Merv Cowan East Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
By Gumnut6160 on 21-Mar-20. Waypoint GC8MPX5

Find number 14250 at 11:06:29am on Monday the 30 September 2024We're on our way to WA Goes Big, travelling from Croydon (Melbourne, Victoria) with a caravan in tow and making a leisurely caching holiday across the Nullarbor and back.Well, WA Goes Big is done for another year and we are on our way home again now, via Perth, Kalgoorlie and the Nullarbor but slowly over the next five weeks Today we headed into the center of Perth again to do some more geocaching and have a propper wander around Kings Park.Wow, wow, wow, what a magnificent location. An a nice hide as well!**Thanks for placing this cache Gumnut6160**---*WOW, so much happening at home in Victoria*Dont forget to log your will attend for Victorias first ever Block Party in March 2025, the [**The Sunbury Event**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).Theres also all those lists of amazing geocaches at [Geocaching Victorias List webpage]( https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists), go check them out.

TFTC

WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 58 - Swan Valley Perth Day 3. After two days of local area caching, I headed further afield to try and cross off some more counties. It seems I just missed one while I was in Fremantle, so back I go to East Fremantle, Mosman Park and Cottesloe. It was a fanatically sunny clear day and very park and beach side spot was busy with people waling and seeing the sights. I started with some tough caches, struggled to find lunch rather than caches and did a few labs late in the afternoon. It was a much longer day and I gave the fourth county a skip for another day. Home for a van cooked meal before heading into the city on the train tomorrow.I spent quite a bit of time here, but I did not identify the supposedly sneaky hide. Oh well. Thanks.Albida

Very sneaky and a lovely urban Hide in a quiet location. There was no one else around and after a while, we noticed something that was just a little different to other things that were around us.Investigating that, we soon had our name in the log. Thanks Gumnut6160Domsky

TFTC enjoyed this one x cheers!

Clever hide

Such a good hide. 3rd attempt, we searched so thoroughly, racked our brains. Had dreams where we thought it might be and alas! We cheered as a family when we found it! Thank you @gumnut6160. This ones a favorite

Hard!

Nice hide. Found it quick this time but spent a rather long time here a fee years back with no success TFTC

Finally stopped off to find this one. Quick find once at GZ. TFTC

Loved the cache, very inventive!!!

Great Camo. Found on second visit. TFTC.

Gday from the UK. Lovely hide which we nearly missed! TFTC

Great cache and craftsmanship. Forgot pen, so photo log and will be back tmrw with a pen. TFTH

Sick hiding spot!

Very good hide indeed. Love it, thanks

Away on a work trip. Nice hide.

Was expecting to fight the multitude of spiders taking residence but surprisingly I had the cache I hand without disrupting any critters.
Nifty hide that I love!

Ltf

Wow... that was very clever. Managed to put my hand on it very quickly. Another FP coming your way

Had to drop stuff on on Freo so random dropped in here while walking fluffs.
Tftc … great view very pretty

6pm, bit dark now, comming back one day

Random geocaching on a walk along the river TFTC

Quick find by Me&B

Nice quick find thanks

Woohoo I found it after 20mins of looking. Great creative cache! Thanks for the hints everyone

Found it with LisaO89 and WayneO. We loved the camo on this one. TFTC

TFTC, caching with WayneO and DAT87. Didn’t take us too long to find this one in its very clever hiding place.

TFTC. Nice quick find of a clever hide while out and about with LisaO89 and Dat87

Very creative as always from Gumnut, well done! A gorgeous little park and Ajay enjoyed a swim while we searched and searched and searched. TFTC

Wow! 3rd time lucky for us, TFTC

Nicely done a fave from us.

Didn't feel like getting wet

Wet log within cache replaced.
I did forget to look for and remove this sistema that is apparently there.
If anyone finds it can they please remove it for me.
Thanks

The cache is NOT a sistema, it is a camo micro as stated.
Anyone that finds a sistema container has not found the cache

Tftc

Found systema container but no micro or log. Put in signed paper for next finder. Put back.

Hard

No cache but many mosquito bites!

TFTC, log extremely wet

TFTC

Nice camo here that blended in well to surrounds.
Log was damp but able to write name on log. Otherwise cache is in good condition. Tftc

took ZSB and i too many tries to find this one but very clever.

Hard out! 3rd attempt.

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

A very nicely crafter container that fits extremely well into its surrounds. It took a couple of scans of the area to spot the hide and I was very impressed with the the creation and the matching finishing touch at GZ. Well done... [^]

On retrieval of the log, I was unable to write on it due to it being saturated. I snapped a pic for the CO if they want confirmation of the find, then tucked everything back as found.

The log needs replacing as it is too wet to be usable. Otherwise, the cache is all fine. A favourite point from me for the craftsmanship.

Cheers Gumnut6160.

If the green string was part of the cache then that’s all that’s left of it and needs maintainence cheers

I enjoyed the area and the kids enjoyed watching leaves float down the water.
Started the search and observed some thing that didn’t match the rest of the structure and started to investigate but was stymied at the first attempt, changed location and searched again and this time extracted the cache.
After signing it took a bit to get it back in place properly as some leaf litter has fallen in the way but got there in the end.
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Grabbed the geo-twins and SirFancy headed up towards Fremantle for a run around this afternoon enjoying the sunshine and a bunch of great caches.
Pleased with our efforts we finished the day with 6 finds and 0 DNF’s.
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Thanks Gumnut6160 for placing Merv Cowan for me and others to find.
I added my name to the log at 14:47 on 30/4/2022.
This is find number 4491 for me.

This is my 1877 find.
Thank you Gumnut6160 for placing and maintaining this cache.



Geology rocks but Geography is where it’s at!
(I’m not a geologist I just like puns)

My muggle friend grabbed it. I put it back, not knowing. Soon they had it again and showed me the cache.
Doing a bunch of LGAs around Perth. TFTC

YESSS, first ever one i found all by myself. Thankyou Gumnut for giving me multiple sets of hints across multiple attempts haha- I’m still so proud. V cleverly hidden.

Great cache and beautiful little park. Love it. A fav. TFTC

Utan junior found this one after I spotted an anomaly. Great camo.

Look I unfortunately didn’t find it but this IS my first rodeo. Had fun anyway <3

Found it required us to take a walk then come back with fresher eyes very sneaky

This was an amazing find, great camouflage. Thanks

Our and about caching for the afternoon. Quick find here after a frustrating search for previous hide.
Thanks for the hide

On the way to Bicton for cache maintenance and could not resist stopping here. Cache was found after a small search, log wet but powertank pen was good. TFTC and a FP for creative cache and a park with special memories.

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Brilliant craftmanahip. Definitely deserves a favourite

Turning this frown upside down with a surprising quick find clever little hide. TFTC

Went for a walk as a cheeky little break from working from home and while the sun was briefly out. Wasn’t intending to cache but once I found myself at merv Cowan park and near a cache that had bested me before, I couldn’t resist but to search for it and blow a quick work break out into a full blown “clear your calendar, ignore your work calls until the cache is found” type setup.

Pushing the limits of what a break from work should be during a brief respite from the rainy weather paid off as we found this cache! It was well worth getting rained on during the walk home and having to chair a video conference while cold and wet. TFTC

TFTC finally found it

Unfortunately luck isn't on our side today

Beautiful garden Quick easy find TFTC

Luck was on my side today and it was the first thing I looked at. TFTC

Found it TFTC

Very sneaking were 32 on the list

Didn't find it, just lots of cob webs

Awesome cache!! TFTC. I searched for about 15 minutes looking for a smaller camo. Once I stopped and glanced at the area from a bit further away I seen something not quite right... it wasn’t it but a great decoy. That lead me to the actual cache. Well done on a great camo build. Very creative. And thanks for bringing me to this amazing little hidden gem of a park for the first time. A FP from me

On the drive back from caching at Woodman Point. Had time for one more so stopped in East Fremantle. it took about 10 minutes of searching to find the cache. A great job, and a good place to visit. Thanks Gumnut6160

The Better Half and I brought our son down to Fremantle for a second appointment today so did some more caching until he was ready to be picked up again.

Cache found without problems. Log signed and cache returned as found.

Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

The Better Half and I brought our son down to Fremantle for a second appointment today so did some more caching until he was ready to be picked up again.

Cache found without problems. Log signed and cache returned as found.

Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

We were invited for a birthday lunch at friends living nearby. After having eaten too much of all the seafood we thought we needed some exercise before hitting the road again. And here was a nice little park with some great views. We slowly approached GZ where we examined the area. It took a little while before it sank in and Geo misses made the discovery. Great cache, great hide great camo. Well worth a favourite. TFTC Gumnut6160

Great cache, and I was lucky to find it as quickly as I did. Would recommend bringing tweezers for the log. TFTC

No luck today

Super clever camo! Great detail

thanks for the awesome spot.

Beautiful spot, very nice real estate too. Excellent camo. Thanks Gumnut6160

In the area for some meetings. Such a nice day, and took the opportunity to grab a few caches in the area.

Fantastic view, and clever camo


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This cache will add to my next 2020 goal to REACH FOR THE MOON.


Thanks Gumnut6160 for bringing me to this location and taking the time to hide and maintain this cache. I found the cache at 12:57:00. This was my Find 12 for today out of a Total number of 12 Finds and 0 DNF for for this Caching Outing. The cache was found in Good Condition and I signed the log and returned the cache as I found it.

This find brings my total number of Finds to 5098.

Killing time before geo-kids football match at Wauhop Park. What a gorgeous location. Did a circuit in the drizzle before homing I’m in the excellent camo. TFTC Gumnut6160

Lovely park and great views of the Port.. cache and log in good condition..favourite for me tftc

Out getting some exercise and making the walk more enjoyable, came across this little gem. TFTC and great camo!

Out today with geo daughter coliver95
getting a few more caches

Signed log and returned
Tftc

found today with geomother (coliver66) while out collecting a few more caches.

signed log and returned.

tftc ️

Tftc good camo

Clever hide, TFTC

Out for a few hours of caching and getting in a bit of exercise at the same time.
I stopped here for lunch and sat down and enjoyed the view while munching on my sandwiches. When I was finished I wandered over to grab this one.
It didn't take too long to locate the cleverly hidden cache.
Well done, a favourite from me.
TFTC Gumnut6160

I had put off ticking off calendar days this year due to COVID; but I’ve now decided that I need to start ticking them off again, despite my busy work and uni schedules. I tried for the Nth Freo ones, but a bloke was fishing at one, so I came here instead.

A quick find at the first thing I tried... but that isn’t to say that it wasn’t excellent camo! It was just brilliant. So for that I’ll be awarding a favourite.

Cheers Gumnut6160! I found your cache today (Monday 11/5/20 at 20:52).

This was our last one for the day as we had some urgent shopping to do. Arrive at the mentioned structure and did a quick reconnaissance and spotted what we thought was the probably the cache. No, but an excellent decoy that led us to the real thing. Very well done. Great location and ingenious camo. A fave. TFTC

Great craftsmanship and very sneaky. A well deserved FP here.

TFTC Gumnut6160 this is find # 9566 for us.

What a beautiful little park. Brought along a local friend who didn’t know it existed so thank you for bringing us here. Very clever hide TFTC

Our morning's Iso exercise had us in the vicinity this morning so it was a pleasure to seek out this Gumnut6160 cache. No doubt about it; it's a ripper and well deserved of another FP. Thanks for all of your work setting this baby up.

Brilliant cache. We have to think this is one of the better ones we have found. Please place more we enjoyed finding it.
We checked one place and noticed something but while Pat examined it Lyn found the real cache.
The only criticism is maybe you need a bigger auger. No need to go a micro here but then that just Symantecs.
We gave this one a rare favorite.

Nice hide. Blends in well with its surroundings. A favourite from me. TFTC

Out picking up a few caches with a couple of hours to kill. A quick find of a clever cache TFTC Gumnuts6160

An amazing spot to drop into whilst the sun set over the harbour.

Have found the previous multi in the same park, an amazing location and glad to see a neat new camouflage cache here.

Enjoying your hides Gumnut. Hope to see more of them once this virus stuff is over.

I’ve added a FP

Thanks Gumnut6160 for placing and maintaining this cache. Heading to complete some Lab caches whilst trying to stay distant from others. TFTH

Wow. An awesome camo. Thanks.