Caffeine Blackmans Bay, Tasmania, Australia
By Team Tweeti on 25-Mar-05. Waypoint GCN770

Back on the playing field. If you have any serious issues, please contact me.

All waypoints have been updated, the container has been replaced and all should be good to go. If you have any serious issues, please contact me.

Maintenance under way.

Like previous searchers, we had trouble finding the phone number at WP1, and eventually expanded our search and found one nearby. It wasnt the right one, but the coords it gave us took us straight past the rare jewel at WP2 which still works with the multi. We werent quite sure whether or not we had E correct, but we had been able to guess A, B and C so we headed off to our calculated GZ confident that we were in the right area. After about twenty minutes of searching we found the cache lying out in the open, about fifteen metres from GZ. The cache was very wet, the logbook so sodden that I couldnt even get it open, a photo was taken instead. I think this cache needs reworking as it is currently very difficult to solve.Thanks for the cache Team Tweeti!

Understand what the puzzle is asking for, but unfortunately couldn't find the initial phone number at WP1. Might go back to look another time.

Got it done with help from previous logs, tftc!

Returned today with motivation to get it done. Pushed through and found the cache. TFTC!

We thought we got the numbers, although E was a mystery, but no luck.

Recalculating at home, we were in the right spot (and had E correct) but the terrain didn't match our expectations of 1.5. We'll be back some day to have another go. Thanks anyway.

Cache good, will rework tasks

Lovely is the brown-nectar of the gods... that worshipped bean... that smell!... that taste! [^]

This "Old Gentleman MultiCache" hidden on 25/3/2005 with it's short 'GC' caught my attention along with it's name so i thought (whilst in this lovely park) Why not, i need a Multi so this one was it [^]

At the Listed Co-ords i was all at sea trying to find a phone number to get numbers for the second WP. Into past logs for a clue maybe. Thanks to the mentioned phone number there i was on my way to WP2. No trouble converting the Rare Jewel's figure and i was off to WP3. The date was hard to see but with a wipe it was noted and the final was entered into my GPS.

At GZ i spotted the cache rather exposed so i SL of it at 12:57 on the Monday, 19th of July, 2021.
The cache is showing signs of weathering but is in good nic with dry contents
Re-hid with some natural camo.

TFTC vk7hch... now it's time for another cache where i'm parked [Off Scarborough Ave] before i go and indulge in...... Caffeine [:x] [^]

The phone number provided by previous cachers was essential- ignoring the do not enter signs we were on out way to W2 (obvious clue) and then W3 that took us with little effort (using the hint as GPS was a bit jumpy), found the final. Great cache! Loved the little flowing creek!

Lekker_Ding was on fire here. She had everything solved before I got to catch up reading it. Nice short quick walk in a peaceful setting. Currently works going on and like others we find the phone number missing but LD quickly located it in previous logs. Thanks Team Tweeti

After a week in Tasmania, and spending a few days on Bruny Island, it was time to make my way back to catch my flight home to Adelaide.

I had targeted a few caches along the way including some solved Mystery caches, Multis, Traditionals, a Letterbox and some Lab caches.

I started this Multi when I was last in Tasmania, but had some difficulties with a waypoint. In the intervening period I looked at the maths and Google Earth to try and work out some potential final locations. A re-visit today and I found it in the second of two likely locations I had come up with. The cache and contents are in good condition.

Thanks vk7hch for the cache.

Wp1 missing numbers and WP2 not sure first word??
Unable to find both information so back to checked on previous cacher comments to find information then workout to final ...
Enjoyed walked to GZ , took me little while and back checked found out one wrong nbr, changed coords to little further GZ, easy spot .. great thanks!!!
Sign the log with good dry..
TFTM

Gone

Not see were

Great find with ShannonPC

We've now long-since collected just about all the caches near to home in the Kingston/Blackmans Bay area. The only exceptions were a couple of mystery caches that still have us scratching our heads, and (until today) this cache.

There isn't really a good reason we haven't picked up this cache until now - we're frequent visitors to the area, but just seem to have never gotten around to it. Today that changed - we had a spare hour or so up our sleeves, and thought it'd be nice to finally track down one of the last non-yellow caches on the map.

Arriving at the posted coordinates, we were a little puzzled to find no phone number in sight. Thankfully a few previous "found" logs were able to help us out with that aspect, and we were soon onto waypoint two.

At waypoint two, we found there were a couple of ways we could interpret the instructions. There was, however, one particular approach that seemed to be the most obvious so, after doing the number crunching, we set off for the computed coordinates for waypoint 3.

We were definitely relieved when we arrived at our computed coordinates and found there was a plaque with the required information! Again though, depending on how you read the instructions, there were potentially two (or at a stretch, three) possible solutions for the final coordinates. We elected to try the first possible solution, which directed us to an area not too far away.

Again we had that sense of foreboding as we bush-bashed our way to our computed final coordinates, unsure if we'd managed to get the required information right. Fortunately though, after a couple minutes of searching we spotted a container nestled among a light smattering of camouflage.

In all, this cache was very much a matter of trying to guess what was meant by the instructions, and crossing our fingers that we hadn't made a mistake along the way. We probably got a little lucky that we didn't have to backtrack at any point.

Definitely a lovely spot though - this is a place that we love exploring already, and it was nice to have another excuse to pay a visit!

TFTC!

There were so many chances to make mistakes with this cache. Luckily previous finders had left helpful info in their logs. Thanks to Ian and Penny who had done some research and found that the missing phone number at WP1 is 62336560.
We assumed that the question at WP2 is only referring to the first word of the three word jewel.
WP3 was hard to find but Ian and Penny’s comment about nearly tripping on it helped us know where to look.
GZ was hard to access and probably a bit higher that 1.5 terrain although once you got into the clearing the terrain become 1.5. The coordinates were a bit off so we used the hint to help us search and eventually found the cache.

This cache was a challenge to find. There was no phone number on the sign. A previous finder noted it though. I never figured out how to convert the name to a number, but I found WP3 anyway, more by luck after reading logs. Still not knowing D meant GZ was ambiguous, but given old logs and where I found WP3 the options were limited. Eventually found the cache in plain sight.

Tftc!

found WP1 but no phone number read previous logs to find number Thanks Ian and Penny, quick number crunching to find WP2 and then a quick number crunch to find WP3 and then a trot to WP4 after more crunching numbers, Mphone drew line back to WP2 rather then WP4 so I was stuck looking at sign then I zoomed out and found where WP4 really was. a quick trot around to find GZ and the log TFTC TNLN log dry, nice cool sunny day Thanks Lil Rafa for the company.

##The phone number at WP1 is missing. It should be 6233 6560. (See our notes below).##

Hi there vk7hch.

We found your cache **"Caffeine"** at 9:47:00 L today. (This makes our grand total 18770).

Today we headed to Kingston to log a few caches between showers. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip & ended up finding a variety of container types, and sizes hidden along our route. Our cache count was 6 caches today, with 0 DNF's.

This cache turned out to be a real adventure for us, because there was no sign of a phone number at WP1. We looked up the web address listed on the sign at WP1, but the number that was posted there didn't produce a likely spot; so we logged a NM and moved on to the next closest cache - and then the next one after that.

On our return trip to the car, we spotted a sign at a different entrance to the area - and this one had a phone number on it. Being a little sceptical we used the number, and to our surprise it actually produced some usable coordinates that led us to the "jewel".

WP3 was very well hidden, and we almost tripped over it some 10 metres from where we started to look. From there we were able to complete yet another circuit of the lake, and bashed through some dense bracken to find the cache container in good condition - just a few metres from our calculated GZ.

Thanks for placing this cache, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found this cache around 5m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Hi there vk7hch,

RE: Your cache **"Caffeine"**

The sign at WP1 is missing. (The number is 6233 6560).
See our found log for the details of our adventure.

Regards

Ian & Penny

Male membsec had started this multi a couple of years ago (after Orienteering) but had some ? on the info. Today we decided to try to complete the multi. WP1 still has the info which is readable, the rest of the board is unreadable. We quickly went to WP2 and found that information. WP3 was quickly found but we became confused over the date.......after some discussion we made a decision to use a number and quickly went to GZ. We searched the area for quite some time without luck. We then decided to recheck our information and we read some logs, which confirmed that the date question may be a bit confusing so we then decided to use another number which took us about 20m away and we soon had the cache in our hands. After signing the log we replaced the cache as we found it.

TFTC vk7hch

A beautiful day in Huntingfield so decided to get this multi which had been on the radar for a while. Solved the coordinates for WP2 and WP3 pretty easily. Calculated the final coordinates and made the short walk around the idyllic pond. At GZ spent ages searching using the hint but could not find it. We expanded the search area as we were sure we had the right coordinates. After a significant expansion of about 15m from GZ we found the cache. We then realised that we probably had misinterpreted the coordinates to start with and we recalculated them with a different E and the coordinates were spot on. Thanks for a lovely walk around this tranquil place. TFTC

Nice walk with friends

New container, rehidden in the same spot. All other waypoints still valid.

Removed for maintenance
Log dry, personal tokens ok.
Container needs replacing.

Will be back in place soon.

Chris

Interesting to read previous logs of folk going wrong! You can add EeePees to that list! Failure to convert to figures by the obvious method saw us a little off finding the date for 'E' but we got near enough to be satisfied we had the date we needed. Then having forgotten reading glasses, 8s, Bs, & 5s became a blur, and we didn't find the correct GZ on our first visit last week. Went back today but still managed to spend too much time at another wrong GZ! Double checked the numbers and then realised hadn't fixed one of the digits for the final co-ords. Doh!
Once corrected, we eventually got to GZ and then a fairly quick find.

Thanks for the cache and for bring us here; it's a great spot. We enjoyed the bird life on the water, as well as the tiny pardalotes darting about in the trees and the undergrowth.

## The cache lid is damaged and the cache 75% full of water. We drained it as best we could, but contents are very water-logged. Luckily the double bagged log book is 'dry enough' - but this cache really needs some owner maintenance!

## Took GeoCoin - "Czech Hero 12" - it'd been there for over one year!

#258 @ 1300hrs on a lovely winter's day, 19th June 2016. P,ep,&E

This is the second attempt to find this cache and this time it was a successful one!
The first time I think I went wrong at WP2 like a few others and ended upo somewhere in the bush. Today I again almost went wrong at WP2 but reading back through the logs I avoided the same mistake and found the correct WP3.
Really nice spot and TFTC

Decided to spend my last couple of lunch breaks finding this cache. Picked a drizzly and rainy day to find GZ but it was still lovely down here.

Went the 'easy' way on the way to GZ. Thought I'd found a better path to exit but noooo! Returned to work covered in leaves and bracken! Haha!

Took glow stick and soldier, left Czech Hero geocoin.

The container seems to have sprung a leak, inside is quite wet and even the log book incased in two bags is a little damp.

TFTC vk7hch. It's been great to get out of the office and do some caching on my lunch break

What a beautiful tranquil spot - another one we have never been to. We enjoyed doing the waypoints but could not find any established pathway to GZ so aus2 carefully made his way through trying hard not to damage any flora as the sign at WP1 asks visitors to remain on established tracks. The cache is still well stocked. Thanks for bringing us into this area.

We had our morning tea stop here today and worked through the WPs while the kids fed the ducks.
Information collected easily enough but had a little troube working out best access to GZ. Eventually we found a safe path and forged in. Checked a couple of trees before the GZ was found.
We came here last April when we were brand new to caching but with a couple of cars and muggles about we just left without trying, today we noted just a coupe of walkers passing by. TFTC and for bringing us here.

Pretty pond. TFTC

Started out on this multi OK and at WP2 decided that the answer obtained sounded logical, but it went past what was assumed to be WP3 and put us a good 40 metres beyond. On return to the sign we took the date and then headed off, only to draw a blank. That was on 25 September and on this second visit we crossed the creek a little lower down and there we spotted another sign at the very location that instructions said it would be; how we missed it last time we don't know. The cache did not take long to find once the correct coords were used. Left Scout Geocoin. TFTC Team Tweeti

Having planned to do this one after having a look at some puzzle ideas i had round the area this ended up being the only cache we found due my solutions being wrong on the puzzles

Another great little area we would never have found if it wasnt for caching, we moved from one waypoint to next and soon had the final coords.

Hi, Mrs SSR busting in here at this point, yes, we did soon have the final co-ords. However, it must be said there is a slight danger here. There is a lovely little stream burbling over nice solid bedrock and creating a dinky little waterfall. SSR wanted a picture and I decided to get in shot for scale (it was soooo tiny). BEWARE CACHERS! The rocks were slippery with slime which I found out to my intense embarrassment. Fortunately I have an amply padded backside. Much overcome with giggles and soaking wet, we carried on and found the cache. Should have been called Creek Dipping...not Caffeine! Though I sure needed some of the latter afterwards!

Thanks for the cache.
Found on 28.07.2013 at 15:32

The best caches I have found by type are :-
Traditional [url=http://coord.info/GC32Z5B]Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher[/url] By [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=6d8dfcf1-6898-4e4f-9d06-c36597a66113&wid=52739781-ccd1-4663-9a74-2f99e561a40c&ds=2]Sven&Cup[/url]
Multi [url=http://coord.info/GCRX9G]Spheres from Heaven[/url] By [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=95e641a7-c73e-49fd-97a8-a2a7f2af1a7e&wid=d0482d0b-d56d-44bd-8d8f-302a541a534d&ds=2]DDTs[/url]
Unknown [url=http://coord.info/GC1DVB0]Men In Black Holes[/url] By [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=5e098fba-1348-4569-90ad-fead0e418e67&wid=79da779b-a72d-4328-972d-914df04948f7&ds=2]SG-3[/url]

What a lovely place! I really enjoyed completing this multi.

This entry was edited by wilco on Sunday, 28 July 2013 at 10:33:24 UTC.

Foynd it in second visit.

Fixed up one bit of data and Bob was my uncle. Thanks Z!

Looked around everywhere, couldn't find it

Found today, nice little pond! Took caching lucky coin and left watermelon eraser TFTC!

Found a few weeks ago but geoson did not register find.

Found it. It helps to calculate the correct final GZ. Made error on previous visit.

An easy multi for all of us but geodad did the final bush bash & got the cache.
Took sea-world lanyard, left dinosaur & caching lucky charm.
TFTC

I had a very thorough look for this cache without success. I suspect it has been muggled. GPS was jumping around a bit but had a good look. I am pretty confident my final coords was correct.

Bashed about for a bit but found nothing.

A lovely spot on a nice day.
After working out the way points I found a little track that took me to GZ but it still took a little finding.
TFTC

Could see where a track used to be but it was very very boggy and overgrown. Reached cache by coming from a different direction and bushbashing.

It was such a fine sunny day that I had to escape from work to do a cache or two. It wasn't hard to twist the arm of Drat1964 and off we set during lunch. All three way points were spot on though a little bush bashing took place for the final one. Got back in time for a coffee. Thanks Chris from vk7feet.

Second go at this one, last time I messed up the last clue and was looking in the wrong place, this time I found it with Garfield.

Finally found after several coding mishaps, bush bashing required! TFTC.

Thanks for bringing us to somewhere we had not been before. The cache was a little bit sluggish, but all contents dry and well. TFTC!

This is the first multi I have found with more than one waypoint. A bit of a wild goose chase but I got there. TFTC

Caching with Bluewinterstars and our various offspring - followed the clues and think we got the co-ordinates for GZ. Had to do some bush bashing as not sure we followed the right trail but weren't able to locate cache. To be fair we gave up fairly quickly as had four small children in tow so would like to have a better look sometime when less hampered by little ones!
Despite the failure to find we had a lovely walk and explored an area we had never been to so thanks!

We worked out the clues to WP1, WP2 and WP3 (we think!), and then to the cache location, found a likely tree with a hole under it - but no cache. We could well have been confused - it was nice spot anyway

Came here from Melbourne on a birdwatching mission to find two particular birds, ended up spending way too much time chasing what turned out to be the Rare Jewel, it turns out. Never found it, although they were calling, but I got the other one, the Dusky Robin. Ended up not having the time to do the cache.

Well, it just gives me two reasons to come back to Tassie. Nice place, so close to the city.

An enjoyable multi easy find left Australia Geocoin 2006 TFTC

Nice easy multi, done with Tassie Trekkers. TFTC, TNLN.

Nice easy multi in a lovely area. Think we took the hard way to GZ but nice easy find as well. TFTC

A lovely walk with the geo wife and jnr's. Found clues and got cache. Took TB (cause it needs to see its cousins at work) Left Koala SN. Great family time, T4TC.

A nice quick multi. Unfortunately we chose the hard way to get to GZ. TFTC

We ended up doing a little bush bashing because the track around the lake was not very clear but we found it in the end. What a beautiful area, thanks so much.

Second visit. Was slightly out first time but no probs this time. Cache is fine. Took nothing left marble. Tftc

Finally found this one on the second visit. First one was in the rain and gps reception was not too good. At least we didn't get wet this time.tftc

A very pleasant location with many parrots either on the ground feeding or in the trees. The motivation for creating this valuable asset is really commendable. The walk around the pond was enjoyable. TFTC

1310 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1505. Did a bit of bush bashing but an easy enough find. A great multi cache. Took Shamrock TB who had rested here since December 2009.Visited CacheMover coin SL Tnx Team Tweeti


This entry was edited by baby&Mrs gopher on Monday, 16 August 2010 at 05:38:05.

Found on visit 3 - the first time I made a total mess of the final coordinates, the second time I didn't spot the date at WP2 and picked one from 20 metres away so looked at the wrong place for GZ - this time spot on.
Lovely spot.
I just got back in the car before an absolute deluge (with howling wind) hit.
Took nothing, left the Happy Shamrock TB.
Thanks

I had a caffeine shot at 1109hrs as my 208th find over all. Loved the walk around the water - didn't know this feature existed until today. Thanks for a new experience, the cache and fun of the search. Cheers OldSaint.

Hmm. Solved all before but not the end - hate bush debris hides

Nice walk and lovely spot until I had to get to the final waypoint! Aargh! Attacked by ferns, sticks, trees and mozzies! Uncovering copious jackjumper nests during my search sent me into a tailspin! Childhood horrors [xx(] of multiple bites surged to the surface as I picked up a stick and started plunging it into the "bush debris" (which was spread far and wide ) hoping to hear a plastic thud and an easy find. 5 trees, many curses and on the brink of giving up I spied a plastic box. Meow!! Careful to check my feet every 2.5 seconds for jackjumpers a-crawling I logged my find, leaving a keyring and taking the scissors for cat-girl who has been nagging me for some. This is the time it confirms to me that I really am a girly-girl! [8)]

Team Hayjagen couldn't find this one, but we were at half-staff.
Found several ideal hiding spots but to no avail.
Rain and darkness halted the search.

T: too much time
L: frustrated

TFTC,

Team Hayjagen

Went in with Adman1 and co. Very nice place. I really liked this one. One of those caches that make you visit places you never otherwise would have realised were there. Can't figure out the name thing though! Looked in lots of trees, nothing caffeine-related.....

nice little spot,TFTC.

A nice walk past some rather inquisitive ducks, who I think wanted to complete the cache with me LOL

Probably not the best one to attempt in my work clothes, but the cache was easily found regardless. Took necklace, left mobile phone charm. TFTC!

A grat location for wildlife. As I was caching my Wife watched the platypus and found the fourty spot partaloyt (sorry about the spelling)
TFTC TN left shells from home

a nice spot. after working our way through all the WPs we weren't able to find the cache.
found a very convincing hidey-hole that seemed to fit the hint quite well, GPSr accuracy was a little poor, though we were unable to find anything else matching the hint in the general area.
would someone please be able to confirm the cache is still here?

Nice little area.
I thought Wpt 2 coords were way out but I found the only date around and the cache was found easily after that.
Many thanks.

I started this one in the dark about one month ago, finally managed to return to complete. I doubt too many fish have been caught here. Nice multi. Thanks for the cache Team Tweeti. TNLN

Nice and easy for very first find.
Took a red tiger and left a fish cat bell.

red tag

Just as we had deciphered the last co-ordinates two young muggles on school holidays appeared. We had to use extreme methods of stealth to retrieve the cache - we were in full view of these muggles and they were watching what we were doing - we knew that as soon as we left they would be checking out what we were doing in the area of the cache!!! so a combination of waiting and commando crawling (they just kept reappearing all the time) and we had the cache. took bubble blower, left 6-in-1 multi screwdriver. TFTC

Had lots of fun getting to the cache. Got the clues 1st time - a little lucky. Great Place. Took : keychain light, canada pin. Left : glow stick, bubbles. Thanks!

I think I am starting to like multi s. Had a few problems, apparently I can't count, but after going back to the start and redoing the coordinates GZ was attained. Took body part and left LED key ring. Thanks T/Tweetie FTC

Nice easy find in previously unknown location.Very quiet with water foul on the lake.Nice spot.TNLNSL TFTC Cheers T/Tweetie.

Sorry for late log in. Found by Team Beama while on holiday (15/3/06) with Weroamin.

My first cache!! Nice place. Loved the thistles.

Took Yellow Paint which I eventually put back into a cache on Tinderbox hills.

Put back Beaded leather bracelet.

No bikes, pff. Easily rode there, and signs welcomed pirates on bikes! Today, I was given the duty of showing our new pirate, Black Night of Fenrir's Bane, the ropes of treausre hunting, arr. She swiftly caught onto the idea, and this multi-cach was her first ever find. I had printed off a treause map of the details, including the encryption. After trying to un encript it, it appered to be complete Greek! The a=z b=y c=x didn't work! When I was ready to give up, arr, suddenly, BRAINWAVE! a=n, b=o, c=p! Huzzah for the pirating general knowlege! I felt like a right fool after I worked it out...with the clue, we found it nicely, and hid it in the same spot, only slightly more well hidden. Arr, arr, the mizzen be missin! I left my Canadian badge, and took off with the three chickies, good rations in them, should be good for eaten.

If not for the rain it would be enjoyable cache to find. TNLNSL. Thanks.

Found at 14:35, our 5th and last for the day. After having some trouble with the answer from WP2 we managed to still find WP3 ok. Headed to where we thought GZ to be and after a search it was located.

TNLN.
Thanks for the cache.

I LOVED this cache,
took: $2.00.
left: 3D tazo.
thanks team Tweeti
ozw.

Paulus made an error at WP2 on our first attempt. We found WP3, but couldn't find the cache. Thinking it had been muggled, we logged a did not find, and then realized our mistake later in the evening. We hastily deleted our log and returned a few weeks later on a glorious midwinters day. We located the cache without any further trouble, but TNLN since we are running low on swaps. Thanks

Excellent location - lived in the area for a long time but never been there.

Being the cache closest to home, our geocoin will be activated from here to start its journey around the world.

Couldn't find WP1 - got to the correct co-ords and searched (with 3 sets of eyes) for quite a while, but no joy..

Our first find. Yeeeeeah a multi cache went with other caches this was great fun.

[Finally! weroamin took new cachers for this challenge and GZ took us to within 2.0 m of the cache. We did discover a little tip that may assist, but it is encrypted.] Careful with the date on the last leg of the three waypoints. We took the actual day this time, not the first digit of the year, and that allowed us to nearly walk onto the cache.

Great little spot, and a great little multi. Had some issues at WP3 - nature had done some partial cammoing!
TNLNSL - thanks TeamTweeti

We forgot to take a pen, but thought we had the right waypoints. Will go back soon and try again.

Thanks Team Tweeti, started this yesterday (well found first waypoint) but the increase in rain caused us to abandon. Returned today...... Quilter and Netballer got wet feet crossing the creek. We had fun. Left GeoCoin to share the joy. Cheers Quilter.