Almost 3 Wise Monkeys Meander, Tasmania, Australia
By
Spreyton22 on 12-Apr-12. Waypoint GA4334
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 38.701' E146° 37.355' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 468570E 5389567N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 292 m |
| Local Government Area: | Meander Valley |
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Description
A nice little park, a stop over to Meander and Huntsmans Lake
Cache contents - a log sheet only, so it is BYO pen or pencil.
This isn't a hard find. I'd suggest going to http://maps.google.com.au/maps (this is a link to street view)
The park is a nice little visit, perhaps for a coffee ? There is no BBQ, but a "serviceable" toilet.
Directions: Follow the A5 from Deloraine !
A big thank you to Mrs Spreyton22 for the inspriation and location for this cache.
There are some great views of nearby hills, mountains and bluffs.
And the name ?
Hints
Whfg cnfg gur fvta |
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Decode |
Logs
Had a day off work, and decided to do a geocaching trip with Geo Kid E through the central highlands. Mainly to find caches for the latest event, Journey or Destination
Games
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
We found some of these caches a little disappointing as they seemed placed only for the SOTN event and did not take advantage of some nearby great places. Some caches though were great and placed with a real reason and certainly were worth the visit
TFTC
Games
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
We found some of these caches a little disappointing as they seemed placed only for the SOTN event and did not take advantage of some nearby great places. Some caches though were great and placed with a real reason and certainly were worth the visit
TFTC
A beaut little park in this rather quaint little country town. Just passing by, a nice easy find.. thanks..!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
This was our first visit to this scenic area. Thanks for placing a cache here.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Headed down this way after giving it a miss last week to the fire warnings. No real problem today and the air was rather smokeless for a change. Arrive at GZ and started the search. Took a couple of minutes but then the little hide was discovered. Very please to get one down this way. Log was signed, cache replaced, then it was to another area no that far away....
Thanks Spreyton22...cache all good. Photo attached.
Thanks Spreyton22...cache all good. Photo attached.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Can't believe how long it took to find this cache!! After about half an hour gave up and headed off to do the nearby GC cache. Returned and walked straight up to the cache which was in the very first place we looked when we arrived. How we didn't see it I don't know!! Thanks.
Hi Spreyton22
Had found the nearby cache and went to drive off but decided to check the GPS before doing so and this cache popped up.
Had a very quick find. The cache was Sainted at 1617hrs.
Wet and raining, I soon got back in the car to drive to the shop for a nice hot pie.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Had found the nearby cache and went to drive off but decided to check the GPS before doing so and this cache popped up.
Had a very quick find. The cache was Sainted at 1617hrs.
Wet and raining, I soon got back in the car to drive to the shop for a nice hot pie.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A quick detour after a day of caching in Deloraine. An easy find with no one about but us. Just after the cache was replaced two more cars pulled in to use the facilities so a well timed find. TFTC
Out and about this morning looking for ideas for Scout outings and decided to nab some caches along the way (as you do) This one was a quick easy find.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were in the area, and noticed that this cache seemed to be a little bit neglected. We were worried that it might no longer be around,, but looked, and hey presto, there it was just waiting to be found. Not much of a view today, unfortunately. TFTC
You never know when you will find a Spreyton22 cache! 
Drove past here today for work. Nearly missed it. Unfortunately I never had the other two monkeys with me today.
So I guess I have met the criteria. Thanks for another cache Spreyton22.
Drove past here today for work. Nearly missed it. Unfortunately I never had the other two monkeys with me today. So I guess I have met the criteria. Thanks for another cache Spreyton22.A very nice spot for a break however the rain was bucketing down and we had to wait in the car till it eased. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Easily found with good co-ords and hint. Unusual sign with no clue as to it's meaning. Need to ask a local. The first pic on the cache page shows the northern peak of Mother Cummings which has the cache..."I can see my house from here!"...which 4paws has been to and still one of the best cache locations ever visited. An enjoyable afternoon out here...TFTC spreyton22...Cheers.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We found this one on our way to the Tamar for a cache hunt. Wise thats not us but we were smart enough to take a jumper with us because the last time we were in the area it would freeze the you know whats off those Monkeys.Hey thanks Spreyton22's for a great cache. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were heading to Hobart to visit two of the y's tribe when we noticed that this cache had been published. We wondered whether or not we would make the deviation, but given that it was an excellent day and we didn't have a tight schedule, we decided to go into Deloraine and head up the Lake Highway. The clear blue, cloudless sky and the strong sunlight made for a wonderful landscape as we headed towards Meander. We had seen the "Three Wise Monkeys" sign before and so knew where we were heading. (We never got to an explanation of the origin of the "Three Wise Monkeys" sign). We got near GZ and found our way into the small park. the local progress association has certainly put in a great deal of effort to develop and beautify this northern entrance to their village. Our driving GPS indicated that we had parked right on top of the cache but thankfully that wasn't the case as we would have done much damage to the car. However, it was only a couple of steps away - a quick find. We were surprised to find no other entries in the log, so these 2y'stassies will claim a FTF at 9:55am for the "Almost Three Y's Monkeys". TFTC Spreyton22.
2nd to find at 10.20 am. With caravan in tow and heading home did a slight detour to find the cache. Stopped for a coffee break on a lovely day. TFTC.
Rated: for Overall Experience
