Assassination of Mr Owen of Yandilla Punchs Creek, Queensland, Australia
By PJATPAC (adopted by Eskies5) on 16-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3B06Y

Thank you

A great find, TFTC

This was a really fun cache with a great historical element. Clearly a lot of work has gone into making this. My focus was on Mt Basalt but seeing there was a trackable I made a detour to grab it. So pleased I did.TFTC

FOUND THIS ONE. TFTC

We were staying for couple of days in and around Leyburn to go on a paddle and to get some smilies on our Geocaching map. We met with couple of fellow cachers and went partly out together. This cache was found and we signed the log. Tftc Pjatpac and Eskies5 for adoption

I have been on holiday since August 18th, staying at QOGM Longreach Now on the way to Melbourne, we stopped in a few places where the weather was great, warm and sunny every day and cold and rainy after we left Melbourne. Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache Eskies5.

Out and about in Leyburn with TBU1Bikesu for more smileys Tftc

Great day

Found

Working in the area. Had to stop and investigate. TFTC.

What a great little find. Sad story but great history. TFTC

Quick and easy find and great container. Trackable dropped off

Found on 31/10/2022; find number 1586.
Making our way slowly home from Townsville, we originally planned to stop in Millmerran for a ingle night, however forecast horrible weather further south made us stop an extra night to let it blow itself out. That gave us the chance to do some exploring and caching.
We headed to this one for the interesting story and like others, we’re surprised to see more than a plastic box under a bush.
Great cache and an interesting historical site.
Recent floods made the drive in more interesting, with a few unscheduled river crossings
A fav for the location and history for sure.




Thanks for the hunt and the cache Eskies5.

These types of caches remind us of what is so brilliant about the game - visiting interesting places we would never have known about! Love it. Definitely a favourite point. Will move the TB along. TFTC

Loved everything about this cache. The location, the history and the container.
A FP from us

Another cache along my detour. I stopped to read the plaque before heading off to find the cache. The cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

Went for a drive around the Pittsworth area finding geocaches on the way. This was an easy find on a country road. TFTC.

On my way home from the QOGM and continuing my outback adventures. Today it was leaving Goondiwindi heading up the Gore Highway to Toowoomba and then a slight detour to Highfields before a straight drive home to Brisbane. I had a list of caches to collect and places to see, some oldies and some for a grid position.

Next on the list was this interesting cache, interesting because of the history and that there is big plaque in the middle of a dirt road leading to nowhere really. I was not expecting to see this thank you for this cache and a favourite point to maybe encourage more people to this one. A sad piece of history but one that reflects the life and times of an older period in time.

We found the cache and signed the log before replacing it as found and moving onto the next on the list.

We were expecting to just find a container in the bush along a dirt road. Chamad and I were very surprised when we turned up at a historical site. Thank you for bringing us here.

Tftc

Haven't had a chance to cache for a while, so decided to head out and find a few.
Also my geodog Scruffy wanted to do some caching as well

All Good .. TFTC ..

15/08/21

Such a pity that the plaque for Mr OWEN is not prominent. Loved the outer container. Eaten alive by mosquitoes here. Thanks PJATPAC and Eskies5. Find # 1075

Tftc. It is always good learning about parts of our history that would otherwise be forgotten.

26/1/21 Find #4542
It was Australia Day, and what better way to spend it that travelling through a bit of our glorious country and discovering some lesser known history?
Fangsoki and I had begun the day’s adventures in Leyburn, and were making our way up to Toowoomba, when Fangsoki mentioned this cache more or less along the way. It sounded like an interesting piece of history, so time for a quick detour.
Parking the car, we checked out the plaque and the cross in the tree before making our way to GZ through the spiders webs to make a quick find. I was glad it was quick, as the mozzies all of a sudden seemed relentless here. An appropriate cache container to fit the theme of the times for poor Mr Owen, such a tragic end he met.
Thanks for the cache Eskies5.

1MinnieMoo and I were in the area grabbing some caches. I suggested a detour of this one as the cache listing looked interesting.

We pulled up and found the plaque.. and the tree with the cross marking the incident. So sad for the fellow's family. We spanned out and soon found the hidden cache. We quickly signed the cache amongst descending mosquitos and and the moved off.

A very worthy area of a cache. Have a favourite point on account. TFTC PJATPAC and Eskies5 for looking after it

找到了！紀念我們的第一次找到

Would never have stumbled across this memorial if a geocache had not been placed here. A tragic loss of life. We found the cache as about as quick as a tick found our youngest member. Quicker still was me grabbing it before it could bite . Tftc.

Found - heading off to our camp site and pleased to tick off an unexpected cache travelling these dirt roads.

Another cache I have been keen to find for years. I have read the story of the poor fellow. Read the plaque and found the cache. Signed the log and returned to where I found it. Thanks PJATPAC for placing and Eskies5 for maintaining. All good with this cache. A favourite for this one.

Grey Nomads, now totally sick of the covid hold up time, and then more time in Brisbane for knee surgery. So now with the blessing of surgeons and physios, we hit the road again, and can get back to placing yellow smilie faces around Australia (Queensland for now)

Doing a few Kays around SEQ before we have to go see the doctor again, so filling in a few gaps on our map.

Camped at the weir, and out for what looks like might be a very interesting circuitous caching route. I was not proven wrong..... Interesting hides with interesting stories.....

Oh,How to live in the wild west when people could shoot you in the head over a 20 pound debt. Imagine how the very Rvd Mr Thackeray must have felt..... Interesting cache, interesting hide. Thanks PJATPAC and Eskies5 for adopting. Cache is in good order.

Long drive out for a bit of Aussi history.

I AM GUR

Brilliant! Thanks for the history lesson.

Our first find.
The family really enjoyed this. Can’t wait to find another one.

NEF and a very interesting cache. Fav point for that. TFTC Eskies5

What a top cache commemorating the murder of Owens. To honour him I have left CWA badge. Lots of prickles so I suggest don’t wear thongs tftc

Was a great one with history.

Found by Mary and David at 1240. A FP for everything here. We love history so this was a beauty. The cross on the tree is still visible. Fascinating to read the reprinted articles about the event, inquest, and capture of Ritchie under the bed. Dropped off "Wiji's Geowoodstock IX Official Event Geocoin". Our thanks to Eskies5.

Spent the day wandering around the countryside between Toowoomba and Millmeran picking up a few caches. Life seemed to be hard and more dangerous in isolated places like this. Sad story TFTC PJATPAC

We are caching our way around OZ permanently towing a caravan and found this wonderfully interesting Historic Site and cache. Another fav point coming from us . TFTC.

Found it.

Niki

Was in the neighbourhood to find a nearby cache and took the opportunity to check up on this one...happy to say it's still in great condition. Picked up Wrath of the Ducks TB and left PDU's Ammo Can Tag.

Wow an amazing cache container and storyline, thanks also for the news clippings, really added to the whole caching experience. Left duck trackable. TFTC.

Found quickly. Love the cache container, and the old news articles. TFTC

Nice easy one. TFTC!

TFTC, great find

This was a cool find. Did a bit a cito, surprised & disappointed to see rubbish here. Enjoyed the history, we love stumbling across places like this, of course we'd never have known about if not caching. Cache container is perfect for this location, fav added, defs our find of the day. Tnsl tftc xo

TFTC! Really liked this one. Never knew about this awesome little spot

Found by VinThe2nd

Assassination of Mr Owen of Yandilla was transferred from PJATPAC to user Eskies5

Ok now that my house is offically on the market and ive now had 1 interview for a new job and 2 more next week plus appointments with realestates to look at new places saturday ive decided to try and smash out the last couple caches around where ive grown up before the new adventure of my life begins. Great find. Picked up trackable. Tftc

Quite a large and interesting trackable

Me geocache guided tour of the back roads took me to this interesting site
Not the first time I've been taken to a murder site by geocaching
But this one was rather interesting.
Thanks to the information provided in the cache [^]

The cache was a quick find,
but reading the contents took many minutes
Fascinating stuff

So a Fave Point for this cache

Great story.

A quick find while visiting the area and loved the cache container TFTC

Today we explored Millmerran and surrounds with Gullivers Travels54 using geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way and this was one of them. Once at GZ we made a quick find.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Dropped Tb

Found Ok

5th found with Pete

A really interesting piece of local history. The cache is different in itself and contains lots of information about the event. Good to see the effort put into this.

On a mission to clear up some of my nearest caches and this was my only success today! Geoboy was keen to find it and enjoyed finding it! TFTC PJATPC!

Drove out here especially as we have cousins and fellow geocachers Newo2020 whose surname is Owen, so this was a must as we were in the area. A real interesting piece of history is marked here and a different cache Cameo as well !
Signed logbook 15/10/2015 9:00 am and replaced all as found.
1 x TB Visit. Batman Returns.
PJATPAC - TFTC.

Very interesting!

Great little cache in the middle of nowhere. Thanks heaps

Good to learn some local history

Found it. Good to learn some local history

What a fascinating tale. Thanks also for the extra bits of the story in the cache.
We would never have found this site or known this history if it wasn't for this cache.
The cross in the tree is ageing but still obvious.
Loved the container too.
Thanks heaps PJATPAC for a great cache.

After going to the 2015 Mega Event last week in Stanthorpe, we thought we'd go camping again this weekend at the free camp at Yarramalong Weir and head out the Felton Food Festival this weekend . We weren't disappointed at either event or campground [^]
And going camping meant we had Saturday spare to explore the area and pick up those caches that aren't on the major routes

This cache is definitely getting a favourite point from us - the history, the cache container, the location [^]
Very well put together, a location we would never have stumbled across and we enjoyed reading the extra info inside the cache container about the incident that happened here a long time ago.
Lots of fun, loved it! Thanks so much for the cache today PJATPAC!

So much history in this area, thank you very much for this cache.

We are camping for a couple of nights at Yarramalong Weir.
We took a drive around the nearby area & picked up a couple of caches.
A very sad story, more to read inside the cache. The cross on the tree still there after all these years, the photo showsit better.
Thanks for placing this cache PJATPAC

One thing I love about GeoCaching is finding new things and and seeing old History... TFTC

Out and about on the first spring weekend for 2014, it is a beautiful sunny afternoon! Heading down the road I saw the sign for the historical marker and pulled up nearby, the local tractor driver waved hello and had a a quick read of the monument then onto the hide. Didn't take to long to locate the cache. TFTC and great history PJATPAC

5398 Caches Found
Travelling North to the Xmas in July in Stanthorpe, Qld to meet old friends and to greet new ones and generally have a ball and of course the chance to discover some caches along the way and visit some interesting places. Great cache. TFTC

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing

Thanks for the great cache PJATPAC(8D)

Easy find. Had me stumped for a minute

8501 caches found

love local history, quick find

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks PJATPAC for the hunt today

Interesting container, TFTC.

A lovely stretch of road and an interesting story. TFTC

Out for a long drive today, 400+km and 24 caches later, round trip.
This was the third stop for today. The country side around here is so flat.
An interesting piece of history for the region.
Thanks for the cache. Took the TB as well.

TFTC for a quick find on my way to Leyburn. I'm going to award this one a favourite point for an excellent and interesting container. Oh, btw PJATPAC - I grew up in Millmerran and I didn't know about Mr Owen and this monument until today - some 25 years after I left home.

What a great history lesson!!

Visited our family who live not far from here. Decided to take my 83yr mum for a drive - she was keen to get in the bush & help find this one. Her first geocache & was surprised how quickly it was found - she loved it!! TFTC PJATPAC

Found on 12-05-12 at 1.00 PM. A great piece of local history and a great way to spend a morning with the family.

Looked around for quite a bit, then once I re-read the encrypted clue, was able to go straight to the cache. Kicked myself for not reading the clue earlier.

Swapped one trinket for another and wrote in log.

Very interesting piece of local history.....Loved the cache. Thanks. Left "Skater" TB for visit in the area.

This entry was edited by asphyxiate on Sunday, 06 May 2012 at 23:21:37 UTC.

My first day out, loved it, had help this time thank you.

tftc - great history around this one

170933KMAR12 (Google DTG for details)
65km from home.
My low slung Mazda 3 travelled along this road at 80-100Km/h no problem. Oh dear, I had planned a few caches out this way for my St Paddy’s Day Dash. I plan these in a software program that came with the GPS and have planned to work my way closer to Warwick on a bit of a zig zag course. Unfortunately my in car nav has other ideas and keeps sending me out to the Gore Highway, I have now driven through Pampas 4 times this morning, Pittsworth once and Millmerran twice, clocking up 260km to get to this cache which is only 65km from home and it isn’t even 10AM yet.
Took search a bit longer than planned but soon had the fantastic cache container in hand. I was so impressed with this, the location and the memorial, I’m giving it a fav point just because the tree is still alive.
Even after the recent rain, my low slung Mazda 3 travelled along this road at 80-100Km/h no problem.

TNLNSL
Thanks for the cache PJATPAC.
Roaring Ford
Discovering Australia, one hide at a time


This entry was edited by Roaring Ford on Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 06:50:05 UTC.

This entry was edited by Roaring Ford on Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 07:05:23 UTC.

Found at 1245. Quick find. TN SL. Left some of my pathtags. Number Twelve cache find for the day. This one on my return to home from Warwick to have a go at the three in the middle of nowhere. The road from Leyburn to GZ is mostly good gravel. Even in light rain I think it would be OK for a 2WD vehicle. If you come in from the northern end there is a lot less dirt/gravel road. Very well constructed and informative cache. Loved it. Giving it a favourite point due to its isolated location and the research and the creativity. I drove the road in light drizzle.


I Left home at 0400hours to drive 150klm to my first cache of the day. Had a plan and nearly stuck to it but as I finished up pretty close to Warwick decided to do three on the South side of warwick on the way to Stanthorpe. 12 for the day for a total distance of 670Klm and got home at 1600hours. Plenty of rest stops. Light drizzle most of the day.

TFTC PJATPAC

Rated: for Overall Experience

#522

Eventually got to this one my caching detour to Dalby after attending Stanthorpe's Big Weekend Event. It has been a bit of a drive but what a nice surprise of a cache [^] Was a little cautious entering the bush considering the cache name & being a lone female on a road in the middle of no-where!! TFTC & history PJATPAC!!

FTF *FTF* FTF

Phew...Mrs Esky has been watching this for a few days after discovering it hadn't been found. An early morning run by Mr Esky has prevented his assassination because Mrs Esky now has a FTF.

Interesting history in this secluded spot. Love the cache container. Took ninja, left ball. Thanks PJATPAC for the hide. By the way we won $3 on the FTF scratchie

This entry was edited by Eskies5 on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 07:46:30 UTC.

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