B&W (V) Broken Hill Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2340

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Type: Burke and Wills
Container: Virtual
Coordinates: S31° 58.539' E141° 27.139' (WGS 84)
  54J 542734E 6462174N (UTM)
Elevation: 309 m
Local Government Area: Broken Hill City

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This is a special Burke & Wills cache listed on Geocaching Australia.

This cache requires you to visit a Burke & Wills historical location and take a photo as described along with your GPS receiver and if possible yourself in the picture. Once you have logged this cache as a find, you are required to load your picture to your log to validate your find.


Validating Your Log
Take a picture of your GPS receiver showing the same co-ordinates as the cache page (plus or minus 100 meters) and attach it to your online log.

Important Information
The Burke Wills Historical Society notes: "The actual route Burke and Wills followed once they left Camp 78 is unknown and one of the most intensely debated issues. Wills' map and some of his journals containing astronomical observations have been lost. Because the journals have never been transcribed, it means the expedition's track north of the Diamantina, through the gibber rises, confused sand dunes and extensive claypans, is a matter for conjecture."
Travel in Outback Australia can be extremely hazardous. Plan your trip with care and seek and follow local advice on what precautions to take. Be aware of private property restrictions. Do not risk your life to log this geocache.

About This Location
From Menindee to Cooper's Creek was the most straightforward leg of the entire journey, even though the route formed a wide arc. The weather was good, and the recent rains provided plenty of water and lush grass. Having left the cumbersome wagons behind, the party began to make good progress. Leaving George Landells behind had also greatly improved Burke's frame of mind.
Determined to make the most of the favourable conditions, Burke set a brisk pace - he did not allow the customary rest days, and often did not order a halt until well into evening.
Burke set out for Cooper's Creek in high spirits. He was fortunate. The wet season had been extremely wet, and there was plenty of fodder for the animals. The weather was mild, topping 90F only twice. He allowed no rest days, and pushed his men from dawn until as late as 11pm. After 23 days he and his entourage reached Cooper's Creek, with the loss of only one camel. Burke and Wills got along admirably, and their harmony filtered down through the rest of the crew. But while Burke wrote to the committee that he had discovered valuable new pastoral land with plenty of water, Wills noted that there had been no permanent water for some 36 miles. This discrepancy should have tipped them off, but did not.

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Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission

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27-Oct-21
Got the photo
 
14-Nov-20
Two caches here to find. TFTC.
 
14-Nov-20
Out exploring Broken Hill as part of the Great Western County Hunt. Great to grab another Burke and Wills Cache whilst we are here!
 
14-Nov-20
Collecting this unique type has been a highlight of the trip. TFTC
 
18-Oct-20
Out caching with Smittengranny today grabbing as many caches as we can. See her posts for photos.
 
18-Oct-20
TG47 and I are camped out at the Racecourse and after a lazy start to the day, we spent the rest of the morning caching around Broken Hill town. This was one that we found. Thanks for this series Geocaching Australia, I love finding little camels around Australia. DancingDancingClan CerberusClan Cerberus
 
02-Oct-20
found during a family trip from Canberra to Broken Hill to Lightning Ridge to Canberra. had me stuck for a bit but got it sorted Smile I cache with my phone so took a snap.
 
14-Sep-20
GCA 4,306. Found during our 2020 Outback Adventure tour.

Day 4 - and a whole day exploring around Broken Hill. I love doing these Bourke and Wills caches. The road here was surprisingly busy at this time of day. See photo showing getting within 100m.

Thanks GCA !!
 
14-Sep-20
Fitzy_1965, albida33 and I headed to outback NSW got a caching holiday. Today we toured around Broken Hill.

Fitzy will post a photo of the required logging condition with his log.
 
28-Oct-19
A nice, quick pic taken earlier this morning. I reckon Burke and Wills would have had a lot of trouble finding enough water for themselves and their animals if they were experiencing a drought such as the one happening over much of Australia.

Many thanks for this virtual Geocaching Australia ClappingDancing
 
27-Apr-18
 
11-Sep-17
GA #364 Found on the NSW outback leg of our 2017 escape trip. Wink
Another fine Spring day for a trip around in Broken Hill with Tassie Trekkers.
Less muggles around today, with the local "Festival" now over. Wink
Thanks for the cache GCA, we could picture this as a campsite,
Roostaman
 
11-Sep-17
Staying in Broken Hill we visited this location - required pic added to the gallery.
 
25-Apr-17
Staying in Broken Hill for a few days and headed out to grab some caches today and this was one of the caches we found, a B&W cache. TVTV
 
08-Aug-16
It was hard taking the photo of GPS at GZ with sun reflection so moved into the shade to take the shots – thanks for the info
 
My GPS was telling me to stand right on the edge of the road so I stood what my GPS said was 6m away for the photo.
TFTC Smile
 
26-Aug-14
After finding the traditional B&W cache nearby we headed off to locate GZ for this virtual cache. Our co-ordinates were S31 58.540 E141 27.138 putting us 2.4m from the published co-ordinates.
Our photos show Mrs y'stassie at gz and the co-ordinates displayed on our garmin GPS unit
 
24-Apr-14
Strange place at this intersection. Passing by it was not so easy to stop. Photo uploaded.
 
11-Jun-13
Found with blossom* as her gps photo shows. And my photo shows that I was with her Very Happy
 
11-Jun-13
It was pretty exciting to realise we had the chance to find a few more B&W caches on our trip to the Flinders via Broken Hill! I reckon this spot would have looked a tad different in their day - not quite so much traffic passing by at the very least Laughing
 
27-Apr-13
South Australia 2013 with Sol de Lune. We headed off on 12/4 and arrived home on 28/4. The trip was to visit the SA series so more time could be spent at the Mega itself next year. We did a huge variety of caching around Murray Bridge, the Mid North, Yorke Peninsula and Whyalla Region. Apart from one wet night and two wet days we were able to spend heaps of time caching.

Thanks.
Albida
 
27-Apr-13
Grabbed this one after finding the other nearby B&W cache. Managed to get down to about 3 metres from the GZ.

Thanks for the cache....another B&W crossed off.
 
30-Apr-12
Had more luck with this one than the nearby traditional. Guess we'll have another go at that one tomorrow. Thanks.
 
03-Jun-11
My first cache in "the hill" for the morning. I wandered down to the posted coordinates and took the required photo. It was then off to the trad nearby.
 
16-May-11
Managed to get with in 3m, photo when I return home from this work trip, great great idea for a series TFTV
 
27-Mar-11
Not sure if there should have been a monument, but reached GZ & took required pic - to follow next week when I have faster internet.
 
13-Nov-10
Such a wet day took a few photo's to get a clear on and got within 5 meters. TFTCSL photo will be posted when we return to adelaide as internet limited. it will be next week
 
04-Oct-10
Stopped by while grabbing the nearby traditional of black bunny's.
The GPS went to zero for a second but settled on 1m which should be close enough.

TFTC
 
02-Oct-10
*FTF* Well, how could I not grab the virtual when I was right alongside the trad??

Thanks for the History lesson and the location.
 
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