Wellington range Wellington Park, Tasmania, Australia
By
stainless-steel-rat on 23-Dec-17. Waypoint GA11190
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Large |
| Coordinates: | S42° 54.898' E147° 14.965' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 520357E 5248597N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 696 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hobart |
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Description
Simple cache on the way up the Mountain
This cache a large container hidden just a few meters off the path from the springs.
For years, the Springs has been a popular gathering place – it’s a social hub for picnics, barbeques and snow play, or to meet before beginning a walk or mountain bike ride.
The track from The Springs ascends steadily through mountain forest with views of the Organ Pipes, across the city and beyond.
Hints
Onfr bs Fghzc |
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Decode |
Logs
This was as far up the mountain as we were able to get today, and for our stay in Hobart, as this was the first day it was not covered in cloud all day. Unfortunately they were doing roadworks and had the road closed to the top.
This cache was located quickly and in good condition.
Thanks for the hide stainless-steel-rat.
This cache was located quickly and in good condition.
Thanks for the hide stainless-steel-rat.
hi stainless-steel-rat - I was in the area tonight, transporting Venturers Scouts, and I would really have liked to go and have another search for Between A Rock And A Hard Place, but it was later, so less light, less time this time, and I'm hobbling with a bung knee. So instead, I stayed nearer the carpark and found a couple of close caches, this being one of them, now in darkness.
Great cache, nice hide, and all's well here at GZ.
Thanks for the adventure.
Cheers, EPs.
Great cache, nice hide, and all's well here at GZ.
Thanks for the adventure.
Cheers, EPs.
This cache has been a long time between finds. Fantastic container for this environment. TFTC
Wander up from Multi, and probably it would have been better to take paths, but theya re not for me apparently
TFTC and Merry Christmas
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
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.
Out and about with the Rafas caching before Christmas, there were some caches to find at the springs. TFTC TNLN a good find with clues, log dry. nice warm day.
Rated: for Overall Experience
"Hello stainless-steel-rat thanks for the cache.
Another trip up to the mountain to find some more of the caches that I missed the other day.
A little bit of walking around in circles before the GPS settled down and I read the hint, then it was an easy find.
Found on Thursday 06 December 2018 at 1826"
Another trip up to the mountain to find some more of the caches that I missed the other day.
A little bit of walking around in circles before the GPS settled down and I read the hint, then it was an easy find.
Found on Thursday 06 December 2018 at 1826"
Visit Mt Wellington.
Enjoy walk toward the cache.
Thanks for bring me here and cache.
Enjoy walk toward the cache.
Thanks for bring me here and cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on our holiday in Hobart. After having a bit of lunch at the nearby cafe, we walked down the hill for a couple of quick caches before heading out of the area due to the extreme heat. At GZ, despite the tree cover, the cache was found reasonably quickly. Beautiful area to sign the log in. TNLNSL (very nicely sized though, with some great swaps). TFTC stainless-steel-rat! 
Rated: for Overall Experience
After finishing the near by multi Mr Y'tassie didn't have far to go to look for this cache. He located the well hidden large cache container and found the contents in good condition. He had just returned the container to its hide when he received a text from Mrs Y'stassie to say she had just returned to the start of the track after finding the three caches recently hidden along Milles Track.
As it was now 5:30pm we decided to bring our caching trip to an end and head back to the North West so that we could put out the first batch of our large /puzzle caches. These will perhaps help our Tassie team members build their scores but will alas only add 25 points per find. Our teleportation system is not operational so we are unable to place and find caches interstate.
Thanks Stainless-steel-rat for this cache we admired the work you put into constructing and placing it.
As it was now 5:30pm we decided to bring our caching trip to an end and head back to the North West so that we could put out the first batch of our large /puzzle caches. These will perhaps help our Tassie team members build their scores but will alas only add 25 points per find. Our teleportation system is not operational so we are unable to place and find caches interstate.
Thanks Stainless-steel-rat for this cache we admired the work you put into constructing and placing it.
My GPSr was all over the place, taking we in a giant spiral, but eventually it took me to the impressive container.
Thanks.
Thanks.
An early evening visit to Kunanyi on the first day of 2018. It was pretty quiet at the Springs with only one group of muggles occupying the picnic area, so I headed off to find this and a couple of other caches with one son and the GeoGSP in tow. Cache was found safe and sound in the logical place, log signed and cache returned to it's hiding place. Thanks for the cache SSR.
Rated: for Overall Experience
With the stiff first to find competitors out of the way, it was time to waltz in and search for this cache in peace and quiet. It wasn't that long ago that I was nearby placing my own hide. I made a quick find of this great size cache just after being nearly mown down by three bikes. I scored a nice pair of sunnies too. It's a pity everything is blurry through them though. Guess I will give them back to their rightful owner when I see him. Meanwhile, if you see OldSaint tell him how well his new ones suit him 
Thanks stainless-steel-rat but please arrange for the coffee shop to be open for my next visit.
Thanks stainless-steel-rat but please arrange for the coffee shop to be open for my next visit.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi Stainless
Had to go to Hobart today for business so decided to stop at the Springs on Mt Wellington to find a cache or two for the “State of the Nation” Scavenger Hunt; as it was time to use my day for hunting plastic to gain a few more points while Mum was at dialysis.
Weather:
A beautiful day at Huonville but warm at the start of the day – sixteen degrees here. There were few clouds in the sky.
Temperature was hot: it got up to twenty-two degrees Celsius while searching for the caches.
No rain at all but plenty of sweat as I searched for GA11189 and GA11190.
Travel:
Drove from Huonville to Mt Wellington, then to Mornington to complete some business and returned to Huonville.
For the day, it took 5436 steps burning 1476 calories to cover a total of 4.27 kilometres and find two caches on foot. I drove 111.8 kilometres for the day; a total of 116.07 kilometres for the whole caching day.
GA11190 “Wellington Range”
Having arrived at the car park at the Springs, Mt Wellington; my action was to check the cache sign for GA11189 “Springs Area” in case both caches were in the same area. This cache appeared on the GPS before the second mentioned cache so it became the first to be searched for.
At ground zero little time passed before the cache was to hand.
The cache was Sainted at 1047 hours.
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to GA11189.
By the time I realised I had made a mistake on the co-ordinates for the second cache and going back to the car and the sign to make the error right, I had covered a distance of 1.05 kilometres using 1350 steps and burning 765 calories.
Lost a pair of sunglasses doing this search – bugger loved those glasses.
Really enjoyed the exercise and being back in the scrub - 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.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Had to go to Hobart today for business so decided to stop at the Springs on Mt Wellington to find a cache or two for the “State of the Nation” Scavenger Hunt; as it was time to use my day for hunting plastic to gain a few more points while Mum was at dialysis.
Weather:
A beautiful day at Huonville but warm at the start of the day – sixteen degrees here. There were few clouds in the sky.
Temperature was hot: it got up to twenty-two degrees Celsius while searching for the caches.
No rain at all but plenty of sweat as I searched for GA11189 and GA11190.
Travel:
Drove from Huonville to Mt Wellington, then to Mornington to complete some business and returned to Huonville.
For the day, it took 5436 steps burning 1476 calories to cover a total of 4.27 kilometres and find two caches on foot. I drove 111.8 kilometres for the day; a total of 116.07 kilometres for the whole caching day.
GA11190 “Wellington Range”
Having arrived at the car park at the Springs, Mt Wellington; my action was to check the cache sign for GA11189 “Springs Area” in case both caches were in the same area. This cache appeared on the GPS before the second mentioned cache so it became the first to be searched for.
At ground zero little time passed before the cache was to hand.
The cache was Sainted at 1047 hours.
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to GA11189.
By the time I realised I had made a mistake on the co-ordinates for the second cache and going back to the car and the sign to make the error right, I had covered a distance of 1.05 kilometres using 1350 steps and burning 765 calories.
Lost a pair of sunglasses doing this search – bugger loved those glasses.
Really enjoyed the exercise and being back in the scrub - 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.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
There we were just at home when notification came through that six new caches had just been published . We threw on the walking shoes and headed out the door. After getting four first to finds on the Eastern shore we headed over the Tasman Bridge to the Western shore and up to the Springs on Mount Wellington. This was the last cache we found. What a great cache container. Should withstand the weather up here. Second to find on this cache as Swampy had just beaten us to it as we had just met him at the Multi and got a joint first to find on that cache. Swampy accompanied us to this cache discussing all things dragon lair and then back to the Springs and a history cache to be found. They have moved the board, now I will have to update that. A good thing a cache was up this way as I wouldn't have known they had moved the history cache signs.
I will use this find 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, I will have to decide which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks guys.
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.
Go Tassie! Go Tassie!! Go Tassie!!! Go Tassie!!!! Go Tassie!!!!! Go Tassie!!!!!! Go Tassie!!!!!!!
I will use this find 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, I will have to decide which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks guys.
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.
Go Tassie! Go Tassie!! Go Tassie!!! Go Tassie!!!! Go Tassie!!!!! Go Tassie!!!!!! Go Tassie!!!!!!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
*FTF* to Swampy! Finally beat Alby and OldSaint to one. With the GPS accuracy of the area of a football field, where else would I hide a cache?
Nice container! TNLN.
Thanks for the cache!
Nice container! TNLN.
Thanks for the cache!
