curiosity and exploration #1: kings falls Arthurs Seat, Victoria, Australia
By
ikkibrady on 30-Oct-11. Waypoint GA3625
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S38° 22.303' E144° 56.664' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 320429E 5750940N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 196 m |
| Local Government Area: | Mornington Peninsula |
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Description
a cache the encourages exploration
one thing that i love about geocaching is that it takes me to new places. but one thing that i dont believe many cachers do is further explore the area around them after finding a cache. this small series of caches encourages you to follow your curiosity and explore a little further and hopefully have an adventure on the way and discover your own little secret area. what down that track? what down that hill? what round that corner? you will never know unless you explore it for yourself.
this cache is located at kings falls in the authers seat national park. there is a nice little circuit walk here that starts at waterfall gully road and leads to the falls and back around. there are 2 GC.com caches along the circuit. to find this cache you need to make your way to kings falls. there is a lookout here looking over the falls. you then need to carefully proceed to the bottom of the falls. the cache is just beyond the bottom of the falls.
the falls are most impressive just after or during rainfall as there is a strong flow. despite how good they are when it is raining this is not the time to do this cache as the rocks needed to climb down are slippery and the water level is much higher taking away many of the useful stepping stones to GZ.
the cache has been placed in a way that there should be no need to trample any vegetation to retrieve cache and can be accessed just from climbing on rocks.
i really hope you enjoy the adventure to this cache and also hope it encourages you to explore beyond where GC.com caches lead you to see what else is out there.
Hints
haqre fpeho jurer gur uvtu gerr tbvat bire gur perrx zrrgf gur ynaq |
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Decode |
Logs
Parked at the entrance to the reserve and took the path to the left. Soon arrived at the what I guess is the viewing platform and decided which looked the best route down. Didn't take too long to get down, but then abut 10 minutes to find the cache. Yep, log book is still a bit wet, but I managed go sign the same page as cathlud and then returned the cache to it's hiding spot....and then started the climb back up....
Thanks again Ikkibrady...not much water coming over the falls today, so might have to check it out on my next visit later this year.
After signing the wet logbook and rehiding the cache I was startled by two muggles who were looking at the falls. I quickly got out my camera and muttered something about water on the falls while I exited the area and found a path back to the lookout.
Why is it when you get to the top of a mountain or the bottom of a ravine that you then see the path that you should have taken?
Thank you ikkibrady for this interesting cache.
I didn't have a great deal of time but a squiz at the hint
had me with the stash in hand quite quickly. Unfortunately, the logbook was absolutely saturated and it was like signing a piece of soap so some TLC might be needed. There was even an entry from 31 December by 'Nat & Jeff' although there's no on-line log. 
And to top everything off, silly old me went and put yesterday's date in the logbook. 
What a great spot.
TNLNSL. Thanks ikkibrady.
Dry weather made it quite easy - wouldn't recommend it during the wet season!
Great way to start our geo-caching experience ; thanks for the hide!
As a Scout many moons ago, four of us hiked here from Dromana and camped at the base of the falls for a couple of nights. (Explorer level hike if I remember) Back then it wasn’t yet a State park or did it have the nicely maintained walking tracks it has today,. there was only a track of sorts that led down to the base of the falls from the road, very close to GZ (still slightly visible if you know where to look)
Kind of remember more flatter grassy area than there is now and the flow of water was enough to stand under but I guess bores and dams in the property’s up stream and a long drought have taken t their toll
Still a very special place that I haven’t visited for a long long time
Thx Ikiybrady for bring me back here
Not a cache that will suite most cache but it gets my vote
