B&W (V) Cloncurry Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2375
Cache Details
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| Type: | Burke and Wills |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S20° 42.488' E140° 31.146' (WGS 84) |
| 54K 449923E 7710079N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 199 m |
| Local Government Area: | Cloncurry |
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Description
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
The township took the name Cloncurry, from the river named by Burke, when it was surveyed and gazetted in 1876. Burke's waterbottle is on display at the Mary Kathleen Memorial Park and Museum, located approximately here on McIlwraith Street. Mary Kathleen was a uranium-mining town nearby in the late 1950s that didn't last long, its attributes being auctioned off.
The search for Burke brought explorer John McKinlay to the area. He noted traces of copper, but it was prospector Ernest Henry who, in 1867, discovered rich deposits. Visitors can tour the long-defunct Great Australian Mine south of Cloncurry, where the labourers included many Chinese and Afghans, as attested by their individual cemeteries within the town.
Additonal Information
Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission
Logs
Caching is a great way to see the many wonderful sights and learn about the places we are travelling through.
Thank you to those who take the time to hide caches
TFTC
After a DNF on that one we returned to the car and took photos for this cache
We then visited the museum and grabbed a couple more.
Thanks for the hide Geocaching Australia
There is a plaque with plenty of info about B&W a few metres away on the exterior wall of the visitor's centre.
TFTC GA
Woohoo! our first B&W cache!Flew into Alice Springs and met up with my fellow intrepid team members Sol de Lune, Albida33 and LuckyL10n for the start of an amazing trip throughout the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and eventually back to Canberra. The Red Centre Experience is the main attraction of course, but also on our agenda are a lot of GC Caches, lots of trigs, as well as plenty of GCA Trads, History and Virtual Caches (and maybe the odd beer or two ??!! Smile. Go Clan Cerberus !
One of the few B&W found for the trip while heading south and east. We stopped here to look around and grab some caches. Lots of piccies taken. Then it was back in the car and off to the next one !
Another great location visited during our journey !
TFTC !!
Thanks
Albida
Today we visited Cloncurry and this virtual was on our to do list. After finding the nearby GC cache we took the required photos and stopped for lunch in the park. TFTC
On a visit to the market at the park today
nice easy one this one
A spot which I did not know that B@W had visited before me
After a wander around the historical displays and a walk up a nearby hill, I wandered off to find GZ.
Council lawn mower man was busy over there, so I settled for a spot 32 metres from GZ in a much more interesting location for some photos
TFTC
A spot which I did not know that B@W had visited before me
After a wander around the historical displays and a walk up a nearby hill, I wandered off to find GZ.
Council lawn mower man was busy over there, so I settled for a spot 32 metres from GZ in a much more interesting location for some photos
TFTC
We usually stop here on our way through, so having a virtual to claim was a bonus. After a quick screen capture and a photo of the gpsr I also took a photo of me for the log. Couldn't get closer than 2/1000ths of a minute west, probably due to the tree interference, that's about 3 metres I think.
*Overall Experience: 2*
T4TV Geocaching Australia
Keith
Thanks to BelKen for the headsup.
