Government Hills ST1130TV Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 12-Dec-19. Waypoint TP13000

During the week Trimbletas and i made the decision that we would target some of the caches around the New Norfolk and Geilston Bay area. we planned to go up over the Highland lakes to Hamilton, then down to New Norfolk then over to Geilston Bay. Up bright and early we left the NorthWest at 6.00am as we approached the top of lakes highway we were greeted with around 4 inches of snow on the road, so it was into 4x4 and steadily along until we dropped down onto lake level. we detoured to grab the Bridge over Ouse cache then it was off to Hamilton.
We did a maintenance check of my caches along the way and they were all in great order still.
Arriving in Hamilton we snapped a photo of the trig then headed for New Norfolk where we took a short walk to the trig there, it was then onto the Battleship GeoArt series.
while completing the Battleship caches we were stopped by 4 different property owners concerned with what we were doing. we explained to them what were doing but they still seemed concerned. there was a few caches where we couldnt get off the road and cars came up behind us while we were signing the logs, so we had to try and move the ute out of the way.
After completing the battleship series we made our way through Molesworth and into Berridale where we crossed the Derwent River and headed for Natone Hill.
We got the information for WPT 1 of the Multi and set off in a clockwise direction of the reserve to complete the Smile and Blockage GeoArts, we got as far round as the trigpoint when it started to pour down with rain we got drenched as we bunkered under a tree to wait out the rain, as the rain eased we grabbed the photo of the trig then off to complete the rest of the caches. we got the rest of the info required for the Multi cache but as it was back where we came from we decide to leave it for next time. We really enjoyed completing the Blockage and Smile Geoarts. Thank you SSR and Goose&Egg.
After getting back to the ute and trying to dry out we decide to go check out where the Circle Geoart starts, once there we decided that we would complete it next time as it was getting dark.
A quick drive around to Government hill where we walked up to grab the trigs where we were met by another concerned owner, explained we were there to get a photo of the trig and he was happy to see us on our way.
We then headed for food at Bridgewater before our long journey home.
we stopped to complete several caches along the way and arrived home at 9.30pm. A great day was had with nearly 100 caches attempted for the day. TFTC

Government Hill TV tower. Looked as the surrounding area is a holding yard for a company. Didn’t hang around as it didn’t feel right being there.

Howdy, thanks for the trig, I grabbed this and the nearby disc trig as I was in the area walking back from PCC#06.
Cheers, EPs.

A short walk in from the gate.

Many tftc GA...Cheers ST.

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Well it's turned out nice again, has it stopped raining at all in the last week?

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It's always miserable when I come up here. If you want rain, just ask me to head up to Govt Hills

I feel as though I have been here before......anyway, I was walking past today so took a photo.

Talk about deja vu!!! The same as last time we were up here Mr Beetle waited at the boom gate while I walked up to GZ.
After taking the required photo I walked back down to find Mr Beetle standing there holding the boom gate open - the padlock wasn't locked !!! So we probably could have driven right to GZ.
As last time we had to back down to the intersection before we could turn the motorhome around.
Thanks.

A photo of the TV aerial trig has been added to the gallery. TFTT

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Same trig as the one I published here before.

Found whilst caching in the area. Required pic has been added to the gallery

Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.

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Been here before - photo attached

Have been here before
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint

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