How The Mighty Have Fallen Seven Mile Beach, Tasmania, Australia
By
OldSaint on 01-Aug-18. Waypoint GA12593
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Unknown or Mystery |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S42° 48.810' E147° 33.656' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 545858E 5259742N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 13 m |
| Local Government Area: | Sorell |
/147.560933,-42.8135,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A puzzle cache complementing the location
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE GIVEN CO-ORDINATES
Please take a writing implement for signing the log
The solution can be found below:
Big is often called mighty
Not always so
Big is often called mighty
Not in history has a saying been so untrue
Rome was a big empire once
The Napoleonic Empire was huge in its day
Both fell!
The pine
A huge tree it will be over time
A conifer from a tiny seed it will grow to be
Straight and tall
It can be
None
However, last forever
Seen here!
Enjoy the walk and the scenery
Cheers OldSaint
Hints
Chmmyr: Gur pnpur anzr vf fvtavsvpnag Uvqr: Ng ybtf raq |
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Decode |
Logs
Staying in Hobart for a week and found your cache whilst caching in the area.
Many thanks Old Saint.
Many thanks Old Saint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
out and about with the RAFAS after a month off with a cold TFTC TNLN log dry second and last time to search for cache, spent easy hour before and overlooked it's position but found it this time.
Thanks for the cache OldSaint. I was able to solve this puzzle not long after it was published. Physically finding it however has been another matter. RLD4963 and I had a look for it a while ago without success. Since then the GeoGSP and I have stopped by a couple of times when walking in the area, but still no find. When I saw a fellow cacher had successfully found it a few weeks ago I had a bit of a chat and today I decided to head back for another look. This time, success! Finally... Thanks again for the puzzle and cache.
Hi OldSaint,
Yes, the mighty have fallen here, and you managed to fall me with the puzzle, until a mate nudged me. Then you nearly fell three of use here - the first cache of the day was starting to look like a DNF, or perhaps a PAF! We spent far too long looking near and wide, until re-visiting some spots already searched, but finally successful. Phew!
Thanks for the adventure.
Today ended up being the day that AlbyDangles and I finally got round to a caching walk on the 5Mile/7Mile sand spit. It was a while in the planning, dependent of both weather and tide, as well as availability (and fitness/health) of the three individuals involved.
Just after 7am this morning geoSonE (aka Junior EP, JEP, etc) and I left the 5 Mile Beach car-park with geoMate AlbyDangles, a formidable team and fabulous company.
We walked along beaches, hardened sandy trails, soft deep sandy trails, undulating hill and gullies laden with cones and needles, a well formed road, and most other surfaces in between, including hallways, corridors, and avenues.
We saw black cockatoos, a variety of sea birds, horses, dogs, muggles, aeroplanes (of varying sizes!) and an occasional pinus radiata.
We had a break on 7 Mile Beach while geoSonE built a sand castle, and later a lunch break out of the wind on the dunes.
9 hours, 19 caches, and nearly 17km later we were back at the car-park. We then decided to go and clean up (for EeePees at least) a few caches near the end of the runway (a 2km return walk after a short drive) , and then a few of the newish park and grab GC Journey series caches on our way home.
A great day with excellent company, all 3 sharing the finds, 21 caches all up. Some of the smaller logsheets signed as EPs + AD.
EeePees count for the day, GC 7, GA 8.
Yes, the mighty have fallen here, and you managed to fall me with the puzzle, until a mate nudged me. Then you nearly fell three of use here - the first cache of the day was starting to look like a DNF, or perhaps a PAF! We spent far too long looking near and wide, until re-visiting some spots already searched, but finally successful. Phew!
Thanks for the adventure.
Today ended up being the day that AlbyDangles and I finally got round to a caching walk on the 5Mile/7Mile sand spit. It was a while in the planning, dependent of both weather and tide, as well as availability (and fitness/health) of the three individuals involved.
Just after 7am this morning geoSonE (aka Junior EP, JEP, etc) and I left the 5 Mile Beach car-park with geoMate AlbyDangles, a formidable team and fabulous company.
We walked along beaches, hardened sandy trails, soft deep sandy trails, undulating hill and gullies laden with cones and needles, a well formed road, and most other surfaces in between, including hallways, corridors, and avenues.
We saw black cockatoos, a variety of sea birds, horses, dogs, muggles, aeroplanes (of varying sizes!) and an occasional pinus radiata.
We had a break on 7 Mile Beach while geoSonE built a sand castle, and later a lunch break out of the wind on the dunes.
9 hours, 19 caches, and nearly 17km later we were back at the car-park. We then decided to go and clean up (for EeePees at least) a few caches near the end of the runway (a 2km return walk after a short drive) , and then a few of the newish park and grab GC Journey series caches on our way home.
A great day with excellent company, all 3 sharing the finds, 21 caches all up. Some of the smaller logsheets signed as EPs + AD.
EeePees count for the day, GC 7, GA 8.
Rated: for Overall Experience
"Hello OldSaint thank you for the cache.
I needed a help with the puzzle before working it out.
This was the first cache on our expedition and it wasn't a good start as it took way too long to find. All three of us had a look in the same spot before EeePees found it.
EeePees and I had been planning on finding the cache along 5 Mile Beach and Seven Mile Beach for some time now, today we finally got around to do it.
After an early morning start at the carpark at the end of 5 Mile Beach Road we walked along the beach with junior EP in tow and collected caches as we went.
We then ventured inland and found more caches before coming back out near the end of 5 Mile Beach.
From there it was a up and down walk across the point to Seven Mile Beach working our way back to the car ducking in and out of the bush as needed to find caches.
I must admit I did like the break as we sat on the dunes and had lunch.
After lunch it was mostly a case of trudging our way along the soft sand on the inland track finding more caches.
Thank you EeePees and JEP for the great day and for finding the caches I didn't see, it was a great day.
Found on Saturday 25 May 2019 at 0844
TFTC"
I needed a help with the puzzle before working it out.
This was the first cache on our expedition and it wasn't a good start as it took way too long to find. All three of us had a look in the same spot before EeePees found it.
EeePees and I had been planning on finding the cache along 5 Mile Beach and Seven Mile Beach for some time now, today we finally got around to do it.
After an early morning start at the carpark at the end of 5 Mile Beach Road we walked along the beach with junior EP in tow and collected caches as we went.
We then ventured inland and found more caches before coming back out near the end of 5 Mile Beach.
From there it was a up and down walk across the point to Seven Mile Beach working our way back to the car ducking in and out of the bush as needed to find caches.
I must admit I did like the break as we sat on the dunes and had lunch.
After lunch it was mostly a case of trudging our way along the soft sand on the inland track finding more caches.
Thank you EeePees and JEP for the great day and for finding the caches I didn't see, it was a great day.
Found on Saturday 25 May 2019 at 0844
TFTC"
Found this cache which was my target for the day.
Puzzled had me stumped. Cache hide was found quickly. Lucky
Puzzled had me stumped. Cache hide was found quickly. Lucky
found with stainless steel rat this morning. We ended up using a PAF to get help. We were searching the correct area but the cache was buried a little. Thanks old mate
this took a long time to find, it was very well hidden
thanks for the cache old Saint
thanks for the cache old Saint
It took a few minutes to lock onto the basis of this puzzle and that resulted in a some confirmed coordinates. Today we came south hoping to find eight Dragon Zone caches to complete another DZ Trophy. This was one of the eight required. After parking our car we headed off to look for the cache. As we arrived at GZ the general area of the hide location appeared quite obvious and after a minute or two of systematic hunting, the cache container was located. The cache and contents were in good condition. thanks fro the puzzle and cache.
A beautiful morning to go on the FTF hunt. We reached GZ fairly quickly. However our search for the cache took a lot longer. The first place we looked at, we decided against. Searched a little longer and then decided to have a closer look at the first place we look in. We should have trusted our instincts the first time. Thanks Old Saint for the cache and the FTF.
We saw the new caches come out last night but this puzzle took some head scratching and time but we managed to get there in the end. Mrs W said weren't we just out there at the weekend, now a return trip was required. Five Mile was lovely today, no wind, no muggles except for the horses and riders way ahead. Luckily the tide was out and we walked along the beach as the track is hard going. Second to find. TFTP
Rated: for Overall Experience
