Shorty's upper Rapid River blackfish hole. West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
By sirius Tas on 09-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9358

A beautiful spot. Whilst Mrs H stayed by the bridge dipping her feet in the water I made the short walk to GZ. Since this one hasn't been found in such a long time, nature had done a great job of adding mossy camo to the rocks. It was a tough find! TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

This was a lovely spot - even if we forgot to log the cache until we got a reminder from a more recent finder - thanks Swampy. We were only here on a fairly quick drive around, but will,hopefully return to spend more time in the area and enjoy the scenery (and maybe actually try out Shorty's fishing spot) one day. We found the cache without any trouble, but admit that we were using the hint! TFTC

Found this amazing little gem while on a northwest caching trip with gooseandegg and tazscout, we walked out to near GZ and then couldnt see a safe way down in the pouring rain, so I was dispatched to get it, upon getting down my handhold broke off and I was left with nothing to grab on the way out.
Well the important thing was to first sign the cache (oh look marbles, never seen them before )

I looked round for a way up with not joy, i'm sure in the dry it would be easy but not today is all i'll say, in the end Tazscout braced herself against a tree and I used her feet as hand holds.

Thanks for a great cache and I got to enjoy the views even if no-one else did.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found on an early caching loop before the event today, bit steep down to the cache location but that could have just been our choice of route. Beautiful spot, probably even nicer with good weather. tftc

We pulled up here in heavy rain and walked under the bridge to head upstream. The rain eased as we approached GZ so it made getting there s bit easier. We made the usual jokes about the CO losing his marbles after finding some in the cache. We found an easy route to the road and back to the car. Great to see you at the event today.

We found this on the Toolbox and Swampy 3 day West Coast trip.
A quick find by Toolbox whilst I was waiting for the GPSr to settle.
A nice place and interesting to see that logs get put anywhere by floodwaters.
Thanks for the cache!

What an awesome thing to do. To combine two of your passions fishing and caching into a remeberance for a friend. It sounds like you were blessed. This old busted bloke took his gammy knee along the bank and then scrambled to the cache site, quickly found the cache and signed the log (found that the log was signed by one other greatr couple) so will claim Second to find and returned it. All was in good order. Took a moment to take in the scenery and the location , and a quick prayer on a beautiful sunny day, giving thanks to Shorty for sharing this great little hidey hole. Thanks Sirius 10 thumbs up.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Next on our list was a visit to Rapid River. This was the highlight of the day. The car park was full and several young families were enjoying lunch before playing on the river bank.
We made our way down to the river bank. Mr Y'stassie made his way along the track above while Mrs Y'stassie walked along the waters edge. We enjoyed the beautiful scenery, the gentle babble of the water and the breeze in the trees on a clear, sunny day. Mrs Y'stassie had to scramble to get to GZ while Mr Y'stassie had a gentle walk. We stood on the rock platform near GZ and looked around mesmerized by the beauty of the area. We feel that Shorty's spirit is probably camped nearby. Some photos have been added to the Gallery so that we can share the beauty of the area with others.

There is evidence of the destruction caused by recent floods on the bank opposite but this side remains untouched.

As we surveyed the area we spotted what we thought was the hide about 4m away in a place that fitted the hint. We explored the site but didn't find the cache. Further exploration of the spot was needed before we found a well hidden cache container. Cache and contents were in excellent condition. After signing the blank log we took our time rehiding the container then made our way back following the track above the river bank. A group of 6 under 5's was having a lovely time on the edge of the river throwing rocks into the river.

Thanks Sirius Tas for sharing this special place and your special memories with us and other cachers and for providing us with another memorable caching experience. We feel privileged to be the {FTF} of this magic cache.

A note for future searchers: stand at GZ and look around - the hint will get you there as long as you can identify the correct tree.

Please enjoy!