(sweet 16) BHP Clarinda, Victoria, Australia
By xf king on 19-Feb-05. Waypoint GCMVWM

Cache has been removed and archived. Somebody left the clip lid undone and some water has entered the cache. It may return as a traditional non series cache in the future. Thanks to all that have found the cache.

Matt B

Unfortunately due to many circumstances I will be disabling all my caches. My work and other committments have not given me the time to check on or maintain my caches neither has it allowed me to complete any caches.

It does not mean I have quit caching all together. I will still do a few from time to time..

Sorry if this inconvieniances anyone. If anybody would like to take over the cache please email me at [email protected]

Yours
Matt B

Found with Team Rubik at night an easy find would have been quicker if Rubik didn’t spend so long at wp1 writing down all the phone numbers tftc no swaps made

I was here quite late at night with Silver Dice and we found the cache without hassle. The platform sure is popular with texta pens.

Cheers,

R - B

Found 200709161218 . This is another one of those caches that has been on my radar many times but for some reason it was always just a little bit out of the way. With Facitman and s-Facit a short, albeit rather windy, walk was enjoyed to GZ where the partly uncovered cache was easily found

TNLN

Cheers XF King

Found by Facitman and s-facit with Rhinogeo at 12:18
First cache of the day, walked the path as instructed and after collecting the required information we found the cache easily as it was a bit exposed. Wrote the log, grabbed the code and re hid with a bit more cover.

TNLN
Thanks xf king

Had to kill 30mins waiting in the area, so decided to grab a cache or two. This was a lovely walk around the park.

Thanks

Luck Dogs Crew

Another one that I have missed in my comings and goings. Managed to calculate GZ without leaving the car but then found that I'd made a small mistake in my arithmetic which lengthened our walk by a couple of hundred metres. After sorting that out the cache was soon found. Left a practice golf ball.
Thanks.

This was our current "closest to home not found". Dropped by for an evening walk and found quickly. Top of contain was exposed, but all is fine in the cache (just a little bit damp). TFTC

A strict following of instructions ensured that I would not go wrong though a maths error forced a recalculation and the correct GZ. Gathered clue and retraced my steps. Thanks XF King.

Log transfer from previous account (littlehuge), original log text when found was:
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Found @ 2.35pm, slightly exposed once we laid eyes on it but still quite well hidden. SL TFTC

T: Japanese doll
L: Bendy souvenir pen

Found @ 2.35pm, slightly exposed once we laid eyes on it but still quite well hidden. SL TFTC

T: Japanese doll
L: Bendy souvenir pen

Found at 2:45pm after following directions and clues. Cache lid was fully exposed and we see it as a miracle that it hadn't yet been plundered - especially considering the bright objects contained within it! TNLN and SL. Re-covered cache, but the wind will no doubt uncover the lid again over time. The hiding place just doesn't seem to be deep enough to prevent this from happening. Thankyou for your third 'sweet16' cache that we have found today.

A nice quick easy find in the company of The Swaggies .
After a little bit of leg & brainwork we set off to GZ to find a slightly exposed cache lid
we made our exchanges signed the log Then rehid the cache hopefully with a bit more cover!!
It was a pretty windy afternoon !
Out Lizard
In Bangle
TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

A very windy afternoon saw us start this cache with LIVERPOOLRED. The required maths were completed and off we headed for a quick find with LIVERPOOLRED1 making the discovery.
Logged at 1515 hrs.
In Mondo
Out purple ball
TFTC xf king.

Sorry for the delay guys. I have been so busy in the past 2 weeks. Anyhows.. Cache is back in action.. Good luck guys.

On the way home from a game of golf nearby, I stopped in for this one. I found it (at 16:45), but unfortunately it was in the branches of a broken tree near GZ.

Some of the contents, including the log book, were strewn around the general area. I repacked it and signed the log, but I couldn't find an obvious hiding spot, although this could have been because my cache notes were dated 26/03/2005 and pre-date the new co-ordinates .

I have placed it in an entirely different location and advised xf king. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience. Hopefully it will be reset soon as this was another nice park.

TNLNSL, noted clue. Thanks xf king.

Cache has been muggled. Will reapir shortly.. Thanks to Eudes for putting cache in a safer location..

My last Sweet 16 cache! I've been doing this series for the last 18 months or so. Now I have all the information for the final cache. TNLN. Thanks XF King.

Cache container replaced and placed back in same position.

Came by today and picked up the cache for cache maintainance. I will clean out cache at home, and give the cache a new residence before I reutrn..

Matt B

XF KING>

Sore so didn't look properly
found tyre in water

My first find in Melbourne. The cache is as reported damp, and the current rain won't have helped. Big puddles in the park. Got the clue and now going to find out where to apply it.

TNLNSL

A much nicer day today! Found the small container without much trouble. Log is still damp but not too bad. Took snake, left pencil sharpener. Did remember the clue! Thanks xf king.

Nice easy find on a VERY windy day. 2 mini-muggles kicking a footy at the start of the walk (I parked in the wrong car park to start with) but I quickly had the place to myself. Found cache quickly, log book is a bit damp and I forgot to get the number off the lid [:|].
TNLNSL. TFTC!

Ist of 4 today on the way to McCrae Yacht Club for the winter sailing series. TNLNSL

Found @ 2:44pm, 2nd of 7 Sweet 16 caches for the afternoon. Miscalculated the coords of GZ at first, then after rechecking headed off to GZ, but had to wait for some kids to head off so I could claim the cache.

Found it! Another cold Melbourne day and didn't get to enjoy the park that much because of rain. Left a helicopter took a gold heart.

Found this with toholio a couple of months back. Sorry for taking so long to log the find!

A nice easy find located with the help of theadi. Thanks.

This object appears to be a popular meeting place. Nice find. Thanks xf king.
TNLN

Easy once I got the Math sorted. TNLN

Entered from wrong side of car park. Worked out clues and with the aide of the hint it was an easy find. Took 2 tees left blue marker top.

Cache 3 of 10 for the day. Found with hamishm.
As Hamish said, no worries once the maths was right.
TNLN. Thanks.

Found today along with TeamTuba. Our #3 of 10 for the day, attempting to finish the Sweet16 series.

Found easily once we got the maths right.

While searching two policeman came up to us. They weren't too interested in what we were doing, but wondered if we had seen anyone named Lindsay who was looking suicidal. How odd. Certainly the most eventful find of the day.

We found the cache to be a bit damp. We emptied out a bit of water as best we could.

TNLN. Thanks.

I could not resist this as I was heading home after the Christmas BBQ Event cache. As I parked the car I spied K from Oenze sitting in another car nearby.No guessing where Oenze and GeoDano would be. As I hurried up the path I met them on their way back and they assured me that I would not have any trouble finding GZ. (My Ice-cream was waiting) I promise a longer chat next time fellas. Thanks to XF King as well.

TNLNSL

Found 12:20, a nice easy find before we joined the gang for the Vic Christmas BBQ.

TNLN, thanks xf king.

found it at 4pm with oenze. took australian mondo dool left car SL. this was the 4th of 5 for the day.

Found at 4:00pm Accompanied by GeoDano.
4th of five on the day of the Christmas BBQ Event.
On the way back after finding the cache we bumped into Barcoder who was in a hurry to find the cache because she had a ice cream slowly melting in the car.
In:-Car, Out:-Ausie Mondo Doll, Signed Log.
Thanks XF King...

First of the Day - nice pleasant walk and a good hide. TNLN

Found by Bob at 16:50

I don't seem to have much luck with this spot - 1st time I was here I got confused over the cache notes and thought I was doing 'Botanical', and today I stuffed up the maths and ended up with a GZ which was back near the park entrance. Luckily, there were some muggles where I wanted to search and, while waiting for them to move, I rechecked my calculations and discovered the error.

After that, it was back over ground I had already covered, and on to the cache. The lid was off the container, and a family of earwigs had taken up residence so, after evicting them and doing my business, I ensured the lid was firmly replaced. The logbook and contents were ok, but it may be a bit full. I thought the park itself was a bit of a sad affair - although I guess the name is appropriate (I also grok the cache name too ).

TNLN

Thanks xfking

our 200 th cache with farmer karli finding the goods.a great very large park not a bhp industrial plant we were expecting.tnln thanksxf king

Another Sweet 16 cache bites the dust. I was a bit dubious about taking off to find this one as it was getting a bit late in the evening, However I had no problem locating the cache when I arrived. Sweet 16 number recorded. No swaps exchanged, Thanks for the cache xfKing

Checked on this cache again. Glad to report that the cache is still there, but the item in the clue was moved, I have placed it back wher eit was but I believe it will not stay so I have ammeded the clue to hopefully make it a easier search. Good luck. Matty B.

this one elduded us.

we found the item listed in the clue, but no cache.

11.45am
Found by Roma and Max.
Another lovely park, although by the earthworks taking place there are some more improvements on the way. We were confused by the hint for a while!
We took a Purple Bangle and left a Mondo Figurine.
Thanks once more xf king,
from Romax.

After recieving an email that this cache may have been uggled I paniced and checked it right after work today. Although some things have changed a little since I last visited the area the cache is still in place and clean.

Mother Hen tried this one with the chicks but was unable to find. The clue was decoded, but unfortunately it didn't seem to correspond with the coords which mother hen had calculated. Hopefully we have just made a mistake & this one hasn't been muggled already?

Found with SatyricTim at 12:45. Lovely park, I'll have to visit this spot again. The cache was MUCH easier to find in the day time!

Found with sarahg on a post-lunch escape. Trying to burn off the calories of a nice noodle curry cound be fruitless, but the walking should be getting me fitter!

Found at 3:20pm after a nice walk and avoiding a number of muggles walking dogs.
took N
left Harry Potter card
thanks xf king

I set off after work to find this cache; by bike at 5:30pm, having no idea where the park was and not having checked any maps.

My GPS got me to the park after some wrong turns and discovering that Clayton has a water basin thingie that says "no public access".

Sadly I got to GZ after dark (dang winter daylight hours!) and couldn't see well enough to continue. The park looks good though; I wasn't expecting such a big park to be so nearby and completely unknown to me! Or maybe it just looks big at night

I'll definitely call back in during daylight hours some time soon.

THIS LOCATION REMINDED MOM OF MANY HOURS SPENT MANING CHECKPOINTS FOR CROSSCOUNTRY RUNNING . NOT KNOWING OF A CACHE HIDDEN BELOW . LOVELY TO ROLLDOWN THE HILL . TOOK KEYRING LEFT KOSHBOLL

Great park - have to bring the dog here next time. Both Waypoints were spot on, that did not mean I found it quickly. I saw the site and was sure I knew where is was - close, but no banana! Found it just before it got dark.
TNLN (but the clue)
Thanks, Robmc.

First of 4 Sweet sixteen caches for the day and one of eight out of nine finds for the day. Nice park. Pretty quiet while I was there.
Took creature, left bracelet.
Thanks xf king

We had fun avoiding the puddles after the heavy rain as we approached the clue. We found quickly after looking in an obvious spot.

took marble, left battery

Found it at last! (Third time lucky.)13:20
I decrypted the new clue before I arrived and realised I had already looked there but not closely enough since it was so far from the calculated GZ. The new coordinates seemed spot on.
Took Duck and replaced with Fly.

Thanks.

Adjusted Wp 1 and Final Wp. This should be more accurate now.. Sorry for the inconvenience guys.

Matty B

With a few people complaing about the final GZ. I came by tonight to check out the final co ords. According to my GPS it had stuck me only 5 metres from GZ.

I have taken another reading and I will return next weekend to see how far GZ seems to move around. But for now, I have adjusted the clue if you do end up stuck in the middle of a field or who knows where else.

Found with Shimachic.

Wandered about the park for a bit waiting for some muggles on bikes to move away. Looked around without any luck, then found it just as we were about to give up.

First of 20 finds for the day at 0940. I gathered the required information and headed off to GZ, which was in a large grassed area! From bitter experience, I always recheck my maths before setting off, but I sat down and had another check anyway--my calculations had been correct. Hmmmmm! I read the logs and found that others had had problems with the coordinates, so I decrypted the hint and started looking in the indicated places. I found the cache 17m away from my GZ. [B)] I noted the 'Sweet 16' clue, but didn't have anything small enough to trade, so I made no exchange. Thanks for the cache.

This sure was along way from home.
Got back to car and remembered that I had forgot to get the number, that’s an oxymoron.
Thanks.

Despite the clue, we still had trouble finding it. Our only excuse is that it has been a long time since we last geocached. A nice little park. Thanks xf king.

Mr.Coffee and the Clan found this cache today.
Once we had all the clues we set off in search of the cache. At the GZ we were experiencing difficulty with the GPS readings and I decided to go back to the car and get new batteries. After driving to a closer location to walk back I was met by Shelby who while I was gone found and logged the cache.
TNLN.
Thanks again XF King a few more to go. Regards Mr.Coffee and the Coffee Clan.

Found this one after we had the whole team searchig for this one along with Uncle Sponge Chef, we to found the GZ put us a fair way away. It was eldest apprentice chef who made the find. Took crocodile left keyring and recipes

Thanks XF King

Found at 3:25pm. Thirtyfirst cache of 56 on our quest to claim the Most Cache Finds in Australia in One Day.

After a find on the last Xfking multi, we were a little less tentative on this one but after spending around 10 plus minutes at GZ, even with using the clue we could not find the cache. As a last resort we called Xfking and described the area which was confirmed and so we widened the search. The cache was soon picked up in the same area but quite a few metres north.

Thanks Xfking from D,S & H B-A. No swaps.

Time Elapsed since First Cache - 8 Hours 45 Minutes.

Found by sbalogh53 at 11:20 on 9/3/2005.
The calculated GZ was about 13m away from the actual cache location. Searched for about 20 minutes in the wrong place before widening my search. Found soon after.
Took: Marble and Golf Tee
Put: Toy alligator

Found by caughtatwork at 11:00
Found the waypoints nice and easy on this very warm Autumn morning.
Plugging in the new numbers placed the cache a suitable stroll away so off I went.
I located the cache a few minutes later after the GPSr tried to lead me around in circles. I let it settle and it said over 'there'.
Bingo!
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks xf king. As I was driving to the cache site I recognised the reference in the name, so even happier today.

There weren't too many clues in this cache to muck up, but we still managed to get an answer that was 25 meters out. There was just one area that we thought that it could be in, but it was still large enough to warrant a look at the hint. Found the cache at 6.25pm tn/ln. Thanks xf king

Found by Mary & David at 1650. Ah! The perils of an early print of the cache page. Like our predecessors here, we hunted quite a while at what turned out to be the wrong place. Luckily, the Juzmac hotline revealed the existence of the updated formula, so we hastened over to the revised GZ. Even then, it still took a while, and when the cache was finally found, our GPSr was convinced it was really 17m away. Took fridge magnet, left an Australian key ring. Our thanks to xf king.

Found today on my second attempt, this time armed with the new calculations (and hence new GZ). There were no muggles around whilst looking for the cache, but they proved a bit of a problem when replacing it. No swap was made, just a log entry.

Then came a procession of dog walkers, cyclists, joggers and walkers - as soon as one had past, the next came along. Luckily, there was a bit of a break after about 5 minutes and I quickly returned the cache to its hiding spot. Thanks for the cache.

Found at 12:30am.After contacting xf king after our first no find. We took off again with the correct coordinates and full of confidence. The GPSr had us slightly off for a while. Took about 20mins to find only to discover that Alan-San had beaten us to it having also returned with the corrected coordinates. It took us a little while to realise what the BHP meant.
TNLN
Thanks xf king.

I tried to find this one but after a few months of not caching I think the GPSr has forgetten how to work. The final GZ was very vague and was me leading me around in an area somewhere +/-25m. Even after speading out further and using the clue I came away after 90 to 120mins of searching unsuccessfull. I may have to try later on. I'm assuming I got the coordinate right as the counting and math are pretty simple. Next time...

[This entry was edited by Alan-san on Monday, February 21, 2005 at 4:05:07 AM.]

Found the right starting coordinates and took off looking for the clues. With these collected and with what we thought was simple maths we were off to GZ. Unfortunately this is where our luck run out. Searched for about 20mins exhausting all the obvious hiding places, we then deciphered the clue. Broadened our search area out approx 25m but still nothing. We could see someone else had been scratching around earlier and were keen to get home to see if they had found it. Unfortunately they had the same luck as us. We will return.

Fixed up the final wp problem. I must have fallen asleep yesterday while making the calculations. I got this wrong and the waterways wp wrong.. Chancged 198 to 99.. Sorry to all who claimed a DNF.

Matty

Like Alan-san, I looked around for quite some time, decrypted the clue, and kept looking. Admittedly, it was dark, but I checked all the possible locations within a reasonable distance. Still no luck. I shall return.

As soon as I logged the cache, I noticed that Team Crackers had logged a DNF, as well as a correction by xf_king. I shall return (with the corrected co-ordinates).

Second time lucky - now with corrected maths and a torch. It was much easier to find when looking in the right location. Even so I still had a bit of an adventure. When I got to about 10m away I put down the geobag and went in searching. When I came back for the bag I found one of those big brown spiders (huntsman) trying make a claim on the bag... with one quick flick, I showed him who boss! Matt is right this is a good area to visit, although without the graffiti it would be better. A night time visit under moonlight reveals a peaceful park.

Swapped a clamp out for a parrot fridge magnet. Thanks XF King (Matt).