Bird Sculpture 2 Hastings, Victoria, Australia
By piggysue on 27-Feb-05. Waypoint GCMYCJ

As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it's been a number of months since the last owner note. I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it. Should you replace the cache after 30 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

As per my previous request, no action.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. If you require more time please be sure to post a note (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the page and post a note every month or so to keep everyone up to date.
[size=1][beige]#28fe8052dfc35b99a92662b1c65abb2b[/beige][/size]

The reports previously indicate that the cache was out in the open, the log book was in poor repair, and I have requested the CO check on it's location. No action, so I'm assuming the CO is not going to maintain. I recommend that it be archived to free the area up for another cache placement. Thanks

Couldn't find it think its gone

I am of the opinion this one has gone. Can CO check, thanks.

Did the calcs, did the search, came up with nothing.

A walk around Hastings today was well worth it. Although I must admit looking at the clue for the first bird... people, it is not a duck.. (are we just stupid?). Then we were a little worried after projecting the waypoint, because I'd been a bit lazy with getting due south. Spotted it from the path, so covered it better when we left. Thanks for an enjoyable multi.

After yelling at my gps after solving the location i walk down to the angler club to meet my family and consulted my phone surprised it was close by running to the location i found it easy, was a bit worried thought when i saw a few lighters but picked them up and put them in the bin, cache does need a new log book and container, but all up i had a lot of fun TFTC and for the judgmental looks from muggles.

Easy find once we had the co-ords. We could see it from the track. So put it further into its spot on the way out. Also log is in major need of replacement. We managed to find a sheet that wasnt black to write on. tftc

Log is black from mould. Really needs replacing. Thanks.

Great puzzle. Had difficulty at first but we eventually found it after some thinking. TFTC piggysue.

Getting The Hang of doing this

out with taz-bud
easy find tftc

easy find
tftc

SL

Loved the arty farty stuff. Cache had me in circles a bit, before I took flight. It was almost 2m before my face hit the ground. Already plenty of comments of the paper mache inside box. tftn

Not having visited the Mornington Peninsula before we were excited when Phetlern suggested a caching day in this locality. We made an early start and caught the 7am ferry and booked our return on the 7pm ferry. If little is achieved without enthusiasm - we were not going to fall into that category. We had our list organized (most of them walenators caches) and came prepared to do as many of the Welcome to and Jack Speak caches as we could. The weather was not too kind but again enthusiasm did not wane and we ventured into the rain. Luckily several of the caches were under trees. The afternoon saw the sun shining down on our activities. What a beautiful area this is to cache in. Thanks piggysue for this nice multi (new log book needed).

The logbook is in bits, mouldy, and may present a health hazard for us delicate asthmatics

Wandered about a very quiet Hastings to gather the clues, and then was caught in a fisherman's headlights as I crept to GZ before turning on my headlamp.

The cache was a bit damp, but I was able to sign the moldy logbook. TFTC

Wandered about a very quiet Hastings to gather the clues, and then was caught in a fisherman's headlights as I crept to GZ before turning on my headlamp.

The cache was a bit damp, but I was about to sign the moldy logbook. TFTC

Maybe another time

Found @0855 #1042
Today myself and good mate ahomburg decided that it was ideal for tackling the Jack Speaks power trail. Having solved all the puzzles a few weeks back it was now just a matter of picking them up. On the way down to the start of this trail this was one cache which we picked up along the way.

Gathered the clues at WP1 but guessed incorrectly on the bird name but thanks to the hint we were soon at WP2. From this point we forgot to read the complete description which had us searching in a spot where there was nothing. This error was soon realised and with some further reading and walking were soon at GZ for a quick find. The cache was visible on approach but log was dry. Signed and return to its spot in the same condition in which it was found. A nice multi with a twist, nice...

TFTC piggysue

30.12.2011 08:58
Find # 1288

Well, an early start to the day for me and my caching partner in crime sedgwickdave. I was to pick up Dave at 7.30AM and we would then head towards the Mornington Peninsula with the principal aim of finding the Jack Speak series of Puzzle caches by walenators. We also hoped to pick up some extras on the way.

This was our first cache for the day and the numbers were not as easy as they seemed to work out, but we got there in the end after first searching in a spot nowhere near the cache then using the hint to re-work the puzzle and find the proper GZ.

Thanks to piggysue for the cache. TNLN.

After our FTF success today, EB99 worked this out while I chatted.
Almost a quick drive by was then achieved.
The log was very very wet
Thanks for the cache

This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5:57:48 AM UTC.

This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5:57:57 AM UTC.

Our third outing to find this! Yay, our nemesis is gone! We had some compass issues - the hunt was fun but not as accurate as it could have been we think! Thanks for the challenge though - very wet note pad!

As with previous logs, maintenance is required as the log is soaked. Didn't have any spare log material with me today so signed existing paperwork as best I could.

cache has been vandalised and is need of urgent repair please attend ASAP

found it but could not sign log because it was soaked and spread everywhere
have reassembled cache as best possible but is in need of urgent repair TFTC

The longest cache of the day, but the weather was good and the walk was needed after lunch. Thank you.

It took some walking only to discover we could have saved a little time!

Found eventually with midaho and mightymidget! TFTC!!

2011-07-09 13:27 Worked out the coords for GZ without any trouble but when arriving I found the contents including the notebook strewn out all over the place. Put the cache back together as best I could and had to make a quick dash out as muggles were near by. Lucky the log book was dry so this must have only just happened. Piggysue it may pay to check that it is as you intended.

A nice location, and a good way to see the marina. It was little windy today, but nice and sunny. I wandered around the area after completing another nearby cache. Thanks for the cache.

This is a really fun cache that I did with my parents TFTC SL TNLN!!! (Didn't have a pen so we left a plastool business card.)

This entry was edited by moss123 on Wednesday, 06 July 2011 at 08:49:15 UTC.

This is my first cache. Really good,Cool puzzles.Thank you.

found today after the Australia day celerbrations on Hastings foreshore. great fun staying undercover with so many people around. solved all the clues then moved on to the Gz. A good walk with the kids and soon cache was in hand. A great cache with good clues and a nice walk aound this part of our little town.TFTC.

Visited today after using the cheaty hint, makes it quite easy! 2:30 pm

TFTC

TNLNSL

Found at approx 11:45 in the company of coley_babee with RogWat observing.

On a Hastings area visit to Rog's neck of the woods, we came a found this cache, but used the hint as it seemed easiest.

Thanks piggysue for this cache.

great find. kids loved working out all the clues. thanks

I also had to resort to the hint here, I couldn't work out the second lot of birds
Easy find once at the right spot, had to pour out the water in the cache and whilst the logbook looks dry it felt slightly damp, TFTC.

just got a new travel bug and am using it to calculate distance

Found it after workout clue.
TFTC

we work out with alchemy2

finally. took me a while but after a few months i have revisited and conquered

We'd come down to Hastings for a bit of a day out and a few caches, and stopped by the playground/bbq area for lunch and to the kidlets play for a while - Ended up meandering around here the entire day

Went and grabbed the clues for this one and then took a nice stroll with the family around the area, eventually finding the cache after some fiddling with the GPSr to get due south just right. Just as well I know my birds!!

Cache found easily enough once at the right GZ. As previous logs indicated, it was soaking wet, so we removed the old log and replaced it with a new logbook in a new ziplock bag.

TFTC and the nice walk around this area piggysue. Now off to the cafe!! (Which was also a pleasantly surprising experience!)

Nice area, worked out the clues and found cache easily. Log book very wet. TFTC

quick find on a cold and wet winters day TNLN TFTC SL Was very wet... needs maint

Agree with past loggers. Log extremely wet. Needs maintenance.

An excellent cache but, as the last six logs back as far as March have indicated, it does need some TLC please.

16:45
We started this cache on totally the wrong flight path, overshooting the second site. Once we recovered we gathered all the information and headed to the GZ. It’s amazing that a variation of 10 degrees can make such a difference over 300 or so metres, so you guessed it, we needed the clue to find this one. Cache incredibly wet and in really in need of maintenance.
TNLN . . SL . . TFTH piggysue.

The cache is absolutely soaking wet!!

1st find of the day, and 2464th total find at 13:26.

Thoroughly enjoyed the stroll to this cache, picking up a few other things besides clues along the way.

Unfortunately the cache was sopping wet and NEEDS MAINTENANCE rather urgently, as we were not able to dry out the cache and logbook in the time available to us.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks piggysue for the cache

Ian and Penny

Found cache without any difficulties. It still needs maintenance as it was wet through, including the log book making it hard to write on.
TNLN SL TFTC

Found after having a little trouble working out what bird was what Cache well hid but sure needs some TLC
Thanks 4 Caching challenge

Enjoyed the puzzle, often walk in Hastings, but had not taken notice of the mosaics before so thanks for making them a feature.
GZ is so full of rubbish it made us reluctant to delve too deep, but we found the cache after a bit of a hunt.
Might be a good spot for a clean up day.
TFTC TNLN.

Found 4.15pm
Really enjoyed this cache, the stroll around picking up the necessary was easy once we got used to what we were looking for. Once at GZ the cache was a quick easy find as it was out in the open. The inside is very wet and the log book was soaked through but managed to sign as necessary.

TNLNSL
Thanks piggysue for a great cache

Found by - H - and The Empire with Crank1 and my Geofriend aka Littlecrank
25th of January, 2010
New to the official world of caching but have been involved since 17th of April 2009 (my first cache find). But have only just gotten a log name. Time to log all the wonderful caches that I have been finding since I have been caching with The Empire. My name in the log book is H.
Good to see Crank1 beating The Empire to caches today while littlecrank and I worked as a team to look for koalas today. We didn't find it. Crank1 did.
TFTC
- H -

Thanks to The Empire which he helped me. Finally work out and found it. TFTC

Found by The Empire + H
25/1/10 @ 2:20pm with crank1
Nice little stroll to the Marina on the, 'The Empire needs to see a Koala before he goes back to work' trip!
TNLN SL TFTC
- M

Enjoyed following the trail and working the clues towards finding this cache but the choice of location for the actual cache left us scratching our heads as it seemed to have been plonked under a convenient tree and was a bit wet. It would have been nice to have gone into the lovely waterfront park opposite the carvings for the cache, perhaps hidden in the trees there or attached as a magnetic hidden on the waterfront walk. None-the-less we had a good time and visited an area we have never been to before.
TNLN & TFTC

Good fun working this one out although on finding the cache it was a bit damp and could do with a dry log book.
TNLN.

Found this cache sitting out and easily visible, if you know what you're looking for.
Container was wet inside and log was damp. Went to dry it out but it started raining while I was signing the log.
TNLNSL - TFTC

Team "Don't know what to call us" visited this cache today,
Hazey1 and Saulman1010 trying for the ultimate goal of visiting every cache on the Mornington Peninsula.
Thanks – nice easy cache.

Team "Don't know what to call us" visited this cache today,
Hazey1 and Saulman1010 trying for the ultimate goal of visiting every cache on the Mornington Peninsula.
Thanks – nice easy cache.

We were staying in Hastings so I wanted to do this one. The cache had a lot of water in it and the logbook is very wet but still just useable. A nice multi.
Thanks

Found @ 14:55 On a day free from work.
A quick and enjoyable Multi !
The cache was very exposed when i located it,
digging a hole slightly deeper to hide the cache so it wouldn't be muggled

Any body passing by this cache it could use a new Zip lock bag for the log book as it was damp, i had none on me sorry

Cheers

TFTC SL

This was a good hunt that made us learn how to use our GPS unit better, although I'll probably forget how to do what I had to to get the cache. The young padiwan got a little sick of walking until we found the cache and then all hell broke loose as it was our first travel bug. So we'll be taking it on our trip north in the next couple of weeks.

The area was a bit dirty so we did out bit, cache in trash out. Heaps of rubbish there.

T travel bug L foam ship. TFTH

A very enjoyable multi I had time to do while in the area. Had trouble projecting with my GPS but changed across to Bee-line GPS and it was eay as can be. Very few muggles around on this great day.

Last cache during a midnight cache run. Walked around and got the clues to the puzzle and worked out the final coords for GZ. Jumped in the car and drove a couple of hundred meters closer to GZ as it had started to rain again after a pretty big storm front tore through the area about an hour or so ago. Grabbed the torch and headed to the cache location and after a bit of a look around had the cache in hand. Left Mini Cooper S, took nothing, signed log. Didn't see too many birds due to the early hour (3:00am). TFTC.

Found @ 14:15 5th of 7 today while doing a clean up of the Pennisular. Had a little trouble with the birds and WP2 but stumbled onto it whislt redoing some calcs. Then had a little trouble with the final because GPSr was set to magnetic instead of True north. Once that sorted out, cache was en easy find. TFTC TNLNSL

Found by edmil & maddie. We had gone out for a bit of a drive today with no intent of caching - though the GPS was still with us of course. We ended up in the area and doing at least one cache was too good to pass up on. We had just finished lunch at the Cafe mentioned in the Cache description - quite nice I must add. We drove to the first point of the multi the waypoint was easy enough to find and the clues were soon scrawled on a scrap piece of paper. We dawdled to the next one and soon had everything down. We decided we would head straight to the cache - lined up the coordinates and off we went. The cache was soon in our hands. We made no swaps (as we had none with us) but we decided to grab and move the young TB. Thanks for the cache. It made fora nice walk after lunch.

Fab cache to do with toddler in tow!
Had to guess roughly where the cache was by general direction and the distance from the last co-ords. Took a little scrounging around, but we did it!
Thanks very much for this one. Took nothing but emptied out as much of the water as possible and left "Kache Koala" TB in a zip-lock. (Log was nice and dry still.)

Found today on a few hours out with Landsergruppe. Cache was a little exposed. Placed it a bit better hopefully.
Thanks!

Found all the sculptures but not the cache. Hope we were in the right place!

Have to make sure that the from last position before you go north to the cach that it's a direct line of sight you take. Dont't allow buildings etc. to change you direction.

Did well until the very end and must admit I had to use the clue. (I was so close though, DOOH!!). Hasn't been found for a few months but still in find condition. Took sheep and left snake.

Found @ 2045 Hrs
On the caching evening with Landsergruppe.
After the Coords were worked out off to GZ for a nice easy find

Took: TB
LNSL
TFTH

After a slight detour for lunch at a nearby cafe and a play in the playground this cache was easily found.

Took: Army wristband

Left The Rocket Travel Bug

SL

TFTC

3rd of 3 finds for myself and my 3 yo geo-daughter on our Hastings area cache hunt. Had completed al the clues for this one a month or so ago but ran out of time to complete so returned today and had the cache in hand very quickly at 1350.

IN - Garfield
OUT - Lady Bug

SL TFTC Piggysue

Took some time to retrieve this one because of Muggles, even got asked by a muggle if I was looking for my dog!!! Geo-Kids did the usual swaps, TFTC SL

Note to self: it's really tough to walk due south from a location when there's a whole lot of development in the way. Maybe pick a smarter approach next time.

After resorting to the clue, found this one just fine. It hadn't been found for a while, but was still OK

TFTC

A reasonable quick find though we had to wait out the local constabulary before I could make the find. Ended up having lunch until they departed. TNLN thanks piggysue.

1610 re-logging due to name change

Found as usual on the way to work, was a little uncovered so covered it up best I could.
TFTC
TNLNSL

772. Lots of birds around of real and made variety.

TFTC and the look around this area.

[This entry was edited by McPhan on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 2:42:40 AM.]

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by Bob at 1200

I confess to using the clue for this . I was quite excited to visit Hasting however - I haven't been here before and it wasn't at all what I'd imagined - it's much nicer than the industrial refinery port which I'd pictured it to be .

TNLN

Thanks piggysue

Just visiting.

Swaggie 1 had already worked out were GZ was so we headed straight there & after a short search we had the cache in hand.
TNLN SL TFTC
Cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A.)

A nice easy find by The Swaggies and Liverpoolred this morning cause we used the clue.
TNLNSL TFTC piggysue.

By the time we got here it was dusk and light fading fast. We identified the birds OK and made it to the half way mark, but the second part of the venture was quite a bit trickier. Found the cache in the dark more by goodluck than good management. Left a ladybug and took a turtle. TFTC piggysue

On our way back home from coming down to Crib Point to collect a loo for the van. Saw this one was close so decided to give it a look.

The kids were happy to see it was near a playground.

I now understand why people sometimes complain about the maths involved in my first cache.

We had trouble figuring out the 2nd bird at first, which had us supposedly traipsing miles away; didn't like that idea.

Even after the right bird/word was selected, it still took a while to figure it out.

TNLN.

Thanks piggysue.

Second attempt at this one and a better result this time.A well planned multi around the clever sculptures and arrived at the GZ region where the goods were revealed.Thanks to piggysue.TNLN.

Ah it pays to come along with an expert ornithologist. Great sculptures and some good facilities for the kiddies too. TNLNSL

Found the first set of clues without any major issues. Calculated the next place ok too. Then I realised that I could take a short cut and as it was getting to twilight I did so and found the cache ok. First find after 5 months too! Cache was exposed but fine. T Surfboard, L Turtle (turtles don't surf!). thanks piggysue.

Found at 1.25 pm. Tokk me a while to do all the calculations but it all worked out OK. Raining today so I ended up wet and cold by the end of it. TNLN. Thanks piggysue.

The cache team was badly flagging by this time of the afternoon (hot day), and wanted to be driven between WP1 and WP2! We did enjoy the sculptures and the mosaics. The only ones we were sure you would use - you didn't.
It was a pleasant walk around the dock area.
Thanks, Robmc.

Followed the instructions here but made a mistake in the calcs which we soon realised and got back on track. Made the projection and headed to GZ where we were about 50 metres off. Luckily the clue got us back on track and the cache was soon found and logged. Thanks for the tour of this area and the interesting sculptures. Took pig and left a surfboard
Many Thanks

Found at 4:38pm Accompanied by Chewinprickles & Robmc.
18th find out of 22 for our caching weekend in the Mornington Peninsula.
In: Surfboard, Out: Pig, Signed Log.
Thanks Piggysue...