PCT #3 Rock Face Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 08-Apr-18. Waypoint GA12064
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 8.698' E146° 3.699' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 421256E 5444725N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 202 m |
| Local Government Area: | Central Coast |
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Description
The Penguin Cradle Trail, one of Tasmania's Eight Great Bushwalks, is an 80km walk that takes you from Penguin, a town on the North West Coast to the northern bdry of the Cradle Mountain NP. The walk gives a variety of experiences ranging from coastal views to mountain panoramas, from walking along a wild river to climbing over mountain ranges.
The PCT difficulty varies from easy/medium on the northern sections to quite difficult from Gunns Plains to Loongana Rd. and quite hard up over the Black Bluff Range and onto the Cradle Mt. NP.
Track notes and maps are available at.. http://www.nwwc.org.au/index.php/penguin-cradle-trail
Geocaches will be released in sections where possible to aid access, but will take some months to complete.
To complete the PCT series and to log the last cache, geocachers MUST LOG every geocache plus there will be randomly placed Penguin caches, where you will need to note which actual PCT # the penguin has been placed. These numbers will be required to access the last cache, which will have an appropriate reward for effort.
Most of the cache logs are in bison tubes, inside another container. A match is placed in the log to aid in rolling back up...so PLEASE make sure it goes back in to help other cachers.
All caches except the Penguins have an inkstick...so please take one with you plus notepad to record the Penguin #'s.
SO....ARE YOU up for a challenge?
If so...GLTA.....and please take all safety precautions at ALL TIMES.
Enjoy!
Hearty congrats to 2y'stassies for FTF...well done.
Hints
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Decode
Logs
TFTC
This was an easy find TFTC
Today we targetted the PCT trail with whitewebbs and gooseandegg. An enjoyable walk with stunning scenery beside the Leven River. A long but rewarding trek - passing by several mini waterfalls along this section. Cache and contents in good condition.
Many thanks Sirius Tas for publishing this cache 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
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Gold - Griffin, 
Green - Phoenix, Blue - Cerberus or Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. An unexpected call from relatives had Mum and I take a trip to the North West Coast on the 11th of May to visit with her brother in the Latrobe Hospital
As a result, I was able to take advantage of the situation and do some caching today
After finding caches around East Devonport this morning before our visit to the hospital today, I came over here and started the trail walk
Weather: 13 degrees Celsius Fine, sunny and blue skies with some cloud
Travel: For the day, I totalled 14.91 kilometres burning 2293 calories which required 19907 steps Needless to say, my legs are not in LOVE with me at the moment but they will learn to forgive me.
GA12064 “PCT#1 Rock Face”
This cache took a little time to find
The GPS would not settle down but after finding the cache, checked the co-ords against my find and the co-ords were good; just must have been the area I was in.
Sainted at 1200 hours
Loved the "dams" on the way to this cache - very green and pretty, THANKS for bringing me here - LOVE IT!!
Some more fungi too.
All good with the cache
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
As we got closer to GZ our GPS units became very unstable, one wanted us on the other side of the creek. Fortunately the cache owner had provided a very useful clue and the object we needed to search was obvious. After another short search we located another typical Sirius Tas cache container neatly hidden away. We were very pleased to find a blank log sheet giving us a {FTF} at 6:55. Even after signing the log and replacing the container our GPS's were not cooperating one indicating we were 8m west of GZ while the other indicated 12m west of GZ. As the area looks as though it might be a black spot for GPSs future hunters might like to use the hint to assist their searches.
Thanks for this cache in the series Sirius Tas. This spot is a nice peaceful spot to stop of a break. It is pretty in the dry but spectacular when the creek is following rapidly.
