KAOOTA RED - From Dawn To Dusk Tasmania, Australia
By
OldSaint on 13-Dec-18. Waypoint GA13318
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S43° 1.700' E147° 11.170' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 515167E 5236022N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 358 m |
| Local Government Area: | Kingborough |
/147.186167,-43.028333,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A great walk or ride on a well defined tracked, placed in support of other caches in the area in an effort to get more visitors and cachers to the area
Kaoota means dusk
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.
Limited parking at S43° 01.164' E147° 10.815'
Note: Due to the abundance of native wildlife along this track, dogs are prohibited.
Enjoy the ride or the walk
Cheers OldSaint
Hints
Va gur ubyybj bs gur ovt thz gerr |
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Decode |
Logs
This was so much easier than Blue to find. With my eyes they both looked the same 
Thanks Old mate
Thanks Old mate
Hi OldSaint
Picked up this one on this nice easy Tramway Track.
I never knew this track was here so thanks for this series of caches that is making such a fun day out of walking it.
Cheers mate
red tag (Cathy)
Picked up this one on this nice easy Tramway Track.
I never knew this track was here so thanks for this series of caches that is making such a fun day out of walking it.
Cheers mate
red tag (Cathy)
Hi OldSaint,
TFTC,
Today EeePees and I are out on a walk/ride on this track. EeePees has left me and walked back to the car while I find these caches as I have not found them yet until today!
I am now making my way home whilst finding the others along the way.
Thanks again,
KingSmev
Find number: 2️⃣0️⃣
TFTC,
Today EeePees and I are out on a walk/ride on this track. EeePees has left me and walked back to the car while I find these caches as I have not found them yet until today!
I am now making my way home whilst finding the others along the way.
Thanks again,
KingSmev
Find number: 2️⃣0️⃣
As we continued our walk through this very pleasant bush we felt we were viewing the surroundings through an orange filter. The breeze had strengthened and was blowing smoke from the Huon fires down the valleys giving everything around us an eerie glow.
When we neared the hide our GPS was indicating we should be in an area where we could not see anything that matched the hint. There was however an object fitting the hint on the opposite side of the track. On investigating this we found the cache container safely tucked away. On checking our GPS it indicated we were 19m SE of GZ.
Thanks for this cache on the Kaoota Tramway Old Saint. The hint was very useful.
When we neared the hide our GPS was indicating we should be in an area where we could not see anything that matched the hint. There was however an object fitting the hint on the opposite side of the track. On investigating this we found the cache container safely tucked away. On checking our GPS it indicated we were 19m SE of GZ.
Thanks for this cache on the Kaoota Tramway Old Saint. The hint was very useful.
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 OldSaint for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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A nice ride on a summer's day. At GZ, getting to the cache was interesting in my riding gear!
I think I wrote 2018 as the year - oh well!
Thanks
I think I wrote 2018 as the year - oh well!
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.
Hello OldSaint thank you for the cache.
Another lovely walk with EeePees to get a *FTF*.
Sorry for the late log, I have been a little busy working on another puzzle.
Found on 16 December 2018 at 1317
TFTC
Another lovely walk with EeePees to get a *FTF*.
Sorry for the late log, I have been a little busy working on another puzzle.
Found on 16 December 2018 at 1317
TFTC
FTF with AlbyDangles at 1:15pm Saturday 16 December 2018 (time estimated, I cannot remember what I wrote in the logbook!)
Hi OldSaint, thanks for the cache, and another excuse to come and use this track. I was hoping for another ride down, with geoSonE and anyone else, maybe yesterday, but with other activities and weather, it just did not happen. It's just too close to Christmas to organise anything extra! Today's activities were sporadic and confused, but I eventually needed to get out so I contacted AlbyDangles and he was quick to say yes.
With geoSonE elsewhere (and so no pressure to ride the entire downhill track) decided to just do a walk down to this one from the top and then back up again. We purchased some goodies from the roadside esky/stall at the Kaoota junction to make sure we didn't starve on this little walk.
As you know, the GPSrs bounce around a bit hereabouts, but thanks to the nice clue, we soon had the cache in hand.
Pleased to find a 'clean-sheet' so we added out names, and started our trek back up the hill, opening the 2nd bag of goodies to munch along the way.
A great short walk on a nice day that had otherwise touted heavy rain and possible storms - still to eventuate.
Hi OldSaint, thanks for the cache, and another excuse to come and use this track. I was hoping for another ride down, with geoSonE and anyone else, maybe yesterday, but with other activities and weather, it just did not happen. It's just too close to Christmas to organise anything extra! Today's activities were sporadic and confused, but I eventually needed to get out so I contacted AlbyDangles and he was quick to say yes.
With geoSonE elsewhere (and so no pressure to ride the entire downhill track) decided to just do a walk down to this one from the top and then back up again. We purchased some goodies from the roadside esky/stall at the Kaoota junction to make sure we didn't starve on this little walk.
As you know, the GPSrs bounce around a bit hereabouts, but thanks to the nice clue, we soon had the cache in hand.
Pleased to find a 'clean-sheet' so we added out names, and started our trek back up the hill, opening the 2nd bag of goodies to munch along the way.
A great short walk on a nice day that had otherwise touted heavy rain and possible storms - still to eventuate.
Rated: for Overall Experience
