Bodkin - Night Heron Waterford, Western Australia, Australia
By GandJWA on 29-Apr-23. Waypoint GCA7Z6F

A beautiful lake

A quick find while walking the dog a lovely little lake Id never known was there. Tftc

TFTC quick find

Fun

A VERY clever little hide. Tftc!

Thanks

Maybe a different clue

Finally came back for redemption, found it this time within seconds. Love the hiding spot . TFTC!

The weather was much kinder to us than the last time we were here and we narrowed down where to look quickly with ICN grabbing the find not long after starting the search. With a recent public holiday on Monday behind us, we decided to move our regular nightly caching adventure to Wednesday to coincide with a West OZ meeting.I C Nothing and I met up shortly after finishing work and grabbed a couple of caches on the way to Mt Pleasant, where we paused for dinner and the meeting. Once the meeting concluded, we were joined by Monkeywand, and together we worked our way through Applecross, Waterford, Cannington, and back again.We managed to find a good variety of caches, and by the end of the night I had managed to accumulate 10 finds and 1 DNF. Thanks go to GandJWA for placing and maintaining the Traditional cache Bodkin - Night Heron for me and others to find.I added my name to the log at 20:30 on 5/6/2024.This is find number 9018 for me.

Another night out with Monkeywand and Cirrus_wa. Cache was found easily and in good condition.Signed Mic.

Out and about with I C Nothing and Cirrus_WA for another night of caching fun. Love the Camo!

Another nice and easy find on a beautiful Perth day. Thank you GrandJWA for placing and maintaining this cache

Tftc yes a fair distance from co ordinates geed camo

Found on a hot autumn day, the remnant bush lands around the traps are looking very stressed.Some logs were signed as ILT, others were marked with our stamp.Thanks for placing the cache GandJWA, this was find # 35819 for us.

Very clever, TFTC

Super clever! 12m from location indeed, thanks!

A walk along the Canning river on a hot summer evening revealed this well hidden cache after disturbing a bunch of insects and being eaten by mozzies. Thanks

Had a Drone flying course nearby today, so once completed I hunted down a few nearby caches.Cache about 5m south of coords. TFTC

Found it after a bit of a search. Thanks for replacing. All in good condition, but suggest coords update as I found it approx 12m away from posted location. Replaced as found, safe and sound. Liked the Camo. Fave awarded

Replaced container and updated hint.

Found only the log. Container in pieces!

Container in pieces.

Found it on the groundwhat was left of it! Potentially some birds may have muggled it? Owner maintenance will be requiredwe have tried to hide it in a treewill come back with some way to protect later.

Hi, found it, tricky as above my headhight

Coordinates changed from:S 32 1.084 E 115 52.923Coordinates changed to:S 32 1.077 E 115 52.928Distance from original: 50.8 feet or 15.5 meters.Moved so that it doesn't get muggled again.

Replaced and moved slightly

No more blue face. Although it still took me few circles to find it as I was focused on the wrong thing. TFTC

### Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner. The cache owner needs to:* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present. Otherwise :* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary or provide other information.. **Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this. That is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**. Alternatively:* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by GandJWA and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned, and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache. *Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.Thank youBalayangCommunity Reviewer -Australia

I couldn't find it

No luck.......

Mmmmm

Nope, no luck. Sat on both benches, my GPS had it somewhere between the 2. Searched the whole vicinity. Not really sure what I'm looking for and couldn't crack this puzzle

Cant say I had long look with the previous log. Nothing on my search.

It’s gone
I found it on Sunday and today it’s missing

Thank you,for the treasure hunt
it was very small

Eez

Early morning walk. Signed and returned as found. Tftc

Find 5 of 31 on a full day of caching, first on a 24km bike ride centred on Waterford, then on a decent walk up and around the back of Statham's Quarry and the zig zag. We topped it off with a tree climbing FTF in Banksia Grove as the light was dropping fast.

Found it jammed up in there, replaced as found.

TFTC GandJWA!

We found this in plain sight - after reading a few logs we figured it must have been previously well hidden so tried to find a better hidey hole, same location. TFTC

I found it at first l was confused like is it in the bush

Damn

Nice camo. TFTC.

hooray! found it on day two

This one took a bit longer to find. I evevtually saw something out off place. Thanks

Very camouflaged but found after sitting on the bench

Unfortunately I was unable to locate this cache today. I will add it to my list and hopefully return soon to claim the prize.

A beautiful winters afternoon to get out and do some caching.
Nicely camoed.

TFTC GandJWA this is find #15486 for us.

Good hiding spot

A late afternoon autumn stroll, a seat on the bench with a scenic view and friendly bird calls, a look for a cache laying nearby - all excellent!

Indeed, not many at all. great camo! TFTC

A great little series here. Thank you for hiding these caches.

Where else. In use but spotted and will return.tftc on way back occupiers had left so swooped in for a quick sign. Tftc excellent hide.

Headed out on a cool but rain free night to collect some additional smiles TFTH

Stopped for a few great hides in the area. Thanks.

Tftc good lil camo

A change in dynamics here. The Mrs found the first 3 of the day and the Mrs found the the next 3. TFTC GandJWA

Out and about again, with the Cockburn Crew with some new hides not too far away, so thought we would get some - while we were out 2 new caches popped up for some FTF’s.

Found a variety of hides and in different areas which made for a nice day. Generally quick finds today

Thanks to all the CO’s for the hides I found.

I used to cycle through this park on the regular on my way to uni, so am very familiar. It’s quite tranquil.

Joint *FTF* with Chwiliwr. I initially skipped this cache as another local team was parked nearby, but after finding (and having been beaten to) the other two caches I returned to have a look here. This time Chwiliwr was here, so joined in the hunt. After a bit of a search and some head scratching Chwiliwr turned up the cache and a blank log. Add fav. Cheers GandJWA!

Join me at the 10th anniversary of WAGB in Narrogin on Friday 2 June to Monday 5 June 2023. There’ll be plenty of geocaching fun to be had, I can’t wait to see you there!

Out for some caches - made a few quick finds before turning round and heading home. Thanks for the hide.

We were sitting around wondering what to do when these caches were published so it was boots on.
Blank log so another joint *FTF*. Log signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for placing these caches for us to find.

Published

*FTF* gone