The Dandenong Rangers 5 (Alphabet Loop) Ferny Creek, Victoria, Australia
By -e^ip on 21-Jun-05. Waypoint GCPDAA

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Found at 1115. what a great spot for a cache such a pity its not in a better container. Contents are very damp (wet) Log book is pretty full & needs replacing! There is NO sign of the TB!! So frustrating when they arent logged correctly!
TNLN SL TFTC

Quick find on a cache run With Dunko TFTC SL

Good and quick find on an impromptu caching run with Slink1. TFTC

Wasted a bit of time looking in wrong spot,
then read some logs which helped out.
Signed log, TFTC.

In quite poor condition unfortunately. Found with blasta999. TNLN. Found with the help of a local

Yep, it does need maintenance, and yes it is a bit out. I have it at 37.52.996s and 145.20.282e

Cache owner has not been online since 04 September 2010.

Joined up with covert to do a few caches over the period of the night. We met at our usual rendevouz and for a change we had no real plans for the night, we were just going to wing it. We ended up in the Ferntree Gully area and ended up caching around here for a while. As it turns out i'll be passing by here again the next day to go to Puffing Billy with the family. It is a really nice area and the gums and ferns are so big. Managed to park right near GZ. Searched one side of the road up the hill for a few minutes as that was where the GPS and maps were indicating where it was but covert read a few logs and we soon realised it was on the lower side of the road, no climbing necessary. Cache was quickly found but couldn't sign the log as it was sodden and mouldy, along with the contents. As the previous finder has stated, needs repair and the hint for the fifth made available again. TFTC.

Found while out on a night run with Quasar3671. In urgent need of maintenance. Found on the down side of the road, not the up side where the GPS pointed.

Forgot to log this one, when doing others in the area. Found on lower side of road about 20m from coordinates.
TFTC

Found it - this cache is in urgent need of an overhaul. The container is the cheap plastic chinese takeaway type and the lid has come loose - the interior is wet and mouldy. The number on the lid is not visible as the sticker attached to the inside of the lid has been wet and has deteriorated, no details are readable. Please recover cache container and dry out contents! Maybe a new container like a sistema would work better here in the damp environment. Please keep this cache going!! Was going to leave a TB, but for the above reasons I'll hold off and re-visit soon. TFTC !!!

Please re-mark the code number (or email it to me) as I would like to complete the series !!!!!

Found it - this cache is in urgent need of an overhaul. The container is the cheap plastic chinese takeaway type and the lid has come loose - the interior is wet and mouldy. The number on the lid is not visible as the sticker attached to the inside of the lid has been wet and has deteriorated, no details are readable. Please recover cache container and dry out contents! Maybe a new container like a sistema would work better here in the damp environment. Please keep this cache going!! Was going to leave a TB, but for the above reasons I'll hold off and re-visit soon. TFTC !!!

Please re-mark the code number (or email it to me) as I would like to complete the series !!!!!

Great cache - TNLN - needs some maintenance !!!

Far too slippery for me to climb up there today

found the cache without too much difficulty. lots of muggle activity so be careful not to be seen.

Luckily we had the hint and the other logs because the coordinates were pointing us in the other other direction. It's hard with the trees and the clouds. Thanks for the cache.

Easy find - tree cover made the gps go a little crazy which took some time
TFTC

Found @1100 #237
This was a actually quite an easy find, must of been lucky today.
Was using the Car GPS as the eTrex did not have the coordinates in it.
There is no need to climb anything and quick accessable.
Only disappointment is I forgot to make note of the number on the lid of cache as I failed to read the cache description fully before I headed out this morning.
TFTC, TNLN

Nice and easy, cache still exists and is hidden as the clue says. A bit wet though.

This one took some finding as the gps was bouncing all over the place but I eventually found this one after reading the discription and past logs. I could not get the number off the lid.TFTC

Yeah this one pissed me off, like lots of other people and have now read info, so wont go searching anywhere near GZ or landslide cliff. May have been on the other side of the road. Am aware that Gps reading was taken before selective error was taken out, but considering dangerous ground and neighbours, maybe its time to take a new reading. What a horrible mess of weeds.

Another to start the year. A nice little drive by TFTC

Log book bit damp but fine to write with. Gps was terrible! Briefly showed 2m near where we found it which led me to the correct spot. Dropped off a travel bug.

Logging TB

16th of the night on a night run of my own. I had to head out to Ferntree Gully to make an ebay delivery, so what better excuse for a caching run. Quick find in a pretty damp area. Log slightly damp, but ok to sign. TFTC

The gps was playing up today, sending me across the road, where I couldn't find any sense with the clue. Following a chat with Tank47, I searched the correct area and found the cache. Thanks, TNLN.

A nice easy drive by. Watch out for the bus using this loop to turn around, there is not much room. TFTH...SL...TNLN

13:10 - found OK, but cache is very soggy and we could not read the number on the lid

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

26 September 2010 | 16:33
Found after my gps played dead for a few minutes tftc tnln sl

1.18PM

Third find for the day

Thank you for the cache

TNLN

Tristan the Travel Turtle Tag (TTQWTC) has come for a flying visit back in time.

On a days caching with Zippi_Russ, Coley_Babee and Rog.

Stopped the car at the closest point, Rog jumped out and found the cache before I had time to park the car nearby.

Didn't record the letter/number though - oops.

Thanks for this cache.

the car stopped an i was out. within seconds i had this one

tftc

Found with Diala, Rog & Coley_Babee

Rog, grabed this one within seconds.

TNLN

Found with Diala, Rog & Zippi

An easy find on our day out caching!!!

TNLNSL

TFTC

Five of Seven on a day out with MrX02, streetO, +3.. My GPSr reception (like alot of others) was patchy at best.. TFTC TNLN SL

Great Location
TFTC TNLN
found with spladem, StreetO +3

Found with Spladem and mr x 02 +3 .
Interesting location.
TFTC

Found it on a dandenongs run with Go Solar and pfh007

In the company of my partner Anne we found this cache @ 16:53hrs today.
We got to this cache just the Muggles that live in the area were getting home from their hard day at the factory and I almost got caught out removing the cache from it's hiding spot. I don't think anybody spotted me, so all is good and the cache is back in it's hiding spot for the next Cacher to find.

TFTC TNLN SL

Found in the MOP this morning. Very wet inside - the lid was open. Drained it and shook the tiny spider out. TFTC.

#226 Definitely one where best to read the hint first as my GPS was 20m out (love the bush so have to accept bad satellite fixes) - hence a lot of looking in the wrong area before using the hint and then a quick find. TNLN Thanks

Not having a good day in the dandenongs!!

Found at 16:38 towards the end of our 25-30km bike ride in the Dandenongs. A rather quick find on this neat loop, before cruising down the hill of around 60km/h. Not bad for a push bike! To top it off, we got to Upper Ferntree Gully with only six minutes to wait for our train back home. Thanks -e^ip.

Have tried to find this a few times and finally succeeded

Received a call from EB13 to report he'd reached the top of the 1000 steps. What? already but we've only done one cache!! EB Chief scooted up the hill while I read the logs. Hmm, I don't think you need to go up there hon, gotcha! Too easy! TFTC. Left "All in One" geocoin

Well EB99 found it actually. Heck, I was there looking on & giving instructions!

1640hrs

Did a few searches and then reverted to the clue.

TNLNSL
TFTC

dipping personal geopatch

Found while on a drive with the whole of team_coxy

Needed a little bit of help from the logs but quickly had the cache in hand

Found 2025

TNLN TFTC SL

Aaaah! This was annoyingly harder than it should've been. The geokids (Turtle and Tiger) and I took three attempts to find this cache. As noted by others, GPS coordinates not accurate - read previous posts for hints on how to find this one.

Found this cache at 11.30AM while on a caching day out with Xambo4u. Inially we started with the posted co-ord and were looking up the hill.
Read the previous logs which pointed to a different set of co-ordinates (Thanks to 38 degrees South). Found this cache on on the other side of the road.
TFTC

Out and about with Toy Car today. Started looking on the wrong side to begin with. Thanks for the different co-ords we (Toy Car) were able to locate the cache. We were quite suprised and pleased how nice and dry it was, being located right out here.
Thanks for the cache.. TNLN

Found by Greg & M 1630H 08/07/09 within 2 minutes on our second attempt thanks to 38 Degrees South. I had also tripped over someones water meter the first time I searched for this cache. Also thanks to other cachers for their help with this one.

I first looked for this cache back in '07 I think and was climbing up the hill searching for 15 minutes before I gave up. The recently added coordinates from 38 Degrees South proved to be more to my liking and I was able to grab the last bit of preliminary info I needed.

Thanks,

R - B

Found at 1415 hours, after also being on the wrong side of the road and in someones front yard, as I was about to stand on top of the water meter. Headed back towards the geomobile, thought I might just check here. Bingo found.
TNLN SL
TFTC

We'd tried for this one many years ago - the scar of not finding it keeping us away this long. Anyway, having perused the recent logs, I thought it was now time to give it another go. Well, of course I found it in the first place I looked - now how often does that happen? All thanks in part to chewinprickles' co-ords and also to Jyetara's clue. For what it's worth, I let the GPSr average away at GZ while I signed the log - the resulting co-ords were deduced by the GPSr as being accurate to under 5m (after 450 readings). TNLN & SL at 5pm. It was nice to have finally knocked this one off. TFTC! Regards 38degsouth.

1897 re-logging due to name change

Found with Landsergruppe.
After myself and Landsergruppe following our GPSeseses for 15 mins and eventually finding ourselves on what appeared to be Private Property, Mrs was looking in a totally different area and found the cache! Clue isn't really accurate as someone else noted. Its more of an uproot!
Previous logs are to be referred to for this cache!

Found with Jyetara,
Hmmmm, all I will say is read the past logs and rely on the listed co-ords
Was found about 20 metres from where gps had us looking.

Found with Chewingprickles.

This one had us wandering around the bush for a while on the wrong side of the road. Eventually replaced coords with logic and had the cache shortly after.

Spent a while on ther wrong side of the road here before a few clues from some earlier logs helped out a tad. Found it soon after. I was feeling a bit conspicuous thrashing about in the bush today as the radio was advising all to report all suspicious behaviour but the wallopers didn't desend on us. Not here anyway!!
I was going to add a waypoint to help future finders but I'm not sure where I wrote it down. If I find it I'll add it.
The lost is found!
Thanks -e^ip

[This entry was edited by chewinprickles on Saturday, February 07, 2009 at 7:08:17 PM.]

[This entry was edited by chewinprickles on Saturday, February 07, 2009 at 7:09:04 PM.]

We searched for ages for this one and it was getting dark and we couldnt find it. But eventually Bewilderbeest worked out where it was.

Found with SuperJaz, Bewilderbeest and Ultra Violet Z. Sorry Im a bit slow logging it

Thank you thank you!!!

I found this cache with my aunt, my cousin and the rest of Team Bananaphone. We searched for ages before we found it, probably because the GPS was a little off.

Sorry Im a bit slow in logging it!

Thanks

Found on an evening stroll with the Bewilderbeest, the geokids and our muggle hosts during a stay in the Dandenongs. Due to the fading lights we were about to call it a night when Bewilderbeest found it. TFTC

Found with Superjaz, Ultra Violet Z, Little Buds and a couple of muggle friends. In the gathering twilight gloom we searched the scrub. Several minutes hunting by 2 adults and 3 kids failed to find the cache. I resorted to the hint, expanded the search area a bit, and bananaphone! there it was. Im surprised that the container is still in tact - takeway food boxes arent very robust...

Thanks for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found @ 1840.

Found with ggkof on our usual Tuesday night caching. I should have ready the description better, spend too long looking in the gully. Cache was found soon after peeking at the clue. TNLN.

Found @ 18:40 with caching with davroy. EPE not so good here and after searching for a while checked the clue. Cache soon in hand shortly after. TFTC TNLNSL

After wandering around in circles for a while, getting conflicting readings (prob because of the trees) we used the clue. Don't think we'd have found the cache without that, as my GPs said it was 30m out. There wasn't much in it so we left a clue spikey pig thing, a water pistol and a pen. It's a lovely area, wouldn't mind living here at all. TFTC.

Cool spot in the trees!
Not too hard to find.
Took R, A and B. Left American penny.

Visited at 16:52
Like the previous cachers, the trusty 500 was telling us it was up the hill while Spice came up with the goods 30m away!
TNLNSL TFTC, find #190 for Echo & Spice.

Interesting place, Spent a lot of time down in the gully before reading some other logs and climbing out to find the cache.

GPS had me 40 metres up the hill, so ignored that.

Thanks

Luck Dogs Crew

Had some trouble with the GPSr getting good accuracy, found some good cache hiding spots on the wrong side of the road before having a broader search and finding the cache. TFTC. cheers.

My GPSr did point into the gully, which would have been very slippery on a cold damp Saturday morning. Fortunately, I didn't need to go there. Thanks e^ip. TNLNSL

Not really a lumber-jacks log or stump - its been rooted... GZ is in danger of becoming very quickly overgrown with Wandering Jew

09:43 was found. My GPS had me climbing up while GeoWife admired the flowers in the gully. While I scrambled about, I hear the sweet call, Honey, there's one of those lunchbox thingies over here! Doh! TNLNSL TFTC

Another find on our visit over to the hills
once the GPSR settled we soon had the cache in hand
TNLN TFTC
cheers
LIVERPOOLRED
(Y.N.W.A)

Found @ 14:55 Being driven around whilst one of the mob get in some experience on her L's, A good excuse to get in some caching. The GPS was not to erratic and we found the cache relatively easily TNLNSL TFTC

7th find of the day at 10:00am. Accompanied by Feathertop on our Eastern Suburbs for a day Bash. TNLN, Signed Log, Thanx -e^ip....

THis one took Oenze and I a while to find with GPS coverage poor around here. Glad to eventually find and log. TNLN thanks for the cache

Nice easy find. Co-ords a bit out, but directions and clue helped. TFTC

Found by Facitman and the Facit-Family at 18:30
After dining in Olinda we stopped at this cache on the way home. Once again it was s-facit who had the cache-seeking radar on and found the cache in quick time.

TNLN
Thanks -e^ip

Found on a day caching while the car was being serviced (big service). Hmm more mistakes of paperless caching as I missed getting the number on the cache. I searched the wrong side of the road for a long time, eventually cracking the hint open and then continuing to search the wrong side for the hint. In the end as I was marking this one as dnf for the day I noticed a good cache hide spot on the way back to the car. TFTC

What should have been an easy find was hamper by the GPS deciding that it knew better and I was sent on a goose chase everywhere. All day long it has proved faultless but now it decided to throw in a curly one. In the end I resorted to the clue and found the stash.
Logged at 1453 hours
TNLNSL
TFTC -e^ip

After spending an hour not finding one, it was great to find one within a few minutes of looking... Thanks. TNLNSC.

GPS had me wandering around until I found the cache right where the gps took me to first and which I had dismissed as it did not appear to match the clue. Funny how different some things look when they are not how you expect! TNLN - interesting contents! Thanks -e^ip.

Dandenong Dash #25 of 32 for the day. Loved the container contents! TNLN, thanks again e^ip.

Found on 11/09/06 @ 1432 AEST. After a nice lunch in Sassafras, Malby the GeoHound, Rhino-father, and I ventured down the road for a relatively easy find (after use of the hint - I share the same concerns as others in regard to the coordinates)

TNLN

Cheers -e^ip

I was with Rabbitto when I found this...and my foot dislodged a brick and sent it tumbling and they looked at me as if "that wasn't the cache was it???". Found OK...found the best part of a keyboard in there too! TNLNSL.

Found @ 14:10

Didn't have much trouble with this one - we just happened to park in the right spot.

TNLNSL

[As others I was searching on the wrong side of the road.] I think the co-ords are too far north. [After decrypting the clue I found the cache a few minutes later. TNLN thanks -e^ip.]

be careful - really slippery. Muggle friend also enjoyed the hunt
In: smiley flower button
Out: 'P' key
TFTC

Slippery indeed, but being a local any slope this time of year can be a hazard. You are right about the GPS signals, I was about 100 metres off on my first visit but was sure as to where it would be, left it alone due to muggle activity. Got it today without any problems, GPS only had me on the other side of the road. TNLN, TFTC -e^ip..

After our earlier visit and the knowledge of other's finds we returned today and found the cache quickly.

We almost ended up a lot lower than required as the ground is slippery and we didn't have our super grippy boots on today.

TNLN

TFTC

Found @ 2:30pm. GPS led us up the garden path like others before, didn't seem right so had to decrypt the hint, found easily after that. TNLN

With a few finds completed on our post-AWG52 caching foray, this was next on the list. We arrived near GZ and started looking. The trees seemed to be playing havoc with the GPSrs and everyone was heading in all directions. Soon though, Su's cool, calm and collected manner, not to mention her walking stick, had us with the cache in hand at 17:00.

TNLNSL. Thanks -e^ip (but what does it all mean [?]).

Found at 5pm with Eudes & TK after AWG Bushwalk 52 in Sherbrooke Forest. The coordinates and my mapping software placed this cache on the up side of the road, but it just did not seem to be right. After debating other possible hiding locations, Mrs A's multi-purpose cache locater came in handy for the second time today! While the description says that the cache is not in the gully, one false step could have the cache (and cacher) ending up there!

TNLNSL
thanks -e^ip