Tunbridge Highway 1 (Tasmania) Ross, Tasmania, Australia
By Tas_Geo on 25-Sep-24. Waypoint GCAT017

As we had an unexpected trip south yesterday, we took the opportunity to look for caches in the recently published Highway 1 series. Yesterday we looked for the caches as we headed south - today we looked for caches on the other side of the highway as we headed 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. Yesterday we travelled south and were able to find 17 without crossing the highway. Today we looked for the other 16 tomorrow as we travelled north.**This was another where the cache was found on the ground, seemingly dislodged from its hide by buffeting winds. We put the cache back where we thought it should have been but we are not confident that it will stay in place. The situation has been referred to the COs.**Thanks Tas_Geo for this cache and the very enjoyable series.

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 Down to this one , right turn into the U-Turn bay and a cache was found swiftly and signed at 13:00 on the mild and windy Saturday of 2 November 2024.Out onto the highway northbound a bit then another U-turn at the previous cache then southbound again to the last one for me for the day, being [GCARZYT] Mud Walls, leaving a swag of unfound hides in between for next time when i'm up this way to visit Launnie again The log is fine and dry.TFTC Tas_Geo

Thanks Tas_Geo for placing Tunbridge 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 #2264 and was found on 28/10/2024 at 11:44FTF: 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.With the GeoGSP's loaded in the car, today we headed north.Another quick find at GZ, good parking.

FTF @ 1125 . An easy find whilst heading north for the weekend. TFTC!Cheers,The Hancock Clan

Original Cache Location: S 42 05.885 E 147 27.179

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