Wonky Bridge Madness Wonga Park, Victoria, Australia
By Richie Rich on 06-Apr-05. Waypoint GCNCNJ

OK, bye bye.

No wonder I didn't find it. Old cache notes......

I am requesting this one be archived, see previous logs.

See comment of owner (The owner will not be replacing the cache, This is a good spot for a cache and it would be good to open it to other caches)

[This entry was edited by LuckDogsCrew on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 7:27:43 PM.]

someone has obviously taken this cache, i wont be replacing it.

Contacted the owner and had a detailed description of where this cache should have been. But it was missing, Used a torch to check all the way up and under, but no cache.

Will contact owner to see what he wants done.

Luck Dogs Crew

DNF 15:50 This is really gone looked high and low crawled under the bridge ans there is no cache here unless it's hidden really well.

I am assuming that this one has disappeared. Have looked on a couple of days, but only found a loose marble (Am I losing my marbles?!?!)

Easy to find but well concealed. Very quiet - not a single soul anywhere at 7pm.
Coordinates were spot on.
Took bell, left tortoise.

A game of cricket was in full swing nearby but no muggles near the wonky bridge. Grabbed the cache nice and easy. Thanks Richie Rich

It was funny after ready the cache name I had a totally different picture in my head . Found cache very easy getting it required lying on ground and a not so easy reach . Thankfully area was desereted except for a few kids and rockets on the oval. Nice park, thanks for the cache tnlnsl.

Sorry bit late in logging our find. Easy find by Mrs Beama on 21/3/06. Team Beama.

10:45 An easy find for the solomonfamily - Thanks Richie Rich Squire Josh loves trip trapping over bridges. Both ovals, netball and BMX in full use today so a lot of muggles about to be careful of. TNLNSL

A curious little bridge with the cache hidden in a familiar place. Had to be careful with a school group on the courts nearby. Thanks richierich

Second cache for the day, a nice easy one although would be more difficult on the weekend. Took American dollar www.wheresgeorge.com left sheep stamp

Great wonky bridge, walked it a few times
Few muggles as it was getting dark by now, so we were allowed to search in peace. A quick find.
Thanks, Robmc.

As you say a bit wonky and a strange place to put a bridge too. Liked your cache log idea. When you open up the sheet you get a quick overview of who's been there before without turning lots of pages. Might pinch the idea myself.
TNLN Many Thanks.

Found 16:32 06 October 06
Muggles activity nearby chasing silly red ball required stealth to attack.
Not too complicated find.
Took interested muggles for his first mission - may join in the folly when GPS acquired.
Bridge probably won't get any more wonkier! however GZ can be reached without necessarily having to cross at that point.
SL T wolf L shell, wooden heart.
thanks Richie
Rosco

Lovely morning for searching. The sound of willow being wielded in the background did not distract us. And the bridge is wonky indeed. Took a soft snake, left a hard duck (just squeezed in)

2nd find for a nice arvo out with the kids. Quick & easy find. Took a bracelet and left a "Wheres George" 1USD. Thx.

What to do on a rainy day, Go for a drive and find
a cache. Took snoopy for a walk left a spider and a snake
Non venomous.

Nice little spot that I would otherwise never have known about. T Hippo, L Wolf. Thanks

Baa baa white sheep, look out for the troll.

Visited this cache on a whim. Saw it come up on the GPS and decided to go for it before the sun set.

Lots of people around so had to be stealthy. Great cache. Took nothing left a hippo.

Thanks for the cache.

well it should be all systems go again, someone checked the cache for me and they say it is there (even though they had to retrive it with a stick) and now it's a better position.

so go cache crazy and enjoy at free will!

Richie Rich

Looked for this one on our way back from Warrandyte this evening. It wasn't where it was last time I was here. It's possible it has been shoved beyond reach or it may have been muggled.

i have temporarily disabled this cache untill further notice, as cache may have been muggled.

DNF. Searched bridge high and low, end to end. No cache to be found. What did I miss?

Forgot about school holidays and had challenge of those BMX muggles! We used the kids as a decoy - told them they had to play (hard job for them). Pretty sure the BMXrs had their own agenda and not interested in watching family "play". Quickly loged TNLN.

Dear Richie Rich,

This time round we had no trouble with BMX muggles and we completed your cache at 11:55am. A BMX muggle did rock up as we were walking back to the car, but as he could find none of his BMX mates there, he left again. An easy find. Thanks for the cache.

Regards,

D & H B-A

Found 15:00, as the Cup got under way.

TNLN, thanks Richie Rich.

Lovely day, cricket matches in progress and the bridge still wonky! I took a car and left a little teddy.

Found with The Farmers 5 and Kitchen hand Sponge
TNLN
Thanks Richie Rich for the cache

Nice easy find great park ,Karli found this cache!!
TNLN
Thanks Richie Rich for the cache

11.00am
Found by Roma and Max.
Plenty of parking space nearby and a really wonky playground to boot.
Took a Marble and left a Marble.
Thanks Ritchie Rich from Romax.

Found at approx 1700 as the sunlight started to disappear... Nice little hiding spot you've found there...
TNLN.

After walking along the wonky bridge wishing this was in place at wheres the bridge GCP0M0, we got down to the task of searching for the cache.
After muddy feet, hands and clothes, I decided to get down to looking for the cache and found it after a brief search.
Many thanks Richie Rich for the wonky cache it was fun.
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "Coffee Clan Madness" Clan.

The bridge really is wonky - but not in the way we thought. All was quiet when we found it at 7:40pm but we wouldn't like to attempt this cache in daylight on a nice day. Like several previous people, we did get a bit muddy retrieving the cache. We took a cute cow and left a car. We also replaced the logbook plastic bag since it had a hole. Thanks Richie Rich for the cache.

First we had to go past the wonky house to get us in the mood. No one around this park today and thankfully we didn't need 2 metre long arms to retrieve the cache. Thanks Richie Rich. Tooke Giraffe, Left: Cow.

Eighth of 16 Warrandyte caches in company with barcoder. The location of the cache was obvious, but we could not see the cache initially. We thought: "It has to be here!" After some contortions on my behalf, we confirmed that it was where we thought it was. However, neither of us has 2m arms, so we had to employ a 'tool'. To start with, the tool pushed it even further out of reach. We finally managed to retrieve it at 1205. By now I was absolutely filthy; ahhh, the joys of winter caching! Thank goodness there were no muggles about to watch our antics! I made no exchange at this one. Thanks to Richie Rich for the cache.

Had an early start out Warrandyte way today with Dak. We had a list of 16 to do and this was our eight. The weather looked poor, but turned into a beautiful day, perfect for caching.
This proved to be a little bit tough only because my arms need to be a bit longer.[xx(] With a bit of dak magic, we soon had the cache in hand. Many thanks Richie Rich

TNLNSL

Second time lucky for this cache.

TNLN

TFTC Richie Rich

This one was going to be difficult, but I bumped into Thyla & Thylo. Signed Log, Took Nothing.

Ummm, you really need long arms for this one, and Muggles really love this area. After about 30 minutes of waiting, the place got quiet, and off Thylo went with a new toy to get the cache. He found that a stick worked much better.

Took Nothing.
Left some marbles.

Thanks for the challenge, must get really busy here some days.
Thyla and Thylo.

We had a good look at all possible hiding places but could not locate this cache.

Even lying on my belly under the wonky bridge revealled nothing.

I think it may have gone.

Rats. We had two cracks at this one today but those muggle BMX riders were set for the afternoon. Don't you hate it when you know exactly where it is but can't go for it. Thanks Richie Rich. We shall return.

Found by caughtatwork at 3:07
Wonky bridge indeed. Gabrielle took the time to run acorss the bridge many times while J and I searched for the elusive container. Very tricky trying to retrieve it. My monkey arms didn't help so suitable assistance was sought from a stick lying nearby. A bt of prodding and poking and the cache was reachable. Woof!
Took game coin, left bracelet.
Thanks Richie Rich. We all enjoyed the trek back across the Wonky Bridge of Madness.

No one around so an ideal time to do this one. TNLN. Thanks Richie Rich.

Found by Mary & David at 1610. The park was almost deserted, so plenty of time to explore the wonky bridge. Spotted the cache early in the search and moved away to sit and complete the log. A muggle mum and son came by at this stage and son just loved the bridge. Happily, they had moved on when the time came to replace the cache, so there were no delays involved. Took turtle, left giraffe. Our thanks to Richie Rich.

We were surprised to find noone here enjoying the day and local facilities.
took badge
left token

Fifth for the day, on my quest to hit 300. Well finally returned to do this, I don’t know how I missed it, it’s amazing what a difference the light can make and the force was with me today, thanks for the hint Chookies TNLN Thanks.
I missed out on the 300 by one, may be tomorrow

Easy to find today as the place was deserted. This one would be a nightmare on a busy day. TNLN. Greg and Bev

We decided to try this one on the way out for dinner friends after a pleasant days caching. We did not understand the name of this cache, but once we had turned the corner from where we had parked it became apparent. Two muggles on pushbike on the nearby jumps made retrieval and replacement slightly more difficult than it could have been.
TNLN
Thanks Richie Rich

An easy find on a beautiful sunny Anzac day.
TNLN

Found at 10:20 hrs on Anzac Day. An easy find and long arms certainly help. The Wonky Bridge was a hit with the GeoJuniors and the nearby 'Gooligulch'playground was very popular. Took keyring clip, left turtle. Thanks Richie.

E(X) H( ) D(X) T(X)

This one is an easy find, you need long skinny arms. TN left Batman badge

Had a quick go for this one at about 10pm on the way back to pick up J no 1. Lots of moonlight, ended up having to go carefully at GZ as there were some muggle sitting at the footy club just down the hill a little bit. I could see them quite clearly so they could see me if I didn't go carefully. Retrieved the cache a wrote the log by moon light. Only to discover that the muggles had got into their car and drove of as I headed back to mine, parked back on the road side accross the other oval.

TNLN

David.

Moved and this is the reason for the delay in logging this cache.
Found in the company of Alansan and Muzza. Nice and close to home.
Thanks richie rich for the wonky bridge

A quick find at 12:35pm with Muzza and Kiwideb. When we drove into the car park we found someone playing with his remote control car, something I hadn't seen for many years. We briefly discusssed where we should park and did the right thing in the end. You might think that the location was a kids playground but that didn't stop us from testing out the wonky bridge, an interesting walk.
Swapped out a mickey mouse on roller skates for a skunk.

Found together with Alan-san and Kiwideb. A quick walk from the carpark and, despite being school holidays and a beautiful day, there was no-one around. Alan-san found it almost immediately. I didn't make any exchange. Had to return to the car via the bridge. Thanks for the cache.

Got a bit of a shock walking along the bridge, but found the cache no worries on this very hot day in April! TNLN. Thanks Richie Rich.

found in the company of the old man (uncle buck.oz) when we arrived it started to bucket down found cache very quickly and when i tried to put it back just as quickly as we found it . had slight trouble trying to close it managed in the end to do so...(WE GOT SOAKED)
thanks richie rich for this cache

found on a very hot day but being so easy to get too mad it enjoyable.

TNLN.

Found at 2.59PM on a hot day with SDM Geo.

A nice little area, and hmm I wonder whats on with this bridge. SDM had GPS in hand and found it after waiting for the GPS to settle into its location. Thanks for the cache from M.B.

TNLN.

Found this wonky bridge in wonky park early this morning as it was getting light (6AM). I was waiting for it to get light so that I could go and find my phone which I had lost last night in a forest frenzy. Put in lady bird took nil, thanks for another FTF Richie. (Also found my phone about 45 mins later)

Found by Bob and Dan at 15:55

Lovely area out this way, and there's space for plenty more caches.

Took: Crab
Left: Keyring clip

Thanks RichieRich