Donaldson Mt ST448 Tasmania, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 23-Nov-09. Waypoint TP5201

Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers on the West Coast of Tasmania and this cache was one we found after a long, slow and steady climb. Luckily it had stopped raining as we pulled into the car park which made for a very pleasant walk to the top. Nice to see the old vanes but unfortunately they were horizontal. TFTT

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Found on a caching adventure trip with whitewebbs, visiting Waratah, Corinna, Zeehan and Strahan.

As we travelled from Waratah the weather was showery and overcast, luckily the rain stayed away for the trek up the mountain. The steady gradient made for a comfortable ascent.

Excellent views, required pic has been added to the gallery.

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I 'specially chose this Tassie trip to be in December as I thought I ought to see what it's like when all the rainforests are not in huge droughts. And I'd been told it was generally pretty wet in December. In fact, we had very nice weather nearly all the time but the rainforests were very nice and green and drippy. The climb up here was done in very misty weather which gave a great atmosphere to the hillside but did rather hide the views! And I saw a Ground Parrot on the way down which is a pretty rare sighting as they're so shy.

Arrived here and saw trig and realized this would probably be listed on site. The trig is now lying on its side.
TFTC Geocaching Australia

Snapped a quick photo of the trig amidst dreadful weather shortly after finding the nearby cache. It was a great walk up though, on a really nice track, and we enjoyed the views while we had them. Took us about 1.5 hours to the summit and an hour back down.

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Found this Trig in conjunction with the nearby cache placed by 2y'stassies. Fabulous walk up on a very well graded track.
Have visited this Trig on previous occasions while working with FT reading many angles and distances to now totally overgrown logging tracks. Amazing how nature takes its course. A picture perfect day with 360 deg views. This is such a lovely location and quite an easy walk and would encourage other cachers to come here.
Without doubt the most memorable day of my caching life so far.....a huge thank you to 2y'stassies for placing the nearby cache...Cheers.

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ST448 added to the trig point name

I second the strong recommendation by 2y'stassies to do this walk! The path is really clear, well constructed and makes for easy walking (other than being uphill), despite being a little slippery at times. We didn't have views the whole time, and it was still magnificent. A top cache.

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An absolutely fantastic walk with the rest of the awesome foursome! Experienced all four seasons with rain, fog and warm sunshine. Fantastic views all around from the top amidst the drifting cloud. It took us about 80 minutes to walk each way, about 7km return.

We came up to 'A really Sirius Tas Cache' and grabbed the trig while here.
Picture is of our group of four with Dippy, Wilco, OldSaint and myself.
Moments after the picture Dippy called 'Look behind you' .. we all turned around and the skies were clear. We took loads of pictures, enjoyed the view, ate some lunch and all agreed 'THIS IS WHY WE CACHE!"

Hi Geo Aus
After the Fab Four had honoured sirius Tas by finding GA6299 "A Really Sirius Tas Cache" it was only a short walk from GZ to this trig.
The cloud cleared shortly after arriving at the Trig and we were presented with some of natures best views.
Got to the trig about 1115hrs.
Two caches in the price of one not so difficult walk.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.

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When we set off from home the weather looked a little suspect but after getting past Waratah the breaks in the cloud became bigger. The start of the walking track was just over the Savage River bridge about 3km up the Western Explorer Road from the Corinna turnoff. The first part of the walk was through delightful myrtle forest. After about 40 minutes we emerged into button grass plains. The track is very good - white gravel over a peat base resulting in a quite spongy walk, excellent for our feet. There were just one or two spots where there were pools of water and mud on the track. Although we could see the trig point for quite a while, the track meandered around to avoid steep climbing. After about two hours from the start we arrived at the Mount Donaldson trig point and the remains of some communications equipment. We were very lucky as the cloud cleared completely for about an hour and we had 360 degree views of the West Coast, the surrounding hills and mountains and sections of the Pieman River. We stayed on top for about 30 minutes before starting the return walk. The weather then turned and became quite blustery and the clouds started to return. It began to rain as we left the button grass plains and entered the myrtle forest. After about 3.5 hours we got back to the car - 2 hours up, 0.5 hours on top and an hour down. This was a great walk, one that we had been planning for some time. Provided there is good weather (or at least breaks in the weather), the views are tremendous. We were surprised that despite an excellent track, this trig point has not been visited previously by a geocacher. So, we will claim FTF. This walk is very strongly recommended.

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