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Description
Into plane spotting? Then this may be a cache for you.
Located at the end of the East - West runway at Tullamarine International Airport, this cache location is perfect for watching planes take off and land.
If you check the google maps you will see a homestead near GZ. Fear not, the homestead is long gone and there is nothing in this area apart from a few old fences and escaped garden plants to mark the passage of time.
You are more than far enough away from the control tower with trees in the way and as such you won't be spotted. You may need to watch out for the odd security car along the perimeter boundary, but you are well away from the perimeter fence and this is a natural location for people to be watching planes take off and land.
The physical cache itself is a recycled container from down Williamstown way, but it happened to fit in rather nicely in the hiding area.
You are seeking a 500ml container which has been disguised is a slightly different manner to what you should expect. The cache is not hard to find however an you should be in and out in quick fashion. That is of course, unless you want to watch a plane coming in and taking off.
I hope you enjoy this cache.
Hints
Haqre gur jbbqra srapr yvar, va gur bhpul cynagf, haqre gur cvrpr bs gerngrq cvar cnyvat. |
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Logs
May 2010
Didn't bother turning the GPS on as I thought, how hard could it be to spot, so wandered about 150m down the fence line before easily finding the cache.
Had previously picked up Down the Line #1 and had it in my pocket so the 3yo didn't vanish it... returned to the car to find it was no longer in my pocket. Thankfully found it after retracing my steps (and yes, it was still raining).
TNLN definitely an area I never would have otherwise visited
March 2010
A nice spot to watch the planes landing with a great noise. Cache was soon found but I lingered for a while watching the planes.
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Have not been this far down the road before, saw lots of planes landing. Parked very close to the cache and spotted an object that turned out to be hiding the cache. I wonder what happened to the house that used to be close by.
TNLNSL
Many thanks C@W
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February 2010
Well, this was a new area for us. We have been down the other road along the fence line many times but were not aware of this one that gets you so close to the east-west runway. Unfortunately it was not in use while we were there due to the strong southerly wind dictating all aircraft use the north-south strip.
A short search and the item was in hand. (I think I do recognise it from the Rifle Range hide.)
Got rid of the leaking bubble bath container, cleaned the cache up a little and duly signed the log.
Our thanks to c@w for the cache and bringing us to a new vantage point we were not aware of.
Cheers
Ian &Sandra
Team Ladava
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9/2/10 @ 7:50pm with TLR
Lot's of planes here! And some people ummm... enjoying? the secluded area! LOL
TNLN SL TFTC
- M
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W The Empire.
GCA Cache # 14
@ 7.50pm.
We sat for a while watching the massive machines take off and land.
The noise that they make is quite impressive.
Haven't really taken the time to come out here since i was a kid.
Would have loved to seen a AirBus takeoff or land.
TFTC, The Lone Random
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January 2010
Sat in the car at GZ, ate my lunch and watched the planes.
TFTC.
TNLNSL.
The Riddeller.
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I know this area really well, and was even considering placing a cache at the exact location! I used to ride my pushbike all the way up here from Keilor when I was a teenager, just to watch the planes. I remember always being frustrated that you couldn't cross over from McNabs Rd to Operations Rd, a problem which still exists today, and it's sure to catch a few unwary geocachers out if they are relying on Google Maps to find this one. Anyway, I got to GZ today, very quiet around here, and quickly found the well-concealed cache. Nice work from c@w, which will give him a few points from me for the 2010 CotY competition! It was great to see the blank logbook, too, which gives me another FTF - I'm doing well this summer! TNLN. Many thanks c@w!
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