Da Bugs Backyard Wilsons Hill, Victoria, Australia
By Da Bugs on 04-Jul-04. Waypoint GCJWQD

Sorry Team Rubik, I didn't realise I had only made it temporarily unavailable, I meant to archive it and have done so now.
Regards team da bugs.

Hi Da Bugs,

Should this cache be archived? It states in your log that is your intention, but it has only been made unavailable. Will you be replacing it?

Cheers,

Rob

Next was right, we have checked out the cache and it appears to have gone so we will archive for now.
Regards Andrew "da big bug"

15:42 Searched whole area. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...looks like Da Bugs have eaten it. Either muggled or rating needs to be a 2.5+ With the other No Find, and it being a Rating 1, I have slipped this one in as a Maintenance call.

Spent about 15 minutes checking everything I could within cooee of gz with no result.

Found at midday by Joff and family. This was the first find for Mini Me (Joff junior).

Took Koala, Left Lizard.

TFTC.

Found it at around 15:10 - last one for the day. Took us 5-10 minutes to find. Kids had a great time. Took: bouncy ball, left: bubble blower, signed log. TFTC.

Don't know how we missed it last time. This time just one pair of eyes, and had it in hand fairly quickly. Was planning to leave a TB and when I looked in my cache bag, realised I had left it at home.

TN left bouncey ball.

David.

Found by Bob at 1135

The 1st of 20 today on my attempt to get all those NarreWarren and Berwick caches under control . I'd visited the nearby reserve before where Berwick Baseball Club play, but didn't know the surrounding park area was so extensive. Quite a cacophony of frogs in the wet area while I walked to GZ, where the cache was an easy find.

TNLN

Thanks Da Bugs

Cache site difficult to access due to maintenance of nearby carpark. Found a way from where we parked the car, but we came up empty handed. Darkness and time running out proved to be a problem.

David & Josiah

Found by the Swaggies @ 12:30 whilst on a morning tour. A hot morning for caching was coming to an end.

Took Kangaroo key ring.
Left Koala, back in his natural habitat!!

Thanks to Da Bugs

And another one down, as the song goes. An easy find and number 11 for the day. We stopped for lunch here.
Left a China Figurine and took a WW2 figurine of the same set.
Thanks Bug.

Found at 1:22pm Accompanied by Chewinprickles.
The Eleventh of Twenty Three for the Day.
In:-China Doll, Out:-WWII Doll, Signed Log.
Thanks Da Bugs....

this one didn't want to play today.

Just in town for a few quick caches.
First one for the day at 9.30am.
Lots of traffic nearby, but quiet at GZ.
T spinning tops
L Kangaroo key ring
Thanks Bugs.
Roostaman

Found the cache without any problem. I was able to see the cache as I approached it. TNLN. Thanks for the cache. Nice little area there weren't any bugs around but there were a heap of rabbits, I reckoned I counted roughly 11 in one spot.

thanks Da Bugs ,another great cache .we liked the artwork on the log book .took a plastic whistle and a mondo and we put in a packet of spinning tops.

Found by Piglet and Piggysue after getting all kinds of bugs all over us. Finally found the cache and jumped a mile high when the 'bug' in the cache 'jumped' at me!
Took recipe and l;eft car.
Thanks Bugs!

The most difficult part of this one was deciding which side of the freeway it was located on before taking the wrong/right turn. In company with Piglet we scratched around for some time and met plenty of the local bugs. The clue was of no use as they all fit that description but peserverence won out and it was finally located. The best part was seeing Piglet jump when she moved the log book and your bug moved. She thought it was real! TNLN Thanks da bugs.

2.00pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Vehicular noise on one side and frogs croaking on the other.
Took: Pink Whistle.
Left: Mondo Figurine.
Thanks Da Bugs,
from Romax.

Well this took me a bit of navigating to get to. Nice easy find, while sucking in the fumes. Swaps were made. Looks like someone left a shoe.
Thanks.

A bit wet underfoot as expected. We had almost located it when were were approached by someone. It turned out to be one of the team members from "Da Bugs". We had a good chat and took a bug head and travel bug, left green glitter pen, then it started raining again.

Thanks Da Bugs.

The baseball players appeared to call off their game just as we arrived, must have had something to do with the weather.
Loved the logbook, great design.

Had a great walk round this area, and found the cache almost at once. The co-ords were spot on, and very good signal. Left a T/B from the UK. Thanks for a well hidden cache, keep em coming.
Clue Demon.

We decided after a late lunch that some more geocaching would be fun so after loading all the little chefs in the car we were off again. It wasn't long before we were out of the car and walking around the oval, only problem baby chef had decided to go on strike from walking and Mother chef had to carry her on the shoulders. We soon were at our destination and head chef elected 10yo chef to go in and search, it wasn't long before he had it. At 6.05 pm the cache was in hand. Took water balloons. left whistle and recipes. Thanks Brendon, or da dung beetle.

After again finding too many people around 'Timberr' we grabbed this cache next. Been meaning to get to this one for awhile but were never in the right place. Enjoyed listening to the frogs singing on the short walk to the cache. Found after some searching, somewhat distracted by hearing Mr Whippy in the distance... how he mocks us... Found at 8pm. TN, left stickers. Thanks Da Bugs

Found at 2.10PM. After finishing off taking down all the xmas decroartions at home I decided on doing a few caches. The hot weather wasn't bothering me yet and I equiped myself with a rather large thermoflask filled with bone cold water. After a 2 minute search I had cache in hand. This is one nice oval, but hehe imagine fetching a ball out of that swamp nearby. Thanks for a easy cache from M.B, TNLN

Found at 16:50 with Shimachic.

We had read the previous logs and knew we were looking in the right place when we too found the old boot.

Thanks for a great cache - we loved the log book cover!

Took : Pink Pen
Left : Car

Found at 3.50pm by my mum . We were skirting GZ, but mum got right into it and noticed something different and there it was. Thanks Da bugs (Brendan) for a good hide. Took: Braceletts, Left: Playing cards

Got this one in 5 minutes 2nd time around. Not sure how we missed it the first time. TNLN. Thanks Da Bugs.

Found it @ approx. 18:45

Nicely hidden young bug!!

Luckily there weren't any pesky muggles around to interfere with the search. Gps took me straight to it. A nice easy find after a long day at work.

Took fluffy dog
Left Packet of water balloons

Thanks bugs for taking me to this great little spot.

Found at 8:55am with Rhinogeo

Nice stroll around this park with an easy find by Rhino. A few dog walkers and many kids playing sport but no issues at GZ.

Took "Hobby Knife"
Left Pen

Found on 27/11/04 @ 0850 AESST. 2nd find for the morning with Facitman. We were a bit worried when we saw all the traffic and muggles in the carpark, but the cache was fortunately a safe distance away.

I spotted an old boot, then the cache, after a minute or so poking around

TNLN

Cheers Da Bugs

Found by the little fella, as we were still approaching. The cache was fairly exposed. A great spot for a run with the four-leggers, and so relaxing, even close to the freeway.
Took Tape, & toy car, Left Hobby knife, bandage(from another cache), several bangles, new pkt kids pencils.

Thanx to da dung beetle, our small fry's liked this one heaps.

Found at 11pm by Daddy Frogger, having a go at night caching so I thought a cache rated 1/1 would be a good start. Felt quite at home as the frogs nearby were VERY vocal. Loved the logbook.

Took finger puppet, left 3m measuring tape

Thanks for the cache

Found at 3.50pm
A good cache to do on a weekend,
Lone males wandering around schools with kids present, is not a good image and makes me feel very uncomfortable.
Not an ankle biter around and cache soon located.
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Found by caughtatwork at 11:00
I took the advice from the cache description and came in via the back roads.
School was in when I arrived so there was no worries about looking like a freak with a yellow device in my hand. I avoided the wetlands (but did listen to the frogs).
Arriving at GZ my GPSr was not playing nice and had me all over the place.
I searched for about 15 minutes over a large area before finally spotting the cache sitting a bit (lot) further away than my GPSr said it should be.
Started writing in the log and the GPSr slowly wound back to give me the correct co-ordinates. Stupid machine!
Took frame, left finger puppet.
Thanks for the cache Da Bugs. It's an interesting area and would love to have something like this near me, just for the wlidlife that is obvious in the wetlands.

Found by sbalogh53 at 1:30pm on 6/10/2004.
Had to walk very near a school during their lunch time which kinda makes me nervous. Being a bloke on his own is not safe to be near a school these days. I didn't want to wait until their lunch was over because I wanted to do several more distant caches today and would have run out of time. Lunch time during a weekday is not the best time to do this cache. I then walked around the swamp after stepping into deep mud trying to walk through it first.
I found the cache after a short search of the GZ.
Took: Bouncy ball
Put: Toy Car

I'm out with Jazwoz again today, we found it at 11:40 without too much trouble. I had to wonder what the passer's by on the freeway thought we were up to ??? Thanks to da dung beetle

Found with Sikma at 11.40, our first for the day. Thanks to da dung bettle!

Found with BeccaJ and Evil_Hitman.
Our first for the night, in mine and hitman's new 4x4.

TNLN

Nice spot DaBugs.

Thanks

First stop on a night caching trip for myself, Em_Eagle and evil_hitman.

Very quick find, but we were a bit worried about the torches being close to the freeway!.

TNLN

Thanks Da Bugs and especially the Dung Beetle!

Found without to much trouble along with BeccaJ and Em_Eagle.
TNLN

Thanks da bugs

Took about 10 minutes of snooping around to locate this cache despite the help from two younger team members.

No room for TB Wrasslin' Man but he did enjoy a wrestle with Elmo, and Taz.

Took 3 bandages. Left a cow.

Heading off now for the rags to riches challenge.

Thanks Da Bugs.



[This entry was edited by Team_Diesel on Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 5:01:30 PM.]

In company with barcoder on an assault on Berwick caches. I had logged nine; barcoder had logged 13. Will we do just one more? Silly question! We carefully avoided the water trap and arrived at GZ. We saw neither hide nor hair of the cache after about 10 minutes of searching. Then barcoder used her "poking and prodding" technique, and came up with it at 1720. It was a somewhat tricky hide. Thanks for the cache, and the opportunity to see the freeway up close.

IN: Elmo
OUT: Mondo figure

I cannot 'get enough' of this addiction. When Dak suggested one more to make 14. I had to say "yes". Besides, it was an even number. I am not a fan of uneven numbers you see. This looked tricky as it was very close to the Freeway. Lots of 'snarls & snares' to attack us as we hunted for the prize.[xx(]
If it wasn't there, then it had to be there I thought..... Bingo! We had a nice sit-down while we exchanged. Started and ended the day with Da Bugs Caches. Great day. It always is with Dak's Emu Mob. Now home for a shower and some well deserved shut eye.[|)]

IN: Picture frame
OUT: Swan bottle opener

Quasar, we checked the cache yesterday (Sunday) and it was still in position and unmuggled.
Regards Andrew "da big bug"

Couldn't find this one. Searched for about 20 minutes, turning over every bit of leaf litter, looking under every bush. People on the freeway must have thought us very strange. No luck.

Easy find to finish the day after my failure copping flack.

Thanks Bugs....

In: Bungie Strap
Out: Blanket

Found 17:45, our last for the day, now back home for dinner and an ice cold Martini

Took Tigger figurine and left emergency blanket, thanks Da Bugs.

My last cache for the day. Once I got on the right side of the freeway it was smooth sailing.

It appears a recent storm has broken a tree that's fallen over the cache area, although the cache is still accessable.

I see "Da Bugs" bought all their cache containers from the same place (maybe at the same time). It's so much easier to find a cache when it's the same colour as the others you've seen for the day.

In: Bottle Opener
Out: Red Bug

Thanks for the cache.

Found at 6:05pm by Muzza ahead of Kiwideb and myself, in the dark. Once we worked out where to park it was just a matter of walking around the mashy area and across the squelching grass. Thankfully the cache was a nice quick one to find - thanks Brendon! My swap was a pack of Old Maid playing cards for Buzz Light Year. The cards came in very handy when I had visitors a couple of days later.

Eventually found our way in to this cache. I lagged behind the boys to water a tree . Caught up with the boys and the torches out and we were off to the search. Muzza came up trumps at 604pm. I swapped a ball for a scorpion. Not quite sure what the park looks like at night but boy were those Frogs loud.
Thanks for the cache Brendan(Da Bugs)my 9th of 11 for the day.

After finding our way into the reserve, we headed out in the dark to GZ, with the moist ground squelching beneath our feet. Kiwideb was waylaid so Alan-san and I waited near GZ for her arrival. Then ensued a brief but busy search with each of us trying to outdo the others.

I was lucky enough to find it first. Having retrieved the cache, I took a mini basketball and left a cowboy in its place. Thanks to da dung beetle (Brendan) for the cache.

Found at 4:20PM on a wintery Sunday.
It was a nice walk to GZ.
I really enjoyed the work you put in to the cover of the log.
Left a little lobster to keep the bugs company.
Took the little English knight figure
Well done Da Bugs

Maxieboy....

Found at 1:30pm.

An nice easy find Brendan. We got a toot from someone on the freeway. As we already had the cache in hand and were filling in the log away from the hide site, we guess they were either a local cacher or just very friendly.

Thanks for the hunt Da Bugs, from D,H,S,H & A B-A with our guests for the day, M,M & K.

Took some Smiley Bubbles. Left a nodding Tigger.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found this one approx 11:20. After seeing that the cache was a bit of a walk from where we parked I with Tania and maccamob in tow headed off to the area. The last 100 odd metres I jogged in front of the others to find it first and then as they arrived I sneakily took it away from the hiding spot to open it up... Another lovely area and our 3rd for the day.

Took star hole punch and left smiley face bubble blowing mix.

Thanks to Da Bugs

Found by Mary & David at 1121, and nice to have Juzmac along for company. A lovely spot with happy frogs in residence. Justin went on ahead and already had the cache when the rest of us caught up. Took dinosaur, left 1066 figurine. Our thanks to Da Bugs.

I saw this as I was having my morning coffee and thought I would have enough time to retrieve it on the way to work. Being familar with the area helps. I parked the car and headed off on a brisk walk. Found easily, no-one else around on a cold windy morning
Took Frog
Left Dinosaur
Thanks Da Bugs for bringing me here, a good way to start the working week

Mr.Coffee and family on school holidays found Da Bugs Backyard. Seeing Da Bugs new I would be onto this cache and in an effort to put me off the trail they sabotaged this cache with Mr.Coffee's version of kryptonite. I found the cache after a while, in it was a envelope marked for me, nervously I opened it, what was inside? a new style of coffee bean, a fee coffee card, nude coffee bean photos, coffee scented perfume cards, NO....it was a (see photo)Arrrggghhhh.....
Got home in shock have an idea (see photo)
Thanks Brandan for taking us out to find this cache (worth the walk), well done. Thanks all Da Bugs
Regards
Mr.COFFEE
Ian

Wow! we were looking to see if anyone else had done our cache, and were not expecting to see one come up so close to home. We have never done a cache in the dark before [8)], but this one was nice & close so I thought I'd give it a go. I must admit I thought I would probably be beaten to this one.

9:50pm Bingo! - This is our first cache in the dark, AND it was a first find . This has been an exciting night thanks to Brendon aka "da dung beetle". A very well done cache Brendon!

We took the Platypus and left a Paper Shape cutter.
P.S. a great spot to let the dogs run- Now all I need is a dog

Thanks once again to team Da Bugs.