Castra Falls Circuit - Castra Falls Nietta, Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 15-May-17. Waypoint GA10230
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S41° 21.486' E146° 5.522' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 424052E 5421091N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 445 m |
| Local Government Area: | Central Coast |
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Description
Cache is a black screw top with log, biro and swaps.
Parking area is at S41 21.444 E146 04.966 along Gaunts Road, Nietta.
The Castra Falls circuit will take you past Silver Falls, Castra Cascades, Castra falls and Step falls.
Allow at least 2 hrs to complete the circuit.
The track is quite steep and slippery in places so please be careful and wear appropriate footwear.Ropes are provided on the steep descent into the base of Castra Falls...BE CAREFUL HERE.
Continue on the circuit route which will take you past the Step Falls turn off and back to Gaunts Road just 150m or so from the car park.For those who haven't found the cache 'Just a step down' at Step Falls it's only a 5 min walk down from the main track which is sign posted.
Enjoy!
Hints
Vafvqr onfr bs ynetr zlegyr. |
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Decode |
Logs
Today we decided to tackle the Castra falls circuit and check out the waterfalls along the way. In places the track was steep and a challenge but persistence paid off and we were rewarded with finding all the caches and seeing all the magnificent waterfalls along the way.
Thanks for the series was well worth the walk.
Thanks for the series was well worth the walk.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi sirius
The walk continued on under pleasant circumstances
This section of the track was a series of up and downs; one part in particular
The descent to the falls was slower than coming back up again
Only small amounts of water here today
This was a quick find
Signed the log and Sainted this cache at 1415 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 4037; GC 3731; Tot 7468
The walk continued on under pleasant circumstances
This section of the track was a series of up and downs; one part in particular
The descent to the falls was slower than coming back up again
Only small amounts of water here today
This was a quick find
Signed the log and Sainted this cache at 1415 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 4037; GC 3731; Tot 7468
Rated: for Overall Experience
Not much water coming over this falls, well the same as others, but the way it flowed was not as pretty I suppose
Still a great walk, although the track down to this cache as very tricky in places
Still a great walk, although the track down to this cache as very tricky in places
A fantastic day was had today. After a hectic week at Agfest, we decided to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. We weren't overly sure what to expect on the track. Nevertheless we were committed. 
From the start the track was a little slippery, other than that the track was what I expected. Further walking to this cache the scenery is amazing. Cache was found, signed and returned. TFTC
From the start the track was a little slippery, other than that the track was what I expected. Further walking to this cache the scenery is amazing. Cache was found, signed and returned. TFTC Rated: for Overall Experience
Today we tackled this circuit - took us 2 hours Mr T descended to the falls. Not a lot of water flowing at this time of the year. Cache and contents in good condition.
Many thanks Sirius Tas for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Our walking club had a well attended trip to stroll around the Castra Falls circuit this pleasant first day of Spring. Well at least the first day of September. We did the circuit anti clockwise in order to finish with the main falls. The track is a good one and easy to follow. We skipped most of the caches today - saving them for a future trip. The side track down to the cache and Castra Falls was the steepest part (hence the ropes) but really is not too difficult. Depending on what you're used to I suppose. Lovely spot - in fact the whole circuit with its different falls, cascades and creek sections makes for a very pretty and enjoyable meander. Cache is in good condition. Tks sirius tas.
Mighty effort by 2y'stassies on completing this quite slippery circuit and netting not only a well deserved FTF on this particular cache but the other 3 caches as well...well done.
After finding Castra Cascades Mrs Y'stassie scrambled back up to the Circuit Track were she rejoined Mr Y'stassie to begin the walk to the final cache in the series. The track in this section is narrow, steep and slippery and has fallen away in places so you need to watch your feet. We continued to find novel examples of fungi as we walked towards GZ. One particularly striking specimen was a small bright purple coral fungi among a group of white and salmon coral fungi. We hadn't seen one this colour before. With the new tourist fad - fungi photography this area could become better known and more regularly visited - don't know whether that would be a good thing.
The views from the track to the creek below were great, manfern gullies and rain forest trees, dead logs with orange and brown fan fungi, rocks with dense layers of moss covering them so that they appeared to be stumps and logs and the ever present black cockatoos and no rubbish. Truly magic section of the track.
When our GPS indicated 36m we found ourselves at the head of the track down to Castra Falls. We could hear the water but not see the falls. The signs warned of the steep, slippery track and the ropes were visible.
Mrs Y'stassie was elected to make the journey down and search for the cache. After a few metres she encountered a very wet, slippery rock. With no way round and being somewhat vertically challenged there was no option but to hold on tightly to the rope and slide down on her well padded behind. Now she was wet as well as very muddy but there was still one cache to find.
She arrived at the end of the rope section without further mishap and made her way towards GZ - still no falls in sight. She looked up at the wrong time a slid on a small clay covered rock. Fortunately no harm was done and she landed close to GZ. Coordinates were spot on and a well hidden container was soon extract. The logbook was again blank so our fourth {FTF} for the day was at 12:15 two hours after our first. Container and contents were in excellent condition.
After replacing the container she walked down to the edge of the water and there were the falls - plenty of water cascading down the rock walls into the pool below. Magic!! Such a beautiful, peaceful spot. After taking some photos it was time for the return journey. On the walk out she saw a vivid red fungi cluster on a nearby myrtle - something new to her. The fungi in this area are spectacular.
She made her way back up the rope section without incident and the 700m walk back to the car began. After about 300m we left the rain forest and found ourselves walking through plantation trees with the usual bracken fern, blackberry and garden escapees, namely holly and cotoneaster. The ground was scattered with fragments of green pine cones courtesy of the black cockatoos.
Just as we reached the car it started to drizzle again. Muddy and a little damp we celebrated a great mornings caching just under 3 hours from the start of our walk.
Thanks Sirius Tas for this cache, the series and another memorable caching journey. GCA cachers should put this one on their must do list.
The views from the track to the creek below were great, manfern gullies and rain forest trees, dead logs with orange and brown fan fungi, rocks with dense layers of moss covering them so that they appeared to be stumps and logs and the ever present black cockatoos and no rubbish. Truly magic section of the track.
When our GPS indicated 36m we found ourselves at the head of the track down to Castra Falls. We could hear the water but not see the falls. The signs warned of the steep, slippery track and the ropes were visible.
Mrs Y'stassie was elected to make the journey down and search for the cache. After a few metres she encountered a very wet, slippery rock. With no way round and being somewhat vertically challenged there was no option but to hold on tightly to the rope and slide down on her well padded behind. Now she was wet as well as very muddy but there was still one cache to find.
She arrived at the end of the rope section without further mishap and made her way towards GZ - still no falls in sight. She looked up at the wrong time a slid on a small clay covered rock. Fortunately no harm was done and she landed close to GZ. Coordinates were spot on and a well hidden container was soon extract. The logbook was again blank so our fourth {FTF} for the day was at 12:15 two hours after our first. Container and contents were in excellent condition.
After replacing the container she walked down to the edge of the water and there were the falls - plenty of water cascading down the rock walls into the pool below. Magic!! Such a beautiful, peaceful spot. After taking some photos it was time for the return journey. On the walk out she saw a vivid red fungi cluster on a nearby myrtle - something new to her. The fungi in this area are spectacular.
She made her way back up the rope section without incident and the 700m walk back to the car began. After about 300m we left the rain forest and found ourselves walking through plantation trees with the usual bracken fern, blackberry and garden escapees, namely holly and cotoneaster. The ground was scattered with fragments of green pine cones courtesy of the black cockatoos.
Just as we reached the car it started to drizzle again. Muddy and a little damp we celebrated a great mornings caching just under 3 hours from the start of our walk.
Thanks Sirius Tas for this cache, the series and another memorable caching journey. GCA cachers should put this one on their must do list.
