22 Tennent trail - Rock platforms Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tankengine on 04-May-13. Waypoint GC4BAJQ

Quick walk by as we head down the firetrail. 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

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

On a lovely saturday we got to the base of tennent at 7:30 to walk before the heat set in. Taking the route from the visitor centre was a lovely walk and the mountain looked very daunting. But we made it to the top for snacks and headed back down via the firetrail. Thanks to all who placed caches up here. All were easy finds (thank goodness!). It was a great adventure

Looks like I need to update my GPS, spent a while looking in and around a burnt tree stump, looks like this one was moves and renamed Ah well, grab it next time.

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.

Found on a morning hike up tennant with alphabetsoup! Love the cold winter mornings. Tftc

Cache 7617 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.

Cache moved to a new spot, with good views out to the north through the burnt trees

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

New cache in place, thanks Tankengine.

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

Cache replaced, and moved to new location - good to go!

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.

No sign off cache and stump obliterated. Cache relocated and signed.

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

Omg not sure I will live through this. Nearly there. Just one foot in front of the other. Gorgeous day though.

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

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 32.863 E 149° 2.660

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 32.858 E 149° 2.674

Distance from original: 76.0 feet or 23.2 meters.

Old location burnt in fire

Thanks!

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.

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! . Removed the old logsheet here, added a waterproof insert into the outer container, and added a new log! - Good to go!

Another one done. Woo Hoo! I enjoyed finding this one at 2:12:12 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

Some good caches to find for my first time up

#3048 at 10.45am A quick find after walking from the visitors centre with the Green-martian & NightHawke238. Next time I'll remember to bring my jacket! Replaced as found. TFBUH Tankengine.

Originally found on 19 November 2016 and logged again on 27 May 2018.

I frequently climb Mt Tennant by the trail from the Namadgi park visitor centre, and am well aquaninted with all the landmarka of this trail. Some 18 months ago I went with a GPS to find caches along my well-travelled route, but for some reason never logged them! So last sunday I ascended the hill again and, equipped with gps and my memory of the locations, I quickly picked these up again. I could also find my previous logs and determine the exact day I had found them previously!

Thanks for the cache.

Found with Maris4. Thanks

Easy cache to find. Great mountain to climb.

Found it!

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.

Still climbing and with the sun heating slowing a bit. Taking advantage of the shade when stopping but a refreshing breeze makes it not bad walking. Quite pleasant still with the motivation of Mars bars at the top.

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!

Quick find, the chocolates we were carrying were definitely discussed as our reward for getting to the top. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache and the whole series.

Found it

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. TFTC

No problems finding this cache on our descent down the mountain. Our walking group were way ahead, but we could not miss the opportunity to find this cache so close to the main trail. TFTC - found with 2BluFish.

On a Walking for Pleasure group hike to the top of Mt Tennent - found with Tealby. Left a lucky Chinese Dragon token. TFTC 2BluFish

Managed to get a quick find whilst I was out with the Canberra Bushwalking Club. 18K round trip today. Unfortunately I was unable to get all in the series which means I will be back up this way very soon. TFTC - Docadoo

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!

Nice quick find. TFTC TE

After coming up via the scar, and lunch looking out to the south, we are collecting these ones as we head down. The weather has changed significantly and torrevieja and i are now in our rain gear with beanies etc. Tftv!

Realised that we had walked past this one with WingedWombat on the way back down the hill. The stump is collapsing and big ants have made their home here, guarding it.

Logging these on the way back down after coming up the scar with torrevieja. Upvia the scar is so much better than down via the track! Initially looked in the wrong direction but had it in hand quickly. Tftc!

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

11930. 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 for a quick find. Signed the log, returned the cache, and continued upwards.

Thanks again Tankengine !! Having joined the other trail now I was passing many many people heading back down to the visitors centre, plus one yound lady who JOGGED past me, turned around at the top, and JOGGED back past me on the way down :-O

TNLN - TFTC !!

TFTC

Found on the way up with geobabe. TFTC!

Found it:D tftc

TFTC

Tftc! Will come for the rest when I'm not racing

We grabbed the cach on our way up Mt Tennent with Relish64 and Boot65. Cheers

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.

A quick, easy find on the descent with WELS School. There were some large ants circling around the cache, but it was retrieved safely with no bites.
TFTC Tankengine

4759. 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

The name gave it away and the spot was picked out about 30m away . 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.

Decided I needed a night time adventure and what better than collect some geo's on Mt Tennant
that i had not done because I had not been a premium member and missed 20 and 21 of the Tennant trail series. So me and bro and 4 geo-kids started of at 7.15pm to head to the top, pick up the 2 geos I had not done,enjoy the views and head back down. Lucky we came equipped with torches, water and one BBQ shapes:-) We arrived at the first geo around 9pm,quite dark by then and saw a big fat wombat scurry across the path in front of us. Boy he was big. Found the 2 geos with ease, walked up to enjoy spectacular views of canberra in the distance and sat there for about 15mins knowing we probably were the highest people in the whole ACT:-) And BBQ shapes never tasted so good. Then the fun part of walking back down by torch-light, which was enjoyed by all but with a few small minor injuries:-) Got to car about 11.15pm, drove to dominoes to fill our bellies. TFTC, a most enjoyable 2 geos I've ever done.

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.

Found OK.

Thanks

#1241 22 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.

#4994 @1215
When the Canberra Walking Group (a Meetup group) posted a walk up the scar, I didn't hesitate to jump at the opportunity, even though it meant procrastinating with bookwork I needed to get completed. The day dawned foggy, but cleared up as I drove out of town to the Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre. It was a chilly frosty morning there. We headed off at 0810 and soon warmed up. 4 hours after leaving we started back down the mountain via the trail. A quick find here. 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.

A quick find on the way to the top of Mt Tennent

These caches are real incentive to keep going. Breaks it up into bite size pieces.
It was big, it was a beautiful stump. Nice cache TFTC Tankengine

For once the GeoTrail led straight to the cache - not that there was anywhere else where it was going to be!

Bei den vielen Dosen verliert man beim Loggen leicht den Überblick. Wir konnten aber alle gut finden und bedanken uns beim owner fürs Verstecken und Pflegen.

Please have a look at my log for the first one of this trail. Tftc #3810

An easy one right next to the path was very welcome. This last section, although not the steepest bit perhaps, was mentally challenging given how sore we both were by now. Found 12:38:00 PM.
Thanks Tankengine

Tnfc

10:42:00 AM: (3 of 4) Find#9612
Hiking up to the summit of Mt Tennant to capture a Ingress portals but saw some nearby caches which was hard to resist.

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.

Hey hey, found this last year using Sherlock skills but had to wait until I activated premium! Tftc!

TFTF good day for adventuring

Second attempt to get this series with Skemma. Much better weather this time and much more success. What an adventure!
TFTC!

#102 The twenty-first cache of the day whilst climbing Mt Tennent with my dad. That certainly is a big stump! Picked up whilst on the way back down from the summit. It is starting to cool down a little bit now. Spotted a couple of other people heading upwards and said Hello! A quick find once at GZ. Log signed and cache replaced. TFTC Tankengine!

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

Another quick and easy find by SiteHounder. I think the Tennent Tragics were happy to be logging finds on the way down, not up! TFTC

#796
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. Heading down now and picking up the top half of the caches. Thanks again

Found at 1210. Yep, the downhill run was much easier all round, and keeping the team together made for a more sociable stroll and a series of quick finds. We passed a lot more people making the trek to the top, and for the first time we had to put off the retrieve until a wave of Muggles passed us by. Well, I think they were Muggles - reading through other logs for the day it seems the mountain was swarming with cachers today! Thanks Tankengine.

Struggled with the cryptic name of this one. Only kidding. Some walkers went past just as I reached GZ. So waited for them to go past before SiteHounder signed the log for the Tennent Tragics. Tks 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

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

Pretty easy little one. Looking at the logs of others, the end was in sight, but today not for us, as the fog, became cloud and turned to water, and really it did make it more interesting. I would highly recommend that if you aren't scared of the cold, then it makes for great caching, and you know you're alive!

This one was another that had me stumped, mainly because it was on my GPS but not showing up in cgeo. After turning on the data to my phone I found out why. This is a premium cache and my premium membership ran out 2 weeks ago and I was unable to afford to renew it. It however was downloaded to GSAK so it got transferred to my Etrex. While a bit confusing at first it was a simple find.

TFTCTankengine

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

The end is in sight, and sugar for energy, suddenly a new life and drive to get there. TFTC

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

nice easy find thanks TE
found with Napalm237

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

TFTC!

This trail is one continuous uphill grade that defiantly tests your resolve and stamina. Fantastic challenge with great company. Overall a fun caching day. SLTN..TFTC

12.10pm lovely spot. plenty of kookaburras around here, They are mekong their presence known. Quick find. TFTC

Thanks Tankengine,

Domsky

Getting towards the top on a great day out with Noikmeister from Corin to the tip of Tennant and then further. No problems with this one.

Found at 12:54:00 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".

Plenty of big stumps on this side of the hill.

Thanks TE

Tftc

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