Ghost Suburb Burwood East, Victoria, Australia
By Quasar on 08-Apr-04. Waypoint GCJ4D7

Checked and it's definitely gone. I have replaced it with a new, smaller cache, Ghost Suburb 2.

Nup...4 sets of eyes, 3 sets of hands (+ 1 pair supervising and holding sunglasses GPS etc)...could not locate...even with Alansee's search-adjusting hint. There is definitely nothing at ground level except lots of bottles and cans. This is the 3rd DNF...please check it.
Who would have seriously thought that building a suburb in an old quarry was a good idea..."fantastic views" would NOT have been on the Sales brochures

Nice place to stop for a while. Thought we looked hard, but obviously not hard enough! Will try again another time.

No luck today - alot of rubbish about.

[After 10 minutes of looking in the wrong place! The clue is wrong - has the cache been moved or am I the only one who knows the difference bewteen a] wall [and a] fence[? It is however a good spot for a nicely hidden cache and a very interesting comment on the capitalist system! lol! Took snake, left rifleman. Thanks Qasar]

Found it, but only after about 20minutes of looking around. We're amateurs!

Put in skeleton figurine, took out sticker.

Found @ 10:30
Remember this place being built and wondered if anyone would want to live here. Looks like no. Quick find.
In Singapore keyring
Out Ear rings
SL

Took a while to find but in the end the prize was given up! What a weird place though. A ghost town in a hole! Thanks thanks Q

It was the 6yr old, the youngest member who found it, as everyone else was looking in the wrong place.

Had two goes at finding this cache. Morning and afternoon. Found plenty of rubbish. But no cache. I am starting not to like this kind of reedy grassy bush. That is two grass frownies in two days. Interesting neighbours.

I've watched this development over the years and always said it would never work. In summer, no breeze and you would always have the sense you were living in a hole. Any wonder the developers went bust... mind you they spent a pretty dollar first. Found in the dark at 17:50. T:nothing L: Next! Laminated Stamp. SL. Contents were damp.

Found in the Dark with Next! 17:50. TNLNSL. TFTC

Find 2 of 9! at 19:25, on tour with locals Robmc, oenze & chewinprickles. Strange place, pity it was dark, I couldn't see too far in. Did some cache maintenance (thanks Robmc), replaced leaking container and added a new log book. TNLN Thanks Quasar. Cheers 'scargoes

Found the cache at 4pm today, This was the second time I had tried to find it. If memory serves correctly this ghost suburb was closed due to uncontrollable flooding during the winter. I could be wrong though.

Not sure why the last 2 visitors couldn't find it. It's quite visible when you look over the edge of the lookout.
However the container was a quarter full of water so I emptied it out and dried it with my trouser leg. The log book was surprisingly dry, I guess because it's held up out of the moisture by the contents.

I'd be interested to know what the reasons are behind the demise of the suburb. It's probably something to do with a developer going bust, or that they discovered some contamination there.
TNLN. Thanks for showing me another interesting spot.

Ekkles and I searched for half an hour but could not find it. There were a lot of 600ml plastic containers of the empty-soft-drink-bottle variety...
Didn't mind though: It was worth it to stop and take in the spectacle of the ghost suburb. Wow. V.Spooky, like a little sample of the world after the extinction of mankind.

If a cache hides in the forest, but there are no satellites left to find it, is it still a cache?

Looked but couldn't find it, got caught in the blackberry bushes.
Still, it was worth the trip to see the 'ghost suburb' - how interesting (and spooky)!

What a strange place. Was the ground found to be too unstable after they started building? I wonder how long it will stay this way?
TNLNSL. Thanks, Robmc.

Found after 6 months, 4 attempts, and 1 phone call to Romax for guidance.

Love the suburb, had to go home and research what was happening!

R - B

Argh. Tried to find this last year, and no more luck this time either. Not recommended when wearing shorts, as there are blackberry bushes and other scratchy things. Also an incredible amount of rubbish.

I tried the clue and got even more confused.

Thanks anyway, interesting place to visit! Whoever thought a housing development in a quarry would be a good idea...

Many years ago I used to jump the fence and swim here when it was a disused quarry. Wouldn't recognise the place now!

Recommend an admin visit by the cache owner as the log was full with some water damage.

TNLN

We didn't set out to do this cache on this trip but found ourselves driving past so we'd thought we'd have a second go. Found fairly easily this time and I think we might have found it last time, but were a bit discouraged by the micro tag and the amount of hiding places, and a feeling of how do you find a micro in here. As Oenze says, I'd call it small but no matter, we found it and this is still an amazing place.
Thanks very much.
PS TNLN

Found at 1:33pm Accompanied by Chewinprickles.
6th find out of 16 for the Day.
This was the second attempt to find this cache, it is noted as a micro cache but I think it should be listed as a small.
Thanks Quasar...

Was driving past and realised I had read of this one, didn't have co'ords in the GPS but having in the past lived nearby and thinking I knew where the cache was, I was willing to give it a go! I remember when the estate was started, all my wife any myself could think of was the fact that in the middle of winter this would be a great big sink hole that would remain bitterly cold for days on end with no way for the cold air to get out!

I've driven past the ghost suburb many times, and have never actually bothered to look what was in there. It looks like it would be quite nice if it were fixed up (as long there was no flooding...) I tried to spot the playground mentioned, but couldn't

We search for about 20 minutes, and came up empty, and were just about to leave when Jai found it.. Everything was pretty damp, including the log (which only has a couple of pages left) but not too damp to write in..

Took nothing, left 2 reflectors..
Cheers for a terrific view of a place I never knew existed!

Came across the cache after a few minutes of searching, there is a bit of condensaction in the cache. the cache wasn't quite what we thought it was. TNLN. someones lost a lot of money around here, locals tell its been like this for 4 years or so

Another cache that demanded a second attempt. It was rather frustrating as there was a steady stream of muggles passing by at this time of evening???. In the end I resorted to getting my camera out of the car and as people approached made an attempt at looking like a pro photographer or maybe a Real Estate guy looking to make a big sell? Even with this charade I was ready to give up the ghost when I spotted the cache. TNLN just glad to get it off my list. Thanks. Got lots of pictures and there's probably a big plot of lang for sale

couldnt believe a ghost suburb in mel....but there it was.everything except the tummbleweeds and ghosts.took about 15 mins to find.tnln. thanks quasar

FOUND IT!

goddam took me SIX visits, with a variety of caching friends!!

thanks to Geodes about the clue!


Sui
ps. of my own: I was consistently 8m off target every time.

Found by Bob at 16:25

This was our 3rd attempt at this one - I think the clue actually mislead us on the previous occasions, but it's a bit of a relief to be able to cross it off at last. The "hole" is certainly an eyesore, and it's difficult to imagine what can be done to improve it - building an estate in it is no answer and it would sure take a lot to fill it in!

TNLN

Thanks Quasar
PS The cache contents are a bit damp - not too bad yet, but the wet season is coming on.

3.15pm
Found by Roma and Max.
We have relatives who live just down the road, and have passed by here a few times, nothing seems to change.
It has taken on a completely new significance now that we know what is close by!
Took: Butterfly.
Left: Marble
Thanks again Quasar.
Romax.

I drive past this strange place everyday on my way to work and have always thought of stopping and sussing out if i could hide cache in 1 of the old houses. I loaded a heap of caches into my GPS and this one popped up on my way to work. I guess we shared the same idea. TFTC,TNLN.

FOUND ON SECOND ATTEMPT . VERY WET ON OUR PREVIOUS VISIT . I AGREE A STRANGE PLACE WHAT A WASTE OF SOMTHING . CACHE WAS A LITTLE WET .

strange little spot this one what a waste of good land

have tried 3 times to find this cache now. it is very well hidden.

help anyone?

(url of the adventure: (http://sui-001.livejournal.com/44307.html )

Dropped into this one on our way back from a couple of other caches in the area (I just couldn't resist after reading the description). This really is quite a strange sight!

Mrs Gourmet quietly retrieved the cache and was busy reading through the notes, while I continued to search on the other side :-/

TN left a recipe card.

Thanks.

The co-ordinates turned up zilch so we had to expand our search and promptly found it 6 or 7 metres away. Logged visit then put it back where we found it. The zip-lock bag has a hole in it and things were a little dewy.

Sadly couldn't see the ghost suburb very well and LED torch light defracts too quickly for any long distance spotlighting. Sigh.

My very first cache!! Found it rather easily, after staring at the absolute white elephant over the fence. TNLN. I think I'm excited by this geocaching thing...

4th & last cache found just as the sun was setting..
cousin, sam found this as he thrashed thru the sedges container was uncovered & wet though... ghosts or stray dogs.. [?]

again! waypoints were 12m off... we put back where we found it at 51.539 & 08.590 (not sure the original location)

took the finger glove, left a golf tee & sealed the container in the ziplock bag [8)] container pretty full!

[Found at 17:50 on my way back from doing some of the Sweet 16 series.]
[I drive past this place quite regularly and was amazed when I first went past it soon after moving to Melbourne.] Who in their right mind would ever want to live down this hole?! What were the government and the developers thinking??
[I understand the legal action is really starting to heat up now! Took the Pink Rabbit and left a rubber ball. Thanks!]

We had 7 people looking for about 15 minutes before we had to go. We ended up wit a few cuts after looking for this one. Amazing ghost suburb. The playground was well under water.

Ghost Suburb would have to be the best description for this location and it doesn't take much effort to see why. It's probably just as well that no one lives here. That aside the cache was found relatively quickly right on GZ.

Swapped a finger puppet out for 2 dice. Thanks Quasar.

after a short search had cache in hand, the lid was of the cache but contents are still dry. all i can say is what a waste of money.

Found by second eldest apprentice chef at 12.15pm today. It took a few minutes to find this one but soon had cache in hand.
It amazes you as to which idiot at the council gave approval for this white elephant to be built, how stupid. Maybe they should just fill it in and build a park!!

Thanks Quasar

Man what a cool cache. I'll have to go back sometime and explore! The plastic bags were not sealed properly so some of the contents were a bit wet. Don't think that this is too much of a problem 'cos the stuff inside looked ok.

Got a bit scratched though, watch out for the blackberry bush!

6:00pm | How bizzarre, how bizzarre!
TNLNSL | Is this a text book example of stupid corporate behaviour or what?

Was telling a friend about it over dinner, and she said there's a hotel development that's a bit similar - developer ran out of money - on the Tamar River near Launceston... perhaps another cache location?

Took about 5 minutes rummaging through the shrubbery during afternoon peak hour. I worked on the theory all the passing cars were too busy heading home from work to wonder what I was doing.

Took a lion and left a zebra. Fairly desolate spot, wonder what they were thinking? Oh well, remodel it into a wetlands or something!

Thanks for this unusual location Quasar!

This was one I needed to put to bed after a miss a few months ago. We stopped here on the way home from The Glen and found it at 17:20 after about 10-15 minutes of looking. Some people have noted that they don't know how they missed it the first time, I don't reckon I could find it now and I put it back !!!!

Took a stretchy alien, left a stretchy lion.

What an interesting concept for a housing estate. I wonder what their selling point will be: "come for the views", "always wanted to live in a hole?". Maybe the houses are going to be super cheap!!!

Thanks Quasar.

[This entry was edited by EuDes on Friday, January 14, 2005 at 10:20:04 PM.]

Found by Maya and Ray at 7:58PM on the 3rd of Jan. Maya found it very easily. The cache was saturated so we dried what contents we could on site, and took the rest to dry properly at home. We will put those items in another cache when they are thoroughly dried. Took the wet items and left the other items in our plastic bag. Thanks from The Nomads.

Found at 15:15 with Shimachic.

Our first find for 2005. This place is quite eerie, a very interesting location.

Took : Parachute Man
Left : Flower Eraser

Found this on the second visit, road works were going on on first visit hence didn't look too hard. The cache seems too have dried out. Left dice took a frog. Driven past this many times but this is the first time I've looked over the fence, the site looks a bit sad.

Bagged this one on the way back from a meeting out east. Wow, these houses really do have water frontage now! I'm sure that this housing development seemed like a good idea at the time. A case of too much greed and too little research perhaps?
Took: Bubble mix
Left: Pink bunny
Thanks Quasar for highlighting a quite unique place.

Found this one at 14:40 on my 2nd attempt. Credit success due to reading previous logs.

As previously mentioned, some of the items in this cache are moist.

When I was a kid this was a quarry. Glad I'll never live in this 'suburb'.

TNLN.

Thanks Quasar.

Found by team Telefreaks at 10.15pm. Right on the spot.
A very interesting ghost suburb, wouldnt want to live there though, the lake looked overfull. We had passed this hole in the ground a few weeks ago and when I saw the cache on the list we had to find it. No to hard to find in the Dark.
The insides were a bit wet but the log book was dry.
Took nothing left stretchy robot

Thanks Quasar

Found this one with Claire Madonna. She is turning into quite the hunter.
It was 6:45pm and every sort of muggle was around so had to be carefull.
I find it quite amazing that with todays modern technology the developersbuilders could not tell the caveats of starting construction there.
I guess greed took over and they threw caution to the wind.
Took nothing left Canadian Dime.
Thanks for the great cache.

Found with Dicko
"This place is a Hole!"
TnLn
Thanks Quasar

I remember delivering pipes to this site for the water and sewerage and said then that it would be fun when it rained and I was told that it would be alright because there was a pump to pump the water out of the lake if it got to full. Took spiderman badge and left ear plugs. Thanks Quasar

Found after a brief search at about 1545, Cache was a bit wet inside so we left the contents in the sun for a while to dry out.

I remember when I was a kid getting into mischief 25-30 years ago this place was an operational quarry and the caretaker was said to fire "Salt Peter" at "snooping kids"! I was never slow enough to find out for sure!

The building work was halted several years ago when the walls of the pit started to move. Retaining walls were installed and work started again, just in time to stop again! ... The retaining walls on the west end were on the move. Approx. 100 truckloads of crushed rock later the western retaining walls were beefed up but by this time I think it may have too late as there does not seem to have been any work done since then! Maybe the council put a stop to it,

There was a lot of info in the "Waverley Gazzete" around the time of the foul up (about 4-5 years ago I think)

Enough of the history lesson, Nice day for a cache hunt,
Thanks Quasar

Took Plastic seahorse, Left Party bubbles

Found with dicko (Dad)
"This place is a Hole!"
TnLn
Thanks Quasar

10.40AM
A very interesting suburb in deed. Looks like the vandals have done some of their work to the house below too. Im just wondering who would want to build a house in a area like that. Imagine the flooding after a downpour!!! But I hope it gets built, it will surely look 20 times better built up.. Thanks from M.B
TNLN

[This entry was edited by xf king on Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 2:19:18 AM.]

This place feels a little spooky. A rather odd place to be in the middle of the 'burbs.
Found the cache without too much trouble. It was a little damp inside but logbook is still fine. Took the monster and left the seahorse.

This place feels a little spooky. A rather odd place to be in the middle of the 'burbs.
Found the cache without too much trouble. It was a little damp inside but logbook is still fine. Took the monster and left the seahorse.

What a strange place - well worth the visit. TNLN Thanks. Greg and Bev

Well after many attempts I have finally found this cache.

As usual once found, you wonder how it was missed all along.

TNLN

Thanks Quasar

We were on our way to begin a day of caching and this one was on the way to pick up a friend.
After almost being run down by a crazy woman in a 4WD, we found a suitable parking spot.
Found cache at 1pm after a short search, cache was damp inside but log book dry. Swaps were ok (being mostly plastic).
TNLN
As we got back into the car, we noticed some people pull up directly behind us and head towards the cache site, we thought they may have been cachers but alas, they were muggles.
Thanks Quasar for the interesting hole in the ground!

I visitied this location today and found GZ with no problem.

Looked for about 20 minutes but couldn't find the cache.

Thanks Quasar

We originally tried this cache about 1 week ago but were unable to find (one grumpy chick in the car, & one tired chick on the hunt), & so decided to call it a day until next time. I forgot to log our last visit & so my apologies to Quasar. We spoke to the Muzza helpline but were unable to get back to the site until today.

Found today after about 3 minutes in an area not far from where our GPS had us on our last visit. I honestly dont know how we missed it last time, but then this game continually reminds me of how clever I am not!!!!

The cache container does not appear to seal too well, & as such all the contents were quite moist, some even wet. The log book was still dryish in its bag. After seeing work has been resumed, it was interesting to read the note by daks emu mob

Thanks Quasar for an intersting location, & cache. The log books would suggest this has been a busy little cache. -Well done

The cache was basically full of plastic/rubber "critters" & so
Took Nothing / Left Nothing

QUARRY WORK RESUMES

Construction at the Sienna Falls housing development is set to resume more than five years after work at the Mt Waverley site first stalled. Developer Glenmont Village has been working on retaining walls at the Highbury Rd site for the past three weeks. Company director Philip Lewis said construction of 118 houses at the 7.3ha site, which could be renamed Amorosa, could start within two months. He said landscaping, costing $500,000, would begin soon.

In December 1999, part of a retaining wall, constructed by brick company Boral, around the perimeter of the former quarry site collapsed and put the project on hold. Mr Lewis said there had been discussions with Boral, but refused to comment further on reasons for the delay. "There's obviously been key issues with Boral and they had to be sorted out before construction and we think they've been resolved," he said. Residents had not raised concerns about the development with the company, Mr Lewis said.

Bennett Ave resident Barry Thompson said there had been ongoing problems with the development, with construction work causing damage to his property. Dust from the development had blanketed his property, while his fence had also been broken during work on the site, he said. But he said he was glad the development would finally happen. "All it is at the moment is a hole in the ground with constructional rubbish in the middle," Mr Thompson said. "I'd like to see something go ahead, but I would also like to see the developers fix the problems."

But the announcement has come as welcome news for Monash Mayor Joy Banerji. "Everyone refers to it as a big hole in the ground," she said. "It's been at a standstill for quite a few years now, so it will be good to see it go ahead."

Whitehorse Leader, 30 June 2004

My first reaction when I saw this area was ... is this an old volcano. That is a very bizzare area indeed.
The cache was found without too much difficulty and there were no peering muggles looking at me today.
The cache contents are rather damp, but the log book is still dry. Fortunately most of the items are plastic or in bags, so the contents are still OK.
I took a LoTR Figurine and a Duck.
I left a Paratrooper and a Finger Freak.
Thanks for a very interesting location Quasar.

A bit of work going on in the suburb, Cache was still in place.

TNLN

Mr.Coffee and family found Ghost Suburb our 100th Cache.Yippie only 1000 to go
Thanks Quasar for a fairly easy cache, but what is the true history to this area?
Dried out the cache container and left a cloth badge
Regards
Mr.Coffee Ian

Found on 26/06/04 at 1655 AEST. 4th one today with Facitman & Mrs Facit (we had dropped off the Facitettes). FM spotted it pretty quickly at GZ and retrieved it. We then noticed that a nosy muggle in the house directly opposite was staring out the window straight at us [:o]. Went to the car to write the log and dry out the contents. He wasn't looking when we pulled up to drop it off, then the muggle appeared at his window again! If the cache is disturbed, we know where the culprit lives

TNLN

Found it 26/6/04 at 16:55

Facitman and Mrs Facit along with RhinoGeo dropped in on this cache, 4th for the day, as we passed by. Fairly easy find of another wet cache. Once dried and replaced we left hopeful that the inquisitive Muggle was just inquisitive.

TNLN

Found. Looks like the cache may need to be renamed. Site sheds near the houses and men working, looks like they are doing some landscaping.

Cache found OK, between rain storms.

I had nothing small enough to swap.

David.

So what is going on here? Not all that obvious to cachers from SA. It is a big hole that looks like it has flooded today. I would not want my mortgage dollars down in a pool like that. Took the $1 and left some Velcro (Velcro still works underwater). Clear skies, John. Thanx Quasar.

Megan resigned from hunting this cache after getting hayfever and an itchy rash all over her arms, so it was left to Alex. Cache was found to be a little damp, not too bad. Took glow in the dark snake, left glow in the dark planet. Is it in Scotland they're turning the huge hole in the ground into an entertainment complex? (with rockclimbing, other adventure activities)... that would be a good idea for this spot.

Found this one quite easily after being intrigued by the description. What was here before this, why did they stop, why do some of the buildings look half demolished...all so very intriguing. If someone can answer these questions I would be most appreciative. BTW took dice, left froggys.
Thanks for a very interesting cache

Last night on our way home from dinner, we stopped by to see if we could find this cache in the dark. I had my PDA on and using the light from the screen we searched the area and must have walked over it a few times, because tonight after tennis Cat and Helen armed with a real torch managed to find it within a few minutes in the exact area we were looking yesterday. GPS co-ords were spot on.
Took - frog. Left - $1.

Thanks Quaser - looks like living in a hole was not meant to be everyones dream.

Decided to pop down after work and find this one before it became dark. Had to wait for some time for the cars to pass before, and after the find. This is a very busy road!

FYI Quasar
The log book was full, so I added a bright yellow 'sticky note' with my comments etc. inside the back cover.
Cache also had a bit of moisture in it. Thanks for the cache.

IN: Green frog statue
OUT: Colourful shoe laces

Found 16:30 what an amazing place, one wonders what happended to stop development.

Thanks Quasar for introducing us to another interesting Melbourne location TNLN.

Found at 11:30am. Boy has this cache had a few finds logged on it since you placed it just over a couple of weeks ago. This could be a record maybe?.
I printed this off to find quite a while ago and since then, I have been scratching my head to figure out exactly where it would be as I used to live and work not too far away. About an hour before taking off to search, I realised where it was and drove straight there, only using the GPSr for the final details. I know some of the histoty of this place but won't post it, lest I spoil the hunt for someone else, but email me if you want to know.
It still took us around 30 minutes to find and as per Smithereens, we removed 2 bags of rubbish from the site.
Thanks Quasar, from D,H,S,K,H & A B-A
Left Magnetic Eye, took a Bug.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Ahhh what a start to the night/morning. it's 1:27am and we're out looking for caches. it's wet it's cold yet we're still having fun. Cache was found by myself and em_eagle whilst being supervised by the site foreman BeccaJ. (she had already found this one on another night)
TNLN

Nice cache

OK, out in the dark again.
Evil_Hitman, BeccaJ (giggling from above, as she had found this before) and myself.
At 0127hrs its dark, cold, windy and very wet, but we found it.
A clever spot.
TNLN

Thanks

I revisited after Franklj's comment about it being there. Yay! I found it this time within 10 seconds!!! This makes me wonder even more because I found it in the exect spot that I looked at several times last visit. Anyway... I left a bulldog clip (medium size) which is great for holding a bunch of Geocache printouts together and took a purple and yellow rubber pencil.

A very strange place! Did the funds run out, did the council regulations change or did the developers come to their senses? I took a halfpenny and left a beetle.
I have just read the previous log and can assure Sbologh53 that the cahe is in place.

[This entry was edited by Franklj on Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 5:42:41 AM.]

This turned out to be just about the most embarrassing cache ever. For some reason, some people have no trouble and some people search forever. We first tried on 10th April and searched for about 1 hour without success. We started to suspect that someone had temporarily removed the cache! We dropped by again on 12th April and searched for 30 minutes in the dark. After completely giving up we asked "The Ducks Guts". They said it was easy and even took one of us there to show us. We still couldn't see it and needed the most detailed instructions to find it!!!

We returned today to log the find. The other team member located it easily with a small extra hint at 4:40pm. As we were logging our find another car turned up and the "Sbalogh53" team emerged with GPS in hand. We warned them not to bother looking and they wandered down into the subdivision/quarry-pit. Took a clip-on beetle and left a Gimli figurine (we think he will like being next to a mine). We returned the cache with exactly the same cover as we found it.

We suspect that the biggest problem is the amount of rubbish in the area. Each time we found a piece of rubbish we though we'd found the cache. Also, due to the large amount of rubbish it is likely that someone will find the cache and throw it away. To reduce this risk, we removed all the obvious rubbish. Future cachers may like to do likewise to increase the longevity of this cache.

I arrived at the site around 4pm this afternoon only to find another couple already sitting at the location filling in the log book. I thought that this would be easy because I saw the container and it's general location. I took the family for a walk around the "Ghost Suburb", explored the houses, walked around the lake and let the kids have a play on the "unused" play equipment. We returned half an hour later to locate the cache and then go home. So I thought! The four of us spent the next 90 minutes searching every inch of the place without finding it. I don't know where those people hid it but I suspect that they took it with them, or else we were blind! I'll keep an eye on this one and if anyone else manages to find it after us, then I will go back a look again.

Some people have asked about the history of the site. I talked to one of the locals who happened to be walking past and he said that a few years ago the area was about to be redeveloped when the walls literally started crashing down. There were a number of large landslides around the site which caused the developer to abandon the project. The local guy did not know what was to become of it.

I had a look at my old Melways collection and discovered that up to around 1993 the site was a quarry. In my 1997 Melways it was marked as a disused quarry, and in my 1999 Melways it was just an unmarked, empty area of land. In the 2001 Melways it was already a subdivision with several named streets. The current Melways shows the same.

There was another quarry marked in the 1966 Melways on the other side of the main road about half a kilometer to the west. This is now a park and playground. I think the moral of the story is... never build inside a quarry! I suspect that eventually this hole in the ground will become an extension of the reserve located adjacent to the site.

I took a photo which I will try to attach to this log entry.

Regards, Steve.

Found during my morning geo-jog in the area. It's nice to see the property speculators make stupid decisions now and then. Wheover thought this site would be a good development opportunity must have been deluded. Took me a few minutes to find the container, must have looked at it five times before I actually saw it. No exchange made. Tonymid.

Just a short walk from my home..drove there anyway...we had a little trouble with this one purely because we did it at night with two rather pathetic torches,on the bright side we didnt hafto try to hide from people passing by..we took an old coin (which we cant read) and left coloured shoelaces...oh i'll leave a pen next time

What an interesting place. It would have been a nice place to live, especially if they had constructed a waterfall. Took a rabbit keyring and left a blue snake. Thanks Quasar

[This entry was edited by The Ducks Guts on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 5:04:01 PM.]

[What a strange place. If I lived there I would want a house that could float. May be ]four twenty six [is an unlucky number. Found after 2-3 min.
Took glowing alien left red ladybird.
Watch out for the sharp plants!
Thanks Quasar]

Parked nearby and walked to the suburb. I searched for about 10 mins before being joined by Muzza. Muzza found the cache first and kept on hunting for a few minutes before letting me know. Found it pretty quickly after that.

Took an Chinese bookmark and left a bunny keyring in honour of Easter.

I'm a bit curious about the suburb now, I'll have to research it a bit further.

Thanks for bringing me to this interesting place Quasar

I was going to meet Alan-san here but he ran out of time and opted out. I've never seen this place before but it certainly look weird, as attested by previous logs.

I parked in the driveway to the Suburb and walked up to GZ. There I met BeccaJ who was already searching but had yet to find it. I joined in the search but we didn't have a lot of luck. Eventually we decoded the clue (how sad!) and a couple of minutes later I found it, then moved away before crying 'Found it'. BeccaJ found it soon after.

I took a small hippo and left a glow-in-the-dark alien keyring. Thanks, Quasar, for the cache and for showing me such a strange place.

Sadly I was not the 1st or 2nd to find this cache . I've known of this "Ghost Town" for a while. Thought it was strange when I 1st saw it. Arrived at GZ at 1:30pm found the cache shortly after. Daks Emu Mob (thought it read Smithereens) found this an hour before me and I missed Maccamob by 25 mins . Swapped a trout keyring for a round toy thingy. Thanks Quasar for bringing me back here. I thought they might be building a shopping centre here??

[This entry was edited by kiwideb on Friday, April 09, 2004 at 3:54:46 AM.]

When I saw this one this morning I thought I'd try to be FTF, so I got out early to beat muzza. As it turns out, I beat maccamob and kiwideb. I was first in the log book at around 12 noon.

I can't help thinking that there must be a sad story behind this. There is evidence of great aspirations: what happened? [?]

IN: TONGARIRO Travel Bug
OUT: HoloCow Travel Bug

[This entry was edited by dak's Emu Mob on Thursday, April 08, 2004 at 11:31:57 PM.]

Found by Mary & David at 1310, about 40 minutes after dak's Emu Mob (not Smithereens). An eerie, amazing place. Was the site contaminated, or did the developer go bust? Took Tongariro TB and a NZ 20c coin, left purple slinky toy and a glow-in-the-dark snake. Thanks Quasar.

Well this one certainly got people moving on the start of the Easter holidays. A very strange place indeed, we will be trying to find out more. Pulled up about 3.00pm and soon had the cache in hand, couldn't help thinking what the locals must be thinking.
Took Fish Key ring
Left Hippo
Thanks Quasar

Oops, forgot to mention that I dropped off a new TB, Holocow, to start its journey (you can log it now!)