Patches of Green #3 Vermont, Victoria, Australia
By KirstenFleur on 09-Sep-19. Waypoint GC8DDE4

**Cache Archived**
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Hi KirstenFleur,

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#What should you do:-#
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#Please Note#
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HS/Covid

Could locate it anywhere

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Looked for a while DNF

Had a good look around GZ but nothing stood our.

DNF
To hard to find for us

OK, this is a bit tragic, but I now have a bunch of draft logs that are up to two months old. My plans of writing entertaining and informative tales for each one, illustrated with terrific photos, have become a bit ambitious. I will embellish where I can, and come back to some later, but will have to make do with generic logs for now.

Of course, this is not to disregard the appreciation I have for those who have placed and maintain each of these caches. I love youse all. TFTC

Found @06:49 #7690
Yes at last, another DNF revenged. This morning still took about 10mins to located and should have trusted the GPS more. Glad its now off the list. Previous visit was when it was missing so glad it just wasn't me doing poorly. I think this also completes the series now too.

Day 294 of 365 completed.
TFTC KirstenFleur

After a year long hiatus from geocaching we finally step out once again for hidden treasures. Today I’ve got the little geokid with me to some morning caching in this area. He is hoping to find some swaps to trade. It was peaceful in this little green patch and the find was easy too. Log signed and a swap traded.

TFTC KirstenFleur

Thankfully a much quicker find this time around.

We found this cache today on our Mitcham Morning Meander. A little bit harder than the first one but soon in hand. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

Second attempt at this hide no worries this time as the container was lying out in the middle of the cut grass area. Signed the log then re hid the container hopefully in a better place. Thanks for the hide.

Found it TFTC

Thanks

It's back! Have fun!

Rehidden, following long delay due to cache owner breaking ankle. Back where it was with new container, logbook, pen etc. Will re enable when back at desktop.

gah. See previous two owner notes. It's back. At last.

We looked a very long time we had the whole family looking for it but we will be back

Searched for 1.5 hrs and didn’t find any scratch of it. Looked through all the comments and found a picture but that was the closest we got. We felt like if we started weeding the whole place we would have been more successful but sadly we don’t have that much time! But good luck to the next people who look for it!!!

It's been well and truly muggled. I'll replace it soon.

No sign of any patch of green. Gave it a good go even widening the grid. Will need to watch to see if others have better luck. 2nd DNF in arow this morning.

Unusual patch of grass?

Found by caughtatwork at 16:12 on 7/06/2020
A very tricky one for us here today, but persistence pays off.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for hiding this geocache for us to find here today, for without people to hide there would be no geocaches to find and a geocache or two a week makes for sane minds in these unprecedented times.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

I’m having lots of trouble finding this cache. I spent 40 minutes at the park trying to locate it and I still couldn’t find it. Compass was wrong perhaps but if anyone could help out that’d be great

Finally found this with my mum, she spotted the very unusual looking “patch of grass” great cache and hard to find! TFTC ️

An afternoon walk with the dog as we step back into caching after lockdown!

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

It had to expand its Search Radius!

A after noon walk with the dog. We grabbed a quick cache. Now home we go it's looking dark out here

Thanks for the cache. KirstenFleur
Caching with Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

Well that took longer than it should have. Getting rusty after two months of lockdown. Thanks for the cache KirstenFleur.

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

It had been raining on and off all day and I still needed my daily cache and exercise so this close to home cache looked like it should be a quick park and grab....well, once I found which street the park was actually in.

I parked in Andrew St and wandered through the park to GZ. There were lots of spots to hide a cache near GZ. I searched several of these spots without success and was thinking about giving up when something slightly out-of-place caught my eye. On closer inspection I found that it was the cache. The container had water in it from the recent rain but the log was quite dry in its snap-lock bag so I signed it at 4:30 pm. TNLN. Before returning the cache to its hiding spot I wiped it out. Even though the cache hadn't been found for a few days I still used hand sanitiser after finding the cache to stay safe.

Thanks KirstenFleur for the cleverly camo'd cache and for showing me this lovely, well-maintained little urban park.

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Nice one! TFTC

Find number 8293 at 4:57:11 pm
Out for a quick cache and exercise after a long day in the office.
Just made it out with this one and still remaining dry, there were some very big hints that I was going to drown.
**Thanks for placing this cache KirstenFleur**

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Sanitized before and after. Found lying in fhe open. Replaced under a bit more cover. Log wet but sign able. Thanks for fhe cache.

A fun and somewhat difficult task to find it. In the end, would of been better to not try to read comments in order to find.

Thankyou for the adventure!!

Very good hide. Took a while but worth it!

Almost gave up like lots of others. Stood back to think about the hint, then the right spot was obvious.
Nice challenge. We liked it.

couldn’t find

A nice evening and a couple of hours spare before the footy starts!! So a bike ride to the shops via some local caches was the plan.

Another quick find and this time muggle free!

Thanks to KirstenFleur for the placement and fun.

Wandered around a bit for this one before a change in direction led to a spotting.

Did not enjoy this

No luck on this occasion - based on previous logs, this is a tricky hide. Will be back.

We found this patch of green harder to find than the other three. We hunted and hunted until Echidna44 made the discovery.

Out with BoabTree, we went caching in the Wantirna area.
This cache had us searching for a while, going round in circles. We finally got there.
Thanks KirstenFleur

Didn’t find anything on the first pass then we got wise and hunted in earnest.
Under ground cover.
Ground cover is not a bush.
And, this cache is very nicely canoed. TFTC

Nice quick find.
TFTC

Sneaky little duck out of work and find a cache kinda day. Workmate wasn’t feeling well and needed some fresh air so naturally I volunteered to take her outside.
Quick find and back to work for us
TFTC

This was our third visit to this park. I had read previous logs and thought I knew what to look for. Unfortunately I was wrong!
After quite some time, we eventually found the beast. It was hiding, more under ground cover than a bush, but it's hard to see why we found it so difficult.
Thanks KirstenFleur, I think.

Out with Cooper from fisherfamfive to get some caches in the area. This one took us longer than I want to admit, but after a while I kicked over some ground cover in desperation for the smiley and there was the cache, taunting us since we took so long to find it! TFTC

Cache 6 of 8 with Jackson from CammFamThree and I (Geo-Son) on one of the last days of our school holidays. This cache took wayyyyyyy too long than it should have, as we passed over it about 20 times before actually finding the well hidden cache. Tftc KirstenFleur

Another nice hide in a little haven from the rest of the world. A little search and easy find. Tftc

Another easy find today. And quite an interesting patch of green too.

JJ & Livz

Bit pooped but we found it Livs and JJ

Found with daisyrunner... Thanks for the cache

Pinkpiggy7 spotted it - well hidden but someone should have told the dog not to poop next to it!!!

*Found on the 4 Jan 2020 @ 8:12 pm.*
*Cache find # 10563.*

While in the area I decided to find a few more before heading for home so I headed to this one for a look.
Once in the GZ area I stated looking around but I wasn’t seeing the cache, I checked the hint and looked some more eventually finding the cache in the not so obvious spot.

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

Nobody about. TFTC

Nice, easy find in a nice park. All in good condition. TFTC

Found

Took a while to find my gps was a bit out

Out on my own today and needing a break from house work. Nice easy find. Thanks for the cache KirstenFleur. Left TB

Took a while to reveal the clever camo. Tftc

Two lots of neighbours watching my activity and dogs barking decided to move on

Found at 2:40 pm.
The weather turned out better than I expected today so I went for a bike ride and this was my first stop.
I had to wait a couple of minutes for some nearby neighbours to go inside then it had be stumped for a few minutes. I then read the hint and made the find.
Thanks KirstenFleur for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Ashamed to say this one nearly beat us! The coordinates proved a little inconsistent, but Mat finally made the find. TFTC!

Back for my second attempt, on the way home from work, and I still couldn't find it! After some much appreciated help from a previous finder, I soon had the cache in hard.
Thanks KirstenFleur

Surprisingly hard to find.. I looked in all the wrong places .. when I finally saw it I was surprised at how well it fitted into its hiding place. Thankyou KirstenFleur for placing the cache

Completing this mini-series, G of GJMMelb I headed to GZ where it took a little while to pinpoint the cache with so many possible hiding spots. Thankfully there were no muggles about and I eventually spotted it. TFTC

Found with Quiet1_au. We walked past this cache and looked in what seemed like more typical spots. We then came back and Q found the well hidden cache. Nice set of aptly named little caches. Thanks KirstenFleur
GJMMelb

Easy find

Found it

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 5792 finds
Only time for a few caches this morning with Kylie and Cody.
Cheers for the cache.

This was my second attempt at that cache before work - a great time as the park is empty. My GPS was a little off on this one but the hint and previous logs meant I found it this time. Thanks!

3:26 pm #8547
Thankfully a deserted playground at this time of day meant for a relatively easy find, even if I did need a paf after my gpsr had me 10 metres east of gz.
Thanks for bringing us here by placing and maintaining this cache, KirstenFleur

The GPS in my phone initially had me searching about ten meters away from the GZ.
The GPS eventually did indicate the correct location and the log was soon signed.
Tftc

Found it. Great spot. Hint was right

It was a difficult find. It should not be - the hint is correct! Thanks KirstenFleur

Tftc. Geodog is enjoying these finds today. Not keen on gz in playgrounds, but no one around today.

The first time I looked at this cache there was a group of muggles camped on grass having a picnic so decided to return another day. Today I had the park to myself - just as well as it proved to be a sneaky hide which had me questioning my geosensing ability! Nicely done, TFTC

Well that was a hard find. But we made the find. Yes. Cleverly camouflaged. Tfth

That was a tough one!

I had my hands full so I placed my balls on the bench. And then I found the cleverly hidden cache, Or was it the other way around ?

Thanks KirstenFleur for Patches of Green #3

#4134

We parked nearby and as we approached the patch of green a number of muggles walked out presumably after having lunch. So the area was deserted when we arrived at GZ. A short search located the nicely hidden container. As we signed the log another muggle appeared in the park and sat on seat near the playground. So a little care was required when we replaced the cache. TFTC

Published

{FTF}

Nice one KirstenFleur!

I often do a dog walk down Somers trail, swinging back up Canterbury Rd to pass the nearby cafe strip with their friendly dog bowls out al fresco. Sometimes the geohound and I have a romp in this park too. It’s quite a generous size for where it is. I’ve never been here at night before.

I strode into the darkness, anticipating a flurry of shadowy figures diligently rummaging in the undergrowth. All was quiet.

Some lights were on in nearby houses, but not even a dog barked as I began my search. This is only my second FTF hunt (again thanks to this CO ), so pretty nerve wracking with the expectation of the real FTF-hounds bearing down on me at any moment. I had bursts of rummaging, followed by moments of stillness as I shaded my torch and peered back towards the street. Still no-one.

I ducked in and out of the shrubbery like a crazed gardener! I broadened the search, I narrowed it, I switched apps, I went to satellite view, I returned to compass. Finally I augmented the hint and tried somewhere I’d been studiously ignoring. And whaddya know - there it was! And a fresh logbook - woohoo!

When I next have a FP I’ll be sending one your way KirstenFleur . Great hide in a great location! Time for a lie down.

Edit: FP added 29/10