GOSSIP GIRL Beachlands, Western Australia, Australia
By Zombiestompbexx on 13-Feb-18. Waypoint GC7JA30

I dont think I got the full experience here, looks like the camo may have been whipper snippered off.. please see photos. This will need attention ASAP.Tftc.

WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 82 - Geraldton Day 2. After a very wet night the rain eventually stopped and I headed out to try for breakfast and a few caches. The Network seems to have suffered from the rain and reception is very poor. Both shops I tried to buy breakfast from had no eftpos. Oh well, that means caching. I carefully read each page before heading there and so managed to find the caches I targeted today. A few further rain showers made some of the short walks a bit of a risk, but I managed and even completed another set of Labs. The afternoon was time to catch up on online tasks and dinner will be in the van tonight.I was a little concerned this might be another impossible cache, but there is so little to provide a hide here what could possibly go wring. Apart from going the wrong way at first from my GZ, I saw an item and was happy to get the cache. Again I needed a tool to get the log out, but the car was real close.Thanks for the cache zombiestompbexx48567.4 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & November 2024 Fenrislfr the Vnagandr A#537**Albida**

Great camo. Tftc

Cheers Bexx love Parker/watson/sprott fam xx

Will try again another day

Grandma finds her 1st one. Almost gave up but then after a bit of poking around we had the cache in hand. Also found the previous cache which has been cut off!!!

Replaced

Checked on this one and its been Muggled. Replacement made and waiting to be placed back there.

Hunted high and low for this one for some time without any luck

Found it

Do you know how many times I went straight past this one. I probably even touched it. A while later my partner said here it is.Thanks for the hide.

Nothing there

Saw something like this years ago, clever Camo TFTC

Great find! We attempted this one at night time only to come up empty handed but tried again in the day time and found it

Di Morgan was in town and I was able to join them for a mornings caching around the suburbs of Geraldton

We visited some scenic locations, some that I hadn't visited before even though we have spent a fair bit of time in the area over the last few years.

Some caches were found relatively quickly but some were not. This could have been quite tricky but I was lucky to have help to make it a quick find.

Thanks to all for placing these for us to find.

Tiny cute

Back on the road again, heading north. Dongara to Geraldton
Stopped for a couple of caches along the highway & now camped at the caravanpark for four nights
Sight seeing around town & finding a few caches & doing part of ALs
A variety of caches found today in some very interesting locations.
Sptted the odd one out
Thankyou to the CO's for hiding this cache

Tftc not easy tonight the log out

Berrycrew

Heading north on a road trip with richlink enjoying the locations we visit and grabbing some caches along the way. We are spending a few days in Grealdton finding some caches. A fave point for this one, thanks zombiestompbexx.

Tricky little cache

Heading north for one mintue of moon shadow. This is one of stops on a long journey.

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Can’t wait!!

Yay! Today we turn this DNF into a smiley. Plus this gets a favourite from us because it is a very cool
hide. Coordinates are spot on and all in good condition. TFTC

I'll have to study the logs

Another day of geocaching in Geraldton. There were no different hiding places to find. Thanks to hints or spoiler pictures, most of them were very easy to find.
Thanks for the caches.

Quick park and grab..
TFTC

Visited GZ to find cache had been moved. Relocated/ safer locality.

Coordinates changed from:
S 28° 47.038 E 114° 35.805

Coordinates changed to:
S 28° 47.038 E 114° 35.807

Distance from original: 10.6 feet or 3.2 meters.

Cache had been moved. Relocated.

Looked hard but couldn’t find it. I hope it hasn’t been removed again. TFTC

Day 15 of the road trip, and enjoying a few days in Gero after coming in from the dusty Goldfields. It was lovely to see the ocean again Pulled in yesterday and today was fairly quiet, I just had a handful of caches to find, mainly ones I had missed on previous visits. Seeing the CO maintenance log I figured I'd give this one another go. Again spent quite a while checking all along the fence at GZ, and other possible locations, but again was not seeing anything at all. It *had* to be here somewhere!! I had actually given up and got back in the car, when I suddenly remembered I had found the base where an old pole had been cut off in the grass under the fence on a previous visit. Maybe the cache was in there... I got out for another look... but couldn't find that hole again. Did another sweep very slowly using fingertips the whole way and to my complete surprise there was the cache. Completely not what - or where - I was expecting. I may have yelled out a celebratory word or two This type of placement is a tough one, and it was certainly very well hidden here! So very happy to put a smiley here. TFTC

Replaced again. Still micro.

Had about an hour to wait while in the area so what better way than look here again. Still nothing, extended my search and nothing. I think the CO needs to check on the well being of this little fellow and confirm it’s existence.

Nothing around the area I could see.

This was a DNF for me previously. It's been on my watch list so I knew it had been replaced. Saw the previous log but swung by here today anyway to have a look. Coords took me to an empty stretch of fence. Not sure if the new coords have been converted properly when the cache was replaced but had a good look around and nothing found.

Found the Bad Elk TB on the ground about 5cm from post. It’s not my day today because no cache found

When your coordinates need to be updated on a Published cache, **you need to use an Update Coordinates log.**

**DO NOT USE** the little pencil next to the coordinates on your listing.
This is a facility to put corrected coordinates in for **YOUR EYES ONLY**, such as the solution for the final coordinates of a mystery or multi cache. *Other people cannot see what you put in here.*

See [this Help Centre article](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=61) for more detail on how to do it

[Here's a youtube video](https://youtu.be/bF-9-LI8RNs) which explains how to to update your cache coordinates in the correct manner.

Also,
DD.dddddddddd (Decimal degrees or DDG) eg. -37.94185 145.021433
This is the format commonly used in computing and things like Google Maps. Its fine as far as precision is concerned as long as you use at least 5 decimal places. This should give you a system capable of resolving down to about 1 metre which is a bit more than your device can measure usually. The problem with this format is that the string of numbers can be awkward to use without making mistakes, such as transcription errors. And then there's the +- NESW convention to remember.

DD MM.mmm (Degrees and Decimal Minutes or DDM) eg. S 37 56.511 E 145 01.286
This is the format we use for Geocaching and is the format you should use to measure your coordinates. The precision of the last digit is about 2 metres which is a good match between what our devices can measure, the resolution we need for Geocaching, and our human ability to manage numbers without making too many errors.

**You should set your GPS or Smartphone app to use this format**, and get used to using it consistently in all your Geocaching activities.

Coordinates changed from:
S 28° 47.040 E 114° 35.807

Coordinates changed to:
S 28° 47.038 E 114° 35.805

Distance from original: 16.0 feet or 4.9 meters.

Old Power Pole has since ‘vanished’

Trackable for FTF at new coordinates.

I cannot and will not make excuses.

Rest assured. I am back on board and local.

Replacing and reactivating as I post this.

Peace out Geocachers! You guys are a bloody good bunch of nomadic and adventurous misfits.

-28.7839588, 114.5967589

New coordinates.

Old pole has been taken away.

-28.7839588, 114.5967589
New coordinates as old telegraph pole has been removed.

Cache is still a micro. Could FTF in this instance (as I have attached a trackable) please place accordingly and dismiss my lack of understanding of the transition of ground zero.

Good luck!

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as being in need of an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:
* Investigate the situation and either restore the cache, or address any other issues, such as correcting the D/T rating if necessary.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done, and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.

Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary, or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this, that is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.

Alternatively:

* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.

In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by zombiestompbexx and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is there, and in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Seems to be missing

No find, probably needs to be checked by CO

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

No joy for us here today

Axe

Dnf

No luck here today. Had a good search all along the fence line but nothing found.

Found

pug002 found 19/10/20 TFTC zombiestomphbexx

Out early searching for caches before leaving for Shark Bay in a couple of hours. Quick find TFTH

Nice easy one

Quick easy park and grab late arvo on a beatiful sunny warm day. Staying overnight in Gero so out and about collecting a few more smileys
TFTC and

What a wild and windy day to grab a few caches. With unpredictable weather we decided to visit the pearl exhibition at the museum, then collect my measly $23 lotto win before stumbling across Monsignor Hawes museum (so informative)
Grabbing this quick one on the way to our accommodation. TFTC

A nice park and grab, signed the log, TFTC

Find 12 of 29 with fourteen DNFs on a day-long 30km bike ride around Geraldton with not a cloud in the sky. Many more DNFs than we would usually register, this is a tricky town! Thanks to all the COs for placing and maintaining these caches.

So relieved to find an easy one after 3 DNFs! Thank you!

Quick pick up whilst getting fuel. Thanks

It’s always good when you don’t have to go looking through bushes

Easy find on the 19th

Found within 5 minutes

Quick find while travelling around.
TFTC

Grabbed while traveling our wonderful country. TFTC Zombiestompbexx.

Outnabout collecting smilies. I have avoided this for a while thinking it was missing. Pleased to say it was an easy find. Thanks Zombiestompbexx.

TFTC!

TFTC! Having a little trip around town with visiting family.

Hi there zombiestompbexx.

We found your cache **"GOSSIP GIRL"** today. (This makes our find count 22839).

Today we headed out to grab some caches that would complete the latest "Streak" souvenir challenge, and were lucky enough to get a couple of prior DNF's as well. Afterwards we met up with Ian & Sue (Team Pathfinder) for coffee along the waterfront. We thoroughly enjoyed today's cache finds, the fresh air after the recent rain has made the air crisp and clean.

We found 5 caches today & DNF'd 1. Thanks for placing the cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 9m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** Cache needed some maintenance, so we made the repair and restored the cache.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

Running out of time in Gero, drove straight past this one due to previous DNF, maybe on our next visit.

Hi there zombiestompbexx.

This is the 4th of 5 caches we didn't find today. [:(!]

We spent quite some time here but we just couldn't locate your cache, so here's a DNF from us.

Regards
Ian and Penny

First cache for the day. Last day of holidays! TFTC

Nice quick find with Lucy

Found it

Mr OOH YEH was staying overnight in North Hampton so he left crazy early (about 1.30am) so he could get some caching in before he arrived there. He done really well with only a few DNFS which was good for Geraldton caches lol.. Thanks to all the CO,S for placing these caches

#2588 in WA for a meeting which could have got in the way of almost a three day caching trip with teamMerlin in the end the meeting was short. A big day today saw us caching between Geraldton and Denham. A quick find was made at GZ. Skipped any with recent DNFs

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Zombiestompbexx

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Wheel of Caching Geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

In WA for a three day caching trip with phlphotos. A big day today saw us caching between Geraldton and Denham. A quick find was made at GZ. With the cache in hand we both signed our names before replacing everything as found. Thanks for the cache Zombiestompbexx.

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

All good with this one. TFTC

Checked. Still in place. Happy Days.

Touched this in its hidey hole and it fell down sorry no.longer retreivable

Day nineteen of our 'loop tour' checking out the wildflowers and caching along the way. Quick find at gz - obviously gossip girl isn't into gardening! Thanks Zombiestompbexx

Nice park and grab.
In Geraldton for a couple of days of geocaching.

TFTC Zombiestompbexx this is find # 5067 for us.

In answer to your question:-
A sunburnt nun!
I'm allowed to say that because our much loved stepmother was a nun for over 20 years.
We almost made this a driveway, but only got away with it because the site has obviously closed down. We just hope it wasn't due to the newspaper being closed down, and that it was due to relocation.
This is our third visit to Geraldton from our home in Victoria, and it is just as lovely as we remembered. The weather has picked up a bit, so we decided that today would be a good opportunity for a stroll around the foreshore and the nearby areas. We love the fact that over the past 8 years there has been heaps of development in these areas, and there is so much to see and do. It must get very busy in the warmer months, there is a lot to attract a wide range of ages and different phases of life. Well done Geraldton!
TFTC

Our first find for the day on this our last day in Geraldton.
Mr Beetle pulled up right next to this one.
We figure that there is no gossiping emanating from this site anymore.
Thanks.

Lucky to find this one today as it had once again fallen into the great unknown!! Magnets are not very strong but have replaced it where it should be so fingers crossed! Fortunately all quiet here on a Sunday morning! TFTC

I decided to have a big day and find as many in and around Geraldton today before heading further north. Quick find here, TFTC!!

Try to complete the area map with all smileys. Easy find, cache all good. tftc Zombiestompbexx

Waiting for Mickeydv to run his race so I headed out to explore and find a few caches. Thanks.

Out and about with Barnzy12 TFTH

I muggled the container into the great unknown but thankfully I had a tool in the geokit which hade it’s extraction and ultimate survival easy.

With the geowife having to be dropped off and picked up from hair and makeup appointments and this and that throughout the morning, it made some good time for caching.

A great morning for it not too hot, managed six finds and four DNFs. It was nice to cleanup a number of caches we had previously DNFd over the years.

A lot of micro caches around town, which were quickly found with minimal muggles around town during the early part of the day.

Thanks to the local COs for their caches.

Tftc nice n quick one

Continuing our cache hunt north of Jurien on our way to the Murchison for Easter, happy to say we walked away with a smiley today, both on our faces and our profile, this is a true park and grab TFTC

A quick find with the grandkids. They love it.
SL TFTC Zombiestompbexx

A nice quick find.
TFTC

A work trip to Geraldton gave me the chance to drive the long way and cross off another couple of LGAs.

Awoke to a marvellous day. Headed out before brekkie to grab a few.

A nice quick find here.

zombiestompbexx SVKR_WA found your cache on 9 Mar 2018 at 08:07:24.

The log was signed and the cache replaced.

This find brings my find count to 2881

Thanks for placing this cache and contributing to this great game

Nice easy find.Tftc

Have to be carefull with this one. Touched it a little and it fell. But with a long object we were able to retrieve it and put it back in its position

found it, nice hide tftc

Published

{FTF} Not a FTF hound, but since I was already out and anout when this cache came on the radar, I am happy to claim it here TFTC

Found after a fuel stop, getting set to head off to the OzGeomuster. A quick find . Thanks