Welcome to Railton Railton, Tasmania, Australia
By
DEZ055 on 26-Feb-20. Waypoint GA14485
Cache Details
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| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S41° 20.034' E146° 25.426' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 451783E 5424015N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 67 m |
| Local Government Area: | Kentish |
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Description
Railton is a town situated 20 km inland from Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia's island state. In the 2016 census, Railton had a population of 997. It was first known as Redwater Creek and became known as Railton after the construction of a tramway line in the 1860s.
Railton was first surveyed in 1853 and a railway line through the town from Deloraine to Latrobe was completed in 1885. Early settlers who were mainly farmers and timber workers lived in slab huts. The wide main street was built to make life easier for the bullock teams making their way to the railway station. By the 1900s Railton had a flourishing timber trade with 2 sawmills.
Railton has several topiaries in various locations around the town. Visit the "Town of Topiary" website for information on how to find them.
Railton promotes itself as the "Town of Topiary".
Railton is home to a Cement Australia plant which began operations in 1923. It was previously known as Goliath Cement.
This cache is not your obvious micro, you will need to bring your own writing imlpement.
please make sure you put the cache back how you find it to avoid it going missing.
it should be just a simple driveby cache.
Hints
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Logs
Second visit to Railton in a week for caching activities. Did well last week ..... not so good this week until we happened on some convenient GA's of which this was the first. No traffic, no muggles, no traffic. All good here ! Thanks for helping the day go well DEZ055
Rated: for Overall Experience
This and another of the CO's caches were used as spotting points to help with the task of completing another of the CO's caches.
again goose did all the work on this one and was just to fast for me (don't say that often)
Thanks a wonderful unexpected Sunday morning caching.
again goose did all the work on this one and was just to fast for me (don't say that often)
Thanks a wonderful unexpected Sunday morning caching.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After grabbing coffee in Sheffield we returned to Railton, this time by car rather than walking. We'd made a start on the reverse cache but interrupted it to find a couple of other caches, this being one of them. The egg sat in the drivers seat and SSR was doing some calculating in the back so I jumped out to find the cache. When I realized where it wasn't, I spotted it. I have one of them behind me at my desk at home so recognized it quickly.
Thanks DEZ055
Thanks DEZ055
Rated: for Overall Experience
A Day out with Oldsaint finding some GCA caches for the new Blitz Event. The day was amazing, from snow to blue sky, from heavy showers to dry roads. One leach to report though!
Started the day at 6am, although Oldsaint had driven from Huonville by then. The drive north was interesting, and even though Symons Plains had a race day on, nobody was there at 8am
Proceeded directly to our main target, the Sail Boat Geoart, and completed about 9 before the heavy shower set in, so we decided we could drive to the last during the shower and work our way back. At the last we we greeted by a large amount of snow on the sides of the road, and throughout the tree. We occasionally got "snow balled" from trees above as we were caching. Great day out.
According to the rules of Blitz
Blitz is a dragonZone encounter where you find as many unique valid dragonZone geocaches as you can during a set period of time in an attempt to earn a reward.
Rewards are in the form of dragonZone points but are only awarded if the entire team of geocaches who are playing dragonZone combine to exceed the total number of finds required.
If the entire team of geocachers who are playing dragonZone reach or exceed the total number of finds required then at the end of the game you will receive a number of dZ points based on your percentage contribution of unique finds.
For example:
Make 1% of the total finds, receive 1% of the total rewards points.
Make 5% of the total finds, receive 5% of the total rewards points.
Make 10% of the total finds, receive 10% of the total rewards points.
dZPoints will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The more unique geocaches you find the more you are rewarded.
Geocaches you find during the game must have been hidden and published prior to the game announcement.
Started the day at 6am, although Oldsaint had driven from Huonville by then. The drive north was interesting, and even though Symons Plains had a race day on, nobody was there at 8am
Proceeded directly to our main target, the Sail Boat Geoart, and completed about 9 before the heavy shower set in, so we decided we could drive to the last during the shower and work our way back. At the last we we greeted by a large amount of snow on the sides of the road, and throughout the tree. We occasionally got "snow balled" from trees above as we were caching. Great day out.
According to the rules of Blitz
Blitz is a dragonZone encounter where you find as many unique valid dragonZone geocaches as you can during a set period of time in an attempt to earn a reward.
Rewards are in the form of dragonZone points but are only awarded if the entire team of geocaches who are playing dragonZone combine to exceed the total number of finds required.
If the entire team of geocachers who are playing dragonZone reach or exceed the total number of finds required then at the end of the game you will receive a number of dZ points based on your percentage contribution of unique finds.
For example:
Make 1% of the total finds, receive 1% of the total rewards points.
Make 5% of the total finds, receive 5% of the total rewards points.
Make 10% of the total finds, receive 10% of the total rewards points.
dZPoints will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The more unique geocaches you find the more you are rewarded.
Geocaches you find during the game must have been hidden and published prior to the game announcement.
On the hunt for Railton Adventure caches with whitewebbs. A quick find here.
Thanks dez055
Thanks dez055
Rated: for Overall Experience
After staying in Sheffield for a very quiet New Year's Eve we headed off with Tassie Trekkers to find a few more caches on the way to and in the forestry area around Railton and Latrobe and this was one of them. We missed this one last time, so rectified this trip. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi dez
A quick find on the way back to Devonport
Sainted at 1610 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
A quick find on the way back to Devonport
Sainted at 1610 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience
this one is now back in its hiding place.
Please Place it back where it is hiding so that the log doesnt get wet in future.
Happy Caching.
Please Place it back where it is hiding so that the log doesnt get wet in future.
Happy Caching.
Stopped past this one on the way to work this morning.
Cache was found half hanging off the guard rail, and the log was wet will dry out in place back in due time.
Cache was found half hanging off the guard rail, and the log was wet will dry out in place back in due time.
This cache type is not made for the log to be in a bag.. it would defeat the purpose of this cache.
None the less i will stop by tonight and check it out.
None the less i will stop by tonight and check it out.
After a dnf down the road arrived at gz to find a totally different cache than expected.
Log sheet wet...barely etched my name on the log. Log needs to be inside a bag of some sorts.
Tftc DEZ055...cheers ST.
Log sheet wet...barely etched my name on the log. Log needs to be inside a bag of some sorts.
Tftc DEZ055...cheers ST.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Had to go over to Latrobe today so drove a very roundabout way to get there so that we could get 3 fairly new GCA caches along the way.
This was the first we looked for and was a quick find. It was not the hide type we were expecting here and although in good condition it felt like the log sheet had been damp at some stage.
Mrs Beetle, like Mrs 2ystassies has ties to Railton too with her father being born and raised in the area and Railton Primary School being her first teaching appointment way back then.
Thanks.
This was the first we looked for and was a quick find. It was not the hide type we were expecting here and although in good condition it felt like the log sheet had been damp at some stage.
Mrs Beetle, like Mrs 2ystassies has ties to Railton too with her father being born and raised in the area and Railton Primary School being her first teaching appointment way back then.
Thanks.
Mrs Y's Tassie was off to visit family in her old home town so left earlier than planned so that she could do a little cache hunt on the way.
When she was young, 60+ years ago her grandfather was the hydro engineer based at the Railton sub station. Her grandparents lived in the house closest to the substation building. Both buildings have been removed and the substation building replaced with a modern version.
It was very quiet here this morning. Even the usual rumble from the cement works was not audible. Good coordinates enabled her to make a quick find of a different style hide. The log sheet was blank giving us a {FTF} at 7:00.
Thanks for this cache DEZ055. Always enjoy a driveby with plenty of space to pull off the road. Enjoyed the little trip down memory lane.
When she was young, 60+ years ago her grandfather was the hydro engineer based at the Railton sub station. Her grandparents lived in the house closest to the substation building. Both buildings have been removed and the substation building replaced with a modern version.
It was very quiet here this morning. Even the usual rumble from the cement works was not audible. Good coordinates enabled her to make a quick find of a different style hide. The log sheet was blank giving us a {FTF} at 7:00.
Thanks for this cache DEZ055. Always enjoy a driveby with plenty of space to pull off the road. Enjoyed the little trip down memory lane.
