Nana's park Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
By seagull_lad on 23-Oct-22. Waypoint GCA18BM

Looked for 5 min but DNF

Received a few DNFs, will have to have a look hopefully this week!

Took some time out to have a rest whilst watching the activity in the park , but sadly no cache to be found.

TFTC, log book a little bit soggy.Nice day to be out

Cute! Log book might need replacement as its soggy and a bit worn for wear. We tried our best to place it in so that it can be protected from the elements. TFTC!

Tyftc!

*Found on the 15 Sep 2024 @ 12:36PM.**Cache find # 15792.* While having a look at the nearby series of caches, I made a slight detour and headed to this one for a look, once at GZ, it wasnt long before the cache was found and the log signed, now back to the series.**Thanks to seagull_lad for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

so cute!

I found this cache on my Mega Walk #29 - a 25,000 step walk through Heathmont, Burnt Bridge and Ringwood. I walked up for this one whilst I was waiting for gardeners to move down on the Mullum Mullum Trail. Thanks from D B-A

Was very visible so I put in in a more discreet location. TFTC

After a long wait i found it Tyftc

TwoEms had a few grandmothers between us, and not one of them ever went for a walk in the park with us. Thank you for the cacheyour nana sounds cool.

Found with icw. Nice use of a quiet suburban park. Tftc.

Found with a very easy catch. TFTC

Thank you

Very good spot love the magnet to hold it under the bench

We were as drawn to this one, it seemed to have an almost magnetic attraction for us:

TFTC. Very nice park!

Thought it was going to be a lot smaller then that TFTC

Nice easy first find of the day 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. This was our first cache for the day, and after turning our geo-senses on, this one was shortly in hand. Tftc seagull_lad

TFTC

Thx it was a nice find

Good one.

I was on my way over to a *Leap Day* event at Ringwood Lake... and was purposely early enough to stop for some caches along the way... particularly as I had forgotten about the *Leap Day Souvenir* and needed some additional finds. This was my third stop... and as I walked towards the cache I had a sense of *deja vu*... I was sure that I had been here before for cache. Then I remembered... unlike today, muggles had been playing at the basket ball hoop... and so I had walked off without even bothering with a DNF. Today was easy with no one around... Thanks **seagull_lad** for putting this cache here.

Tftc nice park

Very good spot. Nice attachment mechanism.

Smart hiding spot, good for beginners

Nice, easy find. All in good condition. TFTC

Was in the area doing another event and thought I would swing by. Thanks

After an errand in Ringwood that turned into a wild goose chase, trying to find a part for my school bus, I took a slightly longer route home via a couple of caches. This was a nice quick find in the deserted park. All in good dry condition. TFTC seagull_lad

We bought an e-bike and this was my first ride other than the day we bought it. It's such a fun strange feeling, being able to ride up hills without breaking a sweat! It'll be helpful for me to be able to keep up on bike rides now. This was the first cache of I'm sure many to come that I found while on the new bike I wasn't the only one out on a bike today as there were a couple of little girls learning to ride along the path nearby. Thankfully they were more interested in not falling over than what I was doing. Thanks for placing the cache in this sweet little park!

loved it

A nice quick and easy find with a nice clean log book to sign. TFTC

TFTCNice park, sorry the bag needs replacing

New logbook, new container. Geocache un-muggled and ready to find again (same spot) Good luck!

Paint is drying, back in play soon

Should have the new container out by the end of next week, there's been a lot on. Thanks for being patient!

It might actually be a little longer. I have my final exams at the moment so I'll enquire to see if I can get help from a friend.

In light of the DNFS I'll make time this week to go down and investigate the cache. Hopefully everything is all good!

Unfortunately the cache is missing, I'll be able to make another container within two weeks. I'll disable for now and hopefully it'll be up and running again soon !

Searched all over the obvious place that the coordinates sent us to. Couldn't find.

Came... and walked on without stopping... muggles at GZ!

Well bother, this is a bit of a grumble! I'll have to bring BlueBM back here with his eagle eyes.

Found it, Good night walk

Found on a pleasant afternoon's walk with my faithful geoGroodle, ahead of a visit to the dog park.

On arrival the nearby sporting feature was in use, so we headed off for a circuit of the park. Soon enough the sporty person moved on, so we headed over towards GZ. We then had an extended period of waiting for the dog walking person who suddenly appeared to loiter, talk to another person, have their dog do anything but walk and generally take...well... an extended period. Still, all in the name of patient engagement with life so all good. Eventually the moment came and we seized it, quickly finding the cache and doing the requisite signing duties. TFTC

Found at 15:29
Luckily when I arrived there were no muggles around and I was able to search in peace. I took a couple of laps of the park on my way back to the car.
Thanks seagull_lad & geo-nan for the cache

Easy find

Been meaning to log this one for a while. Nice quick find. Tip walk around the path the grass is very wet. TFTC

A quick find while on the way home from a nearby appointment. The two young boys playing basketball didn’t pay us any attention so it was an easy grab and sign.

Sit back and relax!

A quick find after watching my two boys play their local footy games. A bitterly cold day so no one at the park watching me. tftc

It was hard to find at first but The two sides of the chairs looked different it was magnetic very hard to find

A quick find on a cold day. I love caching with my grandchildren too. Thanks seagull_lad & geo-Nan.

Find number 12109 at 11:38:13 am on Thursday the 22 June 2023
Passing by on the way home from shopping and needed my caching fix for the day.
A nice quick find and a place to sit and enjoy the moment.
**Thanks for placing this cache seagull_lad**

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The park was empty, and the seat was too wet for me to sit on, so instead, my knees got dirty! TFTC.

It was got and fun to find but i wish there was a bit more like a pen

Heading to a party. Not my party. Not one for Heymissjo either. Only Ge0Bug was invited. But we were a little early. So we thought we'd see what smileys might be about. And this was perfect.

The 2 young ones played on the playground while the eldest played within the warm comfort of the GeoMobile. Meanwhile, the 3 intrepid geocachers had their eyes on the treasure on the far side of the park.
Mud and party shoes
Catjump basketball
Thank you

I originally found this cache with my Mum heymissjo, but now that I have my own account, I am logging. Thanks for the cache.

Thanks for the cache.found it with Heymissjo and The welder

#1685
Nanas are the best
My first cache hide was a tribute to my beautiful Nan. I loved spending school holidays with my grandparents and was exceptionally close to my Nan even during my adult years, speaking to her most days until she passed away eleven years ago. She managed to hold on until the birth of my second child, and was delighted to meet my son.
If my Nan was alive she would have loved to cached with me for she loved the great outdoors and soaking up the sunshine. Thanks for sharing your special cache with us.


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Very nice and easy

Tyler shot his slippers into the hoop

After a previous DNF tonight on this freezing evening, I walked over to this one instead, this time a nice quick find. Had the log signed and replaced as found in no time.

Replaced the ziploc bag inside with a fresh new one as the old one was torn down the side.

Happy to report that the cache is in good condition and the logbook nice and dry.

Tftc

I came out to give the geo dog a walk and we walked around the park. There was someone playing basketball so we did not have a seat. As I wandered past I saw the cache and grabbed it as I walked past. I continued on until I reached another seat and then sat down to log the cache. I then did the same in reverse. The young basketball player looked a bit bemused but did not seem too interested. Thanks seagull_lad
GJMMelb

Good spot

Grub62 and I sat down and waited and waited but no football was played. A very nice park was seen though. TFTC.

Today I was on a mission to find caches that I needed to finish my 360 degrees from home (5 degrees in total) and I had three dates required of when caches were placed - to find. Finding caches that Bunadoorian hadn't found previously added to the complexity.

Wednesdays have recently become our morning tea out with friends - but as they have just left for a road trip with their caravan to WA we came exploring before stopping for our morning tea.

After morning tea - this was our 8th find this morning and my third degree from home - 120-121 degree. I soon had the cache in hand- log signed while enjoying the view! TFTC and for bringing us here - seagull_lad and geo-nan.

This was the second last cache for the day and I was a bit footsore, so I jumped on the excellent Ringwood loop bus, which took me close to GZ. Great spot for a cache and a lovely park here.

Today we had a calendar hole to fill, and as we have a limited amount of caches nearby, we were saving this for such a day.
Just as we had parked for this, it had begun to rain. So we hurried to gz and made a quick find with isadarren.
Thanks seagull_lad for placing this cache and taking us to this park.

Found it

I headed out for a couple of hours today mainly to find a mystery cache to fill a calendar day but had to stop at others along the way and this was one of them.
Park was totally deserted with this short winter spell we are having in the middle of summer so the find was nice and easy.
Thanks seagull_lad for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Cool spot

There was a little bit of activity in the park near the playground when we arrived but all was quiet at GZ. Lyn made a quick find and we could sign the log. Thanks to seagull_lad & geo-nan for the cache.

Took a little while to find

Thanks crew. Nice easy find second time around. We got scared off last time by b-ballers. Giddy up

Thanks for the spot!

Out and about with Rebel Acts once again to have some laughs and put some smiles on the map.
After attending a local geo event we did a few of the surrounding caches before the day got too hot.

Cheers for the cache

Found by Omegaman1971
Out and about with Rebel Acts once again to have some laughs and put some smiles on the map.
After attending a local geo event we did a few of the surrounding caches before the day got too hot.

Out and about with My good caching mate Omegaman1971, there are always plenty of laughs while we are turning caches into smiles.

This is one of the caches found today. A quick find was had here.

Thanks seagull_lad for the cache.

The area was deserted when I arrived.
The cache was an easy find.
Tftc

Someone's Nana doing laps around the oval but managed to sneak it in the end

Haha turns out we met THE Nana while finding this one. Lovely cache

Found quickly and easily

Thanks Nana and assistant.

Good clue. No pen BYO

The dogs and I enjoyed finding this little park today. We sat on the seat and watched a family playing in the playground, and signed the cache before walking the circuit.
Thanks for showing us this area, seagull lad & geo-nan. I can see why you enjoy it so much.

Thanks seagull_lad and geo-nan for placing the cache in this park for us to find .. no muggles about today, perhaps because it was a little wet underfoot but at least the rain held off.

A quick find on a glorious Saturday for a bike ride. Just around the corner from where I used to live. Thanks.

I used to play here as a kid lol

Found it I have no pen lots of muggles around today
TFTC seagull_lad

Think this is my third trip to this reserve, across the past six years. Great location for a cache and a gentle stroll. Tftc

Parked around the corner and made my way to GZ. Stopped for a break and checked that there was no muggles watching as I made the quick find. No games on today. I think (just like my own backyard) this reserve could do with a bit of a mow.

Thanks for bringing me here by placing this cache, seagull_lad

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I had to double check my GPS brought me to the right spot, as I'd visited this park back in September to scope it out for a potential spot to plant a Cache.

Sure enough though, there it was ! Guess I'll have to look further afield for a new spot.

Great camoflauge though, I had to do a second lap to see it.

We spotted this on our map while caching in the area and were so excited when only two other cachers had found it! Super exciting to get third to find. A quick spot in the rain led to a speedy sign and return to the car. Thanks seagull_lad and geo_nan.

Lots of fond memories of this park that I grew up near. Used to ride my bike around the bike track when I was a kid, we used to build forts with the freshly cut grass clippings and play on the play ground which used to have a steel slide that would burn your bum on a hot day. The park was surrounded by giant pine trees for as long as I can remember. They've all gone now.
Headed out on the tail of a thunder storm, light rain, and no one around. Easy find. Thanks for the cache seagul_lad!

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FTF at 16:26 - log to follow.

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