Wheely Big Drop Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia
By
CraigRat on 01-Jun-15. Waypoint GA7239
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S41° 12.322' E147° 59.878' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 583670E 5437964N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 771 m |
| Local Government Area: | Break O'Day |
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Description
Some relics of a by-gone era.
Located at the top of the Anchor Mine to Summit Mine Haulage, this cache will show you some of the only tangible evidence that mining was carried out nearby.
Between 1912 and 1913 this haulage was used to lower tin or to the Anchor stampers further down the hill.
The haulage line was a single-rail type and at some point down the hill it met up with an aerial ropeway form the Don Mine.
Take care near the cache and the wheel as there are steep drops and excavations nearby!
The views from near GZ are spectacular on a fine day, however be aware you are at almost 800m altitude and the weather can change VERY quickly.
Hints
Va gerr fghzc bccbfvgr fvta |
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Logs
Very interesting area to explore. We headed to this area after making our way from the North West to the East Coaat for the Easter weekend. I had plans to camp here but after looking around the area it probably isn’t recommended. After taking a direct route to the cache, we finally found the track we were MEANT to be on. 
It’s amazing how many wallaby tracks lead to where you need to be. Also, happened to stumble across an old mine or two 
So caution was had trying to find the proper track. Once we were back on the right track.We followed this religiously until we found GZ. Cache I’m hand, signed, returned and photos taken. Time to make our way back to the Ute and continue on to our destination. TFTC 
It’s amazing how many wallaby tracks lead to where you need to be. Also, happened to stumble across an old mine or two So caution was had trying to find the proper track. Once we were back on the right track.We followed this religiously until we found GZ. Cache I’m hand, signed, returned and photos taken. Time to make our way back to the Ute and continue on to our destination. TFTC Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi CraigRat
After arriving in St Helens yesterday and spending the night at Killraine Units the plan today was to find caches in the Weldborough, Blue Tier and Moorina areas. The round trip consisted of driving 160 kilometres and finding a total of 12 caches which required walking some 13.25km using a total of 17842 steps and burning a total of 1859 calories.
WEATHER: After the rain and hail in St Helens last night, I was totally surprised to have a bright, sunny day for the entire day's caching. Temperature got to about 16 or 18 degrees. Great day!
Moved from "Australia Hill" to look for this cache. (Enjoying driving through this forest - first time here for me - never knew it existed prior to this caching experience. Even the camping and day use area here is well kept. What a brilliant area!!)
From where I found the last cache to this one was not hard walking, just navigating to GZ, took a little time to find the right
track. However, the track was wet and slippery due to heavy rains last night. Again, the vegetation here is so different to that experienced those caches found this morning and even on the other side of the valley. Managed to disturb a wallaroo on this short track too. Still no birds singing, none sighted either. This walk, required using 336 steps to cover a distance of 0.25 kilometres burning only 74 calories.
An easy find was had at GZ.
Subsequently, the log was signed and the cache Sainted 1230hrs. Replaced as found, the cache is in good condition and so is the log. A magnificent little hiding spot. Glad I looked around a little bit before heading back to the car as I would have missed the main feature of this cache otherwise.
From here, my next find, I hope will be "Flintstone Parking." A bit of a drive coming up for that one to be found.
All in all, the total walking done in finding the four caches in this area was a distance of 5.08 kilometres requiring a total 6987 steps burning 469 calories. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you.
At days end back in St Helens a most welcome shower was had, dinner taken at the Ex-Servicemen's Club and back to the unit for rest.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
After arriving in St Helens yesterday and spending the night at Killraine Units the plan today was to find caches in the Weldborough, Blue Tier and Moorina areas. The round trip consisted of driving 160 kilometres and finding a total of 12 caches which required walking some 13.25km using a total of 17842 steps and burning a total of 1859 calories.
WEATHER: After the rain and hail in St Helens last night, I was totally surprised to have a bright, sunny day for the entire day's caching. Temperature got to about 16 or 18 degrees. Great day!
Moved from "Australia Hill" to look for this cache. (Enjoying driving through this forest - first time here for me - never knew it existed prior to this caching experience. Even the camping and day use area here is well kept. What a brilliant area!!)
From where I found the last cache to this one was not hard walking, just navigating to GZ, took a little time to find the right
track. However, the track was wet and slippery due to heavy rains last night. Again, the vegetation here is so different to that experienced those caches found this morning and even on the other side of the valley. Managed to disturb a wallaroo on this short track too. Still no birds singing, none sighted either. This walk, required using 336 steps to cover a distance of 0.25 kilometres burning only 74 calories.
An easy find was had at GZ.
Subsequently, the log was signed and the cache Sainted 1230hrs. Replaced as found, the cache is in good condition and so is the log. A magnificent little hiding spot. Glad I looked around a little bit before heading back to the car as I would have missed the main feature of this cache otherwise.
From here, my next find, I hope will be "Flintstone Parking." A bit of a drive coming up for that one to be found.
All in all, the total walking done in finding the four caches in this area was a distance of 5.08 kilometres requiring a total 6987 steps burning 469 calories. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you.
At days end back in St Helens a most welcome shower was had, dinner taken at the Ex-Servicemen's Club and back to the unit for rest.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A 45 minute round trip for Sirius and self had this one in the bag. Was a great day but would not like to be here in bad weather. Track easy to follow and a bit slippery in places but would easily be done by the average cacher. Well worth a visit to this area. tftc
Have had these caches down the far NE of Tassie ear marked for some time, but have generally not been able to get here due to ill health and for other reasons.I have been also looking for GA caches for extra dragon zone points and also extra points in the current winter in July games.Being so far from home required an early start, but reluctant to start too early because of the frosty conditions likely to be encountered going through the sidling section.So headed off at 8 am in time to pick up the 'old war horse' Neribil who has climbed more mountains around Tassie than the majority of mountain goats.After gathering Neribil we set off in a 3 hour drive in anticipation of a great days caching with our firm sights set on the Craigrat caches on Australia Hill, particularly as we both love the mining history in the area plus to find as many others in the surrounding area as possible. Having just found the cache on Australia Hill it was just a short distance walking around the edge of one almighty big hole. Approaching gz the hide was most evident as again the coords were spot on. Another great spot with so much history.
The cache is all ok too. Grabbed some photos then headed back, arriving at the vehicle at 1215pm. Many thanks for another awesome cache Craigrat...cheers ST.
The cache is all ok too. Grabbed some photos then headed back, arriving at the vehicle at 1215pm. Many thanks for another awesome cache Craigrat...cheers ST.
Rated: for Overall Experience
This mine was totally unexpected in the top of a bloody mountain, the history around this area is fascinating and I am definitely coming back to find out more. TFTC.
I was actually originally planning to jog this walk, but I ended up walking (the jog). Not far down the track after setting off, I about-faced and went back to the car and changed from sandshoes to my more waterproof walking boots. Then on the second go, I actually found the correct track that led up the hill. I possibly jogged most of the path up the hill, but then it was all too much and I needed to go at a slower pace to enjoy looking around, manoeuvre round the rocks/roots/moss, find the caches, ensure no snakes and stop for a million photos. It was most enjoyable and I loved the mossy, myrtley, mining-ey area. Top spot, thanks Craigrat. I was surprised at how squishy, puddley and damp the track was in places.
One of several caches caches we found on our way to the East Coast.
It was a beautiful day for a walk, loved the view and the history of the area,
Accurate co ordinates led to a quick find. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC
It was a beautiful day for a walk, loved the view and the history of the area,
Accurate co ordinates led to a quick find. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
After running out of time last Wednesday, we returned today to look for the two caches on Australia Hill and to have a look at some of the mining history. Although the weather was fine but cool, sections of the track were extremely slippery due to the layers of moss on the dirt and rocks. We slipped a number of times but no damage resulted.
This was an excellent area to explore. The mining operations certainly resulted in a very deep pit with very steep sides. We certainly would not have wanted to go too close to the edge and slip- it would be a long and tortuous climb back up (assuming one would be in a fit state to attempt the climb). We enjoyed reading the information on the panel and learning something about the long history of mining in the area.
Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. There being no other entries in the logbook, we will claim FTF at 12:35. Thanks for the cache CraigRat and for bringing us to such an interesting area.
This was an excellent area to explore. The mining operations certainly resulted in a very deep pit with very steep sides. We certainly would not have wanted to go too close to the edge and slip- it would be a long and tortuous climb back up (assuming one would be in a fit state to attempt the climb). We enjoyed reading the information on the panel and learning something about the long history of mining in the area.
Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. There being no other entries in the logbook, we will claim FTF at 12:35. Thanks for the cache CraigRat and for bringing us to such an interesting area.
