You can dig it! Traditional Cache
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Yes, you can dig it, if you do this cache!
Gemstones! for the finding and taking and having and keeping.
From Mineral Resources Tasmania:
"There are many localities within Tasmania where interesting lapidary and mineralogical material occur. In recognition of the recreational activity of fossicking, some of the best of these areas have been set aside for the use of fossickers.
Ten areas have been declared official Fossicking Areas under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. These areas, which extend from the ground surface to a depth of two (2) metres, have been specially set aside for the use of fossickers and gem and mineral collectors."
This cache is located next to the LUNE RIVER FOSSICKING AREA
"Access
This 5 km2 area is located about 100 km south of Hobart, and is reached via Huonville on a good sealed road as far as Lune River. A collapsed bridge has made the Leprena Road impassable to normal vehicles after 1.5 kilometres.
Collecting Area
Over an area east of Lune Sugarloaf, starting 2 km south from the old Ida Bay township, extending east to cover flats surrounding the now disused (old) road to Catamaran. The main collecting area is in the vicinity of the junction of the South Cape and Catamaran roads, [the cache is located across the road from this site in the Conservation Area] at approximately AMG reference 491 800 mE, 5 187 400 mN. Material is widespread on the surface, in outcrop, creeks and small pits.
Please note that collecting is not permitted in the wildlife sanctuary, which covers most of the area to the east of the Leprena Road.
Material
The area yields petrified fern (commonly, but incorrectly, described as manfern), agate, petrified wood and jasper. The petrified fern is highly prized in lapidary circles and this is one of the few sources of the material known within Tasmania. The material is derived from the weathering of some Jurassic basalt and sedimentary rocks."
see Mineral Resources Tasmania for more info and other sites around Tassie (visit link)
We've found some lovely gems sitting on the ground and a small hole (as big as a childs sand-bucket) can yield enough gems to make you feel like an old-time prospector. Just think how envious your friends will be as you show them the slides of your adventure and then produce your precious treasures.
The cache contains a trowel for you to dig with, (but you'll have to walk back to the road and dig on the other side) and a few gemstones/minerals we've found from around Tassie. Please leave the trowel in the cache for the next prospector.
It would be nice to keep swaps in the gemstone category. (You can buy them, if you want/need a swap, as cheap or expensive as you like at the nearby Lunaris Gemstone shop at 175 Lune River Rd)
Warnings: This is a conservation area. Snakes, did we mention snakes? There are more snakes per square metre in the Lune River area than any other place on Earth. Walk noisily and slowly, talk loudly, perhaps shout or sing. Prickles, mosquitoes, cutting grass and leeches in the wet bits.
Additional Hints
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Treasures
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