12 Tennent trail - Flat rocks Top Naas, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tankengine on 04-May-13. Waypoint GC4BAGP

Accompanying All7 ride a bike on track other side and hike walked to other side, took us long way wow really long long stroll for series caches, make my legs kill sometimes ache... but awesome enjoyed..
signed it with good dry, TFTC

63ROOS talked me to planning to MTT Tennent Trail... I say whynot walking long way for hours... I rided Bike to on the track and 63ROOs prapared to get enough drinks, food and walked hike other way... WOW very hard long way.... tks

Long day hiking, more then 25 KMs done under great weather conditions. Had more planned, but my hike was unfortunate interrupted by 2.5 hrs, only made it back to the car just before sunset. Most caches we're in excellent condition.
TFTC Wilbert67

GPS bounced around by a quick find in end. Tftc

I had meant to come up here a month ago with the CO and friends on a maintenance run; alas, I was feeling bleh after my Covid vaccine so gave it a miss. Fast forward a month and today found the GeoKids and I getting a bit of the school holiday boredom, so we packed up and parked in the usual spot off Apollo Rd (spying the cars of our caching buddies StarsAlign + Contesta there too!).

We set off along the fire trail on what turned out to be a superb winter's day. As always a spectacular, although steep in parts, walk. It's great to see the regrowth after the destruction of the fires, but also sad to see the damage caused which is very apparent when looking across to Deadman's Hill and Booroomba Rocks.

All the 25 caches we found today were in (unsurprisingly) excellent condition and were quickly located at GZ with the assistance of bespoke coordinates and generous hints. All up we walked 17.68km return with an 820m elevation gain. The trip took us 6:20hrs which included generous breaks for snacks and fo me to get my great back (the GeoKids charged up and down the mountain!) as well as a short diversion into Bushfold Flats hut.

This is a superb caching trail, Tankengine - thank you! We all enjoyed it immensely.

Cache 7606 on 5 Jun 2021.

Out with a bunch of geocachers to climb Mount Tennant on a Sunny but cold winters day. The bunch of cachers being Joolay, Isopedia, Contesta and the CO. The CO needed to do maintenance, so we decided to join him on a walk/bike up the hill. All caches found (as originally placed or as replaced today) in accordance with the hints unless otherwise indicated.

Joolay made the find, while we caught our breaths...

Thanks Tankengine for the caches, the exercise and the fun!

After a freezing start to the day, was lucky enough to be part of the ‘official maintenance crew’ - signed as JICA - assisting the CO to check on the Tennant Trail series.

Decided on taking the MTB as it’s not had nearly as much used as I would have liked in recent weeks so any excuse is a good excuse right. Up up and away! Great adventure to finally find this series after the fires.

Grateful thanks Tankengine, for placing and maintaining so many great caches that continue to bring joy and entertain me on my journey.

Out on the trail with Tankengine, AngelG27, Joolay, and Contesta to find caches with owner maintenance. First time back in this part of Namagi after the fires.

TFTC

Another grey memory but I think my muscles are going into spasm and I need to be airlifted out. Damm shame there is no helicopter to call.

Found with Tankengine doing cache maintenance, , Isopeda, Contesta and AngelG27, calling ourself J.IC.A.venturing up Mt Tennant. Not sure if I am crazy or not. Fabulous day to be out and about.
TFTC Tankengine

Replaced o-ring - good to go!

30,000+ steps, 27 caches and a leisurely (though hard work at times) 6 hour trip to Tennent's Tip and back with dty73 and Tankengine.
Luckily the weather remained kind to us throughout the day and the rain stayed away (and it's always easy to find a cache with the CO in tow!)
Thanks for placing this series along the trail and inspiring me to ascend the mountain today. I definitely appreciated all the stops to search for caches, though it was difficult at times to convince the legs to start moving again!

Thanks again dty73 and Tankengine for a fun day out.

Conversation must have been too good as we were too busy chatting and went straight past this one on the way up! Ooops - luckily we remembered to stop on the way back down.

BoujeeBunny and Tankengine had made plans to come and pick up the caches all the way up to the top. As I hadn't done these yet I asked if I could join in the "fun".

So BoujeeBunny picked Tankengine and I up at about 8am and we were parked at No. 1 just before 9am. 6hrs later we had climbed up and back (approx. 15kms), collected 25 caches (for me as I had done No. 1 & 2 previously), had lunch, seen a hut and met a lot of crazy people who seemed to just climb the mountain for fun of it without getting one cache!! Muggle Madness!! We were even passed by one crazy person who was running down the road - we bet that he had run up it too.

It was a good day for it though. The weather was cool and clear, but I still had to take my jacket off half way up. The rain from the previous night had softened the ground, but even though there were a couple of times one of us would sink up to the laces of our shoe in a spot or two, the road was mainly just soft which I think was better than hard dry ground. The wind at the top was chilly though and once we had stopped and sat down for a little to eat lunch I had to put my jumper back on.

As Tankengine was there each cache of his was checked and maintenance performed if necessary. The couple that weren't his were all fine too.

Thanks for a great day guys and of course TFTC Tankengine!!!

Luckily we remembered this on one the way back down again or that would have sucked!

Was a tough day out but exhilarating all the same!

I finally got around to completing this last section of the Tennant Trail, having done the last section years ago and the lower slope recently, on the way to Bushfold's Flat.

All in all, this is a much gentler walk than the one I (and most others) normally take up the mountain, but it's wonderfully quiet.

Tankengine has done an excellent job of hiding these caches in ways that each of them feels quite fresh, and the challenge of looking is not yoo great that it would become frustrating on a long walk.

Thank you for the caches Tankengine!

Another one done. Woo Hoo! I enjoyed finding this one at 12:16:41 PM with OzGeoBerries.
The rubber seal was broken though.

I love the challenge of the geocache hunt - read the notes, decipher the cache requirements, and go searching for the hide. This is an amazing world-wide game of hide and seek. I love it! I also enjoy caching with my 2 boys, and meeting fellow cachers. It really is a small world when I read over cache logs and see names of my friends who have found caches around the country. Thanks go to **** for making the effort to place this cache and maintain it. It's a great contribution to the Geocaching community and it is very much appreciated.

TFTC! Cheers. *Jump Pilot*

What an incredible hike! An amazing trail with breathtaking views. The weather turned at the summit and we got some lightning and thunder, so our time at the tip was cut short. A great (but slightly wet) walk back down the front. TFTC

It had been a while since I'd walked up a good hill (six weeks in the complete flatness of central-northern Victoria followed by a dodgy back will do that) and if you're after a good hill, Mt Tennent is as good as any. I had walked this trail once before without doing any caches - one of those days I just felt like walking without stopping to cache - but today the caches beckoned.

Quite a long, tough walk and a few days of aching legs followed, but it was definitely worth it to summit Tennent on this glorious day. All caches found without trouble. Lyrebirds spotted. Emu tracks spotted. All rather excellent.

Apologies for the generic caches, but you'll understand. TFTC x 20 something

Out on a beautiful day with Mulga Scouts

A more strenuous than expected ramble up Mt a Tennant on a rather warm Canberra Day. Three muggles along for the ride. I think this trail is more difficult than the other trail....
Thanks Tankengine

With the warmer day it was a respectably early start collecting CBR_Grahams along the way that had us starting to walk about 7am. With the cool of the morning the almost continual climb wasn't noticed any where near as much as I had thought it would as we walked upwards stopping as needed and taking a few breaks. The casual approach made for a very scenic and enjoyable walk, taking in the area and its views as they appeared. Good company and plenty of conversation passed the time and although that one last climb at the end towards the summit was felt, arriving at the top and taking in the 360 degree views made the walk completely worth it.

The highlight of the top would have to be invited up into the fire viewing platform with the most amazing views and the very high powered binoculars we were offered to take it all in. Spectacular!

The walk down was a lot slower with the heat of the day and was surprised at how steep it was at times, but overall was a much easier and achievable walk than I could have imagined. The last hill up to the car was by far the hardest of the day but the esky of ice cold drinks waiting for us was very welcomed. Thanks for the cache Tankengine.

Nice shady spot to stop, steadily climbing still but manageable. Enjoying that the caches are close for lots of stops and this is shady. 2 hours since starting.

So Aquilus1 messages me, "do you want to do the Tennant Trail", for sure... when? "tomorrow morning", hmmm OK, The geowife gave the all clear and I set the alarm to stupid-o-clock so we could get it all done and dusted well before the heat really settled in. So we park the car at 7am and Aquilus1 very patiently waits for me to make the first two finds which she has done before.... right, the real action starts now!

It was a surprisingly pleasant walk up the mountain, though we decided not to kill ourselves and we took our time. We walked past a few caches without realising.... we were way to chatty but these offered things to do on the descent. At the top we were invited up onto the fire viewing platform which offered amazing views, especially with the binoculars that they use.

All in all a long, but very rewarding day. The car never looked so good and there were even ice cold drinks inside...Yay!

We could guess the location of this one from 10m out and sure enough we were right, made a nice change from some of the previous finds. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache and the whole series.

Many thanks T.

Wonderful walk/climb with b&s today ... thanks for the cache and the series Tankengine

Found on a hike up mt tennant with Lpud. Walked straight past the last one. Will have to get it on the way back. Flat indeed. TFTC

Found with Goldenwattle. TFTC Tankengine.

Still going up, and pleased there have been no DNFs. TFTC Tankengine.

#7137 @0840
Plans came together last night to do the Tennent Trail with Fox in Jox. We were both looking for somewhere with lots of caches to bring us closer to our goals for the year. I'd already done the lower stretch except for the newer one, and the top section having been to the top via the scar (and down the AAWT) on a previous occasion. We started walking at 7am and got to the top soon after 10am. It was still and hot. We then headed down to Tennent Termination before 'diving' over the edge and straight down to find Too Many Acronyms, then carried on down to Bushranger Booty And then onto the AAWT to find Assimilate Ver 2. We arrived back at the car just before 1pm - 6 hours all up (and down). I was completely exhausted, and it took a while to cool down and recover. I was drinking lots but probably had not enough to eat. It was very very very hot for the last stretch - I think I was close to passing out! (We had run down part of the AAWT). A successful mornings caching. One small snake, a couple of goannas and some other lizards sighted. This one took a while to find, but was right at GZ. We looked into its hiding place a couple of times, but discounted it as it was a very active ants nest. I eventually dug into it and et voila. The cache was gingerly retrieved using 'tools' to avoid getting bitten. We replaced it very close by rather than putting it back into the ants nest. Took TB. TFTC and series.

TikvaNZ and I decided Christmas Eve was a perfect opportunity to undertake a 6hr assault of Mt Tennent, by completing the Tennent Trail series up to the top and plenty of bush-bashing down the other side. 28 caches, 1 small brown snake, 1 blue tongue and 3 goannas!

We took a while to find this. There was nothing around GZ except an ant's nest. When TikvaNZ gingerly flicked a small rock at the nest the cache top was revealed, but the bullants were not that impressed. I grabbed some sticks as tools and extracted the cache, but had about 10 ants on each hand by that stage. But no bites thankfully. We returned the cache very close but just away from the ant's nest. TFTC TE

Attacking the Tennant Trail, and some. A few muggles heading up and down, plenty of space inbetween to log those caches that may be within eye site. TNLNSL TFTC Left TB

11920. Today I decided to complete the Tennent trail which I started back on 27 July 2014 !

Public Holiday with perfect weather? Just the right conditions to tackle the far side of Mt Tennent. I did the (original) first 6 with GSC2000 and AwesomeL over 2 years ago, and with the extra 2 added plus the hut it was time to go for the walk up and up to the top.

Continuing up the trail I got to this next one and had a nice quick find. Signed the log, returned the cache, and continued upwards. Lots of nice rocks around here !

Thanks again Tankengine !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

This was the easiest find of the day. It had no cover and its bright green metallic finish stood out well. Its covered now with some flat rock flakes. TFTC

Tftc!

The crack in the rocks was quickly found, and on we went.

when I came back to finish series it will be because of 2 of my great joys in life. Geocaching and Fire Towers. But today this is going to be my last in this series. I am no longer as fit as I would like to be and having just recovered from being hampered by knee problems for about a year, I was wary of the way back down, the remaining hours of daylight and the need to still drive back to sydney on a day where I am sure I have forgotten something. I will be back. It is such a lovely area and even though I carried my good camera up I never stopped for photographs but will be back soon.

Anybody who makes it to the top or goes to any other fire lookout can help with our collection of histories at the Forest Fire Lookout Association or www.firelookoutsdownunder.com

Thanks for the series so far. Also loved this individual hide and a favourite is awarded here, where I stopped for close to half an hour for a break and food and cache finding.

TFTC TNLN

Great, sunny autumn day to hike up to Mt Tennent. Many thanks for placing so many caches along the way, making an enjoyable hike even more enjoyable.

Stopped for a late lunch . . .

4747. Well Relish64 and myself decided it was time to hit the trail, so with backpacks loaded we made a casual start and headed off.
A great trail with some welcome breaks at each cache. No troubles locating each one and eventually we found ourselves at the top with some very rewarding views.
We totally agree that everyone should at least come up here once and we will definitely be back up here again. Maybe a different route.
Many thanks TE for the extra motivation with this trail and apologies for the generic log.... but you get that !!!

Quick find on the way up. SL TFTC

Another memorable one - mainly for the 20 minutes it took to find it. The indicated GZ just didn't look right, but it was nowhere else so a more thorough perusal was in order. Eventually found out why it was so hard to find - ants had decided to add their own camo to the cache and it was almost completely buried! Stuck it back in a little better before leaving. TFTC Tankengine.

New o-ring and new log.

So, we found this cache but the log was too wet to sign. I'm therefore adding this note here as well.

Found today with some bush walking friends. We walked to the summit of Mount Tennent from the Namadgi visitor's centre, and then walked down the other side of the hill to collect these caches. I think Tennent is actually probably easier form the cache direction, but less scenic. Overall, 1,000 meters vertical ascent and about a 16km walk.

Thanks for all these caches, much appreciated.

Not being winter, I waited for a cool day to attempt this series. Although considered a "walk in the park" by many cachers, I found this tough going with its relentless uphill climbs. Overall a great day out, just a pity about the roadwork crews that were grading the road and making lots of noise. 3.75 hours up (lots of stops!), 1.5 down.

After stepping over the new roadworks, cache found OK.

Thanks

#1229 10 of 24 today.

I have a 'spare' week of leave to use up. Hmmm what should I do ? Sit around at home ? Not likely !

I've had the Tennent Trail in my sights for some time. I've been up here once before on a bush walk about 5 years ago. The view was one of the best I've seen. Time to revisit & claim a few more Tankengine caches. I must be getting close to 100.

I was a bit worried about doing the Tennent Trail today after waking to wind & rain, but the forecast was for clearing conditions, so I thought I'd delay the start & head out anyway. I'm glad I did. As I climbed higher & higher the conditions progressively improved. By the time I reached the summit, clear blue sky, a few gusts of wind but otherwise lovely, uninterrupted, breathtaking views - with no muggles.

Thanks for the cache Tankengine.

Last when in the area for the earth cache at the old tracking station we saw this bush power trail and thought that looks like a good leg stretcher so we had it in mind for today but things got away from us a little bit on checking the forecast we figured we could still get up and back prior to night fall. We parked and headed over to the gate for the first of the finds we had targeted (we are on a bit of a diet to avoid 1.5/1.5 caches. The creek looked to have a bit of water flowing in it but as we got close we could see it was very shallow and our shoes would be water proof enough for a quick dash. We started to get a feel for the hides but skipped two on the way up as the school had a camp setup happening but we got them on the way back down. We also could not find two others on the way up and rather than use up all our time searching instead of reaching the top but found them quickly on the way down. A walk with plenty of Roos around for a round trip of just over 3.5 hrs. A couple of damp logs but all signable and we drained what we could from a few containers. TFTC.

Im not quite sure what went wrong. I booked the marching band to attend this cache on my arrival but for some reason they were not there. You see this cache was my 600th cache find in less than 4 months of geocaching. I did do a solo "Happy Dance" on the trail after the find before moving onto the next cache.

Got it

Cool spot! Found with Danryn (- ryn). TFTC!

Time to finally get round to doing Tennent Trail. I have been looking forward to this one for a long time.

Started a bit warn out after doing "Gudgenby George" which I didn't expect to be difficult. I haven't been up this track for quite some time. Last time was for a night cache (now archived) on push-bikes.


It's a continuous "up" power series, so it was just a matter of keeping going. Finished the lot and did a couple of extras that were along/near the trail.


TFTC Series Tankengine.

New log sheet provided by ZimbaW! Thanks for that!

Replaced log with a fresh, dry one. Thanks for the acknowledgement Tankengine. Yes, this one and #9 are a bit more vulnerable to the weather, I think.
This cache pleased us once we found it, nice one TE. Spent some time doing cache first aid (and catching my breath, to be honest) and met some other bushwalkers of Geo-dads vintage. First ones today although we have seen about 3 maniacs running up and/or down. I shudder to think of the damage to their knees. TFTC Tankengine

Took a minute or two to find this one, as it was quite buried.

Unfortunately, the seal had gone on this one, and the log was too wet to sign

Auf dem Hinweg suchten wir hier erfolglos. Wollten aber nicht aufgeben und schauten auf dem Rückweg nochmals hier vorbei. Die Natur wollte uns hier wohl unseren Erfolg verwehren, da Ameisen bereits emsig da Versteck "überbaut" hatten. Nachdem wir die Dose freigelegt hatten, mussten wir feststellen, dass auch hier das Logbuch völlig durchnässt ist.

Please have a look at my log for the first one of this trail. Tftc #3800

No snow today . Not sure I can face doing this in winter - the lungs would certainly be burning then! A quick find at 10:50:00 AM before the up started once more.
Thanks Tankengine

10/15 hint made this one much easier to nab, tftc

Tnfc

Tftc!

Awesome cache series great day for it.

Haven't been up Tennant for nearly four years. Since the time of the one smiley on top there is now a great collection. Started late, so hiked up the Southern face as quick as possible with Fit02, lunch at the top (great hot chocolate thanks to Fit02). Rapid decent with caches along the way.

#92 The tenth cache of the day whilst climbing Mt Tennent with my dad. This one was a very easy find, I could almost see it from 50m away! Treked over and made the quick find, these are certainly some flat rocks! TFTC Tankengine!

Even the most novice of us found this one!

Great series! Didn't quite make them all today but we got snowed on, which was exiting.
TFTC!

Down in the ACT to visit family, who are all working today, so I've decided to climb a mountain!!

I left a bit later than I was intending on and made a stop at the visitors information centre to learn a bit more about this beautiful area of countryside.

I was lucky enough to make a really quick find here. It was a good thing too as it was getting quite cold and windy!!

TFTC

Found with "Tennent Tragic" team - SiteHounder, joeylovestreasure, C-chord, ACTchil, TripperOutThere, KittyKatch and AmethystPig and of course "Nutto". Thanks for the great set of caches Tankengine.

Out geocaching with Primary Evidence & Zangetsu. Tftc TE.

The last cache to be found by the Tennent Tragics collectives on our way up the hill. The weather wasn't looking so good, so we decided to push on and continue the search on the way don not up. The reasoning being it was better to miss caches closer to the bottom. This find was made by Kitty Katch. TFTC

#784
After arranging to tackle this series and a few extras today, the team consisting of Zangetsu, TheSkype and myself headed off on the Mount Tennent trek. After meeting up with the "Tennent Tragics" at the carpark, we split shortly after and made our own way onwards and upwards.
Nearing the top, we met up with Green-martian, who guided us down the rocky escarpment from the peak, down past "Tennent Trauma" and back to the vehicle(s) via the rock/mud slide and following the creek bed nearing the bottom. What an experience it was!
Apologies for the generic log(s), don't normally resort to this but with multiple logs it was to be.

TFTC and the series Tankengine!
Well worth it and thoroughly enjoyed.

Found with the Tennent Tragic Team on a great day's climb. Thanks for a great series TE - had a great day.

Found at 1010. It took another collective effort to locate this one as the various GPSrs send people every which way - I spotted something interesting and started trying to extract it, completely missing the (now) blindingly obvious camo only 1m away!

The weather was definitely closing in now, and with the group becoming further spread with each cache we decided to push on to the top, regroup, then work our way back down. And so the hard slog began...

The chocolate brownie I had at the summit of Mt Tennent was a highlight. I hadn't brought enough food of my own, I discovered, so it was nice for another member of the Tennent Tragics to share. I like the bring-some-slice-to-share idea. I'll have to do it in future. TFTC TE!

I had a great day walking to the top of Mt Tennent and finding this series of caches with Darzee Di, KittyKatch, Sitehounder, Tripperoutthere, Amethyst pig, Knutto, joeylovestreasures and c-chord. It was a tough climb but well worth the effort. we were the Tennent tragic group, tftc Tankengine

Good day treasure hunting with TheSkype and Primary Evidence. tftc!

found with mankycat and AMNLL on a wet and windy day
TFTC

Hit the track with AMNLL and Lukris for a great, but cold and wet day

A very easy find, as a rock most certainly looked out of place. We stopped to have a drink whilst the rain and fog started to roll in. At least there were no flies. tftcs

As I said in the first of this trail GC4B97M these have all blurred so not much more to add.
TFTC Tankengine

A nice wander up Mt Tennent Fire Trail to the tip, collecting caches on the way. TFTCs.

Looked all over the place and had not enough energy for the find.

A great series! So well put together and it encourages a great walk. A huge investment by the CO for our enjoyment. See 'GC4BAJT 21 Tennent trail - Burnt tree' for some individual details. TFTC and TFTS, Tankengine.

Found with jase from jessnjase 26/01

A beautiful Australia Day morning, what better way to spend time than doing some geo's.
Started at Apollo rd around 8.15am doing the Tennent Trail and got back to car around
1pm, including doing bushfold view, walking directly down Mt Tennant.
Many rocks, so spent a min or two looking for this:-)

This entry was edited by Green-Martian on Monday, 27 January 2014 at 10:32:23 UTC.

nice Crack indeed
thanks TE

Thanks Tankengine. Great series! A very tough, challenging and rewarding hike. I'll write my full log on Number #21.

Very flat rocks indeed & a good hidey spot. TFTC

TFTC!

Enjoying the walk up I forgot to keep a eye on the GPS so we had a bit of downhill to find this one..Woops!.SLTN..TFTC

10.45am. we walked straight past this one, then relised its back there.. few cracks but found the right one. TFTC

Beautiful flat rocks that were perfect for a sit down and relax for a few minutes.
Not too many scratches today.

Thanks Tankengine,

Domsky

Found at 11:34:00 AM.

After a four km early morning walk BatGirl and I decided we needed more exercise so we headed over to do these caches and perhaps 1 more "on the way".

I have no memory of this one.

Thanks TE

This weekend saw a very full on adventure taking on a wander around Corin and Mt Tennant all in one fell swoop with Noikmeister. Most found very easily - not quite for this one. Looked in all the wrong places first but found it soon after.

Easy find as it was uncovered, perhaps some animals have taken an interest. Signed and recovered. Tftc

These rest stops for caching are handy

#10. This was never meant to be easy Break number to snack time. Dad And Three GeoKids sent off on an adventure to conquer the Tennent Trail. We headed out with plenty of water snacks and a portable BBQ for lunch on the way. Thanks Tankengine for the series.

#383

Standing right on top of it looking for it!
Ham and cheese were made for each other!
TFTC!

I was literally standing on the cache looking for GZ.

A perfect place to stop for elevensies.

With a four day weekend and Grandma visiting it was time to leave the GeoKids and take the GeoWife up the Mt Tennent. I have walked the Northern route up this beast, done a little camping on the Austrailian Alps Walking Track and now it was time to do the Southern track. With caches along the way it made for a nice hike and once on top the crackers, cheese and dip was brought out.

All caches are in great shape.

SL TFTC's, the hike and the awesome views!

Well this series was a vertical challenge indeed. 2.45 hrs to the top from the carpark while collecting 23 caches and 1.25 hrs back to the car. This was a really enjoyable Friday afternoon workout, althought I'm not sure my ageing knees would agree - particularly coming back down the hill. It was all worthwhile once at the top with amazing views in all directions and the regularly placed caches on the climb offered suitable rewards to offset the pain. The caches were all relatively straightforward, befitting the terrain although I didn't attempt Tennant's Tip at the top as I couldn't spot an obvious approach path and was concerned about fading daylight. Maybe another day if I'm up here again.

All in all a thoroughly satisfying afternoon and favourites for the well planned series. TFTC Tankengine.

Soldiering on

We liked this one particularly as the flat rocks include a couple of rock-stools to sit on, so we did indeed sit and imbibe in a coffee each! TFTC.