22084 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
By Shifter Brains on 25-Apr-06. Waypoint GCVN8V

Unfortunately there was no response (or regular update) from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).Ngaambul - Matt

We are going to check the cache in the next couple of weeks, unable to do so sooner due to commitments.

Hi Shifter Brains,The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention, or it may not but in the absence of the cache owner performing maintenance and/or disabling the cache to check it out, 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 4 weeks) 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 listing and post a new note every 4 weeks to keep everyone up to date, if you do not then you cache may be archived without further note from a reviewer. Caches archived due to lack of maintenance are no longer unarchived and you will need to submit a replacement as a new cache.Ngaambul - Matt

Nothing here

Didnt find it. We looked allOver the bus stop

Visited it during 28-days geotrip to Australia, N.Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Am.Samoa, Fr.Polynesia with Marci, Ch. Sometimes we logged as "MT" or "Jonea" or "MTCh". Thanks for showing nice caches and places. MT-Jonea from Brno city in Czechia EU.

Neat little spot!

WARNING red back spiders have taken over the bus stop and my mum accidentally put her hand on a red back but luckily did not get bitten. Dont put your hands anywhere you cant see also quite disappointing that we spent ages looking but couldnt find the cache anywhere.

We searches for like 5 mins before having to go

found nothing

Found loads of spiders. No cache though

Thanks for a great spot for my first find!

My partner and I just found it for our very first geocache. Thanks for setting it up.

Log replaced.

Found the cache by feel - as advised. However the paper is too wet and cant be unrolled without pieces coming off.Photo sent to CO as proof of find. TFTC

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

We came along here with ilook4geo and started looking. There were not many places to check. But, while we were looking a concerned lady stopped to see if we were OK or whether we wanted her to call an ambulance. We politely declined that offer! The container was then found, but we could only leave an indent on the outside of the log as the paper was wet. A new dry log is needed please. As we were about to return the container, a bus saying "Not in Service" stopped here and the driver got out to sit for a while here. it had to be a quick replacement before we both headed back to the car. Thanks for this placement go to Shifter Brains.

This was a more difficult cache to locate. A lady stopped to make sure we were OK. Found it and sort of got both lots of initials on the wet log. Needs some TLC from the CO. A bus driver who moved in made replacement a bit harder. TFTC.

Bus stop looks like it’s been renovated. A bit might of been removed if someone could go and check that would be great

Streak Day #3477 - Out this way with Dave8153 for a quick find. TFTC

17 January 2023
This is find number: 7391
Streak Day: 2588

Found today with Snoopy1976, a quick and easy find. Thanks

Thanks to Shifter Brains for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Unfortuantely I couldn’t find. A bit too dark to search.

Returned after a few years and found easily.
Extraction challenge though
And had to wait, while a legitimate traveller waited , before replacing.
Thanks for the cache

found

Located this one about a week ago, logged late due to checking that I found the right thing! Would recommend finding a stick or something to clear the webs away but otherwise nice cache

Easy Find, by just doing as the hint says.
You may need a tool to wrestle out the log scroll.
Nice and dry.
SL, TFTC

Cache checked and still in place.

Went to avenge a past DNF still couldn't find despite feeling low and checking the activity for the black cap

couldn't find

Spent ages looking for it. Enough time for three buses to pass. Entertained a man across the road who sat and watched us pod and proke around the place. To no avail.

The map says it's right in front of the house on the front lawn? I can't find it and I'm still looking around the bus stop and near the wood around the front of the house

Now that we are coming out of lockdown this cache is now available to find.
Thank you for your patience and to all of you who have been vaccinated.

Cache was still in place.

To help stop the spread of COVID-19, the NSW Government has ordered everybody to STAY AT HOME unless you are: shopping for essentials, receiving medical care, exercising or travelling to work or education.
While some people would regard geocaching as a form of exercise, we feel that this activity is NON-ESSENTIAL, perhaps involving unnecessary travel and therefore should not be undertaken during this time of crisis.
Who knows how long this current lockdown will last! Right now, every one of us has an important part to play in helping to keep our families, friends and the wider community safe in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, by STAYING HOME. Unfortunately, the situation is not improving and there have been an increase in the number of finds on our caches.
As a result of the health authority’s directive, we have decided to disable this cache and respectfully request that you do not seek out and claim a find whilst this cache is disabled. If you do log a find it WILL be DELETED.
Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to bringing our caches back into play after the restrictions are lifter.
Regards
Shifter Brains

Poked the fingers in a lot of dark places. Fortunately I had gloves on and I've got rid of all the nasty spiders webs for the next cacher

Read hint and activity log to no avail

Decide to stop looking (feeling) for this one when I spotted the red back spider in the space where i was about to put my hand...

Found with some help from a friendly neighbour!

Was about to give up before someone came along and gave us a hint. TFTC

Cache was still in place. Log replaced.

Ready to go.

As this cache is in Sydney and with the current COVID situation we are avoiding going to Sydney, however we are in the process of arranging to have the cache replaced.

No luck

For checking.

Had a good look but no luck. Fella in the house next to the site came out and said it might have been removed.

??

No one waiting for the bus today. TFTC

Replaced log

Tftc

Nice cache

Looked everywhere. DNF.

TFTC

Good hints TFTC

Very tricky.
TFTC

Caches this size are hard to locate but the hint was good and led to the find. TFTC

TFTC

Very tiny cache - nice to be able to sit near by to fill the log - TFTC

Had to bend low for this one. TFTC

Another easy one. Log book is full, could only fit initials. TFTC

TFTC

Very small

Found late to keep the streak going. TFTC

TFTC found with geomum Bluewattle and geosister Bluewattle Mini. Lets get this vault open. [:8]

TFTC found with geomum Bluewattle and geobrother Bluewattle Junior. Lets get this vault open. [:x]

TFTC found with Bluewattle Junior and Bluewattle Mini. On the hunt for clues to the vault

An after dark find.
It took me a couple of minutes to search it out but the clue was good and the lights above and the lack of muggles made it easier.
The cache is in good condition and the log is dry.
Thanks.
#575

Checked and returned to the correct place. Please ensure that the cache is placed on the attachment device on the side of the hiding place.

A late night expedition to keep my streak going.
Tftc.

we looked all over the bus stop but couldn’t find it

Love it!

Found this very small cache.
Cache was hanging there nice and dry.
Tftc

On the way back from Officeworks in the dark. Quick discussion about how it was time we turned this blue face yellow. Straight to the spot I wasn’t happy we’d searched properly last time. I knew it! There it is!! Aha!!

We were heading south to Ikea and called in here for one of the few Shifter Brains caches we have not visited. Parking nearby was good, but we had to move away as the few Saturday buses approached and some inconsiderate travellers wanted to use the structure for its intended purpose. Eventually, we had a good look around and I searched in just the right place and retrieved the container. It was replaced as found and should remain quite dry. Thanks Shifter Brains for another good hide, although it was definitely sneaky and not a quick park and grab.

On Tour around Sydney and Paramatta.
Here we can find the cache after a short searching.
Thank you and greetings from Germany send Moorhelmi

Was in the area with Trodectus, so we decided to give one a go. Parked near GZ and walked to co-ords, started searching an T came up with the find. Log signed and returned. TFTC

Found with Coybear2000. We had visited friends in the area so we decided to stop for a cache. We parked nearby and headed to GZ. Thankfully there weren't many muggles around and we started our search. After a short while we felt the hide and had CIH. TFTC.

Back again, after a hint, and this time we found it. I am sure we touched it before but didn’t realise what we had felt. A well placed cache. TFTC

Sadly , after three returns still it eludes us. We’ll keep trying on a cooler day.

Sadly we couldn’t find this one. We even waited patiently for the muggle to move before we zeroed in. Felt around in all nooks, crannies and lower surfaces with no luck. Thanks for the hunt.

Today we headed over to Ryde and Putney to grab a few of the new cache placements that have appeared over that way in recent times,, and to visit the GZ of a solved puzzle/mystery cache, and also revisit a previous DNF. This was the 1st of 12 finds, and 2 DNF's, for today.

It's been 6 months since we DNFed this one, so we couldn't drive past without taking another look. Well that's strange, found the cache hiding in the very first place we checked, which was the first place we had looked on our previous visit. Don't know how we could have missed it last time, but pleased to find it this time. Signed the tiny tiny log roll, then replaced as found.

And that's another sad blue face off our geomap. TFTC Shifter Brains.

Find #2869

I’m so glad I have a mirror on a stick otherwise I wouldn’t have found this. I always feel exposed at these type of caches.

Cache replaced. Please ensure it is attached properly when leaving.

Will be checking on this one in the coming week.

Tried for the second time to find this one, only to be advised by a kind man nearby that that the object containing the cache had recently been replaced by … and was no longer findable.
Thanks anyway Shifter Brains

Vengeance is mine!

This thing is TINY!

So good to avenge this DNF. I'm sure I felt there last time! How did we miss it? Caught a double cache with the original (containing damp log) and new (with dry log and space) attached to each other. Certainly is a very sneaky one. TFTC

Happy to redeem a DNF here today. TFTC

No luck...

????

Awesome and clever little hide! Visited at night to ensure there weren’t any muggles around!

Saw what the number meant. We felt low but nothing was there except something inside a hole that wasn't coming out on it's own. Took a photo to show CO if necessary.

I felt low when I DNFd this cache. I'm sure I know where it should be, but I'm equally sure its not there. Shifter Brains

Replaced and ready to go.

Missing, will be replaced when again in Sydney in a couple of weeks.

We spent a wee while looking for it but no luck. Someone came and said "Are you looking for the case?" Yep. He showed us where it was but wasn't there. We both agreed some people ruin fun. He lives next door and saw us. Apparently his daughter placed it.

NEEDS MANTAINENCE

I pass here quite frequently, but since my last DNF here -7 years and 1 week to the day ago - haven't actually had another look.

Returned with Baby J Man. The bus shelter's changed since last time and there were also considerably less muggles. This meant we could have a nice long search, where the cache turned up fairly quickly.

If it was a similar hide before, I understand why I DNF'd it.

Log is wet to the point of disintegrating in my fingers, but we took photos which will be provided upon request

Thanks Shifter Brains- great to avenge the DNF!

Today we headed over to North Ryde and Denistone East for a mixture of short walk and "park & grab" caches. A total of 17 finds for the day.

No luck for us here today, but will have another go when we are next in the area. TFTH anyway Shifter Brains.

29 June 2018 at 14:52

Missed this one last time. For some reason my smart phone wanted me anywhere but where I thought I should be. Went with my instinct, still nothing. PAF! Gosh, I looked there already. Obviously just not well enough. Anyway, got it !!!!

TFTC Shifter Brains