Watch out for long trains Chasm Creek, Tasmania, Australia
By
Tassyexplorer on 31-Jan-12. Waypoint GA4221
Cache Details
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| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S41° 4.291' E145° 58.530' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 413930E 5452798N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 7 m |
| Local Government Area: | Burnie |
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Description
I have walked this area for 50 years
There is another cache in the area also so if you stop just by driving over the train line two can be found. Watch out for the large trains. Give the drivers a wave they are friendly in Tasmania. Small birds next by and many sea gulls think they own the beach. The paint factory is long gone but thr tunnel under the road is still walkable.Plenty of blackberries growing along the line in the late summer months. In the winter you could hear the black cookatoos if lucky. Havn't see a fox yetin the area. I have seen seals very rare, now just in the last two years some Penguins have moved in, as I write this today a whale rather large died at sea has been washed up as they do in Tasmania. A very strong smell is found if you get close.
Hints
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Logs
This one needs maintenance badly as there is no container, just a logbook sitting under a rock exposed to the elements
On my way back from Burnie tonight I stopped in to find this cache.
I searched near the pine trees mentioned in the hint but unfortunately no container to be found. I just happened to lift a rock next to the pine tree and found the logbook (photo attached). Logbook is damp but managed to sign my name, unfortunately this one requires some owner maintenance.
TFTC
I searched near the pine trees mentioned in the hint but unfortunately no container to be found. I just happened to lift a rock next to the pine tree and found the logbook (photo attached). Logbook is damp but managed to sign my name, unfortunately this one requires some owner maintenance.
TFTC
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Hello and TFTC. After searching for ages and about to log a DNF, we found the logbook out in the open beside the train track - pretty wet, but we managed to sign it and leave it under a rock at the base of a pinetree (not the big one).
Needs maintenance.
Found with AlbyDangles on Day Two of the 'Bust' leg of our "Kempsey or Bust" tour.
Cheers, EPs
Needs maintenance.
Found with AlbyDangles on Day Two of the 'Bust' leg of our "Kempsey or Bust" tour.
Cheers, EPs
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Hello Tassyexplorer thank you for the cache
We spent a lot of time looking for this one and I had lost interest when EeePees spotted the log book out in the open by the side of the tracks.
Today was the second day of a road trip with EeePees.
Found on Friday, 03 July 2020
TFTC
We spent a lot of time looking for this one and I had lost interest when EeePees spotted the log book out in the open by the side of the tracks.
Today was the second day of a road trip with EeePees.
Found on Friday, 03 July 2020
TFTC
Parked at the railway crossing and took the walk to GZ. Found the pines and then found the cache and all was good. Log signed and back the same way to the car...
Thanks TassyExplorer.....
Thanks TassyExplorer.....
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A little walk and a quick find, not sure we wanted to meet any of the people writing the graffiti in the tunnel given the theme. Left behind a scout, TFTC
Parked down the line a little way where the road crosses the track, then walked along the railway line - watched out, but no long trains today ! 
Thanks for the cache, Tassyexplorer !
Thanks for the cache, Tassyexplorer !
Hi
Found this cache while traveling up to the north west. An enjoyable day.
Parked on the edge of the highway and scrambled down to the cache next to the tunnel. Found the cache quickly but then had to wait to walk back to the tunnel and up to the car as a long train came along the track. A train from 6-10 feet away is a remarkable sight
Luckily I was on the look out for long trains.
Found this cache while traveling up to the north west. An enjoyable day.
Parked on the edge of the highway and scrambled down to the cache next to the tunnel. Found the cache quickly but then had to wait to walk back to the tunnel and up to the car as a long train came along the track. A train from 6-10 feet away is a remarkable sight
Luckily I was on the look out for long trains.
Parked just east of the cache on the roadside and walked back alongside the train line. Found without drama. Thanks for organising the cache. TNLNSL. TFTC.
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Found this cache many months ago, thought it was logged 
hopefully this time it will be..
hopefully this time it will be..Hi Tassyexplorer
Anne and I have finished our three day tour of the West Coast; having stayed at Queenstown, Zeehan and Burnie for two nights, today it was head for the South and home. We also enjoyed visiting the towns of Strahan, Rosebery, Tullah, Waratah and Savage River. Both of us have really enjoyed our sojourn and it is a shame that all good things come to an end. The memories of this trip will be treasured.
This cache was the first one on the agenda for today.
I enjoyed the walk along the train track and soon found the pine in question. The cache was extracted, the log signed and the container replaced as found at 0810hrs. Now off to "Beach Revival!"
Two caches as close as this is a bonus! Just wondering what the purpose of the tunnel was? Couldn't work it out!
Found five caches in total for day one. Day two, eleven caches found. The third day coffed up nine cache finds and two "Did Not Finds" but I think those two caches maybe missing in action. Day four resulted in sixteen cache finds and today, the final one of the trip, resulted in 12 finds. Total for the trip was 53 cache finds. Happy with that!!
Have had a better time watching Anne's face as she got a better look at the West Coast. She's loved Nelsons Falls, Strahan, the Museum at Zeehan, the falls at Waratah and her visit to Wynyard plus the gear she purchased during retail therapy.
Thanks for the cache and the fun of the find
Cheers OldSaint.
Anne and I have finished our three day tour of the West Coast; having stayed at Queenstown, Zeehan and Burnie for two nights, today it was head for the South and home. We also enjoyed visiting the towns of Strahan, Rosebery, Tullah, Waratah and Savage River. Both of us have really enjoyed our sojourn and it is a shame that all good things come to an end. The memories of this trip will be treasured.
This cache was the first one on the agenda for today.
I enjoyed the walk along the train track and soon found the pine in question. The cache was extracted, the log signed and the container replaced as found at 0810hrs. Now off to "Beach Revival!"
Two caches as close as this is a bonus! Just wondering what the purpose of the tunnel was? Couldn't work it out!
Found five caches in total for day one. Day two, eleven caches found. The third day coffed up nine cache finds and two "Did Not Finds" but I think those two caches maybe missing in action. Day four resulted in sixteen cache finds and today, the final one of the trip, resulted in 12 finds. Total for the trip was 53 cache finds. Happy with that!!
Have had a better time watching Anne's face as she got a better look at the West Coast. She's loved Nelsons Falls, Strahan, the Museum at Zeehan, the falls at Waratah and her visit to Wynyard plus the gear she purchased during retail therapy.
Thanks for the cache and the fun of the find
Cheers OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on an after work excursion. I parked near the old tioxide plant and walked along the rail and through the tunnel only to marvel at how seascape has recovered from the pollution of the industrial facilty that once was here. The cache was found, the coast admired and no trains came past. Thanks TassieExplorer for the trip.
Found on our find the caches published since our last visit to the coast and this was one of them. Made a quick find. TFTC
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yes i too had a fill on the blackberries ,then off for a walk through the tunnel before homing in on gz ,alls well here, then another walk in the tunnel as i found it refreshing in there out of the hot sun today, then more of those yummy blackberries on the way back to the car.thanks tassyexplorer 
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Parked near a car already beside the tracks....soon saw they were picking those blackberries that Dippy had spotted...sure were nice too...and plenty of them. Cache is all well...nice sea views...many thanks again Tassyexplorer....cache #5 for the day...and a very enjoyable time too....Cheers.
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I walked along beside the train tracks (pleased for the track), with the temptation of those ripe blackberries just too much, lingering pollution or not! It's a good spot for picking too. Was impressed with all the swaps in the cache. But I thought, oh no, no pen, and despite searching twice, didn't see the pencil. So mixed up some mud "ink" and signed my name...then saw the pencil. Oops. My sister and I were driving by the day the whale washed up, and went to investigate what it was (pongy), sounds like it was the day the cache was hidden! Thanks Tassyexplorer.
It was very pleasant on the beach this morning with a gentle breeze and bright, warm sun. Thankfully, the one of two trains for the day had passed through and there was no difficulty getting to GZ. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. TFTC Tassyexplorer
Have been here before a few years ago when there used to be another cache close by. Your choice of hiding spot was wise as the other end of the tunnel is full of rubbish. We passed some very tempting blackberries along the way but being so close to a rail line, a highway and the site of a former paint works, we weren't game enough to eat them. Near our car we caught a whiff or two of the decomposing whale, but at GZ we were upwind of it so weren't bothered by any nasty smells and we walked back along the beach. Thanks for the cache.
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