Géographe Ship 1811 West Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
By
pood on 03-Feb-21. Waypoint GA20384
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | GeoArt |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S33° 39.173' E115° 19.120' (WGS 84) |
| 50H 344095E 6275062N (UTM) | |
| GeoArt Coordinates: | S33° 36.566' E115° 20.744' (WGS 84) |
| 31N 166021E 0N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 9 m |
| Local Government Area: | Busselton |
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Description
Le Geographe Ship 1811
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...
By July 1803 Baudin and many of the crew were ill; Baudin abandoned the survey to return home to France.
To be continued...
Hints
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Logs
The search for this cache was most frustrating as the GPS wanted us on the path side of the fence and then next minute wanted us on the sea side. We excavated mountains of sand from both sides of the fence line without success. After 45 minutes we gave up as we didn't want to disturb the wild flowers growing in this area. It would have been useful to know which side of the fence low down referred to.
The Better Half and I were going to Bridgetown for the weekend but wasn't expected there before late afternoon so decided to come to Busselton to do the newer Adventure Labs before heading onto to Bridgetown.
After doing some of the Lab caches we started down the coast to do as many of the ship caches as we could before we had to leave for Nannup. In the end we 25 of them all with blank logs so joint *FTF* with The Better Half on them. Some caches were harder to find than others as they seem to have ended up quite buried. All were signed and returned as we found them.
Thanks Pood for placing these geoart caches for us to find. We will have to come back some other time to finish them all.
After doing some of the Lab caches we started down the coast to do as many of the ship caches as we could before we had to leave for Nannup. In the end we 25 of them all with blank logs so joint *FTF* with The Better Half on them. Some caches were harder to find than others as they seem to have ended up quite buried. All were signed and returned as we found them.
Thanks Pood for placing these geoart caches for us to find. We will have to come back some other time to finish them all.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Chwiliwr and I were going to Bridgetown for the weekend but wasn't expected there before late afternoon so decided to come to Busselton to do the newer Adventure Labs before heading onto to Bridgetown.
After doing some of the Lab caches we started down the coast to do as many of the ship caches as we could before we had to leave for Nannup. In the end we 25 of them all with blank logs so joint *FTF* with Chwiliwr on them. Some caches were harder to find than others as they seem to have ended up quite buried. All were signed and returned as we found them.
Thanks Pood for placing these geoart caches for us to find. We will have to come back some other time to finish them all.
After doing some of the Lab caches we started down the coast to do as many of the ship caches as we could before we had to leave for Nannup. In the end we 25 of them all with blank logs so joint *FTF* with Chwiliwr on them. Some caches were harder to find than others as they seem to have ended up quite buried. All were signed and returned as we found them.
Thanks Pood for placing these geoart caches for us to find. We will have to come back some other time to finish them all.
Rated: for Overall Experience
