B&W (V) Brahe at the Depot Oontoo, Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2364

This is a special Burke & Wills cache listed on Geocaching Australia.

This cache requires you to visit a Burke & Wills historical location and take a photo as described along with your GPS receiver and if possible yourself in the picture. Once you have logged this cache as a find, you are required to load your picture to your log to validate your find.

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Validating Your Log
Take a picture of your GPS receiver showing the same co-ordinates as the cache page (plus or minus 100 meters) and attach it to your online log.

Important Information
The Burke Wills Historical Society notes: "The actual route Burke and Wills followed once they left Camp 78 is unknown and one of the most intensely debated issues. Wills' map and some of his journals containing astronomical observations have been lost. Because the journals have never been transcribed, it means the expedition's track north of the Diamantina, through the gibber rises, confused sand dunes and extensive claypans, is a matter for conjecture."
Travel in Outback Australia can be extremely hazardous. Plan your trip with care and seek and follow local advice on what precautions to take. Be aware of private property restrictions. Do not risk your life to log this geocache.

About This Location
Meanwhile, back at the Cooper's Creek Depot, the temperature was rising and Brahe and his waiting men were forced to take their horses and camels further and further away to find feed, all the while keeping watch for inquisitive natives who might wish to pilfer supplies.

A German, Walter Brahe, pictured below, had come to Victoria in 1852 to work on the goldfields and was an experienced handler of cattle, horses and wagons. Burke's precise orders to him upon his departure later became a matter of intense controversy. Burke was too slovenly to put a detailed order in writing, by one account, simply illiterate by another, and his verbal instructions were interpreted differently by several listeners. Brahe insisted he'd been told to wait three months or for as long as his own supplies lasted, and after that would be free to return to Melbourne.

Additonal Information
Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission