St Helens Light Trig ST960LT Akaroa, Tasmania, Australia
By Cached on 19-Jan-13. Waypoint TP6604

After a satisfying day last Saturday climbing St Patricks Head it was off again to the sunny east coast where South Sister was waiting to be climbed.South Sister is 842m high and gives commanding views along the east coast, both north and south and back inland.

My last visit here was to find a gc cache...but back then gca trigs weren't listed as geocaches and for some odd reason, this trig had not been previously listed, until now.

Back then I had my trusty canine companion with me...aka sirius....but sadly his age now precludes him from doing any more bushwalks and mountain climbs, but as soon as I had put my hat and boots on, Murder(the younger of the two canine family....4 yo) started to get pretty excited as he just loves both bush walking and travelling around in the geo fourby. 

My eldest canine...Sirius...is now too old(16.9 y.o.) to leave the comfort of his bed in front of the wood heater...which has an electric blanket of course(which he just loves and is great for his arthritis). Having walked 100's of km's with me geocaching over the years up numerous mountains, bush walking along many trails plus along vast stretches of beaches etc while geocaching, he has certainly earned his rest..an amazing companion who never gave up no matter how hard it got for him...a truly remarkeable and treasured companion.

So now Murder has the opportunity to retrace the footsteps of his elder canine mate...sirius.

After almost 3 hrs of driving we finally arrived at the parking bay at the end of a rough and ready track.

From here it's a steady climb up rock steps and towards the cabin, many wooden ladders.

Murder with his long legs bounded up with ease, though mostly rock hopping and avoiding the ladders until going back on the lead for the last ladder to the cabin as there are considerable vertical drops from there.

The views from up here on a clear day are absolutely awesome and I think better than those on St Patricks Head.

After Murder stood in for his photo opp, it was a quick decent back to the geo4by where the journey was set to continue to find some other trigs.An excellent spot, well worth the effort and highly reccommended.

The next trig was at Henderson Point which was quite easy to find and the required photo taken. Great views to be had too...such a beautiful area.

After the last easy trig access, the next trig at Paddys Point was certainly way harder. 

Parked to the side of the highway just 120m from the trig, but after bending, weaving , ducking, going up and down I finally arrived at the trig with blood streaming from scratched arms. Just glad I don't wear shorts.....omg...shudder the thought. 

Great views from right next to the beach...just superb. I couldn't subject Murder to the harsh conditions so used my gpsr in the photo.

The last trig for the day was St Helens Light, which is very easy to access after a short walk.I expected to see a more substantial structure but was still greeted with great views. Tftc cached...photo of signed logbook from your other nearby cache...cheers ST.