Beer, Glorious Beer! Heatherton, Victoria, Australia
By dak's Emu Mob on 16-May-04. Waypoint GCJEWX

Oh no the first DNF for the day. Searched but no luck.

Visited this cache today with SA_Parrothead. The gardeners have been through and installed a watering system for the trees. Unfortunately, they also discovered and removed the cache. I haven't been happy with the location of this cache, so this seems like a good opportunity to put it to rest. Thanks to all beer lovers who visited. Cheers, dak.

A quick drive by with Anne Its not often you can pick up a cache 300m from your house (Anne’s childhood home I should say) no swaps made thankyou

Found @ 12:05. Last of nine for the day while in the area.
Nice quick driveby. No swaps today. Thanks

Our first cache hunt AND WE FOUND IT! TNLN as the contents were a little water logged (except things in sealable bags.) Filled out a beer label and avoided all the muggles! Great fun. TFTC

Pretty quick find. But what a busy street. Had to wait for ever to put the cache back.

Thanks

luck Dogs Crew

There has been a few caches down this south east corner I just haven't quite got too, this being one of them. We were in the area to look at a shed my son wants to buy and so took the opportunity to clean up. Dropped off a smiley patch which could pass as a coaster for a very small glass.
Thanks Dak

Found this one in the dark. Pretty happy as it's my first, Thought it would be a good starter, and the very good find tips were great for a novice.
The cashe was in good shape, no water inside, well hidden, and very full. took nothing. left mini toy pliers, and naturally a beer cap.

Being a home brewer I couldn't resist this cache and left a few of my own Alpine Ale labels. The mountain in the background is Mt Wilcox in the Canandian Rockies which I climbed 10 years ago. It is from similar locales in Aust that I gather the water source for my brews, icy cold stream water. TN Thanks Dak

Turned out to be quite easy - right next to where the car was parked - it also provided cover. TN, left an assortment of different beer caps, TFTC

Found easily, however the cache was open and wet inside. Tipped out some water and cleaned out the leaves. The TB referred to in the previous log was not in the cache. TFTC

Found at 1:15pm after a short search. TN, left TB E.B.T.B. SL. Thankyou.

Hi! We often go to Nick's farmers market acros the street (highly recommended!). We looked for the cache once before but didn't find it. Today we we looked again but found our G.P.S. was out of batteries. Working from the clue, we found where it should have been but again no luck. On our way back, we realized that we were counting from the wrong origin, and finally found it quickly. Took memory chips, left bottle openner. TFTC

A nice quick & easy drive by find in the company of The Swaggies .
TNLN SL
TFTC Dak
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

Another quick find with LIVERPOOLRED. Cache container is a very musty and may need a clean.
Logged at 1540 hrs.
TN. Left Ram (memory)
TFTC dak

Found @ 4pm while sinking one back. Was going to leave empty, but couldn't be so mean.
Cache smells like someone releaved themselves in container, It's wet also!!
As expected TNLN
SL Reluctantly
Washed hands.

logging tb

Logging TassieGav's Cachometer movements.

just logging pjamesk's pedometer tb

what a long walk from DFO in 37 deg heat.
taxi ride back was good idea
thanks

would have been nice to find a cold one inside.
found it with Jaktas and tassiegave
SL
L red frog

Cheers

We walked from DFO in sweltering heat, sure could have done with a coldie when we found it.
SL TNLN
Great to see our local beer label there (Cascade Premium)

Cheers & Thanks

We are not tea totallers, but equally, do not enjoy the amber liquid.

A nice easy find, after taking something of a few diversions to get there.

Hopefully covered sufficiently to keep the nosey gardeners at bay.

Thanks Dak.

TNLN.
Contents a little musty.

Didn't have any beer labels with us so had to sign the log the old fashioned way. Favourite beers are kiwi Steinlager or Speights. Managed to gash my leg quite nicely while trying to jump behind the bushes when a car came along . TNLN. Thanks

The container was getting a bit damp, but we added out label anyway - James Boags Premium, the drink of choice the night before!

Thanks,

R + S - B

2nd of 101 finds for the day with Dak's Emu Mob.

A quick drive by find with a theme that is one of my favourutes. I was kicking myself as i left a collection of tops and labels back in Qld. As a result we made no swaps here.

Our thanks to Dak!

Found easily enough even though the trees have changed or I can't count! (Probably the latter I dare say.) Tried to bring a label but they don't soak off these days! Left a more appropriate (for me) wine cork. Insides were damp (lid not on properly?) but the bags worked fine. Thanks DAK.

22:50 Found very quickly on our way home from a party. It is rare that the Solomonfamily is out this way and even rarer out late at night and without our squire. Made 2 log entries - one in the log book for my queen who is not usually a beer drinker and the other for me on the back of a XXXX label - we are wanting to get to Qld later in the year. Thanks to Dak's Emu Mob for this great drive by. In computer memory and Party blower Out: Save the Children Badge.

Found at 8:00pm by Blake (aged who didn't have the torch!! - I walks straight past it (with the torch) so am impressed that he found it.
My favourate Beer - Speights from Dunedin New Zealand - I went to varsity there and so become pretty familiar with the local brew.
Second - Monteiths brewed in Greymouth New Zealand (where I live).
- Stubbie Holder TB.

Found at 4:48pm. Found accompanied by GeoDano and the GeoMrs as navigator and scribe. 3rd find of 4 for the day. The weather was co-operating for once, so having done the usual weekend chores we decided to get a few caches in what's left of the day.This is our second trip to this cache, this one proved more succesfull than the last one, well spotted GeoDano. Cache was a bit exposed so we made sure we covered it up better. TNLN. Signed log. Thanx dak's Emu Mob.......(:D)

Did this one as a last gasp cache for the day (5 today). I just wanted to pass on a TB and this seemed very apt...the Team RUB Stubby Holder. All the other caches we were finding tended to fit INSIDE the TB. The cache is slightly damp on the inside (beer spillage??). Nice big container...made sure I "burped" it before putting it back. Don't know how you'd count the trees...it just looked like one huge bush to me. I thought maybe I was getting close by the beer bottles on the ground...but maybe not.

A nice quick and easy find. Just made me want to have a beer though.
Sorry didn't have any lables on us so couldn't leave one.
Thanks

Found with donkeybottombiter and SatyricTim. I walked right past this cache and DBB spotted it. It's extra-well concealed at night
TNLN.

Another impromptu cache in the Melbourne autumn evening, and the three of us in the car drove around following the GPS with little idea what we were heading to. I drove, sarahg gave GPS bearings, and donkeybottombiter had the street map in hand. Traffic and parking were a bit of a worry in the peak hour hustle, but we got safely off the road with torches in hand and ducked out of sight of the muggles.

TNLNSL

Thanks dak's Emu Mob!

Found in the company of SatyricTim and Sarahg. An elegantly hidden cache. Sadly we had no beer! (calamity!)

I shall endeavour to return with beer labels, and maybe more.

Easy find, at about 4.30 today. Alas I did not have a pen and there wasn't one in the cache, so I couldn't sign the book or a label.

Great idea for a cache!
Ironically there was a big pile of VB cans on the edge of the road nearby.

Thanks. TNLN. Might go back to sign the book soon.

Found this cache today! Thanks for the amazing beer labels - I left a few labels of my favorite brews.

Took: Beer Labels & Rubber Fish
Left: Beer Labels & 3D Glasses.

I have been driving past this one for a couple of weeks now and finally had the time to do it over lunch. Found it straight away. Took some time to look at the contents since I was fairly well hidden from view. Took cake recipe for the girls to try, thanks Head Chef . Left nail clippers. Thanks Daks for this one.

Being the first hot day for a while, how appropriate. Regularly travel this way and so today was finally the day to stop. Well hidden, but easy to find.
TNLN.
Thanks dak's Emu Mob.

On our way back from Portsea with all the family managed to convince them to detour to this one. It was 9 pm and very dark when we got out of the car. Found relatively quickly thankfully. Thank's for yet more variety, Dak.

Found by Bob at 17:00

On my way home from the Christmas Barbecue Event, I thought I'd take the opportunity to grab a couple on my todo list. This was pretty much a drive-by, but it is such an exposed (and unlikely) location that it had me wondering if I had the right coords plugged in. Upon investigation, it turned up very quickly in its most unusual spot.

TNLN

Thanks again dak's Emu Mob for one that's a bit out of the ordinary.

Took nothing and left my name in the log book.

First find of 13 on a fantastic day. Nice little hide.TNLN in the way of swaps.
Took Dude TB thought he was getting a bit thirsty so took him for a beer.

Looked for a cache large enough to drop off lots of TB's to move around melbourne. This one was just what I was looking for. Found at 2pm after looking for caravans nearby.
Parked right at it. Telstra worker up a pole nearby but not aware of our activities.
T wine topper
L bottle of champagne bubbles.
Wrote my Log on a Crown label - despite the note !!!
Thanks Dak, hope you can move the TB's around for me.

Roostaman

Maintenance visit: Thanks to Eudes for the heads up about the full log book. I dropped in today and placed a new one.

I also grabbed four Travel Bugs from the cache. This cache isn't visited very often, so I thought I'd grab them to sprinkle around the western suburbs tomorrow. The funny thing is that despite there being five TBs physically in the cqache, not a single one of them is logged into the cache electronically. I left the Dude TB there anyway.

The cache is in good condition, and waiting for future visitors. Cheers, dak.

Nice easy find, the road was busy today
took plasic spoon bath gel and mini car
left stapler set
thanks Daks Emu Mob for the cache!

Found this one at 12:50 while EuDes herself was partying nearby. Not having the cache notes with me, the going was tough at first but a retreat and triangulation technique soon had the log book in hand (which incidentally I signed on the top half of the inside back cover. A new one needed methinks.)

TNLNSL. A very clever hide. Many thanks dak's Emu Mob.

this took a little bit of finding . finaly decifered the additional hints and found it strate away . thank you dak's

great cahce!

busy road.

gps was almost spot on.

I was expecting someone to ask if we'd like "fries with that". Despite the GPSr coord being spot on we nearly drove on until eagle eyed R2 spotted the cache sticking out a little. Left a Wattle Beer coaster log and camo stubbie holder. Gave the cache a good clean out. The surrounding mulch is supposed to be on the outside of the container guys!! Thanks again Dak.

This was the first of three finds today with Cracker Dad acting as my chauffer. I was glad of the short walk to this one as the winds today were freezing. The cache was found relatively quickly and the log signed on the back of a Boags Draught label.
Took TB Drofus Jnr and Packet of beer labels and Law and Order Geocaching episode.
Left Bendable Pilsner Keyring.
Thanks Dak for such a novel cache.

Great idea, strange location. The bushes had a savage haircut recently (maybe to get them away from the electric fence), but the cache was safe. The story about the Crown is quite true, they were after a container that looked better then normal for swanky restaurants.
Took: Car - shouldn't drink and drive, Left: TD Dufus, Jr - beer drinker extraordinaire!
Thanks, Robmc.

Rahb placed two Travel Bugs in this cache some time back, but they haven't moved since. He asked me could I grab them and move them along. So, with that in mind, I made a maintenance visit to the cache today. There were, in fact, three TBs in there, so I liberated all three of them.

Repeat visit by sbalogh53 at 10:00 on 20/5/2005.
I needed a decent sized cache container to place the "Law and Order" CDROM which contains the episode that refers to GeoCaching. The show itself was pretty boring and only had a slight reference to "Cashing". It was mainly about a couple of actors who were jealous of each other. Not a surprise really, since the US film industry has a hard time thinking up professions other than acting.

Took: Dinosaur
Put: CD-ROM

Released QUINN TB
Captured BLUEGILLFISHERMAN TB

Found this one at about 4pm.
Had to wait a few minutes until the coast was clear so I could duck into the bushes!
Found cache easily - Great theme for this enthusiast!

Left - Delirium coaster
Took - Bundy stubbie holder.

Had some minor difficulty locating the correct area, and identifying the actual site. All became clear after dak explained it to me! Good location, apart from the traffic, and great to be able to access the cache while hidden. Took nothing & left three travel bugs. Thanks for the assistance (with apologies for the trouble) and thanks for the cache!

found this one with a head torch at about 11.30pm, drove right up to, good spot
thanks

This was almost a drive by. Signed on a beer label and in the log, these trees give you some good cover while finding the cache.
Thanks.

Found 1st find of the day quickly. Nice to have a large container but all the beer lables made me thirsty and it was not even lunch time.

Took Haggas hunter TB and spinning top.
Left drink umbrellas for the non beer drinkers.

Thanksm again dak's Emu Mob.

Found this one today at 4.45 PM, after driving up and down the road a few times, neat hiding spot. Took Cards left lanyard and recipe. Thanks Dak's Emu Mob

Found by Team Two Bears at 5:40pm on a beautifull warm sunny Sunday afternoon. Didn't have any beer type swaps so TNLNSL.
Dropped off travel bug Cha Cha Charmin.
Handy to have a larger size cache when moving on travel bugs.

Thanks Daks Emu Mob

Found at 17.00. Great location and well hidden. Took a little while to find and had to resort to hints. Took golf ball, left stubby holder. Thanks dak.

7:00pm | Took TB, LN | 7th for the day

Shot past it with traffic behind us, then did the quick U turn to get back to the drive by location. After poking amongst the trees where I had GZ showing for a few minutes, looked at the hint and had it within seconds.

Too Texas Long Horn TB, left nothing, as Samantha's Mum was cooking a lamb roast.

Don’t drink and don’t know a thing about beer

Nice little drive by cache. Was'nt sure where to park (not from round here) Found easily after reading clues. Left T/B I picked up in the UK. Did not have anything regarding beer so LNTN. Thanks for nice well hidden cache, keep em coming.
Clue Demon.

Nice cache... notwithstanding the wafting scent of chook poo from across the way. [xx(] Outstanding effort with the location and the cache... details to get to GZ just enough. Nice hidey hole!

Sorry couldn't do a label, but left a log on a vintage CUB coaster (and signed the book too... don't mind a cup of tea every now and then!). Took a key-ring clip thing and left a Toohey's Red golf ball.

This was our second ever find... having a ball so far!

Nice cache theme. When Maya told me the name of our next cache, I thought she was making me an offer I couldn't refuse. Found by Maya and Ray at 5:20PM on the 9th of Jan. Nice to find a decent sized cache for a change. Took the book on beers and left a pack of cards. Thanks from The Nomads.

Nice driveby cache done while geocaching in the area.

T: green toy car
L: novelty stubbie holder

thanks!

Found at 5pm. An interesting hiding spot - hard to avoid being spooted by passing motorists, but I think we did it. With a distinct lack of breweriana in our caching goodies, we tee-totalled this one and TNLN.

thanks dak's emu mob

Found cache while introducing some new people to geocaching - my son and partner. Great theme for a cache, especially for a beer lover like myself. Left a beer coaster and a couple of labels from Boag's brewery which I toured last week while in Tassie. Visiting from Fourex country - Central Queensland. Also left a Save the Children badge and a carabiner as a link to other geocachers. Took shot glass.
Thanks to dak's Emu Mob for a great cache - Lex.

What a fantastic cache! Sure wish that I bought some great swaps for this one. Ended up leaving my sig card and an avon broach (quite nice), and took a little hand-painted army man figurine.

Found tonight whilst out for 2 hours of South Eastern cache hunting.

I had no swaps with me so TNLNSL

Thanks for the cache dak.

Delayed Log
TNLN
Thanks guys.

Matt

Maintenance visit, and a chance to log a couple of TBs into a Melburnian cache to get credit for the miles.

A cache name right down our alley!!!

Found at approx 1620 after waiting a few minutes for muggle traffic to clear so we could log our find... Sorry but only a TNLN as our few swaps didn't have anything suitable.

And I'll have a Coopers Sparkling Ale now that I'm back at home as well!!!

Great idea and a great cache!!!

Thanks again to Dak's Emu Mob.

It was a lovely Sunday afternoon and my wife Pam and I visited our friends Trish and Ian of the Dashing Dog Mac team, and decided to go caching for the afternoon on foot, as there were several caches within walking distance of their place. This is a bit different as we usually go Geodashing together. Since we were walking we took our dog Jessie the Dalmatian and Ian and Trish brought Mac the Westie along too. Our first target was “The Pitsâ€Â, to be followed by “Beer Glorious Beerâ€Â

We walked from “The Pits†for about 2 km along main roads and dirt tracks beteeen the market gardens until we reached the vicinity of the cache. Trish found it pretty much straight away. Unfortunately all the beer had gone.

Took Roald Dahl audio book
Left Berri Estate wine coaster.

On the way back to Ian and Trish’s place we walked once again along the dirt roads between the market gardens, horse agistments, and weatherboard houses which would have been built during just after WW2 I would imagine. Interesting to see this country life style so close to the bustle of the nearby suburban housing estates.


Thanks you Dak and the Emu Mob for another great cache and the inspiration to get for a long walk on such a nice sunny October day.

Found today with Lena at ~14:30 after driving by thrice thinking we were still some way away, missing attention on my part as much as anything bearing related
Didnt have any beer goodies on hand so swapped a Hairclip for a small toy car.

Cache was well covered and not likely to be seen from the road. Odd location this one but I liked the drive-by effect.

We didn't read the notes before leaving home (as usual) so didn't have a beer label to swap. Had to resort to the teatotaller's logbook even though we do enjoy the occasional wine. TNLN Greg and Bev

Spent a while walking around looking like a loser trying to find this - not ashamed to admit I would never have found it unless I resorted to the clue - Excellent hiding spot - very clever.

Left - Coaster from Breakfast Creek Hotel in Brisbane, Roger's Beer Label and CD
Took - Torch and Card Game

Thanks for an excellent adventure

11.38AM
An easy find when i got what u meant with trees, hmm i thought it was trees over the fence.. Anyways. Nice cool day and stopped right beside it in the XF, I didn't have any beer stuff but I just found something good when I got home. I might come and swap it over some time after work. so for now TNLN.. Thnaks from M.B.

21-viii-2004 23:26 hours (#67)
Found by The ELTHAM Mob after a bit of scrambling in the dark.

My label in the log is actually a coaster for "Copperhead Wheat Beer" from the Old Lion Hotel in Adelaide, this is a very nice drop ... yum! I was trying to get a Shintao label, but I only had cans

What's that, the sound of a fridge opening?
I think it is now beer o'clock

T: Beer Label Pack
L: Rockwell Automation stubby holder

At 12:05 I stumbled onto this cache, dived into my bag for my beer label... emptied out my bag... cursed and swore.. my label was missing... so no label swap for me

Out: Labels
In: Mini Torch & Battery

This is what I like a nice easy one. Parked my car and spent about10 mins searching for the cache which was found at 1202. My 2nd of 6 for the day. Swapped a dinosar for a face mask. Gosh the area stunk. Smelt like Mulch sort of.
Thanks for the cache Dak.

I was kicked out of my office today so that a heater could be installed, so how do I kill a couple of hours or so I thought - I know! why not find the next nearest cache to where I work. (already found Dragonfly which is the closest). I got to the area and wasn't too sure about where I parked, so I moved over as far as I could off the road. When I got to GZ I picked up a stick and started pocking around, but soon got tired of that and got closer to the ground and started searching with my hands. In a few minutes I had the cache. I didn't have any beer related stuff so I searched through my wagon and found a talking book that I picked up in the You Yangs.
Took: Calculator. Left: Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl.

Thanks dak's for another lunchtime cache.

Found on 31/07/04 at 1215 AEST. 2nd of 7 for the day with Facitman. Parked around the corner and while I walked around on the roadside while F-man poked around with a bit of pipe in the bushes. A find after a few minutes. Well hidden and considering how busy the road is, quite discreet [^].

IN: Nothing
OUT: Platypus TB

Found 12:15pm, 2nd for Facitman and Rhinogeo for the day
Interesting spot. Driven along this road many times but not surprisingly had never stopped! Clever hiding spot, so discrete for a busy location.
Nice theme, was sorry I wasn't more orgainsed with a label.
TNLN

I made a maintenance visit to this cache today, and am pleased to report that it is in good order. I also took the opportunity to drop off two Travel Bugs: Piglet George, and Boondaburra the Platypus.

Can I park here? was my very first thought.
My next thought was, why is my GRSr pointing over there? I'm pretty sure it's not that way.
Eventually the GPSr settled down and I parked there anyway.
A few minutes hunting around (out of site) and the cache was in hand.
Not being a beer drinker myself I could contribute nothing to the theme (apologies).
I took a Necklace and a Fly.
I left a Crazy 8's Card Game and a Car (Don't drink and drive).
Thanks dak's Emu Mob for an interesting location.

OK this is definitely an unusual spot for a cache! Searched for about 10 mins and then had to resort to the clue. I'd walked right by it several times. Felt very conspicuous filling in the logbook. Good to see a large cache, with decent quality contents for a change, but as a non-drinker, I took and left nothing.

Heading back from "The Grange" I noticed this cache pop up on my GPS. Maccamob were happy to detour and pulled up in the right spot. Very busy road in the late afternoon, but eventually found a break in traffic where I could go searching. Maccadad kept insisting it was to the left of the entrance I'd chosen - even coming in to help me locate the cache, but I found it on the right hand side. Guess it depends which entrance you choose!! Didn't have anything beer-related with me, so TNLN. Great hiding spot!

Found by sbalogh53 and crew at 14:00 on the 4th of July. This is to be the first of three found today. Yay!
Took: Keyring torch for Stuart
Put: Mondo Indian

On our way home we dropped in on this cache. It is surprisingly easy to search without being observed (after parking in the only stretch without double-lines) in spite of the traffic. The search was harder than expected and the cache was well covered. It was finally found (at 7:00pm) by tapping the ground. What a great hiding place!! Took a packet of beer labels and left a Swiss shot-glass. Also left (and logged) labels from Coopers Pale Ale and Fosters Light. These labels were obtained by soaking the respective bottles in cold water with some detergent for more than three days each. After that period it was possible to easily remove the Coopers label and (with some difficulty) to remove the Fosters Light label. We are not beer drinkers but I always choose beer at a BBQ. Actually I normally choose Cascade Premium but I didn't check the bottle before starting the soak!! And Coopers was my original favourite. The Fosters Light was included since you need to swap to Light after a few drinks and it's an O.K. drink. Thanks Dak's Emu Mob.

Thanks Dak's for this cahce it was brilliant in it's concept. beaten to the "found it" by Karen Da Bug, (my offer to move into the Mr.Coffee team is always available).
Taken water balloons and left a Engel stubby holder (really designed for bourbon and cola)but it was all I had.
thanks again.
Mr.Coffee and family (trying to recruit a new member)!.

3 out of 3 for our gun searcher Karen, she is on fire . Ian "Mr Coffee", please note: Karen is available for loan but on the proviso it is in placing the caches you have in the pipeline and supplying us with a full set of cache notes prior to listing with geocaching.com
What an interesting placement of a cache this one was. So close to a roadway but so well hidden away.
We weren't really geared up for beer swaps unfortunately, so we took some watercolours and a plastic emu
We left a pocket calculator, "perfect for calculating how many pots you can buy with any change you may have" and a pair of funny glasses for those who have "imbibed" a few too many.
Thanks Daks Emu Mob.
Regards Andrew "da big bug"

Nice easy find - a tranquil spot beside a busy road - sorry we couldn't follow the beer theme as we didn't have anything appropriate in the kit. Took 2 stubby holders and left a necklace and a Knight

Found at about 8:15pm. Was a bit of fun in the dark with the cars going by trying to be sneaky with the torch. Found in the end, left a log in the book, nothing replaced.

David.

We used the Resch's Pilsener label for our log - unfortunately not obtainable in Victoria, it's a fantastic NSW beer - more drinkable than many premiums, and for the price of VB. Mmmmmm. We took the TB, and left an LUMC (La Trobe Uni Mountaineering Club) stubby holder.

Funny how you can just step behind a bush on a busy road and you are invisible to the world. Nice hiding spot, but some of those branches are sharp. Ouch! Someone 'beeped' me while I was sitting in the Geobeam exchanging. I wonder if it was another cacher.[?] I left Sissy & Daddy TB to taste some 'real' Aussie beer for awhile. And picked up Boomerang TB.

IN: Daddy & Sissy TB, bottle stopper
OUT: Duff socks & Boomerang TB

Found by Mary & David at 1800. What a scream in the dark. David feeling very suspicious waiting for a break in the passing traffic to dissapear into the bushes. Where do all those cars come from? Had to rely on the clue to narrow down the location. Left our log on a Cafferys coaster from an Irish pub. We'll soon be back in Scotland where mary can sample her local favourites "Red Cuillin" and "Sheep Shaggers". In fact, any alchohol helps her unwind after a long shift at the Nursing Home. Took Roman figurine, left purple bottle opener. Also took TB Wiggles, who seemed to have had quite enough beer for now. Our thanks to dak's Emu Mob.