Dive In Myrniong, Victoria, Australia
By maccamob on 06-Sep-02. Waypoint GC8A54

Called in on our way to Mt Gambier. The lake is extremely low. There has been some work done at GZ trimming tree branches and maintaining the fence. In the process, the cache has gone. We think the cache had a good life, but we won't replace it, so someone else can make use of the area if they wish.

Ah well! At least I know why I couldn't find this one

Did a long search without finding cache but was having trouble with GPS, it might be worth a check by the owner.

found it @ 1539

well i dove into this after "things that make you go hmm?

nice spot for a picnic in summer especially if the reservior had more H2O in it

TNLNSL

thanks maccamob

Not much to Dive In(to) at the moment (except pine needles). Late in the afternoon it was a muggle free zone, and so an easy find.
Thanks, Robmc.

Accompanied Project 51. TFTC

Found by Project 51, 3rd for our trip. Nice and easy. No muggles. TFTC.
Took dice
Left Toy car

Another good place to stretch after being in the car for hours. TFTC.

Nice area, I liked it as we were welcomed by a swarm of butterflys. TFTC

376. This was fantastic, as there was a veritable blanket then swarm of butterflies that accompanied us to the cache. Unfortunately on the way back to the car they were replaced by flies. TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

We've been past here hundreds of times but never stopped, thanks maccamob for the reason to explore. The water's very low, but the pine trees smell fantastic, a pretty spot.
Took Eclipse mint tin, left pair of dice.

After our first effort without the GPS unit, this time we were able to find it. GeoMum was off elsewhere, so GeoTodd and GeoDad found this one. Almost missed it, but found it, very well hidden.

Took: Saddam TB
Left: Ecplise mint tin

Found by Bevfre,11.45 am,Shock to see how low the water is,Took Ball,Left Car,Thank you maccamob.

Easy find, great place in summer with water.

After a few minutes search - as the name says - you just have to dive in! T Donkey, L wombat. Thanks again maccamob.

We are still sans GPS Unit, so our trips are to find ones that seem easy to find, but alas, this one escaped us. GeoTodd has a good time, as she toddled around the GZ.

GPSr coming in a few weeks for Mr CanClan's birthday. Hopefully we will start to rack up the finds then...

Found @ 4:05pm Easy find with M, G & D to help.
Left: TB - Saddam & Koala (I luv Aust)
Took: Kangaroo (I luv Aust)

found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1735 TN Left butterfly sticker.Nearly gave up cause we hate pine needles nearly as much as rocks.Tnx maccamob

Returned to this site for another look. This time I had the cache in hand about 10 seconds after getting to GZ.
I think that since my last visit I have learned how to use the GPS and got better at what to look for.

TNLNSL - TFTC.

I had just returned mud coated and unsuccessful from the nearby 'island' cache and needed to redeem myself. Before long pine needles were sticking to the mud and I began to resemble a giant echidna. Cache found soon enough and I made use of the nearby (receding)reservoir to clean up. First of 17 finds on my trip west today.

Had a good search around where I think GZ should be, but could not find this one. There were some cut pine branches dropped nearby, perhaps they have been dropped on top of the cache.

Another find for The Rebel Alliance.
L.L.T.R.A

Fourth of Twenty Two finds on the BBBBB (Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Ballarat, Beaufort Bash) in company with Daks Emu Mob. Finally made it to this location after driving past on the highway several times. I was glad it was not summer as I have seen heaps of Muggles at this spot, today the place was deserted and the cache was soon in hand. Thanks Maccamob.

Found 10.30am
As we approached GZ the cache could be seen uncovered, signed log and made swaps then hid again in a manner so it could not be directly seen.

Took Geo Coin
Left A "Keeper of Time"

TFTC maccamob

Great hide. was hoping for the TB, but alas no dce. Took kazu horn, left geocoin.

Found this one today at 2.00pm on return trip from Ballarat.Nice easy find .Took glow tag and pencils,put in coins ,thanks maccamob.

Found at 11.25 on the way to Kyneton Airshow. Nice easy find.
TN
Left Russian Coins
Thanks maccamob.

Found by edmil and maddie. We saw this cache come up on our way to Ballarat and decided it would be done on our way back. The cache was located quicktime. Made no exchange of cache contents but took travel TB

Found this today at about 1:20pm while driving home from Ballarat. Despite the sunny 30C degree there was nobody at the nearby picnic area. However there were plenty enjoying water sports on the water near GCJKBQ nearby..

TFTC, found it without too much difficulty.
Left TB "Twin Towers". Took nothing.

A short walk from Rain Gauge and here we were at about 6:30pm. A really nice autumn afternoon to be out and about after a fruit run down to Bacchus Marsh. Well hidden but an easy find none the less. We looked through the cache and signed the log at a conveniently nearby picnic table. T: shell & Kiwifruit spoon, L: Stick on glow patch & glue stick. Thanks Maccamob.

Found at 10:18am Accompanied by Chewinprickles.
2nd out of 11 finds for the day.
I had seen this in cache GSAK and have been wanting to get the 3 caches in this area for some time, so today we had success.
In:- Frog, Out:-Nothing, Signed Log.
Thanks Maccamob....




[This entry was edited by oenze on Monday, January 30, 2006 at 3:54:26 AM.]

Dear Maccamob,

I logged your cache today at 5:45pm as the twentyeighth cache of thirty four on our Ballarat and Beyond Cache Bash with Dak and Embi. Yet another cache that both the others had already found on previous visits. Dak had described this one as a particularly hard find on his visit and when it turned up in absolutely the first place I checked, it made up nicely for the second of two gaffs I had made earlier in the day. Thanks for the cache. I have certainly accumulated a fine collection of 2002 caches this week

Kind Regards,

D B-A

My first Cache! Took a couple of visits as waether was to hot yesterday and I was still working out the GPS machine. Found it this morning alright though. Being close to home made it a good starting one.

Not quite sure if we took the right road into this one. After a short walk we found the GZ though. GPSr was playing up a bit, so it took us quite a while to find the cache. Its hidden rather well.

Certainly an area I'd like to come back and explore a little more.

Took: Star wars pen + glue stick.
Left: Periscope + pencils.

Found this one on the way back from Ballarat. Nice easy find,

TNLN

Thanks Maccamob

A lovely place to stop off for a break when travelling away for the Cup "long weekend". We hadn't been here before so we enjoyed exploring a new place. Found the cache without too much trouble (little did we know there was much trouble ahead that day!!!!)

Took: Care Bear, Xmas reindeer
Left: Glue stick, Star Wars pen.

Many thanks maccamob.

2.45pm
Found by Roma and Max.
This venue is nice and quiet today with not a soul in sight.
We took an Egg Separator and left a Mondo Figurine.
Thanks again maccamob.
Romax.

teamed with one half of 2dudes for our introduction to geocaching to find this one

Jase found this one on the way to the Motorbike Exhibition with the Geo-parents. It was a very windy day, so we were glad to get back to the car and cross yet another one of the list. Dean, Troy & I had previously attempted this cache on another geocaching trip without any luck......Turns out we had the right tree, just didnt look hard enough. We have replaced the log book with a brand new one as the old one was extremly full.
Taken - Kiwi Spoon
Left - Care Bear

Have tried this one before with not luck. Primarilly because of the man watching me from his camper. No one around today so everything was fine.

We had word that dak was in the vicinity again today, so asked him to check on the cache for us - it is still there, safe and sound.

Our GPS has been spot on lately, so we think we had the right tree, looked for a while in the obvious (and not so obvious) but couldn't find it.
We went on to get the other 2 caches nearby.
We will keep an eye on this one and try again on our way to do some of the Melbourne ones in the next couple of weeks

Was out getting wood today up around Blackwood and of course you cant leave home without doing a cache. Is that right? I had about 5 printed off but this was the only one we had time to do.(Typical of my story on Tangled Web although I wasnt with my wife today) An easy find, no muggle trouble and no swaps cos I wasn't in my car where all the caching do-dads are. I dont reckon muggles would ever be a serious problem here after some of those city caches I've done, and tried to do lately.
Anyway thanks again Maccamob. Enjoyed it as always, and my reluctant mate has now had a taste of this game.

While returning from a great weekend of caching in Adelaide we stopped off for this cache before the final leg to home. With a gale blowing, rain and pitch black darkness we decided the timing was right and headed for the GZ.
After a brief search the cache was found and logged before you could say “snowâ€.
Many thanks Maccamob for the cache in a place I must stop off at in daylight.
Regards Mr.Coffee and the “way too cold to dive-in today†Clan.

Second of the Pykes Creek Reservoir 'threefer' (although I only logged two of them), and last of ten finds for the day. I might have known that there would be a maccamob cache here, with the Werribee River so close by. I've never been here before, and I didn't know how to gain access. I drove past the reservoir, and in the process of doing a U-turn, I fluked it for the right entry road. [^] There were so many places that seemed to fit the cache description, but the cache soon gave up the fight at 1520. I managed to avoid a needle-stick injury. Thanks to maccamob for the cache.

IN: Kangaroo
OUT: Tigger

found 10.45am tnln but needs new log book cheers

At last we made the time to stop by this wonderful spot to explore and do some caching. The water level has recovered quite considerably since this time last year, when we thought that it was going to completely dry up. Found at 5.00pm after a brief search. Thanks maccamob for bringing us here. Took: Mirror, Left: Golf ball.

I found this on a trip to Melbourne to catch up with the folks and do some business. Shift work does have the benefit of time off during business hours.

TNLN

Thanks for the break maccamob.

Dragon's Pearl and I found this without any problems. We also dropped off Kiwilamb from Canberra. It's closer to an International Airport so it can get to NZ. Thanks for the cache maccamob.

Found with Spindoc Bob.

Visiting friends and just couldn't resist. A short drive and found it quite quickly with the help of Nina. It was a bit exposed as cover had probably been reduced by some gusty winds so we made sure it was well covered when we returned the container to its spot. Took a marker pen and a superball. Left a yellow plastic shell, a hairclip and a laminax sample card. As we left, we weren't sure if another cacher was coming in but probably just picknickers.

Found it @ approx. 16:40

Doh. Didn't realize that this one was on hold. I was driving past and saw this one on the GPS, and thought, might as well have a look. Might not be a multi, or virtual, muggled, whatever!!!!

Found without any trouble. I can confirm that the cache is fine. Water levels are way down at the moment. Levels are that low, all boating activities are suspended due to the danger. So no chance of it being effected by the recent freak storm.

Took Parachute Man
Left Super Ball x2

Thanks Maccamob

The river has probably got this one again, so offline until we can check it out.

Found with killerbunnies on our way back from an Australia Day BBQ. Took a little bit of searching, and was finally grabbed by D from KB first.

Found by on the way back from our Australia Day picnic with geogourmet & others.

Left Carrot #27

11th of 16 finds for the day. Despite the 30C+ weather, being midweek this park was deserted. A short walk from the car park saw us opening the cache under the shade of a tree.
Took: Carabiner
Left: 'STABILO' Hi-lighter

Located this one at 3:10pm. The only people within range of the cache were a retired couple settled in for tea and scones in the afternoon sun with their 2 very alert little yappy guard terriers. Strategy time. The diversion strategy called for Raskal2 to divert attention with Raskal3 whilst the cache was retrieved. Success - TNSL and left a Xmas brooch (for 05 of course!) and a Tigger figurine. Off to guage the rain now.....
Thanks maccamob.

Very quite here today. Last cache for the year. Walked straight to the GZ.
TNLN.

Walked from rain gauge to this one, Even after all the recent rain we were suprised how low the water is.

After having visited nearby winery, I stopped here with Essi and Antti. Nice place. Surprisingly no onlookers in spite of Summer weekend. Took sleeve badge, left reindeer.

We found this cache after first visiting another nearby one. Not too prickly, and all was high and dry. Took an angel, left a keychain clip. Thanks for the break on our drive from the Grampians back to Melbourne!

Cheers

Just had to stop and try another cache before I made it to Melbourne. Did the exit ramp and headed back into this one. Where is all the water? up north we don't have anything that looks like this. An intersting spot and we disturbed a bunny in our final search. Left a badge and took some bubbles.

Found by 4 Men and a Lady at 0910 on 28 November 2004 in Convoy with Wine Timers

There wasn't much water in the reservoir so I "piked It" and didnt "Dive In".

Took Possum
Left Party Whistle

Many Thanks to Maccamob

Found by WINE TIMERS on 28/11/04 at 09.08
This was the first of eleven caches for the day done in partnership with the captain of 4 Men and a Lady.
Found gz easily but had to wait for ranger muggle to leave area. Reservoir still low on water.
I surprised my partner for the day when I gave him a sports drink in the car park. He took a swig and said “gee-wizz is this alcoholicâ€Â.Sure is! Our team is not called WINE TIMERS for nothing. Had a couple more swigs and headed onward.

Took – candle shell
Left – wine glass bubbles

Thanks maccamob

Shelly and myself found the container with ease, took kiwi fruit kniife and left a squishy angel. Great location

Found the container with ease, took kiwi fruit kniife and left a squishy angel. Great location

This might be quite busy on hot days but on a dreary, wet and miserable Melbourne Cup day, it makes for quite an easy find.

I walked right up to it and did the log at 18:30 in the car so as to stay dry (not to mention warm). TNLN although silvester, ICE Beetle and Chaos Kids TBs had a look in.

Thanks maccamob

great easy cache, after the other one nearby...

A good day out with Alsume, found with ease. left a AA battery, and took the finger 'freak'.

Found with Salstorm at 10am. An easy find on the way to Blackwood for a bushwalk.

Took stamps
Left water pistol

Thanks maccamob

Just checking in on behalf of Maccamob as they're overseas... All is still good with this one!!!

The location was very obvious to the trained caching eye in this case, easy find. Had no caching stuff with me so TNLN.

Out with Uncle Gary, Linda as well as little G today we approached the location using age old information dredged up from our deepest darkest memories about the layout of this location. I haven't been here since I was a nipper.
Uncle Gary and Linda took off with the GPS leaving G and I to struggle behind. A few minutes later a Linda found her first ever cache.
We took a dog and some stickers.
We left a Finger Freak and a Possum.
Thanks for bringing me back to a place I haven't been in years.

Heading home after a week of human resource training I was looking for a bit of relief.

Found this cache after a brief search, the water level was way too low for a dive.

Out: Torch
In: Kiwi Spoons & Para Trooper

3-vii-04 14:00 hours (#55)
Found by The ELTHAM Mob, about a year after our first unsuccessful search! Don't know what we did wrong last time as we walked straight up to it this time.

T: super bounce ball
L: Small Torch

A quick find in a spot that looks like it could have a lot of activity. Definitely no diving here, you’d break your neck!!! Took pencils and left stamps. Thanks Macca’s.

Clear skies, John.

What an easy find in a lovely spot, but we won't be diving in today. I think we will have to wait for a little more rain.

TN/LN

Cheers

Penny & Ian

Last cache of the day and the sun had already set but we thought we would give it a go by torchlight. Started looking in the wrong area but the GPS eventually settled down anf the prize was found
Took Plastic Whistle
Left Bouncy Ball & Toy Dog
Thanks Maccamob, #2 spent many a happy hour in this area as a child. Her uncle had a farm here before it was flooded.Always good to visit even in the dark of night

found at 10:20 - our first for the day. took shark keyring and left egg seperator. A lovely area and being enjoyed by some other people also. Found very quickly once at GZ and recovered very well...
thanks maccamob.

Cache was completely exposed, so an easy find, left shark keyring took stickers and re-hid under lots of pineneedles and placed a stick on top. Thanks Maccamob.

After a disappointing day it was good to have found another cache on the way home from 100 not out. I can't remember what I wrote in the log because we were desperate to find a toilet, which I didn't realise I passed on the way in.

TNLN

Thanks Maccamob

Found at 9:30am. This was an easy one to spot as some of the covering pine needles had blown off, I don't mind and easy find. I see the recent rains have not been enough to fill the nearby water reserve, but what's there is better than dry dust. No swimming today. My swap was a wooden like comb (out) for a pack of colouring pencils (in).

On the way to the 'Mission Possible' event in Ballarat, Quasar and Skyfox stopped off at this cache on the way. A fairly easy find, Skyfox found it in a few minutes, just as it started to rain. Left a shell candle.

Found easily as it was partly uncovered.
No exchange
Thanks Maccamob

Wrote wrong log for this one so have amended it.
I see what you mean about the pine needles. Did a bit of search and finally found the cache at
1720. Left 2 packs for stickers and took an emergency blanket.
On the way back to the car slipped and my knee ended up covered in mud .
My 7th Maccamob and 8th cache for the day.
Thanks so much Maccamob.

[last edit: 8/9/2003 2:33:37 PM PST]

Checked this afternoon. Happy to report that the cache is safe and sound in its hiding spot.

1-vii-03 1600 hours
After a fruitless 1/2 hour search wher we did find an empty container, the ELTHAM Mob (dcr) decided this one may have been raided (?) Will need to have some one who is familiar with the site check the photos to see if we found the remnants.
... oh well, still on a good strike rate
The lake is looking extremely dry, as Dr Suess would say *a rather depressingly dry depression*.

One last cache on the road home after a long day's caching - pitch black by this stage of the evening! Grabbed the torch and headed off, thankfully we found it fairly quickly. Took a water pistol and left a whistle. Decided against attempting a dive - I was never much good in the water anyway, and the pool looks almost empty ... I might hit my head!! Thanks Maccamob.

Found on the way home from Ballarat, a nice rest from the concentration required when driving down the freeway in the pouring rain. Took sticky toy and left water pistol from 'kong meng'. thanks maccamob.

Found with geofreak and have now registered my own username. Thanks maccamob.

Found finally by Team piggy (2nd Visit).
I don't know what went on last time, as I spent about 30 minutes in this exact location looking ??
Found in about 1 minute this time.
Took & left something, can't remember what ?
The lake was so dry it wasn't funny, we considered walking to the island to place a cache on there ! Thanks Maccamob.

User's web page
Found by Team GeoCoopers.
The water level is starting to get quite low, so I decided not to dive in today.
Its an amazing site to see, and gives the area a spooky feeling. Hope some heavy rains come soon top it back up. TN&LN.

Found at 3pm - the first cache for the long weekend. With maccamob driving, it was pretty much a given we would get the closest parking spot! My GPS led me to a likely area, and although it tried to take me elsewhere at the last moment, I spotted the cache container quickly. Took a packet of tissues and left an emergency blanket. Thanks maccamob!

Found easily by Tony and John in a quick stop on our way home from Ballarat. No exchange made.

Found at 5.40pm.
Nice and quiet to search for cache.
GPS led us a merry chase - GZ varied by upto 20m.
A lovely location.
No exchange made.
Thanks Maccamob
K,M and Audrey

Found 11:05, a great way to start a day's caching, thanks Maccamob.

Took Foot Care kit, as it's going to be a long day and it might come in handy for treating all those blisters, left Grenn Post-It Notes.

Found at 10.00 AM. Fortunately there was no one about today or this could have been very difficult to access unobserved. Nothing exchanged. Greg and Bev

We thought this was a beautiful body of water and with it being a warm day there was quite a lot of people around. We found the cache without too much trouble and left ornamental wooden comb and took card. Thanks maccamob.

Found by Ray and Maya (The Nomads) at 6:40PM, our last for the day. When we left Devilish we decided that was to be the last for the day, but as we drove home with OziExplorer running on the laptop, we saw Dive In approaching on our path, so we decided for one more. Lucky we did, I don't think this one would be to easy in the height of the holiday season. There was no one around in this instance, so we had it very easy. We swapped the Audio tape from Grave Mistake for the Chocolate Frogs. Thanks Maccamob, from Ray and Maya.

Wonderful spot, but would imagine it would be very busy in summer. After briefly being distracted by a bird with a flourecent red chest, the hunt continued fruitlessly, until the GPS was reset, and success followed.

Swapped the laundry rope for a froggy xmas card.

Team Frogger