Batman's Breakfast Paper Beach, Tasmania, Australia
By Guripper and DGT on 06-Mar-10. Waypoint GC24MKH

#19408 @1800
In Tasmania for 2 weeks to attend the Oceania Orienteering Champs. Caching all around for DT combos and counties. Heading to Launceston after the last race. This cache was a must do on my way, to help me with my next DT loop. Cache easily found after a short paddle. Thankfully, no need to venture into the blackberries. Log in good condition, although the cache was full of ants. TFTC.

My father in law lives in Hillwood. So what to do when the kids are asleep for their morning naps? Dig out the kayak from the top of the paddock, don my Jandals (blew a plug when ashore) and chuck it on the back of the Ute!

I reckon it’s been about three and a half years since I’ve been on the kayak but it all came back! Just like riding a bike

What a gorgeous day to paddle across. Mirror calm on the way over and a slight breeze on the way back. All up I was done and dusted within about 30mins there and back!

Upon finding the cache a Huntsman about the size of my palm was keeping guard but quickly scurried away upon seeing me. Inside there is a colony of ants but they haven’t done much damage. Logbook was all nice and dry, double bagged no damage. My name was added and back to the kayak I went.

I admired the bird life on the way back across, swans, oyster catchers and a large gull all checking me out.

Thanks for the adventure. I’m tempted to grab a few more caches that need a kayak now! A favourite for me!

Oh PS I took Bruce the TB for a visit also! I figured I better bring him back to the mainland though

I've done a little paddle tour with my kayak this morning and found this cache.
TFTC

Found this cache while out with nataliec1234 for the day, great day to take some kayaks out for a paddle. Once to the island nataliec1234 soon made the find and we logged it.
Thanks for a fun cache.

We're currently spending a week or so in Launceston for a little bit of an end-of-year getaway. Today we had plans to head north up the Tamar with SonOfSteel, specifically with a view to tracking down this cache.

We'd brought our kayaks with us from Hobart so we could finally have a crack at this cache and pick up our very first terrain 5 smiley. Pulling up just across the channel, we were a little dismayed to be confronted with a fair bit of wind and chop. After sitting and observing for a few minutes though, we decided that it looked manageable and elected to go for it.

The trip across was indeed quite bumpy and required some paddling upwind, but a few short minutes later we found ourselves on the island and in search of the cache. We did make the mistake of "following the needle" and ended up following a trail to a dead-end in the middle of a huge blackberry patch. A little backtracking and a short walk around the coastline later, we soon stumbled across a pretty typical hide with cache within. Success!

This was definitely a fun adventure, and a memorable way to find our first terrain 5 cache! Thanks very much for placing this cache, we enjoyed it immensely.

Had this on my list yesterday, waterway a bit choppy. Today is was flat as a tack. Quick find when I got to the island. This fills one of difficulty/ terrain squares which has been blank for a while. TFTC

Today I had one cache I have been itching to get off my list to collect whilst I am back in tassie, it was this one. So I put the kayak on the roof and set off down to hillwood to the launch point. The conditions weren’t ideal as the water was choppy as the wind was picking up and the issue was the tide was going out.
Oh well I thought jumped in off I went. Wasn’t too far to go and with a bit of experience on how to Eskimo roll I thought I should be fine. A safe trip across without an issue. A quick search and the cache was easily found. 2.5years of unloved that’s fantastic to see the cache is great condition. Back in its spot and back I went. Oops I was about 100m from the boat ramp when I started to paddle and just hit mud. A paddle to different sides of the channel till I found a safe spot and I was all good. A great cache and one that is well worth the paddle.

I am currently writing detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC. "The Author" Badge challenges geocachers to average one hundred words or more in each log. Given that I have found so many GC caches, I have to write many logs with well over 100 words for a long period of time to get my average to the target. Apologies to anyone who finds the logs tedious but it is the only way that I can strive to attain this challenge. After over 5000 plus caches (which includes all cache finds up and including yesterday), the average log length is just over 70 words. I am now entertaining the possibility that I might be able to achieve my task before the end of next year. It's surprising how much is has increase since doing this.

TFTC

After finding a couple of caches this morning at the top of a mountain we headed for our other must do cache, arriving just as we planned at low tide 10am, I had put my little blow up boat in the back of Gooses car on Saturday before we left Hobart in the hope that the weather would be with us, with tide out and going to be coming in next we set off on very calm waters and between to two of us we made our way in a very indirect way to the island and upon noticing the oyster shells we had to wade in carrying the boat to protect it for the razor sharp edges.
Back on dry land we soon found the cache with no problems and were soon on our way back to dry land.
Again we wade out of the water and carry the boat over the rocks this time not so well since I slipped over and put my hand down to save myself and cut my palm open on those lovely oyster shells (it would be a T5 without and injury would it), so back to the car for some first aid and pack the boat away and next stop the event in Low Head all before lunch time!
Thanks for the cache.
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SSR was so keen to do this cache he was like a kid in a lolly shop. We took his blowup boat with us just in case the weather was in our favour.
We knew low tide was at 10am so timed our arrival for then. We figured if we were blown of course we would go upriver with the incoming tide not out to sea. No fear of that though as it was dead calm.
We pumped up boaty mcboatface as we had now named it and carried it to the ramp and slid our way down to the waters edge. The egg guided us off with a shove and we were free......
We made the journey easily with SSR on his knees in the front and me reclining in the back.
Disembarking on the island left us no option but to step out in the water, boots and all. We couldn't risk boaty mcboatface tearing on the oyster shells. A quick wander and rockhop soon revealed the cache and we gave the thumbs up to the egg back on the shore.
We took a shorter return journey straight across. As our boots were wet we could save a lot of time this way. A minor slip up saw the rat come off second best in a tussle with an oyster but thankfully it wasn't major.
It took us a while to pack up and change. Then we went to Georgetown for a long awaited coffee.
Thanks Guripper and DGT for a ripper time. Favourite point given.

Was last in this part of the world around nine months ago when picked up the local land based caches. The egg was beckoning and was on the to do list so it was only a matter of time before the return. Loz and I headed out on this lovely summer's day for a leisurely kayak to the island. Once on dry land the cache was easily located and the log signed. We briefly explored the island before departure - very brief due to the place being overgrown with blackberry. Great days outing, thoroughly enjoyed the experience.. thanks..!

Travelling around Australia and now in Tasmania!

We learnt of this cache back on the 14th when we hunted for the land based caches and went hmmm bit cold to swim.

So we put it on the backburner but a few days ago we noticed it on the map again and decided to do some homework. We read the previous logs and saw it had been tackled previously with an inflatable. hmm We had thought the tide of the Tamar River might be a bit too strong for our little rubber ducky.

Maybe we can do this. [?] More homework and study of the tide charts suggested that today was a good day. So batteries on charge overnight, up early this morning to prepare and feed the household (chooks, canaries, cats and a dog)

Rubber ducky, oars, 12v motor, batteries, water shoes, bathers check, 2way radio, dry cell bags, camera and GPSr check..... We are systems GO.

Into the GeoCruiser to Egg Island Reserve we had the place to ourselves. So out came all the gear and once the SS FelixII was inflated off to the rocky shoreline for the assembly.

All good on this sunny morning and shortly Mr Felix was away!

Beautiful and calm out on the River and a safe landing on the Island. Yay - Radio Comms came through Stage 1 complete!

Uggh then came some garbled curses [8)] Damn Blackberries where is the cache. Ohh I see it its over there!

So with some yelps and tentative probing he found his way to the Cache. Then more radio comms (pop crackle whistle) what?? Oh the cache has a hole in the side of the base and the lid is in 2 pieces. Damn that must have happened in the last 13months since it was last found. [8)]

Now would be a good time to also mention that Mr Felix carries a power tank pen as an accessory EVERYWHERE he goes, so remember to ask him where his pen was! You guessed it sitting on the kitchen table so he was already going to be in trouble if he had to sign the log anyways! [B)]

Hmmm what to do. Okay the whole cache was packed up and taken to land where the sistema that had been holding the boat batteries nice and dry was press ganged into service!

A quick coat of paint and a replacement box was drying in the sun whilst we salvaged what we could out of the old cache.

New log signed then all added back into the SS FelixII to yet again cross those tidal waters.

This time Mr Felix chose a different landing point to avoid the blackberries. Cache placed carefully with some small rocks to help protect it hopefully to last another 5 years.

Whilst this was occurring Mrs Felix had a visit from a seal swimming by!

The return sail was calm, but sadly the sun had ducked behind cloud cover so he was a bit cool by the time he finally made land.

All in all a memorable experience for us to remember of our visit to Tasmania.


TFTC Guripper and DGT

found it.
TFTC

Been meaning to attempt this one for awhile. Put the kayak in at high tide at Egg Island reserve. Easy find after a slightly treacherous crossing with some wind, waves and strong current. Circumnavigated the island and let the current take me back! This is probably my most adventurous cache yet. Did some CITO while I was there. Cache is in good condition and contents dry. I'll give this one a favourite. TFTC.

Woo hoo this one's finally off my to do list (or should I say, menu?)
We finally had the opportunity to find this one, and being the middle of winter, the water was absolutely freezing!
It was high tide when we put our kayaks in at egg reserve, and we paddled over to the island. When we arrived, it was hard to get out of the kayaks as the tide was high. Blackberries are everywhere on this island, which made it hard to find a way to GZ. Found quickly and then spent a bit of time on the island enjoying the views. Getting back into the kayak without dropping my gps into the water was a bit of a challenge, but managed to get back on all ok.
Thanks Guripper and DGT for placing this cache in this awesome spot. It no doubt deserves a favourite from me. TFTC find #178

This entry was edited by Ryan00 on Sunday, 29 June 2014 at 06:49:32 UTC.

Well Done Stassies, great to hear that the cache is in good condition.

Found this one after a lovely boat ride with 2 y's Tassies. Cache was in excellent condition. Thanks for the chanllege and the excuse for Mr chocolate_ali to take his boat out!

It has taken over four years since we started caching, but today, we combined with chocolate_ali for an assault on Egg Island in the Tamar River. Chocolate_ali's partner jumped at the opportunity to take his new boat onto the Tamar River. After launching at Gravelly Beach on the West Tamar, we cruised the 6km to Egg Island in overcast and very calm conditions - the river was like a mill pond. After approaching the island with the care a new boat deserved, chocolate_ali and Mrs y'stassie formed the landing party and went ashore whilst the males remained aboard to fend off any pirates that might be marauding this section of the Tamar River. After a short search, helped by accurate coordinates and the hint, the cache was located. The cache and contents were in very good condition, not surprising since no humans and few animals live on the island and access is difficult - wading is not possible and swimming is not a realistic option given the fast flowing tidal waters. After returning to the boat we cruised up to the Batman Bridge and observed first hand the very turbulent eddies in this narrow part of the river. As we headed back to the boat launching ramp we came across a playful seal who entertained us for a few minutes but who swam off when food was not offered. After retrieving the boat, we all adjourned to the Exeter Bakery to celebrate our achievements with hot food, hot drinks and other tasty goodies. Some photos of our adventure today are attached.

Sincere thanks to chocolate_ali and Luke for their company, maritime transport and for arranging for us to get Batman's Breakfast off our menu. Many thanks to Guripper and DGT for placing this challenging and enjoyable cache. It certainly earns a favourite from us.

Batman's Breakfast is also a very significant cache for us in another way. It is the final cache needed to meet the requirements for "GC47R1H Bachelor of Geocaching Challenge (Australia)'. We will not be able to graduate until we attend the ceremony and sign the roll (aka, find the cache) when we next visit Adelaide.

Would have loved to do this cache but didn't bring my blow up kayak.

Will an inflatable boat do the job? Is the current strong? May attempt this summer.

Found nearby cache but unfortunatly no kayak for us so no glory

I found the nearby Egg Reserve tonight, but it was a little too cold to seek this one out! No kayak, no rubber ducky, no wetsuit, no guts, no glory ...

This cache has cost us over $100 thousand dollars await made us buy a boat.

Nice day out in the dinghy today. Tide was ebbing fast when we tied up to the rocks. No problem till the Tamar Odyssey nearly swamped our trusty craft while we were locating the cache.
Good cache, co-ordinates were spot on. Benefit of being out on the water, EPE 3m.
Thanks for taking the trouble to establish this cache. TNLN

Took the Tassier Trekkers & the kayaks for an easy paddle out to the Island from the reserve launching ramp. An easy find. A great place with lots of different birds to see. Love these ones as you see things you might otherwise pass by. TFTC TNLN

Thanks to the Triumph Twins and their kayaks we can now tick this one off our to do list. The Geo hubbies paddled out in perfect conditions to make an easy find TFTC

Mrs B sat peacefully on the shore and watched Mr B paddle the old faithful rubber dinghy out to get this one. Retrieving this cache was the main reason for camping at Egg Island Point so mission accomplished!! Tackling this at high tide meant more rowing but less mud. Thanks - a memorable cache.

Test

Called in here 2 days ago on a low tide but other than swimming I wasn't getting across. Never mind....a rubber duckie lies unused for some time in the garage...so with much anticipation it was off again to try. I was constantly listening for air leaks as the poor old craft has laid in the shed folded for over 4 years...but no...all was quite well. Headed across from the reserve as this is shortest spot......really cool...oysters every where on both sides...a scramble ashore and BINGO....2nd TF as well. Cache is all ok...co-ords spot on. Another ripper cache...very enjoyable indeed....soooooo glad there was next to no breeze too as I didn't want to be the Batmans' dinner......so many thanks again GUR & DGT.....Cheers.

this is my fist to find a bit hard tryed two times but i got it

We tried an attempt on this one in the fading light. Unfortunately the low tide was quite a high level today and it was not possible even wadding, a boat or kayak was the only option.

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