Bent Thomas Brighton East, Victoria, Australia
By dak's Emu Mob(Adopted by The Rebel Alliance) on 08-Jul-04. Waypoint GCJY30

Just logging my personal name tag to track my personal distance traveled.

Time to put this one to rest.

This was our first cache and we are very disappointed to see it go, we would be happy to adopt it for you and take care of it.

The 3blackducks are right, the council has removed all bush to where the cache was. I am not sure if it will still be there, so the owner should do some maintenance for sure.

As noted already today, the council was doing more clearing at the site as we went past. There are now no bushes left.

This entry was edited by garnercx on Sunday, 05 September 2010 at 01:15:14.

We went past here today and saw that the Council were doing some work around here and i think the owner should just check the cache is still in contact.

The really cold wind and rain kept the muggles away as I tracked down this great cache. Took nothing and left a toy soldier. TFTC.

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Thanks to Muzza this was more a puzzle than a multi-cache :bad: Interesting what's just standing next to street I passed by so many times.

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Easy find. TN, L Epic bottle cap.

There are some interesting old houses in this area. TFTC

Quick easy find at night with RollaB. #5 of 6 today. TFTC.

After coming here once before with no success it was a quick find today. TFTC

Met some other cachers at GZ - did the puzzle and quickly had the cache in hand

#2 We got to the GZ and quickly figured out the coordinates for the cache. But that's where it all went wrong as the GPSr kept showing us to go to a totally different direction than where the cache actually was. We looked and looked. Fortunately Grassikids turned up and helped us find this cache. Thank you Grassikids!!!
I took the garden yarn and left a card.
I don't think I had ever even noticed that statue before, so it was really nice to stop there and now know what it is all about. TFTC! A lovely one!

This entry was edited by team Sokeri on Sunday, 01 August 2010 at 03:45:29.

Parked very closeby(!) to gather the clues, then found the cache quickly 2 meters from the car! I wish they were all this easy. Some interesting history here, many thanks for teaching me about this colourful character. Cheers!

Found @ 4.55pm, #256.
2nd of two caches found while in the progess of doing another multi-cache.
Arrived at GZ, got all the numbers,( alot of them), did the sums, went for a short walk and retrieved the cache from its hiding spot.
A nice quick multi-cache.
TFTC.

Probably the most numeric information I've had to get for a GC puzzle yet. Having missed the nearby parking first time around, I thought I was in luck stopped at the lights and able to get the information then and there but there is vital information you need to get that isn't visible from the street. Once obtained the cache was an easy find. TNLNSL TFTC

Our first find ever.
The kids were sooooo wrestless this morning and I was looking at my instructables email and say a post on Geocaching. I thought this would be a good distraction for them so I came to this site and found the closest point I could. I got everyone together and we started walking to the statue. Amazingly, someone had marked in the log just 15 minutes before we found it!! We pondered what to add/take, but ended up leaving as it was + plus log entry. Lots of fun!

-Tim

Found this morning at around 7am whilst on a run. Not much traffic about on a Sunday morning. Did the clues for this one a while ago. Knew roughly where it would be and found it without the GPS. Thanks for this one. Nice hide in a highly visible and busy spot. TNLN.

nice one for our first. took the green elephant, put in a triangular fish.

good first find for us. triangular fish in, green elephant out

This was my first cache find! It was great to discover it in the neighborhood I grew up in.
Fun experience and will be looking for more in the future.

Today was a completely selfish "my time" day.
Tank full of fuel, nowhere to be till 5pm and NO KIDS.
(Curse school holidays!)
Number 2 of an even dozen for the day.
Nice quick cache - TFTC

Found at 2345

TN Left Find Your Way TB

dipped geopatch

TFTC SL

Nice work. Nice quick multi. Elephant keyring in Lobster out

Took star magnet, left sea creature. TFTC

Love the cape! Nice hide. Must have passed this cache hundreds of times without knowing. They're the best kind.

Found by - H - and The Empire
18th of January, 2010
New to the official world of caching but have been involved since 17th of April 2009 (my first cache find). But have only just gotten a log name. Time to log all the wonderful caches that I have been finding since I have been caching with The Empire. My name in the log book is H.
All I can say about this cache...Time to get sneaky!

TFTC The Rebel Alliance
- H -

Found by The Empire and H
18/1/10 @ 11:45am
Simple multi, brazen hide, so many cars! We just waited for the change in traffic lights and I was covered whilst I looked sneakily! Thanks!
TNLN SL TFTC
- M

Forgot to log Dad's Gone Patrolling TB visit, even though he was parked around the corner

Found with a flighty five year old, which was a bit of a worry. Liked old Tommy's cape, go the Saints!

~11:30 King Jnr with my geoprince#1 (my queen and prince#2 in the car)

When doing a multi it is great to have the answers laid out for you - with the required info in hand we found the cache easily - my prince even got a drink (after a boost up) from the fountain.

Thanks again Dak - RIP

Super Thomas! How do they get up there!

Tristan has come for a flying visit back in time.

On the way back home from the Halloween event in the company of Robmc, we stopped and grabbed a few that I hadn't yet done..
Found the numbers and made the calculations. Just as we started looking for the cache the heavens opened up and we had to make the dash back to where we parked the car for cover!
Didn't know if the rain would let up we waited for our chance... Deciding to park a little bit closer - just in case it started raining again we re-commenced our search.
My co-ordinates were still a little out?, but soon I had the cache in hand in a place that Robmc had already looked.
TNLNSL
Thanks dak's Emu Mob for the cache.

Our first find! Thanks.

I enjoyed this cache - it involved a bit of history and only a short stroll. I'd not heard of this Sir Bent chap, so it was educational as well. He was wearing a St Kilda FC cape, which is no doubt a remnant of grand final week. That gave me a laugh and almost brought a tear to the eye.

found it! TNLN

Found this our second geocache. Removed Harmless Hunters keyring, thank you! Left toy truck.

FOUND FOR SECOND TIME REMOVED TOY SHEEP AND ADDED MY NEW KEY RING 'HARMLESS HUNTERS No. 1

[This entry was edited by HARMLESS HUNTERS on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 11:36:50 PM.]

Found at 14:25. We used to live very close by to this bloke. Never seen him close up before but thats what geocaching does for you I guess. Looks better from a distance though. TNLN TFTC

My first cache in Victoria, on holiday in Brighton... got 2 in a morning

I got it while going home from another cache!
Thank you!

First cache found on first trip. Thanks (:))

What a man! He certainly was entrenched in Victorian politics at both the local and state level. I'd like to think that throughout his long career he was able to accomplish some positive things for the people of Victoria.

All the data was collected and the GZ quickly collected and a find made at 15:40. Many thanks to The Rebel Alliance for keeping this long-standing cache going.

Great fun! First find on my own!
Thanks for the history lesson ... Not all polititians are bent, but this one was!

Took: Liverpool 08 geocoin
Left : Floss

replaced pen with one that actually works!

TFTC

on a day's multi-caching adventure. found this with some help.

Quck find once we did our maths right! TFTC.

Three times to get this one, due to after dark visits - Thanks for the history lesson.

Dropped Off TB Dog Tag Live! Laugh! Love!

Quick find under the cover of darkness on the way into work . Passed by here many a time without stopping.
TNLN & SL TFTC

Tenth to find in our Race to 300 Cache Weekend
Easily found co-ords and a quick hunt had the cache in hand
TFTH
TNLN

Another of Dak's caches found at 3:20 pm.
I remember when this statue was in its different place nearby, and I think a few houses had to go as well, to make room for the widening of the Nepean Highway.
An easy find, but highly visible to peak traffic muggles!
TFTC

Good spot and provided some interecting facts for both myself and my Son. Took out Cowboy and left small Betedine incase you scratch yourself.
Thanks

I'd tried this one back in November ‘08. Arriving at GZ during that visit, I got spooked by the multitude of passing traffic - another time I thought! Anyway, I'd reckon that this night of the week was probably gonna be the quietest of them all, so I headed back to GZ and made the quick grab - no need for GPSr this time, I'd remembered the 'spot' from my previous visit! TNLN & SL at 9:25pm. Thanks dak and the Rebel Alliance for the cache – our 950th find. Regards, 38degsouth.

2022 re-logging due to name change

Found during my lunch break while I was in the area, used to work in the area but never knew this statue was here.

TFTC
TNLNSL

Another great Multi for us. Starting to get dark now. Nice bit of history.
Was no problem retrieving/signing/replacing log with a family of 3!
Thanks for the cache

Have been looking forward to doing this cache, considering the history behind it. Was out on a Good Friday bike ride today, so gave this one a go. It's probably worth pointing out that Bentleigh derives its name from this very character, so it was only appropriate to do this cache after going nuts there (see GCPTWJ). Only downside is that all the traffic whizzing by makes for a not so pleasant amenity. No breaks in the traffic so I just had to pick a moment where the motorists hopefully weren't looking my way (and the usual bit of stealth, pretending to retrieve a container from my backpack).

Took the TB. Thanks for keeping this history lesson alive.

An interesting history lesson, which, I presume, explains quite a few Bent Streets, including one not far from my home coordinates. After collecting the required information, it was just a matter of meandering a short distance and telling myself that I was virtually invisible -- yes, really -- to the hordes of muggles zooming past. I left the Chevy TB, because there seemed to be the odd one or two throaty roars that I thought it might like to hear in amongst the engine sounds rushing by. Thanks dak and the Rebel Alliance.

11.40am.my 4th cache in australia i have found on my own using the hire car to get about.my what alot of cameras and speed limits you have here! arrived nearby and walked round the corner to find this well kept monument with so many nearby muggles and very busy with traffic at this big junction, gradually collected the info and did the sums where i made a mistake to start with and went nearby for a search soon came back and checked so not so far this time, soon found the neatly hidden prize and somewhere convenient to do the biz on this hot blue sky day.and i have also learnt some more australian history thanks.sltn.patandjeff=bones1.

Found at 1735. Whilst staying with a friend in Brighton, I saved the closest to last. The information was quickly gathered, and then off to GZ to find a very exposed area that took a little patience to wait out the best chance to grab it. Sat near GZ to complete the signing and placed back as quick as I could. The irony of where I was staying was that it is located at the end of Bent Street. I soon informed them of where the street got its name from.

Thanks dak.

I drive past this every day and never noticed the statue until I read about Bent Thomas! Finally got around to stopping to do the cache.

Took travel checkers, left dominoes

TFTC

My first CACHE!!! I did it!!!

Informative and easy clue gathering, but when I arrived at thew cache I couldn't believe how exposed the location is. The old "doing up the shoelace" deception was useful for retrieving and hiding it as hundreds of muggles whooshed by, and the seat near "Tommy" was a good place to do the business.
The cache is in good condition and well stocked.
TNLNSL

Thanks dak and now Rebel Alliance

Cache is good to go

Disabled at the request of dak, will review cache status and future of it.
acts2youthgroup
Eric

This would have to be the closest cache to where I used to work in Melbourne interesting to see all the changes that’s taken place in the last 5 years. The cache write up was informative with the clues worked out from the plaques it was off to gz where much steelth was used to locate and return the cache

Visited at 15:21
Now that is how easy a multi should be!
No brain twister here & we got to learn something interesting too.
Even for such a high muggle area the cache was an easy one. Most of the muggles are in such a hurry they probably don't even see us "suspicious characters".
TNLNSL TFTC, find #221 for Echo & Spice.

Found it second time round by thinking "Where would I hide it?". Took nothing, left nothing - I need to stock up on suitable items.

Thanks for the cache - I've lived in the area for 30 years and never visited Tommy Bent!

Got the clues but couldn't find the cache.

I have driven past this cache sooooo many times. Eventually I had to give it a try. In true Dak fashion it was well after dark. 10pm!

Collected the numbers and headed to GZ. Cache found in the last place I looked. Which was also the first place I looked. But not the only place I looked!!

Silver in the new log book to another South Aussie.

Nice statue.

Hey nothing wrong with being a bit shonkey.
It makes the world go round.

Visited this cache today with SA_Parrothead, and replaced the log book.

We recently got back from a pretty successful few weeks geocaching around Europe and now have more finds overseas than in our own backyard. We decided to rectify this situation and this was the first cache on our list for today. A quick easy find. The log book is full. We left our log at the back of the book.

Left: Vanguard's Gauss Geocoin and Around the World in 80 Caches Geocoin
Took: Nothing

A quick find for The Swaggies after the last one. Interesting little area and mostly the people in cars totally ignored you.
TNLNSL TFTC dak

Found @ 09:20

Took: "Princess Looking For a Home" TB
Left: Sandman Toy

An interesting one, lots of muggle road-workers nearby.

Log book is now full.

[This entry was edited by bigAPE on Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 12:57:24 AM.]

As we approached WP1 the heavens opened up and hail dropped freely from the sky...strangely enough GeoSpouse and GeoOffspring lost interest in caching right at that point in time. One for another day!

Found @ 11:05. 5th of 10 today while cycling around the area today. Thanks. In TB: "Princess Looking for a Home" TNSL

I've driven past here many times and never noticed this statue - unbelievable! It's huge! How could I miss it? After doing the maths the Emu mob coordinates were flawless again!

Thanks for the history and showing me this impressive statue.

R - B

Thanks for the cache. It was one of the quicker multi caches we have done in awhile - which was great!
Took: Red Puzzle Piece (Injury Management Advertisement)
Left: Animal Shaped Sharpener and Puffy Sticker

Find No.3 on Sun, 3 June 2007 @ 1.30pm

Yayyy, was a quick find. Interesting location!

Took: Koala Head keyring, and a Superman Xray Vision Pen.
Left: 'Fairy' card, and 'Rat in a Hat' card

The crew consisted of Violet Monkey, Andrew the Great, and two little monkeys

Took the pink dog and left a water pistle, thanks for the fun. Dympna

Great entertainment for the family with some local history.

Fourwalkers

We hit this one on the way to Japanese gardens and laughed at how we drive past the monuments every day and had no clue they were there. Interesting info and easy find. Thanks for the effort.

Left a poker chip, took nothing.

Nice easy find - a very interesting character!
Took nothing, left sea-star fridge magnet.

A bent man indeed. I read up a bit on him on the internet but of course not all clues were there so off to get the rest today and after that it was an easy find. Thanks Dak TNLN

Found.. Thanks!

Nice find just before dinner, thanks for the cache

Took magic collar TB and hand maraca, left cool pen

Thanks!

Found at 20:42, I had attempted this sometime ago with Daringdadwoz but must have made an error in the calculations or missed something, but tonight everything went according to plan and soon had the cache in hand.
Left: TB - The Magic Collar
Took Nothing.

TFTC.

Found it Today on a shopping trip !
Thanks Dak for this interesting cache !
Found my first Geocoin too Yipee!! It likes a drink so we are off to the pub to celebrate Yeah!!!
TGCLSSL
Cheers Dak for the cache

LIVERPOOLRED
Y.N.W.A.

Nice cache pleasant day. Tommy bent was certainly a colourful character. He was vertical when we saw him but I gather not upright . I bet he loved a drink so I left the Brew Coin for him. (beware this coin is quite thirsty) Took travel bug and NZ 2 dollars and left Koala Head. The dog ate the rest. Cache discovered by geosam. tftc

Found @ 1:00pm

Finally stopped to check out the statue. Gathered the clues and headed to GZ, only to find that it was in the middle of a building. A hike back to the statue and checked my coords, yep, I'd made a mistake. Recalculated and had the cache in hand soon after. Took nothing, left TB NZ Paua.

#12 of 101 finds for the day in the company of Dak's Emu Mob.

This bloke was indeed a very interesting chap - we enjoyed his story.

Thanks Dak!

I must have driven pat this location heaps of times.

TNLNSL
Thanks

Got to the very nice monument today in a very busy location.After some quick calculations ,moved on to the cache site and a find.Great little bit of tranquility in an urban jungle .Thanks to dak's Emu Mob.tnln.

A short hike along fromNorth Brighton train station, this one was a straightforward find. "Bent" or not, this man certainly dedicated a lot of his life to public service. Thanks for the history lesson, DAK.

Another good, reliable hide, in a place of interest, from DAK. I love them! Took Kiwi, Left Motorbike. Thanks DAK

Found today at 10.30, had no swaps so returned later in the evening,left Superman Xray pen, grabbed Woody. Thanks.

Found at 1700hrs by Pickupfamily Dad. I remember the fuss when this statue was relocated, even though I was only 9yo at the time. Fond the cache quickly, TNLN. Thanks dak.

Rated: for Overall Experience