ICECREAMS Available Doncaster East, Victoria, Australia
By veevers12 on 28-Dec-20. Waypoint GC94C5Q

GEOCACHE #423 (17/11/2024)

Gz is off but the description is a good hint.Original log book is destroyed and the spare log book is a-bit damp.you may want to consider changing the ziplock bag though.TFTC

Cache is in place and safe. Thanks!

Yay

A very welcome pitstop for lunch and coffee in the nursery was made even better by this find.The girls enjoyed the play area and we had a stroll then began searching.It took a little while but the coordinates are spot on and when we spotted the container it was very obvious.Signed and returned as found.Greetings from Leeds, England

First find for our girls. Took about ten minutes

Kids first geocache. Very excited. Dont go down the embankment, very dangerous when wet.

Fun fun

TwoEms had the rain on our side, and not a mini muggle in sight. We slipped over the bridge past the wooden lizard and rocky platypus, but got distracted by some dancing ducks doing somersaults in the creek.Despite sighting the cache rather quickly, we spent several minutes tryingunsuccessfullyto capture the ducks performance. By the time we were ready to give up on our film career, a muggle cyclist stopped under the shelter for a rest and had his eye on us. We sheepishly smiled at him, wondering if he was another cacher, but after he said, hello and we returned the greeting with a nod we decided to continue playing photographer. We ventured down towards the bridge, but of course we were just waiting for the nice muggle to cycle away.Thank you for the cachethe original log was a bit fragile, so we signed the temporary log placed by the previous finder.

Success! Unfortunately the log was quite wet so we got a small piece of paper to put inside! Thanks.

Satisfied

I quick one tonight on an evening stroll. Hmm...not sure how the cache matches the title? Maybe need a bit of cryptic thinking to decipher this hint.

Quick find on a playground visit to stretch our legs before the long drive home to Adelaide. Had been staying across the road. TFTC

Easy find from the western side. Log is damp: David

Was in the area grabbing some caches along Mullum Mullum creek. Area was almost devoid of muggles so made searching a lot easier. It wasn't until I took a load off I was able to spot it from just the right angle. Log was soggy from the recent rain but still signable. Might treat myself to a sneaky ice cream now.

Found 10:20Staying at the park across the road for Xmas, the kids had been keen to hit up this playground, with cache as a bonus. The were happy to help make the find!

Found with Bubblzdee

Nicely done, out on a ride today, so no pen, was about to give up and try another day. So glad I had another look.Noice

Thought Id better check on this after 4 DNFs.Cache is still there.

Had a squiz on an outward bound dog walk and again on the return.No luck today so will have to drown my sorrows in ice cream

Cant find it

No idea grass everywhere

No luck today.

It is cute and so many people had found it before me

It is very small it took a while

Too late for for icecream again! Signed some time ago when out and about on the MTB but this time I was heading to another of Veevers caches in the vicinity so hello goodbye I remember you! TFTC and the FUN!

Crusty and my day continued with this the next cache on our list. I've driven past, walked past, and motorbiked past this spot a bazillion times but never stopped here. This cache took a little bit of searching before we found the clever little guy...much to the amusement of a couple of cyclists who were having a break from their days ride. Thanks veevers12 for the cache.

Today was a great day to be out caching. Redcb and I teamed up to grab some caches in this area. A couple of elderly chaps were sitting here, having a rest after riding their bikes from Diamond Creek. They were interested in our activity, so we explained geocaching, and we may have some new players in the game. Redcb found this just where I had taken a "boy look"
Thanks veevers12.

Thanks veevers nice spot for a cache and placement far enough away from the Kiddies to not look suspicious. Found with Jimmytherat after a visit to the Nursery.

TFTC veevers12. Nicely placed, just far enough away from the kiddies swings so us older folk, especially me, don’t get suspicious looks from parents…Jimmytherat with Noelle04

Found it with MushMushMoose!

Sadly didn’t find any ice creams available

Cute lil playground, found at night with spakkles

Found it! Decided on a walk today and Muggle Heather was happy to join me. This was our first find for the day. Last time we were here there was a party underway at the shelter so we didn’t look. Today GZ was empty of Muggles and the cache was a quick find. No ice cream today. TFTC SL

We stopped for coffee and lunch here but no icecreams. it was too cold. all good here thanks veevers12

Found it before the mtb club great hide

Btw it’s not off the path

Had no pen

Found this on an after work walk. I only drove 20 minutes to get here and in that short time it was completely dark already! So sad to be losing caching time, it's still fun in the dark but I couldn't even see the nearby creek!

Thanks for the cache, we didn't work out why it was called that but had fun finding it anyway

Back in play

10th Find!! Found on evening walk with Tim, Beth, Isabelle, Chloe, Gilly and BUDDY THE DOG

Taken home for safekeeping as it’s very close to nearby works

I took a little ride on my e-scooter around this area today. Took a while to find this because the nearby playground was in use. All good!

TFTC I walked straight to this one - obviously have my geo eye in today I have walked in this are most weekdays for nearly 3 years and have walked past so many caches. Now I’m cleaning up

TFTC quick find, brunch at the nursery, great nursery but don’t have the room to take anything home. Staying at the lovely CP across the road.

Tftc. Greatly hidden

Found it

17:11
Mmmmm... Ice cream.

With a GeoTour event tomorrow in the middle of the main drag in Ballarat tomorrow, I should be able to get one then.

Last time I walked up the lane from the nursery and back, I thought about looking for this cache, but it might have been awkward, with a family picnicking right... there. So today, after the person that found this first celebrated his 8000th smiley, he drove me here to tackle a Letterbox nearby.

But first a quick find here.

Cheeky, veevers12.

#7103

Tricky one Dont go down the bank!!

Great little find, took a little while to work out where the cache might be but soon managed to spy the tricky hide. TFTC.

A fairly quick find with nobody at the picnic tables fortunately as that would be awkward. Coords had me down the slope in head high vegetation so ignored that and looked around the closest point on the fence to spot it in a few minutes. Thanks. Not dure of the reference to ice cream though.

Cache cleaned up, fixed up and new log added.

Ice creams are back

We checked on the ice creams after the recent DNF.
The cache was still there but the log needs replacing.
We will replace the log tomorrow.

Not sure where. Looked for about 15 minutes and decided to move on. If it is on the fence where gps is telling me, grass is fully overgrown and can’t see on the fence. Thanks for placing tho. Will be back

Found it , can't believe how close I was and didn't see it . All good now

It was almost dark, but there is always time for just one more and the name of this one definitely drew my attention!

I was a little perplexed by this one as my GPS initially wanted to take me to a location that didn’t match the terrain rating. I kept searching and sure enough the cheeky hide was soon found. I’m not sure why it took me so long.

Thanks veevers12 for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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Found it! Great spot

TFTC, great hint in the photo provided by the previous find. Thank you.

After finding **BeeHave #1 Reborn**, I stopped on my way out to have a look for this cache to make it two for the day. The nursery was busy but the vicinity of the cache wasn't so I had an easy... and undisturbed hunt.

As for *Can you work out why the cache was given this name?*, it was pretty hard to miss the reason!

Thanks **veevers12** for this cache.

have tried geocaching a few times before and all were DNF. this has been my first find! TFTC!!

Found it today. Still here

TFTC loved it

It was international ice cream day today and I had a bit of time before the international ice cream day event so I had to stop by at the ICECREAMS Available cache which I had a DNF on a while ago on the way. I then continued on a nice walk along the river and a couple of other trads before the hail storm started and I headed to the event.
There is no way that was just there like that last time I was here. Oh well, it's good to avenge a DNF and made the find in the first place I looked. Grass is a lot shorter than when I was here last and absolutely no muggles as well.
Thanks veevers12 for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Out in the excellent company of echidna44 on what turned out to be a fabulous day weather wise. Sunshine, not too hot or cold unless exposed to the wind, what more could you as in midwinter plus a list of caches to find A short wander amongst small muggles enjoying the playground and a quick search soon had this cache in hand Thanks veevers12

Lovely little playground.
TFTC

After some gaming activities in the area, I ventured over to this one for a look. Luckily I had the run of GZ and once there, I was soon signing the log at 10:50.

Too cold for an ice-cream today so the smiley will have to do.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks veevers12.

This was a nice little drive pick up, made easier not having little muggles using the
shelter and tables near by, nice place with plenty of parking near by.
TFTC veevers12

That was fun we found it. It's very small keep your eyes down

*Found on the 24 Apr 2022 @ 10:28 am.*
*Cache find # 12775.*

While I was headed to a few other caches in this area, I thought I may as well have a look for this one.
I headed over to the GZ area and had a bit of a look around, shortly after the cache was spotted and the log was signed.

**Thanks to veevers12 for placing this cache.**

Bunch of bike riding muggles sitting in the shelter for over an hour - grrr!

Was at Baseball with youngest son - once those pesky muggles decided to ride the bikes they’d brought with them I could have a nice dig around. As per others - there’s no ice cream reference!!! TFTC

What a gorgeous little area. After a long day I knew I needed a little bit of nature and decided to head north for a few caches.

I’m glad I did I ended up sitting here a bit and just watched the ducks in the river.

The cache was in good shape, but did have a little bit of moisture inside the container. However the log book was nice and dry. TFTC

Hmm. Easy when no muggles.

Thanks to veevers12 for the placement, fun and adventure.

Took a few minutes to find this one with Prin666cess but happily ended our search with cache in hand TFTC

Found at 18:14
Back for another look after getting a spoiler from the co. Happily nobody around and I was able to make the quick find. I was very close last time, just looking from the wrong angle.
Thanks veevers12 for the cache

Nice, easy find. Found within about 2 minutes with the help of previous comments. My first one in Victoria! Lost my pencil so will have to come back to sign the log. Tftc!

Found it after reading some of the logs

No luck

Walking along the trail on my way back to the car and decided to stop for a virtual ice cream. So hot and humid today that a real one would have just melted away. TFTC

Almost missed this one, sneaky. Stopped off with the kids for a play and some snacks, then went for hunt to find this.

Easy find tftc!

Not Found at 16:32
Trying to clear out the area today but I had no luck here. I feel like I checked everywhere before a muggle came across to use the nearby equipment. The sign that gave this cache it's name is no longer there.
Thanks veevers12. I'll bring help to look next time.

No luck today

I looked for this a couple of days ago and was in the area again today with Echidna44. I can't believe I did not see this cache, however there were a few muggles around which may had put me off. I was relieved to find it and turn the blue to yellow.

We have just checked on this after the DNFs. It’s still there and in good condition ready to be found.

Not found at 07:15pm.
I was avenging a DNF I had yesterday on a different cache so stopped here because there were no muggles compared to every other time I have been past here ... well for about 1 minute anyway.
They then came a few metres away to play on the playground. 15 minutes of reading logs and playing Bazooka Boy on my phone and they finally left.
Another few minutes search and more muggles so I had to give up. Although it is annoying that so many people have an "Easy Find" on this one and yet I can't see it.
Oh well, I'll be back.
Thanks veneers for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

I have a fair idea about what I am searching for and where it would be, but I just can’t find this one.

Log book replaced

Found with icw. The playground was busy, but nobody paid attention to what we were doing. To celebrate a successful afternoon of geocaching we bought ice-creams from the plant nursery. Tftc.

The log was damp and I blotted it dry with a clean hanky.

TFTC, last for the day with Ninja T.

Log was very wet

Still not sure why it’s called Ice-Cream available

Ventured out again in the arvo and chose a different direction. This was found reasonable quickly by the sharp eyes of OHC. The retrieval was a little tricky as there were quite a few people around. Surprised to find I needed to tie the shoelaces on my thongs. Thanks for the cache.

Finally able to get out and find a cache or two.
Found the cache, but alas, no icecream today.
Thanks for bringing us here today by placing this cache, veevers12

After reading the previous log we came past here today to check on the cache. It is not missing, all is well.

Not here. Found it’s location and remnants.

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Out for a drive and picnic in our 10km lockdown, xambo4u and I decided it was a good time to find a cache so we could ‘Reach the Peak.’ Quick find in a very busy area, thanks veevers12.

Found

Nice find with BlackOpal2005