Copping Flack Berwick, Victoria, Australia
By Mr.Coffee on 29-Jun-04. Waypoint GCJVQF

I visited the cache late yesterday to check on the container which was fairly new and it is in great condition, it makes me wonder why it was reported as needing maintenance and was disabled. After a search of about 20 mins I found what I believe was a throwdown tin that was a fair distance away from the real container which I have added a photo of the only logs that are legitimate, its interesting that the real final is spot on with coordinates as well.Under the guidelines I have determined that the only legitimate logs since 6/22 are two cachers and I will delete the other logs as they were signed on a throw down I did not place this will be done in about a week.One thing I have done is amended the cache size to suit the small sistema, it was left regular for 17 years due to cachers following challenges of cache size, terrain etc so I hope I havn't mucked up too many stats.Happy caching Cheers The Coffee's

I don't believe this cache deserved to be disabled as the cache container is in perfect condition and I think the reviewer has overstepped in this instance, the mint tin referred to was thought to have disappeared a long time ago, hence the newer container, physically and technically there is nothing wrong.As for cache description and size etc I had left that as it is due to many factors including the fact that cache finders work on grids and finds that include cache size, terrain and difficulty, and it has been this was since 2008 being around 15 years.I will visit the cache sometime during the week and remove any other materials.

----------### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUESTED PLEASE** ###----------Hi there The Coffee's,It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is some sort of issue. The recent logs may contain more details about what sort of issues are evident.The cache has been [**temporarily disabled**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235), so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location, until the issues/s can be addressed.**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days,** so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.#What you need to do:-#You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-- **Check On The Cache** - once checked, place an Owner Maintenance log and then enable the cache.- **Place A Write Note Log** - indicating a date when you expect it will be restored. - **Adopt Out or Archive** - depending on whether you want it kept or for it to disappear.Full details for each of the above choices can be found at [**GEOCACHE MAINTENANCE**]( https://wiki.groundspeak.com/display/GEO/Victoria) on the Regional Policies page.You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of the above. Well, when the cache is next checked by a Reviewer, if the issue has not been addressed, or there is no acknowledgment as requested above, it will be assumed the cache has been abandoned. It would be far better if you decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.Thanks for your cooperation,Bunjil (Pete & Helen)Volunteer Reviewers - Australia[3B]

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

I believe there are currently two (2) cache containers at GZ.

[Riddell's log](https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=f353a948-b098-432a-860f-cca6f2ea778f) contains a photo of the cache container they found, while myself and others have found an old mint tin.

I believe there is probably some confusion due to the cache being is listed as a "regular size" cache, but then in the cache description stating "The cache is a small container, BYO pen."

I needed to grab a multi cache today in order to fill in a calendar date for [ahombug's](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=1ded3729-fe62-40bb-9f5f-fd559e7163b1&wid=6dbc178e-cf55-4705-a97f-435a7b7e6997&ds=2) [WCW - 50% Multi Calendar Challenge (GC9Z58Z)](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9Z58Z).

So I was having a look on [Cachly](https://www.cachly.com/) for possible multis when I saw this one.

*Ooo! a 2004 multi!*

I instantly knew that today's target had to be this oldie.

I ended up parking the geomobile near the posted coordinates and then made the short walk over to the tribute to Australia's first Olympic Gold Medalist.

After reading up about this interesting individual, I then sat down on the nearby bench and worked out the coordinates for GZ. With GZ calculated I then hopped back into the geomobile and made the short drive over to GZ.

My phone did not want to cooperate and had me bouncing around all over the place.

I was also confused on what to look for. The cache is listed as a "regular size" cache, but then in the cache description it states "The cache is a small container, BYO pen."

Eventually I resorted to checking the hint and found something hidden in a location that matched the hint. I found what I thought was the cache, an old mint tin. The mint did appeared to be quite old and so I assumed it matched the age of the cache. The mint tin's log also did contain a few other signatures, so I signed the log and replaced it back into it's hiding spot.

However, when I started writing up this log I saw [Riddell's log](https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=f353a948-b098-432a-860f-cca6f2ea778f). whose photo more closely matched the "regular" size and looked a bit more official.

I believe there is currently two caches at GZ, I will log a [owner attention request](https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=cfbaf9f6-9407-4d66-a9a4-190e8cc13e63) to notify the [CO](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=6ff13eef-841e-4445-8d2d-5906d4ae534b&wid=ba370234-fedb-4766-a47d-a74b2c05b938&ds=2).

A big thanks goes to [The Coffee's](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=6ff13eef-841e-4445-8d2d-5906d4ae534b&wid=ba370234-fedb-4766-a47d-a74b2c05b938&ds=2) for the fun little history lesson and for keeping this multi alive for some many years. TFTC.

**Cache Maintenance Status**

As I stated above there appears to be two caches at GZ. The mint tin that I found is getting quite old. The latch on the lid is broken and is somewhat rusty. However, the logbook page was in decent shape, clean and dry.

This was a good effort.
Mrs Riddell enjoys multis and Mr Riddell doesn’t.
We were close to the start coords and Mrs Riddell took a photo of the appropriate information as we happened to walk past it.
After attending to the nearby AdLab Mrs Riddell crunched the numbers and it was decided to do the final in the dark and putting it to rest.
Mr Riddell didn’t take too long to find it.
He proclaimed it a good hide and was surprised that we are the first to sign this clean log which just states that it is a replacement 26/6/22.
Seems odd to us
There are about 10 signatures logged on line since this replacement.
Are there 2 caches here?
We could only find one, at the coords and corresponding to the hint.
TFTC in an appropriate location.

I visited the starting waypoint a while back and got the numbers..after the initial visit to GZ I thought I must have gotten the numbers wrong .. and staff were working near the access .. another calculation confirmed I was right and today there was no one near access so was able to make a quick find. Thanks for the cache

Out with pinnacle333 in the Berwick area to find multis for our monthly challenge.
Once we had checked our numbers and had a likely GZ, we set off. We searched for a while before finding the little cache. I wouldn’t call it a regular!! Thanks Mr Coffee for showing us this Olympian.

With echidna44. Solved the sums and soon had cache in hand. Thanks Mr.Coffee!

It took me a couple of goes to get the coords just right. The first time I messed up the calculations, and they directed me to a nearby paddock! That's unlikely, I thought and went about getting the coords sorted again. Luckily, I had taken photos of the required plaques, so no need to go back into Berwick town. After looking over things again, I got some coords that made much more sense.

At GZ, it was VERY messy, and it's a shame that the centre has let it get like this. While looking about, I stepped in a pile of blutack, and scraping that off my shoe was fun! I had a poke around for a bit, and then went back to my car for a "spider-proof finger". After a few pokes and prods, I soon heard a familiar sound and then out came the cache. The lid is falling apart, which is understandable given its age. Once the signing details were done, I tucked the cache back into its hide.

Presto and CeeJayDeno had done the hard yards here. We came and searched for quite a while before we found it.

I AM GUR

So on the way to the nearby event this afternoon, PrezDough, GurTheWanderer and myself had some previous coordinates to tick off our list.
This cache was initially a bit of a challenge and we had an initial hiccup as we had fat fingered a digit that threw us off a bit.
So not wanting to be late for the event, we abandoned our search and made it on time to the event.
After speaking to a fellow cacher at the event, we soon realised our error which improved our coords by about 30m and we’re confident that we could now target this a bit better.
So following on from the even, we dropped in again and Gur found it relatively quickly.
The cache was soon signed and we were off.
The cache, container and log are in relatively good condition.
This area could possibly host a CITO by the amount of rubbish that’s strewn around the site.
I visited 3 TB.
TFTC.

CJDenno and I did all the calculations on this many months ago. On the way to an event today, to finally grab the cache. Due to a fat fingered digit, we struggled initially. However, we soon realised our error that gave us much more accurate coordinates. We then located the cache, added our names, and departed. The cache was in alright condition.

I visited 4 TB

TFTC

I noticed this statue about Edwin Flack when I was doing a series of Adventure Labs here and Edwin was one of the points of interest. I did that a couple of months ago and finished that series today. Then I turned my attention to this cache, as I was looking for a Multi to fill a gap in my calendar, or was I just trying to build up my numbers of Multis found, or both? Being a relatively old cache added extra interest to it. After having so much trouble finding another multi by The Coffees at Fountain Gate, I was a bit apprehensive about it. With no checker or even a set of check numbers I wasn’t sure I had the right coordinates. I double checked my maths and information, then we headed off to what I calculated was GZ. I did seem a plausible location, especially when we drove up to near it. GZ was a secluded place where I could search without the likelihood of being noticed. The hint turned out to be very accurate, so a quick find was made and we could set our sights for home. The cache is hidden in a protected location and despite all the recent rain it was quite dry.

TFTC! 6 November 2022 5:44:23 pm 3963
Thanks for the cache and history lesson, calculated the gz after the event earlier, and made a relatively easy find later in the afternoon. Added a new log.

Glad to have found this old timer here today.

Found it but did the geo-dance around here and resorted to the clue which finally sorted me out.
Thanks for this one Mr.Coffee

buhfuhguh and I spent the day caching around the Berwick/Pakenham area with quite a mix of cache types filling up the time.
Very interesting to learn about this Olympian - interesting also to hear that at the time of publication the Athens Olympics were next up!
Perhaps we should reconsider what we use as our time measurement system, 18 years sure sounds like a lot less than 5 Olympics!
buhfuhguh took care of the numbers at WP1 while I did some Wherigo shenanigans and we headed over a bit later to a location I figured the final would likely take us to.
A bit of a search was needed to actually uncover the cache, but it was there neatly tucked away out of view.

Thanks to The Coffee's for placing this cache all those years ago and continuing to maintain it!

21 December 2021 11:26 am

A quick find here today on a short caching run out in Berwick and Pakenham with Brainiac03 today. With a handful of caches found and many a laugh a had this was one of the many we grabbed on our way through today. Thanks for the cache and the quick little adventure.

Find 2816
Interesting start position had us thinking Why? Anyway got to the right info position and took the numbers. Needed the nearby table to do the calcs and try for a likely GZ. First didn’t look right. Tried again and then we thought we were right this time. At GZ our coords weren’t quite right. We looked at previous logs and the hint. The search commenced using geo senses. Now we got it. Log signed and all back safe again.
Thanks for the cache.
A wonderful athlete was Edwin Flack.

With beckNmonts as my chauffeur, I did some very late evening caching to pick up a few more caches close to where I was staying for the weekend. We started this one the previous evening while taking a walk down the street before dinner, now under the cover of darkness I could make a quick search and retrieve the log. Find the cache and log in good condition. Thx to The Coffees for the history lesson!

This one was a bit of a puzzle to start with and if it hadnt been for it's age we may well have walked away but after expanding our search we came up with the goods at long last.

At the final location we were soon on the money and found the cache withotu a problem, thanks for anotehr old multi!

Well this Easter I wasn't planning on caching in Victoria at all, in fact myself and Goose of Gooseandegg were meant to be at the Mega in Dayboro Queensland but with the COVID outbreak and Dayboro being in a hot zone we would have had to go into 14 days of quarantine upon our return to Tasmania.
As it turned out this was lifted before we returned but it was too big a risk to take as neither of us wanted to be away from our families for that long or put them at risk.
So we spent almost a week finding rare D/Ts we needed, wonderful old caches and a few types that are in short supply in Tassie, thanks to all the COs for the hard work put into placing these caches.

Thanks for the cache.

Found on 05/04/2021 at 4:37:00 PM thanks to Mr.Coffee for placing this cache for me to find.

The best caches I have found so far by type are:-

Traditional [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)
Multi [CoaledHearted](http://coord.info/GCKGZ5) By [CraigRat](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=256663)
Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045)
Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)
Earthcache [Alum Cliffs and Gorge](https://coord.info/GC5KVHA) By [jandalfan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=2409043)

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Our third coffee's multi in a row! Even after reading the listing a couple of times we struggled to find where to start. We searched as we headed back to the car and then beyond until we found the right information, and the instructions all made sense to us then.
We calculated GZ and then thought we better check it again. Oh, we were correct after all! We contemplated leaving the find until later, heading to others on our planned route first, but decided to go for it in case things changed later and we ended up somewhere else (we are good at that).
The hint was perfect and we made a quick find on a very quiet day here.
Thanks for the hat trick Mr Coffee

I was all set to go to the Dayboro Mega when a COVID outbreak stopped us dead in our tracks. The Tasmanian Govt was slow to react and open up borders again and, not wanting to risk 14 days quarantine, the trip was cancelled and a hasty little adventure was created to Melbourne and surrounds.

Not quite where coords led, but day1976 brought his lucky charm (me) and found it this time around.

I needed a break from study, so after a bit of messaging, ilukaperi and i had decided upon a night cache for tonight, before January was over with.

But before doing the night cache, we had a few hour spare to do some caches through Berwick and Narre Warren

This was our first one, and ilukaperi was here purely for good luck as I have DNFd this one twice previously. We decided to start it from the start again as maybe it was my calculatios that were puting me in the wrong spot. Well, firstly ilukaperi couldn't even fiind the statue that we needed (not a good start, but fair enough given it is 40 meters away from where the cache description says it is - I don't remember this before, so maybe its moved?) Anyway, calculations done and yep, same spot as last time, and the time before. Anywa, so we drive over there and whilst she was looking elsewhere, I finally found the cache!

Good job I had my good luck charm with me!

TFTC!

Dropped by today and cache is all good.

Couldn't see it

I sure copped a lot of flack doing this cache as I took us to the wrong way point originally - ooops!
Oh well we found the cache, although smaller than expected. Thanks for the history.

An aptly names cache given my caching buddy Kristysadventures copped plenty of flack for assuming the first statue was the right one... before realizing it was the one opposite! TFTC

After gathering the required information at WP1, we sat down in the shade to calculate GZ. Checking the map, we were pretty sure we had the correct location, so off we headed. With the area deserted and Steve understanding the clue, we had this cache in our hot little hands in no time.

Thank you The Coffee’s for a very enjoyable and informative multi.

Found this after a 2nd try with father in law noworries! Tftc

*8 Jan 2020, Found @11:54 pm, Find # 3581.*

I had started this one last year sometime. I was unable to finish it as at the time part of the area was fenced off. Tonight OSHFAM and I were in the area and so we decided to tick this one off. It took us a little time to collect the required information. Hmm now I wasn’t to sure about our final destination, particularly with a few cars coming and going. We weren’t to keen to park in the carpark, so we parked up on the road. Well I didn’t know what a craker joint was before tonight, but now I do. Even with that information the cache eluded us for more than a few minutes. It was nice to be able to finally finish this one.

**Thanks to Mr.Coffee for placing this cache.**

I went out tonight to meet up with my crochet group ladies in a cafe nearby in Berwick. I invited jascat to come along. After we had a nice time at the cafe crocheting pouches for the wildlife bushfire victims, we decided to pick up a few caches in the area before heading home.
We found ourselves at the required location to gather all the information we needed to calculate the final GZ. After a little simple maths, we had some plausible co-ords.
We made our way to the GZ where we found some cars coming out of a carpark. It was late and dark here and we both felt a little uneasy, but went ahead with the search being aware of our surroundings listening out for things.
Well we didn’t expect that the search would take us so long. At one point we doubted ourselves and moved further along to search, only to return to our original search area. There were lots of bugs and bull ants here.
After checking the hint and trying to make sense of it, finally we find the cache. The confusion came from the size of the cache. It’s listed as a regular but it is a micro that we find and others have mentioned there may be 2 caches here. Whichever it is we found a cache with a logbook in it which was also in good condition.
As we walk back to the car, we see another car leave and we were glad to be getting out of here. Must be a local hang out spot nearby.

Thank you for the cache here Mr Coffee

I found this multi very easy to complete. Better yet I learnt something new. The container was a lot smaller than I thought it would be.
Thanks kindly

Out and about this afternoon for some caching in the Berwick area, had a great time and the rain mostly stayed away
I collected the info at WP1 and headed off to GZ but I was a little unsure of one of the values. I think I was lucky to find this little guy given the conditions at GZ, but I eagerly signed the log and off I went. TFTC!

Still needed a few more caches to claim the last souvenir of the 'Mystery at the Museum' challenge so I planned a pre-work trip out to Pink Piggy territory (aka Beaconsfield). After a few finds nearby I spotted this as the next closest. I had worked on it remotely some time ago so had some corrected coordinates to head to. I must admit I wasn't all that confident but I was determined and after parking up I moved in to take a look. The foliage was wet and it didn't come easily but I persevered and was rewarded in the end. I found a mint tin (which I wasn't expecting ) but the log certainly had most recent finders in it. I hope I have found the right container! My fourth find of ten in a productive morning. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the multi cache Mr.Coffee.

Dropped by Yesterday and swapped the log book for a new one during maintenance.

A golden oldie. I'd tried calculating GZ once before when I was in the area but couldn't quite make sense of the numbers. After a PAF I drove over from the nearby puzzle and event and took a moment or two to find the smaller of the two caches. Signed off and went home. Thanks for keeping this one going.

Second attempt at this one. I knew it had to be here somewhere. Judging from the previous logs, I found the smaller of the two containers.

A wasp nest at GZ, bull ants crawling around and some ambiguity about the actual size of the container meant this was a DNF for me today.

This is second visit to this location and first time we were looking in the right location but were not able to locate the cache. Tonight I had some spare time so thought I would visit this one again. The log is a little wet but was okay and able to sign. It was buried a little with the leaf fall and now not sure how we missed it last time. Tftc

Spent a lot of time on this one , rechecking the clues and Checking the coords for the final location. We were doubtful that a cache this size could be hidden there . In the end we came up short .

I'd headed to Melbourne on the 5th May for a weekend stay to see Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Instead there was a mammoth change in my plans when the Corolla suddenly needed new brakes [xx(] which led to needing new tyres [^] which led to needing a new wheel bearing [xx(]
So a weekend turned into almost 3 full weeks and my HUGE thanks to the very patient and tolerant kmace who not only provided accommodation for myself but also for Rex [:X][:X]
Having your home invaded by a rabid geocacher who gets irritated when they have no car to go and find caches because it is in the workshop [xx(] and a pup who shreds his toys all over the house is not an easy ask for a day or two: let alone 20 odd days! [:X]
Rex also loved the beaches and the seagulls so there were many walks on the beach, some in pouring rain and gusting winds but that's what being a dog owner is about [^]
During this time some fantastic caches were found and some adventures occurred [^]
My thanks to all of the COs for the fun and the finds [^]

Day 3 of our trip and today was mainly spent in the Wilson Botanic Park again, trying to complete the caches in there after grabbing a few in the morning nearby to where we slept last night.
1 DNF and 11 finds for the day before we arrived at kmace's [|)]

The working out of this multi was not the hardest part: finding the cache won pole position in that race!
Dodging muggles and looking for a regular sized cache had me searching for ages.
Finally found the MICRO sized container but at least I did find it!
The hint sort of helped however I have 1m (edium) sized Right hand which just might make things easier

TNLN. SL. TFTC The Coffee's

Another adventure around Berwick. I love these multis that draw attention to smaller details. Thanks Mr.Coffee

7:12 pm #5760
Gathered all the required information before heading over to gz. Only one number could have been read two ways, but not a significant difference. At gz, we spent some time in a few different spots. Used the hint to narrow down to 4 or 5 spots, before I finally spotted the nicely tucked away cache.
A fun multi.
Cheers The Coffee's

Whilst waiting for some take out (it’s NYE, I’m allowed a treat, right?) I gathered the required clues and soon had some final coordinates calculated. Just the thing to fill in time! As soon as my order was ready I took it on a quick detour, to pick up the cache. Happy New Year The Coffee's

Found after a couple of attempts while in Melbourne. No muggles on Christmas Day. TFTC

Nice easy solve but quite the hunt at gz! Not exactly in line with the hint (I suspect it had been moved slightly) but put it back where I found it nonetheless. Tftc

A short drive with the wife and kids after having a coffee in Berwick and after carefully lifting plants the container was revealed in a spot where this was not completely necessary. Spotted by my youngest son. tftc

With the rest of the family doing the Donut 10K run from the Akoonah Park Markets, and me with Doctors orders of no sport, which I had already broken yesterday, what else was I to do but go caching in the Berwick area.
I had previously solved this one with my wife, but we ran out of time before being able to collect. Part of the Donut run was a quick stop off at the burial location of our first Olympian, so it was appropriate that this was the first cache of the day.
GPS was not working efficiently, but there was only so many hiding places that matched the hint, so it then became just a matter of time before the well hidden cache was placed.
Thanks for the history lesson and cache Mr Coffee
Hunter

Gps was off so we relied on the clue and found it by process of elimination - in the dark! Tftc

Clue was spot on, but just to make it harder the last finder had covered the cache with a mountain of leaf litter. Interesting bit of Olympic history.

Catching up on some late forgotten logs. Found with omegaman1971 while grabbing a few caches in the area. We had a bit of time in the area to grab a few trads and a multi or two and we set about working this one out and then headed out to the gz and after a few minutes located the cache. Really glad to attempt this one on a weekend, thanks Mr.Coffee for the multi and the cache.

omegaman1971@ 2809
Hitting the area with Happy pants to clean up some caches.
Had to use the clue for success, GPS was just not playing ball.
Cheers for the cache.

Enjoying a day of caching in the Melbourne area in the company of McLookers , we set about working our way to pre solved puzzles, DT and multis we came across in our travels. Working our numbers we soon had a likely spot for GZ , that after some careful searching the hide was made apparent to us.
Thanks the Coffee's for the multi.

After we gathered the information, we did our calculations and headed for GZ. We carefully searched and thankfully came up with the cache. Thanks The Coffee's. Found with The Tritonz.

Having a nice day out with the other half and Kez (papillon4506). Clearing out an area i haven't yet done. Beautiful day to be out caching. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC.

Had worked this out earlier in the day but couldn't pass by the cachers along the way. Yet another accomplishment that we had no idea of. Thanks for the history lesson, bringing us to this lovely shady place on a warm day and of course the cache.

Just over three years ago we could not find the cache as the statue had gone AWOL. This Saturday was the first time we returned to the area, and we really wanted to finally convert it into a smilie. (Yep, we have not been coming to the area often, but this is about to change.)
This time, there was no issue finding the statue, in fact, two of them, and studying the interesting history. Soon we had worked out a GZ, briefly wondered if this was right, but our maps suggested that it makes sense.
Full of hope, we made our way towards the treasure, but - no! - there was a community event being prepared for the evening, no access, no stealth was possible.
In deep despair, we continued on our way to Pakenham, the goal of this trip. - Following an early Christmas celebration with family, we returned this afternoon and decided to give it one last try. Yay, the area was deserted, we parked just 10m or so from GZ, and after a brief search the saga finally came to a close!
Thank you The Coffees, for showing us these two cool sculptures and for keeping the cache alive long enough for us to finally stamp our mark in the logbook! [^]

It was a liitle bit further away than we expected but there it was.
Thanks The Coffee's.
Chiefton!!!

Day 3 of my week long visit to Victoria. Day 1 was spent driving over from Adelaide. Day 2 spent collecting the great Pretzel series, rectifying a DNF on the P.I.G. series which made the geoart complete and four of the five outstanding C.F. series completed. Only one left to complete that geoart as well.
No points for guessing the plan for the day then - get that final C.F. and get some of the nearby puzzles that we solved. Time permitting the NHL series and make our way over to Geelong.
As the late great John Lennon said, 'life is what happen's to you while you're busy making other plans.' Caching too -So here is what did happen! [:o)]
This took a lot of finding. In the end i used the clue and followed every joint in the concrete until the cache was located. Thanks The coffee's.

A week of caching and this guy was on my list travelling through Werribee then down along the beach front to Beaumaris and then across to Tynong and then returning to Anglesea for the Surf Coast Mega later in the week travelling with my friends from S.A.
Our aim was to find five C.F. caches that we did not find last Mega, one PIG cache that was a DNF last year, and then attack the Pretzel Series and another 30 odd mysteries, multis and letterbox caches and if a trad crossed our path then we would grab it on our way past.
brisal5 had booked us into a farm stay cottage for a few days and as stated previously we planned to returned to the 2016 Mega at Anglesea. This week I have cached as Bushfire, GOTHS+1 ( I am the +) BAB and today BABS and must thank all the owners of caches that we have found for placing these caches to make this trip possible.
A week of laughs, some great company, some good food and wine and some great caches, what more could you ask for. OH I should also say a couple of DNF's, too good for us this trip, but if I live long enough I hope to return.
I was outnumbered this trip with the others all coming from SA but what a team.
This is one of just a few multis that was on our list as we were mainly consecrating on Mysteries, Wherigo's, and any Letterboxes that we may pass.
This took longer than it should have but eventually those famous words were heard.
With log signed it was time to grab a couple more before heading back to Geelong and then down to Anglesea.
Thanks to The Coffee's for placing this cache.

Another multi ticked off the list. The hint helped. TFTC. 10/11/16, 10:32 am Find #3138.

Visited a TB

My brother and his family (with whom I'm staying at the moment) were heading down to Rosebud for the day so I commandeered one of the vehicles and headed over to Beaconsfield, Berwick and Harkaway. I was striking out for multis mainly and managed to find 5 plus 1 wherigo and 7 trads.

I got the coords and left this till on my way back home but I also couldn't find anything in the area indicated. Had a good look around before someone pulled up and starting chucking stuff into the skip nearby so I left.

2.15pm
Knocked up the GZ coordinates a fortnight ago when errands took me into Berwick. I love the way the median strip is utilised. It becomes is own feature within the township.

Finally visited GZ today. Was investigating all manner of hides in line with the clue without striking gold.

After 10 minutes, I heard muggles approaching so I withdrew out of sight around the corner of the building... Now I know how a 'trackable' feels, for I was well and truly 'discovered'!! Turns out the 'muggles' were actually jaybeebaby and her mini crew chasing the same treasure as me, lol.
Together we searched high and low but nothing came to light. Still it was great to run into fellow cachers on the hunt. The jaybeebaby babies were VERY mini-Welderesque in their style and enthusiasm. Gave me a good laugh!

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This weekend we needed to find a multi for a souvenir. After a great lunch at Clover Cottage, OMG so full of great food, we worked out the waypoints and made our way to GZ, we were around 10 meters or closer to the corner of the building without any luck, after a chat to PAF and new search area Katy came up with the goods.

Thanks for the cache!!!

Found after lunch at Clover Cottage. Katy found the sistema after she came over to help find.

Logged as dancs. Found the Eclipse tin but not the Sistema container.

I don't find myself in Berwick all that often, so I've been sitting on the coordinates for GZ since probably November, back when I completed the Wherigo that commences in the same area. The calculations were not too taxing and at that time it was clear that the offset here was...non-trivial, but I don't I think I ended up venturing far from the highway that day. I finally got to GZ, late on Sunday when no-one was about to hinder my poking around. The cache was found fairly quickly in a pretty secure place, but I was a little surprised it was 'small' rather than 'regular'. Thanks The Coffee's!

Found by The Empire
Chasing multi-caches and mysteries this month. I decided to head to the area in which I had a heap of solved mysteries due to the recent mega event, to try my hand at 31 by the end of January. Thanks for the cache The Coffee's.
- M

Got the stats needed while doing another main street cache last week and headed out today with geoson to retrieve. During term we are in this area every week for middle son's basketball practice. Found reasonably quickly. SL. TNLN. Thanks The Coffee's for the cache.

In Casey Fields to attend Melbourne's first ever Mega. Found with Tassie Trekkers before heading back home after a great event. Cache well hidden! TFTM

Today we explored Casey Fields and surrounds with Whitewebbs while at the the Mega using geocaching as a guide.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Not sure what I did wrong here.

Thought I had a likely GZ.

Off I went but no luck in my search.

Oh well I will return.

TFTC

Here for the Mega and out caching with Lgoody & roostaman.
So much variety in the caches and in the weather!
Very happy that we did not experience any rain to speak of.
Great to cache in a new environment.
Thank you The Coffee's for placing and maintaining this cache.

[Blue]# 13547[/Blue] Found on another long caching day with lgoody and The Green Geckos
on the day of the Melbourne Mega event.
A big day from the suburbs to the bay and back, finding some good hides as well.
Thanks for the cache The Coffee's,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

#7659 Found and Logged
One of 35 cachers, 3 events plus 9 lab cachers with Roostaman and The Green Geckos While in Melbourne for the megga
Thanks for the cache The Coffee's

Found on the way to dinner, thanks for the cache!

Found on the way to the Mega Melbourne 2015 event. Ran out of time to find this one before dinner, so went on a dark night caching hunt afterwards!!! Lucky we brought torches! TFTC

Should have stayed grounded. Didn't need my inner mountain goat after all.

This entry was edited by Alanica on Monday, 09 November 2015 at 06:49:09 UTC.

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Hello, The Coffee's, we've been looking .... well trying to find you out at Pakenham/Officer, in the form of a tiny nano, which we are yet to master, but this great multi was very enjoyable. My sons participated in Little Aths for years, but it never occurred to me who Edwin Flack may have been, other than, we needed to be there 8.15am every Saturday to get our prime position to pitch our tent for the long morning. So it was really nice to discover him, although he has moved up the hill a little bit from his original place, it was with taking photos of all the information so I could work it all out at home before attempting it. Thanks for the muti, quite amazing how long this has been here too. Brilliant job.

I have fixed the start and the cache is fine and in place. Although I have placed a 200ml Sistema there appears to be an eclipse tin being used as well. I am in the process of changing a few things with this cache so I will leave it as it is for the moment.
Cheers
The Coffee's

Took sometime to find, spotted a hint of bluea and soon had a container was in hand. A liitle bit of water inside the container, but the log book was dry. Cleaned and dried the container, left my mark in the log and replaced the cache.
T4TC.

The cache is fine and all good to go.

12:16
On the way past here for an International Geocaching Day event two years ago, I collected the necessary data for GZ, then realized it would be too far in a perpendicular direction to collect a smiley. Today presented no such difficulty, as I had all the time in the world after the Flash Mob that we'd just attended right where the multi starts.

In the meantime, of course, the statues had, um, migrated a bit, adding its small degree of difficulty. So much had been changed here since its inception that the CO was apparently considering archiving, to replace this hide with a better one. I'm all for that, but n0w0rries and I were determined to have a stab here first.

At our calculated GZ, we looked in the likeliest places before phoning for a bit of assistance. It turned out that we were on the right track, so we felt around a bit more until I finally managed to uncover our prize.

Thanks to The Coffee's for the cache, and thanks for the lift and the nice present from another event, n0w0rries.

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Found after playing Sudoku and blowing lots of Bubbles at the WWFMXII event.
Worked this one out with -nirgal- and headed off to GZ.
Confident we had the numbers correct but after much searching I resorted to a PACO.
Added our names to the log and replaced as found.
Thanks for the marathon morning The Coffee's.
No statues were moved in the finding of this cache.

Due to works and waiting on GZ factors it is taking a bit longer than thought, but will be up and running soon.

I have come up with a few new ideas and should have this one back up and running soon.

I need to look at this cache and I may think about archiving it.

This was my 2nd go at this. The 1st time the statue had moved. This time with more technology and knowledge of the subject day1976 and I went to the final location. We must have looked almost everywhere and are convinced that the cache is again gone. Left with bonus dirty fingernails Ew!

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Currently on a serious geostreak we needed to find a cache to continue.

This has been one of our closest unfound for the time we are staying here at Berwick, so today after shopping at Fountain Gate and Pakenham we finally stopped here to collect all the info.

We initially looked for a 'regular' sized cache and came up empty handed once we realised we were looking for a 'regular eclipse' tin cache was found quickly. Thanks for showing us this nice area and sharing the history.

TFTC The Coffee's

Looking forward to meeting other geocachers at the next Australian Geocaching Mega event

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Registrations now open at www.qldmega.com/register

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Found as Nicnax with WeRAmused. Took us a while to find the statue with the information but once that was found it was a quick job to collect the required numbers for the final. Seemed to be a long way off so double checked the figures, then realized it was a logical place for GZ so headed off to find it. TFTC

Found with SciFiRulz. SciFiRulz did all the work on this one, she found the right place for the info, did the calculations and found the cache. I was just along for the ride but I did do all the driving today. TFTC

Taking a break from travelling, and staying with friends in Melbourne for a few weeks.
Went for an afternoon drive, to pick up some caches in the area.

Arrived at the given co-ords, and gathered the required information.
Deciphered the hint, and the well hidden cache was soon located.
Many thanks for placing this cache, The Coffee's, for us and others to find.

I collected the clues for this a few weeks ago I was in the area and there just so happens to be a few caches and Wp's close to each other. It was a lovely walk and I had not heard of Mr. Flack. What an a amazing athlete he was. I did work out that the statue had moved but it wasn't a big problem. I solved the puzzle at home and called past on my way this morning to GZ I wanted to get there before there was too much muggle activity. I knew GZ really well my son used to go to a music program there when he was a toddler. The hint was great. Thanks for the history lesson and the cache its appreciated. TFTC SL TNLN TBV

My gps was playing up but found quickly with hint. TFTC and history lesson.

Found with tassie expat. Tftc

After collecting the required information and heading off to the final location, I began looking expecting to find a regular container but instead found a mint tin with log inside, right where the hint suggested it would be. Signed and then take Spook home for a little lie down.

Thanks the Coffee's for placing this cache.