B&W (V) Tilcha Waterhole Innamincka, South Australia, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Aug-10. Waypoint GA2401

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
From Wills' diary from May 11: "To day Mr Burke and King started down the creek for the Blacks' camp determined to ascertain all particulars about the nardu. I have now my turn at the meat jerking, and must devise some means for trapping the birds and rats. What a pleasant prospect, after our dashing trip to Carpentaria, having to hang about Cooper Creek living like the Blacks."

They had several campsites around the Tilcha Waterhole, with Junction Camp the primary one. Wills spent a week trekking back and forth to the Depot upstream to update his notes for possible rescuers, and when he got back he discovered that Burke had accidentally burned down their gunyah (shelter of boughs), destroying all their gear save a revolver and rifle.

Additonal Information
Source: Paul Dorsey Used with Permission