B&W (V) Wright at Menindee Menindee, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2405

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Type: Burke and Wills
Container: Virtual
Coordinates: S32° 16.081' E142° 22.489' (WGS 84)
  54H 629485E 6429026N (UTM)
Elevation: 67 m
Local Government Area: Central Darling

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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
Wright and Brahe reached Menindee on June 19, a month after revisiting the Cooper's Creek Depot. Their group had suffered on the return from thirst, lost and dying animals and the fact most of the men were on death's doorstep. William Patton was the last to die, on June 5, but the party was able to make better progess thereafter.
Wright's trek north had been a debacle, four men dying needlessly and nothing delivered by way of relief. In Menindee Wright disbanded his group and headed back to Adelaide. Beckler and the survivors remained in Menindee, while Brahe rode back to Melbourne with the news that Burke and Wills had not been seen since they'd headed north to the coast. The newspapers were rife with speculation about what could have happened, pressuring the exploration commitee to mount a rescue effort.

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Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission

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12-Nov-20
I couldn't see how to get to this cache without trespassing. I tried more than one approach.
 
20-Oct-20
Found this Virtual cache today with Smittengranny who has published our photograph.
 
20-Oct-20
These are my favourite GCA caches. I love the camel icon and the history and challenge of each location. Huge thanks Geocaching Australia for publidhing this incredible series. DancingDancingClan CerberusClan Cerberus
 
03-Oct-20
tip for free - if you're in the middle of nowhere, take photo with phone camera and not directly with app - it doesn't save in your gallery Sad found this one during a family trip from Canberra to Broken Hill to Lightning Ridge to Canberra. TFTC.
 
16-Sep-20
Travelling from Broken Hill to Wentworth today picking up as many GCA along the way.

Drove to within 100m then walked to GZ.
 
16-Sep-20
GCA 4,319. Found during our 2020 Outback Adventure tour.

Day 6 - and we travelled down from Broken Hill to Wentworth via Menindee. A good fun drive out here to collect this one. Drove as close as we could then walked the last 100m to GZ.

Thanks GCA !! We had fun doing all of the B&W caches this trip.
 
08-Sep-17
Staying at Broken Hill for a couple of days we decided to explore Menindee and surrounds. As it turns out this area is a hot spot for Burke and Wills virtuals and traditionals.

Managed to get to GZ easily.
 
09-Aug-16
1st off I must thank Big Matt and Shell for unarchiving this cache – I drove within 126 metres. From B&W (T) Wright at Menindee continue along the track to compound area & find the track that follows the power lines & you will get within 120 metres – to get to GZ a walk through the scrub - thanks
 
27-Aug-14
Central Australia trip Crossing the Simpson and Innaminka, August 2014. There was not much to see, but it has been fun to visit some of these locations. Thanks.

Albida
 
Well if Big Matt and Shell can get to the cache, then unarchived it becomes.
 
06-Jun-11
I rode to this one without any issues at all. I found a track that takes you to within 80m of the posted coordinates. I wonder what the shacks are for nearby?
 
If the cache can't be gotten to, then we'll archive it to save the effort by others.
Thanks gregandjudi for taking the time to try and locate the area and for the feedback on the accessability.
 
30-Mar-11
Does this need archiving?
 
30-Mar-11
Attempted access from several directions today, but no road access.
 
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Central Darling (A) - dragonZone
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