"DA Bugs Life" Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia
By Da Bugs on 04-Mar-04. Waypoint GCHV7D

Since the owner of the cache hasn't contacted me, I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wants to reinstate this cache, they should contact the reviewer that first published the cache.

Hi guys,

Any update on this cache?

Cheers,

Rob

Found @ 8:30am.
Hit GZ For a easy find, left my mark & moved on.
The log book has gone so urgent maintance is required.
TNLN TFTC SL Paper

[This entry was edited by Clarks mob on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 at 11:53:32 PM.]

Thanks McPhan, I will disable it for now.
Regards Team Da Bugs.

Might want to check the cache.

825. Same story as "Da Bugs Life" but lid appeared to have been superglued shut this time. Will need a visit.

TFTC.

[This entry was edited by McPhan on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 3:03:21 AM.]

Rated: for Overall Experience

Cursum Perficio

Yours Sincerly,
The Logbook Bandits

Found at 4:45pm no muggles, only a very large bug (wallaby)which wandered off as I approched. The clue had me guessing as there was more than one of each. Took about 10 mins to find.
TN, left large brown ant and 3 scorpion dog tags.
DON55.
TFTC.

Peaceful and even the mozzies were friendly
TFTH TNLNSL

A nice easy stroll in and quiet except for the bird life. It took a while at first but then it was almost a walk-by find. Took a bookmark & left a cinema wrist band.
I then covered it a little better as it is in a walkway and likely to be easily spotted.
Thanks Da Bugs,
Roostaman.

0224 re-logging due to name change

Had a NICE day today. I always feel that if I am seen coming out of the bush that people think I have been to the toilet - well today I came out with Crisp Image so I don't want to wonder what the people thought we had been doing ??? TFTC Da Bugs

2007-07-26 14:37 On a Narre Intrepid Caching Expedition (N.I.C.E.) day with Trunksnsuch. nice stroll in the park with bell birds and easy find. Regards Crisp Image

Found just before it started pouring. Nice area.

Grabbed Virginia GC

Found by Team Ladava 4.30pm
Another lovely walk in the forest
The cache was fairly exposed when we found it and muggles had logged they had accidentally discovered it so we hid it a little more in the same spot.
Took tennis medallion
Left Virginia Geocoin and a new pen
Thanks again Da Bugs

Found at 1.35pm. A nice easy find after a short stroll. TNLN Ta

De do do do, de da da da.

Once again, some where new for us! Lovely walk to through a lovely area... Thanks Bugs!
T Rome Doll & Bottle Opener
L Turtle & Next Geo card

Found at 9am. The last of our cool early morning hunts for the day and the second of your caches that we have found today. We had a short search (and we do like to have a good uninterupted search when there's no-one around!) Took DVD, Left Glitter Glue and Frog. SL. Thanks Da Bugs.

Found @ 8:00. Had work in Beaconsfield today so left early and went for a walk and picked up a couple of caches on the way. Took:Courage Band, left:Butterfly press Signed log.

The Bell(bird)s were tolling as I made my way in to this one. Coords were spot on and cache found easily with the clue being good too. Cache ws nicely hidden before and after and TNLN thanks Da Bugs.

Another quick find but this time it was a bit easier than the last Da bugs cache just a short walk away.
The cache was Exposed
So we made sure it was hidden well before we left
Out yo yo
In DVD
TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A)

Walked up from the nearby one, after getting a bit stuffed up on a side track returned to the main trail to get within striking distance. Quick find then, TNLN. Cheers.

12:12pm Made the mistake of going to opposite way I thought I should, because I read other logs that said they were approaching from the wrong direction.

Went back to where I was heading in originally, and found the cache without too many dramas.

T: Koala
L: Medal

TFTC

After finding the sister cache this one should have been easy but it took me a while and I decryted clue before discovering it. Thanks Da Bugs for these caches.

As Chewin' said, there is definately a correct side to approach this cache from. It was interesting from the wrong side, but we did not get too close to GZ.
A nice walk form the other side, and an esy find.
Thanks, Robmc.

Found at 4:36pm. Accompanied by Chewinprinckles and Robmc.
We decided to go out caching for the whole day and this is the 17th find for the day.
I found this one
In: Elastic Wrist Band, Out: Female Teddy Bear, Signed Log Thanx to Da Bugs....

Tried this one from the wrong side to begin with. We reckoned the difficulty rating didn't quite match the amount of bush bashing we were doing so we tried again from the correct side and soon had it found.
Thanks, this was a nice walk in a pleasant location.

Quick easy find, almost tripped over it. Thanks for a nice walk as I strolled between caches.

The hardest part was finding the way in from the main road, with traffic speeding in both directions.

Once on the path it was a pleasant stroll along a lovely bushland path.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found @ 12:00. Second of 10 for the day out caching with Next!. In Mondo Out Frog

A nice quick find.
Thanks for taking us to this nice area.

Found GZ @ 16:00. Cache is about 8Metres from the dead tree (not 2.5). T: 2xWhite Dice L:Green pump up frog + Next! Laminated Stamp. SL. TFTC and the walk.

Found by Bob at 1645

Another rather pleasant cache - I did a "dak" on this one and found myself on the wrong side of the water (there's a nice little park/playground that way though) and had to retrace my steps. Again gz required some bushbashing - after which the cache was found without trouble.

TNLN

Thanks again Da Bugs

Found by the Swaggies whilst listening to the strains of bagpipes from the Highland Gathering near by. Pleasant spot but the mozzies were bad today.

Took : Metal Key Clip
Left : Koala

Thanks to Da Bugs.

Found easily after a very pleasant stroll on what was a magnificent afternoon. The cache was sitting out in the open, so we quickly logged our visit, swapped some dice for a temp tattoo, and hid the cache a little more thoroughly. Thanks Da Bugs for getting us to visit this wonderful area. Considering we have lived in the area for over ten years I can't believe that we have never even noticed it.

Cheers from the JigJam Clan.

This was the last find for the evening as darkenss was at hand. I located the cache without any problems except that I parked too far away. TNLN thanks for the visit to a great little piece of bushland.

on a dark, late night this one was a bastard..

lots of branches and other fun objects attempted to injure myself. grrrrrrr

great hiding location!

Thanks Da Bugs ,great cache. We enjoyed the walk to it.Took Egyption man ,slinky and bouncy ball left chalk ,Roo and tattoes.

1.30pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Peace and quiet, except for the bell birds.
Took: Pen Puzzle.
Left: Mondo Figurine.
Thanks Da Bugs,
from Romax.

Lovely bush area, and this track was much more peaceful than the last one, no muggles here. Fairly quick find.
Old age has caught up with me. I can't remember if I made a swap. Thanks bugs crew

Found the cache after a bit of a search. Very nice stroll in the bushland. The bridge reported to be ricketty, has been replaced and is very good. TNLN signed log.
Thanks for cache, keep em coming.
Clue Demon.

Found nice and easily. For a Monday evening with rain threating there were lots of muggles walking through the park. Had to dodge a few and then made my way to GZ. GPSr led me straight to it.

TNLN

David.

Found at 1.40PM.

A nice little piece of bushland that I never knew exsited. I hope they wont ever tear this down for the crzy housing boom going on in the area. As I noticed some of the bridges nearby in a sad state. Found the cache very visable. The host is almost falling apart. And some muggles have been by and logged in the log book and said they stuck it under the host. I have placed it back in the host and covered it well. This one may need a new host soon. As if the next person comes walked ontop of it it may become visable again.. Thanks for a nice walk from M.B..

TNLN

Found cache sitting in the open. The hiding spot may have been attacked by some Echidnas in search of a feed. Left the cache under the log we found it on.

This was a really good cache to find. First Head chef and his two apprentices headed in the worng direction, but soon found the right way to go, what a beautiful spot for a walk. At first there were a few muggles around but after a while we were on our own and the sounds of the birds were lovely. At 6.45pm Head Chef had the cache in hand. Took pen. left slinkey and recipe. This cache was found exposed but was left covered. Thanks Da Bugs.

What a beautiful spot for a cache; thanks Da Bugs. TNLN.

nice easy find, birds are everywhere in this park.
TNLN
Thanks

Found at 10:40 with Rhinogeo.

easy walk from the car, taking the "Freeway Exit" (as per Rabbitto's definition).

Rhino spotted the cache while I was wandering in the totally wrong direction.

Took nothing
Left Pen (I think, didn't take very good notes )

Thanks Da Bugs

Found on 27/11/04 @ 1040 AESST. 3rd find for the morning with Facitman. Once we found the bridge it was an easy walk to the cache along the paths, then the clearly trodden detour to GZ. I walked straight to the cache while Facitman veered off to a mystery area a few metres away [?]

IN: Bottle Opener Keyring
OUT: Nothing

Cheers Da Bugs

Found by caughtatwork at 2:45pm
A short stroll from Akoonah Matata "No Worries" along the track (which is very wet and muddy after the recent rains) and J who was in control of the GPSr had us pointed in the right direction.
We followed the path of caching and J spotted the cache as soon we apprached GZ. Not to say that it wasn't hidden well, but the GeoCairn was clear.
After the recent wet weather, the cache is well secured as there was nary a drop of water inside it.
Took keyring, left splash ball and a bouncy ball.
Thanks Da Bugs. We appreciated the easy finds in an area that initially had us despairing.

Found by 'The Postie'

Our second find for the evening. Frank got bitten by a bull-ant, everyone else by mozzies!

TNLN

Thanks team Da Bugs

This was our second ever find, and apart from a few mozzies & bullants, it was great. Found after a few minutes. But we had lots of eyes looking.
Thanks to da Bugs

Sorry about the late log entry, we have only just started logging our finds.

Found at 1.15pm
Bellbirds chiming everywhere,
Quite delightful
An easy find
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Found by Vombatus and son on our way to Mirboo North to pick up a goat. Yes a goat.

Took a whistle.
Left a puzzle pen.

Isn't it odd how geocaching gets a hold of you. We just finished doing the Line of Sight series as well as the Ash series and were really feeling [xx(]. But a few key stokes on the Palm and a few more on the GPS and what do you know - all of a sudden we feel like . Let's do this one as well - it is on the way home after all. And just as well that we did, because on the way back after finding the cache at 5.10pm, we met up with Sikma & Jazwoz. As a coincidence they were the first to find our first cache and today we were following their steps doing the Ash series, while they went onto follow our steps doing the Line of Sight series.
Took: CD, Left: Colouring-in pencils.
Thanks Da Bugs - the bell birds in this park bring back lots of memories from my youth in the Blackburn area.

Found at 17:34 with Jazwoz. Our second last for the day and the legs battered by mozzies, blackberry thorns and leeches during the day knew about it Still it was a beautiful evening. Thanks to Da Bugs.

Found with Sikma at 17:34 and our second last of the day. We were both real tired after all the walking but the sky's had cleared and was looking to be a great evening. Thanks Da Bugs.

Found at 0935 in company with barcoder. Another easy find, owing to the cache being partially exposed. However, future cachers will find it a bit better hidden when they get there. I love it when there are two or more caches in close proximity. This is the second of the "twofer" in this park. Thanks again Da Bugs for bringing us here.

IN: Whistle with compass
OUT: Small torch

Second Da Bugs find for the day. Dak and I are on schedule for a great day of caching. The weather looks a bit 'iffy' though. I dare say we will have 'wet tails' before the day is out.

IN: Squishy key ring
OUT: Stretch frog

Found on a cold damp night in September.
Torch no use at all.
Wrote log by light of mobile phone
TNLN
Tnx Da Bugs

Didn't have the details for this one, but noticed it was very close to the previous one and decided to give it a go. It was reasonably easy, found after a 2 min search. Thanks Da Bugs.

Nice walk on a cool day found at 11:12, the birds are active here, the cache was a little uncovered but i fixed that before I left

Out: "D" Shackle
In: Set of Mini Screwdrivers

I meant to do "Da Bugs #1" cache before this one, but I got the names mixed up in my GPS - and I headed off the trail far too soon had to crash my way through bushland - I wished I had owned (and brought) a machette.

After a number of overcast and crappy days, this cache was located under blue skies with bell birds singing, a truely rewarding walk in the park.

In: ?? - something, but I can't remember what !
Out: Macdonalds toy

Found at 5:30pm by Kiwideb, ahead of Muzza and myself. Well done Deb! It's always nice to do a cache that involves a quick walk through the bush. Just enough to enjoy it before the sun drops from the sky. Swapped a ball out for a basketball.

It was quickly getting dark so we made a quick dash to get to this cache. Didn't take too long to find. I led Alansan on a merry chase as I found the cache and pretended he had missed where it was what area friends for.
Found at 528pm swapped a frong for a ball.
Thanks again Da Bugs my 8th of 11 for the day.

Found at 2:50pm. Our second cache for the day, (both by “Da Bugsâ€Â). What a fantastic location: Easy access, children friendly, a lovely stroll, and Bell birds in the background (We even managed to see six of them). This is our kind of cache. We also liked the fact that the little tikes can walk to several in one area, without having to get back in the car.

A great cache for the youngsters! Found by Chick 1 with a little assistance from mother hen. Unfortunately the rooster was silly enough to leave the goodies in the car, and so no swap was made. Also the container had a little bit of water in it so we emptied it out. Our only regret is that we didn’t find this park first!
PS Chick 1 & Chick 2 were no longer clean & fluffy after searching out and stamping on a large mud puddle to their utter delight!
Well done, Thanks again to Da Bugs!


[This entry was edited by Chookies on Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 4:24:37 AM.]

Found at 11:50am. On the way to this cache, we passed the local craft market so guess where we're going afterwards. Well it is Mrs H birthday so I suppose that's ok.

Also achieved a rare feat on this one. When standing in a spot 250m away from GZ and predicting whether to walk around to the left or right to get there I usually choose the wrong one but not today.

A nice bushland park. Thanks Bugs from D,H,S,K,S & A B-A.
Took Squishy Stress Fish. Left Slinky Frog. (We really wanted the bug key ring but had nothing anywhere near as nice in the swap bag .

Rated: for Overall Experience

This was an easy find after accidently reading the clue earlier. Nice little bushy spot with plenty of birdlife. Nice to see the little bell-birds up close after hearing them and not seeing them so often. Didn't make any swaps. Thanks 'Da Bugs' for a great couple of caches.

Found at 19:53 by Myself, Em_Eagle and a friend Christine.

Left bug keyring, took safety light.

I can't beleive some of the length people go to to camoflage their cache. Nice work on the Lid guys. A Real enjoyable one.

Off we went again, Evil_Hitman, our friend Christine and myself.
Armed with torches we searched the undergrowth, watched by a possum. Luckily the bugs were hidden well.
Fantastic container guys.

Thanks DaBugs.

Found 14:30, Biggles Bear #2, approached this cache a lot more cautiously after her close encounter of the snaky kind at the previous cache, whilst Biggles Bear #1 did his best Quasimodo impersonation; "The bells, the bells" [:o)]

TNLN, Thanks Da Bugs.

Found cache without difficulty, will take a lot longer to get the ringing of the bell-birds out of my ears I think.
Took CD-R and left flashing bike light.
many thanks to Da Bugs.

Found by Daddy Frogger and the 2 Tadpoles.
Swapped something, can't remember what.

Found today at around 11:40. With the temperature being cool and the sky overcast, none of the Black family were around - only a couple of relatives in some tiny lizards. Found the cache without too much difficulty, once the GPS settled down.

I took a Steering Wheel Thermometer left earlier in the day by Maccamob and also took TB Chick, also left by them. In their place I left a green snake and a pen for the log book, as requested by Team Crackers.

Thanks for the cache, and an enjoyable walk in the bush, almost deafened by the Bellbirds.

Firstly thanks for the pen Muzza, and thanks again Da Bugs for a quiet walk and a fun cache, thought I saw Heimlich the catterpiller?.
The coordinates were spot on which made it easy to find and Little cappucinno (10) has this one to add to his finds.
Thanks again Da Bugs. taken snake (coudnt find the real one today) and left cloth badge, aussie tattoos and free coffee cards.
Regards
Mr.Coffee
Ian Berwick VIC

Found by Mary & David at 0955 on our way to the Crooked River Campout Event laden with everything including the camp sink. A nice easy walk to GZ but we were on alert in case the snake family were still in residence. Thankfully, they seemed to be out. Took spider, left car thermometer, and also left i! Chick TB for some R&R after her brief visit to Hoppers Crossing. Our thanks again to Da Bugs.

Much easier doing this in the daylight except you can see small surprises. Finished filling out the Logbook, went to replace it and discovered a small black snake nearby. Very wary of mother snake being around. Replaced cache quickly, but did forget to replace pen, Can next cacher leave one behind. We will be back in the area in a week's time when we will replace the stolen item
Took Ock Strap
Left Toy Mouse & Small Bouncy Ball

Thanks Da Bugs for another first find.
PS.Keep a sharp look out if doing this one on a warm day