Weston Oak Weston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By CachersTM on 16-Jul-04. Waypoint GCK2RT

Find#3942
Nice hiding place
Excellent views up here
Thanks for the cache

Wow, I’d say this was the most satisfying cache I’ve done so far. Very satisfying following the clues and finishing off with a nice view at sunset. Thanks for the cache!

#754 Was in the area and headed up to grab the find here today. Was with a previous finder so was able to find GZ with their coordinates but I can confirm as many others have, it’s quite difficult to do this multi today, with a few pieces of information/waypoints no longer existing. A very specific google search can net you the right info but you have to know what you’re looking for. Regardless the final is still in good condition, maybe an updated multi in the future could be used here, but this one has sadly seen it’s day. Thanks CachersTM for the hide

We started this cache many years ago and thought we would finish it today after picking up a couple of caches in and around Woden. Unfortunately we soon discovered this was impossible and had to PAF for the final coords. But we had a lot of fun.

Found this one today with D$D, had a bit of trouble here and there but thankfully was able to continue thanks to various PAF, TFTC

Found and signed dsd or darksidedan or Adventure Boys or AB to save space in the log. Thanks for the cache and the adventure.

Found with the help of friends who had the clues from the waypoints and helped me get to the GZ.

#1640 This was my Multi choice for today and after climbing Farrer Ridge, Wanniassa Hills and Isaacs Ridge I was just about spent. But what an adventure. I hadn't read previous logs so made my start but had the same issue with WP3 and the ability to find "H". I was able to Safari search a possibilty which came up with a nice round figure to work with to get to WP4. Suggest searching "Canberra Utilities Act". This figure was then used to locate GZ and only turned out to be out by .001 on the Easterlies so came up with a quick find at GZ. Thanks CachersTM for preparing this Multi but some revision may be necessary. Cheers.

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

Another cache that was started some time ago and never completed. A recent helping hand with a few numbers and bingo, finally a good looking set of coordinates.

Out this side of town for today for work, an opportunity for a quick walk in the warming sun. Some nice views across the way and a quick find, sign and replace. TNLNSL TFTC

This cache needs a good review and update, or be archived so that someone else can use the location. This problem has persisted for a number of years if you read the logs.

It was a struggle from WP3 on, and while the hint helped us get or guess the next projection - despite the coordinates being out by 36m out, the next WP is now under construction so the sign is missing. The experience is spoilt with these issues!

Cache takes an hour + more to complete than necessary unless you know someone that has the GZ.

This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

I love the concept of this cache but realistically it either needs some maintenance or archiving as the waypoints are incorrect / have changed since the cache was published.

As with the experience of many recent seekers of this cache I only made it to GZ with the very generous help of a previous finder, as from WP3 an onwards it's pretty much guesswork (and I would not have guessed where GZ was...).

So it'd be good to have this cache sorted out - if it can't be maintained then perhaps archiving would be best to free up space for a different cache at this spot, which has an undeniably spectacular view.

The multi started off really well but at WP3 the sign was missing as far as we could tell. That said, some 36m away we used the sign post that 'matched' the hint. Anyways we extracted a number that was taking us in the right direction as far as we could tell.

We are now very ‘experienced' with projecting waypoints so were very confident of our location. We made an educated guess to the next waypoint landing somewhere that would definitely match the following hint and question in the past. However the area in question is under reconstruction and the sign is missing. We felt that we were now limping from WP to WP. However, with the grasses are so dense and tall now that the chances of encountering snakes is an issue. This cache now needs updating. It appears that this issue has been ongoing for a few years now.

In the end we called on a couple of PAFs as the CO is no longer caching. Our PAFs too had issues with this cache long ago. Anyways, they helped us get there in the end. I will be submitting a maintenance ? log as this cache definitely needs attention with WP4 missing.

It was a lovely walk and there were lots great views at GZ so it would be great to have this multi updated for others to enjoy. TFTC CachersTM.

We really enjoyed this multi stage geocache. Thanks!

Wahoo multi for the day and what great views. And an oldie to boot. Fav from me.
TFTC CachersTM

Log to follow

Find #4364

Lockdown has bought a totally different approach to caching with the introduction of homework! Much time for homework in fact. Therefore many more puzzles solved, both as a solo and collective effort. Thanks to my fellow geo buddies for assistance when needed.

And in between there are still some traditionals, though not nearly as many of them left these days

Had numerous attempts at this one over 18mths and finally managed to find it with a push from a previous finder. Tested the navigation skills just a little. This one is in my hood so had been irking me for some time as I didn’t have the right TOTT.

Logs all in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Thanks to CachersTM for putting out and maintaining all of these caches for our enjoyment!

Great to finally find this one, and some great views up here as well as some entertaining wallabies while I enjoyed a rest. Tftc

Wow that was a fun and tricky multi. So happy to find the cache near my GZ. Cool to see the original logbook and all in good condition.

Thanks for hiding this cache CachersTM

Take my Geo Dog walked to up the hills and found cache and beautiful view and strong windy... Thanks

26/04/2019

During the Mega

The weather was perfect for us, enjoyed walk along to the GZ...
Accompanied with Dragon 1982. [^]

Thanks CachersTM for organising the cache and hunt [^]

Found on a perfect day for caching with Widge76. It's my last day in Canberra, so is my last chance to tick Ausmer boxes & pick up interesting caches before I head for New England, where caches aren't so plentiful.

This one was a fun collect. TFTC!

Found on a Canberra caching day with Roarts

Accompanied with everlasting for the day, we enjoyed walk . Signed the log. TFTC CachersTM

My third visit to this multi which has given me a bit of grief in the past! Has always been high on my to-do list considering it is quite old from 2004.

The first couple times I failed to get through all the waypoints, WP3 in particular had me scratching my head, I had an answer for it but it never seemed to work, and I could only see one sign with transport!

So today I came back with some helpful information from a previous finder which got the ball rolling again, and I managed to sort the rest out fairly easily

Great to see the cache still in great condition! A good hide and final location, glad to have it ticked off.

Thanks!

I made this one into a bigger challenge that it needed to be as I only remembered to check the hints by the time I got to WP4.

Most of my projections were slightly off and I generally needed to apply some extrapolation and geosense to find the necessary details. The hints would have helped a lot if I had remembered them. After finally slogging my way up to the top, I then had to cast about a bit before the well hidden cache revealed itself. But the view was well worth it (I think). TFTC CachersTM.

F(H)ound it! #2919 @ ~5:30 PM
I love a nice big multi so this has been on my radar for a while.
I even learnt a thing or two.
I carefully read the description, didn't understand what I needed to do, and I just powered on regardless. At WP1 I could not find the things I needed to count (good start, ZW!) so I sat and tried a few different possible numbers until I got some likely looking coordinates. Got what was required at WP2 (glad for the checksum to reassure me I was on the right track). That got me to WP3 but I was a good 30m off (mmmm, maybe I should pay some more attention to your instructions). Between WP4 and WP5 the penny started to drop. Had that Aha! moment when the solutions started to suggest the calculations. I reverse engineered through the WPs already discovered and realised how lucky I was to find WP2 by the wrong method.
So after a couple of trips up the hill, I finally came to claim the cache. The Reluctant Geospouse and the Dane joined me and the Ridgeo-pup for a cold and windy walk for a very satisfying find.
Thanks for the cache CachersTM

I did the first few stages of this one years ago.. finally decided it was time to pick up the trail and finish it! I think the object at WP1 had been replaced, and the number of handles is now A+1. After a good walk I finished up at a familiar spot, and soon found the cache. Still nice views from here.

TNLN - Thanks CachersTM!

Out for a morning of caching to collect those still waiting for a find. Lately there has been a lot come out and I still had some remaining saved for my daily I no longer need since my streak made my target so off to find them. This was a cache that I really had targeted for my missing jasmer and the main focus of the day.

Quite enjoyed the walk today and GZ is a great spot to stop too among the little roos and the curious magpies. Enjoyed just sitting and looking out over everything, quite nice with the changing colours of the trees. Located cache fairly quickly, it's well covered but no mistaking the hiding spot for a cacher. thanks for the cache.

Cache 3222 on 28 Dec 2017

Fox and I decided to have an early start and grab a couple of multis in Weston Creek to both build our multi totals and to get to caching milestones by the end of the year.

Second multi of the morning. I had originally thought I would never be able to do this multi as my projection skills were rubbish. My projection skills have since improved, but it still took a bit of imagination for us to complete this multi. We did not get one projection right! But Fox surmised where we would likely be heading, so we retro projected a few WPs and used the hints to guide our journey! And we found a cache at the end!

Thanks CachersTM for the cache - glad a nice old multi like this one is still going strong.

A very enjoyable meander this morning with AngelG27, my geohound and his canine mate, who is staying for a few days. After one multi on the south side of Hindmarsh, we relocated to a park next to the posted coords.

We never did get to see the right number of handles, as the one obvious object sent us in a different direction. With nothing at the location, we simply re-engineered the projection to a spot that seemed more likely. Sure enough, we found info for WP3. All projections had us off, but some logic based on the distance put us on the right track, all the way to GZ for a well-earned smiley. Geohounds thought the meander was most enjoyable. With the morning warming up, they appreciated a good drink when they got home. TFTC CachersTM

I was celebrating grabbing all of the nearby caches when I saw this one still unlogged.... "but I found that ages ago". This was I think the first multi I ever did and I did it just after I got my new garmin that could project waypoints.

As others have mentioned, there are no handles left at WP1... the fun police have been in operation. A = 4, so no one needs guess.

The next waypoints I struggled, but not enough to get me into trouble. Its nice to finally log this, and I hope I have guessed the date about right.

#8141 @1240
After today's orienteering just west of Mt Stromlo, I spent the afternoon caching around Weston, Curtin and Deakin. This was the second stop. Enjoyed the walk. My projections were a bit off, apart from the first one, but close enough to successfully progress. Cache easily found. TFTC.

Spinning is fun

We began this one a couple of months ago when we were last in the area. We had found WP2, and could see where we should next head, however it was getting dark, and so home duties called.
This afternoon, having saved our data, we were back in the area again and decided to continue on the meander.
WP3 was straight forward, and then we made the journey to WP4 in the beautiful warm, autumn sunshine. At this point we became slightly befuddled, and could not seem to get a good set of "bearing" numbers. Fortunately our caching skills cut in, and we used some logic to take us exactly were was needed, and then with a final calculation it was off to find the reward.
The log was safe and dry. We loved our walk through the area, and enjoyed visiting a cache that has been in place since 2004.

Thanks CachersTM,

Domsky

With the leap year coming around again, we decided to take a day off work and spend it out in the fresh air collecting some smileys. The Majura Cycleway caches were growing so we headed there first and collected what was available. We had some time up our sleeves so we decided that we would head to Weston Creek and collect some that we had on our list for while that we had been meaning to plus some others.
TFTC Cachers TM

Wow, this hasn't been found for over six months! (We can use this for the caches not found for six months challenge.) Not surprised though, as it's a more complicated multi than most. I did this with Decrypter over a couple of day's visits. Most of the working out of this is down to him . But I was able to make the final find . Basically we started to circle the last coordinates until the cache was stumbled upon. Fairly quickly, as it turned out. A good view from here. I have been in this area before to find a couple of caches and the local feature for GA.
I took the TB 'Monsters´Ball, Tallinn 2013', but I don't remember seeing the other TB in the cache. From some writing on the log, it appears some muggles have found this cache. However, the cache was snugly covered, even if we didn't see the second TB still there. TFTC CachersTM.

A more complicated multicache than normal. We found the cache on our second visit. TFTC CachersTM.

{49} Last weekend I was hoping to find this, but thunderstorms came along before I'd even started. It looked pretty interesting, so today I came back for another attempt, this time successful. This adventure was good practice in using the GPSr to project waypoints.
No problems with WP1 or WP2, but WP3 had me mystified. I was in the middle of nowhere. At that point I realised that I hadn't made a certain adjustment, and everything became easier after that.
Good exercise, good views (as advertised) and a successful mission.
Tks CachersTM!
TN Left two trackables. SL.

#507. 118 days in a row.

I found this cache by taking the distances pretty much as gospel and approximating the directions, then looking for a likely spot for the waypoint to be. It worked perfectly for me until I was up to WP4, which I'd got the direction a bit off and was looking in the wrong area. After a fruitless search I thought about where else it might be and realised where it would be, which was right. After that it was a quick walk to WP5 and then a reasonably long search among the likely hiding spots for GZ.

One more ticked off on both my Dates Hidden and Months Hidden lists...

This is the type of the cache which I really like. I enjoyed the clues research although it was not always so straightforward .
Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic!

IN: FP

The daughter took the car for the day, so decided to try this and a nearby Geocache near home. Also got the numbers for WER to do sometime. Took about 45 minutes to do, the last bearing being the hardest because I did not read the clue correctly. Had to brush a red back of the lid container.

woooo finally nabbed this one with the aid of Shiney Dragon and Shoobees! about a month ago we headed out to nab this one but time ran out and we could only get to WP3. then finally set off this afternoon to refigure out the Bering formula on my Etrex 10...somehow found out and went back to WP3, 400m on unsure given where I was headed...thankfully WP4 was soon in sight, though about 50m away....couldn't figure out how to solve WP4 but the very helpful hint for the final WP gave a good hint of where to find GZ. Despite my etrex10 having so many off projections, at GZ I was only 5m off. tftc and the really cool learning experience.

2565. I had previously managed to work out where WP 3 was and returned today to continue this journey. Yes a lot of thought went into locating some of the way points and then I discovered I should have kept better records from my previous workings. So after perching myself on a suitable structure and thoroughly checking the iPhone, I found enough info to continue on. Eventually I found myself signing the log.
Thanks for the cache and the physical and mental exercise.

[had to do a few trips before working out how to get the app on my phone to correctly calculate the next waypoint. Finished the cache off on a bike ride after work.] Enjoyed the views from the final cache location. [TFTC!]

Was riding past and checked up on this one. There's a lot of spiderwebs but i guess that is to be expected since it hasn't been found for almost a year. Everything good otherwise!

Long in the planing this cache. I had pretty much worked out the final coords for it for a while from some earlier visits to around the starting coords. Was just waiting for an opportunity. This morning with Dino was the perfect time. Once at GZ it was spotted quickly and Dino was very happy with the swaps. Thanks for the cache CachersTM

Knocking off some of my closest unfound caches today and this was one of them (8.18km). So I got to WP1 and my GPS put me directly between something that had 1 handle and another thing that didn't have any. It did have "A" CHAINS though. I took this interpretation and made my way toward WP2.

The thing I ended up finding was still 41 metres from my projected waypoint, but the numbers added up to 27 and so I soldiered on as the next location made perfect sense.

WP3 and WP4 were found easily and my projections were spot on. Now at this stage I had decided that A must have been 1 less than it actually turned out to be and so my coordinate for WP5 was in the middle of nowhere, but luckily the structure was within sight and from there I was able to reverse the projection to WP4 and confirm the correct number for "A".

Cache was found easily at GZ after looking in a few places.

Thanks CachersTM

4th of 8 on our trip around Weston and surrounding areas. This was one we are very proud of completing. Started at WP1 and got the answers testing our skills with our new compass. Had a small slip up at WP4, but found it in the end. Same with the cache, looked around for a bit, then spotted the cache in it's hidey hole. Nice views, and great concept for a cache. TNLN. Thanks CachersTM for the fun![:o)]

After 1 hour of searching nemo191817 came up with the goods.[xx(] We couldn't find any of the waypoints and the old turntable had been replaced with colourful plastic play equipment. [:(!] After a little while it started to rain and we took shelter in a nearby underpass. We went to what we thought was GZ but that proved wrong. Disheartened we left and while on the way home nemo191817 found it! Great cache, great veiw. [8)]

Found this cache up with Cankid on our second day geocaching on Oakey hill. Some of the clues didn't make much sense, but we managed to find it using just two of them! We were searching in the wrong area, and just about to give up, when I randomly found it under some rocks that looked like they had been moved. Traded a nerf bullet for the whistle. Was my first multi-cache, and everything was good except the rain. Thanks for the find.

Lovely stroll. Thanks. Quite sure I forgot to put a date in the logbook.

Found it! Thanks for the cache, this was a fun one!

Went in a nice circle en route to the second waypoint, and had much fun with all the mental arithmetic, but found it!

nice cache

I have been told that the first waypoint has been restored, and have adjusted the first clue slightly to suit.

Please let me know if you have problems with the finding the second waypoint.

Oops didn't realise this one was offline as I was working off an old gpx file - makes me feel alot better about calling for help on WP1 though...

The crazy grasses out here didn't help the hunt but I did get there in the end.

TFTC.

I still haven't gotten back to this cache to redo the first clue. I still intend to and will try to get back to it soon.

This cache has been on my to do list for far too long, but I finally got around to fixing that. I got help from a friend on WP1, after that I was right. It certainly wasny an exercise in precision, but I kept getting close enough to get to the next step, and eventually to the cache. Great views, and a good refresher course in waypoint projection, thanks very much CachersTM.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Quite a challenge here, WP1 was still under construction. We worked out which bit used to have the answer, but the key bits are gone. A call to a friend gave us the aproximate direction so off we went. WP2 was in a very logical spot, but then errors and un observance took over. A good idea for the GZ area and the answers aquired, even if not exactly from the right spot and we made it work An enjoyable navigation exercise, just needs plenty of care. Thanks.

3903.2 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Generic Gold A#11

Albida

Handles have gone

I am marking this cache as offline until I get a chance to get create a new first waypoint clue. Hopefully this will be within a few weeks.

Found with Albida, and lucky I had him. To much maths for me I can tell you. Waypoint 1 the playground still has the fence around it.
The apparatus is gone or we just couldnt find it. Think the first.
So after some guessing and a phone call we managed to find a 5 numbers and conitnued our quest. More guessing and good thinking we managed to work our way to the last waypoint and gz. To think I was metres away from this cache acouple of months ago TFTC

WP1 - looks like they are reconstructing the playground and the item in question is a) not accessible and b) in pieces - the handles were still there, but not for much longer methinks.

This would be one of those caches that you go "gonna do this one soon, yep real soon, next weekend maybe....." and it takes you a really long time to knock it off. I tried it a few months ago, but the newness of the GPS and the different nature of the WP directions had me turing around at WP1 and heading for my GPS manual.

Today, I finally made it back to try again. WP1 was a concern but luckily the item requiring handles was still in situ, although not quite in it's original state. We acquired the appropriate numbers and with two GeoHounds in tow proceeded to all WP's and then GZ. All was revealed at a familiar location - and the cache was logged and then it was off home again - none too soon either as the sun had dropped behind the clounds and the temperature plummeted.

TFTC and the ramble.

Found just on dark, which was a bit hazardous given the terrain and only one small torch between three people. We almost gave up, but then our cache-a-day-in-January streak would have been broken, so we persisted for a few more minutes and came up trumps. Niceviews over both sides of the hill, seeing the lights around.

All the WP projections were accurate within about 5m, so no problem moving from spot to spot.

As we returned to the car the SES were doing a training exercise, which was a little entertaining.

TNLN, thanks for the novel cache and overall enjoyable experience.

This was planned as the afternoon walk with crystal warrior. After a nice start we found all the WPs with no trouble. I can see you could easily be distracted so you need to be mindful of exactly what you are doing. We really enjoyed the different approach to this one. The finish was superb, apart from some litter around. Then off to find another............ TFTC well worth the effort!!!

Found with Wing6Rider. First one of this kind I have done. Lots of fun, everything spot on. Thanks for a fun walk.

My first multi-cache and enjoyed using the compass again.
TNLN TFTC

Only a matter of time before map-girl (aka batgirl) had to attempt this one. Did get my bearing incorrect at WP3 initially (was distracted by the trail instead of paying attention ). However once that was sorted it was all pretty straight forward and everything was located exactly where I thought they'd be which filled me with confidence that I'm not too rusty with the old map and compass technique. A great one - thanks CachersTM.

Have been putting this one off for a while, but today we had the chance to walk the walk and see what would happen.

Tealby had the goods with the 'newer' GPS and after finding answers that seemed to match the questions, we found ourselves in the position to reach a GZ.

Once there, the cache was spied pretty quickly, and we all felt quite pleased with ourselves. Always great to find a cache when your not sure if you're going the 'right' way.

A cool little walk and another multi completed.

Thanks to Tealby for the company and the GPS.

TNLN & TFTC

Hooray, hooray, hooray... this cache has been hanging around on my unfound list since I started caching & I never had the courage to attempt it. However, today with a couple of geo-buddies in tow, I decided that I would try out the project waypoint feature on my GPS for the first time & it worked a treat. Admittedly the accuracy is not 100%, but it was sufficient to find each WP & the eventual GZ.
Great fun & great company - thanks Sol & Fitzy - it was definitely easier to tackle this one with someone else to keep on top of all the calculations.
TFTC - left a pathtag to celebrate.

1193 - Found with Tealby and Sol de Lune just before the sun set....

Having found a nearby cache quite quickly we realised that none of us had done this Multi - so with the aid of Tealby's Colorado we headed off to try this rather different cache out.

Taking things nice and easy and being careful with the numbers we stepped through the waypoints and found what seemed like reasonable answers each time..

Everything seemed to match - but we were still quite happy to locate the container at 'our' GZ and realised that we'd done it !!

A good cache to do and complete - thanks to the owners and my companions for the day..

T Geocoin - TFTC !!

Cheers....

Thought this was a great cache, loved the idea of using bearing and distance - dead easy as long as you work carefully, but slip up once and it all compounds. We had great fun with this and my partner also learned how to use a compass, so all good. Some great views at the top and fun little cache. Thank you very much for a really enjoyable cache. Also dropped a geocoin just for fun.

1887.

I certainly made this harder than it should have been. We had an issue finding the second WP due to a typo so I headed off and did the nearby cache (DOH) and came back and checked my maths. Ed each point from there was no problem and i was only 2 points off on the Easting at the GZ. Not a bad effort I thought. I used the project WP function in the Oregon and it was very accurate.

Thanks CachersTM for another walk in this area, the second for today.

TNLNSL

Dropped by to confirm the cache is still there, and to do another cache nearby.

I enjoyed this cache, having to use a compas and the GPS only for distance from last check point was different. Any way the walk was good, the veiws where good but the cache was hidden to well for me today.

Thanks for the walk.

Re-enabled this cache this morning. New container largely new contents.

Not sure what to do with the old water damaged log book.

Visited the cache today to give it some well needed maintenance.

Decided to bring it home and dry it out and restock it with swap. Will probably be offline for a week or two.

#101 - Enjoyed the challenge and the walk. This was an impromptu visit or we would have brought an orienteering compass, but the trusty GPS get us there.
The cache was rather damp and much of the contents were water damaged. Some maintenance might be a good idea. TNLNSL TFTC

A great cache and magnificent views. Pity about the flies thought

655 2:30pm

Thanks Team Toogood for an excellent multi with panoramic views and with a different and interesting approach.

I have wanted to do this one for six months but I didn't have the confidence. Today there was some mild trepidation about losing my bearings, or perhaps my marbles, but it all worked out well in the end - once I recited the ditty I learned to remember grid to magnetic conversion.

Missed the storm by 15 minutes. Logbook still somewhat damp but easy to write in.

*Overall Experience: 5*
http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating

Rated: for Overall Experience

I finally got around to doing this one. It has been on my radar for such a long time. What a great and original concept.

I didn't have a compass, so I only used my eTrex. It was fairly fuzzy logic by doing the distance and then arcing until the degrees looked right. Worked every time, even when I was out by about 200m on one waypoint.

Thanks Team Toogood for the cache and new experience. TNLN. The cache contents are all damp, but slowly drying.

A great, fun multi with excellent views. I even enjoyed a solitary spin at waypoint 1!

The logbook was still damp so I gave it a bit more of an airing while I soaked up the sunshine. It still needs more drying though. Thanks for an enjoyable outing.

T: dinosaur
L: princess pen

A delightful multi. Used only the GPS, marking each waypoint as I went, calculating a 180 degree bearing and walking out the required distance. All waypoints appeared where they were calculated, so this went off without a hitch.

The cache contents and logbook are still wet, but useable. I spread everything out in the sun and breeze for 15 mins, but the logbook will take some more attention to dry. Maybe with the drought it wont get wetter and each cacher can contribute to its airing.

Thanks Team Toogood.

Found with Mrs Bent and Geopooch. Our Maths had a bit to be desired but eventually after going off track we made it to the end. I came equiped with a compass so that made following the bearings a lot easier.

Took the two travel bugs that were hiding in the cache, hopefully it will seal up a bit better now. TFTC

found this using the gps and a bit of guesswork.
not a bad afternoon, nice long walk 2.7k's round trip.
The cache is very full and may be why the the log book was wet.
I turned the plastic bag back inside out(dry side),and made sure the cache was sealed.
Nice views to black mountain and surrounds.
This cache is close to 2 others in the area, but naming them would spoil it's location, so happy hunting.

Found at 13:20 - using experience & guess work, as much as the Project Waypoint at times....

As mentioned earlier, log book very wet... Left it in breeze fopr 5 mins. Still able to write it in it, but could do with more drying out.

T - Nothing,
L - Robin TB

#344 at 1535

I've been wanting to do this one for a long time. I had attempted to start it a while back, but couldn't remember how to project waypoints on my GPSr, so I gave up at WP1.

No problems with that today though. The kids and I found each waypoint easily, although the walk was a LOT further than I expected.

Finding the cache proved tricky too. I misprojected the cache coords and was a fair ways off. So I had to go back to the final waypoint and had another crack at it. That worked out, and I had the cache in hand fairly quickly.

T: Lost in Space CD
L: Ceramic Coaster set, Klever Kevin TB
Logging through: my personal geocoin

TFTC!

#590 Great Walk on a cold windy. Forgot how to Project waypoints So I shot backbearings to confirm my location. Had my collection of TB's visit and then we made our way back through the darkness.

Found @4:15pm. Really enjoyed working with clues that are a bit different. Followed the "trail" successfully, after only a couple of short detours and found the GZ OK. TFTC. Discovered TB McGyver - but decided not to take him (his quest is to travel West, not a direction I plan to take in the near future).

Night visit with Stromlo GeoScouts; a successful find by the Scouts.
Left MCGYVER TB

Found eventually!! Good day and walk.

I've been keeping this local one on standby for some time, some friends wanted to do a local cache, and had a short amount of time, so off we, go. Using GPS + Compass backup, got to all way points without much bother. Final GZ presented a search, which took quiet some time, perhaps our compass or original bearings are not that accurate as well as distance +/- 5metre.. as the saying goes , just about to give up and most more area to search bingo found @ 4pm.

T: Aust Tshirt Keyring
L: CD-Rom lost in space learning

Great views of Weston Creek and Woden,
Thanks for the cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Nice day, interesting route to the cache and a good cache.
The view is stunning.
Thanks to team Toogood,
Gostabush

310. This has shown up as the closest to me almost since I started all those 3 months ago. On the weekend CoolAid chided me about not using a compass I bought a long time ago. I told him it would be used this week, so had to.
This was fun and a good way for me to learn on the fly. I made my usual mistakes - relying on memory and not reading sums correctly. (There is a fence at WP3 if you add instead of subtract - and a suspicious home owner wondering why I'm trying to look at his fence without being seen.)
Rest of the trip went smoothly except for the cache location (again relying on memory) but found exactly on line. Lots of lizards (and luckily none of their cousins on a very warm morning), swarms of bees and a couple of hawks perched in trees. Thanks very much Team Toogood for a well thought out and executed cache with views to boot. Any others like this?

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by Team Curbo.

Great view, good excercise, lot's of fun.

Took shell, left bouncy ball

[This entry was edited by Curbo on Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 2:36:23 AM.]

Nice idea for a cache, Not nearly as complicated as I first thought. Between my old compass and the GPS it was fairly easy. I set a new way point for each section and used that as distance and the compass for precise bearings.
TFTC TNLN
Safety tip USETHEUNDERPASS

Found with frebbles.
Didn't find this one too hard at all - the GPS kept us right on track to each point along the way, and found the cache itself pretty easily also. Nice views from the cache location, hadn't been there before either. Found the walk there a bit more tiring than I expected, as I was already tired when I asked frebbles could we do 'a nice easy one' (which I had meant to include no hills!) but anyway....
Well set up cache, thanks.
TNLN

Found with hayleylou.
Loved the idea and the work you had to do for this cache. Felt more like you had to actually do something other than trek to this cache. Figured out new and effective ways of using the GPS too. A compass function is a must have though. It might be a tad tricky without.
Great cache, wish I'd have something to have left but didnt anticipate being this impressed.
TNLN. Signed Log.
Cheers. Great Cache.