Hardman's First North Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
By hardyman on 05-Jun-06. Waypoint GCWE6P

Found Last year and finally adding it to my profile list

Thanks for your cache today on Phil(Bogonghazy) and Ian's(vk3jap) Bendigo caching trip.

not sure what is going on with this being archived.. but.. anyways we found it

We had a most enjoyable day.

TNLNSL - TFTC - Ian(vk3jap)

Nice easy find, and no bees. Didn't realise it had been archived but found it anyway. Found in the company of vk3jap on our Bendigo raid. TFTC TNLNSL

Found this one today without any problems, cache is still in situ and i couldn't see any bees. I've been working with an out of date dataset from october so this one was still marked as active. Cache was well hidden and had us scratching our heads for a bit. Thanks for the hide and container is now safe to collect (or unarchive)

Too many bees

Found at 5:05pm with Eudes, LinearZZ and 4MAAL although only two teams managed to sign the log for themselves. I had tried this one yesterday afternoon, but gave up due to the massive number of bees swarmimg around GZ. Had also seen a larger swarm at the Bunnings car park in Kangaroo Flat on Sat morning - the only two times I have seen this in my life.e population of bees was greatly reduced, but still one took a dislike to Eudes' head (can't blame it really ) and stung him and chased him as he fled from GZ. Would have been a sensation on Funniest Home Videos if only we had one! LZZ and I took pity on Eudes and 4MAAL and quickly signed their names in the log as we made a retreat before they turned nasty on us as well.
TNLN
thanks hardyman
PS - may be worth checking if the bees have moved in permanently and shifting the cache a tad further away if they have.

Alsume was really keen to have another look at this cache hoping, I guess, that the bee swarm might have gone. No such luck, but apparently it was much quieter. The cache was readily found at 5:05pm but that stirred 'em up and the log had to "bee" signed really quickly. However not fast enough for EuDes who was having a tete a tete with a buzz bomb, so we completed formalities for him and 4MAAL and made a hasty retreat ourselves.

This was our last find on this Bendigo trip (although not our last search ) but what a saga it was. The find was easy enough, despite the local bee population, but just as it was my turn to sign the log, one of the local population took a definite dislike to me and not only stung me on my poor old bald pate, but decided that he liked the landing pad so much that he would have several more goes . I only wish someone had some footage of my mad dash back to the cars being chased by something that was over 1000 times smaller than me as I reckon it would have looked like something out of a cartoon . Anyway, there was no way I was going back there so someone signed my name in the logbook at 17:05, one of the very few times I have claimed a find without personally signing the logbook but I still reckon I have a valid excuse .

TNLN, had the LSd for me . Thanks (I think ) hardyman .

Found it earlier but too many bees. Went back at night and only a few menacing bees left able to retrieve with only no3 smallfry running off with an angry bee in tow survived without being stung.

Found By Garrottor
Went at night no bees then

Retreived the container somewhat reluctantly and quickly made our escape. Had visions of being stung repeatedly so didn't hang around to see my fears realised. TFTC I think.

Found with SuperJaz and Bewilderbeest. Im glad SuperJaz was with us, she wasnt scared of the bees!

Thank you thank you!!!

Our last find of our Bendigo visit. I was too chicken to take on the bees, SuperJaz did the deed.

I'd recommend moving the cache, though, for safety of future seekers.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by PR&F on 2/1/09 @12.55pm
Easy find after finding a way to avoid all the bees!
We think there must have been a hive in the lower part of the tree. They were EVERYWHERE!
Made no swaps, singed log and we were on our way!
TFTC hardyman!

I know where it is.... but as I am allergic to bee's and was one up I wasn’t game enough to try it... oh well next time. So close but yet so far!!!!

wish had read logs before going would have been read for the bees as an aparist they didnt worry me but the others in the group wernt so keenkeep low to sta out the flight path and you should be okay.
found with Air force cadets from Horsham
TNLN

Found by Team Ladava 5.20pm
Yep, the bees are there all right which made for one very apprehensive finder and a very rapid retrieval and replacement.
TNLN
Our thanks to hardyman for the cache

We found our 2nd Hardyman cache at 12:50pm as the 11th of 26 on Day 2 of our "Where'd Bendy Go?" long weekend. After a quick sortee out west, we were now back into town. As per previous loggers, there is indeed a swarm of bees at GZ, but also as per other loggers, the cache is easily retreivable without risk of getting stung. Thanks for the cache from D, H & A B-A.

Nothing wrong with this one as a first hide, apart from the fact that a colony of bees was in close attendance. However, they left us alone, and we were able to retrieve and then replace the cache unhindered.

Took: earrings, giraffe
Left: birds, spring

Took the TB for a ride.

Dropping off TB to show it visited here.

found 28.07.08 1627hrs by turps2.

T N Left travel bug "the perfect pint"

A great hide Hardyman.

Your first Our first - a great initiation to this sport, but non to watch today

Found at 11:36pm

Interesting to see a cache at this location and good to see that the local sporting players were enjoying there new facilities!

Thanks for the cache

Nice hide, few muggles on bikes came past but didn't see me. TNLN, TFTC

14:50 Ks no activity on the local hocky ground , found in a very nice hide, OUT: brown Bison key ring IN: green golf key ring

Found at 12.36pm with our friends whom may well turn into Geo's caches finders themselves, ducked the bees and found a well hiden cache. TNLNSL Thanks Hardyman

Well hidden cache but an easy find. TNLN

All quiet in the area today except for the buzzing bees.
TNLN SL
TFTC

Found a 10:00am after a quick walk and search. No muggles around today. The cache can be a bit hard to retrieve if its in the location too far, but it is a very clever hide.

Took: Blue Heart
Left: Butterfly earings
Signed the log

Thanks for the cache!!!

I thought that we had parked a long way from GZ, but as we walked over, it became apparent that TomTom had looked after me. There was a bee hive in the nearest tree, which didn’t bother us, but it would pay to be careful.

Thanks Hardman.

found it @ 0753

i thought with an early start there would be no muggles but how wrong was i, any way after about 5 minutes standing around waiting for the muggles to depart i found the cache easily

TNLNSL

thanks hardyman

Easy find. No one on the sporting ground today.
A bit hard to extract from the hidey hole as it was right down in there.
TNLN TFTC

Short walk and thought we were onto it straight away but it did take a bit more looking to find. Thanks Hardyman

Short walk and found where expected and no problems with sporting Muggles. Nice to see a team training and making use of the facilities. Thanks for the cache hardyman.

[This entry was edited by rebulus on Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 2:57:04 AM.]

Found 11/11/2007 @ 15:35

Jut missed a sporting event, phew!

Looks like I'm the first one to log an entry in the new log book.

Took: TB1Q1PB 'Fox & Geese' geocoin
Left: Chick

Thanks hardyman.

Dropped off geocoin.

Second find for the day. A pleasant walk and not quite where we thought it would be. Left a Blue glass heart. SL.
Thanks Hardyman

13:45
A nice spot, it would be interesting to see the water flow. TNLNSL.

A nice easy one for a change on my Bendigo long weekend tour. Took a toy & left a keyring.
Thanks hardyman,
Roostaman.

this was our first for the evening. Didnt take long to locate.

Found it at 8pm, Nice hide! Can be a bit tricky in the dark!
TNLN
Thanks

Found at 0945. Strangely enough this cache took me 10 mins to find after brushing over the area too quickly.

TNLN. TFTC.

Found with fellow Wombats.

Found at 1340 with my fellow Wombats WW1 and WW2. Our 10th find for the day.

TNLNSL

TFTC

found at 13:40 quick easy find with wombats 2 & 3
TFTC
TNLNSL

Ok so i finally found it.. I am Blind! hahah!
TFTC! Enjoyed it in the dark!

Found at 0930. My last find for the weekend, time to head for home. TNLN Ta

Either I'm blind, or it got muggled

[This entry was edited by t_reez on Friday, August 03, 2007 at 10:17:44 PM.]

Found by Head Chef whilst in Bendigo for work today.

TNLN

Thanks Hardyman

Found with Karen a nice place with a game being played while we were searching tnlnsl thanks Hardyman

No sports happening here at lunch time, unless you count a bit of geocaching
A well hidden cache

This one popped up on the GPS as we were heading to finish off a Romax one. Nice walk as we watched a few hockey boys belt some balls around. Cache found easy enough and remains in good nick. TFTC hardyman. Cheers. TNLN as have now run out of items that will now fit!

[118] - 3.30pm - found with cdmark - A nice quick find - TYFTC hardyman - got to see a hockey game and made me realize I had never seen one before.

4 stubbies and Kingpin went a hunting. Look out for the dog poo as lots of it around to snare you. Found fairly quickly, but the clean up of shoes took longer.
Took small pen and left 4 stubbie marker

Found at 1:15am whilst heading home from another cache. Nobody at the sports ground at this time of night! TNLN, thanks!

Easy cache, a nice Sunday morning stroll, and great to
watch the game.
Left: Dice
Took: Wooden coin "GeoWoodstock4"

Nice & easy, although not where I expected

Found by Facitman and the Facit-Family in the company of Rhinogeo on our Bendigo Bonanza Easter Weekend at 13:00
Arrived at this cache after settling into our Bendigo accommodation. A race was on as we approached GZ with a Rhino being pursued by a pair of facitettes. The Rhino and one facitette headed one way while the other facitette found the cache
TNLN
Thanks hardyman

Found 200704061300 . Accompanied by the Facit-family, this was the first cache I had attempted using Bluetooth and my new TX. Unfortunately, I was doing something wrong and I was still 130m metres away from GZ (at least that's what the GPSr told me [B)]), when e-facit found the cache

TNLN

Cheers Hardyman

As we approached, I was sure I knew where it could be - wrong! But an easy find anyway.
Sport was being practiced nearby (not as interesting to watch as a game).
Thanks, Robmc.

As the last finder said. Good to find an easy one. Strange camo job though!
No swaps but thanks.

Good to have a straight forward find

TNLN

Easy find. The ones I like after a run of DNF's!

Took a bit of a search but at last we found it. The other half thought it had been muggled until it was found.
Good hide. Took - spinning top. Left - Texas wooden Geocoin.

Found 9:30, after searching in what we took to be the obvious location [B)]

TNLN, thanks hardyman.

Another peppercorn region and i am sure our 20 th peppercorn tree region over the last 2 days.At least the shade was proving welcome relief and the cache stash soon found.Thanks to hardyman for the cache.

WIth Farmers5 on a caching trip we found gz easily enough and not for the first time Farmers was extracting the cache as I was settling the GPS! It was a tight fit but thus harder to muggle. TNLN and thanks to hardyman for the cache.

Bendigo Brigade coin visited

Cache number 13 on my foray into Bendigo. A quickly found cache but a slowly removed one. I struggles for a little while to get my hand in the hidey and then remove with cache. Eventually cache was recovered and log entry made. Thanks for reminding me of the boy and the cooky jar.

Found @ approx 14:15

A nice easy find - in the company of Geo Granddad and my son James. There were no players here today, so we didn't have to contend with any crowds.

T: Ockie straps
L: Screwdriver & some toothpicks.

We will also move the Jeep TB on to a new cache sometime soon.

At first my GPS was pointing quite determinedly into the nearby enclosed field, but a little perseverence had the cache in hand. TNLN TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found with Tealby. TFTC.
T: Ribbon
L: Jeep TB

I found what dad had missed. TFTC

good first hide, TFTC.

341. It was my turn to miss the cache a couple of time before CoolAid claimed bragging rights by moving something that I thought was attached. (that should confuse somebody) TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Another long term to-do cache marked off.
I never really got to do this one earlier, but today was its day!!

Having actually met this cacher made the finding kinda nicer!!

Thanks for a nice easy one Hariman!!
TNLFCSL

Nice location and good spot for the hide.
Cheers
Jaxom32581

Great easy find (for the Mrs). Loving the thrill of the find. Thanks. TNLNSL.

First find of the day while itroducing a friend to the caching game. Nice hide. There were no muggles around today which made this much easier than it could be.
TFTC
TNLN

D

This one we did on the way home in the dark which made it more interesting. Was a great little hide. Easy to get to and good spot to put it. TFTC

Found at 4.15pm
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

I enjoyed your first effort Hardyman. Quite a clever hiding spot. TNLN

Found by edmil & maddie. It was great not to be confronted wit yet another micto. I thought I knew where this one would be but I was mistaken. After a short search we had the cache in hand TNLN. Thanks for the cache.

Found at 11.40am GAFF1. Mmmmm ankle breaking sports! We were heading off for the traditional cache hiding spot, but our GPS's were telling us to keep on going. Took: Bouncy ball, Left: Giraffe. Thanks hardyman.

After a quick battery change the GPS did what it was supposed to do and that was to lead us straight to the cache. After retrieving the container the cache was duly logged and replaced with not a muggle in sight.
Many thanks Hrdyman for the cache a great first hide and very much enjoyed.
Regards Mr.Coffee and the "looking forward to finding many more" Clan.

Found in the company of Muzza, DAK and Acts2group at 1200. My 8th cache of 27 for the day. Thanks for the cache.

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 a nice quick find. It was a cold, wet and windy day, with no-one else around, so we were able to drive quite close by. A couple of us jumped out and had it virtually straight away. We then returned to the comfort of the car for all of us to log it. Thanks for the cache.

Sixth 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. I was so glad of the nice quick drive by as it saved us getting wet. Thanks for the cache.

Sixth of seventeen finds on a rainy, cold day's caching in and around Bendigo with acts2youthgroup, Kiwideb, and Muzza. We managed to park close to the cache, and we found the cache at 1200 after a short search. I made no exchange. Thanks to hardyman for the cache.

We collected this cache on our night assault of the Bendigo area. We found a parking spot and as the rain had stopped for the moment we had an enjoyable walk to GZ. Being here this time of night there were no muggles and defiantly no sports at the near by grounds so our search and find was relatively easy.
Thanks hardyman for a great first cache

Well hidden, it took me ages trying ot get it out of there until I found the right hole! Please don't snigger at that comment.

R - B

A nice easy one, unusual for Bendigo. My cousin plays hockey here regularly. TNLN. Thanks Hardman!

Found at 12:23pm. Found accompanied by the GeoMrs as navigator and scribe. 3rd find of 11 for the second day on our Ballarat/Bendigo & beyond expedition. We drove right up to this one full of confidence of a quick find, jumped staight out of the car without the GPS'r but coulnt find anything, after getting my head out of the clouds with my tail between my legs grabs the trusty GPS'r and went to the correct spot and came up with the goodies. Nice hide.
In: bouncy ball
Out: mondo
Signed log. Thanx Hardyman....

Found this one nice and quick. No games and very few muggles around so it made the find all the more easy. Thanks Hardyman, hope to see more of your caches soon.

FOUND by Bevfre 3.15 TNLNSL Nice Hide Thank You Hardyman.

Well done for your first Cache Hardi & Co I enjoyed it, but did you have to make me do this one in the dark after an afternoon of caching? Thanks Guys

Another quick find at 17:15 today. It is very cold in the wind this afternoon and these swaggies were looking for a place out of the wind to kip. Our last for the day here. Time for a drink.

In brown frog.

Out nothing.

Thanks to Hardyman.

5.15pm
Found by Roma and Max in the company of The Swaggies.
Last find for a very enjoyable day of Geo searching and socialising with our city friends.
We took a Monster Pen Top and left our usual Mondo Figurine.
Thanks Hardyman and welcome to the local Geo scene.
Romax.

Great facilities. We are more than a little familiar with the game played here as one daughter and son played for a few years. We sat and enjoyed our lunch from the Beechworth Bakery before beginning our search. TNLN. Our thanks to hardyman.