Caulfield Park Geocache Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia
By stealthyninja on 21-Dec-19. Waypoint GC8H533

Unfortunately there does not seem to be any evidence to indicate that steps have been, or will be taken, to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement.

It would appear the cache has been abandoned.

As such the cache is being de-listed (Archived). If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

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Unfortunately has been removed. Not sure if it’s because of council gardening. stay tuned as I might replace in the future.

Second try, still no joy with this cache. Council workers doing gardening didn't help, but I had a good stealthy look and still couldn't find it. From the others' posts, I think it's probably gone again.

I could not find it! Yeah, trees must’ve been removed. It’s not there anymore.

I couldn’t find it, possibly a tree has been removed recently

Took about half an hour, located a little bit away from where it is tagged, but got it just before giving up!

Nice find! Regular to this park!

Found it. Been a while since we have done one

So much fun! Thanks Stealthy Ninja! This was our first geocache and we loved it

I was in Caulfield to buy some things that you can't get in my suburb and dropped by this cache on the way there. I used to take my late mother to the other side of Caulfield Park, near the lake, where there are always lots of people. I have only been to this part of the park a couple of times and it was fairly busy too, with lots of people on the nearby tennis courts and oval. However, today was very quiet for the obvious reasons.

I parked my car in the carpark and then strolled along the path to GZ. I had read a few of the previous logs so knew that the co-ords could be slightly off. After searching a couple of spots without success I soon found the cache, which at first I thought was rubbish. I retrieved the cache and signed the log at 1:10 pm. TNLN.

Thanks stealthyninja for the well-hidden cache in what is usually a very busy park.

Funny story, I’m gay

Awesome. Day. Good find

Could not find it nore in the trees nore the bushes

Came back and widened my search this time and made the find. Plenty of people out on Labour Day holiday. TFTC

Came to a different part of Melbourne today with ilook4geo and found this cache after some wondering and wandering. There was lots of activity in various parts of the park, but almost none where we were, thankfully. We located the container a bit away from the listed co-ords, added two more names to the log and all was then put back where we had found it. Thanks go to stealthyninja for placing this cache which is accessible even when the park is being well used.

Out caching with goingplaces2 and looked for this cache. Found by using the hint as GPS said it should be out in the open. Thanks for the hunt.

Took a while but we got there. Fun first cache

Our first find!! Took a little while but got the hang of it!

Tftc. Lovely shade on a hot day. Bit of stealth required but mission accomplished.

Nice park and cache, tftc!

DNF

I couldn’t find it I looked for about 10-20 minutes

Found it on a walk with the family. Great collection of stuff!

TFTC

Cricket was happening so I had to be stealthy looking for this cache.

Found it. Quick find. Yeet.

Had a quick Squizz around had fun

I’ve never tried geocaching before, this was pretty fun, thanks

Found after about 5 mins of looking. Needed the hint as its a few meters away from GZ.
Thanks

Found in the company of GJMMelb and quiet1_au. Both had found this cache before so were watching me find it. TFTC

Easy enough to find. Took a sticker to remember it Great park to visit and make a trip out of

2 second spot

This was our first attempt at GCing. Took a while to find it, thought it would be out in the open for some reason. I think I’m hooked.

Out for a quick afternoon caching run with G&J of GJMMelb, we parked in the little carpark nearby where there were some muggles on skateboards and hanging around a Beemer (seemed dodgy to me...) We headed to GZ - although we seemed to have different ideas as to where this ought to be, but it seemed the GPS satellites were on target for a change and I located the cache pretty much where they had it (after eliminating the original bare spot that is). Logged, rehidden and off to the next cache - TFTC stealthyninja

Our annual Christmas get together with quiet1_au and lochb was postponed to January and then postponed to February!! Unfortunately then lochb had some pressing work matters and so it was just q1 and us caching beforehand. This was next and pretty easily located by q1, who also spotted some other activity in the car park
TFTC stealthyninja - GJMMelb

Love this park, plenty of muggles around, but most eyes were on the cricket! Fairly easy find, my coordinates were pretty accurate. Thanks for the cache, we took a sticker (thank you too), and stayed and played for a while too!

A blustery afternoon. Initial coords seem to take me to a few services covers which might suit a waterproof container. Maybe as suggested a more solid container is required. Let's know if there's something here!

Took the Geodog for a walk. Off lease area close to Gz which she loved. To the cache. This one eluded me when it was first published. Tonight it was in the open. I messaged the CO. Signed the log and hid from sight but I am unaware that it is in the right spot as where I found it I’m sure I looked thoroughly last time I was here. Anyway it filled in a gap for my calendar. I turned a sad face to happy . Thanks for the cache in a great park

Fun hunt and great spot to hide it.

Found at 4:04 pm.
I went out for a short bike ride this afternoon past a few caches. I spent a couple of minutes looking for this while ignoring the actual cache which I thought was a piece of rubbish.
Eventually checked it out and signed the log.
Thanks stealthyninja for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

I’m back in the area today, as the local library has a book I’m after and thought I would try this cache again... it was a quick find this time and very exposed. without an official explanation and fairly fragile container, I’m not sure how long it will last... as I took the log out, the container flew away in the wind without the weight and I had to chase it along with the trinkets.. thanks for bringing me back to a nice park.

Out for a day of geocaching with my friend when we stumbled upon this nice cache. Took about 30 minutes and help from a few previous logs before GeoHorse23 managed to find this sneaky hide. Great spot for a cache. TFTC

A quick park-n-grab this evening. As time was short, before coming here I'd already skimmed previous logs and added a waypoint with a previous finder's co-ords, which were def closer to the mark, and also made a bit of a vector to search along, which was handy as I found the container a further 5m on in a line from there, so all up about 12m from posted co-ords for me, though GPS was being a little bit erratic, so...

A very easy find in any case, as the not-small container itself was sitting out in open view and visible from pretty much any angle of approach. Can only assume it had been muggled in a gentle fashion (i.e. found and then just left on ground) as all within was intact and fine.

Signed the log, replaced container essentially where found but with a small degree of natural concealment to at least shield from the eyes of every passing muggle, thanks for the cache, stealthyninja.

(Echoing some previous suggestions, the container material won't last long in the elements, so definitely worth considering replacing with something a bit more robust.)

I'm out today with kingdkingd for a beautiful day of Geocaching on our bikes. Despite the forecast of clouds, the sun is out and the sky is clear. So it's nice to start things off in quiet and calm Caulfield Park. After reading some previous logs which said the coordinates were slightly off, we weren't sure whether we'd be able to find the cache. An initial scan of GZ found nothing in what other cachers described as the "obvious spots". We started by searching each of the trees and bushes but only got poked by branches and sharp leaves. We found nothing around the walls and curbs, and the black grate was sealed shut. Finally, however, when walking around one of the trees, I spotted the cache from the perfect angle. TFTC

Took me awhile but found it with the help of some friends. The spot it really obvious!

Great find!

First find

Couldn't find this after a reasonable search, even with the updated coords from an earlier log. After a hint from a previous finder I took a more methodical approach and found it right where I'm sure I had already searched. TFTC!

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Found this one with the GPS saying about 9 metres but it was in an obvious spot.

Out today with Alansee and MasterSquix for some local caching. This is where we met up and was our first cache of the day. Found after a minute or two of searching. As previously mentioned, it's not a durable container, but for now, it's doing its job.



Many thanks to stealthyninja for the cache.

It was really fun. It took about 30 minutes..

I returned to have another look after a few finds. Was able to find this one quickly. I’m not sure about the durability of this cache (as others have mentioned). TFTC

Found by my nephew just before we gave up.

The cache is definitely there.
As previously stated, the receptacle is one that is not UV proof and will become brittle. It has surprisingly survived the rain storm we had last night without getting any moisture in it.
Also as noted by a previous finder, it maybe mistaken for rubbish by gardening staff, but, seeing the amount of doggy bags in the foliage, they don’t cleanup the area very well. I don’t think I should have been in the garden bed though.
Further to the find, the coordinates are off.
I found the cache at S 37 52.309 E 145 01.713 which is 7m from the given coordinates.
I like the park and the water feature. Very cooling on a hot afternoon stroll around the area before heading home.
Congratulations on your first cache hide.
TFTC

You may want to go check if it is still there

Everyone is saying it is very obvious but I could not find it

Ventured out in the smoke to try find a cache for the day but instead managed to handle a gross rusty pocket knife in the tree and didn’t find the cache

I will go have a look if it is still there layer today.

No luck unfortunately. Even expanding the search area to account for the coordinates being slightly out as others have also experienced, I found a lot of rubbish and dog waste, but no cache.

Found it!

A few people out and about but I really struggled with this one sadly.

On my way by from a local D4 thought I’d drop in. Down from Queensland visiting family. This one eluded me for a while. Found it 12m away from coordinates. And gee it’s exposed! The council will clean it up soon. So you better come out and find it!!

I AM GUR

A quick trip out on New Year's Eve to grab a cache. I headed to this recent placement in Caulfield Park which is not too far from home so very convenient. I have been here a few times over the years and for some reason it seems to be a park that caches struggle to last in. There weren't many people around today despite it being much cooler than recent days. In fact at one point whilst searching I was exposed to the wind and felt a bit chilly. Took me a fair while and like others my GPS seemed to be a little off. After initial failure I read the previous logs and that seemed to focus me in on a certain area. Even then the cache proved elusive and I started a methodical search to see if I had missed it. This paid dividends and eventually I had the cache in hand and was soon after penning my name in the logbook. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache stealthyninja.

Came the day after it was placed and could of had Second To Find but couldn't find it. We came back as we were passing and found the immediately, coordinats are slightly off, otherwise nice park.

Kangas11 told it's FTF but already got it by No Worries we still go there and noticed that a woman with her little daughter. Seems that they looked for it and meet them (Team Us) which Team Us searched searched so we helped and searched too finally kangas11 got it.
Found your cache today. stealthyninja, thanks for placing it.

After a quiet family Christmas at home one little four year old was being an absolute RAT and so I decided to get her out of the house. After much arguing I managed to reassure her that this cache would DEFINITELY have a swap as it a) was brand new, b) had been found by an experience cacher with (I presume) no interest in swaps and c) hadn't been found by any others (well none that had logged online). So down to Caulfield we went. It didn't take us long to find the area and it was muggle free on Boxing Day at lunch time, but there was no cache. We searched and searched and searched to no avail. Disappointed I was about to give up when two people approached. One was wearing a characteristic geocaching mega event shirt, so I resumed my searching with renewed vigour. Unfortunately, they were also somewhat stumped. All four of us wandered the grounds searching for this elusive cache. Geodaughter searched a good 50m away at one point, but eventually there was the cry of "I found it!" and we all gathered around to sign the log. And yes there were swaps. Nice to meet you crank1 and kangas11. Thanks stealthyninja for placing the cache.

Accompanied with crank1 for caching day on Boxing Day escaped for getting bored at home. We both noticed that this cache was showing "FTF" from cachly app so we suggest to visit the park to search. Somehow a mother and her little daughter came along to searched and asked if they're the cachers so agree to join and find it. Been searching for 20mins and I found a spot and called them to come over and logged it. Good to meet Team Us to join and thanks for the sharing. Also thanks stealthyninja for placing this cache.

N0w0rries found something. Coordinates Gz not really under the shade. 15 searching possible locations but no cache -will watch this one and await a log to see if in right place

{FTF} 285
Merry Christmas
When I arrived the area was completely deserted and my search began. I started on the wrong side and then noticed my phone wanted me at the next shady spot. Moving along but nothing was found here. I tried further afield, but also no cache. Another look at my phone and I headed back to where I had first looked. Moving methodically around this one (wishing I was wearing gloves, as it seems to be the local dog walkers preferred dumping spot ) something moved as I brushed against it. The cache was in hand.
Signed in first place.
***Congratulations on your first hide stealthyninja.***
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*A few points you may wish to consider: This is a generally well tended garden bed (except for all of the doggie doos) and these containers are great to bring a feed home in however they are not water resistant and soon break down in the weather.*

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