Dooleys Heritage Trail - Wilmot Elbow Lower Wilmot, Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 11-Jul-13. Waypoint GA6380
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 17.504' E146° 12.189' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 433279E 5428550N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 62 m |
| Local Government Area: | Central Coast |
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Description
The preferred access is via the parking area, about 800m from the Wilmot Bridge. ( S41° 16.566 E146° 13.341 )
The track is about 20m south of the car park, western side of the road. Look for the tyres !
From here you descend down the zigzags to the river and follow south to Shoestring Crossing...as per notes by... http://billshep1.wordpress.com/
During the winter months(high river levels) access can be had by parking in the first parking bay on your right on Jamiesons road, just before the first house.
The road is a Crown Lands Road Reserve, so access along this route is ok by foot, again see notes in above link.
Please follow all signs and keep to the designated road reserve(marked) through the last private property, and DO NOT wander around or trespass elsewhere and keep all gates as found.
Access can also be gained by the East Ellis crossing during lower river levels..as per........http://billshep1.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/ellis-osbertmap.jpg
Cache is a small container with bison tube and log roll, pencil with small swaps.
Enjoy!
Hints
Va abegurea raq bs ybt. |
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Decode |
Logs
Happy to find this one in company with our muggle friend. If other cache containers in this area are similar to this then we're not surprised we couldn't them - definitely needed the precise hint. Cache is in good condition.
A return visit after not quite finishing this area back in Jan, not a chance a our group of 5 could leave this series unfinished.
Yet another replaced log but the walk is amazing, given we were too tired to appreciate it last time we walked through this bit of river it was nice to enjoy it.
Yet another replaced log but the walk is amazing, given we were too tired to appreciate it last time we walked through this bit of river it was nice to enjoy it.
Stil enjoying the walk but sadly another missing cache, at least SSRs bag is getting lighter! we were here about 2pm taking longer than we thought but we were enjoying the walk so it didn't matter.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After missing out on these last few when we were all up this way in January today was the return trip so we could clean them up.
Another fruitless search so we replaced the cache as requested by the CO.
The views are getting better and better as we work our way along the river.
replaced at 13:59
Another fruitless search so we replaced the cache as requested by the CO.
The views are getting better and better as we work our way along the river.
replaced at 13:59
Rated: for Overall Experience
Made this one much more difficult than it was. GPS was sending us to something that fit the clue about 10 metres from the track. After bush bashing our way to it and coming up empty handed we returned to the track for an easy find. Thanks.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on our caravan and caching holiday to the North West Coast finding caches that had been published since our last visit and this one of them.
Today we targeted this and 4 other caches on the trail. The weather was kind to us and we enjoyed meandering beside the Wilmot River. We parked on Jamiesons Rd and started our journey from there. The caches were all found quickly and we enjoyed several breaks at the shelters along the way and a picnic lunch topped the day off nicely. A return journey of 4.5 hours back to the car. Thanks sirius for a great days caching and for the cache.
Today we targeted this and 4 other caches on the trail. The weather was kind to us and we enjoyed meandering beside the Wilmot River. We parked on Jamiesons Rd and started our journey from there. The caches were all found quickly and we enjoyed several breaks at the shelters along the way and a picnic lunch topped the day off nicely. A return journey of 4.5 hours back to the car. Thanks sirius for a great days caching and for the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We had been aware that Sirius Tas was planning some more caches along Dooley's Trail but were very surprised last night to see them published so soon. So we headed off this morning to revisit one of our favourite spots. So far on our walk today we had found "Wilmot Vista", "Raindrops" and "Payne Shelter". This section of the walk was a bit of a tease. Although we continued to walk upstream, the meandering habit of the river resulted in us actually getting further away from this cache for a period of time. However, the track eventually aligned itself with the direction we wanted to go and 25 minutes after leaving the previous cache, we arrived at "Wilmot Elbow". It took a few seconds for our GPS to settle down but the hint led to a quick find. This is a different part of the river valley as we were not among tall trees but light scrub. A cache in this location is very good as it highlights a different mood of the river valley. We think this is where we each picked up a freeloader which reduced our blood pressure a little as they feasted. Again, thanks Sirius Tas for another very well located cache in a great area. Congratulations etrexer on your FTF for this cache.
Hi Sirius, Had a great walk today, Started off from wilmot road and walked around the lucy track to start the hunt from east ellis, Stripped off my boots to do the crossing, Feet nearly froze, Had nearly finished my mission today looked up and here comes the 2ys heading in from the other way. Had a chinwag for awhile before heading off again. At one cache I got the log out to sign and found a leech hanging off me, Got him off rolled the log back up and I think I forgot to sign it . This thought hit me as I was crossing the river at shoestring crossing at the end of my mission with a gutted feeling I wasn't turning back to check. Thanks Sirius love these tracks
Rated: for Overall Experience
