B&W (V) It could have ended here Three Rivers, Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2378

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 expedition was stymied at leaving Camp 110 on January 30 when the camel named Golah couldn't make it across the bed of the creek they were following. They tried several places, then decided to leave him behind - the struggling, Wills recorded, "had separated King from the party, which became a matter for very serious consideration when we found Blacks hiding in the box trees close to us".

This day the group reached the east-west track marked by the explorer August Gregory in 1856, thereby fulfilling the VEE's official responsibility - to find grazing land this far north of the Cooper. Burke could have very well headed straight home, honour intact and duty done. But despite the fact that this was the his point of no return - only enough food remained to get back to Cooper's Creek if they turned around now - they continued on, Burke bent on heroism, though dependent on luck.

Additonal Information
Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission