Australian Trackers and War Dogs Memorial Park Berriedale, Tasmania, Australia
By
whitewebbs on 20-Oct-18. Waypoint GA13088
Cache Details
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| Type: | History |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S42° 48.537' E147° 15.344' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 520908E 5260368N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 2 m |
| Local Government Area: | Glenorchy |
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Description
Another great spot for a history cache. This cache is located in the Berriedale Foreshore park which is also home to the Australian Trackers and War Dogs memorial. The memorial can be found further along the track just off the main road. The memorial was opened on the 11 March 2006 by The Hon. William Cox, Governor of Tasmania.
The memorial commemorates war dogs and tracker dogs which have served along with their trainers/personnel with the Australian Defence Forces.
This is one of the many information boards in the area.
Please answer the following questions from the information sign at GZ and select the correct answers by choosing questions and answers under Actions on the RH side of the cache page. When you select the answers correctly you will receive a code to log to claim a smiley. Please copy and paste this code into the "Codeword" box when logging the find.
1. What breed was "Gunner" the air raid warning system dog?
(a) Kelpie
(b) Labrador
(c) Beagle
2. What is the date ??? August 1945 that is commemorated?
(a) 13th
(b) 14th
(c) 15th
3. How were messages delivered by "Sandy"?
(a) In his collar
(b) on his back
(c) around his neck
4. The photographs on the information board are courtesty of?
(a) Australian War Memorial
(b) Glenorchy City Council
(c) Australian Army Trackers and War Dogs Association
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Logs
Thank you for bringing here. A place I have never been to before. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Caching in the area we gathered the required information to log your History cache.
Many thanks whitewebbs for creating this History cache and highlighting this location.
Many thanks whitewebbs for creating this History cache and highlighting this location.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Over an overnight stay at Richmond we headed back through Hobart today on our way to Hamilton for the night and then home tomorrow.
Did plan on staying much longer but Mr Beetle forgot his tablets and three days without them is probably 2 days too long!!!
Of the 5 caches we did on the way through, all were GCA and 4 were history caches. Of the history caches this one was my favourite.
Really interesting to read the information boards here and being a 'dog person' I can't imagine how sad it must have been for the soldiers to have to leave their dogs behind when they returned home. Damned government for not wanting to pay the quarantine fees.
Thanks.
Did plan on staying much longer but Mr Beetle forgot his tablets and three days without them is probably 2 days too long!!!
Of the 5 caches we did on the way through, all were GCA and 4 were history caches. Of the history caches this one was my favourite.
Really interesting to read the information boards here and being a 'dog person' I can't imagine how sad it must have been for the soldiers to have to leave their dogs behind when they returned home. Damned government for not wanting to pay the quarantine fees.
Thanks.
#GA4047 - 08:45; Out and about on a quick caching run up along the Derwent to collect a few caches missed on yesterday's mission. Grabbed the nearby ICEM cache, then over for the information for this history cache. Interesting choice of location for this one as there is something similar at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. TFTC whitewebbs 
Rated: for Overall Experience
This morning on my way to do work at William Adams in Hobart i had a few minutes up my sleeve so i quickly popped down the road to gather the information to make this log.
this is a great history of all the dogs used in war and interesting to know. TFTC
this is a great history of all the dogs used in war and interesting to know. TFTC
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.
Great history cache
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.
Great history cache
quick find while out caching with GooseandEgg
Thanks for the history
Thanks for the history
Rated: for Overall Experience
Thanks for the history cache, I enjoy these caches. Great to read about parts of our history that I didn't know about. Out and about caching on a beautiful summers day.
Hi whitewebbs
Loved this history cache
Great to read about these incredible canines
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Loved this history cache
Great to read about these incredible canines
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hello whitewebbs thanks for the cache
Another nice bit of history
Found on Wednesday 24 2018 at 0820
TFTC"
Another nice bit of history
Found on Wednesday 24 2018 at 0820
TFTC"
Aus and the Bear out caching close to home today. Thanks for another history cache whitewebbs
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Thanks for this history cache whitewebbs. I have walked along this track before and read all the information boards about the dogs that went off to war, so whilst close by today, stopped by to grab the information for this cache. Thanks for bringing the GeoGSP and I here again.
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After finding the nearby ICEM cache we moved across to look for the GC cache and while at the site read the info boards and collected what we needed to log this cache.
We have come across several memorials to animals that have seen service with the Australian Defence Force in many conflicts overseas. Some have been ornated plaques and cairns while others were simple info boards.
Thanks for this history cache Whitewebbs. We enjoyed walking in the area. There were several dogs and their masters setting out on the walking track while we were there.
We have come across several memorials to animals that have seen service with the Australian Defence Force in many conflicts overseas. Some have been ornated plaques and cairns while others were simple info boards.
Thanks for this history cache Whitewebbs. We enjoyed walking in the area. There were several dogs and their masters setting out on the walking track while we were there.
out and about with the Rafas caching and this cache was in my sights, a nice off lead walk for the dog and a stroll for the humans, a nice sunny day. TFTC TNLN sign were there to read.
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