Home #12 Bourke, New South Wales, Australia
By Bourkebornandbred on 06-Jul-15. Waypoint GC5YTKR

GCLOGAN TripIt was nice to see these pets being honoured. Found with GrimRaider on our drive around Bourke. I am travelling with GrimRaider to GCLogan and then to western NSW on our first trip with the van. Thanks for hiding this cache Bourkebornandbred

After making it to the Northernmost point of Australia from Melbourne we are now on the return journey south. We are currently camped in Bourke and out exploring the area. Well this is the first pet cemetery we have see on our travels but unfortunately it has not been well maintained. Nevertheless we did manage to locate the cache. TF placing this cache for us to find on our travels.

Making our way towards home over the next few weeks travelling with 2 dogs and a cat we have found caching a great way to give the fur babies a break. Thanks to the COs for placing and maintaining.

Tftc, Lou and Paul from yhe Blue Mountains NSW. Travelling with Savannah. Cache in good irder.

Found with Loopy1972 on our half lap of Australia via Darwin, QLD and NSW. Thanks Bourkebornandbred for the cache.

Found with DennisC52 while on our half lap of Australia. Thanks (owner) for the cache.

Found with Morgo in JulyTFTC

Found with MoSSau Tftc

Thanks for cache shame the pet cemetery is looked after . Found cache is Lonely RA

Found after visiting the nearby human cemetery. I wish more places like this existed TFTC

Ive cached in many a cemetery but this is a first - TFTC Signed as YAWT

04.08.24 tftc found with Pest77, never been to a pet cemetery

Found with grumpi68 good spot to reflect on pets passed!!

I dont think I aroused much suspicion from the cemetery gardeners.Heading back to Adelaide via Lightning Ridge and Bourke, after a trip to the Northern Rivers.Bourkebornandbred, I found Home #12 today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Found it TFTC

Quick find whilst hubby washes the car lol

Found it with Rex 46 on 24/6/24

With dot558 travelling throughTo bowen and stopped for some smilesThanks for the caches

Been working around Canungra for a couple of months and on the road back home to Manda.Stopped here for a quick easy grab on the way past.Found after a short search - nice hiding spot. TFTC

In a cemetery, now that is different. TFTCSL

walked into grab this cache tftc

Well we must be getting cache blindness after a day on the road. Took way longer than it should. TFTC

Day 4 of my tour of Central NSW. Hoping to chase some LGAs and other points of interest. Left Gilgandra and headed West with Bourke as the target for the end of the day. First stop was Nevertire where a slosh through the wet found this cache. Luckily it's a fine sunny day and the shoes will dry out. Next stop was just a quick pitstop but cache is not quite the way it should be. Arrived at Nyngan and collected a few outback caches then rolling on down the Mitchell Hwy for a few more. Arrived in Bourke and headed to see Fred Hollows grave. Not seen kangarroos in a cemetery too often nor a pet cemetery too often. Tftc

Found with a little judicious looking by Mrs. Gumby. Back into town now for a spot of brunch.

It's so nice to find a pet cemetery. They are such loving, loyal little beings, and their lives are far too short. We found this cache at night. Unlike so many who freak out, I've always loved cemeteries. They feel so peaceful to me. Our gps was a little out, so while genghicat searched where his arrow pointed, I went to where I'd hide something. The cache was in good condition. Tftc

Find#6035Nice hiding place What a epic road trip exploring Australia Thanks for the cache

Woof. Found on a sojourn all around during QOGM 2023 adventure. A fun jaunt with lots of dust, mud and starry skies. Thanks Bourkebornandbred and clear skies from TeamAstro. ?? Cache the planet! Cache found in the company of deanside. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

Caching the way home after Longreach QOGM 2023 finding these caches in the great company of TeamAstro. Just loving these outback trails, red dust, green foliage and blue skies!Thanks Bourkebornandbred for placing these caches,for bringing me here and contributing to this great game for others to enjoy. Happy trails, Deanside

Exploring outback NSW with the family and picking up some random caches along the way. I think Ive been to one other pet cemetery in Vic before so rather cool here. Thanks for the cache.

Great place to visit. Thanks for the cache

Having fun!

Found the cache easily enough but was saddened by the state of neglect that the pet cemetery was in.

Tftc!!!

Thanks for the great find ??

Glad to see the pet cemetery is near the humans cemetery - close to their loved ones

Thought I was going barking mad but then I found it!!!!

I stopped by this one as I was on my way into town but it took a few moments before I finally spotted the stash at 17:00 a little lower than I first thought. (At one stage there, I thought that Stephen King might have been haunting me. )

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks Bourkebornandbred.

Freddo and Team Waldron headed to warmer climes around Broken Hill, Cobar, Bourke, Cunnamulla
and Charleville.

After a cold start in Broken Hill the weather improved once we got further north. Sadly our last night in Broken was wet which, pardon the pun, put a dampener on things.

All up it was a great week away and lots of caches were found with only 3 dnfs.

Thanks to all who placed and maintained their caches. The occasional cache was damaged and we refurbished it and we also left new logbooks as required.

A quick find as we toured Bourke early on a chilly morning. An odd spot.

TFTC

Quick find here. I see dead animals.

Freddo and Team Waldron are heading north for a long delayed trip to the caching fields of Cunnamulla. This cache was found on our journey. Caches were fixed where necessary. Fresh log books added. Containers refreshed.

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

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SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Can’t wait!!

Found July 8, 2023 @ 2:46 PM(Apologies for the late log)On the way home from Big Red Bash we decided to call past the cemetery to check out the Fred Hollows memorial and stretch the legs - oh and a cache or two.Interesting concept here with the pet cemetery - it looks to have a few occupants. A quick find here with no snakes in sight.Thanks Bourkebornandbred for the cache.

I have never been in a pet cemetery before, it certainly is not maintained and I would not like to visit in summer. Thanks for the cache tnln replaced as found sl

Thanks for a great find

Cairns to Sydney Road Trip
Day Six: Charleville to Bourke
Weather: all over the place.

Greetings from a transiting South Australian.

One of five Bourkebornandbred caches found as I wandered around and familiarised myself with town.

As expected, it’s on the outside of the cemetery fence, and there is no exit on that side, but I did get to see Fred Hollows, which I was certainly not expecting.

Thanks for the cache BB&B!

It’s on! GCA1DNA “The Great Leap Forward”
Adelaide, South Australia, February 29, 2024.
Register your interest now. We’d love to see you there!

A trip to Perth checking out some of the awesome places along the way in ACT, NSW, outback Qld and NT. Grabbing some old caches and missing LGAs. TFTC.
Nice for all the pets.

A unique place, even the container is different. TFTC,

TFTC smile 14770 out and about with miss millie geo dog Signed and replaced on our way to Canberra with TBU2Uwe001 and TBU1Bikesu hope we make it because of all the rain and flooding

Thank you, Bourkebornandbred, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Found on the trip home after another awesome, annual QOGM event. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC Bourkebornandbred
Find #11530

We spent time at the QOGM 2022 Murweh and are now on a camping trip in NSW.

CACHING with TBU1Bikesu and Grannysmith1947.

TFTc

We are travelling South towards Dubbo.

Stayed in Bourke for the night.

Tftc Bourkebornandbred

How wonderful having a pet cemetery, so many folk including ourselves have had to leave our pets when we move on from our homes and their last resting place.

Thanks Bourkebornandbred for taking time to set out and maintain this hide and for showing us this very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot

Find # 9165

#LockitupintheOutback

**THE**
**WHITTLESEA**
**EVENT 2022**
19th / 20th November 2022 – GC8EW40 – Whittlesea – Victoria

Wandered around in circles before finally spotting this sneaky hide.

It took us a lot longer than it should have to find this! How embarrassing

Thanks for find #3788
TNLN

11151 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1145. Took a while to locate the container to SL Tnx Bourkebornandbred

RIP

Easy little park and grab. The cache is in good condition, signed and replaced. Thanks Bourkebornandbred for placing the cache

TFTC AlL good at GZ. Will Log later.

Could not locate

Found after some quick searching. Would be lovely if there was a bit better upkeep of this area. TFTC.

We had planned a road trip to Queensland to visit family in 2021, but our travel plans were stalled due to border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the world was trying to get back to a semi normal state, we decided to have another go at getting away from the cold and head up north for some sunshine and warmth. Day 3 of our trip saw us tackle Bourke and cross the border to Cunnamulla for the Paroo puzzles. Again the wildlife showed themselves, some a bit too close for comfort. The roads for the trails were all in good condition which made the driving between them bearable and an enjoyable day in the red dirt.

Our apologies for the generic log, but thank you to all the cache owners for the placements.

Revisiting Bourke for the third time from TAS, but this time its mostly to see the town from a geocacher's perspective. So far so good on these bornandbred caches, but looks like the dog lovers of Bourke Shire need to have a collective working bee. Thanks for giving us an incentive for a few laid back cruisey days Bourkebornandbred.

We have arrived in Bourke and put the caravan at the information center while we used geocaching as our tour guide. We have had a wonderful day. SL TFTC

What a great place to farewell your most loyal companion, pity it is not maintained. TFTC

Nice quick find. Birdman1

Interesting location. Cache good. Thanks.

Gotcha - Found with a bit of searching. Tftc

Neither of us have been to a dedicated animal cemetery before as far as we can recall. We found it a little awkward as the burial areas aren't well defined so you aren't sure where you are walking. The cache was found without any problems. Thanks for placing it.

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks Bourkebornandbred for placing this cache and adding to our game.

Interesting thing having a pet cemetery. Found quite a few with decent headstones, testimony to how their owners miss them, and quite a few empty stubbies, as if their owners still visited. Interesting. Found quickly, accurate coords. Tftc

frmen1 and I love cemeteries and the history lessons that they teach us. But this is something that we have rarely seen. Thank you to the gentleman who started this (RIP) and condolences to those who have lost a loved one. We have a pet cemetery in the back corner of our garden, where all 2 and 4 legged pets have been buried with respect. Thank you for bringing us here. Fav pt for highlighting this. TFTC

Easy find once I looked in the right place. TFTC

Coming out of visiting Fred Hollows Grave I thought I might find my first cache for the year. We are on a five day break from the Blue Mountains. TFTC.

Interestinf spot. Took me a while to find the cache when it really shouldn't have.

Day 9 of the long road trip from Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland for the Mega.

Leaving New South Wales today and ended up reaching Charleville in Queensland doing a few caches along the way as well as an Adventure Lab at Cunnamulla.

Cache found without problems. Log signed and cache returned as it was found.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for cachers to find.

Day 9 of the long road trip from Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland for the Mega.

Leaving New South Wales today and ended up reaching Charleville in Queensland doing a few caches along the way as well as an Adventure Lab at Cunnamulla.

Cache found without problems. Log signed and cache returned as it was found.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for cachers to find.

#16945 @1625
Day 2 of a 3 week holiday driving from Canberra to Townsville and back to attend the Mega. Today was Forbes to Bourke, via Euabalong, Mount Hope and Cobar. Approx 600km. Apart from a couple of DNF's all caches were found in good condition. Cache easily found. TFTC.

Found by Mary and David at 10:15. Not quite a real cemetery, but fairly close. So many graves , so many crosses. A human internment was about to get under way nearby. The live stream guy had come from Parkes. Our thanks to Bourkebornandbred

Wow, who would have thought a pet cemetery? So cool. Walked in and made the find. SL and replaced. Checked some graves and then left.

Found yesterday with sixftundernover

Easy find...Will need new log...beautiful place! Found with Hintonites while on deployment

TFTC

Found 9/8/21 at 11.43

Easy find.
Been to these before.

Pity has been neglected. Needs some loving care.

Cheers, Bulba's

Sit, sit ghost boy.

Found with NutCacheBNE. No stealth required at night

It is a long way around to get to the pet cemetery from the human side of the fence.
Very simple camouflage.

Louth

A bit of a look and we were signing the log

We arrived in Bourke yesterday after slowly making our way here from Victoria in around 4 weeks. This trip is our turn to take it slowly, explore the small country towns on our way, and generally take time to get to know the regions and places we may not have heard anything about. Bourke has turned out to be a surprise. We have found many lovely spots and surprising things to see. Many of them have been because a cache has taken us nearby. That is one of the things we love about caching. The local knowledge which gives us a glimpse of things we would otherwise miss.
Thanks to all the local cachers that have show us this great area,
TFTC

Felt a bit out of sorts wandering through the pets resting place

Found it in the Pet Cemetery

Easy find TFTC

What a great spot - all looking a bit dishevelled for the pets but clearly all very loved TYFC

Found TFTC. Out and about from Qld.

Boozer would have been happy

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Found it

Thanks

Fence in the way!

Looking around the human cemetery and thought I’d search for this one. Got to the fence. Too hot to walk around so under the fence I went with my friend holding it up. I think I’m getting to old for this. Lol. TFTH. Pet cemetery could do with some maintenance

Sadly my phone GPS is all over the shop. And no hint!!!!

Great idea tftc

A pet cemetery is such a nice idea. The cache was found easily while wandering around the graves of the puppies and pussies.