Curse the Hider - Railton Railton, Tasmania, Australia
By 2y'stassies on 07-Oct-12. Waypoint GA4612

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Type: Traditional
Container: Nano
Coordinates: S41° 20.917' E146° 25.208' (WGS 84)
  55G 451490E 5422379N (UTM)
Elevation: 71 m
Local Government Area: Kentish

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From our various excursions to the northern island we have come to realise that Tassie cachers have limited opportunities to extend their caching skills. We have very many high quality caches but do not have the number and range of really annoying and pesky hides that the inhabitants of the bigger island enjoy(?)!.

Yes, we mean micro and nano caches on large metallic objects such as artillery pieces, historic machinery, 2D and 3D sculptures. We looked for very small caches on guns, tanks (army style, not water), tractors, windmills and markers welcoming visitors to towns and district. It seemed that every town and area visited had one of these caches and we all know how hard it is to drive past a cache – well, you just cannot bypass an opportunity for a smiley.

Although there are some examples in our great island, there aren’t the number to enable us to really hone our skills. This series of caches will enable the southern islanders to develop their skills, to get their own back on northern islanders for the frustrating cache hunts when touring the other side of the strait and for all to curse the hiders of these caches in Tassie. Hopefully the caches will be placed in locations where a true geocacher just cannot go past without having a look. Not all hides will be diabolical – just a few!

There are two guns at this location, a field gun and a mortar. There is always plenty of passing traffic and at, times, there are numerous people frequenting the RSL Club over the road. hence, muggles may be an issue at some times of the day.

 

 

 

 

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Lbhe TCF fubhyq gryy lbh juvpu tha, ohg jurer?
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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16-Feb-20
Today we did a maintenance run to remove some of our high care caches. As our lives change we no-longer have time to check on our caches more than twice a year so we have reluctantly decided to archive this cache. Thanks to all those who looked for this cache. The container has been removed so the space is available to others.
 
11-Jan-20
Tonight while I was bored I decided to take the dog for a walk and have a look for this cache. While inspecting the suspect gun I seen something that looked like a cache, I grabbed it and off it came it was the cache container. On opening the log roll I noticed that the log roll didn’t have the previous finder on it but it had a lot of others, on checking logs I believe I have found the original cache ( photo of log roll attached) and not the replacement cache. So glad to finally get this one off the to do list. TFTC Clan Cerberus
 
26-Dec-19
While in Railton we stopped to start our search of the cursed item. Luckily a quick find. TFTC
 
26-May-19
Found it. Initialed newer log.
Great hide
 
26-May-19
Found the newer cache easily today not sure about the old one though
 
04-Mar-19
We checked this cache today. The gun has not been painted recently - it is the same as it was when we last checked the cache except the paint is a little duller. We only had a few minutes to search. The cache is certainly not where we put it but cache creep is very common in these hides. So we have adedd another cache just in case the original is missing. When a find is logged on this cache in the future, we request that the log inlude which cache was found - the original or the new one. The original will have entries dated prior to March 2019.
 
26-Feb-19
searched all over the gun at GZ but couldnt find the cache anywhere, the cache hasnt been logged since 2017 and the the gun appears to have been newly painted.
maybe a quick check by CO to confirm the cache is still here.
will come back in future to have another look for this one. Crying or Very sad
 
04-Nov-17
found really quickly on this one - TFTC
 
05-Mar-17
took a while, but we managed to find the cache.Challenging job.tftc.
 
21-Jan-16
The first of the cursed.....and it had been beaten at first, but just after sending out an SOS, I spotted the little guy just sitting there. Was rather easy to see///when you look closely. No-one around, so made for an easy search.

I usually say thanks for the cache....but with these ones....sometimes I wonder....but yes, thanks for the cache guys.
 
20-Jul-15
Yes I found it just as it was getting dark - thought I would have one last feel around- I should have been more systematic and maybe I would have found it earlier.
 
18-Jul-14
I had to pass through Railton again yesterday, so I stopped by this location for a quick(?)find. Luckily, it didn't take too long, although I'd probably examined a fair bit of it by the stage that I found it. Nice cammo. The rubber ring/seal has broken, not sure whether that will affect it significantly. Thanks 2y'stassies.
 
16-May-14
Another one of these! I did curse the hider this time as my GPS wasn't playing the game and kept telling me I was 24m away, whichever gun I stood next to. It was pointing across the road so I did wonder if there was another one somewhere!
In the end I just searched both guns, starting with the wrong one, of course. Just as I found it, the GPS came good and pinpointed the correct weapon. Grrrr! Very HappyClan Phoenix
 
09-May-14
Barely got out of the car and hubby had this one in his hand, first time we've seen that in one of these lol TFTC
 
18-Jan-14
The town was deserted! We peered at the RSL but even that was quiet So we started the hunt. A keen eyed egg had it in hard rather quickly- she is good at these 'gun ones'. TFTC
 
12-Jan-13
Tricky little thing to find. Was just as the sun was going down too which didn't help.
 
13-Dec-12
Didn't get to the cussing stage...as found fairly quickly...lol. I hate these pesky nanos....but much easier in the early hrs....grrrrrrrr. I've got a similar one in mind....got to get some payback...Many thanks FTC 2y'stassies...Cheers.
 
08-Dec-12
A couple of minutes was all it took to have this one in hand. Thanks.
 
24-Nov-12
This should be Praise the Hider. Thank you for an easy find. Found within 2 minutes. TFTC

I hope others in the series are this easy???
 
03-Nov-12
Thanks to the Three Amigos (BudgieTas, Old saint and Cheesey Pigs) for replacing the cache. We called in the following day and, in the pouring rain, found the replacement but not the original. We will come back when the weather is better and have another look just in case the original has been placed in a more secure (code for "even harder") location.
 
31-Oct-12
Hi 2y'stassies
Today was the first day of a two caching expedition with Budgietas and Cheesy Pigs. The day was fine and just what you want for caching.
Left Huonville at 0700hrs, met up with the two other finders and left for Launceston about 0900hrs. Got back to Huonville on the first of November at 2340hrs. A great trip; first day excellent and was topped off with an event and caching to mid-night after. Crashed for the night down near the airport.

This cache was my seventeenth find for the day:
Arrived at ground zero and with three sets of eyes and three sets of hands, we proceeded to search high and low for this cache. This little blighter could not be found so an assumption was made that it had "gone missing action", in other words; it was AWOL!
After a phone call to the CO; the cache replaced and is again ready to cause some cussing and cursing.
The was "found", ie replaced at 1600hrs.
Only one more to find in this series now!
Cheers and TFTC
OldSaint.




























From here it was off to the next cache.

This days caching produced fourty-one finds for me, eclipsing my previous best finds for a day by twelve finds, total of forty-one for the trip so far. I think Cheesy beat his previous best too.

Thanks for the cache;
Cheers OldSaint.
 
31-Oct-12
Another town and another gun!

Hi 2ys

We searched and searched and searched this gun for the cache, and you hint / direction put us to a spot where each of us had searched previously. Unforuntantly the cache was gone, and after attempting to check with the CO, and knowing it was not in place, cheesy came up with a replacement cache.

So it's back ready to be found.

Thanks for the cache.
 
31-Oct-12
After a long search which included speaking with the hider, we determined the cache was missing. With their permission we replaced the hide and signed the log. Thanks for the cache
 
14-Oct-12
Ok we failed! We'll be the first suckers to log a DNF on this one. 3 x pairs of hands and 30 minutes of getting close and personal with this fellow, but alas no joy. Felt every bit of metal, except obviously the square centimetre that contains the cache. I'll admit it - we cursed the hider Evil or Very Mad Sorry guys LOL Very Happy If the next log says 'easy find', we'll curse them too Not Talking Great hides 2y'stassies Clapping We'll take any advice on board and be back for another go next time we are in the region.
 
11-Oct-12
Starting to get the hang of these pesky nanos, Mt T made the find then we headed off to Queenstown. Always enjoy visiting Railton thanks for bringing us back and for the cache.
 
09-Oct-12
Woo hoo - FTF @ 12.00
Now I know we've all heard "we were in the area" but this time we really were out for a walk at Railton when the phone email arrived alerting me of the cache.
So we finished our walk out at Native Rock Road and returned via the car for a quick drink and paced ourselves for the 912m to the cache.
Upon arrival - well these guns do have a lot of hidey spots! And it did take a few minutes to track the elusive little blighter down.
But then ... no pen ... so a quick sprint back to the nearest shop and the signing was done.
TFTC!
PS BTW, I have our walking tracking to show we were "in the area" Smile
PPS - We were cursing the Hider !
 
09-Oct-12
Good luck
 
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