(MMM) Drunk and Disorderly Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
By Partic on 04-Jan-05. Waypoint GCME4P

Im in Melbourne for 2 nights on a stopover to Tasmania. I was heading down to Port Melbourne to visit my niece and was a little early so diverted to do this virtual. Quite fascinating plaques these! Information gathered and answers sent to the CO.

Having a quick pedal around before an event at Albert Park this morning. No trouble getting to this one on a public holiday. Answers sent to the CO.

10 March 2024 11:35 TFTC Partic for placing this cache, number 14785 for me.I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, and their continuing connection to it. I wish to pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past, present and emerging.Adding photos, info to send through still.

Didn't realise these X plaques were a thing until this cache. Nice.

#14,855. This looks to be an interesting series highlighting features of inner city life from the past. Arrived at GZ and took a bit to spot the plaque and even harder to read it. The writing has become very obscure over the past 20 years from wear and tear on the bronze. I photographed it to help with the contrast but not sure it made it any easier to get the answers. Anyway sent them off to the CO by email. Thanks Partic for highlighting some of these less well known features of inner Melbourne.

A long walk and the cocktail bar put a sign over the memory so I didnt find it for a bit

Took a little bit to find but what a great memory! I had no idea these existed but am keen to find more

15:14I was stumped at first. Arrived at GZ and couldn't spot any plaques whatsoever.Turned out that the restaurant had put their sign right over it. I guess it provides a bit of stability in the windy conditions. I pulled it aside and then had a read of the plaque.I don't quite understand what's happening with the X. It's marked at the Bridge St roundabout close to Bay St. There are no law firms there. Also, I found out the address of the old Police station and lock-up and that is not where the X is marked. Anyway, I think I figured out the answers correctly still.I always take pictures for ECs and VCs, even if it's not a requirement; but now, when logging I realized that I didn't take a photo for this one.Answers sent 20.05.2024Kia ora! Paldies! Thanks for the cache, Partic!#10766

Found while visiting your beautiful city! Very nice virtual! Thanks for bringing me here! TFTC Answers sent! Favorite point given!

Catching up on logging virtual caches after visiting Melbourne for a few days for the Grand Prix. As most of my time was dedicated to being at Albert Park, there wasn't a whole lot of time for caching. So with the spare time I had before returning home, I decided to focus on grabbing a bunch of virtuals, including some out in the suburbs utilising a mixture of trams, trains and ubers. I had read previous logs before attending and expected that the restaurant would have their sign over the plaque and that again was the case which made it a little harder to read. Quite the busy intersection too. Answers sent.Thanks for the virtual cache

Visited it during 28-days geotrip to Australia, N.Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Am.Samoa, Fr.Polynesia with Marci, Ch. Sometimes we logged as "MT" or "Jonea" or "MTCh". Thanks for showing nice caches and places. MT-Jonea from Brno city in Czechia EU. FP

Happy to be in Port Melbourne on a great sunny Saturday. TFTC. Visited at 11.35am.

The plan was to attend the [Meet at the Rotunda](https://coord.info/GCAHGNE) and then clear the caches in the surrounding area. However, having spent ages looking for the nearby [Gateway to Australia](https://coord.info/GC9XQ8X) in the 35C heat, I pretty much lost any enthusiasm for the task. So, I just picked up one Trad before heading over to this one. Proved to be very frustrating, as (a) I'd broken my flip-flop, so it took a while to hobble over here, (b) part of the info wasn't available, but I wasn't online, so didn't have the benefit of the previous logs and spent ages looking before quitting, and (c) I then had to hobble all the way back to where I'd started, as that was the most convenient place to travel back to the CBD. Oh well, my jet lag management app told me that I had to get "bright light" this afternoon, so the wandering round wasn't entirely a waste of time... Greetings from the UK, TFT(V)C!

Greetings from Seattle! I am lucky enough to attend the Great Leap Forward Mega-Event in Adelaide with my fellow Lackey and best geo-buddy giacaches, and we hit the road to take the scenic route to get there. We'd been keeping our eyes peeled for Virtual Caches on this trip to help us with a challenge, and I was so glad when we ended up here before finding some tasty pizza and local beer and calling it a day. It was a bit tricky to find what was needed but here we are! Thanks so much for adding to the trip!

Greetings from Seattle! I'm down under for the first time with jtcoffee to attend the Great Leap Forward in Adelaide. While here, we're naturally trying to pack in as much "bonus" adventure as possible, including (but not limited to) the following: Log our find finds in the southern hemisphere Find Lane Cove, Australia's Oldest Experience Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Sydney Drive the Great Ocean Road Visit the Lord of the Rings filming locations in New Zealand Tackle a challenge cache requiring 31 Earthcaches, and 31 Virtuals in 31 days (GC32TBZ and GC32TC2) I think this is our 13th virtual of the trip... woohoo! Answers have been sent by jtcoffee for both of us. Thanks for keeping this in play and contributing to our amazing experience in Australia!

Replies sent by **pestinette**.More complete log to come.

6 months ago, during a frenzy, we said to ourselves "why not going to the mega in Adelaide for the leapday". From scratch we moved on to preparing an 18-day project in Australia. Our objectives are simple, visit a small part of this immense continent while validating a few caches. There are so many caches (impossible to do everything) that we will select. Our plan will allow us to visit Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Mount Gambier and finish in Adelaide for the famous Mega. Thanks for the cache and the discovery of beautiful spots

after a few minutes speaking with the waiter in the Ciao Cielo I suddenly realized what I had missed. TFTV

Information was gathered and has been sent to cache owner.TFTVC

On secondment to Melbourne, Australia, combined with short holidays here and there. Day 24/74, Wednesday. After the working day, I took the tram to the Port Melbourne area and spent a nice evening there, walking and geocaching there. This was a fun virtual cache. I sent my answers to the CO. Thank you for the cache and greetings from Vaasa, Finland! Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

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I was puzzled here for a while before realizing that the nearby business had put their sign over the marker. Thanks for the virtual.

Find 3210Love these interesting and historical facts about our past.Would have been a pretty rough time around here in Port Melbourne.Sent CO the answers.Thanks Partic for keeping your caches alive.

Heute mit der AIDAsol in Melbourne / Australien angelegt.Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Zeit zum spazieren und cachen. Dabei haben wir diesen Cache gesucht und gefunden.Ein sehr interessanter Ort.DANKE fr den Cache # 10.935 und viele Gre aus Deutschland - NRW - Bergisches Land vontria007Docked today with the AIDAsol in Melbourne / Australien.Today we had all day to walk and cache.We searched for this cache and found it.A very interesting place.THANK YOU for the cache # 10.935 and many greetings from Germany - NRW - Bergisches Land fromtria007

Fun find!

An entertaining find! Dont forget to look for the signs!

No power today so clearing out my phone photos and found some photos of unlogged caches .. there is a positive side of power outages. Answers were sent to the CO. I was fortunate to get a carpark nearby in this busy area too. Thanks partic for the virtual.

Found during a sunny walk in MCheck!

Found with 2beez on our day trip to port Melbourne 2beez sent answers Tftc

TFTC great little history lesson. Found with 2As

Thanks for creating a great little virtual and a little more educational experience for this area, thanks again, answers sent

Forgot to submit the log for this one whilst on a trip over to Vic.Thanks for the virtual.

This is a great idea making a series of virtual caches to highlight these memorial sites. We had to remove an advertising board the cafe had placed over the plaque, once uncovered the answers revealed themselves. Thanks for this concept and cache Partic

Parked the car nearby and walked to the GZ, even at 6am it is was busy here, got the answers and have sent them to the CO. Nice and quick, back in the hire car and to some more caches.

I always love Virtuals caches and with them being a bit rarer I try to seek them out whenever I can. However, with this one actually being so close to home, I think I got a bit complacent in finding it.Well the other day I noticed that I had gotten up to 97 Virtual finds and with the 100 milestone now within grasp, I decided to put a bit more effort into finally trying to complete this one.The area was fairly busy with muggles coming and going into the nearby establishment. When I arrived, it actually took me a bit to spot the memory marker, as the nearby business put an advertising sign on top of the marker. However, I was still able to gather the information. Such as shame to see them cover this maker, they probably didn't he know what they were covering.*Such a shame...*Anyways, I enjoyed reading up about the history here, amazing to be able to find another one of these **X marks the spot!** markers.A big thanks goes to [Partic](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=8fbeda24-8670-4f40-88d9-1a481e5e2631&wid=22a1d800-b39c-438c-87b9-313e3718e49c&ds=2) for another fun Virtual. TFTC.

Catching up on logging as I have found a few messages saying my answers have been correct for Virtuals and EarthCaches that I had forgotten about. I enjoyed coming here and reading the plaque. I wonder how many locals know the history of this spot. TFTC and for bringing us here Partic.

During a workbreak I did a walk to see the sea. Off course to do some caches. TFTC

In town today for a concert, so searched out a few caches afterwards.
The memory marker wasn't obvious at first, as the adjacent business had placed their footpath sign over it.
Once spotted, the necessary information was collected.
TFTC and this interesting history snippet Partic ??

Find # 13011

Found with sharkiefan.

After a big day yesterday we headed out east again, from Werribee that is. (And I'm very grateful that sharkiefan let me drag her out and about 2 days in a row to help me tick off more LGAs)

Today I managed to tick off, (and this list is in order) Kingston, Frankston, Greater Dandenong, Glen Eira, Bayside, Maroondah and Port Phillip. Finslly completing all LGAs in greater Melbourne area.
Yep a big trip indeed, for both of us.

Last cache for the day/night.

The streets were a little busy so I walked up from the "Spread the love" cache. After gathering the info I headed back.
Interesting little piece of Melbourne's history.
Thanks for highlighting the area and information.

TFTC Partic

We were lucky to find a car spot right outside the location, then spent about 10 minutes walking around trying to find the plaque. Found it eventually, hidden by a local sign.

A fun and amusing Virtual. Thank you Partic.

Answers submitted to CO.

Such an interesting marker. I would have missed it on a good day, as it was covered by a restaurant sign. This is the second time I've come here, as I missed it the first night (it was dark). TFTC

Found it way to easy to find step

A very interesting Virtual. The answer to the last question made me laugh.

Found on 1/6/23


My first ever Geocache and gave me some great info about my new suburb!

An awesome geocache, which gets a Favourites Point.
TFTC.

Nice fun cache. I think l’ll have a beer: David and Steve

Find 13 of 26 along with 5 DNFs on a 40km bike ride from the CBD to Docklands, Port Melbourne, St Kilda and Elsternwick before mixing it with rush hour traffic back to the CBD.

After a record-beatingly bad lunch at Mr Hobson nearby (seriously, not good) we continued on here. Answers to follow.

TFTC Partic!

After dropping one of my kids at work experience in South Melbourne, I went caching around the area until it was time to pick her up again. I had my middle daughter with me.

We stopped by here whilst looking for a place to grab a snack to eat. Unfortunately the establishment here was closed. Nice place though. We went over to the plaque and gathered all the relevant information and sent our answers to the CO.

Thank you for the cache here Partic

Answers sent
Thanks for the cache

A day of going to the airport but before hand a brunch and a few important caches.

Thank you for the cache to add to the day

Driving by on the way home and had to swing by to get one of the last caches close to home. TFTC and the funny bit of history about those enjoying a coupla couplas

We are spending the day in Port Melbourne with my sister. A beautiful day spent having fish and chips on the beach.
A quick detour to find the marker here. How cool
TFTV.
Answers sent.

Aboard the cruise ship Grand Princess. Had a little time so we went geocaching. This cache location is only 8,946 miles from our home in Texas. We had fun finding the answers which we e-mailed to the CO. Thanks for bringing us here.

We were on a cruise ship docked nearby. Was a fun cache. Thank you

I was on a cruise around New Zealand and Australia on the Noordam with my sister, Piney Wood Walkers, my brother, Cloiud9Hikers, and their spouses. We were in Melbourne today. Greetings from Minnesota, USA.

I passed by here on my way back to the ship. Thanks for pointing these markers out. Saw another one closer to the ship.

Tftc! Interesting story

We are enjoying a vacation in Australia after having just been in New Zealand. What wonderfully beautiful countries to explore. We had some time to explore Port Melbourne and decided to take a walk around, enjoy the city, have some treats at the cafe and find this cache. What a lovely little city. We loved seeing all of the shops. We have sent our answers to this geocache.

Thank you for creating this cache for us to find. We enjoyed our time here.

Thank you for placing and maintaining this geocache for all of us to try to find. We appreciate it.

Greetings from Wisconsin U.S.A.!

This morning I took the 109 tram to Port Melbourne and walked here from there. I can't really imagine this memory, because the activity could easily have been stopped by the officials. But the idea is funny.

On a holiday from Brisbane and I left my husband at Graham st pub while I went to find this virtual . What a great idea to have these memories around and i would never have noticed if it was not for this cache. Thanks for taking me here and for this interesting memory . I will have to keep my eyes out for more.

Curious concept this plaque creates an interesting location. Found the information on a short drive from the holiday apartment and sent answers. Thanks for an the virtual cache Partic.

And interesting stop while out for a walk this morning. Thanks for the geocache.

Answers sent to co. Really enjoyed doing this virtual, whenever we visit Victoria the cache gods seem to frown upon us, was very to find something we could achieve TFTC

Wanted to find a cache today to tick off another day on our "Finds by found date" calendar. N picked this one up on the way home from work.

Well I am finally out of Whittlesea and on the road to Melbourne and surrounding counties. Checking to see what fun caches I can do and what LGA’s I am still needing to fill in. I have no set plans for the moment just whatever I see along the way. Well I guess I really want to finish of collecting those virtuals.

I just saw this Virtual and thought that looks fun, oh hang on there are a few of these ones getting around. This was fun and interesting, it did not take long to get the answers and a bit of a look around to understand what it was all about. Some good and fun history facts, thanks for bringing me here today.

Whittlesea Mega trip Day 1.
Today I am heading to Whittlesea for the Mega grabbing some caches along. I pick up 6 today.
Thank you for the cache.

Day 2
Today I caching with The Green Geckos and Muggle65 we had lots of fun.
My total finds count was 28 cache with 4 waypoints. The breakdown is 10 mystery, 5 traditional, 2 letterbox, 2 virtual, earthcache, 2 multi, and 4 adventure labs waypoints.
Today I completed a traditional loop and my 11 loop. Yippee ???? ??
Thank you CO for the placement and maintenance you do. Lot of these caches help me finishing other challenges.

Day 3,
Melbourne today with a few old virtual and challenge caches as target.
The Green Geckos and Muggle65 join me again today for lots of laughter and caching.
I found 23 today.

Day 4,
Mega day today. In morning with The Green Geckos and Muggle65 and I hit the challenge series. With 27 finds and a DNF. But of course 17 I don’t qualify for 17 ?? Plus about 40 waypoints from different Adventure labs.
Over all I got 68 finds today. The breakdown was the Mega, Community Celebration, Cito, Letterbox, 2 multi, 2 virtual, 2 earthcache, 9 traditional and 10 mystery.

I had lots of fun today.

Sorry for the generic log
Thanks Brislions

The Green Geckos, Brislions & I are here for the Mega & to ? off a number of virtuals while in town. This cache outlines some interesting local knowledge and is fascinating.????
Answers already send to the CO.
Thanks Partic for creating this cache.

Muggle65, Brislions and l are on a big road trip. We have a very select list of caches to stop at as time is always too short. Another great memory plaque. Thank you for the fun

I think I'm going to enjoy the MMM series, thanks Partic. The information sought was being used by a local establishment to hold their sign in place (just in case you are looking!)

Find 675 for the tribe

Wandering about Port Melbourne which is filled with Cavoodles, coffee and caches, as it turns out!

Located the memory under an A frame for a local shop selling beverages, which is somewhat appropriate.

Answers sent to the CO.

I wonder what those in the lock up would think of the nearby pooch parking?!

TFTVC, the tribes third cache in Victoria

Found this neat marker while out and about. Cool. I'll have to find the other 27 markers now, too! Answers sent. TFTC from Tennessee, USA

Thanks for the great virtual, i would never have noticed this little gem of history if you hadnt pointed it out. This highlights an absolute cracker of a memory of everyday life from a different time. Imagine doing that these days! Sometimes i despair that society has become far too serious.

Found with LukeSitema just before heading off to Tassie on the boat! Thanks for the cache!

Found with mum and dad

11:54, 21 July, 2022. #533.

Another run of late logging of caches for me. Someone nags me about it, but that usually doesn't motivate me much. RGSBruce drove me to an appointment in Port Melbourne on this day, so we decided to find a cache or two in the area while we were here.

Answers for both of us sent by RGSBruce (who is much more diligent about writing his logs than I am) on 21 July 2022.

TFTVC Partic.

11:54, 21 July, 2022. #1816.

HerIndoorsOutdoors had an appointment in Port Melbourne today. As we very rarely get to visit here we decided to find a cache or two.

This was an interesting snippet of local history which neither of us would have ever found out about if not for your virtual.

TFTVC Partic.

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The call went out who wanted to go caching tonight. Four of us answered the call. Sims_family was our chauffeur in the Ginga Ninja and Ausfox; and Donutholes completed the team.

The aim was to complete a few Adventure Labs and pick up any interesting or nearby caches in a trip that went from Williamstown to Mordialloc and back again.

We are suckers for a Virtual Cache and as we were nearby, we made the slight detour and picked up the required information.

When we were younger we often came to Bay St to buy fish n chips to eat while watching the bay.

Love this part of Melbourne.

Thank you for this Virtual cache Partic.

Out and about caching with the gang on a very chilli Tuesday night. I have never been to this area before and I will have to come back during the day to take it all in.

Thank you for the cache!

Having a nice day out getting a few virtuals for a challenge. What an interesting story!

Answers have been sent off. The plaque was overlooked for a while as it was hidden behind a moveable advertising billboard. I wasn't aware of these ,markers so will keep my eye out for them when ever I am in Melbourne.

I had NO idea we had these markers around so thank you for sharing and opening up my eyes haha

The answers have been forwarded, The placque was hard to read but still very interesting

Nice little spot here. Was a simple cache to answer!

The minute a building is knocked down I found it hard to remember what was there. Port Melbourne has been nice for a while now - it’s worth preserving these memories of what came before. Thanks Partic

These artworks were cute. Had trouble finding this one - one wonders why when I finally spotted it. After that, I saw quite a few. Funny stories.

Anyway, it was so exhausting looking for this that I had to retire to the fish and chip shop up the road and buy some potato cakes to aid recovery. Took them down to the beach where I dog crapped in the water in front of me and the owner pretended not to see. I told her to clean it up but she abused me and yelled, “It’s Good Friday”. Wasn’t aware that Good Friday was a traditional day of dog crapping.

Back in Melbourne and today had the day off to do some caching with Firesafe. First on the list and we noted the answers and sent these onto the CO. TFT Virtual

Today i had a mission to find 13 Virtuals in one day.

11 of 13.

I made short work of today's challenge by parking at the tennis centre and e-scootering my around the city before they all get banned for good. Damn nanny state. Ha.

Even scored a souvenir hiding in the bushes out the back.

I never knew these boxes existed. Thanks for showing me this one.

Answers submitted

These Xs are very subtle; you almost need coordinates to find them. The text on this plaque is getting a bit hard to read, so do this virtual now!

An interesting glimpse in to the past here; I can’t say I’m all that surprised.

Thank you for this Virtual and series Partic.

So so interesting to read the memory...and others that are around. Thanks so much for this cache...learning all the time!

It was a beating Saturday morning and I was on my bike to Port Melbourne on a caching Adventure. Stopped by this cache on the return trip. Answers sent to CO. TFTC

Had a day in Melbourne so I picked out some special caches I had my eye on. This particular one was brought to my attention by my partner dalerious as it was one of his favourites. Had so much luck collecting the information needed, only needing two drive by's and quick exits.
Thank you Partic for such an interesting subject for a virtual .

PrezDough and I were out and about here grabbing a few caches and we came across this one.
We used to live not far from this virtual and I remember reading the history associated with the building.
So it was a nice trip returning to see the place again and also to get a cache.
I think the local male dogs also love the memory….
TFTC.

Enjoyed learning some of the local history while caching in the area. Answers sent. TFTC

Nice history lesson of the area. TFTC

A lovely little stroll around South Melbourne.

I AM GUR

A nice evening stroll along the local strip soon brought us to this spot (although we did obliviously walk straight past it at first oops). Thanks to Partic for helping us discover our first part of this memory series

Logged with permission of the CO.

We have recently moved into the area of Port Melbourne and decided to spend NYE looking for some of the caches in the area. I remember attempting some of this series years ago; so was good to get back to it and see if we can tick off one more of them. This one was easily located and answers obtained. Thanks for bringing us this very interesting tidbit about local history.

** Logged with Permission **

Found this nice virtual while on a layover on my way back to Germany Thanks!

ACF IZ

Emailed the answers through!
Thanks for the history lesson.
TFTC

Thanks for the cache! Found a little while back on a lock down hour of exercise. An interesting and fun little cache