Mona Vale Highway 1 (Tasmania) Ross, Tasmania, Australia
By Tas_Geo on 26-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAT013

On our way south to visit family and took the opportunity to find some caches along the way. We found all of the caches we were able to look for, we were defeated by workmen right near GZ for two of them though. All the caches were in good condition, thank you for your work on this series

As we had an unexpected trip south today, we took the opportunity to look for caches in the recently published Highway 1 series. Today we looked for the caches as we headed south - tomorrow we will look for caches on the other side of the highway as we head north.This is an excellent series with well designed caches placed thoughtfully and with safe parking very close by. There were some interesting cache containers, with one particular style we hadn't seen previously - a great design used in a number of hides. Unless stated otherwise, coordinates were accurate (within 5m) and the caches were in good condition.The CO's, quite rightly, have included a very important warning about walking from one side of the highway to the other. It would be remiss of us not to add another. *In some places there are U-turn bays which allow safe access to a cache on the other side of the highway. However, once on the other side, the same access cannot be used safely nor legally to return to the original direction of travel - instead backtracking in the direction opposite of your intended travel is necessary before resuming your original direction of travel.* If possible, the caches are best tackled by looking for those on the side of the road you are travelling, not the other side of the highway. Today we travelled south and were able to find 17 without crossing the highway. We will look for the other 16 tomorrow as we travel north.**This was a very easy find as it was on the ground, glinting in the sun. It appears that the cache had been dislodged from it's hide, probably by the buffeting of the sign by the wind. The issue has been forwarded to the COs for consideration.**Thanks Tas_Geo for this cache and the very enjoyable series.

TFTC

In Launceston again for a 2-Dayer of full-on Caching (after bringing a mate up here to grab his car).I have been out of this game for too long due to seven weeks of illness thanks to a chest infection that just wouldn't let go, (I'm so glad it wasn't the "100-Day Cough" i was told about)... anyway enough about the 'Hiatus from Health', so being back at it was such a breath of fresh air and being away from down south and back in Lovely-Launnie was just what The Doctor ordered I made sure there was no one behind me when i pulled up and turned into this one from the north. Parked and made the find of the cache on the ground coz the sign was wobbling in the wind and it must have dis-lodged it.SL at 12:54 on Saturday 2 November 2024.The cache and contents are fine and dry.TFTC Tas_Geo

Thanks Tas_Geo for placing Mona Vale Highway 1 (Tasmania). Swampy and I headed back to plunder more of the Northern coast over the Hobart Show long weekend. 4 day long weekend for 1 days annual leave. Sweet. This is day 5. We are heading for Hobart, as slowly as possible. . At least my log is not full of bad 80s references. This run has us finding both GC and GCA caches. So many caches, so little time. This is my GC find #2265 and was found on 28/10/2024 at 11:48FTF: Found with: selfWeather: fairMuggles: noneLight level: goodCache condition: goodDistance from GZ: Your cache was visited by my trackables: TB9QQD2, TB9KZ39 and TB7HH81

A new series of caches on the Midland Highway published in the week before I was heading north for the 'Hobart Show Day' long weekend - nice one.Today we were heading home after a lovely weekend on the northwest coast and collecting all the 'southbound' caches.This was a quick find at GZ.

FTF @ 1130 . Took a while to find but we spotted it on the ground in the long grass. Replaced where it should be. TFTC!Cheers,The Hancock Clan

Original Cache Location: S 42 05.728 E 147 27.273

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