Black Bunny's Bushrangers (T) - Moondyne Joe. Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
By Just a cacher on 04-May-19. Waypoint GA10808

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Type:	Traditional
Container:	Regular
Coordinates:	S34° 47.236' E149° 11.271' (WGS 84)
	55H 700177E 6148366N (UTM)
Elevation:	601 m
Local Government Area:	Upper Lachlan

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Bushranger Series - Moondyne Joe

Moondyne Joe.

Moondyne Joe was the son of a blacksmith. This almost guaranteed a life of poverty for him, but he rebelled against that.

He was born Joseph Bolitho Johns, born in February 1826.

Through small-time theft he made a name for himself in criminal circles. He was arrested in 1848 for stealing bread and bacon. He was sentenced to 10 years of community service, and sent to Western Australia to fulfil this.

Through being well behaved, he received a pardon. He wasted the pardon though by falling right back into a life of crime.

Over the next few decades he pulled off countless robberies and was arrested many times.

He achieved fame by escaping from prison 5 times during his long life.

Today, he is Western Australia’s most notorious outlaw.

He died in a lunatic asylum at age 75

http://eskify.com/10-deadly-australian-outlaws-bushrangers/

Bushrangers.

Over 2,000 bushrangers are estimated to have roamed the Australian countryside, beginning with the convict bolters and drawing to a close after Ned Kelly's last stand at Glenrowan.

Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term "bushranger" had evolved to refer to those who abandoned social rights and privileges to take up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base.

Bushranging thrived during the gold rush years of the 1850s and 1860s when the likes of Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner and John Gilbert led notorious gangs in the country districts of New South Wales. These Wild Colonial Boys typically robbed small-town banks and coach services.

In other infamous cases, such as that of Dan Morgan, the Clarke brothers, and Australia's best-known bushranger, Ned Kelly, numerous policemen were murdered.

The number of bushrangers declined due to better policing and improvements in rail transport and communication technology, such as telegraphy. Kelly's capture and execution in 1880 effectively represented the end of the bushranging era.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushranger

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Logs

11-Feb-24

Lucy & Roo

A quick find despite the very long grass, as the container had been evicted from its hide thanks to a burrowing local setting up home and was out in the open. Thanks for the cache Just a cacher

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Jul-21

LuckyL10n

#GA5327 - 13:02; I missed out on the last mission to collect more caches in this series, so after a meeting in Goulburn, I took the long way home to make up for my previous absence and to pick up some ammo for the current Battleships game. I was accompanied by Sol de lune, who had skippered the previous mission, but who had some of the more recently placed caches in the series to find. Unless otherwise indicated, all caches were found in good order. TFTC Just a cacher Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

26-Jun-21

alnic39

Moondyne?! I bet this guy got teased at school.

Rated: for Overall Experience

18-Apr-21

Sol de lune

Have been looking at this series since it was published but never got around to driving out for it. Made today the day and headed off with Smittengranny, who offered to drive me around while I grabbed them. No problems at any of them and all were found in good condition. Would be great if more cachers would find them, but hopefully that will happen.

Thanks to both Just a Cacher and Black Bunny for a few more caches in the every growing Bushranger series. Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-Feb-21

HansJJ

Hit the road HARD & travelled over 700km today to move movables 250km + from last location. So, on the way home completed some trigs & caches – all your Bushrangers series. These caches were very enjoyable – this was the 7th of completed – – enjoyed this cache – nicely found – thanks for the history of these interesting people - TFTC / TFTH / SL Clan Griffin

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-Mar-20

JohnoMawbs

With a day off and the eagerness to get out for a cache or two, Wink

I headed out for a run along the back-roads and Hume-HWY between Yass and Gunning. I chose this route to collect caches that has popped up, to avenge DNF’s and to collect caches I missed last time, I did this run (back in 2016). I found a good mixture of caches both in sizes and types of hides. Most were quick finds and all caches were signed and replaced except for three DNF’s and one NA. Out of 45 attempted caches, which is a mixture of both GC and GCA, I ended up finding 41 of them. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring enjoyment to me and the rest of the caching community. Big Grin

TFTC’s and TFTTP’s Big Grin

11-Sep-19

beetles2

Just as we pulled up to do this one a ute came past. Only vehicle we saw while grabbing the 7 caches here. He gave me a strange sort of look but luckily I had only just got out of the van and was well away from GZ. Half expected him to come back and question why we were stopped here.
Had to come back to this one as I left my pen on the ground. Wouldn't normally have bothered but it was a new pen and seems to write well on those water proof log sheets.
Thanks.

05-Jul-19

2y'stassies

Moondyne Joe was another bushranger that we had not heard of before. We guess we hadn't thought about Wesrern Australia had bushrangers. It was also interesting to see that he survibed into old age even though he was in and out of goal all his life.

Again good coordinates enabled us to make a quick find of the well sereted cache. Container and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for including Moondyne Joe in this series Just a Cacher.

18-May-19

Smittengranny

Today I decided to take advantage of the fabulous weather and the May Madness and go caching with the GCA caches in my sight. There were plenty to be had so I planned a circuit up to Gunnong and then across through Sutton and home again. Thanks for this series Black Bunny and Just a Cacher. Learned lots and it is great to see a series placed carefully so there's room to park up and not in sight of a gate or homestead. All logs have been signed and caches returned to their hidey holes. Clapping

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-May-19

Pacmania

Noticed this series while in Gunning. Did the other end a few weeks ago.

Nice to get off the highway and travel the old road again (which I had done many many times over the years). All caches found OK.

Thanks,

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-May-19

minniek

After breakfast (and lunch in bed) and some lovely Mother's Day presents, fitzy_1965 and I decided to do a bit of GCA caching for May Madness.

Quick find on all these once we realised they were on the Old Hume. Thanks for the history lessons too.

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-May-19

fitzy_1965

GCA 2,347. Found during a Mother's Day GCA run along the Hume with minniek.

With all these nice new GCA Trads in the area plus May Madness bonus points up for grabs we headed out for a mostly GCA run. It was a easy run along the old Hume picking these up one by one. Some interesting stories about the Bushrangers - most of which I never knew before. All were quick finds once at GZ.

Thanks Just a Cacher and Black Bunny !!

Clan Cerberus

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-May-19

Kittykatch

*FTF with Joolay on a day trip to Crookwell to attend an event and then picked up a bunch of caches on the way home. I love the BBB series ! Thanks for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-May-19

Joolay

Found with Kittykatch out and about after travelling to Crookwell for a GC event by Gliss. Decided to pick these up on the way back.
Who would have thought he would live so long. Love these Bushranger caches. Of to WA soon too.

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-May-19

Just a cacher

Hand over the goodies!