KSCP - FILSELL HILL Carey Gully, South Australia, Australia
By four-fun on 10-Jul-17. Waypoint GA10467

Found It!
Another nice little puzzle that was solved before today's event. Then a short but steep walk up the hill to GZ. Finding the cache was easy but getting it open was a bit of a challenge - I suggest bringing a large screwdriver or some pliers!
TFTC

Planning for this trip began in June - we knew we would be heading to Adelaide but which way would we go? This depended on our targets. We looked at our list of unclaimed Dragon Zone trophies and picked out several that we could feasibly collect the required number of finds to qualify for the trophy. We then had to identify caches that would meet our targets and from here it was time to plan a route that would take us past the caches we had identified. Any caches too far off our route were discarded and replaced by suitable alternatives.

All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.

We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.Four Fun, in South Australia published five puzzle caches that would bring good points in the Christmas in July game. Can we solve the puzzles? A few more adjustments to the route and the caches to find list and we would be off.

Having successfully completed our Melbourne challenges and gained our first Blaize Dragon Zone trophy it was time to focus on the Christmas in July game and start on the Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park puzzle caches recently published by Four-Fun. Filsell Hill was the second one we tackled.

The hint identified the tool needed to decipher the message and after a little playing around to identify the additional input required, all was revealed.

Having worked out how to get to the start of the trail we went went further up the road to turn. Mrs Y'stassie spotted a narrow track heading uphill. She chose to go this way. It was steep and slippery in places but she soon found herself close to the top at a junction with a fire trail. She had gone about 50m up the fire trail when, what looked like a small dog appeared at the top of the trail ahead of her. It was running at full speed. It wasn't until it shot past her that she realized that it was a fox. Something had obviously spooked it. She had not seen a fox so close before. This one was in beautiful condition and she dispaired for the safety of the small wild life in the area. Despite having a Fox Task Force that cost Tasmanian tax payers tens of millions of dollars no foxes have been found in the wild in Tasmania.

On arriving at GZ she searched the immediate area and on finding nothing expanded her search area and soon spotted something interesting, a great big container. She had not seen one quite like this and it took a little while before she worked out how to access the log book. Container and contents were in excellent condition and to her surprise the log was blank. We were pleased to get another {FTF} at 11:25. It was then time to return. Which way to go - down the fire trail or down the narrow track. As the upper part of the trail was slippery clay she decided to go back via the narrow track.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Four-Fun and for bringing us to another area of the Adelaide Hills we had not visited previously. We enjoyed the views from the top of the hill and the different range of plants in this part of the park. We also enjoyed the chatter of the parrots in the trees and hope that there are not too many foxes in the area. Thanks also for another cache that will give us maximum points for a Christmas in July claim.

Ready to go, Happy Caching