Hydro Gowrie Park, Tasmania, Australia
By wattle99 on 06-Feb-12. Waypoint GC3C5PR

I am archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action or communication by the cache owner wattle99 within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Tree removed. Temporarily disabling until cache is rehidden. HS 1063559.

Last one for the day and a rather elusive one it was.
Checked out the fantastic tree house then searched systematically in the wrong direction.
Eventually located it and signed the log.

TFTC wattle99
Find 6702 logged from cgeo:

This didn’t take to long to find as the co ords were a little out but the find was easily found

Today I decided to head out into the country side, around the back of Sheffield and Devonport. With such a great day with the weather it was nice to collect a few caches.

TFTC

Found thank you placing and maintaining the cache.

Found it a little way off the marker

Afte some zearching and reading of previous logs the light bulb moment lit and was easily found. Log book was wet so didnt write on it but did a trade. Thanks

Amazing mural. TFTC

Found the wicked tree house but no luck in finding the book

Trip to Swansea, leaky lake, L'ton, Railton, Cradle Mountain, Burnie, Stanley, Smithton, Marrawah, Arthur River, Devonport, return home for a week with Mum... Great enjoyed our journey so beautiful and very lucky good weather on the way every days, just once raining a day...

Anyway
Via stop parking, short walked to GZ, took me little searched, found one cache was show on around and return, another cache same GZ, what a confused with two caches??? anyway sign the log with little damp and another cache log so full wet...
TFTC

Absolutely amazing.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful spot.
TFTC

Kids old and young had fund climbing in the tree house. Widened our search and soon had he cache in hand

Great find!

Found tyftc. On our 2 week geocaching trip from tamworth to tassie and back

Kids worked as a team to boost each other up for this one.

Found while staying in the campsite. Great place to visit!

Good hide

TFTC

TFTC

Touring Tasmania with non-caching friends from our caravan club we haven't had many opportunites for hunting. We were at the Wilderness Village and of course Mr was looking at the map and delightedly downloading a cache just a stroll away! Picked it up at 4.30 pm after a day out. Thank you for the placement, wattle99, and particularly for bringing our attention to this magnificent mural which we studied from both close up and across the road. TNLNSL.

Took a drive through cradle country for our last day in Tassie. Really enjoyed Mt Roland and Round Hill, and paused by here to get a better view... After inspecting the hydro facilities, the mural, and the tree house I wasn't entirely sure where the cache might be, but a previous finder pointed me in the right direction, making it a reasonably limited search thankfully.
Thanks for the hide wattle99.

Travelling around Tassie for a couple of weeks with MizzJane.
Finding some caches as we go.
This was one of them.

A quick find was made this morning.
Great mural and tree house.
Looks like the trees are going to be removed.
The log book was duly signed.

[Scrat visited your Cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822)

TFTC wattle99

GC3C5PR. An interesting find in the dark.
Mrs Riddell is vertically challenged!
This one is easier to retrieve than replace...perseverance paid off!
TFTC

Definitely a light moment. Nice and dry

That tree house is amazing. Threw me out as well. Lol. TNLN

We drove through here a couple of times before we realised there was a cache..... no luck finding it though. What a tree house much better than mine as a kid!

CJJAHC

Funny thing, yesterday I stopped here to buy an icecream, but I didn't check for caches. (So unlike me .) However I passed this spot again and stopped today. Found after a search. As the hint says, "Pine Trees." Yes, pine trees, that should narrow it . TFTC wattle99.

Found it. Love the mural and the cubby

Great spot for a cache

Took a little looking around but found it. Would of loved the tree house when I was younger

Loved the huge mural, we drove by yesterday in the rain so came back today in the sunshine.
Excellent cache, luckily I had my hubby to reach it down.

TFTC

Spending some quality time in Tasmania, revisiting special places and exploring new ones. Love the structure near gz. Log book nice and dry but very full. Thanks for the cache

First one in Tasmania

Our GPS really liked the tree fort but like those before us used logs to find cache. TFTC enjoyed the mural.

Easy find, trackable has been removed

Found it yep what a tree house some kids dream

Managed to park on the opposite side of the road and make the short walk to GZ. Looked in the wrong clue item to start with but once at the right place, it was quickly spotted. TFTC.

Nice quick and easy find. Love the mural. Thanks for the cache and bringing us here.

Neirbo4750
Easy find but no TB

Easily found. TFTC

Found it immediately thanks to a employee who knew we were looking for GC.
TFTC

Easy fun!
Thx

Nice little area.

Top spot

A brilliant muriel
It must be appreciated from left to right though
And it neatly tells the history of this spot for the last couple of centuries at least

Yeah !! It is painted on a Hydro shed,
so expect some 'romanticism' of some of the scenes

Over the road I found the 'Tree Fort' !!
Wow !! That is one hell of a tree house
Not quite as good as Bart's,
but with a bit of work it could be

I figured that GZ wasn't the tree house tree,
as the cache would be in danger of mugglin' [:o]
So using the clue provided by the previous finder,
I soon had the cache in paw [^]

TFTC.

Found the mural but not the cache. I think I had the right spot (based on previous logs) and referred to the d/t rating to be sure, but still nothing. Probably has more to do with fatigue.

A 2 week trip to Tasmania to see what we can see in that time and grab a some caches along the way. This is our first trip to Tassie so we have been looking forward to see as many of the places friends have recommended as possible plus seeking out a few of the special Tassie caches and drop a few of our pathtags as we go. We are sure we will enjoy what ever we see and find.

Oops - life took over once we returned home and I forgot to post the logs for the last few days. Apologies to all.

Thanks for the cache wattle99 [^] - we made the find and the cache was in good order and the log dry .

Greetings from Western Australia

This was find # 2 of 5 and 0 today giving us a total cache count of 3545.

Looked at the mural. Looked at the tree fort. Then looked for the cache. Had a light pole moment and the cache was found nearby.

Found it

Near a really cool tree house

Made my way back down to Hobart and enjoyed the surroundings and made a few stops to visit some caches. TFTC Greetings from Belgium.

After a long search finally found it. Not where I was expecting. Great murial tftc. 11 December 2017 11:56 AM topendteam

Great location. Impressive cubby house

TFTC!!

Nice hide

Tftc x 2

Thankfully I didn't have to climb to the treehouse. Looks like fun. TFTC

Love the treehouse but andistraction really. Cache soon found. Left pathtag. TFTC

Toovee, had us on a bit of a wild goose chase

Tftc!

Just love all the Murals. Quick find. TFTC

We took a few moments to admire the beautiful mural. Thanks for bringing us here

Staying at the park for a few nights in the caravan. Got this one in the dark with the geikids. TFTC

Great cache beautiful mural, took lady bug left a shell

Found it! Left an earring! Such a great spot full of history.

The Wench and I are visiting the top end of Tassie for a few days...

GZ was an impressive sight. An emormous mural across the road, a fancy tree house not far from the cache and TWO caches. Yep, two cache containers in the same spot.

Thank you, wattle99, for this cache.
#3861. Log signed at 1626Hrs.
(I often signed the log book as "W+W" to save paper/time/ink)

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Easy to find but the logbook is already full.

T.f.t.C.

Finally found after extending my search. Great mural. Found on a rainy morning after staying at the park behind the mural. Tftc!

Travelling around Tasmania in an RV with my family for a 2 week holiday.

What another magnificent part of Tasmania we are lucky enough to explore.. tftf.. it did have us stumped for a short while though.. not where you expect it to be

GPSr a little unsettled but an easy find once in the right spot.. Last find for the day.. back to Launceston..
GC find # 1,100.. Thanks..!!

GPS was saying it was 7m away, thanks to a previous post it was quickly in hand. TFTC

Log needs to be replaced

Spent the night about 25 metres away from GZ while camping a few nights at Gowrie Park Wilderness Village.

TFTC

Nice area. Stunning views of mountains. SL @ 17:47 on 29/12/16. TFTC

Thanks to the previous logs, which caused a bit of confusion but got me there in the end. Great mural. Tftc

We searched, we found, we bugged TFTC

In the pine tree & view of mural on the shed. Great spot

After reading previous logs instead of relying on the GPS, the cache was soon in hand. TFTC

easy find tftc

Does the fort run its lights on hydro. Or is there a crop up there?

Thanks to wattle99 and *clear skies* from TeamAstro. Cache the planet!

Have camped here a few times, but didn't know the history...cheers
Many thanks wattle99 from the Wacky one

Another fairly easy find once we had the right one. Cool looking cubby in the other one.
Find number 14 of our 2 weeks of caching around Tasmania. Thanks for the fun

Easy find once the gps settled. First it had me looking in the tree with the fantastic cubby - but then i realised it was further over and made a quick find.

Thanks for the cache.

#14 of Julz and Cathy's great Tassie Geocation.

DD was sent to find this one on her own, and nearly fell for the cunning trick of it not being in what looked like an obvious hiding spot - the most impressive cubby. Fortunately she widened the search area and located the cache. TFTC

Great spot to stop. Logged name and added a swap. Great treehouse, dont let that throw you

Yay we found it , don't let the treehouse throw you stand in the gap ,look at the mural spin around in a circle your eyes will catch what they be needing to find .

YAY ...We found it , be finding the seaworthy tree ship , get Ye land love'n legs in Ye gap to be facing Ye lovely bewitched arts , spin Ye around in Ye circle ... Ye peepers my take peep at Ye treasures be sure to swap n trade in Ye booty to be found .

My brother and his two kids and i were in Tassie for a week of exploring and of course geocaching. We have traveled over from the mainland and had a wonderful and we will be back.
Another interesting location.
Thanks

Tftc

tftc

Great find. Track able is gone. TFTC

This one left us bit confused but our friend spotted it. Tftc

Great place....not here you would think it is.....TFTC

Our current visit to Australia had been in the planning for over a year with the very significant help and advice from friends who live in Melbourne. The original plan was for a 2 month visit, but as things progressed we just couldn't help extending our trip to the full 90 days allowed on our visas - after all it's a big country and so much to see and do, especially with our favourite pastimes being birding, hiking and of course geocaching! Our journey started with our arrival at Perth airport followed by a day cycling around Rottnest Island before travelling on to Adelaide where we met up with our friends. We then continued on to spend some time on Kangaroo Island, before heading to Melbourne via Goolwa, Strathalbyn, Coorong, Mount Gambier, Cape Bridgewater, the Grampians National Park, Port Campbell, Cape Otway and Lorne, cramming in as much as possible on route. We are now here in Tasmania on the second leg of our journey. We then head back to Melbourne before setting off to Sydney via Wilson’s Promontory, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota, Pambula Beach, Thredbo, Canberra and Fitzroy Falls. After a visit to Sydney we will travel on to the Gold Coast, then after spending a few days in the nearby mountainous birding hotspots, followed by an overnight trip to Fraser Island, we will fly from Brisbane to Cairns, visiting yet more good birding sites. We will then drive up to Cape Tribulation before heading back south again to Port Douglas and a day out on the Great Barrier Reef. We then return to Cairns for the flight to Alice Springs, where we will hire a 4x4 camper and set off for a week on the circuit to and from Kings Canyon and Ayers Rock. We then fly to Darwin from where we will spend the last two weeks of our holiday making our way to Broome via Kakadu, Cooinda, Katherine Gorge, Kununarra, Lake Argyle, Emma Gorge, the Bungle Bungle’s and Fitzroy Crossing. Our last two nights in Australia will be spent in Broome before we fly back to Perth, from where we will connect with the flight all the way back home to Zimbabwe via South Africa. We already know we can't wait to return!

A nice quick find once we had found the right tree. Very interesting tree house and love the mural. Thanks so much for the cache.

Tftc

My geopartner found this while I was admiring the tree house and mural. Tftc

We thought we may have to miss out on this one as a muggle was working very close to GZ when we arrived, but with a little patience, eventually the coast was clear and a quick grab was achieved. Signed the log in the car so as not to arouse suspicion and returned the cache undetected. Thanks for the cache wattle99.

Unexpected stop full of surprises. The mural, the treehouse and the nearby Pelton Wheel that our uncle or father may have installed. TFTC

With the geovan camped at Gowrie Park, and gephub doing the Mt Rowland track, I had to come into Latrobe to see Dr and get har cut. The intrepid hikers not yet, thought I should grab another easy cache near to camp.