C is for Conservatory Darling, Victoria, Australia
By Facitman on 06-Aug-05. Waypoint GCQ150

Archived by Facitman
After over 10 years I've decided to let this one go. Easily my most consistently found cache but with the removal of the last couple of containers I'm not going to build another hide just to see it go within a handful of days.
Thanks to all the 441 finders

Sadly the cache has gone missing again. It appears that someone does not like our little game...
This will probably be the end for this cache after 10 years in play. A pretty good innings considering.

Not sure how we are missing it??

Found on a cold afternoon. The only game of footy was at the other end of the oval. Not many folk about so I was quick to find the cache. Sign and return. Thank you.

Byo pencil

Went past this park on many occasions I thought that it is time to go for a wander and to see if I can find this cache. After a quick stroll in this beautiful location I quickly found GZ and logged my visit. Cache is in very good condition and well hidden. Not many muggles around today even though it was a sunny and calm morning. The nip in the air must be keeping visitors to the park away? TFTC!

Hopefully enough time has past for the "interested party" to move on. Cache back in place

Thanks Ministro for keep our Geocaching playground neat and tidy.
I have a replacement cache prepared, just leaving the location empty for another couple of weeks hoping that the local cache mover/remover has his attention diverted by a different shiny object . If I'm not comfortable hiding a new container I'll archive the listing.

After a random temporary disappearance and a massive case of cache creep the container has disappeared once again. I suspect a local, having found it, taken it, returned it, moved it has now taken it once again. So, temporary disabled until it either reappears or I determine an alternate location for a new container.

Found it a while a ago forgot to log it

Being tall is like cheating TFTC!

Thanks!

Tftc
Great Spot
Although i am too small for it

Found with Thundercuck

First find! Im not sure if the cannister should have a lid，but the can was open when we found it.

Maybe the cache is not meant to come out. I manage to take the listing out but no pen to write. Just loging it here. Well hidden

Cool

Took me a while as there were a few muggles but eventually managed to get the log sheet out! Wellhidden! TFTC

Like last log, found cache to be jammed. Didn't want to damage the cache or its surrounds so left it be. Nice hide, TFTC.

Came back to log our previous find. Found it but could not get it out - jammed.

Beautiful spot, Nicely prepared and maintained 5*

Lovely spot, well maintained cache 5*

Very very cool cache. Found quickly on a hot day. Thank you!

My second find of the day with McWillid. This was on our to-do list due to the high number of favourites, but since it was disabled for a while we had to wait before it was back up. We saw this had been enabled and came down as we were out caching in the area. It didn't take too long to find the well constructed hide. TFTC!

Nice one - not difficult, but in pleasant surrounds. TFTC

Suscoe's 3rd find of today as we wandered about on a gloriously sunny day.
However it did get pretty hot during the afternoon!!!!!
A quiet location this morning and we soon spotted what we needed to, however the fun was in the removal!!!!
Finally we worked it all out and the log was signed.
A clever placement and so a well deserved favourite point from us.
Thanks to Facitman for a beaut little cache hide.

This gets a favourite for the construction. Quickly spotted, but very difficult to extract. First to sign the new log as I sat on a bench and watched a bit of cricket. Beautiful location. TFTC

No contents been muggled but signed a little piece of paper and logged

No log book

Creative hide! Toilet paper was inside the geocache so couldn't log, pretty sure it's been muggled.

Confusion rains and we all get wet!

Zipped up to Central Park after seeing the most recent logs. Sadly I was expecting to have to archive this cache as it appeared to last less than 24 hours (I only replaced it last night). However much to my relief, and some surprise, I found the new container and logbook just where they are meant to be, but did indeed find the old container located in an incorrect, but now widely believed location, with said toilet paper log.
It would appear that guilt has got the better of the muggler and the cache has been replaced. I can state categorically that it was not anywhere on the Conservatory there when I disabled the listing in October (I checked every possible spot)
So, apologies to 88andy88 & grumpsters for your poor experience, I didn't even consider rechecking this hide location. The old cache has been removed and the shiny new one is ready to go!
For future potential finders, the spoiler photos loaded in logs may well misdirect your search!

First one. So excited.

A new container has been carefully fashioned and is now in place ready to be found.

Found this cache today, but it was empty...I saw the comment that it needed repair. A great hide.

Thank you Bunjil for your prompt. I do plan to replace this cache once I have constructed a new container during this new year break. I should have the cache enabled in the next few weeks.
Regards Facitman

While ktrose89 was looking in the wrong place the cache has indeed disappeared. 6 1/2 years in place and this is only the second loss, I guess that's not bad. I will need to craft a new hide so will be off line for a little while.

Muggled?!

Very nifty camo

I approached gz sending out mental messages to the mother and son muggles who were hanging around the fountain to buzz off. They incorrectly interpreted them and followed me straight to gz. I contemplated being a real weirdo to deter them but decided to wait them out. It took a little while but they did eventually leave me in peace, by which time I'd studied the gz and had narrowed down hiding places. What a creative piece of camo! I'm so impressed that it deserves a favourite point, but could also use a little spruce up coat of paint next time you're in town Facitman; it's looking a little loved. TFTC.

On the way home for work via orienteering over near Caulfield Racecourse. Time for a quick cache or two.
Nice quick find and mostly protected from muggles and boy are there heaps. Good to see the park so well used.
Thanks for placing this cache Facitman

Cool cache!

Well camouflaged. Thanks

Great spot, enjoyed this one

TFTC! A lovely stroll. Fast find.

#2
Had no trouble locating the cache... Couple of muggles around but I got the job done

This was definitely an awesome cache - I love the way you hid it!
Had to come back twice to get it, first time there were two muggles sitting 2m away from GZ, but 20 minutes later they had gone. Using the clue made it a very quick find, extraction took longer than finding it haha. TFTC!

Nice hiding place

Awesome hiding place!

Ingenuous and will designed hiding place!

Found on Wednesday afternoon but forgot to log it.
Left work early to go and find this cache. Due to the fact that I needed to be quick, in order to pick up the kids on time, I read the hint before setting off. The hint made it a very quick find and I spotted the hide as I walked up to GZ. I wonder how difficult the search would have been had I not cheated first as it is a very ingenious hide. Luckily GZ was absolutely clear of muggles as it took a bit of work to figure out the right angle to remove the cache.
Thanks for placing this cache in such a lovely park.

Out this way for work.

Found container on the ground and camo not far from it.

Places it back where I think it belongs.

Might be worth a visit from the CO as the canister has a hole in it

First find for the missus! Hehehe! Pretty easy find with a few kids and dogs around us.... Kept on the down lo

Well done Facitman thanks for the effort you put into this. Our second cache (12 yo son and me). Great fun! Especially dodging the Muggles! Note to self: bring a pen next time, couldn't fill in the logbook.

Found early morning, while still dark. Stood out like a sore thumb...to the geocacher. Muggles would n't even know it was there. Good camo job!

Continuing my stealth visit to Stonnington parks with fountains after dark. Again good lighting. Different aspect of these places at night. Easy to look around. Nicely placed cache. Second park one. Will continue the journey. Certainly a favorite for ingenuity and hiding

Such a good hide. Saw something unusual and knew straight away. Lots of muffles at the park on a Sunday arvo. TFTC.

Very clever well hidden. To a while to extricate but found it easy to replace thank you

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Great spot it's such a good awesome place thank you for cache love this one


The seakers are out(our team name we made up

A lovely place to bring the kids! A cold, school holiday day.. was able to time it right between muggles walking past. I really enjoyed this hide.. thank you!

Great find!

First GeoCache!! So many muggles but so fun.

First cache. This is awesome.

Very very good hiding place!
It was very exciting to find. My brother was excited. It was very clever to who ever hid it!

So many Muggles around on a pleasant winter afternoon. Had to bide our time but worth the wait.

love the concept for the cache
found on way home to gippsland

Very nice... Never knew fountain existed. Great place to come for a read and relax.

The GPS had me near the garden but the hint soon had me in the right spot. Lucky out was pretty quiet around here as it took a bit of wriggling to extract the well camo'd cache.
Thanks Facitman for the cache. A fav for the obvious work put in.

TFTC found on the run AgRith

A fabulous hide. TFTC. All good there. Robert & Geoff Hudson

Stopped by to replace scrap of paper with a proper logsheet.

Hooray!

One of my stops during my first night of geocaching with Gerry83. He'd been here previously and was pretty excited to show me this cache and the surrounds. I've lived in the area for a little while and was unaware of this spot, usually just driving past.

The cache itself was crafty little thing but after checking the hint and a bit of head scratching I was able to find it, log it and leave a little something behind. Thanks for the effort you put into the cache facitman!

Nice hide and very clever. Satisfying find after a dnf at jump start. Does need a new log, that sheet won't last! long

Nice and easy but very clever! TFTC!

Cool hide

Beautiful spot here nice fountain beside us aswell

Easy cache. Team green

Found it

Found this one with LadyBug 826. Very nicely done! Easy to see why it has so many favorite points! TFTC

Found with Geo-LMP. He had it in hand before I could read the GPS. Nicely done. TNLS SL TFTC

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Mad camoflage. Well made! Goodlucj

hard one but good on, well made

Great spot, good hiding place tftc!

Took twexler on an intro to caching trip, she found it but there was no log, I replaced it with a small piece of paper for the time being but needs replacing

Found it! Fun find. Magnet is really strong!

Great construction! Wasn't what I was looking for so a pleasant surprise. Conservatory looked great inside too! thanks for bringing me here Facitman

Really creatively hidden cache, masterful and well designed. Tftc!!

Awesome cache- super creative hide! Tftc

quick easy find! the magnet was so strong! TFTC!

Dropped past here in the evening; a quick but satisfying find with no muggles about, and a lovely bit of camo work. (And as others have noted, a heck of a strong magnet!)

Found with Spannaworks; thanks for the excellent cache, Facitman.

TFTC. Forgot to bring a pen so couldn't sign the scroll.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Nice quick find this sunny Sunday afternoon. Cache had slipped but luckily it hasn't been raining, so no water damaged. Pushed everything back in to place and hopefully that sticks. Thanks Facitman!

Nice little cache in a strange area. Or maybe it was the falling darkness. Tffc

Smart hide

I rode home from work on the bike today and stopped past this cache on the way. I've driven past this park so many times but never ever ventured into it. Found the Conservatory and the neighbouring fountain in a secluded little spot. Luckily nobody was about so access to the cache was easy. I really loved the well made camo that I think without the clue it would have been hard to find. Thanks for finally bringing me to this park and the cache of course.

Great little hide! No muggles in sight! TFTC

Date: 14 February 2014
Time: 6:38pm
Find # 3599
Streak: 198 days

After a dnf last time I tried for this one as it was actually missing, I was in the area and decided that it was about time to give it another go. I was lucky today as lots of people in the park but nobody around gz and my gpsr took me straight to the cache.

Thanks to Facitman for the cache. TNLN