Walk Around Hobart

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 jamming his skin when putting the container back by the sudden magnet force.

Railway Roundabout

Lots of construction work going with building workers about, plenty of joggers and muggles in general. After a bit of blind searching we came up with the goods and then had to wind the log into a small enough circle to get it back in. Had to look casual under the gaze of a building worker who didn't seem to have anything much else to occupy his time.

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