Gallery of log for Wellington range
Hi Stainless
Had to go to Hobart today for business so decided to stop at the Springs on Mt Wellington to find a cache or two for the “State of the Nation” Scavenger Hunt; as it was time to use my day for hunting plastic to gain a few more points while Mum was at dialysis.
Weather:
A beautiful day at Huonville but warm at the start of the day – sixteen degrees here. There were few clouds in the sky.
Temperature was hot: it got up to twenty-two degrees Celsius while searching for the caches.
No rain at all but plenty of sweat as I searched for GA11189 and GA11190.
Travel:
Drove from Huonville to Mt Wellington, then to Mornington to complete some business and returned to Huonville.
For the day, it took 5436 steps burning 1476 calories to cover a total of 4.27 kilometres and find two caches on foot. I drove 111.8 kilometres for the day; a total of 116.07 kilometres for the whole caching day.
GA11190 “Wellington Range”
Having arrived at the car park at the Springs, Mt Wellington; my action was to check the cache sign for GA11189 “Springs Area” in case both caches were in the same area. This cache appeared on the GPS before the second mentioned cache so it became the first to be searched for.
At ground zero little time passed before the cache was to hand.
The cache was Sainted at 1047 hours.
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to GA11189.
By the time I realised I had made a mistake on the co-ordinates for the second cache and going back to the car and the sign to make the error right, I had covered a distance of 1.05 kilometres using 1350 steps and burning 765 calories.
Lost a pair of sunglasses doing this search – bugger loved those glasses.
Really enjoyed the exercise and being back in the scrub - THANK YOU.
This cache will be used as part of the States of the Nation games currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018. As the new caches have so many options, a decision will be made as to which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
If you’re not participating, get into the game and help Tassie come first please.
These caches will also help collect points for the Dragonzone Game.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Had to go to Hobart today for business so decided to stop at the Springs on Mt Wellington to find a cache or two for the “State of the Nation” Scavenger Hunt; as it was time to use my day for hunting plastic to gain a few more points while Mum was at dialysis.
Weather:
A beautiful day at Huonville but warm at the start of the day – sixteen degrees here. There were few clouds in the sky.
Temperature was hot: it got up to twenty-two degrees Celsius while searching for the caches.
No rain at all but plenty of sweat as I searched for GA11189 and GA11190.
Travel:
Drove from Huonville to Mt Wellington, then to Mornington to complete some business and returned to Huonville.
For the day, it took 5436 steps burning 1476 calories to cover a total of 4.27 kilometres and find two caches on foot. I drove 111.8 kilometres for the day; a total of 116.07 kilometres for the whole caching day.
GA11190 “Wellington Range”
Having arrived at the car park at the Springs, Mt Wellington; my action was to check the cache sign for GA11189 “Springs Area” in case both caches were in the same area. This cache appeared on the GPS before the second mentioned cache so it became the first to be searched for.
At ground zero little time passed before the cache was to hand.
The cache was Sainted at 1047 hours.
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to GA11189.
By the time I realised I had made a mistake on the co-ordinates for the second cache and going back to the car and the sign to make the error right, I had covered a distance of 1.05 kilometres using 1350 steps and burning 765 calories.
Lost a pair of sunglasses doing this search – bugger loved those glasses.
Really enjoyed the exercise and being back in the scrub - THANK YOU.
This cache will be used as part of the States of the Nation games currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018. As the new caches have so many options, a decision will be made as to which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
If you’re not participating, get into the game and help Tassie come first please.
These caches will also help collect points for the Dragonzone Game.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
Rated: for Overall Experience.
