Don't get Quarantined (Barnes Bay) North Bruny, Tasmania, Australia
By
whitewebbs on 13-Aug-18. Waypoint GA12675
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
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| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S43° 6.862' E147° 20.020' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 527146E 5226430N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 31 m |
| Local Government Area: | Kingborough |
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Description
This cache is located on Bruny Island
Bruny Island comprises a North and South Island which are separated by a narrow isthmus called "The Neck".
Access to the island is by vehicular ferry departing from Kettering (fees apply).
The trip takes approximately 20 minutes and arrives at Roberts Point on North Bruny Island.
North Bruny is drier than the south and is mainly open pastures and light bushland. It is home to the townships of Dennes Point, Great Bay and Barnes Bay. The Bruny Island Quarantine Station is located on Killora Road and is worth a visit but is only open on certain days.
The narrow isthmus joining the two parts of the island is called "The Neck".
A timber stepped boardwalk will take you to the Truganini Lookout, that will give you to some of the most spectacular 360° panoramic views of the Bruny Island coastline.
South Bruny is hilly, heavily timbered and includes large rainforest areas. It is home to large areas of State Forest Reserve and the South Bruny National Park where the Cape Bruny Lighthouse is situated (fees apply to enter the National Park and guided tours of the lighthouse are available on certain days, fees apply). The townships of Adventure Bay, Alonnah and Lunawanna are also located on South Bruny.
To access this cache and others on North and South Bruny you may have to travel on gravel roads.
While caching recently on both North and South Bruny we discovered the Quarantine Station on North Bruny and thought it was worthy of a GCA cache. There is a pull off area to park safely.
At the Quarantine Station you can take a self guided tour. The whole walk takes about 2 hours.The Station is set in 128 hectares and is a good spot for taking photos of bird life and wild flowers. Shorter self guided tours are available. As this area is controlled by Parks and Wildlife, dogs are not allowed.
You can visit the convict settlers cottage and the jetty site at Shelter Cove. You can see the remains of hospital buildings and see old campsites where soldiers were quarantined after returning from WW1.
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Logs
Great place to visit for the history.
TFTC
Had no idea about the history here, well worth a visit.
Thanks whitewebbs for bringing us here, excellent hide.
Cache and contents in good condition.
Thanks for the cache and for bringing us to this interesting place.
thanks for the cache, found today with AlbyDangles on our most excellent Bruny escapade, dodging the weather as best we could - it was quite okay here, and all is well at GZ.
somewhat ironic that the 'quarantine station reserve' is CLOSED due to Covid!
cheers, EPs
I have driven past this spot many times before, one day Ill go and have a walk around the reserve.
Thanks for getting me to stop the cache didn't take too long to find.
Today I was caching with EeePees on Bruny Island. The weather didn't look that great when I left home but turned out to be an ok day.
As usual caching with EeePees was another great day.
Found on Sunday 16 August 2020 at 1542
TFTC"
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
Oh well we parked within a metre of the cache and after a number of incorrect places the right one was found.
thanks for the cache.
It was a toss-up between Bruny Island and Mt Field today. In the end Bruny Island won out, although a few times during the day I muttered ‘should have gone to Mt Field.’
Stainless steel rat picked me at 6.15am with the plan of coffee at the ferry terminal and over on the 7.30am ferry. We arrived a little earlier than expected and drove straight on to the 7am ferry. That was great except we’d not had coffee! [|)]
We headed south, once we hit the island, to beat the tourists stopping briefly for Alonnah five-0 for SSR to find, and then at the shop we grabbed coffee and sandwiches from a couple of nutcase women who obviously thought their continued sarcasm was funny. This kind of behaviour happens a lot when I’m out with SSR!
After a bit of investigation of some new caches, we decided a 5km paddle in the blow-up boat was just too much, so made a beeline for the lighthouse at Cape Bruny and from there worked our way back north, catching the 5.30pm ferry back.
