Train Station Northampton, Western Australia, Australia
By Lazarus_68 on 08-Jan-19. Waypoint GA13404

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Container:	Small
Coordinates:	S28° 20.962' E114° 38.130' (WGS 84)
	50J 268234E 6861823N (UTM)
Elevation:	171 m
Local Government Area:	Northampton

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Whodunit Geocache

Description

Western Australia's first Railway line

Northampton was named after Governor John Hampton; combined with fact it lies north of Perth & Geraldton. It was NOT named after the city in U.K. as might be so easily be assumed.

At posted coordinates is small gazebo shelter hosting historic memories, courtesy Northampton Friends of the Railway Inc. Refer individual photos on corresponding sides...

1879 Geraldton - Northampton 1957

Train Heading to ??? 1954
A = digital root of station name
Upper Chapman Railway Survey Camp ??? 1909
B = month (number within year)
Gangers at Geraldton 19x0's
C = decade digit

1913 Northampton - Ajana 1957

Joseph ??? last SM Gwalla...
X = digital root of surname
Ajana ??? (photo Len Atkinson)
Y = digital root of structure type
Rev & Mrs King at Baderra ???
Z = digital root of place type

S28° 20.ABC' E114° 38.XYZ'

Logs

26-Aug-19

dimor

Woohoo *FTF* at 10am

We thought we’d have a go at this one as we were passing through on our way home from a short break away. We got to the required info boards and gathered what we needed, I double checked my calculations just to make sure, yep looked good

Then had a laugh when put solved coordinates into my phone and it vibrated, seems my current location and GZ were the same Laughing