Lions Den Haddon, Victoria, Australia
By Reggie81 & Aussiepie on 03-Jun-06. Waypoint GCWD90

Its been 9 months since the owner showed any interest.

We had a good look, but fear that this cache has gone.

Time to go. IMHO.

Called at this cache today at 12 noon could not find it

As previous finders have had trouble I guess it has been muggled

Thanks

Visited this cache today after reading notes of the others that have found cache debris.
I have found this cache before and the cache has definitely gone.
Sadly, the owner has not been active for two years, so this one may need to be archived to stop people searching and possibly damaging the area trying to find something that isn't there anymore.
At the very least it needs to be made unavailable to give the owner a chance to do cache maintenance if they want to.

Cache no 5 of 35 on our way to NZ
Thanks

Found with Mogni on the way to New Zealand's South Island for a week of touring and caching. Found no cache container or contents, but did find one measly card from another cacher so took that as a find. Have bought the card home with me if proof is needed. This one may need to be checked...
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
BB

Found very easily at 6:35pm. Cache looks to be muggled as there is no log book or treasures. Have left note and will contact Reggie81. TNLN TFTC

Cache was a quick find at gz in a logical place. I took shelter in the obvious place from (so far) the light rain. The log has been found by several muggles and they have even done swaps! Not surprisingly as there wasn't much cover for the cache. There is more now but it is a bit vulnerable. thanks for the cache.

Found today a very quick find and a bit of time for the geomutt to have a little run around.
IN- Horse OUT- NIL SL TFTC

Found today at 1430 hrs with Mrs1SR. A nice easy find in a great little park.
TNLN

Found at 5:50pm on our way back from Caching in town as we live not far from here. Luckly the sun had just set and there were no muggles.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Found at 1610. A wonderful spot, although was amazed to find no one here, which was great as it meant I could hunt in peace. The cache was found after a short search.

TNLN. TFTC.

Part of our, beat our record for # caches in a day tour.

Found after widening the search area. The Geodes enjoyed the playground and bridge nearby.

TFTC.

Great night for caching with the whole extended caching family Fozzy778, Mrs. Fozzy, Chati, GeoLoch, new cachers Flyjabiru1 and sandar10.Soon we'll need a bus at the rate of growth in Ballarat.
Cheers to Reggie81 and Aussiepie

7th of 10 for the day with Team Fozzy, Highrod, Sandar10 and Team FlyJabiru1!!
What a great day for caching, clear skies, not too hot - Perfect!!
Easy find. Find # 301. Found @ 8.00pm
T: N L: Fozzy card, Worker and Aussie flag
Thanks !!

Found at 8pm on a caching evening with Fozzy778, Mrs. Fozzy, Chati, GeoLoch, new cachers Flyjabiru1 and family, and Highrod.
A quick find by fozzy he had it in hand before we had parked the car!
TNLNSL TFTC

Found with Fozzy778, Highrod, Sandar10, and families.

Yeah! Ms Mini finally found one today! In the company of caughtatwork and GabGab, we had some heavy competition!
TNLN. This would have been a really nice place to stop and have lunch today...if we hadn't already done so!
TFTC.

I found this cache today with caughtatwork and The Mini Mob. I enjoyed the playground while everyone else looked for the cache. Then I came over and wrote my name. Thank you.

Found by caughtatwork at 2:03
My goodness, I couldn't have parked any closer to this cache had I parked right on top of it. A very short walk from the car to GZ and the cache was found by The Mini Mob with us today while I had obvious cache blindness.
While the younger ones took the opportunity to play on the equipment nearby we got down to logging the cache and returning it.
Given the apparent lack of coverage at GZ, I'm surprised it hasn't gone missing. Maybe it's just that no-one looks over there.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks again aussiepie and REGGIE81 for the opportunity for the grownups to find a cache and for the little ones to enjoy the playground.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

We were surprised this hasn't been muggles yet, maybe all the folks around here know about it.
Thanks Reggie81 & Aussiepie

Find # 20 of 30 for the day and 173 for the Melbourne assault trip with Skippy.

Nice facilities here, even a light to sign the logbook by!
TNLNSL, Cheers

Despite the huge bonfire next door, the motor bike riding muggles, the Lion's doing something in the next part of the park over.. and a GPS that wanted to take us in the wrong direction.. The 'only' place it could be hidden was located. L: Animal Snap card; T: McD toy. Thanks Reggie81 & Aussipie.

This cache took us a little while to get as a few muggles were enjoying the area. We left to grab a cool drink at a nearby store and by the time we returned they had gone.

A quick search of the area located the cache pretty much where we thought it might be on the first visit. This would be a hard one to get on a busy day.

Took: Neighbours DVD
Left: CSI PC Game DVD

Signed Log.

TFTC and the visit to this area!!!

Fortunately this cache wasn't too hard to find as it was beginning to rain quite heavily. The area is quite nice and I enjoyed having a look around.

Thanks,

R - B

Found it after a quick look around. Great spot to take the kids when caching...

Found with the Coffee's and Mystery Inc777.

We picked this one up on the way home from the Mulled on the mountain event. Mini Cacher had the honour of finding it.
Took:Nil Left: Geo Coin.
Thanks to Reggie81 & Aussiepie for the cache,
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "We fought the lion and Won" Clan.

Found with the Coffee Clan.

We found this nice little park on our way to Portland from Ballarat. Nice and early this morning and no muggles using the facilities yet, giving us a clear shot at the cache. We had the cache in our hands after less than 1 minute, could not have parked closer if we tried.
Took Nemo
Left Hair ties
Thanks reggie81 for the cache and showing us this park.

Found at 12:20pm
If dogs could talk, some nearby would have said Hey everyboy look at what this suspicious guys doin a quick run in and run out did the trick.
TNLN
Cheers
Highrod

11th out of 12 caches on a long trip home down the Western. A few muggles nearby, but not paying attention to me. T- screwdriver, L- magnets.

We are sure we could have found it..if we had looked. Pitty about the hundred or so bikers that converged on the park for a picnic..

Found by McAdies at about 6pm. Not a soul about tonight so it was nice & easy to find and replace.
Took Gecko magnet and DJ Travelbug
Left Nemo toy

Found after very short search at 1: 15. Decided very nice spot, so stayed for lunch. Not a muggle in sight on a beautiful summers day. TNLNSL TFTC reggie81.

A not so difficult find accompanied by Oenze on our tour of Ballarat and surrounds. A bit of fossicking revealed your cache. TNLN thanks

3rd find of the day at 9:15am. Accompanied by Feathertop on our clean up around Ballarat an beyond, This was an easy find apart from the GPS pionting us to the wrong side. TNLN, Signed Log Thanx Reggie81 & Aussiepie....

Found by Mary & David at 1430. Caught on to the cache name as we drove up. What a collection of chairs inside. Not a muggle in sight today. Took craft dough, left aromatherapy book. Our thanks again to Reggie81 & Aussiepie.

Mrs Canclan found this one solo... I may be getting the hand of this after all!

nice and easy this one

Left DJ travelbug and took aromatherapy book

Another find for The Rebel Alliance. L.L.T.R.A

Seventeenth of twenty-four caches on our usual end-of-year caching assault with acts2youthgroup. We parked within 4m of the cache, and had an easy find at 1650. We retired to the shelter to log the cache. Acts2YG availed himself of a lounge chair, and I used a kitchen chair. Talk about logging a cache in comfort! I made no exchange. Thanks to Reggie81 & Aussiepie for the cache.

Eighteenth of Twenty-four cache finds for the day, the cache was found at 16:50. This was Dak’s Emu Mobs and Acts2YouthGroups annual end of year caching trip. Another nice quick find, this cache was luxury I sat in an arm chair to log the cache. Thanks.

Dear Reggie81 & Aussiepie,

We found your cache today at 3:00pm as the ninth of eighteen on our Circumference de Ballarat Tour II. A nice cool shady spot and an easy find. Thanks for our 1st Reggie81 cache.

Kind Regards,

D & H B-A

Found at 11.00am GAFF1. Finally came back to Ballarat to clean up the remaining caches that we left behind on our previous trip. We were heading to Dunkeld and all 7 caches that we hadn't done were along the Glenelg Hwy. How perfect! This cache was found in a nice and neat little Lions park.
Thanks Reggie and Aussie Took: coca cola pin, Left: Sunglasses.

A late log. I found this with RoundCircle and just getting around to logging.

TFTC.


[This entry was edited by Geo_Ferret on Saturday, August 04, 2007 at 1:23:45 AM.]

When we arrived, the lions were running a working bee to keep the place in tip top shape. So we used the GeoKid to distract them whilst the cache was retrieved. Happily it was an easy find.

Took a mondo and left a stainless fridge magnet.

Thanks for the cache.

another area we had never visited, great place for a BBQ found at 1400hrs left dvd took mondo thanks for another cache to find in our local area

Found @ 14:05

A nice easy find in a nice park.

T:N
L: Screwdriver, playdough and some orange glue.

Thanks regie81 for bringing us to this spot.

I have found this cache as part of JADE004, but have now created my own separate account (therefore I am not shown in the log book under this username).

Facilities were great. Nice and easy find. Went for a walk while we were there and saw some go-karting in action.
Took: Beach Ball
Left: Bendy Pencil
Thanks.

When I arrived, there was a council man mowing the grass area. I thought that this might cause me some grief, but the cache was found immediately while he had his back to me.

After logging my find in the nearby building, (no swap), I waited until the mower had his back to me again before replacing the cache. Thanks for the cache.

Found 14:50, another intersting location.

TNLN, thanks to Reggie81 & Aussiepie.

[This entry was edited by Biggles Bear on Monday, August 21, 2006 at 2:27:34 PM.]

Quick easy find once you dodge the lions, seems the going mode of transport's a harley around here.
Took Kaleidoscope Left Large dinosaur
Thanks

Found a few muggle cubs playing outside the lions den, but we parked the safari vechile sooo close that they did not notice. We swapped a few jungle animals and drove off into the sunset.
Thanks, Robmc.

2.30pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Another lovely park which revealed the reason for the cache name as we approached.
This proved to be an easy drive by in very pleasant surroundings.
We signed the log and exchanged one of our Mondo Figurines for an Ink Stamper.
Thanks Reggie81 & Aussiepie for bringing us here.
Romax.

Visited with Kate and the dog. Great spot for a walk. TNLN.

Found after short search, avoiding muggles walking the dog.TNLN

Found by Nav Man at 3.00pm. Nice stepping stone from Common Ground (GCWD9E). Lovely maintained area, but yes muggle territory. Luckly pulled car up close to GZ, so once located was able to sneak it to the car to make swaps and log find.

Took:Playing Cards
Left:Coca Cola Pin

Cache Name became apparent when nearing GZ.
We came here first, but left to find "Common Ground" to pass the time until the kids in the playground left.
Spent a few minutes in the wrong place, and after remembering the hint, decided we were wasting our time where wer were looking. Difficulty was increased as we were looking by torchlight.
Great cache container, we are big fans of these ones.
Took TB Buzz and Fuzz, left Stamper.
TFTC guys.
2Dudez

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There is a T/B in this cache as well