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On top of Mt Monda
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This is a favourite area of mine - very pleasant to drive
through with lots of tall mountains, tall timber and clear,
fast-flowing streams - and within easy reach of a half-day trip
from where I live in Melbourne. I've a number of caches nearby and,
as I needed to head up here to do a bit of cache maintenance and to
find a couple of new caches on Mt St.Leonard, I figured I might as
well continue on and explore the area a bit more - so why not
increase the local cache population a bit while I'm at it?
I checked out some maps and this location looked like it might
be a good spot for a cache. It's the top of Mt Monda - although
it's really just a high point on the ridge line and no-one need be
concerned about packing ropes and pitons. In fact, you can make it
into a drive-by, even in 2wd vehicles, unless there's been a lot of
rain - in which case walk the last 150m or use a 4wd. The eastern
slopes of this ridge form part of the Maroondah catchment and it's
a shame that the tree cover doesn't permit any views from here, as
I think they'd be quite spectacular.
The major roads in the area, while unsealed, are usually pretty
good - wide and well surfaced and quite suitable for 2wd - although
it is a logging area and log trucks do use them. Sundays are pretty
safe in this regard but it can be useful to have a UHF handset and
pay attention to any signs detailing logging activity, UHF
channels, road closures, etc. For those into more adventurous
driving, there are many minor tracks throughout the Black Range
between here and Murrindindi.
Nearby
Caches
There are a number of nearby caches, most of them quite new,
which should make this area especially attractive to those jaded
suburban cachers looking for a bit of fresh air and some wonderful
mountain scenery 
Phoenix #1
Good old Lenny
Told there was a great view
Thats a big one
Monda and Dug's
Tanglefoot
Wirrawilla Rainforest Walk
Yea River Walk
and you can even log a GCA Trig if you're into them
Mount St Leonard
There was an old Biggles Bear cache ("Where Ya Goin' Mate?") a little further up the
track from here, but it went with the Black Saturday bushfires.
The
Cache
Getting a dnf on a cache in these less travelled regions can be
particularly galling, so I don't try to make them at all tricky to
find - but, as they are in a rather harsher environment than a
suburban park and don't get nearly as many visitors, they do need
to be anchored down pretty well. This one will probably be pretty
hard to spot after a short time with rain, bark, leaves and dirt
washing down on it, so use the hint - I've tried to make it very
specific.