Geo-Long Belmont, Victoria, Australia
By maccamob on 19-May-03. Waypoint GCG4MK

Not much point putting another cache in the same spot, so we'll leave the area available for someone else to use if they wish.

Thanks GeoJo,
It certainly looked like we found the exact spot, but no cache in there. Thanks.

Went to check up on this cache on behalf of maccamob and can confirm the cache is missing. It will be a couple of weeks before this one can be replaced or relocated.

Found what looked like a cache cubby hole disturbed and spread about. Looked everywhere, but to no avail, the gps kept putting us back there and the only real possible spot seemed it had gone awol.
May need checking.

Found on a beautiful day by Rooboks, lots of Muggles & rowers around, had to be extra sneaky. TNLN, but lots of goodies in there!

Found after a short walk along the river. There were plenty of muggles around this morning as the was a lot of rowing on the river and coaches biking up and down the paths.

We waited a little while for a muggle free zone and then quickly grabbed the cache.

Took: Small kangaroo
Left: Foam Rocketship

Signed the log.

Thanks for the cache Maccamob!!! A truly nice area to walk.

A quick stop for find number 19 of the day.
TNLNSL, Cheers

Yay! Found this one without too much difficulty in very little light - had to use the torch on the mobile phone!!
Second cache of the day whilst we were staying in one of the holiday parks across the road. Thanks.

My second cache find on an early morning caching run. It was pouring rain as I was looking for this cache. Stumbled up on the wrong side of the fence and found lots of hiding spots but no cache. I realised I must be in the wrong spot so headed back down and straight to the cache. I blame the rain.

Thanks Maccamob

After parting company with edmil & pprass after completing some local Geelong caches together it was off with The swaggies to go & find there 700th find Whoo hoo !!!
Well done guys only 300 until your in the Kilo club ?
TNLN SL TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

17th of 23 caches for the day in the company of L'Red. Edmil & maddie and pprass & cat had both departed at the last cache and so missed out on The Swaggies celebrating their 700th FIND at this cache site. Thanks to maccamob for making it easy. Logged at 1745 hours. TFTC.

Yet another lovely quiet spot on the Barwon River.

TNLN, thanks.

Found at 1650. A nice spot for a cache. The river was up so had to keep an I out for snakes, but no problem.

TNLN. TFTC.

lovely spot
took mondoman
left fly

Found this cache with no problems. What out for the box thorns though!

Took: USA quarter
Left: Frog

TFTC

0308 re-logging due to name change

Date in logbook incorrect - I was getting ahead of myself.

maccamob cache, um, so what was so special about today?

I'll tell you - I MADE THE 300

Also, at one of the lookouts that I had to visit whilst caching a rather large single bird in the not too far distance caught my eye. I was about the go fishing for the binoculars when the bird hung a right (it's left) and then the next bird hung a right, and then the next bird, etc (total 15 ducks)- I think you had to be there to appreciate the beauty of the whole thing though.

Thank's for maccamobing another day guys.

was a popular area, even late at night.

Few cars around even late into the night. Great cache. TFTC

Second cache for TeamDoc supervised by Matilda the GeoMutt

Found after a little searching on a beautiful morning. Really enjoyed this area. T - toy soldier, L - USA Nebraska Quarter Thanks.

found 11:40am
shoes with tread would help at GZ.
My crocs are truly getting beyond their useby.
TNLN
Cheers Highrod

Found this straight away. Had to take care retrieving and returning it to the location. Took Honey bear TB. Great day.

10:29 was found with geowife taking me out again while on holidays. TNLNSL TFTC

8.15am
Found by Roma and Max.
Once again another popular venue for cyclists, walkers and their pets.
We had to choose our time for what turned out to be an easy search, Max doing the honors, while Roma stood cockatoo!
Once again we left one of our Mondo Figurines for the cache and took a (very frustrating), Space Game.
Thanks maccamob for the cache.
Romax.

found at 14:05 after searching in the wrong location for a bitthen had another look and the prize was found.
Took Spunky monkey TB
left honey bear TB

Dropped in to send travelbug "Spunkey Monkey" on the next step of his journey, not many bananas in this part of the world try further north.

bug visit

Our fifth cache on our April Fools Day hunt. Have tried to find this a few times in the past without success. Was happy to find this, its the biggest cache we've found hidden in a cave. Took candle, left indian. Also have taken "Travellin Javelin" and Go, Go Home Sweet Home " travel bugs to start their race back to the Netherlands. TFTC.

Found easily after working in the area. Mixing work with pleasure. TNLN. TFTC.

I am the travel bug Home Sweet Home, a little clog (wooden shoe) and I like to walk and travel. I am placed in this cache over a month ago. Please take me from this cache and drop me in an other cache where ever you are going. In this way I will see you beautiful country!
Nice geo caching, greetings... Doorzetters Holland!

Had a nice stroll along river bank then found cache. Found at 8:00pm so didnt have any onlookers.
Left Tasco pin took nothing.

So much for Geelong being the home of the cats, based on the action near the GZ, it has surely become the home of the dogs - B-Team has never seen so many people out walking their dogs in the middle of the day. Anyway, between a break in the crowd, managed to retrieve the cache and log find. Took geocoin, left nothing. Good Luck!

Thanks this was my first caching experience - it was fantastic. Nothing left and nothing taken.

Quick find, certainly on a bike, thanks Peter, it's running great!. Drove downhill from the Mercure in no time had had a direct find. Beautiful place! Dropped of TB's "Travelin' Javelin" and "GoGo Home Sweet Home" which is the start of their TB Race back to Holland! A race between two brothers' teams, good luck to both TB's!
Also dropped off TB Skating Butterfly and Geocoin Team Myth, both wanted to travel, so now they do!!
Didn't see TB B.C. Dogwood nor Billy the Kid!!

Heading off the Bellarine after Oz day celebrations, we couldn't miss this "quick" find. Arriving close to the coordinates, some history buffs were absorbing the salient details of colonial iceworks, while we "chilled" out! Finally the coast was clear and the cache was retrieved. Lunch was calling so signed the log and TNLN. Good one Maccamob - nice hideaway.

Found this evening (8.05 pm) by Mr Emu and kids.
Funny to think how many times we must have walked past this cache in ignorance before our geocaching adventures!
A well stocked cache, although no travel bugs.
Took: Heart
Left: "Greg Norman" golf ball

found while staying on the other side of the river.
We jumped on the bikes and chased this one down. Took egyptian dool left shark dive keyring I will upload a pic when I get home
TFTC
Crisp Image

Had a little time to waste on the way home from a wedding, so we did this cache to help us see some of Geelong. This was a quick find, even if we ended up on the wrong side of the river the first time!!!

Quick find.

T: Japanese doll
L: Water Game

TFTC

CanClan

Found during the early evening sans gps. The recent rain made it a little slippery, but lovely surroundings.
Took eraser
Left wristband
Thanks

A nice easy find in a beautiful area. Such a shame the weather was disgustingly hot!!! No swaps made, I just wanted to get back into the air-conditioned car!

Thanks,

R - B

Found @10:00. Visited the Mother-in-law, time for a quick cache on our way to Adventure Park for the day. Quick & easy find.
In: I Love Australia Kangaroo
Out: Canada Keyring.

Easy find on a gorgeous evening. Great spot overlooking the Barwon River at the spot where the worlds first ice making machine was invented in 1854. Could have used some the other day.
Took Shower cap
Left Eraser and Bike dog Geocoin (thinking of you today)

The last Victorian cache that Dvixen and I did on our week long road trip. We drove in from the west on a STINKING hot afternoon (over 36C) and ended up on the wrong side of the river initially. After backtracking a bit and trying again, we managed to drive to within 90m of the cache. Walked across there and was amused by the sign explaining that the ice-making machine had been invented there. Who would have thunked it?

Found the cache without too much hassle, then made a quick retreat to the cool of the air-conditioned car.

TNLNSL TFTC!

Found with Eynowd on our road trip.

The discovery place of the ice cube maker, sure could have used some this day. Not used to such heat with a hot wind to go with it.

TNSL
L: Canadian keychain

-Canadian on vacation!

I have found this cache as part of JADE004, but have now created my own separate account (therefore I am not shown in the log book under this username).

After driving back and forwards from one side to the other, we took the advice and parked in the co-ordinates suggested. A few muggles around but managed to find quite easily by Geokid. TNLN.

Nice cache to start off the New Year
Did not trade anything

Cheers,
GOCATS

Went just after dusk, cool wind, so no muggles at all. Found easily and was looking forward to taking the bugs (B.C. Dogwood & Billy the Kid) on a journey, but they had both gone AWOL! TFTC, TNLN.

Found at 4pm. A hot Sunday meant there were lots of boats and muggles about, but they left us alone.

This area used to be the back blocks of a large industrial estate, mostly wool scouring. The whole lot would be flooded every couple of years. What a diffrent place it is now.

I couldn't find any TB's in the cache, though "B.C. Dogwood" and "Billy the Kid" are supposed to be here.

Left a Heart fridge magnet, took nothing and signed the log.

TFTC.

Parked where recommended, and enjoyed the stroll along the lovely river side park. Found the cache easily and took frog left car. Also took Travel Bug Boomerang to see what I could do for it. Thanks maccamob for this lovely spot.

We camped about 350m away from the cache but ended up driving across to the cache as our camp was on the other side of the river. Very nice area and enjoyed the stroll on both sides. A lot of rowers about on this Saturday morning.
TNLN

RedPaw64 found this cache at 6.22 pm on 19/11/06.

Took Skater boy
Left Frog

Thanks Maccamob

did not have time to find another cach for boomerang TB so it looks like he is back here, at least he is still in australia.

There is almost a highway marking the track to this one!

Found about 8pm - nice peaceful place.

Not sure of travel bug etiquette, but took 2 travel bugs -'Frogger BW' and 'Whitey's 50' - so they've now headed about 530km northeast.

Otherwise, TNLN. Thanks for the cache, maccacomb

Well - I was staying at the Geelong Motor Inn and decided to walk to this one. In my work clothes it turned out to be quite a trip and went back to the room to rest. I was pleased to find the cache after the trip. Left "50" TB and took Penny TB. Thanks for showing me this part of Geelong.

found it at 1855

a quick one before dinner nice spot

TNLNSL

thanks maccamob

Nice quick find in a part of Geelong that I hadn't seen before. Thanks maccamob. TNLN

Nice quick one, just wanted to drop off some Travel Bugs from Canada, took boomerang TB will be taking hime back to canada for a visit.

Great spot for a walk and a good hide. Had a bit of trouble with the roads that didn't appear to be there but found it with minimum of fuss.
Thanks for the views and the hunt.
Dropped of Boomerang TB hope he enjoys the sound of the river.

The Goons

found at 1730 took a little bit to find but great hide
thanks

took frog left superman

Joining Joshua and Tommy on a nice evening walk with the dog Flicka resulted in logging our fifth Australian cache.

Left a Moomin booklet (for those of You who want to practise the swedish language)
Took a koala and a sticker

Moomin & Snorkmaiden
The Hattifnatters island
Sweden

First cache this morning on work trip to western district looking for hay. Bong discovered next to cache so was worried about cache. Thankfully as I opened it everything was in order.

Found @ 6.30am
A nice easy find whilst staying in town for a conference.
Our caravan park was only about 500meters away, but on the wrong side of the river. Had to walk about a 4km round trip.
Nice walk though.

TNLFCSL

Thanks Maccamob!!

Tried finding this unsuccessfully with Google Earth map print out and with NO GPS. I think this one defnitely requires a GPS!

left geocoin

[This entry was edited by embi on Thursday, September 07, 2006 at 4:22:06 PM.]

Found by Shelly on the way back from Anglesea. Great spot. Spent ages trying to find the right street (and side of river) to come in from. I need a Tom Tom.
Took nothing, Left Shuttlecock
Thanks again Maccamob

My first find. I went the hard way too, before figuring out the easier route! Enjoyed it.

It's funny but I found myself on TOP of the hill with a yawning drop below (hey...there's a path up there!). Repositioned myself at the bottom and followed the pretty obvious path (so much for not leaving tracks). There was a big kayak/canoe regatta on today, they were busy packing up when we arrived. No-one around the GZ...could have parked much closer! T: Peg, L: Koala.

Found at 5:00pm on way to friends place for dinner. Staying at Queenscliff from SA.
Lovely location. TNLN
Thankyou - maccamob

Found at 2.20pm. Fairly easy find but lots of muggles around. Plenty of activity on the river to look at. Very enjoyable. TNLN. Thanks for the cache.

No muggles around, so this was a quick one.
Thanks for the cache!

Thanks for providing my FIRST find. I have been walking past it every night with my dog. Now I have a GPS, can see all this new fun happening. Hope you don't mind but I put in a new notebook as I noted on other posts that the old one was full. Didn't take anything but there is a lot of stuff still in there!

found at 16:30 h.
Indeed a nice stroll. Only a few muggles.
So it wasn't too hard to retrieve the cache and put it back.
TNLNSL

We don't mind if you turn the book over and start again from the back. The book should then have plenty of life left until we get down that way to replace it.

the logbook is more than full.

Having driven in from Melbourne and not knowing the area, we parked about 500m away and walked along the path, crossed the road, continued the path walk, crossed the bridge (near the road closest to the cache) and found it.

11:12am D+C+Beth Thanks Maccamob again, another great place to visit. Parked quite close for an easy find. Took; Carrot #90 Left; Egg cup.

Number 500!! Yahoo! (Can I say that anymore, or is it copywrited? ).
A nice straight forward cache on the banks of the river. Not too many walking muggles today, a short pause saw them all move away.
Took: Rainbow Trout TB, Left: 5 year Geo-coin.
Thanks, Robmc.

Started off on the wrong side of the water. Once on the right side GPS took us to within a couple of metres pretty quickly. One of the kids located it pretty soon after that. Log book was pretty full. Luckily not too many muggles on that side of the water today.

Took blue monster finger puppet
Left a turtle.

A great place for rowing coaches...they can follow their crews on bikes beside the rowing course. Thought it was time to release that NZ Trout back into the nearby stream. A minor milestone for JFBNZ and the Meter Checker...our 150th Cache Thanks Maccaamob for bringing us to this spot.

Nice find in a nice city....surprised not to see more caches around this side.

Thanks for the stroll and the cache,
Agsmky

Found at 1:39pm Accompanied by GeoDano.
2nd find out of 8 for the day.
We had some luck finding "A Cunning Little Cache" today so I thought while our luck was running try some others we couldn't find. I am dumbfounded why I could not find this cache the first time, I practically walked straight up to it.
In:-Horse & Frog, Out:-Canadian Shot Glass, Signed Log.
Thanks Maccamob....

There were plenty of Muggles about today and heaps of rowers. SL. T donkey; L blue monster finger puppet. TFTC

Grrrrr. The second cache today where I ended up on the wrong side of the river. After a short drive found the cache fairly easily.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Our first cache on our Anglesea day trip. An easy find, and a great spot to leave Manhunt Down Under (and carrot #90), and pick up Peep.

Quick find on our way through to lunch at Belbrae. The cache location was sort of obvious in a macca sort of way. Not sure what was long, but gee it certainly wasn’t the 75m walk in.

The logbook is starting to fill backwards. We were on the flip side of our good friend Astro. Left our palindromic travel bug to continue its travels.

Fourth Find for the day. Easy find by Nav Man & Nav Boy.
Took Aust Flag tooth pick
Left Plastic Peg

Nice spot on a pleasant day.Picked up some rubbish and the bong which was very close.

In: China teacup
Out: Classroom TB

Visiting from Qld, nice day, nice place, cache not hard to find. Took TB which looks like a dingo, left X-plorers Field Trip TB. Cache could do with a new notebook as the present one is full, must be a popular cache. Thanks.

Coulnt find it, but found a home made bong and a lot of rubish laying around and an empty zip lock bag

Found it easily. Nice walk.

In: Cody the Bear TB (looks like a dog to me!)
Out: One dead duck TB

My first find in Australia! Staying with friends in Highton, I saw that this one was with a couple of Km so this morning I had a brisk walk to it and found it without much trouble. TN, but I left a shot glass from Canada. Thanks for the nice walk.

Found this one today, whilst staying in Geelong overnight nearby. TNLN and droped off travelbug Dead Duck.

Thanks for the cache Maccamob

By DJ Chambo.
Find number 5 and 10th atempted for day. In town on business and travelling alone.
Easy find. Liked the Geo-logical clue.
TNLNSL

found at 12.50pm Good start to an afternoon of geocaching.. thanks maccamob. TNLN

Our first find. Took about ten minutes once at GZ. Took pink ball and left Nike golf ball.

hay had a lot of fum on this 1 it was kinda a 1st relly enjoyed the walk takeing a new pad back and leaving the old its kinda full took a lil fire truck and left 1 of dowinkles purple nail polish jars this is a must have fun and cant wait to find the next

Did a maintenance check on behalf of maccamob last weekend, so was a little surprised to see a DNF the following day. Came back again today for another look - cache is still in position!

15:30 hrs 9105
What a great pastime
1st cache found
kids had a ball
left fire truck badge
took yellow snake
Thanks Maccamob
searched about 15 minutes
Kids asked Dad can we do another.!