Montys Cute Views Cherryville, South Australia, Australia
By Alex on 21-Feb-03. Waypoint GCD8E3

An action had been taken on this cache because of one of the following -
One or more of the following has occurred:
No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.
As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.
Should you like to resurrect the cache please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.
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It seems this has gone walkabout. Disabled until I can replace it.

Searched with a group for about 45 minutes before conceding defeat...
Perhaps I will return to search again...

Looked for nearly an hour, had to walk away defeated.

It was a cool but clear morning that seemed to promise a nice day. So rather than hang around home, I headed out for a drive into the hills to find a few caches.

I stopped in to have a look for this one as I passed by. However, like the previous couple of searchers, I was unable to find a cache, even after widening my search area quite considerably. Might warrant a check.

With a nice evening forecast and getting out of work on time, I decided to hit another section of these SFE Challenge series, attacking the drivebys, although some still required me to walk up/down from the road. My only downfall was forgetting to fill the car with petrol, and so by the time I realised as I was ascending up to Norton Summit, I was quite far from the closest petrol station. I figured I still had enough fuel to still drive the planned route, although without bringing a ladder today and feeling the pressures of my flashing fuel light, I decided to leave a few for another day.

This was my final cache attempt of the day, and I was attracted to this cache's age. I thought it would be pretty quick and easy, since Alex caches generally have good coordinates. However after 20 min of looking and expanding my look in the vicinity, I could not locate. A PAF for help did give me some advice, and I was blown away to what I needed to do. However this still didn't help, as I was looking for another 20 min, and still nothing. There were a couple of times I thought I had found something, but nope. Sigh, think I need to bring a friend or something to help look for this one.

If the coords aren't accurate, then I have no chance... dared not spend too long looking as I don't know if I parked in a driveway!

I was going to drive straight past until I realised this is an oldie. Not too many caches left from this vintage so I was determined to find the prize.
Coordinates were a little off for me but widening my search area I eventually found the cache. The logbook is a little damp but still writable.

Thanks for keeping this old cache alive.

TFTC
# # #4766 # #

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Alex [^]

Where tf is it

**# 22392** Found on our 2018 mega trip from NSW to QLD, the NT, SA and beyond.
A fine sunny Spring day for a drive around some of the SFE challenges and a few others nearby.
Hardly any muggles around here today and mostly good quick finds.
Another nice old cache from Alex, placed 2 years before I started caching.
And well worth the stop by to check out the views as well.
An excellent cache and a favourite point from me.
Thanks for the cache alex,
***Roostaman***

Found this on a beautiful winter day. Challenging to park with council work signs in the way but just managed. TFTC TNLNSL Lots of houses with lovely views.

Out and about in the picturesque Adelaide Hills loving all the colours of Autumn [^]

Made my way to this cool hide with views to die for

A quick find with a skink as the Cache Guardian greeted me
SL at 11:17 on Sat 2 June 2018. TFTC alex

I popped by the view today and took the short stroll,
oblivious to just how olde this cache hide is [:o]
A quick find under the stannum

TFTC.

And now I am logging this find,
and was wondering what pprass was rattling on about,
I've discovered that I've found one of the holy grails of geocaching

A cache hidden even before I started lookin' for them [^]
And also hidden by the legendary "alex" [:o]
How did this cache escape me finding it for over a decade of touring the area.
How has this cache escaped the muggles finding it for over a decade and a half !!

Found at 1:10 PM GAFF1.
Just had to do this cache as it is one of those that was placed before we started caching that we are targetting.
A flash back to the early days of caching with that familiar cache container. Pity that the views have been obscured after 15 years of tree growth.
Thanks alex.

Having just done the SFE trail and heading back to the car with Brad after walking part of the Corkscrew we noticed this was a 2003 cache so headed in. From the west it looks like there is a track from the road for about 160m to GZ but it stops to the side and there is then some elevation to contend with. A quick find was made and our names were soon in the log. TFTC

An oldie but a goodie. Out today with B@W visiting from interstate. This was one of the four today which we could add to the B&J list
TFTC yet again Alex

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Great

After a good caching day in the area including a nice walk, I decided to stop for one more before heading back to town. Cool hide, even though the view has been long obscured by vegetation. TFTC!!

GZ then a hunt then a squeal as the guarding lizard and cockroach scuttled away. Great spot for a long lived cache. TFTC

Today our geocaching mission was to finish a couple of multi’s we had started previously. Your cache was found along the way.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Out once again with Moneydork, Mattycat and this time joined by one half of Team Froghoppin for the usual Tuesday night caching run, held on a Wednesday! Tonight was a hills run, taking on some of the older nemisis trads and the spate of new challenge caches that have appeared up this way.

Our last stop before heading back into the city, or so we thought! FTF's wait for no man! Amazing views up here Alex, thanks for continuing to contribute and maintain excellent scenic caches to the geocaching community!

This was find number 11 of 12 for the day for me. TFTC alex!

A great spot visited at night

Took a bit of searching in the dark but the Wayne’s found the cache.

Thanks for the cache alex. Found on 11 Oct 2017 at 11:24 pm. Find #5216.

Quick easy find with Muggle Hubby on a lovely Sunday afternoon drive being the first day of daylight saving. Just a little stroll & soon had signed & on our way. TFTC TNLNSL

Cache # 1546.

Recently I solve a puzzle cache, with the final location on Montacute Road. This morning, I drove to there, and find this cache on the way.

Found the path, and walked to GZ. Looked around, and there was no obvious spot.

If I was the cacher owner, where would I hide the cache? Somewhere won't be muggled! Then I found the cache quickly, with the help of hint.

Good size cache container. It was guarded by a lizard and a beetle. Managed to open the cache, and signed the log book inside. Took nothing, left nothing.

Thanks for the cache, Alex. Glad to see a cache which is about 14.5 years old.

Out with an Owl for a fun day of caching.
this was worth a stop and stroll.
Monty still had his tin hat on.
A nice size cache. TFTC

Found this one while out and about with GeoDaughter Kezz from SaintsMadHouse. The cache is in good condition, thanks for bringing me here!

I love finding a good sized geocache, this one happens to be older than my daughter and she is in high school, it may be the oldest I have found. It is in great condition with some trades and one of my pathtags happened to fall in!

Tftc. Gecko is still in residence.

out and about with rod81w on route from south to do the 50 series, quick stroll to gz in the rain, so the views where not what they could be, but nice choice of location.

Out wwith sir_spectre for a days caching heading out to nuriootpa. Nice stroll up

Nice small walk. Gps was a bit off but once it settled had treasure in hand. Tftc!

No luck

Dr Owl and I were on our way to another cache quest and stopped as I hadn't done this one. GPS was playing up big time. A bit of searching around and under Dr Owl's expert tutelage and memory had the signature on the log book in a reasonable amount of time if not quick. Dr Owl pleased to see so many wildflowers about and named a few. Were careful not to stomp. Thanks

After lunch Owl dragged Mrs Aussie M&M on a cache hunt, despite the latter's lack of sensible shoes. Fortunately their choice of parking location led to an easy walk, a relatively straightforward find but no views. You could cut down the trees to get one, but that would mean the glorious display of native and non-native flowers in full bloom at the moment would have no shade. Owl would rather have the flowers! Thanks for a delightful expedition.

dank

Out with travellinbees and ktown krew to collect some smileys and a bit of knitting. New area to cache through.
Thanks for the cache
Harleyjohn2569

We decided to knock of some local caches this was one.
Thanks for placing this cache.
Tftc snln
Travellinbees

It took us a while .. a lot of rubbish around and gps was "loco" again .. after to male a search there it was !! Funny thing we found inside, would lile to know why it was there ..?!? Jejej TFTC

I'd gone for a 37km ride up mount lofty and back earlier in the day. But I wondered what the riding is like on the other side of the mountain. So we hopped in the car and headed out in to this amazing area and found a few caches along the way. I'll have to figure out a route for my next ride through this area. I also checked out the famous corkscrew road on the way to the next cache. TFTC Alex!

Found It!
A nice little walk and some great views! Took me quite a bit longer to find the cache than it should have though - the CO must have sold me a GPS that isn't quite sure where it is
TFTC

TFTC!! swapped smiley badge, moose, stickers for a keyring ;c)

G'day from WA over from perth for the mega tftc

Was out and about today and some caching was also in order. Nice place took a moment to find, knowing how trees and rain can sometimes throw GPSs off I look further then the GPS took me almost immediately, 5 min later I'm walking back to my car.

Ahhhhhh! Found it 8 metres away from coords. We persisted for close to an hour *** all because Brisal5 HAD NOT found it and so I had too. ;-D haha
Found with Clulesss
26/3/14
Doh! Log book says he did find it after all. Well, made us persist - and site some birds and a bearded dragon. Thanks Alex.

Eventually found with Manda7May after 50 mins of bewilderment.

Returned for another look. The soursobs were gone and the peas all but dead. Searched the well trodden area under the tree at GZ for nada again. This time I went a bit further afield and had one of those...oh no moments. If only I had searched this far last time I would have found it then too! Thanks Alex.

Lots of weeds up here and we really couldn't seem to find anywhere that this cache might be, thinking it might be buried was our only explanation and the weeds were not giving up anything. Will have to come back. TFTH anyway.

Damnation, a sea of soursobs and sweet pea vines at GZ. Stomped around for about 10 minutes without turning up anything out of that mesh of greenery. Perhaps return during summer to have a better chance.

A definite favourite!!!! Great views from the GZ and good cammo that will protect the cache from the sun. Thanks Alex for the hide!

Lovely little spot. Just trying out the new tank bag on the motorbike with its map pocket for geocaching. Nice way to clock up 260. TNLN. TFTC

Utta

Beautiful view. Salt in a cache? TFTC all nice and dry... left hand a foot prints

This entry was edited by BlueBeardOz on Sunday, 30 December 2012 at 12:00:22 UTC.

Found a parking spot and took the steep way up, had to pull DPA up but when we got to the flat stuff he beat me to the find.
Thanks for the cache alex.

Last one on a quick drive in the hills with ttrogg.
Great to find one that's been here for so long.
TFTC alex

Found by Mr & Mrs M-SEZ on an afternoon of kid-free caching. We over-shot the parking spot at first because we were distracted with conversation. After back-tracking and a nice stroll, we soon had the cache in hand. Thanks for bringing us to this lovely spot.

Left a calling card, TFTC

Found with Team IMP 666 this morning, and wow what a view it is... when you poke your head through the trees that is... esp nice this morning with the fog still hanging around.

TFTC

Unbelievable that it is 6 months since this was found last. Beautiful location for a cache.
Why is it so, everytime I bush bash to get to a cache (Second time so far today) I find an easier path back to the car. Beautiful walk on a lovely Sat Morn. TFTC

Great spot loved exploring!!! First to sign nice new log. TFTC

New log book added

LOG FULL as can be!

nice esay find on a day in the hills and always good to get these older caches

Found in the company of Honeysucker & Mr. Scoobster on a day out gallivanting around the countryside. Was quite excited when I saw this was such an old one!
Nice hide, great views between the trees. LOG BOOK EXTREMELY FULL, NO ROOM LEFT AT ALL!

A nice quick cache, I also found the coordinates slightly off (only by 5M) which took me a little longer to find. TFTC TNLNSL

A nice short walk up from the road. It was wet cold and blustery up here today, but did peek some views from inbetween the trees. SL. TFTC.

Day 336 of non-stop caching.

Nice views. Thanks alex.

After having this one on our 'save for a rainy day caches'.. we thought we'd better tick this one off... WOW. WOW WOW..what a view.. what an amazing location... loved it!.. love it until a big friggin ORB SPIDER decided to plant itself right where we needed to walk!!.. ARGHH.. but a quick detour and soon had cache in hand and back at the car for a much needed drink!
TFTC

Nice easy cache in pretty spot. Great for the kids. Tftc

Visiting from the UK. This cache is just near my parents' place and was a lovely way to spend some of our first day in Oz. TFTC

An enjoyable walk after picking up GeoDog from Pampered Pets. TFTH

Found with mr_blue. TNLN TFTC

Found with REXLEE, TNLN TFTC. Great place for a motor bike ride through the hills.

Went in the rain with geodog (max) broke the gps but had a great time

Took a widening of the search perimeter for geoD to find this one. The co-ords appear to be a little bit out, but in the grand scheme of things not enough to be concerned with. Nice views on a warm summers day!

Took TB
Left TB

eeerrrr no we didn't it was a TNLN ooops read the wrong page

SL TFTV

Cute views, but couldn't find a cache

After quite a stiff climb up the hill we came across the cache. Lucky for Monty there were no enemy snipers around a he had taken off his hat .
Jokingly I remarked to MissyLJ "Wouldn't it be funny if there was a road up over the back of the hill". As it turns out there was!!! Needless to say we took the easy way down

TFTC

I think maybe we parked in the wrong spot for this one... and ended up clambering up the steep side of the hill. Cache was out in the open, helmet sitting off to the side... Took Airforce pin, and left ABC block. Took in the views and loved the spot. TFTC.

Took a few minutes to find Monty due to the GPSr playing silly buggars, but then found him sitting there with his helmet on. Clear views early this fine morning. TFTC

GPS was out at first, but we didn't need it, because all of it's cover was blown off with the recent winds up here. Too cloudy for views today.

Cheers from the Barra family

Have to agree with Shonky here - Monty's not cute. Not even the Full Monty (although that is a good cache). Found with JadedOptimist, and almost walked through a huge, but unoccupied, spider web. Best part was JO standing up and walking straight through it when he'd finished re-hiding the cache . TFTC Alex.

Didn't really stop to take in the views after being startled by a gecko whilst discovering the cache, then walking straight into massive spider web when leaving. I disagree with O'Cholio though...the best part was seeing his reaction when I threw the spider ( small stick ) on him. Ahhhh good times. TFTC

CAUTION: Please be extremely careful with your approach. Luckily we walked past it and came back to GZ from downhill otherwise we'd have a giant spider on our faces. Check out the pic. Left GC.

Found a second guardian of this cache, about head height, on a huge web. So keep an eye out for it, as it is almost directly over the cache. Was tempted to move this guy, but he seems to be doing a pretty good job of keeping the local bug population in check. The cache was an easy walk and find. Took led light, left roo. TFTC.


[This entry was edited by Dennisc52 on Friday, April 02, 2010 at 11:57:29 PM.]

Found on a quick lunch time outing.
Grabbed coin.

Left travel bug we found at Loby Views . A nice walk on Australia Day. TFTC

Now lets get one thing straight. Monty is definitely not cute, no matter what Sally says. The only cute thing here was the guardian of the cache, the little gecko that is still in residence! Thanks for the cache Alex, but with a cache name like this I do wonder what will happen next time Freddo walks into the shop.

Easy find and walk for the dog and kids, thanks.

Was mislead by the many other pieces of tin on the hilltop before finding the right place. Found with Badooleoo.

GPS took me to 0m, geocache location could be seen in the distance.

Left my card in this one.

The last find on great afternoon's caching through the hills.
There was a different gecko in residence than pictured earlier in the logs

Left the zodiac cancer GC to keep the lizard company.

TFTC

I suspect that Alex has left some bad GPSr vibes in the area to entice cachers to buy a new one .

We could not fix a GZ. Or even close to one.

After admiring the shelter, we surveyed the area.

We found a lot of rubbish. We called it quits.

Then we found a cache. Quitters luck.

Thanks Alex.

Found about 30m North of what the magic arrow reckoned. Plenty of broken glass to be careful of. What a great place for a CITO event! I'm not sure what that broken board is made out of but it could be Asbestos (given the age of the other rubbish). Hence any CITO event should have a certified Asbestos removalist check the area first.

Needs a new notebook i think!

Did the same thing as AdrianMc, came in the wrong way and found the memorial. Still lots of plastic flowers there. Much easier when you come from the right direction. Looks like Monty set up camp nearby, though his lean-to looks a bit bare.

TNLN - Thanks Alex!

Found on the way home from Woodhouse and the cache had a guardian , TNLN & Thanks Alex. Cheers P of 'scargoes

I think we took the hard way up to this one [xx(] - no doubt you could drive up here one time.
Took shoe laces.
Left a golf ball.
SL.
Thanks Alex - another older cache we found and our last for today [xx(].

I walked around the back of the hill looking for an easier way up to this one and stumbled across a memorial to "Kane and Guy" complete with plastic flowers.
Backtracked to where I started from and the cache was soon in hand.
No views today due to rain, fog and lots of other Hills winter type weather.

TFTC

Last cache for the day, just as the fog and drizzle began, so we did not get to see the view through the trees. TNLN Thanks Alex FTC

Number one find on a day in the hills caching. Not fond of the security guard sitting on top of the cache. Just as well had caching friends with me. TFTC