Géographe Ship 1830 Abbey, Western Australia, Australia
By
pood on 03-Feb-21. Waypoint GA19771
Cache Details
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| Type: | GeoArt |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S33° 39.436' E115° 15.048' (WGS 84) |
| 50H 337809E 6274472N (UTM) | |
| GeoArt Coordinates: | S33° 37.773' E115° 20.745' (WGS 84) |
| 31N 166021E 0N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 4 m |
| Local Government Area: | Busselton |
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Description
Le Geographe 1830
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.
History Repeats...
Baudin and his large group of scientists left Le Havre in 1800 in two ships, Le Geographe and Le Naturaliste, names which indicated the intent of the voyage.
The ships initially selected by the French Ministry of Marine were two corvettes and a third vessel as a store ship. However, these were rejected by Baudin as being in poor condition, and were replaced. The vessels Baudin chose were the corvette Galatee -renamed Le Geographe - and a storeship Menacarte - Le Naturaliste.
To be continued...
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Beautiful location.
Thanks for this cache in your GeoArt series POOD. We appreciate the work you have done in putting this Art work in place.
