Secluded Falls Sister Lower Wilmot, Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 13-Jul-13. Waypoint GA6383
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 18.757' E146° 10.809' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 431375E 5426214N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 175 m |
| Local Government Area: | Central Coast |
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Description
Access can be had via Chilcotts Road, turning off Swamp Road at S41 16.354 E146 09.504. Follow the main road, turning right at S41 17.263 E146 09.972 then keeping to the left fork at S41 17.788
E146 10.005 where the road to the right is sign posted as Chilcotts 6, proceed straight ahead at S41 18.207 E146 10.547, then take the next right at S41 18.648 E146 11.200 which will take you to the
parking area at S41 18.725 E146 10.924 where a yelow sign marks the track start.
Alternatively a GPX file can be down loaded at...
http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=4901665
Just click the download button and transfer your file to your gpsr. Many thanks to Spreyton22 for kindly supplying the file.
Having survived that maze, the rest should be easy.
Please drive carefully on the forest roads are they are frequented by trail bikers and horse riders.
Following notes as per....http://billshep1.wordpress.com/
"Just below the car park tapes mark a track leading down through the pine plantation. This ends at an old 4wd track. Turn left down this track until tapes and a cairn mark a right turn. Go down
here and you will pick up another track leading down to Groove Creek. Just before the creek turn left and a route will quickly take you to the main Dooley Track and the Wilmot River.
To visit Secluded Falls on Groove Creek go on down to the creek bed(signposted) , cross over and follow the creek upstream for about 10 minutes , cross again and go along the right
bank for 5 minutes, cross again, and in ten minutes you will reach a point where the creek divides. There is a waterfall on the right hand branch just above you, obscured somewhat by the bush."
You've now arrived at the cache, which is at your feet. A good spot to refuel and rest before the main event.
Cache is a small container with bison tube and log roll, pencil and swaps.
The walk up the valley is through magnificent man ferns and rain forest.
All accolades should go to Bill Shepherd and co for the great track work and making these falls available to the general public...many thanks Bill.
Enjoy!
Hints
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Logs
Decided to tackle the Secluded Falls track today with DEZ055. The track was a bit more challenging than we anticipated. That or I am a bit unfit. 
. Anyway from the parking area above the falls we started the trail. We got to the T junction to either go left the long way or right to the 25 odd metre decent. So we took the fastest track....pretty much straight down. 
As soon as we made it to the creek was time to head toward the falls. That's when the track got interesting. Between watching where we were going, looking for the cache and trying to get a glimpse of the lower waterfall we made it.
Cache was found and signed. Thank you for placing the caches in this hidden gem of an area.
. Anyway from the parking area above the falls we started the trail. We got to the T junction to either go left the long way or right to the 25 odd metre decent. So we took the fastest track....pretty much straight down. As soon as we made it to the creek was time to head toward the falls. That's when the track got interesting. Between watching where we were going, looking for the cache and trying to get a glimpse of the lower waterfall we made it.Cache was found and signed. Thank you for placing the caches in this hidden gem of an area.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Today trimbletas and I were on a recon trip to work out the best way out of the dooleys trail, while here we headed down to collect the secluded falls caches. The walk into the waterfall wasn’t that nice but we were rewarded with a magical waterfall. The cache was located via the hint as the gps was saying 20m further up the track. All is in good condition with the cache.
TFTC
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Today Mrs Beetle, our muggle daughter and 4 dogs headed off to look for this cache and the nearby one. Theses caches have been on our 'to do' list for a long time and we did consider doing them a few weeks ago when we walked a section of the Dooley Track caching but we thought that we would end up with wet feet from the many creek crossings so decided to make it a separate trip.
We arrived at the parking area and headed off down the hill, all the while thinking - we have to get back up this hill.
We crossed the creek near the bottom and followed the tapes upstream. It was a bit of a challenge in places but little did we know how much more challenging it was going to get.
Only strayed from the main track once but the GPS didn't like where we were going so we came back down that hill and picked up the tapes again.
When we arrived near GZ a quick look around soon had us locating where we needed to be.
The cache was quickly found and in excellent condition considering it is over 5 years unfound.
Then it was off to the next one.
Thanks Sirius, a great walk to this point through the most beautiful and extensive manferns that we have ever come across in Tasmania.
We arrived at the parking area and headed off down the hill, all the while thinking - we have to get back up this hill.
We crossed the creek near the bottom and followed the tapes upstream. It was a bit of a challenge in places but little did we know how much more challenging it was going to get.
Only strayed from the main track once but the GPS didn't like where we were going so we came back down that hill and picked up the tapes again.
When we arrived near GZ a quick look around soon had us locating where we needed to be.
The cache was quickly found and in excellent condition considering it is over 5 years unfound.
Then it was off to the next one.
Thanks Sirius, a great walk to this point through the most beautiful and extensive manferns that we have ever come across in Tasmania.
The route in was indeed a bit of a maze, but we found our way without any problems, though passed three burnt out cars along the way. We parked the car and found the start of a trail very close by, so we followed it down through piles of dry pine needles till we came to what we assumed was ‘the old 4WD track’. From there, it all went a little bit wrong…
We found a sign pointing to ‘Secluded Falls lookout’ so followed it down, but ended up at a cliff edge and the path looped back up to the track. Not that way, then. Walking a bit further down the track, came to another sign saying ‘Secluded Falls track: Rough and Steep’. This didn’t exactly match the cache description; there was no sign of a cairn anywhere, so we were unsure. My partner explored down the 4WD track a little way, but we made the decision to just follow the sign.
Not the best decision! The track was indeed VERY steep and EXTREMELY slippery and gravelly-- I don’t think there was a stable place to put our feet the whole way down. It was pretty tough going, and by the time we got to the bottom we came to the conclusion that that wasn’t the original Sirius route! But never mind, we were now at the creek and on the right path, so we pushed onwards and were soon at the lower falls.
Unfortunately, in the hot weather there was barely a trickle of water coming over the rocks, but it was a still a nice spot to rest and eat some lunch. The cache was found easily, thanks. Afterwards, we continued to the upper falls.
We found a sign pointing to ‘Secluded Falls lookout’ so followed it down, but ended up at a cliff edge and the path looped back up to the track. Not that way, then. Walking a bit further down the track, came to another sign saying ‘Secluded Falls track: Rough and Steep’. This didn’t exactly match the cache description; there was no sign of a cairn anywhere, so we were unsure. My partner explored down the 4WD track a little way, but we made the decision to just follow the sign.
Not the best decision! The track was indeed VERY steep and EXTREMELY slippery and gravelly-- I don’t think there was a stable place to put our feet the whole way down. It was pretty tough going, and by the time we got to the bottom we came to the conclusion that that wasn’t the original Sirius route! But never mind, we were now at the creek and on the right path, so we pushed onwards and were soon at the lower falls.
Unfortunately, in the hot weather there was barely a trickle of water coming over the rocks, but it was a still a nice spot to rest and eat some lunch. The cache was found easily, thanks. Afterwards, we continued to the upper falls.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Checked today...all is well. Did quite a bit of work on the track....now in top condition all the way. Cheers.
Found on our caravan and caching holiday to the North West coast finding caches that had been published since our last visit and this was one of them.
Wow!!!! what can we say that would do justice to this cache. We absolutely loved the journey to GZ - through the ferns, beside the river, amongst Mother Nature at her best. Luckily we could cross the river without getting wet feet and managed to stay upright while traversing the challenging terrain.
Once at GZ we made a quick find thanks to the specific hint. Now onward and upward to Secluded Falls.
Thanks sirius for bringing us to this location - we love waterfalls and would never have seen them but for geocaching.
Wow!!!! what can we say that would do justice to this cache. We absolutely loved the journey to GZ - through the ferns, beside the river, amongst Mother Nature at her best. Luckily we could cross the river without getting wet feet and managed to stay upright while traversing the challenging terrain.
Once at GZ we made a quick find thanks to the specific hint. Now onward and upward to Secluded Falls.
Thanks sirius for bringing us to this location - we love waterfalls and would never have seen them but for geocaching.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A very challenging walk into a cache that really needs to be visited.
The walk is very difficult as we attempted it with the river / creek following very strongly. At numerous times we had to not follow the track markings as they went up the middle of the creek.
Crossing the creek on four occansions was also a challenge.
The last 40 metres to the cache was a scramble up the hill. Really did not use the GPS to find the cache, as the hint was great and allowed a quick and easy find.
Photographs taken we (Oldsaint and Myself) set off for the Secluded Falls cache.
The walk is very difficult as we attempted it with the river / creek following very strongly. At numerous times we had to not follow the track markings as they went up the middle of the creek.
Crossing the creek on four occansions was also a challenge.
The last 40 metres to the cache was a scramble up the hill. Really did not use the GPS to find the cache, as the hint was great and allowed a quick and easy find.
Photographs taken we (Oldsaint and Myself) set off for the Secluded Falls cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi sirius
Another caching day accompanied by Budgietas in the North West area.
I left home at 0500hrs, meeting up with the "flyer" at 0600hrs. I found 11 for the day while Budgie got 20 or 21. We got back to Budge's home at 2100hrs and I arrived back in Huonville an hour later.
"Secluded Falls Sister" was my seventh find for the day. Trekking down the hill was no trouble but when you go down, you have to go back up to get back to the cache mobile - that was a different story. The river crossings were fun; wet feet as I couldn't be bothered trying to keep them dry. A very pretty spot. A quick find saw the log signed at 1308hrs. Plenty of water cascading the falls made the effort to get here worthwhile. Waterfalls are a passion of mine and adding this one and its neighbour to the "collection" I've been to was great.
Prior to this I had found "Chudleigh hut", "State of the Union"; those caches on Gog Hill; others found today included some of sirius Tas' new ones around the Wilmot River and a couple in Devonport.
Overall a long and in some places a hard day but very rewarding. We both scored on flip flop (leech) bite each in the Wilmot area; I even carried one in my clothing back to Turners Beach where it tried to attach to my hand. No blood in my alcohol stream - TeHeHe!
Thanks Budge for another great day.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Another caching day accompanied by Budgietas in the North West area.
I left home at 0500hrs, meeting up with the "flyer" at 0600hrs. I found 11 for the day while Budgie got 20 or 21. We got back to Budge's home at 2100hrs and I arrived back in Huonville an hour later.
"Secluded Falls Sister" was my seventh find for the day. Trekking down the hill was no trouble but when you go down, you have to go back up to get back to the cache mobile - that was a different story. The river crossings were fun; wet feet as I couldn't be bothered trying to keep them dry. A very pretty spot. A quick find saw the log signed at 1308hrs. Plenty of water cascading the falls made the effort to get here worthwhile. Waterfalls are a passion of mine and adding this one and its neighbour to the "collection" I've been to was great.
Prior to this I had found "Chudleigh hut", "State of the Union"; those caches on Gog Hill; others found today included some of sirius Tas' new ones around the Wilmot River and a couple in Devonport.
Overall a long and in some places a hard day but very rewarding. We both scored on flip flop (leech) bite each in the Wilmot area; I even carried one in my clothing back to Turners Beach where it tried to attach to my hand. No blood in my alcohol stream - TeHeHe!
Thanks Budge for another great day.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
There is a GPX overlay on Google Earth of the drive in and the walk itself.
See the Gallery !
See the Gallery !
I've made a gpx/gps file of the track, based on Sirius' instructions.
It can be opened in Google Earth and give you a bit of an idea of where you are going, or open it in your GPS device and "follow the blue dot" (or what ever). Send me a message via http://forum.geocaching.com.au/ucp.php and I'll pass it on.
Hope it helps!
It can be opened in Google Earth and give you a bit of an idea of where you are going, or open it in your GPS device and "follow the blue dot" (or what ever). Send me a message via http://forum.geocaching.com.au/ucp.php and I'll pass it on.
Hope it helps!
An incredible day!
This is the best summary we could think of for this magical winter walk. The walk had it all, magniicent scenery, challenging walks, streams to work out how to cross and to finish, towering above you, the Secluded Falls.
The drive in was our first challenge. Mrs Spreyton22 is suggesting we take a map reading course.... enough said.
The road at this time of year was fine, but our I30 will be needing a wash.
The first descent is steep and slippery.
In the Groove Creek valley the creek required a range of strategies to cross. Thank goodness our boots have a waterproof spray on them. Very testing conditions.
The first cache was quickly at hand with the excellent hint.
Thanks Sirius for this most wonderful pair of caches!
Now onto Secluded Falls http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga6384
This is the best summary we could think of for this magical winter walk. The walk had it all, magniicent scenery, challenging walks, streams to work out how to cross and to finish, towering above you, the Secluded Falls.
The drive in was our first challenge. Mrs Spreyton22 is suggesting we take a map reading course.... enough said.
The road at this time of year was fine, but our I30 will be needing a wash.
The first descent is steep and slippery.
In the Groove Creek valley the creek required a range of strategies to cross. Thank goodness our boots have a waterproof spray on them. Very testing conditions.
The first cache was quickly at hand with the excellent hint.
Thanks Sirius for this most wonderful pair of caches!
Now onto Secluded Falls http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga6384
Rated: for Overall Experience
We saw that Sirius Tas had placed two new caches in the Secluded Falls area but the weather the following day was atrocious and certainly not suitable for walking in the area. After a "peasouper" fog last night we awoke to a very fine winters day. Without any hesitation we headed off. It was an enjoyable walk down (yes, steeply down!) the Groove Creek Track from the car park but that didn't prepare us for the walk into the Secluded Falls area. Wow! Wow! Wow! The creek was flowing quite swiftly after the rain at the weekend but the star attraction at the start was the ferns - tall, majestic man ferns with so many interesting things, fungi in particular, under the canopy. The first creek crossing was interesting - no option but to walk our way across the submerged rocks in swiftly flowing water. Even with high sided walking boots, soggy socks were the order of the rest of the day. The second crossing was easier as the water wasn't as deep and the third even easier - a manfern "bridge" was in place and we had sure footing.
Then we got to the first of the falls - another water crossing was required and this proved the most challenging of the walk. The water was really cascading down the first of the falls and with the water coming down from the main falls (further upstream), they combined to test our resolve. We assume that in drier times a crossing at this point would have been quite easy but not today. We managed to top up the water inside our boots as we eventually found a reasonable way across.
In this environment (heavy tree and fern canopy, steep sides in the gorge) our GPS was being somewhat erratic. We could stand in the one place and over a period of a minute, the distance to GZ varied by 30m. Hence the hint was a great help - this helped us to locate the cache very quickly and, to our delight, there were no other logs. Hence we will claim FTF at 11:05.
This was a superb caching experience - great walk in a breathtaking area made even more special by the high volume of water coming over the first of the falls and flowing down the creek, and a very well placed cache. Some photos will be added to the Gallery. Thanks Sirius Tas for another tremendous caching experience.
Then we got to the first of the falls - another water crossing was required and this proved the most challenging of the walk. The water was really cascading down the first of the falls and with the water coming down from the main falls (further upstream), they combined to test our resolve. We assume that in drier times a crossing at this point would have been quite easy but not today. We managed to top up the water inside our boots as we eventually found a reasonable way across.
In this environment (heavy tree and fern canopy, steep sides in the gorge) our GPS was being somewhat erratic. We could stand in the one place and over a period of a minute, the distance to GZ varied by 30m. Hence the hint was a great help - this helped us to locate the cache very quickly and, to our delight, there were no other logs. Hence we will claim FTF at 11:05.
This was a superb caching experience - great walk in a breathtaking area made even more special by the high volume of water coming over the first of the falls and flowing down the creek, and a very well placed cache. Some photos will be added to the Gallery. Thanks Sirius Tas for another tremendous caching experience.
Have amended a rogue co-ord in the directions...many thanks to those eagle eyed 2y'stassies....thanks heaps guys..cheers.
