Geocaching

Saturday 27 July 2013 A lot of steps had to be negotiated from the university up the hill to Mount Nelson. Our aim was to pick up the caches we didn't get around to on the last visit to the area, but one had to dropped from the schedule because Peter forgot to bring his sheet of paper with calculations that were needed. The return walk was down through Lambert Gully. Stairway to Heaven We left the car at the University and walked up the steps on what was quite a warm day. On getting level with the cache site it was over the fence where a convenient log had been left (although we subsequently noticed a opening allowing easy access a little way further up. Left Badminton Racquet TB Walking the Dog After climbing up the hill we emerged at the primary school and noticed the pad through into this little bit of bush surrounded by houses. Sue spotted the hiding spot, but dropped the container quick smart when she noticed a cockroach on it. TFTC Kooka's Playground Although the GPS p...

23/04/2013  We had been contemplating going on a bike ride from New Town into the city to collect the HBT series and today was it. It was school holidays and also close to lunch time, so the bike track has a lot of muggles, including council and services maintenance workers. HBT Under the Bridge A cyclist stopped to ask what we doing, and was told the answer; well what else can you say? HBT Wall Spent a lot of time looking whilst heading to town and even looked at objects that were eventually found to match the hiding cover. What threw us was the supposed 'give away' sign, because we saw what could be it and searched there, then gave up and continued on our way. However on the return ride we spotted what at first looked to be the sign, then perhaps wasn't as it was so faint. But it was and then the remainder of the hint items were revealed. HBT Stormy Welcome At last an easy find for the day. HBT Crossing Sue soon spotted this one. Actually the photo in the log on 1 A...

Thursday  4 April 2013  We had planned to go for a walk on the mountain, but delays forced a rethink and a walk around Hobart past a few caches was the outcome. Not unexpectedly, muggles were everywhere. AC/DC: Who made who We discovered the likely hiding spot which matched the hint, but a search did not locate the container. Even stretching in as far the Peter's arm would allow failed to come up with anything. Ghost Tour of Hobart #4 Penitentiary Chapel As luck would have it a tour was just taking place right at the GZ, so we had to wait about looking at the historic features. There was also building works going on a few metres away in the emergency services building. Hobart Rivulet : Do Not Enter This took a lot of searching. We discovered the spot matching a recent log entry, but didn't spy the container. In fact we had just about given up, especially with muggles standing close by, when we decided to look closer at a likely spot we hadn't checked. Peter ended up jam...