Curtin Curiosities III: Secret Alleys Curtin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Pirate_Oli on 30-Jun-17. Waypoint GC77W75

Found It!That spot just seems like it's built for hiding a cache in doesn't it?!TFTC

OMG Thank you! So much fun

Thankyou. That one was a hard one. Look deep should probably say look blue

Neat ta

3rd of 3 not found todayThought I knew where it had to be but nothing came to hand.

This one took a good ten minutes before I used the camera in a spot I had searched previously and the cache showed itself finallyTFTC

After DNFing another one of this CO's hides, we headed up the road in the hopes of still securing a streak find.These little cut-throughs are peppered around the ACT which I quite like, and they're often quiet enough to make for reasonable GZs!With the nearby restaurant ostensibly out of business, this one was even quieter, so we got to searching and kept coming back to one spot that seemed to have limited possibilities.One of them felt as though it warranted a bit more exploration and I surprised myself by pulling out the cache container.Pretty good use of the space here, and a pretty stunning size for a container to be so neatly tucked away compared to what I'd suspected!Thanks to Pirate_Oli for this hide!

So much fun, thanks

After knowing where it should be it still took us time to put our hands on it. TFTC

Caching around Canberra for a while longer. TFTC. A clever hide that could easily be missed.

Found. Great spot. Clues were needed. Thanks.

Awesome hiding spot hard to find but really fun when you do. Hints where needed but great find!

we took an L tonight ??

Over here for Canberra Mega from Western Australia picking up caches and meeting like persons. TFTC signed as WA3 (Geotrakka Burns345 meme28) last one

Our final day in ACT for the mega. We are now down to just three members of the team. Bags are packed and car is loaded. We have a few hours to grab some more smileys before heading back west.Signing as a team - WA3Our very last before flying out. Thanks Canberra its been a blast xMany thanks Pirate_Oli for placing this hide for me to find and adding to my adventures.

After saying this is our last cache several times before heading back to Perth, this cache was definitely our last.We did have to read back at logs to help with the find, but gee what a sigh of relief it was when the cache was finally in our hands. Cache found with no issues. Cheers!

Mmmm took us a little bit but got there in the end. Reached up diagon

Ty!

First of an amazing trip

First interpretation of the clue didn't turn out to be workable. But had the cache in hand fairly quickly when I noticed another opportunity within the area.TFTC!

DT has the right technique for these ones! tftc!

JS found this without realising, we needed the logs comments to confirm, tftc

TFTC

This was another of the caches Baristayan took me to by this CO on a balmy Saturday arvo in the capital.

GZ had me stumped for a little while until I honed in on the very sneaky little hide. Delightful contrast to the surrounding area! Thanks for the cache, they’re absolutely delightful these alleyways

Not sure if there any more

I was about to give up until a word in a previous log way down the list gave me a clue. From there it was a rapid find. TFTC.

Found in a couple of mins, after reading other people’s logs. Tftc!:):)

Love this one, a bit tricky but found it in the end!

Tftc, really good spot. Nice day to get out.

I think the big guys at HQ in Seattle should sit around a table and decide to start paying a salary to some of the amazing hiders we have in Canberra. Like this shouldn’t be a hobby anymore but a full time career
The hides Pirate Oli does are world class.
This one didn’t disappoint
The clue says it all
Fav point ️

We looked for 20 min but did not find anything.

TFTC

#3567 It’s often helpful caching with a friend. After a fair search I was ready to let it be when DeadThief came up trumps. Thanks Pirate_Oli!

Tried looking for it in the dark. Maybe try during the day next time.

Found on Boxing Day on a caching run around the Woden Valley. I have searched here many, many times without success. There used to be a big barking dog that I could hear; I didn't hear such sounds today. Whilst searching this time around I decided to look closer at an area I had not looked at extensively in the past. Sure enough, there the cache was! Very sneaky hide. TFTC Pirate_Oli!

Looked as per the hint and was happy - TFTC

Don’t bump into the wall

Tftc

Tftc. Took a couple minutes, used previous log as a clue. Nice hide.

Container replaced

Cool little hide. Tftc

As per previous entry log book is full snd should be replaced. Also cache is damaged and lid does not close properly

Tricky spot. Log inside is nearly destroyed, might be worth replacing

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Tricky little hide but we found it

Showed a friend geocaching while visiting her from Sydney ??
Felt around in a bunch of places and then wen twitch my Geoinstincts

TFTC!

Nice hiding spot and hair clip!

it’s hidden deep

so cool and secretive - a little hard to find but so fun. saw a cat too!

So fun to find!!

Tricky find!! The cat was really cute

Cache 8291 on 7 Dec 2021.

Headed out for a surprise mini geocaching mission with HypoHippo after work today! He was the DJ for the mission, playing some interesting Kanye and Lupe music for our listening enjoyment. Found two caches, but was muggled out of one, wrong time of day.

After DNFing a long time ago, I finally was able to lay a hand on this cache. To be honest, it seems a lot harder than a D1.5! Anyway, I have turned my frown upside down!

Thanks Pirate_Oli for the cache and the fun!

Haha, super fun, ????

Find #1813
Nice hiding place
The cat scared me
Found during my lockdown exercise
Thanks for the cache

Great hiding spot!

Looked for ten minutes. Then a storm came so we had to go.

Yes

Super cool hide, thanks

Nice hairclip!

Found this one when trying to avenge some previously DNFed caches in Curtin. This one was quite well hidden, no wonder I missed it the first time. TFTC

Smart hide! I had a cat looking straight at me while I was looking! Look deep....
Thanks for hiding.

Haha, this was really good. TFTC

Found it on our second attempt. Was not super obvious.

I am enjoying these Curtin Curiosities.
This took a few minutes to find, but I was it was dark and cold and no muggles around.

TFTC

Nice little hide. Took several minutes to locate. Great use of the surroundings. A favourite point for me. All in good nick.

It took us a while to find it. We went to many places but at last we found it! Once we thought a nail in the wall was the cache!!! TFTC

Great find!

Nice

Bit tricky but good spot!

Lucky GLISS was on hand to grab this one as I would have been here for ages looking. I am amazed at how people find all these places.
Thank you

Out for a little walk in the Curtin area and decided to pick this one up first. Must be a bit rusty as it took me a couple of minutes to track this one down but soon had it in hand ... TFTC

Yes, third time look, read some logs to make it easier this time.

We found it in the wall it was a bit of a struggle but we did it

Was in the process of waiting for a hint, thinking the coords must be off, but just as the phone buzzed, I made the dextrous find TFTC!

A dash out of the car and thank goodness I put my hand in the right spot.
TFTC

Got it!

First time, took me a while. Go deep.

nearly busted by a few muggles, I had to be brave, loved this well done sneaky sneaky

That would have gone unfound if I wasn't with Kazira.

No muggles around early thismorning so had a better look than last time. A bit more thinking and feeling and soon had the cache in hand. Always good to avenge a previous DNF! Thank you - well hidden.

Was in the area today on carer's duty so decided to kill some time until I got the phone call to pick up the patient.
Caching is pretty boring doing it alone. But still managed to find a few today with no DNF's so pretty happy about that.

Headed over to Curtin after Deakin became too difficult to find parking.
Quick find here.

Thanks for the hide Pirate_Oli

Hint should read...feel deep. Tftc

Look in a gap and holes it feels like a box it was a great hunt

Checked today - cache still there

2nd attempt... I think I know where it should be, but can’t find it ??

Got you!

Great hiding place

Found it. Quite a tricky spot, but the clue helped

Geo hubby found this one fairly quickly. What’s new, says I. It is a sneaky hide. The hint does help. TFTC

Sneaky!

Tricky!

Such a good hiding spot

Found it. Took us a little while

Nice hiding spot

I've been meaning to do this one for a while, and was going to do it for the special better on 02.02.2020. unfortunately I wasn't able to do it then, bit did it today. Tftc! Always fun to find something on your home stomping ground, and an excuse to go somewhere out of the normal route.

Out with Nibletricecakes on a stinking hot day. We're trying to stay cool in the car while solving waypoints for epic multis. Needing a daily cache, this was selected. Found in the first area I looked thanks to the hint.

A very hot day to be out grabbing a cache. So we looked for something fast and grabby. It was not quite as straight forward as I imagined. But after looking over all the possibilities (whilst giving the poor deceased parrot some space) GLISS! Returned to the place of first instincts and soon and the cache in hand. Thanks for the cache.

Found on my bike ride I had to look hard

Found at 6:06:00 PM

Another quick stop cache on the way home. It took me a little while to find. My first instinct was correct, but I didn't actually make the find until casting about further afield (dead king parrot) and finally thinking that it MUST be in there. And it was.

Thanks Pirate_Oli

Nice and sneaky cache. Found it pretty easily. TFTC.

Quick found TFTC Pirate_Oli