Yetar Picnic Malmalling, Western Australia, Australia
By
BelKen on 09-Apr-05. Waypoint GA0113
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | Traditional |
Container: | Regular |
Coordinates: | S31° 57.102' E116° 24.582' (WGS 84) |
50J 444213E 6464765N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 345 m |
Local Government Area: | Mundaring |
Description
A 3.5km return bushwalk.
You will need to know how to navigate to and from the cache as there are no formed tracks. Long pants, sturdy shoes, gators, and own water supply will be needed.
Suggested Parking Co-ordinates S31 57.175 E116 25.526. Which is a track off Yarra Road. Cars can be parked just off Yarra Road but not in full view from the road. This location also gives access to the cache without fighting the prickly Dryandra Bush(parrot).
The cache location is on a ridge that provides views over the valley to Mt Billy and Mount Observation. A wonderful spot to rest after the climb.
From the parking area above out suggested route is WP1 S31 57.211 E116 25.195 WP2 S31 57.017 E116 24.985
This should take you through open woodland and up a fairly tame spur for the moderately fit.
You could decide to visit the summit of Mt Yetar at S31 57.238 E116.24.216. A further 650 metres because it is there.
The Cache is an ammo container in rocks at the base of a tree.
Hints
Haqre n cvyr bs ebpxf ng gur onfr bs n gerr |
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Decode |
Logs
There was prescribed burns happening along Yarra Rd near Ridley Rd, and I began to worry. We kept going until I decided that we may have found a good start point away from the smoke. Looking now, it was about 500m south of the suggested parking WP on the opposite side of Yarra Rd. We set off following the creek bed until we come across a motorbike track heading in the direction we needed to go, so up we went.
1.5 kms later we popped out at the top with me doing a little more huffing than my 13yo son The ammo box is in great shape still and opening it revealed plenty of items inside .. including a little water in the bottom. The logbook was dry and upon inspection showed that there had been a visitor in October last year, but has not logged online. The geo-coin was found in the bottom of the tin but dry and in perfect condition ... hard to believe it's been in the cache for 8 years
A fanstastic spot in a great part of the word, it's a shame that more people don't visit GCA caches.
Thanks for the cache BelKen, and thanks for the great coin .. I will add it to my growing collection.
Something to be said for remote caches on obscure websites as I am unsure whether anyone reads these logs. There has been an unclaimed unactivated Geocoin in the cache as a gift from us to the next cache finder that has sat through three visits and two years.
LOts of flowers out. I think more in a week. Weather perfect today. I am glad its a weekday as looking at the track it may get noisy on the weekend.
Got carried away with the Wandoo caches though, and missed the turn-off, so ended up turning off at Smit Road and coming up Yetar Road. A couple of spots were a bit hairy in the Camry - especially the bit where I went cross country to get on the right road, only to find out that the two roads joined up a couple of hundred metres further on.
After doing Ynsy Pos, I moved the Camry back a bit closer to this one and headed up the bike trail from there. Wasn't a bad little work out walking up the steep section and then a meandering walk to the cache following contours where possible. Arrived here at about 9.30. Loved the views and stopped for a cup of tea before heading back to the Camry, encountering a group of bush-walkers en route.
SL and dropped in a path tag. Thanks for the hide Belken
After finding Wandoo Kindergarten I follow the motorbike tracks for about 1km, which got me to the base of the climb. Great place for an early morning bush walk. Signed the log around 9:20am, and took in the view. Had to be back at work by 11am in Midland so alas couldn't get to Ynys Pos (GCA) today, but shall return another day.
Thanks BelKen for this series, pity more geocaches don't venture out this way. Definitely worth the trip. TFTC.
Cache was in good nick as expected with these ammo tins. I had to remove the tape measure Aushiker had placed in 2005 as it had broken and sprung apart.
I did leave a geocoinclub coin in the cache. It was called Unnecessary bushwacking. Had a note on it saying "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line". So true. But not necessarily the best line. It is a gift for the next "Bushwacker"
Billy’s toy box (GC)
Bryncyn (GCA)
Gwern (GCA)
Ynys Pos (GCA)
Yetar Picnic (GCA)
Wandoo Garden (GC)
Wandoo Kindergarten (GCA)
Grass Tree Castle (GCA)
I can recommend all of these caches with this cache being the highlight of the morning, absolutely stunning views to the east. Even mobile reception which helped as I'd failed to bring the details of the Grass Tree Castle cache and had to phone hime for details. T:'biner light, L: Lego set. TFTH.
Had a good rest when I reached the cache. Love the views from up here! This was the 2nd cache in my 4-cache loop. I took the 2nd-last finders card, so there is 1 more left for the next finder.
Thanks for the cache!
Thanx for the cache
After finding the cache, we stoped on the top of this mountain for lunch,
We all sat about in the rain and ate what ever we could from our packs.
Great area to hike around in, just a shame about the rain as it spoiled our plans to camp on Mt Gorrie
Thanks
Andrew
Wonderful view of the rain surrounding us
Even a topo map would've saved my aching legs from that last bit of climb if I'd detoured clockwise around Mt Yetar instead of widdershins!
Ah, well, I found an ammo can at the top so it was all worth it!
No swaps, and then back to the car and a most welcome cold drink.
-Papa Bear_Left
SL TN L:stubby holder
took some photos of the view to show the other half and kid when i got home.
t4th
tnln sl
All up it was a very pleasent experience and one I recommend to others.
TFTH TNLN
Although it is a hard climb and is still prickly in places the views from the top are worth it.
The cache was found easily and it is in good condition still. We took nothing and left nothing. Thanks Belken for the cache.