B&W (V) Cloncurry Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2375

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Type: Burke and Wills
Container: Virtual
Coordinates: S20° 42.488' E140° 31.146' (WGS 84)
  54K 449923E 7710079N (UTM)
Elevation: 199 m
Local Government Area: Cloncurry

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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.


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
The township took the name Cloncurry, from the river named by Burke, when it was surveyed and gazetted in 1876. Burke's waterbottle is on display at the Mary Kathleen Memorial Park and Museum, located approximately here on McIlwraith Street. Mary Kathleen was a uranium-mining town nearby in the late 1950s that didn't last long, its attributes being auctioned off.

The search for Burke brought explorer John McKinlay to the area. He noted traces of copper, but it was prospector Ernest Henry who, in 1867, discovered rich deposits. Visitors can tour the long-defunct Great Australian Mine south of Cloncurry, where the labourers included many Chinese and Afghans, as attested by their individual cemeteries within the town.

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Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission
 

Logs

30-Jul-24
I've always been fascinated by B & W, their trials and tribulations and the huge distances they traveled. So it's great to add another of these caches to my found list. I liked Cloncurry and we visited the old Mary Kathleen town site - quite amazing, not least because of the large number of caravans living there at this time of year.
 
01-Sep-23
I was nearby for another cache and couldn't resist another B&W to add to our finds. We have all in regional Victoria, so this is a nice addition.
 
01-Oct-22
We travelled 8,500km through 5 states for a 60th birthday party over approx. 6 weeks. We endured many days over 35C and then saw a lot of water in the eastern states. We enjoyed travelling east with family and then they travelled back to Alice and we made our way home to SA, trying to dodge the rain and wet weather.
Caching is a great way to see the many wonderful sights and learn about the places we are travelling through.
Thank you to those who take the time to hide caches
TFTC
 
03-Sep-19
I've been here before so just for the cache today, but fascinating place to visit.
 
01-Sep-19
Having been here before it was a quick stop to take the required photo before turning in to the nearby caravan park for a couple of days as the sheets were calling for a laundry. TF publishing this cache Geocaching Australia.
 
29-Aug-18
Visiting the area on an 8 day wrilwinf trip with Pprime (P') and Fangsoki and we stopped here for the GC cache.

After a DNF on that one we returned to the car and took photos for this cache
 
03-Jul-18
Quick overnight visit TFTC
 
16-Apr-18
While spending the night in Cloncurry we hunted down a few of the local caches and this was one of them.

We then visited the museum and grabbed a couple more.

Thanks for the hide Geocaching Australia Smile
 
09-Sep-17
Here we are on the spot, but nothing here but the nice shady tree others have found.

There is a plaque with plenty of info about B&W a few metres away on the exterior wall of the visitor's centre.

TFTC GA

 
07-May-17
Whoops, too far away to read the GPS but this was the spot it took us. Guess Burke & Wills were having a shady rest here? Laughing Woohoo! our first B&W cache!
 
27-Apr-17
Geocaching Australia (GCA) Cache Find Number 1462. Found during Day 16 of my epic 21 day visit to Alice Springs for the Red Centre Experience Event and further travels after that.

Flew into Alice Springs and met up with my fellow intrepid team members Sol de Lune, Albida33 and LuckyL10n for the start of an amazing trip throughout the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and eventually back to Canberra. The Red Centre Experience is the main attraction of course, but also on our agenda are a lot of GC Caches, lots of trigs, as well as plenty of GCA Trads, History and Virtual Caches (and maybe the odd beer or two ??!! Smile. Go Clan Cerberus !

One of the few B&W found for the trip while heading south and east. We stopped here to look around and grab some caches. Lots of piccies taken. Then it was back in the car and off to the next one !

Another great location visited during our journey !

TFTC !!
 
27-Apr-17
Alice trip 2017. Day 24. Today Sol de Lune, Luckyl10n, Fitzy_1965 and I spent the morniong caching around Mt Isa then started driving east, visiting Cloncurry and Winton.

Thanks
Albida
 
27-Apr-17
#GA1594 - 13:40; Day 26 of the Alice Mega Road Trip with Sol de lune, albida33 and fitzy_1965. After our first night in Queensland, it was time to add to our cache finds around Mt Isa, before heading to Mary Kathleen, Cloncurry, McKinley and on to Winton for the night. We had reached Cloncurry and made our way towards GZ for this cache. Managed to get within a few metres to grab the required snap. TFTC Geocaching Australia Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
27-Apr-17
After leaving Mt Isa we headed towards Cloncurry and soon arrived at the GZ for this one. No problems grabbing the required photo and all was good.
 
02-Jan-17
I found this one on our family drive from Toowoomba to Mount Isa, cloncurry marks the home stretch after a a good 18 hours on the road. I am standing around 27m from the correct coords, facing the GZ.
 
01-Aug-16
I’m not sure what is expected here, so I took a photograph near both the coordinates, and a nearby B&W’s plaque.
 
26-Aug-15
A nice lunch spot here – just traveling around today - thanks
 
24-Aug-15
Was traveling from Winton to longreach and had to stop for this one a quick find tftc
 
15-Jun-14
Found on our "Making Memories" tour of Mainland Australia.

Today we visited Cloncurry and this virtual was on our to do list. After finding the nearby GC cache we took the required photos and stopped for lunch in the park. TFTC
 
25-Aug-13
Found on the Central Aust leg of our Round Aust trip, see blog - http://mrlocks.tumblr.com/
On a visit to the market at the park today
nice easy one this one Very HappySmile
 
08-Aug-13
Stopped here to grab the GC cache and this virtual. Had camped the night before at Mary Kathleen so found this place very interesting. The lady in the info centre was wonderful and answered our never ending questions about the place. Being a local all her life she fondly remembered sporting trips out to Mary Kathleen. Thanks, we don't usually visit info centres as we find most places of interest through caching, but glad we made the stop here.
 
05-Aug-13
Heading east through Cloncurry this morning and I made me way to the Mary Kathleen memorial park.
A spot which I did not know that B@W had visited before me Cool
After a wander around the historical displays and a walk up a nearby hill, I wandered off to find GZ.

Council lawn mower man was busy over there, so I settled for a spot 32 metres from GZ in a much more interesting location for some photos Very Happy

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TFTC
 
05-Aug-13
Heading east through Cloncurry this morning and I made me way to the Mary Kathleen memorial park.
A spot which I did not know that B@W had visited before me Cool
After a wander around the historical displays and a walk up a nearby hill, I wandered off to find GZ.

Council lawn mower man was busy over there, so I settled for a spot 32 metres from GZ in a much more interesting location for some photos Very Happy

TFTC
 
24-Aug-12
WanderingAus wandered by on day 87 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, making our way from Darwin towards Townsville, after stopping for a few days in Mount Isa.

We usually stop here on our way through, so having a virtual to claim was a bonus. After a quick screen capture and a photo of the gpsr I also took a photo of me for the log. Couldn't get closer than 2/1000ths of a minute west, probably due to the tree interference, that's about 3 metres I think.

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*Overall Experience: 2*

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Keith
 
The cache co-ordinates have been updated to place you in the Mary Kathleen Memorial Park and Museum.
Thanks to BelKen for the headsup.
 
28-Aug-11
baby&Mrs gopher found the location and as it is in the centre of the roadway took a photo in front of the school which is only 17 metres away.
 
30-Jul-11
I found the right spot but couldn't get an exact photo proof because it's in the middle of an intersection!
 
13-Jul-11
This B&W location is in the middle of an intersection in Cloncurry, nearby to a school.
 
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