Géographe Ship 1831 Abbey, Western Australia, Australia
By pood on 03-Feb-21. Waypoint GA19768

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	GeoArt
Container:	Micro
Coordinates:	S33° 39.413' E115° 14.871' (WGS 84)
	50H 337535E 6274510N (UTM)
GeoArt Coordinates:	S33° 38.076' E115° 18.933' (WGS 84)
	31N 166021E 0N (UTM)
Elevation:	6 m
Local Government Area:	Busselton

Map

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Description

Le Geographe 1831

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 repeat...

Both ships were about 350 tons, similar to the Investigator, but considerably longer: Le Geographe was 124 feet [37.8 metres] and Le Naturaliste was 127 feet [38.75 metres] compared to the Investigator's length of 100 feet [30.5 metres].

Overall the appearance of the French ships was leaner and more streamlined than the bulky English ship.

To be continued...

Hints

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ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

22-Nov-21

Lazarus_68

found an old boot burried in sand.

21-Oct-21

2y'stassies

We drove from GA19766 to this cache. Our GPS had us in a clump of sharp reeds. After searching here we gradually widened our search but failed to locate the tiny container. After 25 minutes we decided to move on.

Given the size of the container we feel a more precise hint might help target the search ie Low down at the base of a post.

09-Feb-21

pood

Enjoy the stroll down the discovery of the Geographe Bay.