Port Sorell Conservation Area #5 Squeaking Point, Tasmania, Australia
By Spreyton22 on 11-Feb-21. Waypoint GC965NK

Today we have had a big caching trip to Port Sorrel looking for as many caches as we could find in my quest to get to our next milestone by the end of November. Weve got no chance but definitely have no chance if we dont even try. As most caches required shanks pony our numbers were limited to around 30 finds for the day along with 3 dnf. Our primary focus to begin with was the 4 low tide caches all of which were successfully found. We then spent a while at Squeaking Point before a walk along the main trail near Hawley Beach.Thanks mainly to Spreyton and Angus88 for the bulk of our finds and of course to all the other hiders for adding enjoyment to our day. I walked 20,000 steps and 15km.Almost missed the signpost here . TFTC

Squashed some ants getting to this one, lovely aroma to accompany us!

Thanks for the Cache Find#265Find(GCA)#5Find (Total)#270Search/SL Time=<30S/15Device= S24 (Exynos) Finders NoteAdded logbook and plastic, The previous log was slightly waterlogged.

Found easily. The log was damp and I tipped out the water collected in the cache. Put it back upside down with the hope that it will be okay. TFTC

Nice little find note pad is wet might need replacing

Nice find

TFTC

Well hidden tftc

A quick find after reading the hint.After wearing GeoCleo out walking, swimming and running around the coastline finding all the Squeaking Point Track caches, I left her to have a nap in the back of the Ute while I wandered off into the bush to find these caches.TFTC Spreyton22Keep smiling

The blackberries are starting to encroach on the road side but luckily still accessible from the other sideTFTC

Thanks

One last one on our way back to town. TFTC

Making the weekend a 5-day weekend it's nice to get outside and find some caches on such a nice day.
Thanks, Spreyton 22 for placing their caches for our enjoyment,
This cache was an Easy find

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Nice quick find. Love going to places I've never been before tftc

Found with The X-Trailers as we travelled the area today
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Last find for the morning
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While visiting the area today we targeted the caches in the conservation area here.
It was an enjoyable bushwalk and didn't take too long to get around them all.
Co-ords were about 10 meters out for us but using the hint we found it easily.
TFTC

Thanks for the hint.

Goesis made a quick find, her legs are faster than mine anyway enjoying the walk in the park

Camped in Deloraine today , off to Port Sorell for a few caches I missed on the last trip and any new ones which have gone down. TFTC

First find of this series! Hoping to get them all done today! cache is in good condition a little damp but all good thanks for the find

Thanks for the cache Spreyton22.
RLD4963, the two GeoGSP's and I were visiting Port Sorell for a few days r&r. This is another reserve which had had half the number of caches last time we visited Port Sorell, so today we were back to find the new ones.
All the ones we found today were straightforward finds.

Out and about caching with all the Rafas for our holidays TFTC TNLN log dry. An easy find at GZ.

Catching up on some very late logs, now that I have time, while travelling.

A lovely area to wander and find a cache.

Thanks for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy finding it.

Tftc

Second visitor today and I'm pretty sure that the Hancock Clan, who also had signed the log book for today, were there as we were driving past.
They were gone by the time we arrived back at the cache though.
A quick find in the obvious place.
Thanks Spreyton22.

The first cache of the day. We were camping at Narawntapu for a couple of nights and with the soggy forecast decided not to venture too far. As it was the day turned out nowhere near as bad as predicted (to start with anyway!). TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

We decided to use a leave day to do some caching in the Squeaking Point area after doing some of the Port Sorell caches recently. A beautiful day for strolling around in the bush, not too hot. We saw a few other people out and about as well, nice to see that these tracks get used. This cache was a quick find with the aid of accurate coordinates. TFTC

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We searched and searched the compass was wildly sending us in all directions. Perhaps we are just suffering from cache blindness today…onto the next

We just thought we’d have a look on the other side of the road and there it was a quick easy find. We filled the container with swaps but took nothing. Log a bit damp but we have had heaps of rain over night. TFTC

Quick east ding. Cache is good but lots of ants.

Found it

Struggled to pick up the gps on this but common sense made this an easy find in the end. Tftc

Quick find just off the track TFTC

Another one found

Hi Spreyton22...out nabbing a few caches in the Squeaking Pt area with 4paws(Murder) in tow.
An easy find here with cache in top nick.
Many tftc..much appreciated...cheers ST.

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Today we are heading to the Port Sorrell area to collect many of the newish caches that have been placed in recent times.

We were wondering if the reason this area is called squeaking Point is because the trees genuinely sound like they are squeaking!! Nice size cache, quickly located and signed.

Continuing my search for recently published caches in the area I decided to do the walk in the conservation area. The cache was quickly located.

Thanks great find

Found

Another incredibly marvellous autumn day left little option but to go on a caching expedition at Squeaking Point. New ones have popped up since we were last here, so plenty of pay dirt on hand. This one was quickly in hand, and gave us the incentive to follow up with others close by. TFTC #5 Spreyton22.

With Easter off from work, it was a good opportunity to try and close the gap on my target for the year. 500 finds for the year is the target, and this run brought me up to 230 odd, so only 3 months in I am on track for this target.

The highlight (and hardest part of this day) was the walk out to the cache Lieu-Pine-Ner at Point Sorell. The walk was challenging due to the number of rocks being very uneven. I was hoping 2 hours, but in the end it took 3 hours. Geo Kid O was still going strong at the end, but it had taxed me.

Thank you for placing this cache and maintaining it.

A great collection of caches in this area

Out and about caching with whitewebbs on a windy autumn day and found your cache along the way.

Cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers around Port Sorell, Squeaking Point, Shearwater and Hawley area and this was one that was targetted. A nice day for a wander even though it was very windy. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 41° 11.381 E 146° 33.713

Coordinates changed to:
S 41° 11.381 E 146° 33.728

Distance from original: 68.6 feet or 20.9 meters.

Original co-ord were off.

Found this one.

In the late afternoon we decided to head to Port Sorell to look for some caches that had been published recently. We were appreciative for the hint as when we had the cache in hand, the posted coordinates were 12m away to the South East. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Spreyton22 for the cache and the others you have placed in the area.

Published

FTF with Angus 88. Thank you for the cache from GeoMaggie and her sidekick Bonnie. Nice to get a ftf

Joint FTF with GeoMaggie2. Thanks SPREYTON22 for a new series in this area. With Maggie and Mollie, my GeoWesties, while roaming around Tasmania with our motorhome “Mylittlebus” looking for content for our TASMANIA ALL OVER facebook. Join us there. Thanks for placing this cache (and others), keeping us on our exploring toes.