Melbourne Movie Trivia Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By Biggles Bear on 05-Oct-02. Waypoint GC973E

Archiving all our virtual caches. The requirement to visit the cache location is being ignored. It would seem that people no longer bother to read the cache page. Some overseas geocachers have taken to trying to hoodwink us into thinking that they have visited Melbourne. It is not that difficult to find them out but it is very tedious.

Too bad these are archived now. I spend hours solving these just to make sure I could log them when we visit VIC/TAS in a few weeks time.
Would have been nice to log some virtuals as they are hard to find these days.
Better not spend any more time on the mysteries then just in case they dissapear too before we get there.

My 1084th find and 2nd find in Melbourne!

Greetings from Hong Kong!
I think I have watched this movie before when I was a kid, haha! Very nice view!

TFTC

Caching around Melbourne. Thanks for the fun, puzzles and hides from a Californian cacher. All logs marked with a "Circled GB". Answers messaged to CO

*´¨) Thanks for the cache
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(¸.•´¸.•*(¸.•' garybech AKA Circled "GB"

Found this cache during our 2 week trip around Australia.
Interesting idea for the Task. Movies is one of my favourite subjects.
Thanks for the cache!
Greetings from Latvia!

Found yesterday while doing a morning stroll through the city before the conference started. This was outside, very scifi!

I was in the City for work so I took the opportunity to grab a couple of caches during my lunch break. I have seen this movie once so I was able to think back through the mind fog to find the answers.
Logged with permission. TFTC.

Logged with permission. Had a little time to kill between meetings today so I decked out to grab this one. Had no idea that movie was filmed here, despite coming here so often. TFTC!!

Had absoltuely no idea this existed here.. Nearly gave up until I looked a bit further than the GPS pointed to. Pity the museum was closed at this time.. Will certainly have to return here. Thanks for the cache.

On holiday here in Melbourne and I am glad how many caches are around the CBD. Came out here to visit the location. I was surprised that I could see this building from the Eureka Tower earlier. Thanks for the cache.
I am logging this find a little late. The date is correct, but I am unsure what find number this was.

Kitti Kati and I in Australia - Day 22:

Today is our last day in Melbourne and this afternoon we move on to our last station in Australia, Perth.
Before we leave we had a few hours time and so we started a short stroll to have an breakfast and do some last geocaches in Melbourne.
This Cache was not so easy for us we were here two days before, but the coordinates were a little bit confusing for us. At first we were at the right location but the coordinates were a little bit of and so we thought you mean the high bank building. (So we get up there^^)
Back at the hotel I looked for some previous log pictures and than we know that our first thought was right, but we had a little adventure at the bank building. .
Today we get back to the right place and as we arrived there it was 10am and the clock began to play. Very cute and the perfect time for a last visit here.

TFTC and greetings from Germany
Nicole1338
#1110 @ August 16, 2015 10:00

An unserem letzten Tag in Melbourne wollten wir noch diesen virtuellen Cache mitnehmen.
Wir waren schon einmal hier, haben jedoch den falschen Weg genommen und ein lustiges Abenteuer erlebt. Dieses Mal konnten wir die richtige Stelle finden. Um zehn Uhr morgens begann die Uhr mit Männleinlaufen zu läuten. Es war sehr niedlich anzusehen. Nicole hat unsere Antwort geschrieben und so steht dem Log nichts mehr im Wege.
Grüße aus Deutschland - Bayern
Kitti Kati

I'd never been here so we stood for a while to admire the space and take some photos. Found with Bek-theraccoon and Alex-thesquirrel . Will have to see the film at some stage!

A cool cache concept and a fun fact that I never knew before coming here. Thanks Biggles Bear!

Die Welt ist ein Dorf.
Unter diesem Motto brach ein Mitglied unserer Herde zu einer Weltreise auf, um seine Freunde zu besuchen.
Die Spur auf der Weltkarte ist sehr markant und deutlich zu verfolgen.
Bis auf die andere Seite der Erdkugel sollte die Reise führen.
Viele Zwischenstationen wurden eingelegt, kleine Umwege gemacht und vor allem immer wieder Abstecher zu sehenswerten Plätzen dieser Erde unternommen.

Wir danken allen Ownern für die Bereicherung auf der Reise.
ErikSi

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Sigapur:
Dunia adalah sebuah kampung.
Di bawah moto ini, ahli kawanan kami memulakan jelajah dunia untuk melawat kawan-kawannya.
Trek di peta dunia adalah untuk mengikuti sangat khas dan jelas.
Selain daripada bahagian lain dunia, perjalanan harus memimpin.
Banyak stesen perantaraan telah dimasukkan, dibuat lencongan kecil dan terutama dibuat lawatan sampingan ke tempat-tempat menarik di bumi ini lagi.

Kami berterima kasih kepada semua Ownern untuk pengayaan dalam perjalanan.
ErikSi

Neuseeland:
The world is a village.
Under this theme, a member of our flock embarked on a world tour to visit his friends.
The track on the map of the world is to follow very distinctive and clear.
The journey was to lead him to the other side of the globe.
Many intermediate stations were inserted, small detours and side trips to interesting places of this earth were made again and again.

We thank all owners for the enrichment of the journey.
ErikSi


El mundo es una aldea.
Bajo este lema, un miembro de nuestro rebaño se embarcó en una gira mundial para visitar a sus amigos.
La pista en el mapa del mundo es seguir muy distintivo y claro.
Además desde el otro lado del globo, el viaje debe conducir.
Muchas estaciones intermedias se han insertado, hecho pequeños desvíos y especialmente hecho excursiones a lugares de interés de esta tierra de nuevo.

Agradecemos a todos Ownern para el enriquecimiento en el viaje.
ErikSi

1 find of a total of 3 finds today

Total Find: 3155 Find
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Logged with the CO Permission

I did like this movie, when it came our it reminded me of my time in Melbourne at the newby UNI. Thanks for bringing back the memories

thanks the cache something a bit different, was fun to figure this one out.

Jackie Chan - Mr Nice Guy

Logging with permission

Worth a walk round the little museum while you are here, tftc

Logging with permission

A location well worth a visit if you are in Melbourne

Logging with permission.

Logged with permission ...
Third find, albeit virtually, on my second day in Melbourne. GZ had been near the top of my wishlist before leaving Wellington, NZ but I must admit I've not seen the film in question. Might just have to watch it when I get home. TFTC

Out with carkisser and JSando. Logged with permission. TFTC

At Melbourne Central (again) today with JSando and Wings Of Freedom, but this time we remembered to take a selfie and email the CO for permission to log. A beautiful place to visit. TFTC

What an interesting thing to find in a mall! Guess I'll have to see if I can find that movie to rent. Thanks for the visit. Email sent.

Visiting Melbourne for a couple of appointments and having done my research for this some time back just had time to visit the site to claim this. Logged with permission tftc Biggles Bear

Second day in Melbourne with Harristide, and today we explore the city center.

Thanks for the cache!

[6835]

Second day in Melbourne for us. We start our walk-trip at Flinders Street and visit Melbourne City Center all the day. Result : only 6 finds and many DNF, we are a bit disapointed !

Nice place to see and the information is easily found on internet.

Thanks for the cache !

Logging with permission : OzHcockeyChick and I were here having a walk around melbourne killing some time before the imax movie we were going to and this little virtual cropped up so we decided to do it. I remember this area well as back in the day myself and a group of students came here hoping to grab a glimps of the star but couldn't even get within 500 meters of the guy ....lol....
Thanks for reminding me of another younger memory Biggles Bear...
TFTC

6:20 pm #481
Logged with permission.
Found whilst killing time before going to IMAX to see Jurassic World.
Cheers Biggles Bear!

TFTC. Had to travel into the city to visit the dentist. As I was close I visited GZ. I had spent some time researching the required info. We have done quite a bit of shopping in this area. Having a train station underneath is a bonus.
Logged with permission.

Logged with permission. I cannot recall ever seeing this movie but do remember it being talked about at the time. I was at the GZ with family on a nice day in the city. tftc

This entry was edited by eighthknox on Saturday, 20 June 2015 at 07:41:19 UTC.

Logging with permission

Today was a huge day. We (me, hubby, master 6 & master 4) left home (Ballarat) early (about 9am) and headed cross country to get Melbourne's First ever cache. After stopping to grab caches on the way and visit markets, eat lunch etc. we made it to Melbourne late arvo. A quick walk around the city and grabbing another cache saw us at Melbourne Central for an early tea. Whilst eating I saw this cache and thought we should look into it. Pic of the kids are attached. From here we then headed to Etihad stadium to watch us (the Bombers) get absolutely smashed by the Cats. We then jumped back in the car and made the long trip home arriving just before midnight. A big day. Lots of fun though and great to get another Virtual cache to my name. Many thanks

Found the info online but I will have to wait until October to log a found. The shot tower is on our list of things to see.

logged with permission of the CO. Busy shopping centre with railway station below. We use this to stock up with supermarket goods when we are staying in Melbourne at a nearby apartment hotel. Thanx

Logging with permission of CO.
It's amazing how much you can learn geocaching. A place I have visited a few times when in Melbourne under its former name but i didn't know it's secret then. I was lured here today for another reason apart from shopping and I wasn't disappointed! An amazingly eye catching place. TFTC Biggles Bear.

We are logging this cache as a find with the permission of the cache owner.

Suscoe was wandering the lanes of Melbourne today finding caches and eventually we found our way here.
This was our 8th find of the day.
We remember this cinematic offering far back in our memory banks.
All good here today, a brilliant blue sky and a most pleasant late Autumn day.
Brightened us right up after last night's footy game!

Thanks to Biggles Bear for creating this cache, nice walk down memory lane.

Found on our 2015 footy trip to Melbourne with Sol de Lune. Before seeing the bulldogs losing to the saints, despite being in front by 55 POINTS AT HALF TIME, we decided to get a couple of the virtuals around the city. It was really nice coming around to all of these cool spots looking for the answers - they were all really cryptic and very nicely set up. Also, this adds another three GC virtuals to my list - you don't see those too often. TFTC Biggles Bear!

In Melbourne for a weekend of footy with Toy Hunters and as we were staying in the CBD, we decided to try for 3 of the virtual caches I still had to claim.

I can remember this one from my days living in Melbourne, so glad to finally make the find on it. Answers were gathered, e-mail sent to the CO and approval to log received. Thanks again Biggles Bear.....always enjoy a virtual. Favourite point here for the memories......

A tag along in this one with Teamthommo today I believe permission was granted to log when she sent her answers in . TFTC

Logging with permission of CO
Hubby had a day off work which left me free to explore some caches with TeamThommo and Geo-Granni.. We seem to have quite a collection of virtuals going on at the minute... They are so much fun and I love the facts you learn!

ThankBigglesBear for this awesome cache :)

This entry was edited by ms-enchantress on Thursday, 07 May 2015 at 03:41:30 UTC.

Logging with permission from the CO.
Certainly not a couch potato and certainly on the chase for a few victuals while I'm in the city off and on this week. Geogranni has some appointments in and around the area over a couple of days we Ms-enchantress and I thought we would take advantage and pick up some dailies and some more uncommon caches.

This was a quick dash and grab a photo and working out the answers while stuck on the Monash car park 9 damn that road)
I didn't realise this Movie had been filmed here which is silly as it sticks out like the proverbial now!
TFTC Biggles Bear we always know they are good when your name is one them. TBV

We headed to Melbourne for a week of exploring, relaxing and a touch of caching, and today headed out to grab a few, and this one was next up on the list We headed into the shopping centre, and soon spotted exactly what we were after Being tourists we had no idea this existed, so it was great to be able to do some research and learn a thing or two [^]



TFTC Biggles Bear, our answers have been submitted



Gaz'n'Kab

Answers emailed to CO.

I was in the city, looking for another cache (which I DNFed unfortunately) when I saw this one. Virtuals are a very rare thing where I come from, so I grabbed the chance. It took a while to get the answers but in the end I was very sure of them.

Tks BB!

And yes, I visited GZ. When I read about 'couch potato caching' in the description, it was the first time I'd come across this term.

During my sigthseeing trip through Melbourne I also came to this place. After a bit of research I got the right answers.
TFTC
#10857

Such an amazing view from this place. Took a lot of photos.
Have sent the CO the answer but posted without a response.

Tftvc

Worked this out with geowife thewhiteswan.

Logging with permission from BigglesBear. Worked this out with geohusband addamh. In Victoria visiting my family and can always count on Melbourne Central bringing back good memories from diamaru days.

Anwers sent.
Thanks for giving me a reason to visit this place during my first stay in Melbourne.

I was in Melbourne to catch a Jimeoin show.

MissJane went looking at quilts and I went caching.

Logging with permission from the CO.

I had called it a day for finding caches, but I was given the opportunity to complete this Virtual before heading back to Gippsland.

Thanks for brining me here.

'Scrat' visited your cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.

TFTVC Biggles Bear

Wow!! Never new this film was filmed here. Love the main actor but must say some of the acting in this film is not the greatest. Had a great weekend for 10th Wedding Anniversary in the CBD. Dinner out, a musical and geocaching (hubby was Munzee)

#5626

On our trip trough Australia with the hole family we looked also for some caches. They often showed us places we would never had discovered. Thanks a lot to all the people who care about this lovely hobby .

Melbourne was our last stop. Here we packed all together and we made us ready to fly home. But we also want to visit Melbourne and look what there is around .

I didn't see this movie, but I like the actor!

Greetings from Switzerland .

TFTC

Wow this one was hard! Not a big fan of this actor or the movies this actor is in. Also not aware of the Melbourne Movie Scene! I got horribly hung up on the wrong actor for a while too.It Took a long time before I managed to look for the right information. I sent my answer to the CO and got the green light to log this one. Thanks for the cache BB. Now to keep trying for the other nearby virtual that I visited.....

Grew up in Melb and remember when this place opened as a big Japanese chain store. Took the kids back for a holiday to check out the home town and also ventured to Phillip Island. Had a blast and the best weather.

Wonderful holiday in Australia with laalaa. To Melbourne early in the morning. Sunday and it was quiet. Weather was pretty.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the virtual.
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[ 4 / 61 | 18005 ]

Found it with Team FIN [kapeka & laalaa]

We had fun with caching few weeks here in Australia ( Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Australian Capital Territory ). Lots of geocaches and many sort of them too. We saw awesome places, weather was good all the time and people were friendly and polite. Caches were pretty similar like in our home country. Of course there were some exeptions. Nice and huge country!

Greetings from Finland!

#1144 11.04.2015 11:30

Reissdorf and I spend almost a month for holidays in Australia.

After visiting Sydney and the outback (Ayers Rock & Kings Canyon) we are now in Melbourne.

Thank you for showing this place.

Tftc
welena

Last night I happened to turn on the TV and saw my beloved Melbourne Central starring in an action movie and it suddenly reminded me of this cache. Many months ago I had come across this cache and after some research at the time had found the answer - not only to the cache but armchair caching too - so sad.

Anyway, sent an email off to CO and this morning received a green light to log a find. TFTC Biggles Bear!

#143 - Logged with permission of the owner (a full month late due to the most tedious ongoing internet issues). Thanks for a super fun virtual - I come here every time I'm in Melbourne to look at the architecture - and perhaps buy those delicious Japanese crepes nearby - so it was great to have a reason to come here and indulge those two past times.

I have seen the movie once or twice but didn't realise the scene was from here. TFTC!

Interesting

Log approved by Bigglesbear

Got the ok to log this from the CO, very cool place.! TFTC

Yes, this Virtuell-Answere is correct.Thanks to my perfect Hands at home in Germany.
While my vacation in Melbourne i can log this cache now.

Kinds regards from Germany
Mathias

Going home to watch the movie

Thank for for showing me this nice Location, known from the movie!

spartak

Thanks Biggles Bear for permission to log. I don't work in the city anymore but when I did I was though here at least once a week. It was interesting to come back and I had no idea this was GZ for movie star royalty! I think this area is really public space but it's succumbed to commercialism creep like many other great locations around the city. It has a long and checkered history and knowing that perhaps it was inevitable this area would turn into another glitzy mall. By now I'm well off the topic so suffice to say if you haven't watched the movie it is worth it. Melbourne less than two decades ago looks completely different. The full length version is currently available on youtube.

Crazeecat and I were in Melbourne for a romantic weekend (and to share our wedding anniversary with 85,000 of our closest friends at the World Cup Cricket match)

A spot of shopping and a nearby virtual cache - what more could you want?

Biggles Bear was happy with our answers, so we are logging this find (a bit later than I would have liked, but sometimes your memory goes)

TFTC

Found with Vombatus2 on a trip to Melbourne

TFTC

#3237

My wife and I have been at the location yesterday. The answers were sent to the cache owner.
I remeber to have seen the movie but not a thing of the story.

Thanks to Biggles Bear for the cache and greetings from Switzerland.

Logged with permission. I had a good look around this area a few months ago, and tried to get as high as I could, and got as high as the cinemas then could get no further. My GPS was swinging all around the place, so I couldn't quite get a fix on GZ. I was back there today, and tried to imagine how it was used for the film. I found the answers on Google, and haven't seen the film as it's not quite my style. Maybe if there was a bit of Keanu Reeves circa Speed-era in it then I might be more inclined to watch it. Thanks Biggles Bear for the virtual.

I do not watch many movies but this is my favourite actor and what I consider the film of his I like the best. I had no idea where the coordinates were taking me until I arrived, and, as soon as I arrived I knew immediately what all the answers were.
Thank you very much Biggles Bear for permission to log today

Logging with permission from CO. This was a trip down memory lane, for the movie and the setting. The star is amazing at comedy timing and if you ever get to see the deleted bits from one of their movies, it is a real laugh. TFTC and a reason to come to Melbourne for the day

Thanks for the movie which I ended up watching. TFTC

I vaguely remember this movie but have never seen it and GZ didn't help reveal any obvious clues. A bit of research though soon revealed the answer. Thanks for the cache Biggles Bear.

Having lived in Melbourne for well over 30 years it was about time I went inside for a look around.
With a bit of spare time today this seemed like a good opportunity to stretch the legs.
Logged with permission. Thank you for the caches Biggles Bear.

#1940
I visited this virtual's location today and enjoyed looking around the area. Love the dome above! An email has been sent to the CO so logging the find in anticipation of the CO's permission. Thanks Biggles Bear for setting this one up. I'll enjoy the movie when I get home. Cheers.

Logged with permission and the Bonus Point. Did this one today after having lunch at the same place. TFTC

#2963 - 14:10; I was out and about while in Melbourne for a few days on the way home from a trip to Tassie on a Burke and Wills expedition, but making a few detours to collect some of the local caches, after a productive early morning wander. Determined to get a few of the Melbourne 'virtuals', I visited the GZ for this cache in furtherance of this goal. Once I was back home, the research was completed and an email to the CO for a quick OK to log. TFTC Biggles Bear

Logged with permission

Found back in 2011,
But is currently enjoy the movie on channel 9 now [:x]

Had great fun doing this cache. Logged with permission.
Thanks for this cache, Biggles Bear!

Nice to find one so close to work

TaurusSix and I went to see a movie and this cache was conveniently placed. Didn't take long to find the question's answer. No bonus points though - never seen it. We appreciated that this was the coolest (temperature wise) hunt today.

Staying in Melbourne for a couple weeks as part of our vacation to Australia. First time downtown today and we grabbed just a couple caches. Interesting to learn about this one!

Great day shopping with the geokids and new cachers Jenkins-Girls from Sydney. Email sent to CO with answer to question, and pic attached of our visit.

A lovely three days in Melbourne on my way to Aukland and visiting my family and grandkids. What better than to grab some caches.

Staying near the Royal Children's Hospital we did the ones in the Royal Park and the earthy smelling one near the zoo. Always love a good "Wild Animal" smell first thing in the morning. Anyway I digress, also had a few finds in the city and as much as this is available from the comfort of the lounge, I always think that defeats the purpose, so great to get out and about.

Thanks a lot for this trivia run Biggles Bear and your prompt response.

Found it with my Daddy and Uncle today while in the City visiting Melbourne Jail.

TFTC.

Yay, found it! We're from Sydney so had a great time in the city, tftc

When I visited Melbourne in late December I also visited this site.
At home in Germany it took me some research the answer the questions.
Thnaksforthis nice cache !

Logged with permission. TFTC

In Melbourne for a short stay over the festive season and grabbed a few caches while here... Logged with permission... Thanks for keeping this one active Biggles Bear Will upload photo shortly

Being Christmas Day, and on our lonesome, we headed into the heart of Melbourne to cache.
We thought there would be a lot less traffic and muggles - how wrong we were.
Traffic was banked up with vehicles, just trying to get onto the freeway, and in the city - people everywhere.
Even thought it was quite busy, we still managed to get parking where we needed it.

We enjoyed our day here, in the city. Logged after confirmation from the CO.
Many thanks, Biggles Bear.

Decided to bring the kids to the city to see the Christmas decorations. We arrived at Melbourne central train station and by chance exited in the right direction to find gz. We also arrived just in time to see the clock chime.
Permission to log... And will try to upload our photo

Great setting, and I could see why a film would be shot here. Mind you, I know very little about movies so I had to ask at the info desk next to the tower.

A beautiful location. Thank you for the shopping.

Le plus dur est de trouver le film.

Tftc

Buckfast from France

I found this Location on a walk in Melbourne Downtown. Thanks for showing me. Logged with permission. TFTC

Hi from Nelson Bay, NSW!
As Melbourne is my second home, once I saw where the coords were taking me, I knew what I was looking for! However, the trivia alluded me, and I had to seek the help of my mother to answer it! TFTC!

This entry was edited by caits19 on Monday, 15 December 2014 at 05:15:11 UTC.

Busy spot. Good virtual. I was in melb when they were filming this.

It is my last full day in Melbourne, so I spent the day catching trams around the city picking up geocaches. I focused on virtuals and earth caches, but got a variety of caches. Cool place here, interesting tower. Answers emailed to CO. TFTC