Huon Valley Roamers Landcare Backyard Birds, Castle Forbes Bay Castle Forbes Bay, Tasmania, Australia
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Huon Valley Roamers Landcare on 26-Oct-17. Waypoint GA11016
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S43° 8.242' E146° 58.387' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 497813E 5223930N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 7 m |
| Local Government Area: | Huon Valley |
/146.973117,-43.137367,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Huon Valley Roamers Landcare Backyard Birds, Castle Forbes Bay
The Huon Valley Roamers Landcare Group undertakes a range of activities for families and individuals interested in nature. A junior member thought that combining BirdLife Australia's Birds in Backyards program with geocaching would be a fun way to get people out looking for (and recording) birds while hunting for the cache in some fascinating and different habitats.
Follow the Yellow Boot Walk, a terrific initiative of the Castle Forbes Bay Landcare Group. The walk is easy, and has views over coastal marsh, as it meanders around the coast between the water, the road and orchards.
Hints
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Logs
A nice easy one, found with Newy07. Thank you for hiding a cache here at this lovely spot so we could find it.
TFTC HV Roamers!
Cheers
Newy71
TFTC HV Roamers!
Cheers
Newy71
Found on the way back home after caching in the Southern Forest.
A top hide with cache in top nick.
Many thanks for placing the cache...much appreciated...cheers ST
A top hide with cache in top nick.
Many thanks for placing the cache...much appreciated...cheers ST
Rated: for Overall Experience
out and about in the Geeveston area caching this weekend and this was found on the last day going home. I think it was an old boiler of some kind, and the yellow boots are for the walking track near by. TFTC TNLN log dry.
Yeah, what is it? RLD4963 and I spent a couple of days in the south of the state, and today we were grabbing a couple of caches on our drive home.
A nice straightforward find, intriguing spot. We were also intrigued by a nearby yellow boot on a post, then we started noticing others......
A nice straightforward find, intriguing spot. We were also intrigued by a nearby yellow boot on a post, then we started noticing others......
Rated: for Overall Experience
Caching in the area we stopped and found your cache, great hiding spot.
Cache and contents in good condtion.
Many thanks HuonValleyRoamers for placing and maintaining this cache fo our enjoyment.
Cache and contents in good condtion.
Many thanks HuonValleyRoamers for placing and maintaining this cache fo our enjoyment.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Great cache hidden in a very old structure
TFTC and Merry Christmas
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.
TFTC and Merry Christmas
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.
Hi HuonValleyRoamers, thanks for bringing me here to this spot. I'd imagine that in better weather this would be a very serene location. I like the yellow boots hereabouts too.
Down at Franklin with geoSonA for cricket, so went for a drive to see what I might find!
Cheers, EPs.
Down at Franklin with geoSonA for cricket, so went for a drive to see what I might find!
Cheers, EPs.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on the Toolbox And Swampy Caching trip of Southern Tasmania.
We started at Cockle Creek this morning and worked our way up from there.
We have been to caves, a point, trigs, quarries, cemeteries and history boards.
We wondered what the boots were for when we drove past and now we know.
Toolbox found the cache quickly and we for a walk.
Thanks for the cache!
We started at Cockle Creek this morning and worked our way up from there.
We have been to caves, a point, trigs, quarries, cemeteries and history boards.
We wondered what the boots were for when we drove past and now we know.
Toolbox found the cache quickly and we for a walk.
Thanks for the cache!
Hello HuonValleyRoamers thanks for the cache.
On my way back home from a trip down to Cockle Creek I stopped off to find your cache.
The cache was extremely easily found, hopefuly I hid it a little better so it might stay around for a while.
Found on Saturday the 3 of February at 1903
TFTC
On my way back home from a trip down to Cockle Creek I stopped off to find your cache.
The cache was extremely easily found, hopefuly I hid it a little better so it might stay around for a while.
Found on Saturday the 3 of February at 1903
TFTC
While spending several days in the Huon Valley we managed to do a little caching in between our other commitments. The weather was not very pleasant but we decided to slip away and collect a few caches while we were in this area. This one was the first we looked for.
We enjoyed the walk along the well maintained track and soon arrived at the interesting old object, boiler we think. We extracted the cache after using our torch to make sure there were no unexpected creatures sharing the hide. The container and contents were in very good condition. It is always good to find large containers well hidden. Hopefully this one will stand the test of time.
After replacing the container we stood back to enjoy the view. Very misty this morning with rain threatening but the area is still worth visiting.
Thanks HuonValleyRoamers for this cache and the walk along the track at Castle Forbes Bay. We saw a few water birds this morning but the rain seemed to have kept the little land birds away.
We enjoyed the walk along the well maintained track and soon arrived at the interesting old object, boiler we think. We extracted the cache after using our torch to make sure there were no unexpected creatures sharing the hide. The container and contents were in very good condition. It is always good to find large containers well hidden. Hopefully this one will stand the test of time.
After replacing the container we stood back to enjoy the view. Very misty this morning with rain threatening but the area is still worth visiting.
Thanks HuonValleyRoamers for this cache and the walk along the track at Castle Forbes Bay. We saw a few water birds this morning but the rain seemed to have kept the little land birds away.
Found this one while out with gooseandegg, for once all the G&E team where here as we headed South, a great day out and a sizable cache too.
thanks for the cache.
thanks for the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi Backyard Birds
A caching morning on Boxing Day, a rare event for me but needed for my Dragonzone trophies; with family arriving about lunch time, this was the only time available to cache:
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin Gold - Griffin, Clan Phoenix Green - Phoenix, Clan Cerberus Blue - Cerberus or Clan Minotaur Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.
Had been leaving this and a few other caches for such an occasion; hence the opportunity was just too good to pass up. Into the car and voila at Castle Forbes Bay!
Weather:
Overcast and chilly at Huonville – fourteen degrees Celsius here this morning. Very cloudy but no rain threatening.
The day warmed up as it progresses.
A pleasant day weather wise for Boxing Day.
Travel:
Drove from home to Caste Forbes Bay to ground zero and back, a distance of about 37 to 40 kilometres
It took 662 steps burning 592 calories to cover a total of 0.52 kilometres to retrieve this cache
GA11016 “Huon Valley Roamers Landcare Backyard Birds, Castle Forbes Bay”
Parked just a little way away from ground zero and enjoyed the water scene as I approached the hiding location
A short search led to a very easy find and soon had the cache logged; Sainted at 0812 hours and replaced
Found the hiding location most interesting and the view stunning
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to the car and head home for the Boxing Day visit by my son Lance and his family.
Really enjoyed this hide and my first ever cache Dragonzone find on Boxing Day - THANK YOU.
This cache will be used as part of the States of the Nation games currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018. As the new caches have so many options, a decision will be made as to which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks.
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.
If you’re not participating, get into the game and help Tassie come first please.
These caches will also help collect points for the Dragonzone Game as explained above.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
A caching morning on Boxing Day, a rare event for me but needed for my Dragonzone trophies; with family arriving about lunch time, this was the only time available to cache:
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin Gold - Griffin, Clan Phoenix Green - Phoenix, Clan Cerberus Blue - Cerberus or Clan Minotaur Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.
Had been leaving this and a few other caches for such an occasion; hence the opportunity was just too good to pass up. Into the car and voila at Castle Forbes Bay!
Weather:
Overcast and chilly at Huonville – fourteen degrees Celsius here this morning. Very cloudy but no rain threatening.
The day warmed up as it progresses.
A pleasant day weather wise for Boxing Day.
Travel:
Drove from home to Caste Forbes Bay to ground zero and back, a distance of about 37 to 40 kilometres
It took 662 steps burning 592 calories to cover a total of 0.52 kilometres to retrieve this cache
GA11016 “Huon Valley Roamers Landcare Backyard Birds, Castle Forbes Bay”
Parked just a little way away from ground zero and enjoyed the water scene as I approached the hiding location
A short search led to a very easy find and soon had the cache logged; Sainted at 0812 hours and replaced
Found the hiding location most interesting and the view stunning
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to the car and head home for the Boxing Day visit by my son Lance and his family.
Really enjoyed this hide and my first ever cache Dragonzone find on Boxing Day - THANK YOU.
This cache will be used as part of the States of the Nation games currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018. As the new caches have so many options, a decision will be made as to which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks.
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.
If you’re not participating, get into the game and help Tassie come first please.
These caches will also help collect points for the Dragonzone Game as explained above.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
Wow there has been a lot of work done here. The path way looks great! A nice size cache. Thanks for the hide.
We love the Huon and Channel areas and quite regularly drive down here from Hobart so we were delighted to see 5 new caches placed in these areas. What a great idea combining Bird Watching and Geocaching into the one activity. This is our first of the five. We did wonder if the cache will remain safe without any extra camouflage – we hope so. Excuse our ignorance but just what is that thing!!We walked along the paths (loved the big boot marker) and enjoyed hearing lots of bird calls. Thanks for cache and the enjoyment.
Rated: for Overall Experience
With five new caches released last night we felt a drive was in order to check them out. We spent the day driving in and out of inlets enjoying the farm and water views. It is always a lovely area to return again and again. The new caches gave us a chance to collect a few other caches that have been published since we were last down this way. We signed the log at 2.35pm and think we were the first geocachers to sign the log as Lachlan and Arabella had written bird notes, so may have been with the cache owner when hiding the cache or doing as part of the project. The cache was well presented and a pleasure to find. An interesting piece of metal. FTF @ 2.35 pm TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
