Badger Head Animal Trail #2 Bakers Beach, Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 12-May-17. Waypoint GA10190
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 6.004' E146° 40.169' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 472245E 5450081N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 60 m |
| Local Government Area: | West Tamar |
/146.669483,-41.100067,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
This series of caches follows the walking trail from Badger Head to Copper Cove.
Please note that you WILL need to take your own ink stick plus something to write on as 5 of the 12 caches has no writing impliment and YOU WILL need to RECORD the numbers that apply to the letters A,B,C,D,E,F.....which will be written under the lid of each of the 6 small sistema containers to enable you to find the last cache in the series(#12) which has a free momento for each of the 1st 20 Geocachers who complete the trail by finding and logging ALL the other 11 caches
Please replace each cache carefully and look after any wild life you may find.
Cache #12 is placed at the eastern end of Copper Cove. The total return distance is around 9km.
The trail starts at the carpark at the end of Badger Head Road.
Hints
Oruvaq snyyra bnx arne gur onfr.ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Decode
Logs
Hi Sirius,
Have been wanting to come and do this series for a while now, So today Trimbletas and I decided to go tackle this series of caches.
The first pinch wasnt that great but the rest of the trail was pretty good walking. took us just over 2 hours to make it to Copper cove and only just over an hour to return back to the car.
Overall we had a very enjoyable walk and i recommend this series of caches.
TFTC
Have been wanting to come and do this series for a while now, So today Trimbletas and I decided to go tackle this series of caches.
The first pinch wasnt that great but the rest of the trail was pretty good walking. took us just over 2 hours to make it to Copper cove and only just over an hour to return back to the car.
Overall we had a very enjoyable walk and i recommend this series of caches.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Targeted this series today with DEZ055. Thoroughly enjoyed the series except for the short rocky climb t the initial part of the track. My calf muscles are going to hate me for a day. The joys of it. Beautiful day for a walk along the headland to Copper Cove. Reminded me of my childhood back in NSW, I used to walk trails like this on a daily basis. Thanks for the series Sirius .
The second in the series although I could not sign the log as I had forgotten to bring a writing stick, hope the photo is OK for proof.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Had a wonderful walk along the Badger Head trail - It was a stunning day and the coast line was beautiful to behold
For the day I walked 20222 steps and 14.84 kms and climbed 63 flights of stairs - well my legs fell like it was 300 flights of stairs
TFTC and Happy New Year
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.
For the day I walked 20222 steps and 14.84 kms and climbed 63 flights of stairs - well my legs fell like it was 300 flights of stairs
TFTC and Happy New Year
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.
Continuing our return walk from Badgers we headed up the hill after #1 and soon had this one located. Liked the cache container and as with all the caches in this series the clue and good coordinates enabled a quick find.
Hi sirius
Today, I left home about 0430 hours and got back at 2104hours
A round trip of 658 kilometres in the car which included visits to Badger Head, Launceston and Ross
A total of 21 caches found – no DNFs
I walked a total of 19.13 kms using 25681 steps burning 2484 calories in the process for the day
Your caches here and the other at the cove required 23287 steps [burning 1977 cals] to cover the 17.14 kilometres (to the top of the point for a look) required to find your 12 caches
This cache was the second of yours to be found here at Badgers
It was Sainted at 1002 hours and was found quickly
The steep bit of the track had this OLD man enjoying the challenge
All good with the cache - didn't believe what I saw at first and then cracked a big smile; cute!
That done, it was onto the next one
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Today, I left home about 0430 hours and got back at 2104hours
A round trip of 658 kilometres in the car which included visits to Badger Head, Launceston and Ross
A total of 21 caches found – no DNFs
I walked a total of 19.13 kms using 25681 steps burning 2484 calories in the process for the day
Your caches here and the other at the cove required 23287 steps [burning 1977 cals] to cover the 17.14 kilometres (to the top of the point for a look) required to find your 12 caches
This cache was the second of yours to be found here at Badgers
It was Sainted at 1002 hours and was found quickly
The steep bit of the track had this OLD man enjoying the challenge
All good with the cache - didn't believe what I saw at first and then cracked a big smile; cute!
That done, it was onto the next one
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
Mr W and Mr T headed out early to walk the well maintained Badger Head Track collecting the clues along the way to solve the multi. The walk and views were fantastic and the coordinates and hints were spot on. Having walked in the area a number of times Mr W was pleased to return again to collect some smilies.
We will be checking to see if we can use the find as part of the States of the Nation Games we are currently participating in.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a virtual verbosity trophy. TFTC
Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie
We will be checking to see if we can use the find as part of the States of the Nation Games we are currently participating in.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a virtual verbosity trophy. TFTC
Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie
Found on a big day of caching with whitewebbs, Mr W & Mr T enjoyed the trail - all caches were found relatively quickly and were in good condition. Time taken 3hrs return.
Many thanks Sirius Tas for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience. Appreciate the time and effort gone into placing and maintaining them.
Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a
We were one of the lucky teams to receive a pathtag from Geocaching Australia for publishing a "Geocacher Cache" - thanks Geocaching Australia. The States of the nation games are here - join the fun from the 16th December 2017 - 21st January 2018
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team
Gold - Griffin, 
Green - Phoenix, Blue - Cerberus or Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. Rated: for Overall Experience
Oops, put the wrong date on our last log. We continued on our way to finish off the series we had started from Bakers Beach and continued to enjoy walking in this area. Many thanks for the series.
After taking some photos of the coast line from our elevated vantage point we headed off to number two in this series.
The path began to rise as we headed west and we soon found ourselves climbing up a very steep section of track. The view down to the beach today was spectacular as the waves were rolling in to the shore and the water was glistening in the bright winter sunshine. The stiff sea breeze was, however, some what chilly and we were thankful that we were wearing warm coats. Neither of us had been on this track for a very long time so we were enjoying the view and the vegetation as we walked along.
We enjoyed walking through the treed area with blackwood leaves, bark and she-oak needles forming a soft pad under our feet. There were several types of honey eater feasting on the honey from the last banksia flowers on the many small banksias on either side of the track.
The GPS beep indicating we had arrived in the vicinity of GZ for the second cache in the series frightened a small wallaby that bounded away from the near by scrub.
GPS read 1m and we soon had the cache container in hand. It would appear that the animal guardian of this cache had been paddling or swimming in a near by puddle as the log was damp but still usable. We replaced the cache and guardian so we hope they will stay dry. We almost forgot to check for a clue but hadn't moved too far along the track so a quick return, check and on our way again.
Thanks for this cache in the series Sirius Tas. We appreciated the trouble you had gone to in produce cache containers fitting your theme. We particularly liked this one.
The path began to rise as we headed west and we soon found ourselves climbing up a very steep section of track. The view down to the beach today was spectacular as the waves were rolling in to the shore and the water was glistening in the bright winter sunshine. The stiff sea breeze was, however, some what chilly and we were thankful that we were wearing warm coats. Neither of us had been on this track for a very long time so we were enjoying the view and the vegetation as we walked along.
We enjoyed walking through the treed area with blackwood leaves, bark and she-oak needles forming a soft pad under our feet. There were several types of honey eater feasting on the honey from the last banksia flowers on the many small banksias on either side of the track.
The GPS beep indicating we had arrived in the vicinity of GZ for the second cache in the series frightened a small wallaby that bounded away from the near by scrub.
GPS read 1m and we soon had the cache container in hand. It would appear that the animal guardian of this cache had been paddling or swimming in a near by puddle as the log was damp but still usable. We replaced the cache and guardian so we hope they will stay dry. We almost forgot to check for a clue but hadn't moved too far along the track so a quick return, check and on our way again.
Thanks for this cache in the series Sirius Tas. We appreciated the trouble you had gone to in produce cache containers fitting your theme. We particularly liked this one.
On to the next on a superb sunny Autumn's day. Another easy find and rather impressed with the container such that the name for the series making sense.. thanks..!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
