Journey to the centre of the earth Mandurang, Victoria, Australia
By hondo222 on 29-May-06. Waypoint GCW9Z6

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Looks like this one is gone for good

I've temparorarily diable site due due to missing cache.

Might be nice if the coords have changed that someone who finds this to give the new coordinates rather than a 25 meter scrounging around in thorny bushs and what not. cheers

After yesterdays debarcle that was the GF replay, and an after midnight pick-up at the airport of stinga4, then long drive to Bendigo, I thought this morning I'd grab a cache to help lift the spirits a little. When 15 mins couldn't reveal the prize I caved and rang stinga4 who has found this one before. Well I should have known. Plenty of rain lately might have sent this cache on a trip. Signs of the water level being quite high here could be bad news. I hope not. TFTS

My girlfriend and I searched for about 15 mins and couldn't find it. Didn't understand the clue. Still good fun

Accompanied with Crank1 and Alchemy2.... We love it so much and we enjoyed search until Crank1 found the container.... SL. Thanks hondo222

Found it with girls
Had lots fun in beautiful Bendigo country today
Thanks for the cache and hunting

Glad that we got it.
Found with Alchemy2 Everlasting. TFTC

Ofter orienteering nearby, headed off to find a few.

Unfortunalty after all three of us searched for 20 mins, we were unable to find the prize. Coundnt work out the hint, so eventually gave up and headed off to find another one.

finally got around to this 1 jr found the cache in a short time SL TFTC

1459: I surveyed the scene and had just started on the GZ according to my GPSr when A+ called out "Is this anything to do with the cache?" 'This' was a topless container lying in the car park and inside was the log - dry. Last entry on 11th March was "Council workers". A+ found the top a few metres away - no longer a snug fit to the sontainer which we guess had been run over by a vehicle. There is sign of recent heavy rains gouging out channels so it is possible those rains dislodged the conatiner from its hide.

After logging we hid the container in a nearby spot and have advised the owner. Anyone looking in the meantime can nbe assured it is within a 25m radius of X unless of course it has gone walkabout again.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found it will my daughters, brother and his girlfriend. Nice spot. Girls where interested in this spot and of course we had to take some photos right on the X. TFTC

bzzt.Had a good look around, but no sign of it. Reckon we had the clue worked out too, but maybe not.

We sprung squalid at this one, we tried to help but we were of no use.. The clues didn't help us either. We brought our own baby but she kept moving around so the baby part of the clue was no use.
Going to have to ask for a clue from someone before we tackle this one again.

What a spot to be...love the plaque and the hide.
Thanks for bringing us here.
TNLNSL
TFTC

Monsieur Spyderbte on his own today. Did a good job but had trouble understanding what the clue meant. (He obviously needs Madame Spyderbte to help him out!)
SL
TNLN, TFTC hondo222

Found to day at 1715hrsby TURPS2. the heart of Vic
Regards Turps2

For some reason I thought this would be in an old mine! Name is very appropriate when you get there [^]

Wow what better place for a cache then the Geo centre of Victoria, thanks for taking us here and finding out a small piece of history on the plark. Oh and X does mark the spot.
JABs.

Found this cache easily with the help of Spiderman Detective & Little Bob the Builder after a previous visit in the dark which resulted in a DNF. While Spiderman Detective was waving his kaleidoscope there was a slight mishap when it ended up landing on the wooden X and broke. All was fine when we discovered the small plastic treasures inside which Bob and DS shared these between them.

Found with Bushfire whilst out on a caching weekend. This was another one of those frustrating Bendigo caches that had us both scratching our heads wondering where we had gone wrong. We knew we were at the centre, but couldn't crack it! Even more frustrating for me was that Bushfire found the "baby" in a spot I had searched earlier. Damn!
Thanks for the hide in a spot that I had never been to before.

Speedy Stamps and Bushfire decided to have a weekends caching between Ballan and Bendigo and try to find some simple caches and some more devious ones. We did not find as many as we would have wished but found some great devious ideas and hides especially by the master hider of Bendigo and surrounding areas. (Romax)

We have never been to the centre of Victoria before so that was a plus.We tried all manner of ideas here but still could find it and the clue we still do not know what it means. Eventually the devious cache was in hand, signed the log and we were away.

Thanks hondo222 for the cache and for bringing us out here.

Nice hide.

We came back at 9:30am to look for this one, it was getting to me a bit but I said NO it has to be around this area and sure enough we found it!! very tricky and we both got a kick outta it we were there for about 15min before we found it. TFTC It is soooo much eaiser in the daylight!!!

A 9pm journey, out for a study break with my friend. we tried finding this tricky little one, not completly understading the clue we both had mixed feelings what the baby was. 15min later my friend mentioned she heard someone in the church, which totally freaked me out so I quickly jump back in my car and said forget about this one!! She said let's go back tomorrow morning and find it!!! I hope we have better luck tomorrow!! Thanks for this adventure:)

Find # 547 @ 16:20 and the 19th for the day on the Bendigo area caching tour.
This is a hard one. After reading the plaque, I had a good look around. I had a better look around after peeking at the clue.
Being the stickler that I am, I perservered and soon had the cache in hand. Great hide. SL TFTC

13 of 14 finds today at 1447. Well never knew this was here, guess we can say we have been to the centre of Victoria now!!!! A very quick find in the clever hide, sometimes your just lucky and grab the correct thing.
TFTC

A very cleverly hidden cache. I was lucky enough to find it very quickly.
I noticed that this cache is highly protected by Slater & Gordon (well lots of slaters named Gordon anyway)
Seconds after I had rehidden the cache some muggles pulled up to take a look at the monument (closest call I've had!)
SL
TFTC
RissL

Found at 1515. After reading the plaque a very craftily hid micro was found. Thanks hondo222.

As this one hasn't been found since June 14th we decided to work that part of town today.
Found after 10 mins in the rain.
Nice hide hondo222.
Andrew (acjgrant)

Well we found the centre of the earth (Victoria anyway) and while toyahmary backflipped off the monumental stone just so he could say he did, CCno.2 found the cache. Very clever hide. TFTC.
~ Crazy Creels.

after reading that this one was only 1 and a half star i didnt think we would be long but this was a very clever hide and easily the hardest 1 and a half star find i have found
i am now happy to be able to say i have done a backflip off the center of victoria i hoping alot of people havnt been able to do that
thanks for the hide
>>>>>>>>>toyahmary<<<<<<<<

Found it eventully. It was overgrown and didn't really understand the clue.A muggle dog helped us go in the direction.
TFTC

Found at 0800. Well this was certainly a surprising little visit to this location. Had a quick read of the plaque before spotting a likely hiding spot, and sure enough, the cache was there, although hidden in a manner I wasn't expecting. I like the fact you didn't opt for a simple cache hidden under sticks and leaves.

Thanks for the history lesson.

What a great place. 3 teams were searching for over an hour until it was eventually found - a great little hiding place.

Found It
With DEJH, JanPip & family.
It great to stand on the cross and know that I am standing centre of the Victoria.
Been there twice, First one was a quick trip.
Came back for 2nd one with 2 teams and family.
Been search whole area. Nearly give up because couldn't able follow the clue. "BABY"
DEJH - "D" found the cache. the logbook was already fully. we wrote on top of the logbook paper.
Thanks for the cache and bring us to the centre of Victoria.

[This entry was edited by langb77 on Monday, May 04, 2009 at 10:48:41 PM.]

After 3 teams searching for nearly half an hour we nearly gave up.Clue didnt help us much.But i was the lucky one to find it just about as we where going to leave. Great little hide.

Friend found this one - had trouble understanding clue.

clue was not helpful, but found by a friend (non geocacher) we shot her later, once we logged in.

Had visited this cache once before, found today after a short search, very tricky hide. Log is now very full. Thanks for the cache.

Found this one on our second try. Finding one hidden in a similar manner earlier in the day helped get us in the right frame of mind for this toughie. The log is indeed full, but we did manage to squeeze in. TFTC.

It was fun in the middle of Victoria.

Found this one, great spot but you will need to put a new log book in because its full.

TFTC
379Jonti379

Tricky spot. Kool place, lived in Bendigo for 30 years never knew that monument was there, so thanks for that.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Great hide.
Good to get a geography lession.
TFTC. (F5)

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found at 1.00pm

I guess that somewhere had to be in the middle, just did not know it was here. Searched around for while with no joy, then we spotted something we had seen once before. Nice sneaky hide.

The log is almost full and could do with a fresh sheet.

TNLNSL
TFTC hondo222

09.10am.i was being taken around bendigo for the day by Phetlern so he just had to bring me to the center of the earth,we did take some pics here but in 6 years ive never managed to get a pic up on the web site! its always tells me"incorrect file path" whatever that is?it was then time to look for the cache,and not for the first time i think i surprised myself and Phetlern how quick i found this excellent cache.thanks for this one 10 out of 10.sltn.patandjeff=bopnes1.

3rd find for the day. Second attempt at this one. Found it easily this time.
Signed log.
TFTC
Mobiledaws

Found by McAdies.
Like pretty much every Bendigo cache we attempted today this one had us scratching our heads.
Finally found it, and the ants have really taken over and we had a hard time retrieving the log to sign but in the end we did.
TFTC

We found our 2nd Hondo222 cache at 5:55pm as the 10th of 15 on Day 1 of our "Where'd Bendy Go?" long weekend. A really cache worthy spot. It was over a year since this cache was last found though and this made it very difficult to locate. Eventually we did locate it in amongst the ants nest. Thanks for the cache from D, H & A B-A.

Our sixth cache for the day back over in the Bendigo area. An interesting little spot indeed and a clever hide that took us a few minutes to find. Well done Hondo. Cheers.

Found in the company of Willowvale. Nice hide Hondo222

Great Hide, not so easy find. Rain has made it more of a challenge.

Hmmm - another sneaky hide. We were aware of the site - as we were there for the official opening (see pics). E-mailed a friend for a clue but it didn't help! Stumbled across this crafty hide on our third passing visit. Whacko well done.

Found at 4:30pm after a short search. My first micro using this type of container - no doubt there will be many more!

Thanks hondo222!

I know the geographic centre of Australia has also been marked. I wonder if there's a cache there? Thanks Hondo.

Found @ 12:43:50 PM
Well done, took us a little while to find.
T: N
L: N
SL
TFTC

well i never knew that this place existed took Karen along for the search and she was the one to come up with the goods a neat hide well done

As darkness fell on Bendigo, Tom Tom indicated the this cache was the next closest, so we set off. Arrived at GZ to find the “Xâ€. Took some time then to find the cache, but finally located it just as we were leaving. Logged @ 1730.
TNLNSL TFTC hondo222.

4stubbies and four friends all enjoyed the visit to the famous mark. Cache soon located to the amazement of our friends.

This was our first find. Once we know how you think, we got the drift. search and yee shall seek

Now I can say I've been there! There really was an "X"
Nice hide.
Thanks, Robmc.

Thought this one might be a walk in mine shaft by the heading but wasn't disappointed by what we found. Didn't know this was here.
After a good search I had to phone for a clue so not a legitimate find as such. Very clever and well done
Thanks

Found 17/2/2007 @ 15:20

Yet another interesting place that I never knew existed!

TNLN

Thanks hondo222.

I concur with Biggles Bear, I was completely oblivious to the significance of this cache! This spot was interesting and the hide was very crafty indeed, it was much appreciated. For those who are into this cache in a big way, log Geographical in Melbourne and complete the whole set!

Thanks,

R - B

Found 16:40, a very interesting location that we just wouldn't have know about if not for this cache.

TNLN, thanks hondo222.

Found with Farmers5 on a weekend trip. I Enjoyed the location of this one - something that I didn't know about. It took us longer than it should have especially as a lost soul had accidentally given away a tip earlier in the morning! Very nice hide though. TNLN. Thanks for the hunt and hide hondo222.

Having my own cache called "geographical" which is based on the dead centre of Melbourne,i was keen the grab its state equivelant.After parking at the famous "x" we searched for a few minutes in what we thought were only a few possible hide locations.But ,it was Alansee who noticed the clever hide first and the goods were revealed.Thanks to Hondo222 for the location and clever hiding tactic!TNLN.

Cache number 23 on my foray around Bendigo today. Found late in the day. This one was proving a little tricky and at one stage I even thought it was muggled. I found a cork in a hide at the base of the stump and thought it might have been "collected". I was in the middle of trying to phone a friend when I found it . tnln. Nice work on the hide.

relativly easy find for Bendigo especially when you get to appriciate how they think.

thanks

Oh yes a clever little hide this one was. Dave_5 and I looked around GZ for about 10mins before a better read with the GPS put us closer to the spot and bang there it was.
TFTC

Great little find this one. Seventh find for the night with my partner in crime Cranium_caching. After looking in for a while we were able to get a bit closer. TNLNSL TFTC

Found by edmil & maddie. Well this was one location that we had no idea existed. We arrived at the location and after a few photos we went in search of the cache. Well chalk another one up to maddie. I was back at the car checking the pda when the found it shout came. A crafty little hide but one we're getting used to.

Found at 4.40pm GAFF1. We have been to the centre of Aus - both places! And now to the centre of Vic. Wow what's next! We had a bit of trouble as we were around 7 metres away from the cache when we found it. What a clever hide though. Well done hondo222.

Another great caching example and another must do for the coffee swilling clan. We have been to the centre of Melbourne, the geographical centre of Australia and now the geographical centre of Victoria.
The cache was found after a brief search in likely spots, and after logging the find the usual photos were taken.
Many thanks Hondo222 for the significant cache well worth the stop.
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "I put my coffee cup right on the marker expecting a miracle, however it stayed empty" Clan.

Never new about this spot!
We took some pics of this before finding this easy find with in 30 sec.
We are looking foward to your new one that just came into play today ..but bet the bottem dollar it will be tougher than this hide and on the legs.

Thanks "H222" will return the favor very soon when we hide a cache.

SL TNLN

Team BBB

Interesting location, the location of the actual centre was a much debated topic some years ago, with the result of different mapping organisations publishing varing calculated coordinates for the centre of Victoria. Thanks for the cache Hondo222.

Tried to find this morning but at that stage lacked the skill.Returned as an afterthought on my way home and found in 2 minutes as my Bendigo micro skills had been well honed by now. Thanks hondo222 for showing me this place.

Found @ 11.30am
2nd of 5 for our day out in Bendigo.

I had never even known about the fact that this place marked the exact centre of Victoria. Even when I saw the name, I had no idea. This place should be better known!!

My wife actually found this whilst I was looking elsewhere. Very clever. I have to keep my whits about me in Bendigo. The standard is pretty high.

TNLNSL. Thanks Hondo222 for opening my eyes further to the countryside around me!!

My 26th of 27 caches for the day. This took us ages to find. Our GPS sent us everywhere. Happily A2YG found the cache and we were rapt. Cache was found at 1945. Thanks so much for the cache.

Cache nineteen of twenty finds on a wet, windy, cold and can someone tell us why we do this, day's caching day with Dak’s Emu Mob, Kiwideb, and Muzza. Dark and wet and after checking several places in the area that we had as GZ with no luck Dak called the Crackers help line. We all began searching the indicated area and I finally found the well hidden cache some meters from where we were looking. Thanks for showing us this location.

The Alliance was out in force today with four members present. So this is another find for The Rebel Alliance. L.L.T.R.A

This was our penultimate cache for the day, having visited around 26 others previously. It was cold and raining, and we searched where-ever our GPSr's pointed, all without success. We ended up ringing a previous finder, Team Crackers, whose advice set us searching more thoroughly a place we had already looked in.

It wasn't exactly there, but A2YG found the well hidden cache a little further afield again, in a place no-one had looked. Thanks for the cache, and for allowing us all to stand exactly on the centre of Victoria.

Sixteenth of seventeen finds on a rainy, cold day's caching in and around Bendigo with acts2youthgroup, Kiwideb, and Muzza. It was drizzling rain. It was dark. It was miserable. We looked in the obvious spots. No cigar! We looked in non-obvious spots. No cigar! The logs indicated a devious camo job, so we tried to see something "Bendigo". No cigar! I even checked around the nearby hall. Since the description says 'X marks the spot', we even investigated the X and survey marker. Still no cigar! In desperation, we called the Team Crackers help line, who gave us some hints about where to look, but didn't tell us what we were looking for. We still managed to search the wrong place, until Acts2YG found the cache at 1945 some metres away. It's a micro, so I made no exchange.

To use a hackneyed cliché, this is yet another place that I would have been unaware of if it weren't for geocaching. Thanks to hondo222 for bringing me here, and for the cache.

We located this cache after coming from Emu Rock on our Bendigo night assault. This is quite an amazing location we would never have seen with out geocaheing. We could tell we were getting close to Bendigo by the quality of the hide.
TNLN
Thanks hondo222 for sharing this unusual and interesting location with us.

Found at 3:00pm Found accompanied by the GeoMrs as navigator and scribe. 10th find of 11 for the last day on our Ballarat/Bendigo & beyond expedition. Finaly, we can say we've been to the centre of X. Interesting location.
TNLN Signed log. Thanx hondo222...

Found by Mary & David at 1115. Continued on from Emu Rock and enjoyed the bush track. Delighted to get to GZ and learn something that the average tourist wouldn't discover from a guide book. The micro camouflage was well up to Bendigo standard. The master seems to have many apprentices. Most enjoyable. Our thanks to hondo222.

Found at 2.25pm
An interesting geographical feature,
This is the second cache to highlight the area,
The first was archived a few years ago.
Neat hide
Thanks
K&M

FTF: nice hide found early on a brisk friday morning on the way to work just beat Romax by 15 mins ....
well done guys.

Team Tandoori

[This entry was edited by Team Tandoori on Friday, June 02, 2006 at 2:53:06 AM.]

Found by Bevfre.3.00pm SLTNLN Thank you Hondo You Beat me to listing this one.

Must have been like Bourke St here today.

Clever hide - well done Hondo

SL Tnx FTC

10.00am
Found by Roma and Max.
Well, so this is the centre of our universe.
Congratulations and thank you again hondo222 for this your 2nd contribution to the local Geo scene, and a very sneaky one it is.
Well done Team Tandoori for FTF.
Romax.

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