Shining Example Northfield, South Australia, Australia
By maccamob on 28-Nov-03. Waypoint GCH9GT

Twice muggled! Looks as though it's not worth replacing this one, so it will go into retirement. Thanks to Gunnell & Pandaabear for helping out.

DNF
Checked the obvious spots, rang Maccamob who confirmed we were looking in the right place. Looks like it has been muggled again

Looked hard with two friends for a good 20 minutes... if its there it was missed by us... left very dissapointed indeed!

Our thanks to Gunnell & Pandaabear for taking such good care of this cache.

New cache in place, contains a log sheet, pencil, some wild animals, a keyring and US$1, it's a bit smaller than it used to be so little swaps only please.

Off line pending cache check.

We searched high and low but to no avail. If it is somewhere on the equipment, we suspect that it may have been muggled.
Beaker.

I thought this would be tricky but fairly easy. I spent about 20 minutes going over everything and then got muggled out by a council worker who decided to park nearby. I'm wondering if it's still there as nearby caches have had finds since the last find on this. Cheers.

Had the sons in the car which made good decoys, but I spotted the hiding spot of the cache on our walk up towards it. Took nothing left keyring, and hid the cache a tad further back from where we found it so it wasn't so obvious

#197 - nearly there!

This one too k way longer than it should have done - spent too much time digging around. Jon the Cache Cub Scout found in seconds - after I had spent minutes!

Took keychain (actually I think I only got part of it) left keyring.

Thanks!

found it after spending ages looking at the wrong piece of equipment wondering how to get the plugs off the poles.

nice little case you have here....

The neighbours where looking at us funny wondering why 2 grown males where checkng out the play equipment, luckily we had my 4yo son with us as a decoy

thanks maccamob!
finally i managed to find one of your caches.

Nice place for the kids, so they can go look - and they found. Nice hide David/Mary. Took shark and left AA Batts. On the way home from Hols....

Yeah first find now were hooked, located at 18:45 T.Glitter L.Shark, great container

much credit on the unique cache container - however i am worried that we or any that will follow may be noticed by the neighborhood watch - what were those people doing nosing around in that kiddie park?

found with DARKKNIGHT

too easy. nice area though, never knew it existed

took TB #441551

will relocate after x-mas. (hope this is OK, iam quite busy ATM with work)

Easy find, first for the day. Kept meaning to do this next time I visited Gunnel as it is close but haven't been over for a while.

No swaps but left Mike the Mechanic TB from England I grabbed from Coffs Harbour last weekend when visiting the parents on a work trip. Thanks Maccamob.

The ready made cache container - batteries not included!
TNLNSL, Cheers

One of the previous logs mentioned that they had seen similar cache container in other Maccamob caches in Melbourne – this didn’t help much, they have so many caches with a large variety of containers. However, once at GZ I was quickly able to locate it, and then I knew what they meant. It also explains the name of the cache.

No exchange was made. My thanks to Maccamob for the cache.

Quick visit to drop off TB The Code Key ...

Another find in the dark. Loved the cache container! TNLNSL as we didn’t want to hang around for too long, we probably looked pretty suspicious hanging around there in the dark.
Thanks, maccamob.

Really was shining without batteries.
I was the only on ethere.
TNLNSL @ 0959

Now, where have I seen this type of cache container before? That's right, at two other maccamob caches in Victoria!

This was my second of seven finds for my last night in Adelaide. A regulation find at 1930, and nice and easy at this time of night. As usual, the cache is perfectly named.

IN: Key ring clip
OUT: Canadian Geocoin

Found around 6:30pm - a quick detour on our way back down south. Nice idea for a cache container.

Took nothing, left Canadian geocaching coin. (Canadian geocaching coins can be logged & tracked here: http://www.geocoins.ca ).

Found 8:35, a nice easy one to start a days caching.

TNLN, thanks MaccaMob.

Another cache found in the dark. At least there were no muggles around. Couldn't see the scenery that was described so well in the cache description though....

TNLNSL

Thanks Maccamob

Sweetpea [8)] and Scruff

Going thru the old track logs and cache notes from last year, noted this one found with team geocoopers on a night time cache run !
Maybe I should log them before they get archived, oh well, one day.
Logged on 06/07/2005!

With the kids playing 'Lefty, Righty, Straighty" on the way home after a pleaseant Sunday afternoon caching. They happily used the GPS mounted on the dash to take us to this cache.
There was absoultely no one around today - not even the ducks! The ground was wet and the footholds poor but down on my knees I plunged and amde a successful find - at the second plunge mind you.
Love the themed container. TNLNSL.
Thanks maccamob.

SA_Parrothead went out with SA_Mystery_Inc today and we shared searching for this one. SA_Mystery_Inc came up successful. Missed it by that much. Put a knuckle bone in cache took nothing. You forget to bring a tribute for the ducks at your own peril.

Collected Hops for an interstate leap.

Just leaving Coopers Hops for collection by Maccamob for transport interstate.

Found by Team GeoCoopers.
Our second visit to the site, with junior muggles all over GZ on our first visit. One advantage of going caching on such a miserable day is most people stay inside in the warm out of your way
Thanks MaccaMob

The VK5ZSN crew finally found it on our second go. Very good hiding place. It was a cold and wet day!
Took frog, left star hair clip.

Still in town following the Remarkable Winter Event, so we did a quick check. It's still there.

Muggles may have this one We found the area was well disturbed especially under the "noughts and crosses"?

What a fantastic cache container. Had to abort the first attempt as there was muggles but went back later and BINGO found in quick search.

Thanks Maccamob.

Gave this one a go yesterday, but there were muggles in the area... A Monday morning proved much easier - cache located without the GPS. Fanastic cache container, explains the cache name perfectly. Took small smurf and left chicken stamp. Thanks maccamob!

Nice and Easy...TN L Spinning Top.
Thanks Maccamob

As usual it was in the 2nd last place I looked.
I didn't look there 1st as I thought too many little tackers can crawl under that spot. But yes that's where it was so just moved it slightly so not too obviously seen as they go under.

Thanks

Saw it from 20m away!! Took snake , left keychain. Put it back in not so an obvious-to-the-muggle point.

My first find.... T: Torch L: KeyTag
Nice Paint job on container! Make sure you bring something small as the container is quite full!

After digging around in bark we looked lese where and found cache,nice one, a few muggles around once we finished so we had to wait.

We did take and replace some items but cant remember what.

Found easily. Love the container design. Took nothing - should've taken the LED torch since it was too dark to find anything else on this cache run. I'm surprised two black-clad people hopping off a motorcycle on a quiet street at dusk and heading straight into the playground didn't draw more attention..

Team Raider (Mike, Alex and Zac) on a Father and Sons day.
Found at 1550

Lovely new developement going on here... Although a touch close to the 3 institutions I never want to visit...

Alex made this find too... 2nd for the day

In the end we all saw the light[:o)]

T: Butterfly
L: Baby Dolphin Torch

Thanks Maccamob....

I am amazed by the ingenuity of some people in the cache containers that they come up with. No swaps today just signed the log book.
Thanks

Another quick find - two for two. An interesting cache container. TNLN.

Found @ 2pm, Not much parking around here. Lucky it;s not a busy street. I've seen this cache before in Victoria, Very nice hidy place. TNLN Thsnks Macca's

Found at 1820, have to agree it's a great container!
Took the Simpson badge and left some butterfly stickers and a Smurf Button.

Thanks Maccamob.

What a clever cache container!!!

Muggles arrived as we got to ground zero, but some clever work saw us retrieve log and replace the cache right under their very noses!

Left a glow in the dark butterfly and took a frog.

Thanks Maccamob for yet another great spot.

This cache is the start point for TBBA00 'Aussie Smurf' participating in the Great Australian TB race from England to Australia. We'll drop him to Piggy later tonight.

After the temp peaked at 43C 4:30pm today, we decide to find a few easy local caches. Found this one at 6:40pm with temp still around 38C. Children worked to our advantage in finding this cache as they proved to be a great cover . . . if there had been anyone around to see us that is. Took glow-in-the-dark satellite and left nail polish. MintSlice forget to log us in as C.A.S. Thanks Maccamob

An easy find in new suburbia. The topo map that I had showed this as being all open space with a decent size lake on it. Changed a bit since then. The lake is the size of a puddle, by comparison now. Took a AA battery and left a Simpson's badge.

Rode my bike to this one after finding another cache nearby. There were people fishing at the lake but luckily they were too pre-occupied with what might be there. The cache was found straight away as there was only a couple of places where this could be. Logged the visit and tried to be inconspicuous. Shame about the traditional quarter acre blocks disappearing and becoming 'Legoland'. Took Dinosaur and left a Frog to keep the other frog company. Cheers.

Found by Maya and Ray (The Nomads) at 11:40AM on the 31st of December. An easy find, Maya went straight to it. Nice to have a shady spot to fill in the log. We swapped a little Kangaroo for a house. Thanks, The Nomads.

Nice little spot and a good little hiding spot. Lucky no kids were around today so it made things a little easy. Left a little house and took a Key ring.

Found on our second visit. For some reason it was not as obvious the first time.

The tadlets enjoyed this type of cache more than the usual affair. Very windy today.

What a lovely area and one I had never visited before. Had to wait a while as there were some very young people using the facilities. Did not swap anything as what we had was too big. Thanks Maccamob for taking us to this very nice part of Adelaide.

Found at 15:30
Well, what can I say? There it was.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks Maccas.

Had fun getting to a suitable place to park. Kids navigating. Fantastic hiding on this one very bright! Took spinning top and left highlighter pen. Got there about 1:30. Nice to see the new devlopments. Thanks for the cache!

Grabbed this one on the way home from the event today ... only 200m or so from home!! Found easily, left a carabiner keyring and took a highlighter pen. Thanks Maccamob!

Nice spot and easy find on the way to Stockport Observatory. Left glowing satellite and TN. Clear skies, team Astro and thanks maccas.

Logged on 11.52pm.
Out the front door 11.54pm.
Found cache 12.00 midnight.
Left shell.
Took nothing.
Home 12.03am.
Logged cache 12.05am.
Now Gunnell can go make me a cup of tea.
Much appreciated that it was so close to home.
Thanks Maccamob, look forward to meeting you on Sunday.