Dooleys Heritage Trail #12 - Southern Gates Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 03-Sep-13. Waypoint GA6433
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 20.077' E146° 10.695' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 431239E 5423770N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 123 m |
| Local Government Area: | Central Coast |
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Description
Shortest access is via the Groove Creek track...see maps and notes at.....billshep1.wordpress.com/
or you can continue on from the previous caches, depending on fitness.
All logs and debris have now been cleared all the way to Spellmans Bridge.
A huge thank you must go to Bill Shepherd and Max Richardson who have spent many years in track building and on going maintenance. When Bill isn't spending 2-3 days per week
on the Dooleys trail network he's out rebuilding a bridge or two and clearing tracks all over the district. Many thanks also to Chris Dennis and others from the NWWC who help make
these trails available to us all.
Also, could Geocachers please note any fallen logs or debris across the track in their cache log as an aid to keeping the trails maintained.
Any possible help in maintenance would be greatly appreciated as well, as these trails cover a large distance and maintained only with limited volunteers.
The cache is a regular black container with log book, small swaps and pencil.
Enjoy the walk!
Hints
Sebz uvtu cbvag bs gur aneebj evqtr,4z evire fvqr bs genvy, haqre fbhgu fvqr bs ynetr ebpx. |
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Logs
Set out to do Dooleys Trail with Goose&Egg and Stainless steel rat, a beautiful area and worth a visit but not for the faint hearted if you do the entire trail at once I left a scout behind in all the caches that were big enough.tftc
This one was a quick find by Mr Tazscout, to get here the trail headed away from the riverside for a while causing us to head into the trees for a bit, it was a bit of a change to not be next to the water. Tazscout tried in vain to dry out her socks yet again 
Found at 11:47
Found at 11:47
Rated: for Overall Experience
I remember walking down, down, then up, up, up to this cache. Sweat was pouring out of me and I was wondering if I had enough water with me to replace it all. although it was steep I did enjoy this part of the track (so I tell myself from the comfort of home many weeks later 
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Another good find by Paul.
).Another good find by Paul.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice to pause on top of the small ridge; this part of the track was kind of heavy going. Very steep, dry and crumbly underfoot. Quick and easy cache find.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Probably the most challenging of today's finds. Co-ords had us in a very dodgy place searching on a steep hillside with very unstable footing. After about 20 minutes of frustration we checked the clue which didn't match at all the spot we were in. So off we went back up the hill to the top of the ridge where without the GPS to mislead us the clue took us straight to the cache container. Container here was a not a nano as stated but much bigger. Thanks.
Found on our caravan and caching holiday to the North West coast, finding caches that had been published since our last vist and this was one of them.
Today we targetted 8 caches along this stretch of the trail. We parked at the car park for Secluded Falls and walked, skated and slid down the hill again. The first couple of caches were along relatively flat terrain and the track weaved beside the river. Evidence of recent track clearing was appreciated and today we noticed the ferns shooting new growth after the recent rain.
The terrain became steeper and challenging as we proceeded along the track engaging the mountain goat in us. 3 hours after we left the car park we arrived at Spellmans Crossing. Here we rested and had lunch ready for our return journey which saw us back at the car 6 hours after we left.
Thanks sirius for all the effort gone into placing these caches and clearing the track.
Today we targetted 8 caches along this stretch of the trail. We parked at the car park for Secluded Falls and walked, skated and slid down the hill again. The first couple of caches were along relatively flat terrain and the track weaved beside the river. Evidence of recent track clearing was appreciated and today we noticed the ferns shooting new growth after the recent rain.
The terrain became steeper and challenging as we proceeded along the track engaging the mountain goat in us. 3 hours after we left the car park we arrived at Spellmans Crossing. Here we rested and had lunch ready for our return journey which saw us back at the car 6 hours after we left.
Thanks sirius for all the effort gone into placing these caches and clearing the track.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Congrats to 2y'stassies on FTF...return walk from the Secluded Falls carpark definitely not for the feint hearted...well done.
Many thanks also for the help in keeping the trail clear of debris....very much appreciated.
Many thanks also for the help in keeping the trail clear of debris....very much appreciated.
Having found #11, we continued the rather demanding walk through the ravine with sections of quite steep descent followed by steep ascent. We caught occasional glimpses of the river below but nothing that would make a good photo. Again we found a rather large limb over the track but it was removed with little problem. As we walked along together we compared readings on our two GPS units - quite often there was a 30m difference between them, further evidence of the difficulty of getting reliable GPS signals in the area. When we got within 80m of where our GPS though GZ should be, we looked for locations consistent with hint. We found one location but no joy. Then we noticed an even better match for the hint (we hadn't seen this from the track) and a little exploration revealed the cache - another FTF at 10:15am. Again the cache and it's contents were in good condition. As we signed the log and replaced the cache both our Garmin GPS units just couldn't settle and over 5 minutes, indicated that we were anywhere between 4m and 29m from GZ. This is just further evidence of the fickle nature of GPS signals in the area and the need to use the very precise hints provided. Thanks Sirius Tas - we were really enjoying the recent additions to Dooleys Heritage Trail.
