Near the Troll's Home Tasmania, Australia
By
EeePees on 21-Oct-18. Waypoint GA13100
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S43° 1.810' E147° 11.085' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 515051E 5235818N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 370 m |
| Local Government Area: | Kingborough |
/147.18475,-43.030167,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A simple traditional geocache just near a bridge on the Kaoota Tramway Track
Our first traditional cache hide on Geocaching Australia !
GPSr may not settle easily, so please use the hint. You don't have to leave the track, well, maybe half a step up the bank for balance.
Small screw top container with pen and logsheet. Little room for small items only.
This is a great area with a nice track available for walkers, cyclists and horse riders (no dogs unfortunately). Track can be a little rough in places, so watch out especially if cycling.at speed.
GZ is approximately 1.5km down the track from the top. Limited parking at S43° 01.164' E147° 10.815'
Recommended reading would be the track brochure on the Kingborough Council website (under Tracks and Trails in the Recreation section).The following is an extract:
"This gently graded track meanders through varied
bushland, including dry eucalypt forest and rainforest,
following a section of the historic Kaoota Tramway.
While large sections of the tramway are now in private
ownership, Council has been able to develop 6 km for
people to enjoy – its width and gradient perfect for
walking or riding abreast. Constructed in 1906, the 20 km
long, two-foot gauge tramway was used to transport coal
from the mine at Kaoota to the wharf at Margate. After coal
mining ceased the tramway was used to transport logs,
fruit and passengers. The line was dismantled in 1922 after
bushfires destroyed several bridges. Keep a lookout for
historic relics, such as railway sleepers, rails and coal spills.
4 hours return (walking)
12 km return
Limited parking at both entries to track (signed)
Please use Pelverata Road from Sandfly to access
the top entrance to the track. Do not use the road
coming up from Allens Rivulet, as it is unsealed,
narrow and has poor visibility.
Note: Due to the abundance of native wildlife along this track, dogs are prohibited. "
ENJOY !
Hints
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Logs
out and about with 2 Lil Rafas caching in the Kaoota Tramway track, this was on the track,TFTC TNLN log dry. a cool but dry morning.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi EeePees,
I hope that it lasts a bit longer now that it has been cleaned.
KingSmev
Find number: 2️⃣1️⃣
I hope that it lasts a bit longer now that it has been cleaned.
KingSmev
Find number: 2️⃣1️⃣
KingSmev replaced the dried out cache today, on a ride down the hill.
Well, thats his PE for the afternoon, whilst schooling is still at home under covid restrictions.
Well, thats his PE for the afternoon, whilst schooling is still at home under covid restrictions.
Temporarily disabling.
KingSmev found it quite wet, so he removed it for maintenance.
Will be back out soon, watch this space.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
KingSmev found it quite wet, so he removed it for maintenance.
Will be back out soon, watch this space.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
We had had two old caches, Black Gold and Kaoota Tramway on our to do list for quite a few years but today was the first time we had unlimited time to cache while in Hobart. After a walk up Chimney Pot Hill we headed to the top of the tramway walk just out of Kaoota where, after collecting the information for Black Gold, we headed along the trail.
It was a pleasant walk under the canopy but the constant crunch of the dry wattle seed pods under our feet was a constant reminder of how dry the under growth is. The smell of smoke from the nearby bush fire reminded us how quickly this forest would burn.
We were enjoying the walk along the tram way and remembering the other tramway walks we have done while caching when we noticed our GPS was indicating we should be 10 m off the track and we hadn't yet come to the bridge. We read the hint and decided we would follow that as the direction the GPS was trying to send us didn't look likely. Using the hint we made a quick find of a well hidden cache. After signing the log and returning the cache our GPS was indicating we were 23 m S of GZ. We took a number of readings with the average being S 43 01.826 E 147 11.082.
Thanks for this well hidden cache EeePees. The container and contents were in good condition.
It was a pleasant walk under the canopy but the constant crunch of the dry wattle seed pods under our feet was a constant reminder of how dry the under growth is. The smell of smoke from the nearby bush fire reminded us how quickly this forest would burn.
We were enjoying the walk along the tram way and remembering the other tramway walks we have done while caching when we noticed our GPS was indicating we should be 10 m off the track and we hadn't yet come to the bridge. We read the hint and decided we would follow that as the direction the GPS was trying to send us didn't look likely. Using the hint we made a quick find of a well hidden cache. After signing the log and returning the cache our GPS was indicating we were 23 m S of GZ. We took a number of readings with the average being S 43 01.826 E 147 11.082.
Thanks for this well hidden cache EeePees. The container and contents were in good condition.
After a walk up Chimney Pot Hill Mr W and Mr T decided to do the Kaoota Tramway Track. Mr W had never been on the track and was pleasantly surprised at how well maintained it was. He may return with the grandsons for a bike ride with them. Thanks for hiding a cache to find along the way. A great walk. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
On a caching trip to Hobart finding caches that have been published since our last visit and this was one of them. What a beautiful trail to walk thanks for bringing us here.
Many thanks EeePees for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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When I last rode down this track it was in the middle of a loop - Margate-Snug Tiers-Kaoota-Margate - and the track as far as the bridge was one long mud pool. Much drier today, and the cache was easily found with the descriptive hint. Lovely little spot.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Had a great walk along the kaoota tramway after work. 2 hours in total with 4 finds and 4 hides
TFTC and Happy New Year
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.
TFTC and Happy New Year
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.
Hi EeePees
Loved doing this cache
Instead of walking as I usually do, I got the Mountain Bike out of the shed and decided to ride the track; NO walking today or so I thought!
Arrived at the car park, loaded the bike tray with caching gear and started my journey
Just as I was leaving the lady in the house above the car park stopped in her car and warned me of snakes - she had seen one at the trail head this morning
Had not ridden the bike in a SERIOUS ride for some twenty years and never off the bitumen or cement before - This was my first off road experience on the BLUE SPEEDSTER - experience it was:
The first part of the track was good and the balance wasn't too bad either
Surprise; a lady on an electric coming in the opposite direction - I almost fell off in front of her; later when we were talking on the bridge, she said "OH! I thought you were just getting out of my way!!!" (She was blonde!)
All good from there on till just before I hit that bend where the track narrows as is very rocky - just prior to the bridge - had to take a foot off the peddle real quick or I'd have really gone a gutser if it hadn't stopped my fall
Arrived at the bridge and made a very quick and easy find
Sainted the cache at 1247 hours - a lot faster trip in than it would have been were I using Shank's Pony
It was here that the lady I had crossed paths with previously stopped on her return trip to take some pics and have a chat
Her son had cached when he was younger.
The return ride was a new experience for the "pacemaker" those little up hill bits were a little harder off road and using lower gears was "educational"
Arrived back at the car in one piece, loaded my belongings; returned to Huonville and went straight to the RSL for a few nerve settlers
A great experience, most enjoyable
TFTC and cheers
Your mad mate OldSaint
Loved doing this cache
Instead of walking as I usually do, I got the Mountain Bike out of the shed and decided to ride the track; NO walking today or so I thought!
Arrived at the car park, loaded the bike tray with caching gear and started my journey
Just as I was leaving the lady in the house above the car park stopped in her car and warned me of snakes - she had seen one at the trail head this morning
Had not ridden the bike in a SERIOUS ride for some twenty years and never off the bitumen or cement before - This was my first off road experience on the BLUE SPEEDSTER - experience it was:
The first part of the track was good and the balance wasn't too bad either
Surprise; a lady on an electric coming in the opposite direction - I almost fell off in front of her; later when we were talking on the bridge, she said "OH! I thought you were just getting out of my way!!!" (She was blonde!)
All good from there on till just before I hit that bend where the track narrows as is very rocky - just prior to the bridge - had to take a foot off the peddle real quick or I'd have really gone a gutser if it hadn't stopped my fall
Arrived at the bridge and made a very quick and easy find
Sainted the cache at 1247 hours - a lot faster trip in than it would have been were I using Shank's Pony
It was here that the lady I had crossed paths with previously stopped on her return trip to take some pics and have a chat
Her son had cached when he was younger.
The return ride was a new experience for the "pacemaker" those little up hill bits were a little harder off road and using lower gears was "educational"
Arrived back at the car in one piece, loaded my belongings; returned to Huonville and went straight to the RSL for a few nerve settlers
A great experience, most enjoyable
TFTC and cheers
Your mad mate OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hello EeePees Thank you for the cache.
Had a great ride with You, GooseandEgg, StainlessSteelRat x2 and LilFaffa what else can I say but when your in such great company the day is going to be fantastic. (Yes you have read that before.)
Joint *FTF*
Found on Sunday 28 October 2018 at 1103.
Had a great ride with You, GooseandEgg, StainlessSteelRat x2 and LilFaffa what else can I say but when your in such great company the day is going to be fantastic. (Yes you have read that before.)
Joint *FTF*
Found on Sunday 28 October 2018 at 1103.
Thanks for the cache EeePees. Visiting the Kaoota Tramway has been on my 'to do' list for a long time, but as dogs are not permitted on the track due to the wildlife presence in the area, I have not been able to visit. Today I told the GeoGSP I did still love him, but asked him if he would stay at home and look after the house whilst I went for a little bike ride. He agreed to this as I handed over a large frozen bone 
I met up with some fellow geocachers at the start of the track and quickly checked my phone and noticed a couple of new caches just published.... Very conveniently, they were on the track we were about to ride down 
So off we headed. This is a great track and we had a great ride. We all hopped off our bikes at GZ and gooseandegg soon had his hand on the cache and our names were added to the blank log sheet. Thanks again!
I met up with some fellow geocachers at the start of the track and quickly checked my phone and noticed a couple of new caches just published.... Very conveniently, they were on the track we were about to ride down So off we headed. This is a great track and we had a great ride. We all hopped off our bikes at GZ and gooseandegg soon had his hand on the cache and our names were added to the blank log sheet. Thanks again!Rated: for Overall Experience
FTF with GooseandEgg and alby dangles and little Rafa
Rated: for Overall Experience
Thanks EeePees for placing this cache with perfect timing for our ride today. What a great day out! It was a really enjoyable ride with Lil Rafa AlbyDangles, the Rats and your good self. My phone GPS was hopeless and the GCA App was having a Sunday sleep in but the hint helped make shore work of it. Suddenly an blank log sheet was busy! FTF with the Kaoota bike crew.
Rated: for Overall Experience
