Bent Willow II Bulleen, Victoria, Australia
By MKSAFamily on 18-Oct-20. Waypoint GC8VR8N

Cache got pretty badly defaced by a muggle. I think it is time to retire this.

Muggles have made a mess of this cache and I need to fix it

Found on the way home in the fading light of a winter evening. Unfortunately the lid is jammed shut and now impossible to open. Left a note and a mark on the outside to record my visit. Needs some attention though.

Found but impossible to open. Great cache though

Can you give me a clue Im just a kid

I think its been stolen

I cant open it

I found it thank you so much

Tftc

epic coolbest so far !!

very fun I got a dinosaur

yippie

Tftf

This is one of many geocaches that I have found over the last 12 months, but have not got around to logging. Sorry for the generic log. Just catching up now.

I got off work a bit early today and had a bit of time to kill before I headed into the city to attend [RoamingHowie's](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=24963346-56c5-4daf-8308-a01f60f5a5ba&wid=1843e173-32fd-4abb-9021-b27c7ea5cab2&ds=2) event, the [February Summer Soire (GCAHZN0)](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAHZN0_february-summer-soiree). So what does a cacher do to kill some time, but cache of course. Since I was somewhat in the area I had a look around on [Cachly](https://www.cachly.com/) to see what caches were in the area and when I spotted this Regular size cache in suburbia, I figured this one would be a great one to try and find. With the weather being as hot as it was the park was completely empty, which was good as I don't think I would have been able to find this one stealthily. Luckily for me my phone homed in on a logical beacon right away and I was quickly able to spot the well constructed and well camouflaged cache. I'll be honest though I didn't properly take in the craftsmanship of this cache as much as I should have, as I just wanted to sign the logbook as quickly as possible and get back to the air conditioning inside my geomobile as fast as possible. A big thanks goes to [MKSAFamily](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=c3c270d3-2e36-4de4-be0e-1e8638f0e41c&wid=c61ce868-25bf-409e-96d8-54bae045dcdd&ds=2) for the fun and well constructed cache for me to find. TFTC.**Cache Maintenance Status**The cache container was in great shape and well constructed. All of the inner contents were nice and dry and the logbook was clean with plenty of room for future cache finders to sign.

Found my first one!

Took a while but found it with the kids and puppy. Great little park and nice cache.

Found. Thanks!

Found it

Yay

Nicely camoed and well made. All in good condition. Fave point from me. TFTC

We loved this cache - very clever

My first find in the City of Manningham. For the next few days I'll be checking off some of the LGAs in Melbourne. This isn't my favourite place for caching but there were no children playing here today. TFTC

Very Clever, well done TFTC

TFTC super cool

Stopping past on the way home from an evening out so had the park to ourselves. After checking one other area I spotted both the hide and the decoy. Very clever construction on the hiding style, not something I've seen before. After a little encouragement I was able to remove the lid and add my name to the log before returning both elements. Thanks for the cache MKSAFamily.

Easy find on a soggy Saturday morning. Hardest part was opening the very tight fitting lid. TFTC

Took us a while but found it. Thanks for the cache

Good

Very clever with the decoy pen worked, and plenty of notepad to write!!

Found by caughtatwork on 08/10/2023 at 4:24:00 PMA quick find out here today.Took nothing, left nothing.Thanks for placing this geocache here for us to find today, for without those who like to hide geocaches, there would be nothing around for those who like to find geocaches.*Overall Experience: 3*GAFF1

Rated: for Overall Experience

TFTHWe left a new pen. Very clever cache!

Really smart location. Pen doesnt work

Found.

??

Found

Fantastic cache! A beautiful winter's day (? seems more like Spring) walk in the neighbourhood. TFTF!

TFTC a lot bigger than I expected. It’s a little damp but stamp worked fine

Smartttttt!!! However soggy! Needs a saddy bag to protect the log book. Pen didn’t work and I was without. Here’s the horrible mark I left on the logbook instead.

FOUND IT!

The deja vu bells were quietly tinkling in my head.
Now, later, sitting at home, it all comes back to me.
I recall being the first finder of the original iteration of this terrific hide.
I gave that a Favorite Point too.

16:21
On our way to an event in the city via n0w0rries' for an early dinner... so of course a slight detour for a decent sized cache or two.

I was out of the car and had all the components in hand while my driver was getting his seat belt off... and struggling with a bit of deja vu.

This is a very neat cache indeed, MKSAFamily... straight onto the favourites list.

#7470

Lid is still jammed shut TFTC

nvm i fixed it

oh and btw anyone taking the hand cream

Wait I have 2 accounts?

Extremely fun and different way of hiding a cache and devoy made me laugh, ants occupy that one! But lid is jammed shut on actual cache unfortunately Needs a bit of TLC please.

This earns a fav point from us! So amazed when we figured out where the cache was hiding. Very well deserved!!

TFTC

Hand cream. Nice! David

Thanks MKSAFamily. Cool sneaky decoy to disguise the actual cache. Good size. Giddy up

Love your cache. Fav from me, and Found your cache MKSAFamily; thank you so much for placing it.

Happy to find one close to home

Came here a couple of years ago but DNF. The kids wanted to give it another go and we’re excited to find it!

TwoEms went for a walk, the night before Christmas. We looked up expecting to see a bearded old man reining a sleigh of reindeers, but what we saw was way more impressive: hundreds upon hundreds of bats carving a path in the night sky. After straining our necks and dazzling our eyes, we pulled out our phones and followed a trail. We came to Bent Willow II wanting warm milk and cookies, but what we found was a fantastic present covered in ants and earwigs. Thank you for the cache—‘twas very clever.

Found the decoy and supposed the other one was another decoy took a while to realise.

Found but some how couldn’t open. Also found decoy so idk. TFTC

Staying with friends I drove over to the next LGA for a find.
A well made cache here, have a fav point
Find number 28191 for me.
Thank you MKSAFamily for hiding this geocache.

Well hidden, great fun. Thanks

Love how the decoy made it look even and not put of place than just having the cache, nice hide

Well hidden!

A lot harder than what it is…. *HINT* uses magnets… GOOD LUCK!!

Searched the playground up and down, found the decoys but no sign of the cache whatsoever!

Thanks you GeoCacher for setting this geocache this was a very hard geocache

Thanks so much creating this cache. So fun for my kid

TFTC!

A nicely fashioned cache..well done! A difficult place to look inconspicuous and had to wait out some muggles .. but it was a lovely day

Great spot ! Very clever

we did find it but did not have a pen on us

I found it with the help of geospinifix and radioremedy right under where we were sitting we also found the decoy which was identical to the original but we didn’t have a pen on us so we couldn’t log it.

Decoy is cool! It was covered in ants though. I had a hard time getting off the lid, but managed to do so without breaking my nails. Tftc

TFTC

The geo senses where on point today as this lovely crafted cache was found the first place I looked.

Time to show Arachnauts how we cache in suburbia! This one looked like a good candidate given how many favourite points it had and it did not disappoint. It was right there, but is not likely to get muggled by anyone. A huge container too. Everything that a geocache should be. The kids were happy to as they had the playground all to themselves (pretty convenient for us too just quietly). Thank you for letting us show the Queenslander what geocaching in Victoria looks like. TFTC

Quick find in a quiet (til we came) playground. Good use of resources & liked the decoy! TFTC!0

I had a few hours to fill in between attending an appointment in Bulleen and starting my afternoon work shift in Heidelberg, so I took the opportunity to do some geocaching.
I was worried about venturing into this playground but it was deserted so I need not have worried. The cache was definitely not what I was expecting and put a smile on my face.
Thank you MKSAFamily for this cache.

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Maintainance done.

Disabled for maintenance.

*Found on the 31 Jul 2022 @ 12:36 pm.*
*Cache find # 13115.*

Over this way again on a taxi / learns run and had a few hours to fill in so I stopped off at this one for a look.
I had drive by this one earlier on but didn’t stop as there were kids playing in the playground, after finding another cache I decided to head back to this one and I’m glad I did as this is a very nice cache placement, the log was signed and I was on my way.

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

Love this! More fun !

TFTC

Found by Rebel Acts

Another day out caching with Omegaman1971, today we were heading to the international ice cream day event so we did a few caches on route.

This is one of the caches found today.

Thanks MKSAFamily for the cache.

Logs signed as rebelacts or RAOM

Found by Omegaman1971

What a day!
International icecream day and some caching with my buddy Rebel Acts.
The only downside is the weather, looks like it's going to rain.

This cache was definitely not what I expected, well done MKSAFamily on your effort regarding the container.
Favourite point rewarded.

Found with icw. I love the intricacy of this cache in an ordinary suburban reserve. Fftc and a fav point from me.

No muggles, love that decoy, however, we got the official one first. TFTC

After 3 days of back and forward on my car I was now settled (although still not in my actual car!)

Venturing in a different direction I stopped by this quick but well hidden and constructed cache. Well worthy of a favourite point here.

Thanks MKSAFamily for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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TFTC!

It’s cute

First regular sized cache we’ve found! Lid was a bit tricky to get off but should be fine now. Didn’t have anything to leave. Tftc!

I was over this way today to specifically find a nearby cache for a challenge I am working on... and decided to drop in here for this cache on the way home. A very clever hide... but it was fortunate that there were no muggles around otherwise it would have been impossible to find... not all of us have children with us when we go caching!

Thanks **MKSAFamily** for the cache.

Nifty cache you have placed right there
Thanks for bringing us somewhere I could let the kids run around while I signed and replaced.

Had to sit down and I found it TFTC

Excellent

Great container glad no kids in the playground

Maintenance performed.

Disabled for maintenance.

Nice easy find AFTER grabbing the Decoy.
I no sooner had the real MCoy in my hands and I noticed a lot of swag on the ground.
Soon realised that the lid came off during the grab.
PrezDough and I soon had our names in the log and we were gone.
A classic cache and well constructed.
I had to jam some plastic in the lid to help ot stay shut as it really is loose.
Take care when grabbing and returning this one.
The cache, container and log are in excellent condition.
I visited 5 TB.
TFTC.

Lovely find

Found a lid lying on the ground and was immediately suspicious. Found the decoy first and after waiting for some slow muggles to get in their car and drive, finally checked a different spot, and there was the real thing! Tftc