Mainstay Croydon, Victoria, Australia
By BernieH on 10-Sep-21. Waypoint GC9GBE3

easy find

TFTC! Great cache but the logbook needs a bit of rescuing!

Had a second day in Melbourne and found a few more, including this one.

Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache BernieH.

I was in the area doing some maintenance on my own geocaches, so I thought Id grab this one. I parked in a nearby street, and as I walked through the passage, two yappy dogs came running at my heels, dragging their leads. I stepped on the leads to stop the dogs running away, picked up the leads, and looked around for an owner. A little old lady came through the back gate of the retirement village in her motored scooter. I said that I wasnt sure if theyd gotten away or been let go on purpose. She said that she cant open the gate and hold onto them at the same time, and that the dogs usually come back to her. We talked briefly about what a lovely day it is for a walk, then I grabbed the cache. Thanks, BernieH! I think Ive just met one of your neighbours

What? Where is this muggle coming from?

*Found on the 4 Aug 2024 @ 1:52PM.**Cache find # 15702.* Today I headed over this way to tackle a few of the new Ringwood Ramble series of caches.I had got to the end of the Ramble caches in this direction but there were a few other caches which I had not found yet so I continued further along the trail to have a look for this one.I had stopped at this one a bit earlier but there was a constant flow of muggles so I continued on to the next, I was now on the return run so I made another stop and this time the coast was clear, I was able to make a quick find, signed the log and continued on my way.**Thanks to BernieH for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

Found while walking the dogs. Notebook was a little damp but was still able to write in it. Thanks for the cache!

Nice area. Signed the log. Book is damp. Clydekitty.

found it

Found it

Quick find at gz, lovely find on my walk today.

Relocated container to its original location.All good to go, now come and find it!Logged at 12:11:56PM---*WOW, so much happening here in Victoria*Log your will attend for [**Cachemas In July**](https://coord.info/GCAPPGD) and get your [tickets here]( https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1228458?) for the event in Kensington on 27 July 2024.Log your will attend for [**SideTracked Day 2024**](https://coord.info/GCAPPGF) on 10 August 2024 at the Miniature Railway Park in Eltham.The Great Victorian Cache Crawl is coming on 17-18 August 2024, this year starting near Melbourne heading up around Echuca and back over the weekend. More details to follow.And 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.

Found it. After a short search

Great hide we looked all over then oh there it is.

Thank you

Thank

A bit tricky wading through to this one! Our second family geocache adventure.

Its hard to miss if you go to the right post youll see it straight away. TFTC

This one was a bit harder than we expected but with the help of a mate from FisherFamFive we ended up finding it TFTC:(

Out and about with my good mate AdamWickenton on a sunny Saturday morning, making the most of having the bye for footy this week. Parked close to nearby [Maggs Trees](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9GBDY_maggs-trees) so that Adam could collect that find, and then made our way over to this one and then further to [Source of the Mullum Mullum](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9GBE0_source-of-the-mullum-mullum). Once at GZ, we waited for some walkers to pass to find the perfect moment to swoop in for this cache. Once that moment arose, it was a nice quick find. Tftc BernieH

Tftc. Contents very damp. Needs some dry time.

Quite the wade through the grass. Ended up jumping a locked gate to get around the other side, not ideal. Logbook is soaked, seal on the bottle is broken.

Nice, easy find. All in good condition. TFTC

Beautiful day for a bike ride, tyftc

What a beautiful day! It would have been churlish not to get out and about geocaching so mrs frilk and I grabbed the geo-pooch and came to the area.No luck this time. Next time...

How difficult should this one have been... there seemed to be only one logical place for the cache but I couldn't find anything there. Even checked out nearby alternatives without success. Oh well, another day maybe...

Found it not to hard with the help of natisaac23

Me, my brother and dad couldn’t find it at first but just as we were about to leave,we found it behind the post. Good hiding spot Bernie

After waiting for a few walkers to pass, I dived in and extracted the cache. Nice seat nearby to sign the log, which was very wet. Cool container, and a bit surprised how the water gets in.

Good find, don't think it was exactly where it should have been but returned it to its original position.

Easy find. Logbook very wet- nearly impossible to write…TFTC

Found tnx

Found with Stresspoint and Geodog. Thanks for the cache.

Found it
It was very fun to look for

Nice quick found. TFTC.

#1706

Woah what a week… what a month…. Finally made it to Friday and now school holidays for the kids. With Master eleven aka geoninja finishing school an hour than normal, I picked him up and had an hour to kill before we returned to pick up miss thirteen aka Ge0Bug… so what to do… what to do… we’ll get a BernieH cache of course.

This was the perfect one for today, although the nearby sword grass got a little excited and I scored some cuts. And despite the awesome and apparent solid container, the log book is damp, but not enough that I couldn’t sign my name. Thanks for the cache!

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Quick find today. Only passed one group of dog walkers, so muggle free for our find. Managed to sign log but very damp. Thanks BernieH

Found my first Geocache!

This was pretty easy but fun

Easy

I found it

Uru

This was a super quick find by GT37. Thanks for the cache.

Pleased to make a quick find here as I have so much to get done. Thanks for another cache close to home.

Today I had the morning free and thought it was a nice day to go geocaching. Today the plan was to collect a number of geocaches that I needed a challenge, the one where you need 20 geocaches in each Victorian LGA. Turns out I've only ever found 5 geocaches in the Maroondah LGA, so time to fix that.

Very busy path at 11 am on a Sunday morning. Glad there was a seat here as I had to take a seat and wait out a number of people. Pleased it was a quick find when the area was free.

Thanks for the cache Bernie H
Hunter

Really fun find! It took my a little while to find it but I eventually did, the stuff inside was a bit moist, probably from the climate though, overall super fun!

Took forever

Very difficult to find

An easy find once the dog owners moved on.
Thanks for the cache BernieH

The log book was pretty damp and moldy kind of hard to write on also the pen is running out of ink

Found it after much looking. It was not behind the ‘pole’, just tossed onto shrubs. We moved it back to be more consistent with clue.

Beautiful area, never been up here before, will be back. Perfect weather for a quick little find. Log a little damp otherwise found safe and sound. TFTC

After spending way too much time locating our previous find, RedCb and I enjoyed a walk along the trail, and made a quick find. With the log signed, and stowed away again, we headed off along the trail again.
Thanks BernieH.

Continuing our nice afternoon walk Crustyvarmit, Pilot and I found this one relatively quickly. A nice one to finish an enjoyable afternoon. Thanks BernieH

A quick and easy find in this beautiful peaceful area. Tftc!

Server crashed at work, so we were sent home. Stopped here for a quick find on the way.

Thanks for bringing me here today by placing this cache, BernieH

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I had 30mins to kill after dropping wife and x2 kids to prepare for their school concert with my eldest one of the stars of the show - super proud of him and can’t wait. A quick find - locating where to park the car and access the bike track to longer! tftc

#1337 - Last cache of the day today on a part of the Mullum Mullum trail that I hadn't;'t been to before. Loved the cache container!

Tftc

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Found it!

Nice easy find

Out for a walk on this lovely sunny winters day and to pick up a couple of caches. The area was deserted and it was Mrs Pooky who made the find with the help of the hint. Whilst we were signing the log Muggles came from everywhere, dog walkers, walkers, and cyclists so we sat down on a conveniently placed seat nearby and waited till everyone had passed and the area was once again deserted before returning the cache to its hiding spot. TFTC and bringing us to this walking track to show us more of the area. TNLN.

Nice quick find. Thanks Bernie.

Loved the container and a simple but effective hiding spot! Thanks BernieH!

A nice quick and easy find on a pleasant afternoon stroll around the area.
TFTC

Thanks Bernie! Great hiding spot.

A nice quick and easy cache.

Quick easy find on a walk. TFTC

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First find

A nice autumn day. Perfect weather to get out and find some caches . A pleasant walk along the mullum mullum Trail. Found this one quickly . Thanks BernieH

Found it!

Found it. Signed log. Thanks

Found it with ease, signed the log and left 2 polished little gemstones. TFTC

Thanks for the hide. Once we had the cache in hand we were able to sit on the bench and pretend it was our thermos while we logged the find.

Found ut

Thanks BernieH for the cache and marketing lesson relating to Croydon's history. Giddy up

I met a lovely elderly gentleman enjoying the lovely weather on the way to GZ ..after a chat I made my way to GZ and made a quick find. Thanks BernieH for placing the cache

Great container! Thanks so much for placing it.

I had an errand to run in Templestowe today, and had time to find a few caches on the way towards home.
A quick wander along from the Mullum Mullum source to this hide, located where the name suggests.
A very substantial container, this one.
TFTC BernieH

Found, signed and returned while icw shielded me from the gaze of two distant muggles. Tftc.

TFTC a quick find.

A beautiful walk along the creek and a nice quick find.

Cache is in perfect shape and logbook is nice and dry. TFTC

Nice spot with somewhere to sit close by. That’s always a bonus to log comfortably! TFTC!

Quick find on a Sunday morning bike ride. Thanks I know this area well.

My mission is to find all of the new BernieH caches, as my caching chums have found them all. I am lagging behind somewhat and this needs to be rectified. This is another I can tick off.

Beautiful weather this morning and the caches were calling. It was high time I made a start on all these wonderful BernieH hides - and this was the second.

This was really nice. Really nice container, great placement, handy bench and another nice history snippet. Can’t imagine a market here only 10 years ago. Great research you old timer local you!

Took TB

TFTC

A few walkers and cyclists on the nearby path so a little care was required. Lyn spotted the container reasonably quickly and we were able to sign the log. A short wait for the path to clear and we could replace the cache. Thanks to BernieH for the cache.

Logged with original account BlackOpal2005. We've now decided we need our own accounts so I'm playing catchup.

Gorgeous trail, enjoyed the find.

On another BernieH run today with quiet1_au, making the most of the cooler weather today and the fact that I am NOT an Educational Contact this week (after 2 weeks in a row!!) It was fantastic to be out in the fresh air!! We had to skip this one on the way to Maggs as people were sitting on the nearby seat. On the way back all was clear and JMelb made the find
TFTC BernieH and for all the caches of yours we found today giving us much needed fresh cool air and exercise. Glad you made such great use of your lockdown walks!! We had intentions and not many have come to fruition yet! lol - GJMMelb

Found it tftc.

Quick and easy find TFTC

Good cache from the legendary BernieH13.

Took me a minute! GAFF 3

TFTC, Bernie!

Found at 12:27
Forgot
Further down the trail and another good sized container. Dropped off a GCA pathtag.
Thanks BernieH for the cache

Oops, forgot to log this one. Whilst Cygnus3333 had her hair done I decided to go for a walk to try to get a few caches. This was the first and and easy one at that without muggles near GZ to deal with. The next was a DNF (since found with GJMMelb) and a rapid march back to the car as I took far longer than expected - so a did not attempt on the third cache target... Oh well! TFTC

Tftc

Found it