Bindoon ICEM Bindoon, Western Australia, Australia
By FelixII on 15-Nov-11. Waypoint GA3693

I've Cached Everywhere, Man is the largest cache series hidden in Australia. It is made up of the locations made famous by Lucky Star in the song "I've been everywhere" in 1962, lyrics by Geoff Mack.

It would appear that "I haven't exactly been everywhere" and so verses 5, 6 and 7 have been added by hookline and Trigg-A-Nomics to cover Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania. The community's grateful thanks go to those geocachers for helping to cover most of the populated (and less populated) parts of Australia.

GCA Verse 5 by hookline

I've cached in Narrogin, Leeuwin, Corrigin, Carnarvon
Kalbarri, Kalgoorlie, Narembeen, Geraldton
Burrup, Manjimup, Munglinup, Kununurra
Gillingarra, Badgingarra, Meekatharra, Peedamulla
Albany, Jindalee, Karijini, Yalgoo
Bindoon, Mingenew, Ningaloo... cached there too!
 

Bindoon, Western Australia is a town located 84 kilometres (52 mi) from Perth city[2] on the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering.

Bindoon is where the majority of training and selection takes place for the Australian Special Air Service Regiment. Some of the facilities include live-firing ranges and the Brigade Special Training Facilities (MOUT).

The Catholic Agricultural College in Bindoon was previously called Keaney College[3][4], however the name was changed after accusations of institutionalized cruelty to migrant and native children.[5]

In 1994, the WA parliament was presented a petition with 30,000 signatures which demanded an inquiry into the sexual and physical assault that took place in Bindoon. Other institutions run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Castledare, Clontarf [disambiguation needed ] and Tardun were also named in the petition.[6] [7] The child abuse that took place at Bindoon is recounted in the film Oranges and Sunshine.

Bindoon annually hosts the 'Bindoon and Districts Agricultural Show'. The districts covered are Bindoon, Chittering, Gingin, Bullsbrook among others. The show features cattle, poultry, fruit and vegetable exhibition and competition, horses in action, floriculture, cookery, art, general crafts, needlecrafts, photography, amateur wine making and home brewing, home produce, children's exhibition and pet parades.

Bindoon also held an annual Rock Festival in the 1980s and 1990s, known as the 'Bindoon Rock Festival' [8]

The name Bindoon is thought to be Aboriginal in origin and is thought to mean "place where the yams grow". The name has been in use in the area since 1843 when an early settler, William Brockman, named the property he had surveyed as Bindoon. The townsite was gazetted in 1953

FOR CONVENIENT PARKING, PARTICULARLY IF TOWING: PARK AT CORNER OF GRAY RD & GREAT NORTHERN HIGHWAY, NEAR THE PARK WITH PUBLIC TOILETS & PLAYGROUND FOR GEO KIDDIES. ALSO AREA GEO DOGS TO HAVE A ROAM.  THE BAKERY ON THE HIGHWAY IS WELL KNOWN AND EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH PEOPLE OFTEN HEADING OUT FOR A WEEKEND DRIVE JUST TO GO TO THE BAKERY!  PLEASE RECOVER THE CACHE WELL & WATCH FOR MUGGLES. THIS AREA HAS BEEN FLOODED IN THE PAST, PLEASE LOG ANY PROBLEMS, ALTHOUGH CACHE ITSELF SHOULD BE HIGH & DRY EVEN IF ACCESS BECOMES TRICKY!

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