Long way to Longback West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
By
greenegrass on 18-May-10. Waypoint GA2134
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S41° 33.889' E145° 5.413' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 340759E 5396778N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 320 m |
| Local Government Area: | Waratah-Wynyard |
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Description
10th Anniversary Cache
Far from anywhere is the road to nowhere, out in the west of Tas.
A winding road through a great expanse of plains of buttongrass.
Some call this land the Tarkine, a special wilderness,
But without the Western Explorer, we would see it so much less.
This isolated region is steeped in early mining history,
surrounded by rugged wilderness and unique Tassie scenery.
To find the cache , follow a clambering track alongside Longback ridge to an outlook at the top,
All around here you will see this remote place, and this is where you stop.
11/1/15 Cache Moved to : S41° 33.889' E145° 05.413'
The original cache site had become almost inaccessible by the original track which was completely overgrown, so has been situated at a point much closer to the road. The view from this point is not quite as good as the original, but is still worth the little hike.
Hints
Ebpx ba bire, haqre naq orgjrra |
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Logs
Took a short three day holiday to pick up some cache trails around the NW area.
A dawn pack up from our campsite at Stanley and off to get started, the day was just as spectacular as the one before so with good weather and quiet roads being a weekday we had a fantastic run. TFTC
We intended to hit the WWW series and noticed this one along the way, what a lovely bonus cache and the view was so worth the walk up.
A dawn pack up from our campsite at Stanley and off to get started, the day was just as spectacular as the one before so with good weather and quiet roads being a weekday we had a fantastic run. TFTC
We intended to hit the WWW series and noticed this one along the way, what a lovely bonus cache and the view was so worth the walk up.
Today we left Stanley with gooseandegg and Tassie Trekkers for a caching run down the road to nowhere onto Corinna, Savage River, Waratah and anywhere in between. We left Stanley and cached for 12 hours and had a thoroughly wonderful day out, despite the rain. The rain cleared by the time we got to Corinna. It was great to log this old cache while in the area. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
A big day out with Tassie Trekkers and whitewebbs, leaving Stanley at 7am to cache our way to Corinna. We went down the western explorer and back via Waratah.
A bit of a scamble up to this cache but great to be able to log it. TFTC
A bit of a scamble up to this cache but great to be able to log it. TFTC
Today we travelled from Stanley via the Western Explorer Rd through Corinna and Waratah with whitewebbs and gooseandegg.
A big day of caching with the odd drizzle of rain.
Hiked up the hill and enjoyed the view.
Cache and contents in good condition.
A big day of caching with the odd drizzle of rain.
Hiked up the hill and enjoyed the view.
Cache and contents in good condition.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Cache site relocated due to track inaccessiblity.
New coords. are : S41° 33.889' E145° 05.413'
New coords. are : S41° 33.889' E145° 05.413'
Got very wet pushing through all the wet bushes and overgrown track today. Great views at the top. Mt Donaldson stands out to the South and the trig on top is easy to spot. Not enough time today to get up there. We are pretty sure we saw an Orange Bellied Parrot about 1km from here on the side of the road as we passed.
TIP: If it has rained take a coat and some waterproof trousers or just dry out at the end like we did.
TIP: If it has rained take a coat and some waterproof trousers or just dry out at the end like we did.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Enjoed the walk to this cache. Once at GZ found cache quickly then took our time looking around and taking photos. The day started off beautiful but as is typical of the West Coast the weather can change very quickly, so by the time we had reached this cache it was very overcast. Views were still amazing. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
All I can say is WOW. What a view. Great cache location thanks for bringing me here.
Last cache for this area. Had read the previous logs and noted that it could be muddy, squishy and yucky but apart from a couple of short sections (about 5m each), the track was soft but dry.
I believe parts of this track had been duck-boarded prior to the bushfire as we found evidence of treated pine on the upper parts of the track.
Great views and the gentle climg up to the cache made this enjoyable for me.
TNLN, thanks for the cache
I believe parts of this track had been duck-boarded prior to the bushfire as we found evidence of treated pine on the upper parts of the track.
Great views and the gentle climg up to the cache made this enjoyable for me.
TNLN, thanks for the cache
Grabbed this one quickly before heading home. Great views from here. And even though we had appropriate footwear dave dad still managed to get two inch thorn to pierce his shoe and stab his foot so please watch your footing.
Rated: for Overall Experience
The walk to this cache was very interesting. the area had obviously been ravaged by fire in the recent past. Only a few of the native trees were regenerating, the rest were very dead. We assumed that the peat had caught fire, had burnt for a long period of time and had destroyed the roots of most of the trees. Near GZ there were excellent 360 degree views despite the overcast weather beginning to descend on the area. The track was quite muddy in parts. TFTC
Missed the track start initially but soon had things right. Superb day as almost no clouds....very speccy views out to coast and surrounds with all available mts easily visible. Thoroughly enjoyed taking in the views...track is a tad slippery so good footwear needed....many thanks greenegrass...a top cache...Cheers...FTF also(199th) I believe.
Rated: for Overall Experience
