Géographe Ship 1826 Broadwater, Western Australia, Australia
By
pood on 03-Feb-21. Waypoint GA19761
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | GeoArt |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S33° 39.404' E115° 16.280' (WGS 84) |
| 50H 339712E 6274563N (UTM) | |
| GeoArt Coordinates: | S33° 37.471' E115° 20.745' (WGS 84) |
| 31N 166021E 0N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 3 m |
| Local Government Area: | Busselton |
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Description
Le Geographe Ship 1826
Hidden as Part of the GeoArt games.
This Series of GeoArt Caches are in the shape of the Ship, they will tell you the story of Baudin as he leaves his Homeland.
There is a lot of local history as you meander around the Lower South West of WA, shipwrecks, stories, artifacts, and several original homesteads to pursue.
As History goes, this story started in the early 1800's.
It is a series of caches which traverse along the Busselton Bike Path, showcasing the wonderful Geographe Bay.
Let the Historical Journey Continue...
Louis de Freycinet was placed in command of her, and in it conducted the close inshore survey work not possible in the larger ships.
To be continued...
Hints
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Logs
We continued our walk along the shore. The breeze kept the temperature down and made walking conditions very pleasant. Again an extensive search again failed to produce a cache.
