The Photographer Wellington Park, Tasmania, Australia
By
OldSaint on 31-Dec-17. Waypoint GA11358
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Unknown or Mystery |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S42° 54.700' E147° 14.600' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 519862E 5248965N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 779 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hobart |
/147.243333,-42.911667,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Hidden in the Spirit of the States of the Nation Scavenger Hunt
Gur pnpur vf ABG uvqqra ng gur tvira pbbeqvangrf.
N fvzcyr pbairefvba jvyy unir lbh ba lbhe jnl gb guvf pnpur.
Nsgre qbvat naq rawblvat znal pnpurf ba Zbhag Jryyvatgba; rnpu jvgu havdhr naq gerzraqbhf ivrjf; guvf pnpur unf orra uvqqra gb pbzcyrzrag gubfr pnpurf.
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Lbh pna hfr gur Trbpurxre gb purpx lbhe nafjre.
Hints
Not YET!! |
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Decode |
Logs
We quickly solved the puzzle this morning and stopped for the find on our way back from collecting a few other caches. Nicely themed cache container. TFTC
My GPS was pointing across the road and up the hill. Thought that is not a good hiding spot, so looked elsewhere.
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.
Thanks for this mystery cache OldSaint. I can remember solving this one during last year's summer game, and I had a short search for it once, but turns out I was looking in the wrong place - I had the co-ordinates right, but my GPSr is pretty dodgy on the mountain, and I wasn't patient enough on the day. I've pretty much kept it in the back of my mind all year in the hope I could use it as a find for this year's summer game, and turns out I could. Today was Christmas Eve, and with warm temperatures forecast, I was keen to head up the mountain in the hope it might be a few degrees cooler - and it was, with lots of shade on the tracks. So with RLD4963 and the GeoGSP in tow, we headed towards GZ. We slowly crept towards GZ and RLD4963 spotted the very cool cache container. Excellent cache, fantastic weather and pretty good company. Cheers, and all the best for a great Christmas and New Year.
Rated: for Overall Experience
out and about with the Rafas caching, and this was in sight, a day that turned out to be warm to hot and we were at the springs cool and refreshing in the shade. an easy find with clues just over that way, was the direction, so just over that way was the cache. nice container, puzzle and hide TFTC TNBPLN. log dry.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hello OldSaint thanks for the cache.
This puzzle had me confused for a while before solving it
I took sometime to find the cache as I didn't have the hint so I had to just keep looking until I found it.
It's a pity more people haven't found it.
Found on Tuesday 04 December 2018 at 1743
This puzzle had me confused for a while before solving it
I took sometime to find the cache as I didn't have the hint so I had to just keep looking until I found it.
It's a pity more people haven't found it.
Found on Tuesday 04 December 2018 at 1743
In Hobart for the Dragon’s Lair Event and finding some caches to fit our scavenge requirements. This one was on our to do list and a puzzle that required some assistance to solve. Not a quick find but a rewarding one.
Many thanks Old Saint for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience.
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
After finding the Sandy Bay reverse we headed up the mountain via the Southern Outlet took look for the last of our target caches. The sky was rapidly darkening and the wind was increasing in strength so we decided to split the tasks with Mrs Y'stassie heading down Milles track and Mr Y'stassie hunting down the caches in the Springs area.
We had solved this puzzle before leaving home, another quick solve so Mr Y'stassie made his way quickly to GZ where a stray piece of material poking out from under a natural object attracted his attention. On closer inspection he found the cache container tucked away inside. Container and contents were in good condition. After signing the log everything was returned as found.
Thanks for thje cache and the scavenge points Old Saint.
We had solved this puzzle before leaving home, another quick solve so Mr Y'stassie made his way quickly to GZ where a stray piece of material poking out from under a natural object attracted his attention. On closer inspection he found the cache container tucked away inside. Container and contents were in good condition. After signing the log everything was returned as found.
Thanks for thje cache and the scavenge points Old Saint.
I have the heritage for this puzzle, so that part was straightforward.i tried but failed to park near GZ yesterday, so today I walked from the nearest big car park. The coords were pretty accurate, but I was on the wrong level for a while before making the necessary adjustment.
Thanks.
Thanks.
My first cache of the year, the first of many I'm thinking. Solved this one this morning as I was drinking my coffee, a bit of a twist that I soon spotted where the extra work needed to be done.
For once I badgered Goose into coming out
Thanks for the puzzle and a very nice container that suits you very well.
For once I badgered Goose into coming out
Thanks for the puzzle and a very nice container that suits you very well.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I was having a lazy morning after yesterdays little walk when SSR messaged and asked if I wanted to go find this cache. By the time he arrived whitewebbs had scored pole position but we decided to still go for it as we are both back at work tomorrow. We had to go a long way beyond the cache before we could turn back and park near it. After poking around a few spots I pointed to one and said 'there'. Yep it was there! Found at 12.50pm Great container OldSaint - Happy New Year 
Rated: for Overall Experience
FTF at 11.30 am
Hi OldSaint, now we have a story for you. We solved this puzzle when it was first published and then today we headed out to the mountain to find this cache and four new caches that had been published while we have been away up North. Thanks OldSaint, Stainless-Steel-Rat and gooseandegg for creating caches which have multiple options to use in the States of the Nation games.
Now back to this cache. We went past the parking spot as we wanted to face the other way for a quick get away but had to go 2.5 kms before we could turn around. We parked in the pull off area and Mr W followed the GPSr to within 1 m but it wasn't very happy. Mr W was coming back down to see if he could see the cache from another angle when Mrs W heard a loud thud followed by "are there any cars". "Yes" there are cars replied Mrs W. Mr W had unearthed a rock as he stood on it and it started rolling down the hill. Mr W grabbed a tree with one arm, grabbed the rolling rock he should have been standing on with his legs. Mrs W now said "no cars" as she thought he was running back off the bank but no a huge rock landed in the middle of the road. Mrs W couldn't move it but then Mr W rolled it to the side before any more cars came through There were gouge marks on the road! Gouge marks on Mr W but thankfully no-one was hit or hurt, luckily as there was lots of traffic around. Mr W in the process had lost his sunglasses and had to scramble back up the bank where he found them near where he had fallen.
Now we decided that perhaps we were on the wrong side of the road and headed down a nearby track where the cache was spotted and more easily reached. The log book was blank so we were happy to be the first to find. The cache took longer to find than what it took solving the puzzle! Now off to find the other four caches on the Milles track.
After finding all five caches we stopped at the springs to get a coffee but alas the "shop" wasn't open. I dont know why it wasn't open as it was like Flinder's Street Station, people and cars everywhere. They missed out today on lots of business.
We did however find a goose and a rat in search of coffee as well. I said I can show you mine if you show me yours (moveables that is) and the Event was published, moveables sighted, signed and some taken to be moved. So now we had found 5 caches, published and attended an event, and found 8 moveables again.
We left the mountain hiding moveables all the way down that hadn't been collected by other attendees, so hopefully the elevation will help others in the games.We continued on to the Domain to find another of your caches that had been published Christmas Eve and then over to Howrah to hide a couple more moveables before heading home. As we hadn't had lunch and it was getting late afternoon, we stopped at the grocer at Lauderdale only to find it wasn't open. We are not having much luck spending our money today!
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a virtual verbosity trophy. TFTP
The States of the Nation games which we are currently participating in are running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018.
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.
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 , Clan Phoenix , Clan Cerberus or Clan Minotaur . Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.
Hi OldSaint, now we have a story for you. We solved this puzzle when it was first published and then today we headed out to the mountain to find this cache and four new caches that had been published while we have been away up North. Thanks OldSaint, Stainless-Steel-Rat and gooseandegg for creating caches which have multiple options to use in the States of the Nation games.
Now back to this cache. We went past the parking spot as we wanted to face the other way for a quick get away but had to go 2.5 kms before we could turn around. We parked in the pull off area and Mr W followed the GPSr to within 1 m but it wasn't very happy. Mr W was coming back down to see if he could see the cache from another angle when Mrs W heard a loud thud followed by "are there any cars". "Yes" there are cars replied Mrs W. Mr W had unearthed a rock as he stood on it and it started rolling down the hill. Mr W grabbed a tree with one arm, grabbed the rolling rock he should have been standing on with his legs. Mrs W now said "no cars" as she thought he was running back off the bank but no a huge rock landed in the middle of the road. Mrs W couldn't move it but then Mr W rolled it to the side before any more cars came through There were gouge marks on the road! Gouge marks on Mr W but thankfully no-one was hit or hurt, luckily as there was lots of traffic around. Mr W in the process had lost his sunglasses and had to scramble back up the bank where he found them near where he had fallen.
Now we decided that perhaps we were on the wrong side of the road and headed down a nearby track where the cache was spotted and more easily reached. The log book was blank so we were happy to be the first to find. The cache took longer to find than what it took solving the puzzle! Now off to find the other four caches on the Milles track.
After finding all five caches we stopped at the springs to get a coffee but alas the "shop" wasn't open. I dont know why it wasn't open as it was like Flinder's Street Station, people and cars everywhere. They missed out today on lots of business.
We did however find a goose and a rat in search of coffee as well. I said I can show you mine if you show me yours (moveables that is) and the Event was published, moveables sighted, signed and some taken to be moved. So now we had found 5 caches, published and attended an event, and found 8 moveables again.
We left the mountain hiding moveables all the way down that hadn't been collected by other attendees, so hopefully the elevation will help others in the games.We continued on to the Domain to find another of your caches that had been published Christmas Eve and then over to Howrah to hide a couple more moveables before heading home. As we hadn't had lunch and it was getting late afternoon, we stopped at the grocer at Lauderdale only to find it wasn't open. We are not having much luck spending our money today!
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a virtual verbosity trophy. TFTP
The States of the Nation games which we are currently participating in are running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018.
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.
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
, Clan Phoenix , Clan Cerberus or Clan Minotaur . Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice one OS...a bit of switching soon had coords.
Happy NEW YEAR to yourself and all Tassie cachers.
Happy NEW YEAR to yourself and all Tassie cachers.
