You just like me cos I'm good with a GPS Camberwell East, Victoria, Australia
By boodi on 16-Mar-03. Waypoint GCE5AA

Greetings from Geocaching.com

I have been looking at caches in the area that have been temporarily disabled for a while now and it looks like your cache You just like me cos I'm good with a GPS has been under the weather for some time. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other cachers from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time I don’t think we can do so any longer. Therefore, I have archived this cache. If you haven’t done so already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

When repairs to this cache are completed and it is time to have it reposted, it will be no problem. Just drop me a note and let me know the GC waypoint number of the cache or better yet, the URL of the cache page. You will still be able to access your cache page just as before by going to your “My Cache Page†and clicking the link of your cache.

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Today Team Boodi has disabled this cache, due to continued problems with the final cache location.
It is going to be repositioned nearby shortly. Those who have already got the clues worked out - don't worry - these will still stay the same, the maths might change a bit.
As god stated in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books:
"We apologise for the inconvenience".

after several visits to the sight I finally found it open & was able to log my visit. As 70s teenager I had no trouble in knowing the clues. Thanx for a trip down memory lane. (ex cher-loc & wat-son. Wat-son not bitten by the bug)

As 70s teens we had no problem with the songs.
Found the spot but unable to find the cache. Saddened, we head 4 home. On the way home noticed the additional hints & know exactly where to look,(new to this game). Just need time to get back that way.

We collected all the clues for this one yesterday and then, not being Skyhooks fans, retired home to do some research. Some of the songs we came up with looked a bit dubious but the resulting location looked promising so off we went. After much searching and delays caused by passing people we finally had success. Thanks for a great cache. Nothing exchanged. Greg and Bev

Returned with the full Smithereens team including dogs. Liz found the cache easily using the extra clue from Team Boodi but with no further information or prompting at 3:45pm. That's the value of good research. Took Canadian 10 cent coin, left Finnish 50 penniä coin.

[last edit: 7/22/2003 3:54:51 AM PST]

Yahoo. Found it at last at 13:45 - with one extra clue from the nice people in Team Boodi. This is a REALLY good hiding place. We had to enlist the assistance of The Ducks Guts team for the final assault. Now we can relax.

Took Bowling Stick-pin, left Anzac Stick-pin. Would have liked to take one of the ladybirds but couldn't bear to separate them.

This was a major challenge but definitely worth the effort. We are just too old to know Skyhooks (they were a bit radical for us folkies). The only option was to buy a Best of collection. After listening to the songs for a week or so, we were confident of where all the locations were without even going there. If you've ever been to site 1, you know about the side street parking since they always tell you before the movie starts. This was confirmed late at night on 11th June. That gave us the final location. The comments about the difficulty of access suggested one possibility. The co-ordinates gave a different one - something that was seldom open in previous visits to this location from our childhood onwards. (We called it Gorilla Park in those days.) We had always wondered if the target was ever open!

A quick visit on Friday 20th June on the way to work confirmed that it was open but no luck in finding the cache. There were some (but not many) possibilities. Another visit today at about 16:00 did not result in success. There is really only one possible place that we can see and there is no cache there now. We may have to enlist another team to help with the search...

[last edit: 6/24/2003 3:59:02 AM PST]

I live really close to this one and have been on my bike or in the car on a number of occasions trying to work it out, first by working out the clues and then by brute force. From when this was first put up to now I think is enough time to concede defeat – I’m not old enough and obviously Google doesn’t know the Skyhooks as well as Team Boodi!

Finally found by Mary & David at 1345. Our third visit to GZ and at last we could get access to the cache. Looks like weekends and public holidays don't work here. Enjoyed this multi and gathering the clues, even though we were far from being experts on Skyhooks. The cache itself is very well hidden. We took a HK 20c piece and left a bowling man stick pin from Team Canyonero in SA. Thanks, Team Boodi.

We collected all the waypoint data on 7 Apr, then came back for a final assault at about 1630 on 16 Apr only to find we were unable to get access. Tried again this morning on the way to some other caches nearby with the same result. The local authorities sure have strange ideas about what constitutes daylight hours. I guess it means council hours on working days only.

Went to this cache armed with 36 songs from the Sky Hooks as I have never heard of them. Stalled at the 1st one so had to call the Muzza hotline. I'm sorry I would never have guessed the answer to this one. Never heard of it. Armed with the 1st song found the other 2 without too much drama. Reached the cache sight with no problems. Trying to search with a lot of kids around was a bit of a challenge. After 30 mins decided to check the clue. 5mins after that found the cache. Put contents of the cache in my pocket while I filled out the log. Returned the log and cache but when I got home I realised I had left the contents of the cache in my pocket , how stupid!!!!

Sorry about that. Will return the contents on Tuesday. People can still log their visit just not do an exchange.
Thankyou so much for the wonderful cache. Sorry about taking the contents [8)]

[last edit: 4/17/2003 7:36:48 AM PST]

Found 10:45 on our second visit to the final location (access was denied on our first visit, a Sunday). A fantastic cache with great view, excellent work Boodi.

Unfortunately the only exchanges I had on hand were too big for the cache so left nothing and took nothing.

Thanks Boodi for a great cache.

Found the actual cache during my lunch time today, although the ground work for the earlier locations was done last week.

I enjoyed a bit of nostalgia doing the cache, the songs taking me back to my days as a teenager many moons ago. The Skyhooks were one of my favourite bands at the time.

When I arrived at GZ, the area was under attack by a horde of Primary School children and I thought I was going to have to leave it for another day. Luckily, after about 10 minutes, they moved away and allowed me to find and retrieve the cache in peace. I took the South Park Chef pin and left a Body Light, a multicoloured flashing LED thingy. (Twist it to turn on).

Thanks Team Boodie for a very enjoyable and challenging cache. I had to rack my brains on more than one occasion. Well done.

Logging my old finds. Wasn't FTF, just can't remember the date that I found this one, pretty sure it was 2003.