MONA Rocket Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
By
gooseandegg on 27-Dec-17. Waypoint GA11250
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Virtual |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S42° 53.078' E147° 19.937' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 527134E 5251942N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 2 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hobart |
/147.332283,-42.884633,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
The MONA rocket is located outside the new Brooke Steet Pier on Hobarts' waterfront.
Brooke Steet Pier had existed in various forms for over 150 years. Records of the original pier and wharf structure can be found as far back at the 1820's. The new Brooke Street Pier is an 80 metre long, four-story floating pier, so it rises and falls with the tide. It was partially built at INCAT and towed 8km down the river and anchored in place. The floating pier houses restaurants, retail shops, tour companies and is the departure point for the fast ferry MONA ROMA.
Your task is to take and post a photo of one or more of your team members with the 'pink rocket'
- This requirement should not be a problem if there are two or more of you.
- If you are alone, take a 'selfie' with the rocket. Alternatively, you could get another person in the area to take the photo of you.
Photos without a member of your team cannot be logged as a find.
Hints
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Logs
We arrived in town this afternoon and headed to this area for the night markets, turned the GPS on and noted that we were very close to this one, an easy one to do during the markets.
Thanks for the virtual gooseanegg.
Thanks for the virtual gooseanegg.
Watawieh from Norfolk Island
I found this rocket while out on a chilly morning in Hobart seeking caches
I found this rocket while out on a chilly morning in Hobart seeking caches
Great Cache
Found this cache after going to Apple Isle Moot on my post tour.
I’ll be in Tassie till the 29th of January
I’ve may have added one of my moot pathtags for the next person to find
Found this cache after going to Apple Isle Moot on my post tour.
I’ll be in Tassie till the 29th of January
I’ve may have added one of my moot pathtags for the next person to find
Rated: for Overall Experience
Enjoying a little fun in Hobart.
Good to see the rocket still here.
A little chilly but the sun is a shining.
TFTV
Good to see the rocket still here.
A little chilly but the sun is a shining.
TFTV
Rated: for Overall Experience
Had planned on getting this photo yesterday on our bike ride from Cornelian Bay but by the time we arrived at the cenotaph the sun had nearly disappeared and it really cooled off. So we returned today and were lucky enough to get a car park very close by.
Never realised the Mona boats were in camouflage mode as we'd never been so close to one before.
Would have been nice to slip over to Salamanca Market but we were down here to watch our son compete at Baskerville so thought we had better get out there.
Thanks.
Never realised the Mona boats were in camouflage mode as we'd never been so close to one before.
Would have been nice to slip over to Salamanca Market but we were down here to watch our son compete at Baskerville so thought we had better get out there.
Thanks.
Staying close by for the weekend we walked over for a coffee and a quick cache.
Thanks for showing us this area.
Thanks for showing us this area.
Visiting from Sydney with frazeydaze and noticed that virtual while wandering around the city this morning. TFTVC
This was on my to do list for today so took this selfie.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Caching in the area we stopped and snapped the required pic to log this Virtual Cache
Many thanks gooseandegg for creating this Virtual Cache and highlighting this location.
Many thanks gooseandegg for creating this Virtual Cache and highlighting this location.
Rated: for Overall Experience
With a bit of time to kill after lunch before heading back to the airport, we took a stroll along the waterfront to kill some time. This was a 'muster' and I was able to get my PiC to take the required shot at 14:45 before continuing on our way.
Thanks gooseandegg.
Thanks gooseandegg.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We've walked past this literally hundreds of times but haven't got around to logging it. This morning I needed to kill a bit of time so decided to claim a few unfound GCA caches, this being one of them. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
Visiting frinds in Hobart and doing the 3 capes walk on this Tassi trip. Dino and I did a number of GCA caches as well. This was one pf them. Thank you for putting it out.
Today a trip with the ferry to the art gallery, very spectacular!
Picture of Dino and I.
Today a trip with the ferry to the art gallery, very spectacular!
Picture of Dino and I.
We were in town recently to attend a medical appointment and used the opportunity to grab the required photo to log this vitual cache. We haven't been to this part of the waterfront for a while so nice to make another visit. TFTC
Found this cache while out and about today
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
Thanks for the virtual gooseandegg. Have been meaning to stop by and grab this virtual for ages, and today we were nearby with RLD4963 so we stopped for a photo. Cheers.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Walking about exploring some of Hobart. TFTC gooseandegg.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Howdy gooseandegg, I was filling in time after work waiting for the geoSons to arrive via Metro's finest and then we were off for local seafood dinner - no corned beef and mash was seen. Pic to follow shortly.
Thanks for your pink rocket
virtual cache.
Cheers.
Thanks for your pink rocket
virtual cache.
Cheers.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hello gooseandegg thanks for the cache
A nice quick find.
Could have had a lot of fun with this one.
Found on Friday 26 2018 at 0619
TFTC
A nice quick find.
Could have had a lot of fun with this one.
Found on Friday 26 2018 at 0619
TFTC
after dropping Lil Raffa of at work I came down to Brooke Street Pier to gather evidence that I was there. The pink rocket was still in place but was a little bit damp. TFTV TNBPLN Rocket was damp.
We loved our Hobart holiday and while here we visited the Waterfront and MONA.
Took a photo of the rocket with our GPS.
Thanks heaps Gooseandegg.
Took a photo of the rocket with our GPS.
Thanks heaps Gooseandegg.
#GA2860 - 17:55; The plan for today was to head down to the Tasman Peninsula for some sightseeing and perhaps a cache or two. Driving through Sorell, the geohoney and I both commented on how much it had grown since our last visit about 5 years ago, before grabbing a coffee at Macca's on the way through. Stopped to refuel in Dunalley, which surprisingly had the cheapest diesel I had since since arriving in Tasmania on Saturday. After we finished our tour, we took the tourist track through Carlton River and on through Dodges Ferry and Lewisham. Headed over to Sandy Bay when we got back to the city and then cruised through Battery Point then on to Sullivans Cove. Noticed this cache was close by after parking the geomobile so we could head to Elizabeth Pier for a coldie! Grabbed a snap and then enjoyed a frothy one. TFTC gooseandegg 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Enjoy wandering around here.
Thanks for bring me here and virtual cache.
Thanks for bring me here and virtual cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi goose
Didn't know what to expect as I approached this cache, but soon got the gist of the name
Located and Sainted this flier at 1125 hours
A nice day here for April Fools Day and a good way to spend our 9th anniversary
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Didn't know what to expect as I approached this cache, but soon got the gist of the name
Located and Sainted this flier at 1125 hours
A nice day here for April Fools Day and a good way to spend our 9th anniversary
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on our holiday to Hobart. While strolling along the beautiful waterfront, we quickly took a snap of the rocket. Beautiful location for this art gallery! TFTC gooseandegg!
Photo taken during a recent trip to Hobart. The required photo has been added to the Gallery. Thanks gooseandegg
Beautiful day today for Mr T to take a lunchtime walk and get required photo to log this cache. Will be claiming this as a scavenge for the States of the Nation game. TFTC
I had no idea what the pink rocket was, haven't been to town for a while. Required photo taken. Will claim FTF as no other logs. Thanks for bringing us back to town. We haven't even been in the new Brooke Street Pier yet! TFTV
Rated: for Overall Experience
