B&W (V) Wright gets moving Menindee, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2376

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Validating Your Log
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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."
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About This Location
On January 26, after considerable delays and prevarication, William Wright's party set out for Cooper's Creek with fresh supplies for the expedition. Their progress was painfully slow, the animals freshly broken in and uncooperative and water hard to find. North of the Torowotto Swamp they had to follow Burke's three-month-old tracks to the Cooper. Vermin, hostile natives and the heat influenced the camps' names: Desolation Point, Mud Plain, Rat Point. By the time they reached the Koorliatto Waterhole on the Bulloo river, Becker, Charles Stone and William Purcell were desperately ill.

The Australian National Botanic Gardens takes some consolation from the men's suffering in Beckler's discovery here of the Barrier Range Wattle, Acacia beckleri, one of 475 items the botanist collected between Swan Hill and Koorliatto Creek. Compare that to the 40 specimens Beckler was able to gather beyond the 30th parallel after Beckler became too busy tending to sick companions.

Additonal Information
Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission