PCT #5 Track Junction Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 08-Apr-18. Waypoint GA12066
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 9.138' E146° 3.373' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 420808E 5443906N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 280 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 - here we started the descent. Cache and contents in good condition.
Many thanks Sirius Tas for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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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.
GA12066 “PCT#5 Track Junction”
A quick find once the GPS settled down
On the way to this cache from the previous cache, (I had been watching out for penguins as per your cache pages); and found my first on the way here. Strange environment for these little sea creatures but never-the-less a PENGUIN!
Still no wild life sighted, even the bird life was rare
Have enjoyed the climb to this cache
Sainted at 1146 hours
All good with the cache
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
We enjoyed the walk to the track junction and this cache where accurate coordinates lead us to a well hidden cache with a blank log giving us a {FTF} at 7:48. A small wallaby watch on as we rehid the container. All was in good condition after the rain yesterday.
Thanks Sirius Tas for this cache in the PCT series.
