, I'll definitely be back for stroll. Great theme, kids had this movie on repeat for a few weeks not too long ago.

We found this cache today at 3:55pm as number 24 of 25 on our Hastings Harbour Hunt. The second nice series complete. We only watched the film for the first time a week ago. A very significant spot for us as we found our 100th cache here way back in 2004. Spotted fam-o-five on their way back out again. We picked up the geocoin they had placed and left another scout coin here in it's place. Thanks for the great caches and walk today. A nice day out. One more cache to find, then a 50 minute walk back to the car. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

Second last to find today and light is fading fast. We logged this one first as Rabbito is right on our heels and they might want to grab the TB we dropped here. What a fun series! Thank You snugglebunnies for another absolute winner! Cache was found safe and sound. Favourite point given.

Yay at last we have all the clues so off we go. An easy find for Walmont and I. Enjoyed the series and appreciate the effort involved. TFTC

Missmash and I collected the clues and did our sums. Found the cache - loved the internal box very appropriate. Thanks for all the work creating this series.

10 June 2017 2:56 pm
Find # 454
MUGGLE right at GZ doing something on his phone (not caching). Bit of code talk and find was found once coast was clear. Thanks for the series... as frustrating as it was leaving it up to the Womblets!

Find # 1067
Once the new coords were calculated and put in the GPS, I was off. This took me to a spot I know well. The good sized cache was soon revealed. Nicely done Snugglebunnies. It is pleasing you are putting new caches around our local area. My thanks

Funnily enough as a family we only watched "Finding Dory" a week before this series was released, so could instantly remember all the characters. Glad they actually put some work into the movie, instead of rushing something out to make money.
Same goes for this series, glad a lot of work went into it, and that it wasn't just rushed out.
This morning before 6am, while it was still a cold and fog 1 degrees, I can finally say "I found Dory".
Another great series in a lovely area, even if the fog stopped me from seeing any of it today. Thanks for the cache Snuggle Bunnies
Hutner

Now here they come, now having finish my exam period for uni, very early on as well, 2 exams in the first three days of the exam period then I am all done. And now I have the job of upload all the of logs (their is not that many but none the less here they come). Finally after a very short exam period I can get back to as much caching as fuel and work will allow for, also started this break off my 900th find which is all well and good and now. Anyways I would like to thank you for the cache and the lovely little series that you have put out
**Buhfuhguh #902**

The end of a really enjoyable series. Love the final cache
Love this reserve, the boardwalk, the wetlands and ofcourse the birdlife
Many thanx to Snugglebunnies. A well deserved fav point added
Dropped off a tb retrieved from South Australia

Found this one last night with Trailstevo. Heading for Hastings for a few drivebyes and some short walks. Ended up doing the Nemo series and some speed walking. Was a good evening out with over 20 finds, some exercise and some naughty chocolate along the way TFTC.

7855
Accompanied with kangas11
Prefect weather
Walked around about 9kms but enjoyed.
Enjoyed with it.
fav from me
Found it
Thanks snugglebunnies

With all the clues collected and the new coords plugged in it wasn't long before this one was found. This was another snugglebunnies enjoyable series in a lovely area. Now at home and logging it has prompted us to find the movie on Netflix.
So guess what we are watching tonight after tea.
Thanks so much and giving this a favourite point.

After picking up the Childhood series we moved across and tackled the Nemo one too. A successful night. Although I expect this area is better to view in the daytime, the cold winter night meant we had the place to ourselves. Thanks for the series.

Lovely day with a breeze air while walking on a trial path from the start. Accompanied with crank1 to sort on this final series and found an awesome cache. Thank snugglebunnies for the cache.

Got my bearings and found this one after a short search. Many thanks for all the effort you have put into the series it is a lovely one

Ran out of time, before getting the final clue, so will have to come back another time to finish Snuggle Bunnies. But if going by the other caches I found, the first to find could already be gone, but not logged. May be wrong, however/
Thanks for another great series
Hunter

I nearly wasn't allowed to go and get this, but a few meters with a child on my shoulders to rest her legs and the bribe was made to continue. We found it without too much trouble and took a souvenir for our troubles. Thanks for the awesome work snugglebunnies - all of your caches are just brilliant, thoughtful and kid friendly.

Photo: shows cache, but not the hide.

*FTF*
I was just about to leave work (I never work weekends), and I thought I'd have a look at my emails to see if any new caches had been published. Well these five new ones had just popped up, and very close to home.
An hour later I was on foot, following the path to hopefully get a first to find (or five) and as luck would have it I wasn't disappointed. I always enjoy having a walk or ride along here, especially during the summer months. I had no trouble finding each of the caches, including the puzzle. Yah - I found Dory !
Thanks snugglebunnies.

#881 - 7pm
Having spoken with many of Dory's friends and family, I had an inkling as to where she was. But apparently I wasn't the only one who had been asking after her...
I approached her hide as quietly as I could and noticed evidence of recent activity. I tapped on the door and there she was. Everything is fine, she was playing hide and seek and just forgot where she was, lol. She just knew that she had to hide for some reason...
So she's asked me not to tell anyone where she is!
I signed in as 3TF and pocketed a momento before I bid her farewell and covered up the tracks outside her door as best I could.
I then went for an explore further down the track to make the most of this brisk but beautiful night.

Thanks snugglebunnies for a very enjoyable series. I'll have to revisit another time to see what this area looks like in daylight!

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