Rookery Rejigged Stony Creek, Victoria, Australia
By maccamob on 17-Aug-03. Waypoint GCGNMW

Having completed an audit against my finds and those of The Wackys, now logging those that I have missed. Many caches over a number of years. These days I actually keep up.

Thanks for thecache.

Found with Robtas and/or The Wackys

Cached

Muggled! Given the notoriety that this otherwise interesting park is gaining, we won't be replacing it.

Team BAPHA was right on top of this (within one metre) but this location is really creepy and smells like death, so we decided to bail out on it. Lots of trolling by lonely men. We were glad to be a search team of three. Yikes. We recommend relocating the cache to a safer and less creepy site. No offense intended.

[This entry was edited by buzzkimball on Sunday, January 03, 2010 at 2:34:45 AM.]

Thought this would be an easy find when I approached GZ but couldn't find it.
The obvious spot looks raided... will try it again with more spotters.

DNF. A lot of older single men sitting in cars and wandering around in this park, when I got home and googled it turns out this is a gay meeting place. Keep this in mind, we didn't feel entirely comfortable when we were there (in daylight) - felt a little seedy.

Umm.. Seems to be the cruising ground for older males seeking alternative pleasures to geocaching.

Didn't spend much time with my head in the bushes.

DNF.

Found after bit of rummaging in nearby bushes!
TNLN TFTC

Find # 258 @ 22:19 I think I may have woken a few birds up. TNLNSL TFTC

The tiger snake warning signs is something you’ll never see in NZ, and as this is our first time geocaching in Australia, it was a little disturbing but it didn’t stop us from heading for the cache. Was expecting a NZ style hide and so instinctively we searched in all the wrong areas! Probably wasn't a good approach considering the snake warnings but fortunately it’s winter. Turned out, the cache was much easier to find than expected. A really nice area at GZ. The sun was in the right position in the sky making for some picturesque photos. Thanks maccamob for bringing us here.

Decided to do go for a walk near where Jeanette lives. Found by Jeanette at 11.20.
Thanks for showing us this nice park.

Nice walk in the park on a winters day. Easy find due the coords being spot on. TNLN. TFTC

Tristan has come for a flying visit back in time.

Found on a caching day with PrincessDiala at 2.45pm.

Nice little spot, in the middle of yuck.

Took: Emu/Australia 2008 GC
Left: Ball puzzle

The final find of 10 for the day in the company of Larny&Rups at 2.45pm

I've always wanted to view the red and green lakes up close and personal.

TNLNSL TFTC

Out and about very early with sister in tow for introduction to geocaching. She is going great and even found the first cace for the day. I was really trying to put to rest those long oustanding, half done mystery caches. This one happen to be on the way and glad of it. Drive past this way so often and its good to have a proper look round. Left coin.

09.15am.I left our hotel early in the hire car for my second days caching on my own around melbourne,from spring street to the big bridge it was solid traffic all the way,so frustrating as i wanted to get walking.i then missed the todd road turn off and went over the massive bridge,eventually turned round and went back over it,got to boeings,then missed the park entrance,what a great start eh? it was so good to get out of the car and go for a walk in this interesting park.lots of different waterbirds here but the water looks a bit low,what an oasis here,i liked this area and you get a good view of the big bridge i went over twice! arrived at gz to think what could be lurking here,but the lure of a cache overcame my fears,this first cache of the day felt good.a neat little hide,soon found due to excellent co-ords thanks for identifying this cache for me Maccamob.left a pathtag,sltn.patandjeff=bones1.

A nice little park - must be even nicer when the water levels are a bit higher in the lakes. Very interesting to see the bridge up close. The section of bridge placed in the park for use as a lookout s great too.

Thanks maccamob

I hadn't been to this park in a while, so thanks for drawing me back there. It certainly pongs down by the "water" at the moment though. I assume it's got something to do with the lake drying out, but it smells a bit like a couple of volcanoes I've been to in Indonesia. It's a nice spot to watch the sun go down, as a few were doing.

Found after work, very slow out bounded down to 40kph, thought i'ld do a couple and let the traffic die down.Thanks.

So dry here (where isn't it dry though).

Muggles with peddles to approach quickly over crest-careful.

Took motorbikr eraser Left baby pumpkin

Joffa1970

Found today after a nice stroll around the lake, saw some Stilts (birds) in the lake.

TFTC.

Found on the way home from work.
Took: Nothing
Left: Beetle eraser
TFTC.

Found by The Empire on 2/1/09 @ 7:15pm
M made the find cos G is scared of snakes!
TNLN SL TFTC
- M

Grabbed this one on the way home after a day in town with the kids..

TNLNSL TFTC - vk3jap

I use to come to this area with my father on one of our day long bike rides. Good to see that even though the lake is little lower since then that the park is still going.

TNLN, The Lone Random

1771 re-logging due to name change

Parked near the factory entrance, then headed straight for it! only after getting there did I realise the path actually headed that way. oops
TNLNSL

Nice stroll around the ponds. Accidentally left my torch here and to my amazement when we returned in the afternoon it was still there sitting on the bridge.Cache easily found
Thanks maccamob

A lovely little oasis so close to the city.
Such prolific birdlife and soooo many ducks. They must really love this area ..... and each other
Thanks for the cache maccamob and lovely to see you later in the day at WWFM (well half of you)

Quiet and Relaxing Walk. thank you. TNLN

Found at 2140 hrs on the way in for night shift. I have never been in here before, what a great reserve. Magic views of the bridge at night. An easy find.
TNLN
Thanks Maccamob

Stinky find, but a quick one. Thanks for the cache. ZZ7

After a short detour down the wrong path we finally made it to GZ, on the other side of the water. We found the cache quite easily in a nice spot.

T: Bear
L: Tortoise

TFTC

arrr forgot a pen ... but it was ok.. there was one in the cache.. yay
TNLN

found @1700hrs. thanks. No swaps,but one swap in there brought back memories of my childhood. a small ceramic teddy bear is the exact same i had as a girl!

cheers
Georgi

Found today at 12:10 pm with "eddie"
Nice park, enjoyed the walk.
Took : Kellogg's Toy.
Left : Coin.
Thanks maccamob.

After a long scary walk in the dark (I'm terrified of the dark) Serial and I found it after a little search. Might have seen a man following us out of the park.. so beware of travelling in the dark if you are night cachers like serial and I. TNLN

Found 2:20~ AM after a long and scary walk. Possibly saw a man of the type referred to by embi as I got back to the carpark, even at this time of morning!
Took nothing, left nothing, thanks for the fun!

A nice bike ride in an interesting area. Thanks maccamob/

[Found this one today but as there was no pen and I didn't have one with me I 'll have to go back in a day or two and sign the log. I'll add a pen as well for the next finder.]



I was followed both on my walk halfway towards the cache and halfway back to the car by two different men. I think the toilet block near the carpark is a bit of a haunt for men to "meet" each other. Just keep an eye out if you see single men acting strange around the vicinity of the toilet block.

A nice place. At least I can imagine, that it is nice, if you add some water
Good hide, solid cache -> TFTC!

Found today on the way home from Moomba on the Labour Day long weekend. We had a quick walk around and then quickly found the cache. It was too hot to spend any longer here today.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Signed the log.
Thanks for the cache and the visit to this location!!!

Found after short search and a nice walk.

TFTC

Found 1.30pm
Nice walk lots of trucks but not too many ducks, easy find once at GZ. So many high speed muggles looking down on us as we signed the log.

TNLNSL
TFTC maccamob

Container and log replaced.

Nice cammo, but the orientation of the cache has meant the contents are a bit damp. TNLN. Thanks Maccamob.

We brought my bike to this park so I could have a ride whilst round circle walked. It was a very hot day and there were lots of flys.

Thanks for the cache.

The cache was all wet today, and some of the stuff was getting a mildew build up. I emptied it all out and dried it as best I could. Because it was hot, most stuff dried out a bit, but the log book was still very wet and I couldn't wait any longer.

Found this one today with the Geo_Ferret. He was on the push bike and I was on foot.

I have been to this park quite a few times. Whilst it always suffers from constant traffic and industry noise and always has a salt marsh smell, I find it to be an interesting and peaceful place. I'd quite to like to bring my bike and explore all the paths.

It was a quick find on a hot day.

The cache was very wet and mouldy, so I'll log and needs maintenance log also.

No swaps.

TFTC.

Roundcircle beat me to the maintenance log. I did enjoy the sites of the area although the smell wasn't nearly as nice what I experienced at Danny Boy today. I don't know whether that should have a happy or smiley emoticon. The park was getting a fair bit of use from cyclists today, it was lovely weather for it.

Thanks Maccamob,

R - B

Found at 2120. Great area. Enjoyed the walk around here at night. Nice easy find.

TNLN. TFTC.

Found with Cached on our Melbourne trip – TFTC!

Parked in an odd spot that tomtom took me to, but the cache was quite close to it! Avoided a gardener and got a great photo of the Westgate bridge & cache site. TFTC

Found today on my way home from work. Luckily the "Friends of the park" were on a lunch break but I rehid the cache as they were making their way out to spread some more mulch. What a nice oasis amongst the never ending traffic noise. In Bear with flowers, out Smeegle? figurine also took pedometer "Steppin' Up" TB SL TFTC

We wandered over to this one and found the cache after a brief search. A nice peaceful park in a very central Melbourne location! This was the first find for us today. If we do well, we'll be logging our 200th this arvo! TN, Left TB Steppin' Up. SL at 1:15pm. Thanks again maccamob for bringing us to a place we'd never have visited otherwise.

Found after a bit of detour dancing with muggles around.
A very nice spot, I will be back on a nicer day with some dropoffs for sure.....why is it that every time I crack open a cache it starts raining ? I can be hired in drought areas
A nice angle to view the bridge from.

Took Waiwhetu Wanderer TB, SL.
TFTC!
P-P-P-Pingu! Pingu!

Found with the swaggies after a short stroll to GZ
Nice little spot here ,took a few photo's before the rain started ,
Then it was off to the next one
TNLN SL
TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

As per Lucks Dog Crew, we also took the quick walk in. Did not have much time to look around as it was cold and wet. We were also first to sign in the new log book. Sorry to have missed you maccamob.
TN, Left TB Waiwhetu Wanderer.
TFTC

Log Book replaced. All ok.

easy find in great location. will be back with my bike to explore this park tftc

Quick easy find, Did not use the usual park, but had a quick walk the car this way.

Luck Dogs Crew

Found at 10:50am
tnln
Interesting veiw of the bridge.
Thanks for an easy find.
Log book filling up fast. needs new log book

2nd cache on our way to Geelong.
Cheers Highrod

Very interesting location, but suffering in the drought. The small lake is full of some weird green liquid! The track on my GPSr showed my treking through the lake, but I didn't get my feet wet.

Collected the TB, but otherwise TNLNSL - Thanks maccamob

Tried to have a go at this from the wrong side and ran into a Boeing factory...

Take two and took the pleasant stroll around to the cache. Found with ease. I was surprised how quiet it was here considering how nice the weather was. There must be a big problem with rabbits around here as they were baiting around the tracks.

Thanks maccamob for the great cache.

T: Nothing
L: White Ghost TB

Found @ 8:50am.

Found on a caching cycling tour of the city with ggkof. 2nd of 17 for the day.

Took me a few minutes to spot the camouflaged cache. TNLN.

Count #0008 on a sunday afternoon.
Interesting park found in the middle of an industralized zone.
TN SL, left: mini kinglee.net wooden peg

TFTC.

Bluecat can't fishes under the bridge, but found his 8th cache instead! Bluecat strikes again...

Found @ 16:15 Had work over in Yarraville today and have often looked down into this area as I've crossed over the bridge, so decided to call in on the way home for this one. Nice way to end the day.
Took:plane Left:Tape SL

Found by Bob at 1120

What an interesting place! If you look at it on a map, or even Google Earth, you think it's quite flat - a typical urban wetland, but once you get there it's quite a maze of trails and tracks amongst those low mounds/hills with interesting ponds and bird havens distributed throughout. The cache was a nice, easy find and only my 10th by maccamob (I'll have to venture out west, I guess ).

TNLN

Thanks maccamob

Great walk around the bottom of the bridge. Top park but why are all these people coming and going all morning ??????

ruzzelz 1100 TFTC

Found @5:00pm A great park that we have viewed from above so many times it was great to finally visit. TFTC
Left: TB Twin Geocoin
Took: LB peg

A nice easy find after a pleasant walk around the lake. I remember the first one, found about 3 years ago. Thanks Maccamob.

While picking up a nearby cache I went here too on a really windy lunchtime. Cache found easily and noone about. thanks maccamob

The coin had a look while I was here.

Having braved my alarm clock at 4.00am to catch the first flight out of Sydney to Melbourne. I found myself with some spare time before my commotments kicked-off.
Had my eye on this one for awhile and was not disappointed.
A great walk and a great hide.
TFTC SL

PS The log book is chockers.

Rated: for Overall Experience

What a terrific park. I came downj Lorimer street on the bus and walked around the long way but the weather was beautiful and I found the cache easily. Then I heard this grumbling and thought it was a frog enjoying his rehabilitated surroundings - but then again - it could have been my stomach!

Thanks for the trip!

One of my favourite spots. I often walk here during my lunchhour. But never at 6pm, with the lights of the city shining over the lakes.

Took a plastic bug ..uggh
Left a green ghoulie

We've always wanted an excuse to get into this park. Wharf road got us within 160m of the GZ, but no likely place to park, so we went around to the front and went for the nice stroll instead...which is the right option I think. No-one around and a clean grab...
T: glowing camel and hairband
L: mouseball and ladybird peg.

Took the other way out. Thanks for the cache.

Found at 6:09pm. The park was desserted and dark. Made the cache an easy and quick find. I'll have to come back and enjoy the park in the daylight the next time I'm in town. TFTC!

On a cool day with few muggles. Another good maccamob hide. T Flower, L Camel. Thanks.

Found this after leaving work (700hrs). Very cold this morning. Nylex clock said 3oC. Found very easy, box in good condition but full. TNLNSL.
Snockley

Had a lovely wander through the garden and found this one pretty easily. Cache full of good swaps, but i didn't bring mine with me, so TNLN.
Thanks Maccamob

I've never seem SSMC4 move so fast. The critter is still in residence having escaped the obligatory squashing action (call it karma but it's really just my reflexes are slowing a little). I had visited this cache previously with no success. I really must remember to check the rear vision mirror next time I check a similar GZ. TNLNSL. Thanks.

Raskal3 & I had a pleasant walk through the park to the GZ around 18:00. I'd taken note of richary's warning about the local resident, and sure enough, when I very gingerly retrieved the cache container there was a big black creepy spider on it . Depending on future finders' attitudes to insects and karma they may or may not wish to consider bringing a can of Baygon along . TNLNSL.

Thanks maccamob.

What trip to Melbourne would be complete without finding at least 1 Maccamob cache? A short stroll after the last job for the day was in order and it was fairly quickly located. Unluckily I had left my pen in the car and the pencil was broken, so had to settle for leaving a business card in the cache as proof of my visit. Finders beware of the large spider that had taken up residence behind! TNLN, thanks maccamob.

Parked in the obvious car park and meandered to the cache location in a very pleasant and well maintained area.Found the goods quickly with farmerboy ,did the paperwork,walked back via a different track on a nice caching day out.TNLN and thanks to maccamob.

From one direction I had a minimum 395m meander. Went and had lunch and it turned into a 145m stroll. Nice.

Interesting spot. Love the lookout.

Where is all that traffic going?

found with oenze 7:15pm. In bouncy ball, out Canadian flag, SL. Thx maccamob

Found at 7:15pm Accompanied by GeoDano.
5th find out of 6 for the day.
I have been meaning to get this one for a while now but I always seemed to run out of time.
In:-Bouncy Ball, Out:-Candian Flag, Signed Log.
Thanks Maccamob...

By DJ Chambo.
In town on business and traveling alone.
Found it 1715. The red backs are still there.
Also had an up close and personal with the locals (Mr & Mrs Swan) Mr I think it was gave me a friendly nip whilst I was huddled over the cache and honked quite indignantly when I had no food for him and his family. Sadly I have to report there were only 3 signets with them today.
Good one maccamob. TNLNSL

We found a convenient place to park, so we didn't have too far to walk.

We suggest that cachers take care when removing this cache as there are a pair of very red backed spiders nesting behind the cache container.

The mozzies are as big as muggles too!!

Thanks Maccamob

Cache thirty six of seventy seven for the day: in what we called The Big Assault eighteen hours of none stop caching.
This was the longest walk for the day, but well worth it. I was impressed about the earth sculptures; this would be a great one for Dak to do another yes but is it art cache.
I loved the view of the bridge. Near GZ there was a pair of swans with four signets. Thanks you have been assaulted.

Found (8.20am) by P on my visit to my Vic' work colleagues but didn't have time to do a bigger walk. Nice to find an oasis like this in the industrial "wasteland" around it. Didn't come prepared with swaps so TNLN. Log book is close to full now.
Thanks maccamob
Cheers 'scargoes

2.00pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Overlooked this location many times when crossing the nearby bridge, as a family member works in the adjacent aircraft related establishment.
We took Heffalump to make room for a Mondo Figurine.
Thanks maccamob,
from Romax.

Found whilst running. Did not write in the log. Cool container! This was my first effort, and I am going to need to get organised with a small pen and a token. I am planning to run to caches at various distances from my home or work location. Certainly gives a small purpose to a long run atleast and makes sure I don't take any short cuts! Thanks for placing a 'witches hat' in a great location to designate my turn-around!

[This entry was edited by tyres on Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 11:30:32 PM.]

nice easy find thanks for taking us to this place
thanks maccamob for the cache

Found at 3.35pm while in the area picking up some documents. Great spot that we have seen many times from above. Even heard some frogs! Took: Bracelet, Left Etag holder.
Thanks maccamob.
ps - we wrote our log on the reverse side of the last page in the book as the face side is now complete.

Found at 6.20PM.

A good spot to stick a cache, and hard to see when only armed with a torch. A lovely walk in, but one of the paths were closed off for some reason so we jumped the barriers anyways. Thanks for the cache from M.B and D.C.

TNLNSL

Found at 12:30PM, the 25th cache on our all day caching adventure.

Whilst the boys went running off to find the cache P made lunch – Ham, Cheese and Tomato rolls.

By the time the boys returned lunch was made and we were ready to continue our journey.

TFTC Maccamob

What a great hidden spot. I was in Melbourne for the day and my meeting was delayed. So being prepared I searched for the nearest cache and this was it. I enjoyed the walk.
TNLN
Thanks Maccamob