B&W (V) Wright and Brahe at the Depot Oontoo, Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2400

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
Brahe, meanwhile, had recrossed the Gray range with Wright and arrived at the Depot on May 8. They stayed only about 15 minutes, hastily concluding that no one had been there since Brahe's party left. Tragically, they failed to dig up the cache to check if the supplies were intact. Had they done so, they would have found that it now contained notes from Burke and Wills, who were at that moment some 35 miles down the creek. Burke and Wills had not altered the inscription on the marker tree, and now neither did Brahe. Wills would be back here in three weeks - and leave again none the wiser that his salvation had been close at hand.

Wright and Brahe returned to Bulloo, where Wright packed up his remaining men and animals and turned south for the Darling River. En route there, Patton died - he'd been first to complain of sickness.

The placemark indicates a shed containing a display and information on the expedition.

Additonal Information
Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission