Rock Trolly Tullah, Tasmania, Australia
By
Prunes on 27-Oct-05. Waypoint GA0238
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | Traditional |
Container: | Small |
Coordinates: | S41° 43.854' E145° 37.547' (WGS 84) |
55G 385711E 5379188N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 195 m |
Local Government Area: | West Coast |
Description
This cache is near some old mining equipment in Tullah
I had driven past it many times on the way to work and thought it looks pretty cool, and people might be interested in the old mining stuff, so here is my first cache, might get a bit muddy getting to the cache but it's all in good fun, plus I was absolutely drenched putting it out there.
You will know where it is extremely easily :P you'll see.
Hints
Lbh jvyy xabj jura lbh frr vg. |
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Decode |
Logs
After a good look today this one has been lost to either muggles or the earth. Hasn’t been found for 12 months and after some digging, still didn’t find
#GA4068 - 12:25; Today's mission was to collect finds in the four remaining dragonZones on the Tasmanian 'mainland', so I headed off early for Rosebery and then to work my way back towards Launceston. Stopped off for a catch-up with a fellow cacher in Ulverstone, then headed off. Stopped off in Tullah at the start of the return journey and parked the geomobile. Found an easy way over the water obstacle and on to GZ. Did a circumnavigation before making the find and adding my name to the log. TFTC Prunes
Rated: for Overall Experience
Quick find while on our way to Strahan after leaving Cradle Mountain this morning.
Found it before head to the local café for lunch.
Thanks for bring me here and cache.
Thanks for bring me here and cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Yep, knew what I was heading for when I could see it. Great place for a cache. Had to find the narrowest part of the creek to jump over! Being short definitely has it's disadvantages .
A quick find after a full stretch jump over the creek. What a fascinating area full of interesting history. Thanks for the reason to stop.
This was a new one for me, having cached all over the west coast a few times but leaving a few for another time, and now was that time.
A quick find when we made our way over the water hazard.
A quick find when we made our way over the water hazard.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Wow - what a great old cache
Looking at the log book was like a history of Tasmanian caching.
Certainly remote to be safe / but close enough to get many visits
Looking at the log book was like a history of Tasmanian caching.
Certainly remote to be safe / but close enough to get many visits
I made my way from the car, jumped the water course...okay, landed in it . I have never been very good at jumping, and age hasn't improved this. The cache was easily found and it's in good condition. Not found in almost three years. WOW ! Then I returned the same way, this time miraculously clearing the water course . TFTC Prunes.
Rated: for Overall Experience
yesterday said, 'there should be a cache there'. and there was. thanks, has stood the test of time. cached & robtas
Quick find on the way home from Queenie. Not in first obvious place, but definately in second. TNLNSL TFTC
A quick find which was unexpected as it hadn't been found for so long. The ground was a bit slippery under foot due to all the rain recently but the cache and its contents were nice and dry in its hidey hole. Took the swaggie to move it along - our very first swaggie ever!
Searched in, around, in again, in again, around and in again.
No luck today - suspect it's gone deep!
No luck today - suspect it's gone deep!
A quick, easy find in a very interesting spot. Dropped in a Swaggie Travel Bug...Flaggie#4. Hope someone visits again soon to move him on his way. Replaced ziplock bag. Cache in good condition. Lots of recent plantings in the area . TFTC [^]
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on our West Coast Wilderness holiday with whitewebbs. While staying at Zeehan we found several caches in the area and this was one of them. An interesting entry in the log book from a 10 year old who wrote "I love this book" Dry underfoot today TFTC
Found with Tassie Trekkers while holidaying on the west coast. Very dry under foot today. TFTC.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I had driven past this one heaps thanks for the cache
Rated: for Overall Experience
Just followed the footsteps for an easy find. Not too wet or muddy.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found it. Was quite excited as this was the first Cache we had found. Interesting town in the State.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on a trip from Queenstown to Stanley while here on holiday from Perth, WA. A quick find at GZ although we had to delve quite deep to retrieve the cache - hopefully we have managed to stop it from decending so deep again. TFTH
A quick find and, thankfully, we didn't get wet nor muddy. Old mining equipment is fascinating - it highlights the labour intensive nature of early mining. TFTC
A nice easy find on the way past for work. The ground was a bit wet for the work shoes but they survived. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
easy find geo teen grabbed this one quickly between showers
Rated: for Overall Experience
Driven past many times, nice area. There were a few tourists about today.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice easy find and some intresting gear
SL TNLN TFTC
SL TNLN TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Last cache of the day with Dippy and Neribil.
Time now to head to the pub at Queenstown and celebrate a fun day.
Time now to head to the pub at Queenstown and celebrate a fun day.
Got damp feet and wet head from the rain. Nice place to stop and stretch the legs.
Duh! obvious. Interesting spot, thanks. T soldier, L snake, SL
Rated: for Overall Experience
I spent a bit of time poking around the park across the road first.
Plenty of rock trolleys and other rock paraphenalia to be gawked at.
But soon enough the caching trolley got on track and I wandered over to find the prize.
There seemed one obvious place.
Maybe if it was painted dayglo orange it would be more obvious ?!!
TFTC and Tullah tour.
Plenty of rock trolleys and other rock paraphenalia to be gawked at.
But soon enough the caching trolley got on track and I wandered over to find the prize.
There seemed one obvious place.
Maybe if it was painted dayglo orange it would be more obvious ?!!
TFTC and Tullah tour.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Super quick and easy find on the journey home from Zeehan where we had concluded a camping trip. TFTC.
Checked this cache, it was still there but not quite where I placed it, I have relocated it to its original location.
It contains...
Turtle
Frog
Shark
Spider
Crokite Rock
And the usual (pencil, sharpener, log book)
It contains...
Turtle
Frog
Shark
Spider
Crokite Rock
And the usual (pencil, sharpener, log book)
we were pretty sure where this cache should be - but we couldn't find it anywhere. checked and re-checked, looked for other possible sites in the area - but surely there was only one possible place. anyway, we had no luck here.
We found where we're sure the cache should have been, but couldn't find it anywhere.
Planning to take this cache away for a night this week, let me know If your planning to get it so I can make sure its there for you... cheers Prunes
Cache will be returned tonight on the way home, I have added an army man, spider and shark, and have sprey painted the cache black.
Cache will be returned tonight on the way home, I have added an army man, spider and shark, and have sprey painted the cache black.
Found on my way past doing Energizers multi.
Took nothing, left bouncy ball
Thanks Prunes
Swampy
Took nothing, left bouncy ball
Thanks Prunes
Swampy
Certainly stood out like a beacon..didn't need GPSr after parking.Almost no swaps left..muggled??
Cache ok though.Interesting place..as is all the west coast..very underrated.Good one.TNLNSL Cheers & TFTC Prunes.
Cache ok though.Interesting place..as is all the west coast..very underrated.Good one.TNLNSL Cheers & TFTC Prunes.
Dad Stopped, I bolted..... like Snuva said, Geocachers Beacon ... didn't take the GPS as it was pretty obvious where we needed to look
TNLN, thanks Prunes.
TNLN, thanks Prunes.
Can we say ‘geocachers’ beacon’?! Knew right where we were going as soon as we hit the car park. As the cachingdynamo needed to log this find as well, I thought it would be faster to just send the slaves up (it wasn’t!) and bark instructions from the cacheMobile. Female slave reached it right on the heels of the cachingdynamo – both could see it before it was extracted from its hide. TNLNSL. On to The Aztec King!!!
Found on the trip west to claim Aloysius' 200th cache. Nice little area this. The plaques are quite interesting, as is "Wee Georgie Wood", the little train over the road. Found the cache reasonably easily (nice standard hide, that's the stuff...)!
Took - 486 Chip.
Left - Castrol Keyring.
Thanks Prunes!
Took - 486 Chip.
Left - Castrol Keyring.
Thanks Prunes!
Tried to beat Aloysius to GZ but he found the cache 1st....grrr
Thanks Prunes, an interesting spot!
Thanks Prunes, an interesting spot!
Found rather easily given the false start by searching in what might have been an obvious spot - I didn't use a GPS but I figured "hey, it's called Rock Trolly", let's look under it.
Was going to swap out the CPU, but though it might not work very well anymore. TNLN. Thanks Prunes.
Was going to swap out the CPU, but though it might not work very well anymore. TNLN. Thanks Prunes.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Yay another find on a ripper of a caching trip. Dont know what the other two we're grumbling about.
As soon as the GPS got a fix i knew where the cache was...it was like a geocachers beacon
Cheers for this one Prunes.
As soon as the GPS got a fix i knew where the cache was...it was like a geocachers beacon
Cheers for this one Prunes.
Quoted From Logbook... "KIDS FOUND THIS BY ACCIDENT TOOK SHOT GLASS & LED TORCH REPLACED WITH CROKITE, T TAV"
First cache for the day with Hingrock on the West Coast for a bit of work an a bit of caching…..what a life. As soon as we stopped and looked around we saw GZ and a great spot to hide a cache. Well done Prunes on your first cache in a great spot and a good hide.
Had this one fiqured as soon as it was posted.
Found easily in the most obvious of spots.
Very interesting area with lots of cool stuff to find.
Took witch keyring
Left led torch keyring
Thanks Prunes, excellent hide
Found easily in the most obvious of spots.
Very interesting area with lots of cool stuff to find.
Took witch keyring
Left led torch keyring
Thanks Prunes, excellent hide
Found on my way past this morning, drove past here many a time & never stopped. was well worth stopping too, with lots of history & info .
had to wait for a tourist muggle to depart because they were watching me like a hawk, but an easy find after that.
thanks for the cache, an excellent one for your first & welcome to geocaching
had to wait for a tourist muggle to depart because they were watching me like a hawk, but an easy find after that.
thanks for the cache, an excellent one for your first & welcome to geocaching