Little Plains Lookout Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia
By
Hilberts on 20-Mar-17. Waypoint GA9965
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 13.632' E147° 57.547' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 580386E 5435577N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 596 m |
| Local Government Area: | Break O'Day |
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Description
Easy to find cache at a lookout
We placed a cache here whilst on a long weekend doing some caching and exploring.
This is a good one to grab whilst on the way to visiting the 'Blue Tier Giant', which is a little further down the road.
The views are good, but the trees have grown a bit since the first time we visited several years ago. Still well worth the stop - parking adjacent to the lookout.
Hints
Haqre n ohfu va sebag bs gur ybbxbhg cyngsbez. |
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Logs
Heading to Derby from St Helens we stopped at the lookout. No view, only a cache to find. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
A 4x4 Trip with my good mates ToolboxTas and Swampy (aptly called our 'Fluid Tour' because we made it mostly up as we went along) brought us to this cache.
With a cache here and a cache there I just looked everywhere and found both
Thanks for the cache Hilberts.
I did wonder what the campers nearby thought when I returned from a random trip into the bush with the guys
red tag (Cathy)
With a cache here and a cache there I just looked everywhere and found both
Thanks for the cache Hilberts. I did wonder what the campers nearby thought when I returned from a random trip into the bush with the guys
red tag (Cathy)
Found on the Fluid February Tour of Tasmania by ToolboxTas, red tag, Swampy and muggle Steve.
Found this one after finding the other one - I had this in my GPS and Toolbox + red tag had the other (which I found years ago!)
So after sorting out the confusion, we found both.
Pity those people in their caravan that thought they had the place to themselves - four 4WD vehicles all rock up at the same time and occupants pile out and go past them to the lookout without a view......
Thanks for the cache Hilberts!
Found this one after finding the other one - I had this in my GPS and Toolbox + red tag had the other (which I found years ago!)
So after sorting out the confusion, we found both.
Pity those people in their caravan that thought they had the place to themselves - four 4WD vehicles all rock up at the same time and occupants pile out and go past them to the lookout without a view......
Thanks for the cache Hilberts!
On a trip away for our Wedding Anniversary to Coles Bay - picked this up on the way home.
After working out best approach for this cache was soon in hand
All in good order
TFTC
After working out best approach for this cache was soon in hand
All in good order
TFTC
The view from the lookout isn’t much these days, too many tall trees have shit up.
TFTC
Cheers
Rocket
TFTC
Cheers
Rocket
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this one on our way to the East Coast via Mt Paris Dam. Once found it we were on our way to Poimena to walk up to the summit of Australia Hill. An easy find using the hint. Watch the prickles when trying to retrieve it. Cache in good condition re hid as found. TFTC 
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Found on a trip to the East Coast.
Many thanks Hilberts for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Having frond the GC here a few years ago it was nice to call in again and take in the view and then we had to search for a bit before this one was found,
We had set off from Scottsdale first thing and were doing a bit of a round trip to grab as many we could in the day.
We had set off from Scottsdale first thing and were doing a bit of a round trip to grab as many we could in the day.
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Heading east from our morning start in Scottsdale, we were turning off here into Lottah Road to go exploring in some old mines. 1TOOLMAN hasn't found the GC cache so he grabbed that then we all looked for this one. It took a bit, with an erratic signal that wouldn't settle.
Since our last visit here the trees have certainty grown a lot and the view is not as good anymore. Thanks Hilberts for your first GCA cache hide.
Since our last visit here the trees have certainty grown a lot and the view is not as good anymore. Thanks Hilberts for your first GCA cache hide.
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After finding GC's Blue Tears headed back to the car and was just about to head off when remembered that this cache is also at the lookout. Dashed back for a quick find. Not a bad view to be had for a second time.. thanks..!!
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Hi Hilberts
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!
From St Helens, headed West to the lookout at Welborough to search for this cache.
From the car park to the lookout was an easy walk but the search for the cache was hampered by a GPS that did not want to co-operate with its owner in finding the objective. One moment pointing here, the next there! Read the clue and searched appropriately. The cache remained elusive for just a short time longer and then under one bush already checked, voila a cache was hidden.
Consequently, the cache's log was signed and the cache Sainted at 0710hrs. Replaced as found, the cache was "happy."
The walk back to the car was spent thinking about the photographs that were taken and how good the views are here. I used 683 steps to cover 0.56 kilometres burning 514 calories. A very pleasant way to start my caching day. The sound of crows and currawong filled the air. However, some of the prickly bushes were none too good to touch - no blood drawn though!
From here, the next objective is "Liberator Mine."
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!
From St Helens, headed West to the lookout at Welborough to search for this cache.
From the car park to the lookout was an easy walk but the search for the cache was hampered by a GPS that did not want to co-operate with its owner in finding the objective. One moment pointing here, the next there! Read the clue and searched appropriately. The cache remained elusive for just a short time longer and then under one bush already checked, voila a cache was hidden.
Consequently, the cache's log was signed and the cache Sainted at 0710hrs. Replaced as found, the cache was "happy."
The walk back to the car was spent thinking about the photographs that were taken and how good the views are here. I used 683 steps to cover 0.56 kilometres burning 514 calories. A very pleasant way to start my caching day. The sound of crows and currawong filled the air. However, some of the prickly bushes were none too good to touch - no blood drawn though!
From here, the next objective is "Liberator Mine."
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
After finding the caches near the abandoned mines in the Storeys Creek area last week we had decided to look for those caches near the old mine sites in the Blue Tiers area this week. As the weather forecast for today was fine for the north east while snow was forecast for the west and rain for the north west. We decided that today would be the day to look for these. We also needed a dragon zone cache for today to help us inch our way towards completion of the requirements for the Vernal Equinox Horologist mission.
We didn't leave too early as we wanted any ice on the roads to the north east to have time to melt after the events of yesterday morning when black ice is thought to have been the cause of several crashes including one fatality on the coast. It was a pleasant trip in the sun.
As Little Plains Lookout was located at the start of Lottah Road we decided that this was the GA dragon Zone cache for today. As we had been to this area some years ago to find the GC cache we knew where we were going.
Our GPS was all over the place as we started our search. We soon located a 400ml sistema which turned out to be the replacement container for the near by GC cache. As the GPS settled we looked at the hint and made our way back up towards the lookout where we spotted a larger white, screw top container between some rocks and a bush. It was a little prickly to retrieve. Container and the contents were in excellent condition. We replaced as found.
Thanks Hilberts for this cache and bringing us back to this spot as well as providing us with a cache to meet our dragon zone needs.
A word of warning for future finders - Make Sure You Find The Right Container for the GA cache.
We didn't leave too early as we wanted any ice on the roads to the north east to have time to melt after the events of yesterday morning when black ice is thought to have been the cause of several crashes including one fatality on the coast. It was a pleasant trip in the sun.
As Little Plains Lookout was located at the start of Lottah Road we decided that this was the GA dragon Zone cache for today. As we had been to this area some years ago to find the GC cache we knew where we were going.
Our GPS was all over the place as we started our search. We soon located a 400ml sistema which turned out to be the replacement container for the near by GC cache. As the GPS settled we looked at the hint and made our way back up towards the lookout where we spotted a larger white, screw top container between some rocks and a bush. It was a little prickly to retrieve. Container and the contents were in excellent condition. We replaced as found.
Thanks Hilberts for this cache and bringing us back to this spot as well as providing us with a cache to meet our dragon zone needs.
A word of warning for future finders - Make Sure You Find The Right Container for the GA cache.
A great clear frosty morning out on the road with Sirius soon had this one in hand.many thanks
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 orher 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 as many orhers in the surrounding area as possible. Having worked out the best plan of attack the first cache on our list was the Hilberts cache ...'Little Plains Lookout'.
Initial searching was a little high then once I'd put my caching goggles on, soon had the cache in hand. With the fast growing eucalypts below, the views will get obscured before too long. Many thanks for placing the cache Hilberts...cheers ST.
Initial searching was a little high then once I'd put my caching goggles on, soon had the cache in hand. With the fast growing eucalypts below, the views will get obscured before too long. Many thanks for placing the cache Hilberts...cheers ST.
We visited this lookout some years ago for caching purposes (& the views of course). Always good to have a reason to return. As we found a blank logsheet we can get to claim a rare for us GCA *FTF*. Thanks Hilberts.
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