18 Tennent trail - Rock climb Paddys River, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tankengine on 04-May-13. Waypoint GC4BAJ3

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

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

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

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. A favourite for this cache on behalf of an awesome series.

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.

Canister singed

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

This one must have gotten a bit hot. . Thank god we can stop to catch our breath.
Outside good. Inside melted. CO has sorted.

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

Cache 7612 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.

Great rocks and views! We need to catch our breath again.....

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

Outside of cache perfect, inside not so. Tankengine did some maintenance.

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

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.

Enjoyed the little extra climb up the big rocks here. The views were great and being that little bit higher made me feel like I was getting closer to the top!

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!!!

Came up here today with dty73 and BoujeeBunny! A maintenance run for me and a whole bunch of finds for them! . It was a great day! Removed the old logsheet, added a waterproof insert into the outer container, and added a new logsheet! - Good to go!

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 1:21:10 PM with OzGeoBerries.

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 Tennant on a rather warm Canberra Day. Three muggles along for the ride. I think this trail is more difficult than the other trail....
A fun climb
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.

We both took a side and cache was located easily but CBR_Grahams had more stretch so was allocated the job. I did offer to build something but he declined!

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 went around different sides looking for this one, Aquilus1 spotted the suspicious signs, I could actually see the container from my side. My long arms came in very useful for this one as I could -just- reach it, fully stretched out in a somewhat awkward position... hopefully Aquilus1 took no photos! 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. Usually I make Lpud do the climbing but decided today to give it a go. Success! TFTC

#7143 @0920
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. 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!

Always love a good rock climb. Scrambled up and soon had container in hand. TFTC TE

Attacking the Tennent Trail today. Car park to summit return, including breaks was 6:02 hrs. Great day to be outside. TNLNSL TFTC

11926. 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 - which took the longest of them all to find - mainly because of the approach was a bit tiring for me at this stage of the climb ! Soon mananged to get there though and had the cache in hand. Signed the log, returned the cache, and continued upwards.

Thanks again Tankengine !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

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.

My son wasted no time doing the climbing . . .

4753. 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. a climb within a climb. A few runners heading up. SL TFTC

A good hiding spot for a cache - actually enjoyed earning a slightly harder terrain rating for this one (also got a lot more of that later on!). TFTC Tankengine.

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.

Nice rocks. Glad it wasn't on the big one! Found quickly and very carefully hopped down.

Thanks

#1235 16 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.

I enjoyed the climb up to get this one. It makes a nice break from the relentless trudge up the hill.

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.

Found It on my 22nd trip up Mt Tennent.

Nice climb

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.

OK, this find was satisfying.
We clambered around (not climbing) trying to get a clue of where it might be.
I thought if we just got up on top, things might become clear.
I attempted the climb, slipped on some wet leaves and cracked my knee on the granite.
Well that put a dent in my confidence.. so my 77yo Dad climbed up and soon I heard those precious words "Found It!" What a guy... what a Dad! So although not an official geo-cacher he gets all the credit for this one.!

Pic attached

Climbed where I thought it would have to be, but no luck. Surely in can't be up on the other one?!? Had a look around, came back to where I was, and had a bit of a more thorough search and uncovered the hide.

Es bedurfte einer kleinen sportlichen Einlage, um zur Dose zu gelangen. Kein Problem...

Please have a look at my log for the first one of this trail. Tftc #3806

11:40:00 AM. Well this one hurt!! Read the hint and usually this is right up Loki's alley but it was a bit much today and she resorted to asking Pagan for a boost. From there it was an easy find [^]. Log book was in perfect condition today.
Thanks Tankengine

Looks like log book has repaired itself

Tnfc. Cool rocks

Battery died just at location, one last find today- tftc!

Awesome cache series great day for it.

Log book is damp but still serviceable.

Log book is very wet.

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.

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.

#98 The sixteenth cache of the day whilst climbing Mt Tennent with my dad. This was the cache I was most worried about but as I approached GZ, it didn't seem to bother me so much as it was not to high. Climbed up and made the quick find. Then posed for some photos with the peak in the background. Log signed and cache replaced. TFTC Tankengine!

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

Bit cold by this point, decided to leave the rest for another day.

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.

At first glance, this was looking like being a bit difficult, but after doing the walk around, I saw a way up.

I probably took the hardest, most difficult way up, but, I got there in the end!

Cache was found quite quickly once becoming 'King of the world!' (Or maybe Queen in my case!)

TFTC

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

Found at 1305. A nice variation from poking around at ground level - tripperOutThere did the honours and quickly had the cache in hand while the rest of us stood by as ground support. TNLNSL - TFTC.

Found with Primary Evidence & Zangetsu. Nice hide, now on to the next. Where is our mate Green-martian? He said he would join us at some stage...

tripperOutThere climbed us and made the find. At least there were enough in the group to allow for a foot up if needed! TFTC

#790
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. I think TripperOutThere made the climb and find on this one as we cheered him on. Great bunch to go for a walk with. Thanks again

I made the climb, as I had stumbled on the best way to approach this one. Found with the Tennent Tragics, who were a very friendly bunch to hang with. I tripled my path tag collection during the day (from 2 to 6).

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

Legs getting a good workout, now I have to climb!
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

Heads up there are a few loose pieces of granite close to the step off back to the track. There are a couple if nice boulders. One looked a little too big to climb though. Cache was had fairly quickly though. 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.

Kids love this one. Do not know where they had the energy from though!

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.

Big trek up the mountain with LPUD, TFTC TE

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.
Quick find,awesome place to sit and listen to the world go by.

This entry was edited by Green-Martian on Monday, 27 January 2014 at 10:29:01 UTC.

Good thing i had on grippy shoes on or else i would have struggled
Thanks TE

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

Had my good, grippy boots on & scampered up to get this one. A ranger truck drove by, yet we were hidden in the rocks. TFTC

TFTC!

Lots of fun finding the different hides as we made our way to the top. SLTN..TFTC

11.27am. geo buddy was all over it. Happy to have another smiley. back on track and spotted a walker coming down the hill.. not a cacher !! just as well I had my shirt on.TFTC

The rock climb was ok. It was made a little easier by my long arms!
Thanks Tankengine,

Domsky

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 although with dodgy arm still causing me to be careful I did take my pack off before making the easy ascent.

Found at 12:16:00 PM.

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".

If that is terrain 4 then I am an expletive deleted!

Thanks TE

Amazing boulders on this stretch of the walk, boulder forest! Tftc

Extra climbing? Really?

A return to complete the series after my DNF earlier in the year. This time, I took the much nicer front trail and then ducked down the 500 or so metres where the trails meet. A very quick find so I wonder how it was hidden before MBO made it more findable. Oh well, nice to have the PT all sorted. The day was heating up so the walk back to visitor centre was a little tougher than I remember - Nooooooo, nothing to do with my age !

#16 Great exercise we are getting, thankyou Tankengine. 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.

#389

I is too small!! needed help to get up!
TFTC!

Bouldering is fun.

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.

Nice hide great view if Mt Tennant

Yep, but which rock mound? Found it the second time. AP took some photos of me here, so I will try to get them and add to the file. TFTC

TFTC

A great hike. Due to time constraints I used the hints a bit more than I normally would have, especially when some of the caches were buried under snow. I made it back to the car just after sunset.

Caught up to the boys just in time for them to do the climbing and the finding. I'd heard this one was tricky, so I waited at the bottom for the cache to be passed down to me. Did the paper work and had a rest here while the boys rock hopped all over this area. With the promise of lunch at the next cache, we set off to #17! Thanks Tankengine!

2013: 181 Days In A Row - Two more caches until lunch and a well earned rest!!! Wahoo! A quick find and we were on our way again. Baby steps up the hill and towards some food! TFTC

Found this one as I wasn't too sure how the little legs of my 6 yr old would cope. Easy find and back on the road! TFTC!