HMPP - Guards watching Coburg North, Victoria, Australia
By GJMMelb on 07-Apr-24. Waypoint GCAHNDV

Found with catnap777, this was our first one in the HMPP series picked up at 12:00pm. With a very full schedule planned for this escape to Melbourne, we dont mind admitting to Googling the hell out of this one from home first. In the end though, after pursuing all the other caches and AdLabs within Bluestone College and its surrounds, I think we visited every turret there anyway. The cache (in excellent condition) was soon found, and soon revisited having totally forgotten, on our first visit, to extract its valuable information for the final. TFTC&Series GJMMelb. This one, for its fun puzzle, was my fav and gets a fav.

16 November 2024 11:59 What an awesome set of caches, with almost every variety catered for. dalerious and I thoroughly enjoyed our time here wandering around looking for all the clues.We definitely racked up the steps going from one end to the other, and everywhere in between. We got a bit tangled there for a while, forgetting which clue to keep for which cache; this meant visiting some areas multiple times.Apart from that minor setback, and it was only a setback because the heat was becoming oppressive. I loved the detail you put on the cache page, and also for the cache containers.A bit of history from my past........My family used to have a Mobil Service Station on the corner of Bell Street and Suffolk Avenue back in the late 60's early 70's and I remember driving past Pentridge Prison when it was a prison as a little girl.My how things have changed.......I like the way it has been developed. A good mix of accommodation and private living, but also keeping the history alive as well.dalerious and I have been looking forward to coming here and seeing how you have implemented the caches into this environment. Well, it works. You have done an amazing job.dalerious and I have shared out our favourite points so that he has given the 2 mysteries a fave, and I have given each of the multis plus the trad a fave each.Awesome caches GJMMelb, thank you for providing them for us to enjoy.

I had earmarked a couple of hours to explore the area and the caches contained within.The guards may well have had me in their sights but I was not put off.The cache was quite quickly found.Cheers

Another breakfast and CITO out near Pentridge, so I arrived early and walked around doing puzzles, multis, and an AdLab.A lovely morning for a walk around the grounds.Solved this one online, it was time to see the towers in the flesh, so to speak.Grabbed the final first, then started my tour.Thanks, Robmc.

This one had me wandering about but i also really enjoyed the history and stories. Great multi. I headed off for a day in Melbourne attending a few events, visiting family and filling in the rest of my time caching. Unfortunately some of my plans fell through so i cut the day short and headed home early. HMPP - Guards watching is find number 4,099 for me. A fun micro sized mystery cache I enjoyed finding as one of my caching adventures in Merri-Bek City. I am logging this one on Wednesday 2 Oct 2024 at 3:31 pm and the weather is Few Clouds 19C 50% 4 m/s . Thanks for placing this cache for the rest of us to enjoy GJMMelb.*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Ive been a bit quiet with caching lately because we are in the process of selling our home and my MILs house. They are both on the market now and given that Im not a footy fan I took the opportunity to have some me time and collect these Pentridge caches. This one really stretched my brain but I loved it! I think I had the map upside down and then I couldnt find a few of the guard towers but I worked it out and Im super proud of myself!! I really enjoyed my afternoon of being out in the sunshine, stretching my brain and learning a few things in the process.Thank you GJMMelb for placing and maintaining HMPP - Guards watching for us to find today. I felt their presence. It was a bit creepy but cool at the same time.

Having a lovely day out with Tenkae and ConnieandRick enjoying a lull in the weather. Enjoying a walk, chat and laugh!After a yummy lunch, and in slight drizzle, we walked around the perimeter getting the pictures sorted. What a great tour!After working out GZ it was a quick walk and sign. Definitely want to return to this place and hopefully do a tour. Thanks GJMMelb for showcasing this area and contributing to this great game for myself and others to enjoy. Happy trails!

I've been here lots of times for events and CITOs nearby, but today I had lots of time so suggested to deanside and Tenkae to do this one. What a great time, I proved my capacity for observation was lacking indeed, except at GZ! Enjoyed the company and this lovely puzzle, thanks, gets a FP.

Despite the intermittent rain, it was a great walk collecting the info we needed. Once we'd figured out our numbers, it was a short walk to gz and a quick find. Adding a FP for a great day

Spring Victorian Incursion 2024.Day Six: Merri-bek (which ProjectGC is still calling Moreland at this point).Weather: the wind was back briefly, but generally a great day.A great idea for a puzzle cache here, strongly encouraging you to do the full lap. An easy find at GZ too. Im enjoying this series, thanks for creating it GJMMelb.

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I had a couple of hours to kill after I dropped a couple of my Daughters in the city to go to the musical Six. With that time I thought I would get out of the inner city and take a stroll around Pentridge.I didn't spot any guards watching me but I certainly carefully checked out their towers.It was a pleasant place to visit these days not sure I would have liked it much in years gone by.Thank you GJMMelb for the Mystery

*Found on the 17 Aug 2024 @ 2:53PM.**Cache find # 15742.* It certainly turned out to be a nice day for a stroll around Pentridge, checking out this and that while collecting clues and numbers for the multis, puzzles and AdLab in the end I had all my GZs, so off I went to find them all.This one was interesting, matching up all the guard towers, I headed to GZ and spotted the cache from a couple of metres away.**Thanks to GJMMelb for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

I started on this puzzle last month and located a few of the towers with some fellow geocachers. We ran out of time to complete then whole puzzle. Today I came back, after the monthly Coburg LAke CITO and was able to find the cache and sign the log.Thank you GJMMelb for this cache and all the work that you have put into this series.

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Suscoe enjoyed a terrific time in the old Pentridge Prison area today.We were looking forward to this adventure as we have historical family connections to this place.We enjoyed the wandering and gathering of information and the caches.A brilliant day out enjoying caching.Thanks to GJMMelb for placing this cache.Another favourite from us

had to come back another day as it was getting dark but when we came back another day it took us a while to find but once we did it was hard not to see TFTC!!

Out and about with echidna44 for an enjoyable day of caching. Starting off with catching up fellow cachers for breakfast at the jail we hung around to check out some in the area. Just loved walking round and round and round and round checking and rechecking before we settled/guessed. Could not find one of those lookouts but loved seeing how this area has been transformed. Managed to fudge well to achieve the end result. i giving this one a fav. Thanks GJMMelb for the caches and challenges here we had a great day.

After the June Breakfast, I went caching around Pentridge with xambo4u. Quite a task to match the towers with the pictures and place them in correct order, but once this was done, it was an easy find. Thanks GJMMelb.

After being away for a bit it is now back to suburban or rural caches after work to try and beat my last streak of 67.It is just a personal challenge that Im working on and Im going to try and make it to 150.So it is now decision time to either take a small detour on the way home or a larger detour on the way home to find a cache to keep this going.So todays detour was back to Coburg again and Pentridge Prison as I was in the city last night for tea so no detour was needed.I remember coming here when it was still a prison and seeing a couple of the shows put on by the Pentridge Players.I also remember doing a couple of tours of the place not long after it closed and it was great to come back and have a look to see all of the re development.This one was worked out over a couple of visits and I finally had the coords for GZ.I waited out a few muggles and cars and then I soon spotted the cache.I added my name to the log collected the clues and I was soon on my way back home as the car was not to far from GZ.I now have all of the clues for the final and ad they say I will be back.Thanks GJMMelb TFTC.

I had wandered around collecting clues for many of these caches a week or two ago with BernieH, but didnt go and sign the finals as I wanted to keep these local caches for a rainy day.Well today is that rainy day, in more ways than one.It was now late in the evening, drizzling and I swung by to grab the cache. I pulled into the nearby road only to find it was full of parked cars! One of the restaurants or something nearby was obviously busy on a Friday night!!!Fortunately the area was lit enough that I didnt need a torch, which would have attracted attention if passing muggles. I spotted the cache quickly, signed the log and jumped back in the warm GeoRanger ready to head home and to bed.A great puzzle here, which I quite enjoyed solving. I wonder what it was like back in the days!One less rainy day find up my sleeve now .A big thanks goes to GJMMelb for taking the time to add HMPP - Guards watching to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Are you ready for Victorias next big event?Join us for Victorias first ever *Block Party* to celebrate 25 years of geocaching.**When:** March 22 - 23, 2025**Where:** Hume Global Learning Centre, SunburyLog your will attend at [**GCAP417: The Sunbury Event** ](https://coord.info/GCAP417) Visit our [**Block Party website** ](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/the-sunbury-event) for more details on the exciting lineup of events and activities as they are released!

Another Pentridge Puzzle solved and found today. I enjoy walking around this complex and learning the history. It's great that it's still got the character of old. TFTC

I solved this one not long after it was published but saved finding for a rainy day.Need a cache for the day, I called past the prison on the way home from work. It turned out this was an easy park and grab with the container quickly spotted on approach.

Following on from the May Breakfast event here in The Boot Factory, we headed across the road for the monthly Coburg Lake CITO. After this was finished most of us returned to Pentridge to seek out some new caches.This one was found after doing the Adventure Lab circuit of the walls.Thank you for placing caches here for us to find.I may look for the rest over the coming months during our regular events here.

Needing some exercise and having missed today's event and city and fitfully working on a challenge, I decided to start at Fleming Park, walk along the Merri up to Pentridge and have a go at the newly created series centred on the site. I didn't quite realise that the whole trip including caches would result in roughly 19.5km of walking but I can tell you I felt it on the way back to the car as I navigated the service-laden Sydney Rd. footpath.Seeing as how this is the portion of the log which will serve as a common bit of text to all my logs of the day I want to take this opportunity to have a bit of a rave about the Pentridge series. I can see it wasn't appropriate to nominate for the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards but I'll be certainly nominating the series as best-in-class for the 2024 awards.This is **exactly** what geocaches are at their best: cheeky & brilliant camo, well chosen spots for hides that don't have high levels of muggle traffic, meticulously researched cache text that informs a cacher about what they are seeing as they navigate the site, accurate sets of coords and finally coverage of the bulk of a fairly large area. Well done GJMMelb a real tour de force and many thanks for a very enjoyable afternoon.My logs will include this standard blurb and then a comment or two about each cache separated from this blurb by a dividing line. ---This was the only cache that I was able to sufficiently research prior to arriving on site that I didn't have to keep an eye out whilst walking the perimeter of the site which was a relief given I had the other caches to keep me busy. Whilst this has the least camo and cover of the whole series the container very much reminds me of the ones I found in the ACT. If it is the same construction they do not come cheap and I wonder whether it might be worth moving the cache to a spot shielded from one particular side to a spot only exposed to those not predominantly travelling by foot to avoid muggling?

After the CITO at Coburg Lake this morning, everyone broke off in groups and went their own way. I headed off with Tiz13, BlackOpal2005 and Rabbitto. While cutting laps of Pentridge, it became obvious that everyone had the same idea, just the order was different. We kept bumping into various groups. Friendly banter within our group and between groups added to the enjoyment we were receiving doing the new caches around this significant historic structure.During my working life, I was rostered on a MICA Unit nearby and had at least one visit to the hospital wing.Thanks GJMMelb for placing this Mystery Cache to enhance the game board and add to our enjoyment.

I found this cache today on my Mega Walk #18 - a 22,000 step walk firstly around Coburg, then from Fawkner and onto Brunswick. In company of Tiz13, micaparamedic and BlackOpal2005 after the event, we carefully worked our way around the perimeter, which all came together in the form of a cache find. Nicely laid out Thanks from D B-A

Find number 13352 at 12:44:15PM on Wednesday the 1 May 2024Come over to this part of town today to attend the breakfast event and then mosey over to the CITO across the road to help tidy up around the lake What a beautiful day for a wander, I strolled around the site collecting Adventure Labs whilst working out what picture matches what turret, got there in the end and then headed to the GZ for a quick find.**Thanks for placing this cache GJMMelb**---The nominees for the [**2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards**](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/2023-victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards) have now been announced.Find as many of these amazing caches as you can before voting opens later in the year.The full list of nominations is available on the [Geocaching Victoria website](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/2023-victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards)

It appeared that most of the cachers from the CITo today had the same plan. So off we headed in our various groups to find this new series. Tiz13 teamed up with micaparamedic, BlackOpal2005 and Rabbitto. What an awesome series we all enjoyed ourselves as we cut laps of the prison.

Beautiful day to knock out this series! Thanks for the cool history info!

We started this series last weekend, but when I saw how involved this cache looked, we decided to return another day. Wise move! This was a perfect plan as we had a CITO at Coburg Lakes today. Once the weeding and mulching was done, we wandered off to checkout all the watchtowers. I was humming Jim Hendrix, driving Muggle Husband mad, and we got ourselves a bit lost at one point, but eventually we had some non-dodgy looking coordinates. We kept running into a rival group of cachers from the CITO who were doing the map in the opposite direction, but we got to GZ first.

All the towers looked familiar but I decided to walk the perimeter of Pentridge just to be extra sure.

I worked this out shortly after publish. If I hadn't moved 40 odd kms from here, I would have gotten the FTF but alas. I was back here for monthly trivia so I figured I'd arrive early and nab this along with a couple of other bits and bobs for the others in the series. TFTC

Teamed up with Geoturtle37 to check out the new Pentridge caches. I solved this yesterday in anticipation of being here one day soon. A fun little puzzle to solve. Interesting how much the area has changed over the years. Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, GJMMelb ~~

OHC and I had plans to start this mini series during the week but my situation changed and that put a stop to that. As it turned out, it was for the best as we managed to complete all the caches in the series today, not just start it.We had a great time walking around this location and I would love to go back and spend some more time and possibly do a tour.This was a nice quick find and not far from where we parked. Thanks for a couple of hours of fun with the placing of these caches.

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. Thankfully I was able to work this out at home.Thanks GJMMelb for the cache.

Out once again with Rebel Acts putting some smiles on the map, always great to be on the geo hunt.This is one of the caches we successfully found today, Cheers for the cache.

Headed out today on my bike, solved this at home with some local knowledge (as I have been here a few times and drive past often) . Took a while to spot and nearly walked away , but then a different angle and there it was, a bit bigger than I expected. Had to return 5 mins later as I forgot the clues.Thanks GJMMelb for HMPP - Guards watching#6139

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