Black Bunny's Bushrangers (T) - Joe Byrne Oolong, New South Wales, Australia
By
Just a cacher on 04-May-19. Waypoint GA10809
Cache Details
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| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S34° 47.421' E149° 12.834' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 702553E 6147972N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 629 m |
| Local Government Area: | Upper Lachlan |
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Description
Bushranger Series - Joe Byrne
Joe Byrne.
Joe Byrne was a member of the infamous Kelly gang, led by Ned Kelly.
As a child, he learned his criminal ways from shady Chinese characters who introduced him to smoking opium.
In 1880, he drew up plans to rob a bank but they decided against it as they believed the police were following them. So the gang headed to an inn, where police eventually killed them in a legendary shoot out. Joe Byrne was actually killed by a bullet to the groin, which is never a good way to go out.
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
Thanks to both Just a Cacher and Black Bunny for a few more caches in the every growing Bushranger series.
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. 
TFTC’s and TFTTP’s Seems like we are following another Tassie caching team to these.
Thanks, again a quality cache with good swaps. Not that we were swapping today.
Good coordinates enabled use to make a quick find of Joe Byrne's stash which was in good condition.
Thanks for this cache Just A Cacher. It seems that Joe is more famous for the manner of his death rather than his bushranging exploits.
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,
Quick find on all these once we realised they were on the Old Hume. Thanks for the history lessons too.
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 !!
