This cache is placed in honour of the Echidnas that you might see on the Alice Springs Telegraph Station whilst out caching. Echidnas are relatively uncommon around Alice Springs, and will dig themselves into the ground and curl up into a spikey little ball. If you do see one, they are harmless, but their spines are sharp. They eat ants - and the name of this cache comes from an underwear commercial which aired on Australian TV in the 1990s. You can view it here.
(The following text is from Wikipedia)
The short-beaked echidna was commonly called the spiny anteater in older books, though this term has fallen out of fashion since the echidna bears no relation to the true anteaters. In Central Australia southwest of Alice Springs, the Pitjantjatjara term is tjilkamata or tjirili, from the word tjiri for spike of porcupine grass (Triodia irritans). The word can also mean slowpoke.
This echidna has extremely strong front limbs and claws due to its mechanical advantage which allows it to burrow quickly with great power. As it needs to be able to survive underground it has a significant tolerance to high levels of carbon dioxide and low levels of oxygen. It has no weapons or fighting ability but repels predators by curling into a ball and deterring them with its spines. The echidna lacks the ability to sweat and cannot deal with heat well so it tends to avoid daytime activity in hot weather. It can swim if needed. The snout has mechanical and electroreceptors that help the echidna to detect what is around it.
During the winter it goes into deep torpor and hibernation to save energy and reduce metabolism before emerging, as the temperature increases, to mate. Female echidnas lay one egg a year and the mating period is the only time the otherwise solitary animals meet one another; the male has no further contact with the female or his offspring after mating. A young echidna is the size of a grape but grows rapidly on its mother's milk, which is very rich in nutrients. Baby echidnas eventually grow too large and spiky to stay in the pouch and, at around six months of age, they leave the burrow and have no more contact with their mothers.
The cache itself is a mini-decon container with a log and room for geo-coin sized swaps.
***PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PEN***