Finding Dory Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia
By CTheExplorer on 15-May-18. Waypoint GC7PQHW

Time for someone else to make use of this lovely location for a cache of their own.

Thanks for all the finds and positive comments

Oh dear...I somehow forgot I needed to fix this. I'm going to blame an inability to find a suitable replacement ( I can't find another Dory!) for having forgotten.

Okay...I'll either replace or archive in the next week.

Thanks for the reminder Bunjil

Officially missing.
I need to create a replacement.

Seems every time I have a chance to check on it, it rains!
Pretty sure it's missing though so will enable again once replaced.

Don't understand coordinates. Frustrating.

Tried to help Misspiggy77 today, but the cache doesn't seem to be there any more...

I found this cache today on my Caulfield to Bentleigh Labs+ Adventure. This one was not on my original plans for the day but I was so close, I came down for a look. Ah, a delightful little multi it was too. Thanks from D B-A

Date: May 3, 2021 Time: 1:34 PM
Find #11568

Needed a multi today for my own personal calendar challenge and this one was the closest to work, so went for a drive and a bit of a walk on my lunch break. A well themed final container made me smile.

Thanks to CTheExplorer for the cache.

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Quite busy tonight but I gathered the clues and was quickly on the move again. GZ checked 2 places and bingo...

Thanks to ClairExplorer for the placement and fun.

Found your cache ClairExplorer, thank you so much for placing it.

I headed out with Earthbound Chief today as we had an impromptu catch up at my (and Manfreds) second cache for the day. Manfred was able to sniff many cache containers in his training to the the worlds best geocache sniffing geodog. He is definitely in the learning stage. Manfred loved the walk to GZ of this one. So many people, and due to a nearby sports game, so many stair pairs of shoes! Thanks for placing the cache ClairExplorer

On a beautiful Saturday lunchtime without a cloud in sight, EB99 leapt from the car to retrieve the information for GZ.
Once that was calculated and after a debate about mathematics and accurate subtraction ( I was wrong) we made our way for a quick find.
Thanks for placing this cache for our fun and adventure

Finally back!
Sorry this took so long. Have fun.

Log book wet. Taking it home for a little fix up.

Nice day for a bike ride, still looking for the bathers!! Enjoyed the riddle and the hunt!! If only we could have gone for a swim with the fishies.
TFTC

Mrs frilk and I were on our isolation walk getting much needed exercise during these strange times. Although the skies were grey, the temperature on the cooler side, and the rain mildly persistent it was great to get some fresh air.

After collecting the required information it was a quick find. TNLN. TFTC.

Note: hand sanitiser was used prior to handling the cache and after it's return

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Squiiix and I were out today on a cold and sometimes wet winters day. This was our second for the day, and we made the rookie mistake of looking at the published co-ordinates for the cache - didn't have much luck there. Fortunately, we didn't waste too much time before realising it was a multi. We grabbed the answers we needed and made a beeline for GZ where the cache was quickly found, along with a number of bags of dog poo that someone had obviously been to lazy to deposit in a rubbish bin.



Thanks to CTheExplorer for the cache.

Found by the Spawn of Vorticles on a rare sunny day. Thanks for the cache?

Find number 8338 at 12:43:30 pm
Finally, a day for geocaching and not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I decided it shall be Multi Friday.
Woohoo, rudie nudie!
Clues solved quickly and off to find the prize!
Cache container sanitised after use.
**Thanks for placing this cache ClairExplorer**

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Thank you for a fun local cache!

We went the wrong way but eventually we worked it out and went the WRITE way.

This cache has been on my radar for awhile, although I avoided it thinking it is a high activity area.. today I thought I’d try my luck and the puzzle at the sculpture was quickly found (although my numbers didn’t add up to the check sum, the online checker worked). Walking to ground zero I kept my distance and tried to out wait some muggle children nearby... turns out it was their first cache and they are now a geo family! Hopefully they enjoy the experience as much as I do.
Thanks for the hide and pointing out the sculpture.

*Found on the 26 Mar 2020 @ 4:32 pm.*
*Cache find # 10880.*

I have been working on my non traditional calendar for almost a year now and I am down to two days left to fill in, today and tomorrow.
So while on my way home from work I decided to make a slight detour to this one as I had been saving this one for an occasion just like this, i collected the information at the start and so had a new GZ, I made my way over to this location and what do you know,
I found Dory.

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

She's back!

Have fun.

Eewwww! Desperately needs some maintenance. Hope to bring it back within a week.

Definitely need to solve the puzzle first. The cache is very waterlogged and needs attention. Great find

It’s a nice day to be out caching. I had to drop geo kid 1 at an activity and the other two geo kids 2 & 3 came with me.
I’ve been meaning to stop here but just didn’t have the time, but today we had lots of time.
So we found the rather interesting lovely statue. I tried to think why she was presented in the way that she was but couldn’t work it out. So I googled and found some interesting information. She has travelled in her time. I wonder if she’ll stay here for good or move again.
We worked out the numbers needed for the GZ and before long we had the cute cache in hand. The log sheet was filling up so I added a new sheet for the future. Cache is in good condition.
The kids had a lot of fun climbing the trees nearby. Like monkeys.
In the main driveway to GSAC there was a row of trees with pretty pink flowers in full bloom.
Thank you for the cache here CTheExplorer

Found, this is one of my few multi caches I have done. Collecting the information was easy but had trouble working out the coordinats, the second attempt at the coordinats I got right. Found the cache quickly.
TFTC.

I had wanted a relatively quick multi to do to fill in some time and not realising this cache was by the same CO as the Save the tree cache also. If only I had brought my bathers but there wasn't really time for a quick swim and I had my muggle mate in tow with me. We collected the needed information and confused each other at the same time. Ended up with a couple too many numbers but we improvised and the GZ looked plausible. I hadn't even realised there was a checker on the page, which isn't usually common with multi's, which would've been handy.

Off we went in the wrong direction only to double back. Intrigued by the hint, we approached the area and searched the wrong tree first. Then my mate held out something in front of me and I congratulated him on finding his first cache! Very well camouflaged indeed. Had some trouble getting the lid off but all back safely. Sorry for the belated log. Thanks for the fun CTheExplorer.

There was no time for a swim when we arrived at GESAC today. Thinking only about the geocache, we quickly found the numbers and headed to GZ. Found easily but the cache decoration was a pleasant surprise in relation to the cache name. Found with paratl and others. TFTC

When we arrived at the coordinates, we were happy to see a great statue standing in front of us. After solving the code, we moved on and secured the position of the cache. It was a great hide, and took a while for us to find it. TFTC

Stuck in Oakleigh with a few hours to kill, this beautiful evening beckoned and I set off on a walking tour of East Bentleigh. This was the third of six finds tonight and led me to Dory. Woohoo - quite a saucy version! Thanks for showing her to me, what a star artist she has!

The other Dory was also soon found.

TFTC

Just passing .. thought I’d drop in.. .. I had watched the construction going on years ago and always intended to visit.. now I had a reason .. there was a cache here!.. i convinced driver hubby to pull over so I could grab a quick cache .. Ha Ha .. he noted it was a multi and got out his tablet to while away the time.. now that sculpture was certainly interesting!!! But it contained information that led to a quick find. . I put the phone away and wandered to where I thought Dory must be hiding .. and there she was .. safe and sound... “Mine! Mine! Mine!” Thanks CTheExplorer for placing the cache .. a Favourite point from me

*7 Jun 2019, Found @2:09 pm, Find # 2967.*

Needing a non trad for the calendar this one sounded good. Finding Nemo was a favourite of my daughters when she was younger. Lots of muggles out enjoying the sunshine, so stealth was needed when retrieving this one. I nicely themed cache at GZ


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

Found Dory!
This little fella seems to be happy being out of water.
The statue was a bit of an eye opener!
Felt a bit uncomfortable loitering there with families passing by. One family seemed to understand what I was doing which made me feel ok.
Back to the car and the coordinates were calculated and confirmed.
Off to GZ for a quick and easy find.
TFTC

Took the girls here to find their first ever geocache.
Excellent find to introduce them to the fun.

Very busy here today. I had trouble finding a clear place to leave the geo-loppy. After waiting for some time a spot soon became clear and the geo-loppy was resting nicely. Strolled over to gather up the data needed for the math before returning to the geo-loppy to run the computations. A reasonable set of coordinates appeared and I wasted no time heading for them. It wasn't as busy at GZ but there was just enough passing foot traffic to interfere with the search. Using every opportunity to check possible hides I struck it lucky when dory was discovered safely tucked away in her hiding spot. TNLNSL. TFTC. Kkams

Hehe. It'd be nice to ruthlessly delete others' unsatisfactory logs, as threatened. I certainly delete plenty of my own! Though actual "one word" logs are mostly restricted to my one remaining traditional cache.

ANYWAY...

I stopped for this multi as I was literally going to drive right past. Somehow I had no recollection of this complex even being here but I shortly located Dory and persuaded her to reveal all of her secrets. While quietly admiring her form and her, er, moves, as instructed.

An eminently plausible GZ soon appeared on my map so I went for a stroll. (Eschewing the checker, cos I totes heart the possibly of being completely wrong!) The pretty wee cache was found in good condition in *almost* the first place I looked, but not without a bit of a rummage. Nice! Thanks ClairExplorer!

I had secured the coordinates some time ago but on previous visits geodog was pretty excited by the park and I had not had a chance to seek the prize. This morning all things aligned and a quick find ensued. TFTC

Our geopuppy was meant to have her groom last week but the groomer contacted us and told us the power was going to be turned off that day during our appointment time and could we reschedule to today. Normally it is just me taking her but because it was ANZAC day, GMelb had the day off too. So we decided we’d both go and do some caches nearby. This was the first and was a nice easy multi, and with a quick walk to GZ we had the cute replacement cache in hand. TNLNSL and off to the next one, only time for 2 and we were 4 minutes late to pick up the puppy!! Eeek!
TFTC CTheExplorer, hope our log satisfies but to be honest I didn’t think you are allowed to delete logs just because they were short or considered zero effort??? GJMMelb

Sunday morning was probably not a good time to try this cache. Anyway we collected the required info and calculated GZ (albeit with a initial calculation error). Headed off to GZ and retrieved the container while muggles in a nearby soccer game were occupied. Signed log and replaced. TFTC

So happy to have found Dory today.. big lesson for us to log DNF.. we’ve been here 3 times over March but she just kept swimming..,

She's back!

Ok, it's not my best work. At all. We recently moved house and I couldn't find the supplies I wanted to use.

But it's there for finding.

Please cover her back with natural camo when leaving.

My desire to find/create an equally lovely container is making this a bit slow. Sorry. Working on it....

Indeed Dory has gotten lost again.
"Just keep swimming..." shes no doubt singing to herself.
I reckon she'll find her way back in a matter of days.

Had worked out with Multi with kangas11. She found it in January so went there today it’s not there she helped me definitely missing. I believe muggles took it. Kangas11 showed me the photo which it’s very beautiful colour. Damn it.

Caching day in Bentleigh/Brighton area with lovely weather. Puzzle solved. Nice and found. Thanks CTheExplorer for the multi

I did find Dory. Finding the cache was harder. Brilliant camo, it took me a while to find the right spot.

Worked out the final coordinates months ago, but this coincided with the period of this cache's former "muggled" status, so I've been biding my time waiting for its return...

Got the notification a week and a half ago that it was indeed back, but despite living just a few ks away and passing by almost daily, I only got around to having another look late Sunday night by torchlight, but with a disappointing lack of success.

Decided to PAF Monday night just to confirm I was indeed in the right place and that my GPS wasn't steering me wrong, and all seemed good. Unfortunately I then had to wait another two days before giving it another go, taking a quick detour on the way home from grocery shopping early this evening.

With plenty of light and no muggles nearby I found the cache almost immediately. I would absolutely swear I checked that particular spot multiple times Sunday night, so I have no idea how I could have possibly missed it then. Ah well!

Signed the shiny new logbook before putting all back as found. Thanks for the cache and the fun, CTheExplorer.

Back in action.
Smaller and not as cool, but also less likely to go missing. Enjoy.

Ok. I've finally found something suitable to replace it with and will try place it this week.

Dammit...missing.
It was a pretty unusual container found in an op shop, so I'll need some time to find a suitable replacement.

With the numbers calculated I set off for GZ. No luck locating the hide today unfortunately. The checker confirms they are the correct numbers, so I might have to look harder. Thanks for the hide.

A fun little multi that kids would certainly love, my inner child certainly did. Numbers were quick and simple, and I was soon onto GZ. It’s always a good day when reach into the hide and a novel container comes out. This one was fantastic, I loved the amount of glitter! Thanks for a great cache!

A nice simple offset with +Wife.
The dilemma: When you see the outcome of the modernization and development of this area compared to what was once here. The utilization of this precinct now is massive.
Our local bowling club is standing up to the council as developers make moves to build a new sports centre.
It is most likely inevitable that the $ will win out over the locals.
Time will tell how the final outcome affects the amenity of the suburb.
Que sera sera.
Thanks for the multi cache and cute container, CTheExplorer. Nice to meet you recently.

I grew up a few streets from here. This was our local pool. The thing I remember most is that there was no shade.
Thanks for the cache CTheExplorer.

Coordinates were found fairly easily but the cache was only found after much circling, poking and prodding and I was almost ready to call it a DNF when I spied just a little glint of something. Great container! +!`fp

Out and about with Echidn44 for a day of caching. Thought this would be a good one to finish the day and it was. Could not work out why no swimmers but quickly worked out the co cords. Short walk and pick out. Made us laugh, what a great way to finish our day Thanks for the cache CTheExplorer. Great container

Out with xambo4u, this was the last cache for the day. We studied the sculpture Dory, and had no idea why she was missing her swimsuit. We gathered the information and did the calculations, then wandered over to GZ. What a surprise it was.....A favourite point. Thanks CTheExplorer

Find #3480. Found @ 21:11.

I was in the area taking the cubs to the pool for some waterslide action followed by swimming badgework. On the way out I grabbed the necessary details.

Once back at the car I did some quick calculations and found the cache location was not too far away. I asked j-bean if he wanted to stay in the car or come and grab a cache... and shortly after I was on my solitary walk to GZ where I made a quick find of the nicely themed container.

Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables.
Thanks for the cache CTheExplorer.

I don't live terribly far away but as I'm on a streak I try to resist the temptation that a FTF represents. Conserving local-based caches for those days of extreme heat or cold or just plain I-don't-have-time is advisable.
I did however need a multi for an o/s based streak challenge and this fit the bill nicely. Quick bit of calculation and I was off to GZ. I tried to be as stealthy as possible but given the area is a bit of an exercise zone for doggles as well as muggles it's pretty hard to have a completely clear window.
Nonetheless I think I succeeded in drawing little to no attention as I located the unique cache, extracted the log, did the duties and replaced all as found.
Thanks for a nice, easy multi CTheExplorer. I'm sure I'll see you at Karkarook Park on 21.07 for the next CITO.

Find #4369

One current personal caching challenge that I’m keeping an eye on is the double calendar challenge (at least two finds on each calendar day) and so this was a day when I needed to get out and find a cache. Luckily I was taking the youngest Tarbit swimming here as we do most Saturdays. Took a pic of the info needed on the way in and did a few quick calcs to work out where to go next. After swimming we collected the car and shuffled it around to a more convenient spot. After a short walk and a break between the muggles I spotted the hide and was able to make a swift retrieval. Quite a unique container and I love the boldness of the hide here. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some other trackables. Thanks for the multi cache CTheExplorer.

**Find #: 5902**
**Time: 12:49 pm**
**Date: Fri 1 Jun 2018**
Another cache in my 10km circle needing to be found.
I parked in the GESAC car park and soon found the initial location, where absolutely everything was revealed.
This held particular interest for me as this was created by a person who was a family friend, and used to live opposite our house in Sandringham until he died in 1988. His widow Phyllis, remained a good neighbor and friend until she died in 2001.
Anyway, back to the job at hand. The final location was calculated, and walked too, and there I found Dory having a great old time swimming around.
Everything went well until I returned the log, which slipped in a bit far and may need tweezers to extract next time, although possibly not.
A very nice multi, thanks for the memories and the adventure.
**Thanks for placing this cache CTheExplorer**

Found on 1 Jun 2018 at 12:16 pm.
I had to pick up some stuff from Moorabbin today so I headed over to this new one and gathered the clues on the way.
After a short walk the really cool cache was found. Never found one like that before and probably never will again.
Thanks CTheExplorer for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.
Look forward to painting some more road lines with you in the future.

Published

FTF. 10.50 pm. log to follow

Ftf gone. 2nd tf. Log to follow.

STF with legoman9x. We got the notification and saw that it was 7km away and we quickly got dressed and rushed out.. ftf was gone we've only been getting TTFs so I guess this is an improvement. Lovely container but I feel it looks too nice it will be muggled soon.

Found with Winniethebear. Hunting our first FTF we got the alert and got dressed and hopped into the geomobile as fast as we could. It was still a bit of a drive away, but this probably has been our best chance for a FTF. While driving Winniethebear was reading the description so we knew what we had to look for as soon as we arrived. We parked close by and went to first WP. While there I noticed a car leave and really didn't think it was a cacher . We got the details and worked out the GZ and headed off to collect. Wasn't to hard to find the cache, which might mean it will get muggled. Also a very nice container . We opened the log to find a name. oh well. We got a message from JupiterPearl that they were in the car earlier
TFTC. Maybe next time.

FTF 10.50pm. Ready to curl up to bed when Nemo’s friend called. Actually a tap on my iWatch that I hadn’t taken off yet. Alert ! Dory needs to be found at the bottom of the GESAC pool - actually I was there this afternoon Swimming my Usual Thursday Laps in that glorious outdoor pool not knowing I would be back tonight. CtheExplorer I’ve admired this sculpture and place before thinking where to put a traditional cache but a multi make perfect sense considering the muggle factor here. (I’ve found the Harold Holt pool cache which has camera surveillance-probably here too)
Live quite close here so first here , quickly gathered the info and a calculation that made sense it was off to the Wayward point to find a potential hide -which did reveal itself pretty soon.
Favourite from me. ASI left a fellow cacher I think had just arrived