Railton Adventures - Fishing Dam Railton, Tasmania, Australia
By
DEZ055 on 04-Dec-20. Waypoint GA19369
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 20.563' E146° 26.629' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 453467E 5423047N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 62 m |
| Local Government Area: | Kentish |
/146.443817,-41.342717,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A cache placed for the 2020 Game of Games
Game Period: 01-Dec-2020 00:00:00 to 31-Dec-2020 23:59:59 AEST
Lane Cove was hidden on the 18th May 2000 which made it the first geocache on Australian soil. Geocaching Australia had a small celebration in 2010 called the 10th Anniversary of Geocaching in Australia. 20 years after the first Australia geocache was placed we are now marking the 20th anniversary of Geocaching in Australia. To help celebrate the 20th anniversary of Geocaching in Australia, the 2020 team at Geocaching Australia have worked together to create the 2020 Game of Games rewards which are 12 monthly games based on finding and hiding geocaches at Geocaching Australia.
Geocaching Australia has minted a special 20th Anniversary 2020 Game of Games pathtag to be made available as a reward to participants who qualify and are randomly selected to receive the reward.
To qualify for this month you will need to:
- Find and log 15 physical* geocaches.
- The log date must be in the game month.
- The log must be made in the game month.
- *Physical geocaches are:
Moveable, Beacon, Gadget, Burke & Wills, Reverse, Multi, Night, Podcache, Augmented Reality, Traditional, Unknown or TrigPoint.
== OR ==
- Hide and publish 5 physical* geocaches of specified size.
- The geocache size (container) must be small, regular or large.
- The hidden date must be in the game month.
- The published date must be in the game month.
- *Physical geocaches are:
Moveable, Beacon, Gadget, Burke & Wills, Reverse, Multi, Night, Podcache, Augmented Reality, Traditional, Unknown or TrigPoint.
This little series will take you to various places around Railton.
All Caches have a stash note, a notebook, and a pen.
Hints
Hints
Ubyybj va jnggyr gerr |
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Decode |
Logs
This one wasn't where I thought it would be as I approached. I replaced it where I found it though and covered it a little better.
Could have climbed the stile and checked out the dam but there wasn't much point as we don't do fishing - we do caching!!
Thanks.
Could have climbed the stile and checked out the dam but there wasn't much point as we don't do fishing - we do caching!!
Thanks.
Cache has been replaced, please make sure it is well hidden so it doesnt go missing again.
Had a look with SSR and the egg this morning. Saw a hole where it probably should have been. 
Hi dez055
This location was unknown to me
May have to give the dam a go next time in the area
Sainted after a quick find at 1328 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
This location was unknown to me
May have to give the dam a go next time in the area
Sainted after a quick find at 1328 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
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.
No fishing muggles about today so I was able to make a quick find and sign.
Rated: for Overall Experience
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. Looks like a nice area for a fish. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
A quick find with accurate coords.
Never knew this dam was a trout fishery....grrrrr no rod with me.
Many tftc Dez055...cheers ST.
Never knew this dam was a trout fishery....grrrrr no rod with me.
Many tftc Dez055...cheers ST.
Rated: for Overall Experience
In earlier trips along this road we had spotted the dam but did not realise it was a fishing spot. when we arrived there was a fishing muggle getting ready to try his luck. As he was right beside the cache we went further along the road to turn. As we came back towards the access spot we saw the muggle angler making his way along the track on the side of the dam. We had a preliminary look before deciding where we should start. GPS was insistent that we should start in the middle of the parking area. We selected a spot and soon had another cache container in our hands.Another blank log book and another {FTF} at 13:15.
Thanks for this cache in your series Railton Adventures. We enjoyed our quick visit to this spot.
Thanks for this cache in your series Railton Adventures. We enjoyed our quick visit to this spot.
