BRIDGE #1 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
By robtas on 16-Feb-08. Waypoint GA1003

I think I found the hide spot, but there was no container, sorry

Found when passing by today. Log sheetw were in tatters but managed to get my name and date on a piece.

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Managed to locate this one while searching for the nearby gadget cache, the log was too wet to sign and i didnt have a spare in the ute. managed to get a small line on the log sheet. TFTC

found with Tracey

Found with RLD4963. FLTF

Hello Robtas thank you for the cache

Today EeePees and I were on our way to Launceston to pick up some furniture and on the way we stopped off to find some caches.

This cache wasn't too hard to find, but not quite where we first state to look.

Found on Saturday 1 February 2020 at 1030.

TFTC

Hi robtas, many thanks for the cache, found with my great mate AlbyDangles.

Today we were heading north under the pretence of collecting a piece of furniture; but of course we were geocaching, and may I say, a great day out with fantastic company.

Cache is well-cobwebbed, in and out, and the log/s are all a-tatter. Found a spot to leave our initials, but I fear it was probably over other faded squiggle/s.

Cheers
EPs.

Easy find but contents are a mess have photo evidence of find but couldn’t physically find, paper was in bits

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Found with daryvafder. Contents are a mess.

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A surprisingly easy find seeing that I have been here before searching high and low. TFTC.

After peering into hard to get to places, I suddenly saw it in an easy to get to place. TFTC robtas.

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Quick find, however there were spider webs covering it. TFTC

quickfind while raiding from the south

We must have driven over this cache many times, but today we actually stopped and retrieved the cache. Log is in a bit of a state of disrepair, but could still be signed. We were impressed by the magnet - flood strength we are guessing! TFTC

#GA1385 - 14:10; Landed in Launceston and with some time to kill before we picked up another passenger from the airport, headed to Evandale with the geohoney for lunch and a visit to a local leather shop. Grabbed a Tasmanian scallop pie before picking up a few of the local caches. Stopped for this one on the way out of town and quite surprised that it has been 6 months since it was found! TFTC robtas

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We love visiting Evandale, so thanks for placing a cache here Robtas. The log was still signable but it and the cache container are quite rusty now. TFTC

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Another quick drive by.
Tftc

Quick find of the cache, took some removing though, very strong magnets on this one.
TFTC
Cheers
Rocket

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Once down at GZ, the cache was soon spotted and all was good. Good magnets meant it a took a good effort to have the cache in hand.

Thanks again RobTas....

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Great little country town. Nice easy find after a day's hunt as heading for home.. thanks..!!

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Quick find

Being from Perth WA we decided today's caching would be aimed at us visiting Perth TAS today!

Managed to swing past this cache on our drive around. Visited this one after Bridge #2

TFTC

We vaguely remember stopping here once before to have a "bit of a look". Obviously it was a half-hearted lame "man look" as we left empty handed. Not so today as it only took a "bit of a look" to find the beastie. CiH in moments is always a good feeling. Thanks Robtas.

Now that is a magnet! (why is there so much steel around this hide...!) TFTC

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TFTC what a very strong magnet

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Great no one around. A quick find on my way to next house sitting job. The magnet is a ripper! TFTC

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After dropping off some relations at the airport made my way to to nearby caches before returning back to Launceston. I have vague memories of trying for this one some years ago with no luck, so am happy to get a yellow smiling face today.
Thanks for the cache robtas.

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Found this one at 10:45 while on the way down to Hobart for a few days of conferencing. A nice quick find after a squiz at the hint and we were on our way.

TNLNSL. Thanks robtas.

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After driving past GZ 3 times for various reasons I just had to stop even thought we were way behind time. Luckily it was found and logged in under a minute. TFTC

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nearly gave up until i got the courage up to go under a bit further and was rewarded with a cache and a FROG! (yes a real frog!) thanks for the hide.

Thought we would give this one a shot even though no one has logged it since Last November, and just as we were about to give up Electric C spotted it. Still there

A fairly easy drive by find and not too many people around. tftc

Found with no problem at all. TFTC

An easy find thanks to the hint. Just as well it was quick because there was a cloud of insects hovering and I had to beat a very hasty retreat and leave mr sharnie's tribe to sign the log and replace the cache. Heard the magnet go clang from the safety of the cachemobile. TFTC

You don't want to get between that magnet and a hunk of metal. No chance of that one falling down. Cool hide. Thanks for organising the cache and giving us another excuse to come to Evandale.

Found with Blossom, nice magnet

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Our first cache for the Tassie trip Twang! Now THAT is a magnet!!

Found while hunting down a gnome. Plenty of water in the river.TFTC.

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Found this cache whilst hiding a gnome across the river.
Would have been an easy find except for the seven kids on bicycles who turned up to have a major conference on the bridge, smack bang on top of GZ.
We discussed flood levels whilst I quietly groped the likely bits of structure. Ah-ha, found. Oh bother, the magnet's so good I can't get it off! A quick risk taken by turning around to apply some force and the cache was in hand. Casual stroll back to the car for the signing of the log and then a patient wait for the muggles to leave before restoring.

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found on the way home from Evendale T.F.T.C

Found on the way to Evandale markets. Lovely spot, might bring kids for a swim here, when the weather is a tad warmer . Thanks for bringing me here.

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Found on the way to Evandale markets. Lovely spot, might bring kids for a swim here, when the weather is a tad warmer . Thanks for bringing me here.

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A quick find as there was no-one around to disturb us. We folded the paper a different way so that it couldn't lodge in the bottom and so will be easier for the next finder to extract.

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Geo Kid E and Myself were staying in Launceston for the weekend and travelling to Devonport for a soccer tournament. We set ourselves a target of 10 caches for the weekend, as after 2 hours traveling and 3 hours for 2 games each day, there was not going to be a lot of time left over. In the end we found 12, 6 GC and 6 GCA.

I have searched for this cache over and over. FINALLY I have found it. Thanks for replacing the cache

its back

its back in a new place

Replaced in another location hopefully will not go missing again.

need to redo

Seems to be in a location that is subject to flooding regularly.

Another search without luck

It's Gone again

Didn't find this one. Had a good search around the new failing and bridge area, on the top and underneath with no luck. Evandale wasn't kind to us today. Will try again on the next trip north.

Another search at this site and another no find.

Given the recent find and some tips from Old Saint I thought I was in with a show, but no luck with Geo Kid O searching for this one.

I will try again next time I am in the area.

No muggles about today gave us plenty of time to look. Found after a short search. Thanks for replacing this cache robtas

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has been replaced

its back

replaced it today

Let's disable this until the cache onwer can make a decision as to what to do.

On my way past to the airport I stopped and looked down the road. Where I previously check this cache 6 days ago and DNF'd it. Well it is now a river. I would say that cache is now bobbing up and down the river. See Pics attached. It shows my Gps and the where the cache should be, but ahead only water.

Don't think this one survived.

CO to check if cache still alive.

I too had a scratch and sniff around this bridge. Went down amoungst the thorny bushes, up along the bridge, checked holes, magnetic metal, beams, supports, even on the other side of the road, but nothing. CO to check me thinks

Had a good scratch around cinder blocks and girders but failed to locate cache. Ripe blackberries made up for it.

Had a good look, but we feel that the last floods may have washed away the cache

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Did not find cache as GZ was underwater due to floods.

Cache may need checking when flood waters recide.

Thanks to the "path" it was an easy find. The last in a day of walking and caching. TNLN TFTC!

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This was my final cache for this trip to Launceston and have had some fun. Managed to find 42 for the trip. Got this cache at 1319hrs and got severely muggled whilst signing the log by a flea bag owner and his flea bag. He asked if I was taking water samples so I agreed and to this point in time he believes they have pristine water in the river. Wonder if they do? Looks pretty good to me. Cache returned to hiding spot without any one knowing where it is! This find was my 12th today and my 465th overall. TFTC and cheers OldSaint.

Avoiding two muggle fishers was the biggest problem in retrieving this cache. The cache was a quick find once they were avoided.

Found it today. Water was many metres lower than the last time when I was here, but think it was not so much the high water as being missing (on that occasion) for that DNF. Nice to have it found. Thanks robtas.

I had a look about without sucess and after a further look there it was staring me in the face. Thanks

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Thanks for replacing the cache robtas. We roamed about for quite some time continually looking in what we thought were obvious places but couldn't come up with the cache, we knew it was there so we kept covering old ground and what do you know, it was there looking D in the face. Sometimes you just can't see the forest for the trees!... no it's not in the trees

I was almost ready to give up, after having looked in, on, under and around both the foot bridge and the main bridge. In a last ditch whinge I explained to my helper that I would expect it to be in the one obvious place, which I had already checked. Guess what? That's where it was!

We used gto live on the hill over looking this cache, a great swimming holde just a tad further on. The cordinates were a tad out today

Cheers

G1

We were the 2nd mob to sign the log book today. We wonder if they found Bridge #2 because we couldn't!!. TFTC

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Replaced it today

needs checking

Might be time to check on this one...

Search above, below and at ground level. No cache to be found

I may have given up sooner than I should have, but there didn't seem to be too many hiding spots above the lapping water. In order to look up where I thought it may have been, I actually had to climb up and along part of the structure which put me hovering over the water. (It wasn't in that spot!). I couldn't see it, but I may have given up fairly quickly as there was so much water so high.

Went to find after the recent floods could have been washed away ?
Will wait and see.
TY

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nice quick find on a winters morning TNLN didnt sign log droped the pen somewere !!

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Just about to head up to road and start searching on other side of bridge when spotted this one. TNLN. TFTC

nice and easy
tftc

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Found in the company of CharlieRat

Had to wait for a dog-walker to leave the scene, but then found the cache easily!

Thanks for the cache!

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We both looked here and all around, then had a proper "mummy look" and bagged the cache.

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#5 of 14 finds for the day.
TNLN
Thanks ROBTAS

Found. Thanks

Our GPSr had the cache closer to the river. Found at the coords attached to this log. TNLNSL. Happy new year!!

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Nice and easy, no worries at all !

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TFTC Nearly missed it.

Found nice and quickly on the way to a very enjoyable site visit for work. TFTC.

4:15 pm - Very easy find on the way back home. TNLN thanks Robtas

found without too many probs. Only just started, its funny to think how many caches you drive past every day without even knowing

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Found on my way to Launceston for work. Coords Ok.
TFTC.

Coordinates out slightly, however I just used my head and we found it quickly.

Another good hide, took a while to find this one as GPS had me looking about 10mts away from actual hiding spot.
Thanks again Rob, make sure when you venture up ‘North’ again you bring along a couple more caches to drop off….. )
TNLNSL TFTC

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slipped out to grab this one in the evening after it cooled down a bit, found easily coords spot on,
Looks like a popular spot for locals,

TNLN, Thanks robtas

With rebulus and gspblu we were able to locate and log this cache as part of our FEB ‘08 NUMBERS RUN.
It was amusing to watch one of our party scale part of the structure to reach a spot that another one of our team was convinced where the cache was... turned out it wasn't there it was somewhere way more easier than that!
Thanks robtas for being one of the 24 cache owners that made our trip a success.

This cache was found as part of our
FEB 08 NUMBERS RUN along the north coast between
Somerset and Launceston
Thanks robtas for placing this cache so as to make this trip possible for us to do.

The seed for this "FEB 08 NUMBERS RUN" germinated during our South Coast Chaos walk and now we have done it.
Finished work as early as possible, not early enough, on Friday and set of for Somerset. Managed about two hours sleep/rest and started 00:00 and finished at 23:54 today.
We had relaxed breaks for breakfast, lunch and dinner and achieved our goal with only nine DNFs, no injuries and were still smiling at the end.
Thankyou for this cache robtas

Missed by that much again...but this time caught up to 3daygrowth for a good yarn...nice to catch up. Will have to lift my game. Didn't take the walk option as too many other things to get done. Nice hide though.TFTC Robtas Cheers.

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