Line of Sight #2 Stony Creek, Victoria, Australia
By Chookies on 25-Aug-04. Waypoint GCKCH3

It is sad that this series of excellent caches has been archived. These caches were innovative and I know just how much time and effort was put into their creation and their ongoing support.

The area has very poor GPS coverage due to the heavy tree cover which leads to obvious difficulty with finding some of the required equipment. Not finding a cache or item doesn't mean that it is not there.

Perhaps the owner would allow another nearby cacher to adopt the caches to maintain them. This would then allow everyone to experience the area and the caches.

I'm sad that you have archived this series I have been looking forward to attempting one or two. Oh well, my own fault for being slow.

I write in response to:
Alansee requested Line of Sight #2 (Multi-cache) to be archived at 1/24/2011
Log Date: 1/24/2011 The item required to do this one is missing, it hasn't been found for coming up for 2 1/2 years, and the owners left the game years ago.

I find it interesting that the item to do this one is allegedly missing. We have been told this several times, and on each occasion, we have travelled, walked, looked, and found the item in question.

I also find interesting the theory that because something hasn't been found for coming up to 21/2 years that it must not be there. I guess there's no more gold to be found on the planet, and prospectors should stop looking.

Now my point here is is not to be sarcastic in a nasty way, but to highlight the fact that our assumptions are Not always correct. So many times I have been told that our caches are missing, only to go and find them right where they should be.

Perhaps instead of telling others what we think should be done, we as members of the caching community could be a little better at communicating with each other. An example of this would be the second half of the previous log, where the poster (whom I am led to believe is a lovely chap of many cache finds), states that the owners of this cache left the game years ago; - Well I am the owner of this cache, and if the poster had checked out our profile page, he would see that we have visited Geocaching.com several times recently, intermittently since we were very active in the game, and still receive the emails.

I understand that when we pay money to a game/entertainment provider, that we have a right to whinge or request action due to our perceived lack of service, however this is a game of voluntary participants, many who have invested countless hours into their caches.
Perhaps we can all make fewer assumptions, and talk to each other more effectively, instead of needing to speak with an adjudicator.

We have met so many wonderful people in this activity of caching (even amongst the few frustrating characters), and believe we could all do a little better in our communication.

To prevent further frustration for others, I will now proceed to archive this series of caches.

The item required to do this one is missing, it hasn't been found for coming up for 2 1/2 years, and the owners left the game years ago.

Looks like this has been abandoned by owner.

With Monch's mob we attempted to find the item required but were unsuccessful. Perhaps you could check on whether it is still there. We took one look at the stream (river!) and knew that there was absolutely no way we would be crossing that anyway. A horizontal tree didn't even go one third of the way across, and the water was flowing quite swiftly. There had been rain and in fact it was still raining.
We really wanted to finish this series but this does not seem possible if bits of it are missing. Thanks for LOS 1 & 3 anyway, very original.

After LOS 1 and 3 worked so well I was hopeful of this one too. However after a very thorough search the necessary item could not be found. I tried an alternative method but it was not to be. Very disappointing but after so long not such a surprise I suppose. I also had a go at iv but after so long the vegetation changes I suppose. Still, 1 and 2 were good fun, thanks Chookies.

Found at 1615

TNLNSLTFTC

I think this was the most frustrating, tiresome cache I've ever done - I assume that some of the paraphernalia is missing because it just doesn't make sense otherwise. There's no clue for the final, either. It really needs to be checked out.

Gave up again on finding line of sight 1. Have found the first part, but not the second. ( Drilled hole is filled in with mud / stick or something similar ) Anyway, found the clue and then the cache for line of sight 2. Great idea for a cache and we had fun doing it. The tree crossing over the river can be a bit difficult when it is so wet and slippery though, but stayed dry. TNLNSL TFTC. Will look for number 1 again another day. Off to find number 3.
Davidman (+1)

Found the piece of equipment required to find this cache, but didn't use it correctly. So I will revisit this one very soon to complete so as to find the final cache.

Well, I came unstuck on this one. No problems with the device, or crossing the creek (several times). I searched long and hard, but just couldn't turn up a cache. I couldn't make a lot of sense of the clue, but did check out a location which it could have referred to but, again, without any luck . I did pick up a couple of leeches at least .

Thanks Chookies

second defeat of today....what is going on?????? Oh, wait....I know.....LEECHES!!!!! LEECHES on my legs.....abandoning mission NOW!!! Screaming batting my ankles!!!!! Maybe I should get into the habit of reading the other logs before I come (i am with you Piglett) snakes ok, spiders don't like but will tolerate, LEECHES HELL NO!!!!! [xx(]

See piggysue's log. Pretty much the same for me and cherrieboberry. She owes me a life debt as I flicked the leeches off her. No luck on finding the cache.

Find# 1866 and 16th of the day at 3:49pm. Accompanied by Feathertop on another caching day in the Dandenong area. The aparatus was all wet and the tape had come off, but still worked ok just a bit wobbly but it took a while to find the cache. TNLN, Signed Log, Thanx Chookies....

This cache marked the end of our cockiness. I don't know why but things went wrong quickly. I crossed the raging torrent and Oenze barked instructions from a distance. Still no joy and while he consulted our sumbersome laptop for clues I hunted. No luck but soon after Oenze also crossed we followed the instructions somewhat better and finally had the cache. No clues in this one though? thanks chookies.

With two caches already under our belt,
Anything new could be handled, we felt.
The path we took, led us astray,
as we walked through weeds as tall as hay.
When we arrived at a bridge to cross,
we seemed to be at a loss.
We struggled on and found the way,
Arrived at GZ with a hooray.
The path that lay ahead,
filled us with a little dread.
We took it slowly and then tinkered around
With this the cache was surely found.
The log was duly signed and we headed back,
We needed to rediscover the open track.
We understood that to go nude,
would be considered rather rude,
but for those hungry little leaches,
the nasty slimy little creatures,
really needed to be found,
what were we to do but throw our clothes to the ground.

Quickly found the item, but it was a bit damp (I'll email you seperately about that). Did the lining up and I sent Chewin' to cross the raging torrent while I kept an eye out on where we had to go (well he does have the waterproof boots)
After watching him aimlessly wonder around GZ I decided that if you want something done properly...
A small ammount of rain rulled out the log crossing as it was very slippery.
After stomping around a bit we found the cache (but we were a bit puzzled)
Thanks, Robmc.

This is where our troubles began. Moisture has entered the hoo-jaa rendering it pretty useless. Again lined up the bracket to find the location but no cache. A check of the hint and much searching finally yeilded results. Failed to understand the rationale with this one but nevertheless we found it.
Thanks again Chookies

I caressed my lover where she lay
I stroked her from head to toe
But she did not yield her treasure

2.45pm
Found by Roma and Max in the company of the Swaggies.
This is where our well laid plans started to go astray. After finding the device, Max was shanghaied into crossing the creek, not once but six times, for reasons we won’t go into detail here. Needless to say the local blood sucking pests were lined up as a welcoming party for the final crossings.
We took a Small Flute and left a Mondo figureine, not that we needed anything else for a memento by now!
At this point in time the words thank you were taking on a whole new meaning, however thank you Chookies,
From Roma……..

Romax and the Swaggies arrived at the first point and easily located the device. Little did we know what lay ahead. Max decided to forge ahead (he drew the short straw) and cross the slippery log. He also decided to take the device with him. On no……….. After some time we realised that we would have to improvise.

When that did not work successfully Max again made the slippery crossing. Device in hand again and we put it to good work. Cache was located and finds logged at 14:50 hrs. Max once more made the difficult return. A word of advice, the crocodile has not eaten all the leeches. Max and Iain performed the Full Monty in an effort to remove the little blighters. The local kids on their mountain bikes were highly amused.

Took Lucky Lobster TB (He had been there to long in the cold and the leeches were looking at him with interest) and phone plug.
Left Mondo.

Thanks to Chookies. (Me thinks this series may he ever harder than the last)

Well mum, (piggysue)and i had already found 1 and 3 so armed with the clues and feeling slightly superior for finding the tricky chookies caches we headed off thinking it would just be a matter of following the instructions and a little searching. Well about an hour later after LOTS of searching I was attacked by killer leeches!!! that was the end of it for me. This little piggy cried all the way home! not really but I did scream. hate leeches!

Sadly the fun we(Piglet & I)were having with this series ended here. We found Point A without too much difficulty, used the device and set off across a dry log to the other side. We searched high and low and found some great hiding spots but none offered up a cache. We each returned to the other side to check our device use, reread the instructions and searched once again. It all ended abruptly with a loud scream from Piglet. We had been fairly watchful all day for snakes, but no this was a LEECH ATTACK! Having read other logs on returning home this seems to have been a common problem, glad she hadn't read them first or she wouldn't have come. No fear of spiders, snakes etc ...but... leeches..NO WAY.

Did not find AGAIN at 12:05pm

After visiting LoS#1 we headed for this cache with anticipation of another great experience! Found the item and after setup Facitman, e-Facit and s-Facit started the search under the direction of Mrs Facit. Much searching and we returned empty handed to Mrs Facit. Mr Leech was out in force and a number needed to be removed from the younger team members before Facitman returned for a second search but was not successful. Lack of Mobile coverage foiled any external help and as small stomachs were starting to feel rather empty we abandoned series until another day.

A good example of how it's not all about the numbers , we enjoyed the search even though we didn't get a find.

Thanks again Chookies, another great cache. We'll be back!

Found at 15:05. This one took a little time to locate the device as the GPS was going in circles. Well I had looked through one of these devices many times. The device was a little low but the hiding spot was obvious. Thanks Chookies another great cache. The mozzies I found at this spot. Dropped of TB Lucky Lobster.

What a very adventurous cache!
This cache has taken us 4 months to complete!
but we worked this cache out with out the device by guessing, we crossed the river bearfeet(backwards and forward searching)and it was cold!!but the dogs enjoyed the water, As kitchen Hand Sponge was searching around with Eldest Apprentice Chef a loud shout came from kitchen hand sponge " FOUND IT"and kitchen hand sponge had the cache in hand. On the way back to the other side the eldest apprentice chef slipped and almost fell into the river opps
TNLN

thanx chookies for the cache

One was down and three to go, Number two delivered a blow.
Was nearly ready to give up on this one Got way point A no problems. Way point B mmmmm. Crossed the deadly bridge 4 times; thank godness there was no one round to see a grown man crawl gingerly across the slippery log. With my attraction to water there was no way I was going to walk across with it being so slippery. At first hunted hunted high & low to no avail. went back and got my bearings this time used the project waypoint facility on my GPS. What a guess took me with 5 metres of the cache. By this time I was wet, I had a number of leeches enjoying a party at my expense. and was beginning to curse Line of sight #2. But found it. Figured if I left a crocodile it could clean up the leeches. Took nothing from the cache.

thanks Chookies,another well thought out cache.the river crossing tree is slippery at the moment ,almost got a bit wet!! Also had to drop the strides cos a leech crawled up the jeans.still smiling.

I followed the arrow, to the left and the right,
Got to were it was pointing, this doesn't seem right.

Checked the clue in note, and the machine with the numbers,
It looks kind of wrong, I seem to have blundered.

Found some clear sky, let the thing do some settling,
Still doesn't like good, maybe still correcting.

I searched high and low, to the east and the west,
And just as I decided to give it a rest,

The thing that I found, looked like I was after,
indeed yes it was, I chuckled with laughter.

But alas the time, it was quite a bit later,
Than what I had hoped, although would it matter?

I looked at the giant, it was slippery and wet,
The path over there, looked like a good bet.

A glanced at my watch, it was too close to four,
I wont have the time, for paddling I'm sure.

My kids will be waiting, for me to come by,
And give them a lift, to home for the night.

So I marked in my mind, the point I could see,
I'll have to come back, when time is more free.

For those before me, the thing you didn't spot,
Is till hidden at A, gone it is not.

As for B, I'm not sure, I didn't get there to view,
I will be back here someday, this hunt to renew.

Thanks chookies for this cache, a series spectacular,
My mind it is tortured, beyond the vernacular.

To bed I must go, my head it is hurting,
Dr Seuse in my dreams, I'll be tossing and turning.

...to be continued...

Tried to locate at 3.30PM

Hmm, a nice spot for GZ, but like the cachers before me I searched where I thought the 1st box should be and havn;t been able to find it. Getting across the river was not to bad becaue soembody had built a dam right next to the track to cross on. I have toppled up alot of bark to try and find this one, I hope it hasn't been muggled. I will be back another time when I have more daylight time to complete the rest of this series. THanks..

we were searching for ages but had trouble in finding this one we might try again another time.

If there was any doubt before there is no doubt now, that Chookies has put an extraordinary amount of effort into these caches. We set up the equipment and Joleen drew the short straw and had to walk across the big log. Using the equipment the cache was soon found but as she forgot the swaps we took nothing and left nothing.
Thanks Chookies for another novel line of sight, but no thanks for the leeches.

On our first two attempts, we left with a sad face,
For the item was missing, hard for Chookies to replace.

So here we are now, for attempt number three,
Found the first item, then walked over the tree.

Knew where I was headed, the cache was in reach,
It was then I attracted that bloodthirsty leech.

So I'm yelling and screaming, Shimachic could just laugh,
For she wisely stayed back at Point A on the path.

Regained my composure, logged our new find,
Then removed the last leeches from my arms and behind.

Another great cache, that item's quite nice,
But for all those who attempt this, please take my advice:

Watch out for the water, take care in a flood,
Don't feed the animals, they're hungry for blood!

The cache container (with ïts "Item") at point A having gone missing, has been replaced. A watertight container was never going to stay put in the worst floods for 50 years. The item is costly so please rehide the container VERY WELL. The final cache was checked & sadly it has been robbed of all its good swaps. However all is now in good working order, and ready to be found again!
Good luck & happy caching

After an off-line email, it would appear that the "Device/Item" at the first waypoint of this cache has been moved or stolen. I will replace this rather expensive item, and it's container, in the first few days of March. This cache will be re-enabled as soon as this is done.
Regards, The Rooster from Chookies.

We made our way to this stage with increasing dread as we saw the rushing 'knee deep' water beside our path. After a better look we decided crossing it was beyond our capabilities as it was rushing across the path, the tree bridge was underwater and it look very deep... We found the item, so we know where to come next time and made our way home to a nice warm bath. We'll be back to continue another day. Thanks Chookies for a most enjoyable series of caches.

Found by Mary & David at 1435. The adventure continues and the toys just get better. Used 'the item' and spotted the cache. Too much water for us so we took to the trees to cross over. Took Aussie cloth patch, left curling ribbon. Rehid 'the item' carefully and checked that it was invisible from all sides. Thanks again to Chookies.

Found by caughtatwork at 13:15.
Had a few problems with finding the first toy. My GPSr said over there and it wasn't. Damn it!
Anyway a bit of looking to see what other tracks might lead me to the correct place and the first cache was in hand. Ohh! Another extremely cool idea. Again, superlatives cannot describe the find of this cache.
I swiped the TB Bear and will be placing him somewhere else shortly.
Good one Chookies.
On to number 3.

Found at 11:00hrs, I'm a bit concerned that Chookies cut down a tree to cross the creek...
Seeing this is such a large cache I thought I would drop in [url=http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=16869]Bear Bug[/url]

After getting Line of sight #1 last week with daylight fading it was time to complete the series. Mozzies were everywhere! Found at 12:14 with Sikma and Loonster. Thanks Chookies. TNLN.

Found at 12:14 with Loonster and Jazwoz. We had trouble with this one last week however we had to come back and complete this series. Very cool. Thanks Chookies.

Found with Sikma and Jazwoz. Besides the mozzies and the leeches it was a nice little area. Took stubby holder and TB left sharpner and magnet.
Thanks Chookies

The first part of this cache, (which contains the toy) was recently moved by a previous cacher, mistakingly thinking it was in the wrong spot. I have re-visited the cache location, found the cache, & returned it to where it should be. My apologies to any cachers who have had difficulty finding the first container/toy for this cache. All is now where it should be, & fairly easy to find.
The toy has Easy & Specific instructions on where & how to use it. It is also Specific about replacing the toy & container back EXACTLY where it was FOUND, with ADEQUATE cover! Could all cachers PLEASE do so as requested! Thankyou.
As for the co-ords, these were checked on a total of 9 separate occaisions, over several different days & weather conditions (& have been confirmed by other cachers), as were each of the other caches in this series. We sincerely hope you enjoy this series; -Chookies

[This entry was edited by Chookies on Friday, October 01, 2004 at 2:57:31 AM.]

Found at 1.30pm after eventually giving up on finding the "toy" cache. We used the guides that we had found within a few minutes and worked out where the cache was actually hidden.
Took: Pack of penciles, Left: Aussie cloth badge and Wrassin' Man TB
Would love to know if the "toy" cache is still around?

Found it eventually.
Not easy when gps reception isnt fantastic and there are numerous points that you can accurately work from. (hence some confusion later corrected)

Took woven combine, left something (but cant remember what, sorry)

The toy was found next to the location where it was to be used rather than at the location the clue suggests. The co-ords in with the toy pointing to where to use it actually put me near the final cache location rather than where it was supposed to point me.

After many lucky breaks we stumbled our way to the final cache location but i would like to suggest that the co-ords be re-checked as they seemed to be out significantly on this cache and by not quite as much on the others in the series.

Other than that it was great and i found doing it at night with torches actually made it more fun.

Thanks Chookies

[This entry was edited by evil_hitman on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 4:37:40 AM.]

Found the "toy" without any problems, but we suspect it was in the wrong place.

The GPS reception was everywhere, so e_h ended up over the other side of the river when I found the second waypoint accidentally. Since e_h had already been across once, he sent Em_Eagle and myself to do the dirty work this time *sigh*

Once again, not a great idea in the dark, but some good work with the torch saw us bag the cache. Took nothing, left nothing but managed to cut myself on an unfriendly bit of local flora.

Thanks Chookies!

Saw our way to the first part of this cache with no great challenge but made a real mess of the second half.

My GPSr was having a hard time under the tree canopy and we wandered around in the sticks for far longer than required.

Eventually found the cach and swapped a bath bomb for a key tag.

Lots of mozzies around here now the sun is going down.

Dak and I were feeling pretty smug as we arrived at this one. We were getting quite good at using the 'devices' by this time. Found this one OK, but injured myself returning it. "Ouch"! But there were more "ouches" to come! As we studied the situation, I told Dak that I fancied myself as a Circus performer so would try the log. That lasted 3 steps!! Down I went and landed on my 'fleshy' seat, just missing some nasty green droppings from one of the bemused ducks watching.[:o)] "Ouch!" Dak, (inspired by recent Olympic Games), decided that the water was the Gold Medal way across. Off came Dak's daks. I will not reveal what I saw
Then, into the raging river the rugged Emu ran. (Well,swollen creek at least!) As I watched inspired, he soon had the cache in his hands. I managed to get my hands on it too with a bit of genius from Dak. The ducks were not the only ones studying us. Leeches were too. Although only babies, they tried their best to 'get in on the act'. Another '"ouch" or two.[B)] My stars!! Six of them in fact!! What an achievement though.

IN: Super glue
OUT: TN

[This entry was edited by barcoder on Friday, September 17, 2004 at 8:59:08 PM.]

We were on a roll! Barcoder and I had logged LoS #1 and #3, and we could taste victory already! Chookies outdid themselves with the "item" for this leg of the LoS "fourfer". Now, about crossing that stream! After two days of unrelenting rain, the large tree was a slippery as a politician caught with his hand in the till. The only option was to ford it. Owing to the aforementioned unrelenting rain, the stream had swelled to Amazon proportions. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration. Suffice to say that taking shoes and socks off would not cut it. But the cache description specifically excluded nudity! What to do? Off came the strides, and into the swirling depths I ventured. The water came up to my knees, and it wasn't warm!

After arriving at GZ at 1445, there was a definite dearth of clues! [B)] Only an empty zip-lock bag was on offer! Not only that, but the much-vaunted 98% mobile phone coverage was not on offer. We must have been in part of the 2%. Anyhow, on attaining higher ground, a meagre signal allowed us to get some relief from the Chookies help line (second time in two days). We wondered what awaited us at LoS #4?

I took the Fred and Mary TB to further its travels, but I didn't see the Koda TB. Perhaps it absconded with the clues.

IN: In all the excitement, I forgot what I put in.
OUT: Mondo figure and TB

I've just realised that I did, in fact, see the Koda TB in the cache. I have him in my hot little hands. The Fred and Mary TB doesn't have a dog tag attached, and I mistakenly assumed that the real TB was the stuffed bear (Koda), and that the laminated "information card" was the accompanying instructions. The bear doesn't have the clues on him.

Well this is geting even more interesting. The device was found & used. Took a far wile to find as I was looking on the other side most of the time. Once at GZ the cache was easly found.

Took train TB LN + droped off 2 TBs as the cache was suitably sized.

I then rehide everything & left.

Thanks Chookies

After an off-line email, we thought we had better go & check out our caches, to make sure everything was O.K. Everything is in perfect order, (with the exception of some re-hiding skills by a cacher who didn't bother to log online).
-Anyhow, all is well, & we hope you enjoy!
-Chookies

Did not find around 1700.

As described in Rhinogeo's log, this was more of a meet and greet than a cache hunt .

We'll come back another day and I'll make sure Mrs Facit and eFacit join us as these are too good to miss!

[This entry was edited by Facitman on Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 12:58:34 AM.]

Ater a bit of a walk sure enough it was found without a lot of hassle intersting find

Found 16:30, wow just when we thought it couldn't get any better, a fantastic concept [^]

Took Teddy Bear pencil topper and left coloured pencils, thanks Chookies.

Did not find on 04/09/04 around 1700 AEST. After finding #1 Facitman & I decided to do these in order. Walking towards #2 we noticed some suspicious characters moving through the bush - turned out to be the Biggles Bears searching for #4 !!

As we approached GZ for #2 there we spies Mr & Mrs Coffee (avec les lattes) in the middle of doing #2. After exchanging pleasantries F-man & I decided that the rest of these caches would best be left for another day (too busy & getting late).

Today I cracked the ton and for the first time ran into some other cachers mid-hunt. An eventful day !!

While trying to figure out how to use the "device", stumbled onto the cache, so who am I to walk away from a found cache!

Another technically interesting cache, now on to #3 in the series.

in: phone plug
out: glasses repair kit

After crossing the river on the tree of death and watching three leeches fight over space of my arm (very fascinating watching these try and burrow in the same spot), I fought on and found the cache.
with fellow cachers of Biggles Bear, Aussiecoder, Rhinogeo, Facitman, Night and the Head Rooster in the same area I declare this find a event cache.
Thanks heaps for this One Chookies, Time to rename this to Line of Bourke Street 2 (a Multi Cacher-cacher cache.)
Thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks Chookies
Taken-Cd. Left-3 mini bath bombs, kids bangles and coffee card.
Regards Mr.Coffee Ian and family.

This was one which caused us some problems, mainly because we got a bit ahead of ourselves and didn't look in the right area. We had "the toy" but couldn't figure out where to use it and after a long time we decided to go home and try and find out some more info from "the Rooster". He had just gone out we were informed by Mrs Chookies but were told to contact Muzza as he'd done it the day previously.
Fine, except Muzza's mobile is on voicemail so I'm busy at home for the afternoon until Muzza rang me back with some extra info we needed (DOH!!!!!!! how could we have missed that). We've now only got about 30-45 minutes of useful light left but we decide to go anyway and see how far we get.
With the new info we find what the toy does and find the cache as well and now we're hurrying.
We've got our clues and made our swaps but as we were hurrying I forgot exactly what we swapped. (I'm sure there was some sort of bug in there somewhere )
Thanks Chookies, it was a bit delayed but all good things come for those who wait.
Regards Andrew "da big bug"

On arrival at the starting location for the series we had seen Muzza and Kiwidebs vehicles and on arriving at this cache we could hear them. We called out to them and they were doing #4. We took a bit longer on this one and had just found the toys when the arrived to say hi.

This was my favourite I think and the cache was found soon after crossing the "bridge" as muzza and kiwideb waited for me to fall in. TNLN

Part one took me ages to find. How am I suppose to beat Muzza to number 4 at this rate??? . Once the 1st part was found I would like to say the rest was easy, but it wasn't. Knew where I had to go, but getting there? Decided to slip on the the log and hug it like a long lost friend. Then my hat went flying of my head and leeches attatched themselve to me. Must know I have good blood . Found the cache nice and easy at 1125 sorry TNLN. Too winded. Halfway back to the other side decided to go fishing for my hat. River none kiwideb 1.
Now to find Muzza.
Thanks Chookies loved this cache, but not the log.

When I arrived at the parking spot, Kiwideb's car was already there. I thought one of the locals (Crackers, Coffee, Rabbitto ...) may have been there, but I hadn't thought of Deb. I called out to see if she was at #1 but there was no response. Thinking that there may still be a chance for a first-to-find if I moved on first, I headed for #3 and again sang out, but again no response.

At #2 there was no sign of her again, so I chose to stop here - my choices had run out. By the time I arrived at GZ, it looked like many others had been there before me. I opened the log book to find that I was first somehow. Kiwideb hadn't beaten me, nor any locals.

I took a ball and left a telescopic mirror (great for peering into small holes for caches). What a fantastic concept for this series of caches. I had a ball. Well done and thanks.

This cache is our third one to do,
(Even though it is called number two).
What we found at the start,
Was a sight for our heart,
That had showed us the way straight and true.

To the finish point off we did seek,
Cross the large tree that lays cross the creek,
A cheer we then thundered,
Rabbitto's found "two hundred",
But then we did hear a great "EEEEEEK".

And as the scream finished its quake,
There came the call "I've seen a snake".
As I checked on the ground,
It was not snake I found,
But a large possum's tail - What the hake[?].

Truly, there was a fat, twelve inch long dismembered possums tail on the track to the cache. There was no sign of the possum that had misplaced it but I imagine he's going to be faily lost without it.

Thanks Chookies again for these caches,
And taking us round all these places.
Now before we go,
We left a mondo,
And took a small toy to replace it.