Abrupt Turkeys Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia
By
Throsbyonchurch on 10-Jan-18. Waypoint GA11555
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S42° 54.299' E147° 19.413' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 526412E 5249685N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 63 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hobart |
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Description
The Abrupt Turkeys
The Abrupt Turkeys is a movable cache. Find it, log it, move it and re-log its new position. Too easy and lots of fun.
I am into strange or unique names, and I thought I would have a little fun with this movable name, only because I didn't know what to call it.
Hints
Thneqvat gur gerrf |
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Decode |
Logs
Nice to see Abrupt Turkey again. Will move on soon. TFTM
Rated: for Overall Experience
After a long journey to a new town, with some fun in the sun.
Then a quick swim in the blue waters, He left his small footprints in the sandy foreshore of Paynesville.
Now the smoke is in the air, it's time to find him a new home a bit along Sunset drive with a view of the lake.
He may be here a while, but he has a great view when he looks around the corner from his tree hide at the boats going by.
Sorry for the gender assigned, I just think it is a he, instead of she or it.
Then a quick swim in the blue waters, He left his small footprints in the sandy foreshore of Paynesville.
Now the smoke is in the air, it's time to find him a new home a bit along Sunset drive with a view of the lake.
He may be here a while, but he has a great view when he looks around the corner from his tree hide at the boats going by.
Sorry for the gender assigned, I just think it is a he, instead of she or it.
Picked this fella up at an event in Churchill.
I have taken him home with me.
I will aoon give him a tour of my home town.
I have taken him home with me.
I will aoon give him a tour of my home town.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found at the event in Churchill then given to a GCA cacher who delighted in the little fellow's expression and will take him much further than I can. TFTC Throsbyonchurch!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Picked this fella up at an event in Devonport.
I will take him over to the Mainland.
I will take him over to the Mainland.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted this one at a GC St Arnaud event at Devonport today, several moveable caches were on the table and left with different teams. TFTC
Left at event last seen going home with another cacher
Found this little critter and took it to Devonport dropped it at the Event, to be taken by other cahcers
Collected whilst in the area.
Many thanks Throsbyonchurch for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Moved on quickly during the Journey or Destination Race
Spotted lolling around with a lot of dinosaurs and various other TBs at the Mystery Santa event at Dodges Ferry. TFTC
Hi Throsbyonchurch
A quick find; tabled at an event in Dodges Ferry, Tasmania
Sainted at 1600 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3407, GC 3592, Tot 6999
A quick find; tabled at an event in Dodges Ferry, Tasmania
Sainted at 1600 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3407, GC 3592, Tot 6999
Rated: for Overall Experience
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.
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.
Had this moveable cache in my possession for but the briefest of moments and transported only a short distance up the road, nice to have met you, happy travels.. thanks..!!
Noticed that a few moveables had recently been dropped off about the Trevallyn Reserve. Nothing for it but to head off to work early to collect up these playing cards and dinosaurs plus a few others.. thanks..!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
We needed to hide some of the moveable caches that we have in our possession and decided to see how many we could leave in the Trevallyn area. This cache started it's Tassie journey in the north west of the state and is now in the north waiting for it's next move. TFTC
A quick find in an area not far from home. This open space has become a useful place for hiding moveable caches, lots of places to hide them and not many people about. We'll move this one on the north of Tassie to continue it's journey. TFTC
After a little clean up this cache is off and ready to race again
Grabbed this one from its cramped, cobwebby hide before we set off for the big smoke. After a shortish trip we will release it again.
Out for a caching run with Just a cacher and decided to grab this while passing.
Thanks for the cache
Thanks for the cache
Rated: for Overall Experience
Lightning trip to Victoria, placing caches, and just happened on this little chap.
A muster of old moveables in Canberra was called for, so a heap were collected and they have now made their home in Victoria......hope they enjoy their new surroundings.
GCA 2,119. Found this one in the hands of Sol de Lune.
Good luck in your journey south !
TFTC !!
Good luck in your journey south !
TFTC !!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted this moveable in the hands of Sol de Lune prior to its trip south.
Thank you for the cache !
Thank you for the cache !
Rated: for Overall Experience
Now in my hands and heading off to Melbourne to find a new home and hopefully been found a few more times.
I went to grab a few movables today and moved them to a spot near a highway to help them move along. This is a massive collection. Good parking on Old Tuggeranong Road. But the GPS reception is poor but the hint should help.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Noticed a horde of moveables had landed near home so headed off to grab this one before it headed off.
A quick grab here this afternoon.
Thanks for the cache Throsbyonchurch
A quick grab here this afternoon.
Thanks for the cache Throsbyonchurch
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hurried out in the inclement weather to grab some of these before they disappeared.
Sadly, hardly any have proper log sheets.
Sadly, hardly any have proper log sheets.
After a week it was long overdue time to get this collection of twelve movables out for others to find. The weather has turned so it was a bit ore of a challenge to get outside, but I manged to find a spot not too far from home. Happy Hunting.
Thanks
Albida
Thanks
Albida
I was happy to be able to collect this movable amongst an armload of moveables from Mitchell today.
I'll move them along soon.
Thanks
Albida
I'll move them along soon.
Thanks
Albida
Gobbled. Now in hand and will be ready to go again soon.
Thanks for another one ToC...
Thanks for another one ToC...
Rated: for Overall Experience
Gobbling its way around Canberra. Gobble on.....!
#GA2568 - 12:45; After a very pleasant night spent in Kiama, the geohoney and I awoke to a pretty ordinary day weatherwise, although not as bad as the locals had experienced at home in Canberra. I had this moveable, one of a larger posse, on the 'to do' list today as we headed up and over Cambewarra Mountain for home. Despite the wet weather, I managed to find the turn off and made it to GZ, where I located the whole bunch together, warm and dry. I'm not sure I get the naming convention, but hey 
They are now all on the way to Canberra to continue their journeys. TFTC Throsbyonchurch
They are now all on the way to Canberra to continue their journeys. TFTC Throsbyonchurch Rated: for Overall Experience
A nice find here. Heading off down the coast my bestie. TFTM
Rated: for Overall Experience
