Thorsbys Tunnel Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
By sirius Tas on 04-Jan-18. Waypoint GA11428

Geocaching long weekend, we moved our van/house/base to Pioneer Park and set out to pick up the geoart in the area.
Of course not finding Brownings didn't mean this one was missing so we kept going and had another good look about, more disapointment but worth the walk in anyway.
Thanks again for bringing us here.

Lovely walk

The walk in was lovely with many photo opportunities along the way

first time in this reserve, what a hidden treasure, kids went exploring in tunnel and loved the experience tftc

Found this one today whilst exploring in the area, thank you for showing us this magical spot. TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Love this place. An easy find was had after an easy walk in was made. TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found on a caching run down the coast. Nice and cool in here a beautiful spot.

Many thanks Sirius Tas for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.

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Great walk along to the Tunnels. Really enjoyed the walk

TFTC.
Took the longer way to walk to this cache, and then it took me quite a while to actually find cache.
Found this cache on a 2 day trip to the NW, covering over 1000 kms and finding around 100 caches of both GCA and GC

After Brownings we carried on along the track, stopping numerous times as the fungus photographers in the party found new subjects for their cameras. At Thorsbys the cache was found again quick smart with the help of the clue. The cache is dry and in good nick. We didn't go into the tunnel today - have been inside several times and doubt its changed much. Running out of daylight anyway. Nice cache location.

Hi sirius
A flying visit to the North West Coast in an effort to score Dragonzone Points today.

Left Huonville at 0730 hours and got back at 2215 hours
A round trip of 740 kilometres to score 14 caches
Finding those 14 caches required me to walk a total of 8.52 kilometres using 11088 steps and causing me to burn 1930 calories – great exercise.

The weather could not have been better; no wind, lots of sunshine and blue skies with very little cloud – about 18 degrees all day; BEAUTIFUL!

GA11428 “Thorsbys Tunnel”
Sixth find of the day
Quick and easy
Sainted at 1543 hours
What a great little walk - bubbling creek, man ferns, bush noises, solitude, good weather - great exercise.
Once again caching has taken me to a spot that I did not know about and would have never visited were it not for this sport - Thank You!
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint

Rated: for Overall Experience

After catching up on some chores around home we headed off to meet up with family for a picnic tea in Ulverstone but we thought that we'd leave a bit earlier than needed so we could detour via Ferndene. We were sure that 2y'stassies would have been out bright and early with two FTFs on offer so we wandered through the lovely cool bush tracks with no idea that mr 2y'stassies was not far behind us. I hadn't been right into Ferndene for many years and mr sharnie's tribe had never been much further than the carpark so really enjoyed the walk. Made a quick find at GZ with the help of the detailed hint and we were very surprised to find an empty logbook so FTF at 4.15pm. After only a few minutes we spotted a familiar figure making his way towards us so stopped for a chat and to compare notes on the current caching game before each going our own way. Thanks SiriusTas for a very enjoyable walk in a lovely bush setting

After a very busy Christmas and New Year period, the last of family who had been staying with us left this morning to head back to Townsville. We have such a backlog of caching at present that we have become a little overwhelmed. So today was the start of catching up. Firstly we had to start preparing a number of cache containers for hides for the States Of The Nation summer games. With that task well underway, Mrs y'stassie started to prepared logbooks and goodies for each cache. By late in the day we were ready to hide some caches. So Mrs y'stassie headed off to find hides for at least eight of over 2o that we want to hide in the next week. Mr y'stassie started to work on the puzzles for each of the caches. We are hoping to get the caches published in the next few days. When he had completed as much as he could without having the final coordinates of the hides, he looked around for some nearby caches. The two new Sirius Tas caches (Brownings Tunnel and Thorsbys Tunnel) jumped out as ideal candidates, especially as they were in the very lovely Ferndene area.

When he arrived at the carpark there was one other car. He didn't take too much notice and started off on the lovely walk to Brownings Tunnel. It was a beautiful afternoon for the walk. After about 20 minutes he got to Brownings Tunnel and was able to make a quick find. It was a pleasant surprise when the logbook was opened as Sharnie's Tribe had achieved the FTF just 10 minutes earlier. So, they must have been further up the track towards Thorsbys Tunnel. A couple of minutes later Mr y'stassie met Sharnie's Tribe returning to their car after having found the Thorsbys Tunnel cache. Catching up out in the field is becoming quite a habit. Two days earlier our paths crossed in Launceston. It is always good to catch up with them and we spent a few minutes discussing the caching world before heading our separate ways.

Given the dense foliage cover in the area, Mr y'stassie was surprised that the coordinates for this cache were so accurate. The hint confirmed the location and a quick find was made. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Sirius Tas for both of your tunnel caches in the Ferndene Reserve. It is a lovely place to visit and your two caches gave the excuse needed to revisit the area. Congratulations to Sharnie's Tribe on your two FTFs.

Enjoy!