WanderingAus' Wandering Mule Padbury, Western Australia, Australia
By
WanderingAus on 01-Dec-12. Waypoint GA5070
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S31° 47.389' E115° 46.409' (WGS 84) |
| 50J 383881E 6482206N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 19 m |
| Local Government Area: | Joondalup |
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Description
WanderingAus' Wandering Mule is an entrant in the 'Bingo' moving cache race for 2012/2013. WanderingAus' father served in the Royal Horse Artillery and was stationed in India during the mid to late 1930s. Most of their horses were Walers, many of them supplied from Western Australia. He spent the first couple of years of World War II in India, and his final posting was at the Mountain Artillery Training Depot in Scotland, where their chosen transport mode was the mule. Mules are larger and stronger than donkeys, and are able to carry the three major parts of a mountain gun (barrel and breach, limber, and wheels) over arduous terrain for long periods. Some cachers may think WanderingAus' Wandering Mule is a donkey, however I have it on good authority that all donkeys are marked with the sign of the cross ( a dark line along the back and running down into each shoulder) because of the donkeys connection with a religious occurrence at the start of the first christian millenium. The mule doesn't have this, possibly as punishment for the inter-species relationship which created the mule.
If you can abide by the rules below please help to keep him moving in the race.
•Caches must be found and hidden by the same cacher (i.e. no mailing the cache to another cacher to hide)
•Only moves count towards your bingo card and you must move the cache at least 1km to count as a valid move
•There is no limit to the distance cachers can move the cache
•Cachers in the game are requested to move it on within 2 days
Hints
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Logs
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
Awaiting "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
and happy to report is in good condition.Thank you for the cache WanderingAus
According to Wikipedia...
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids (first generation hybrids) between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny, which is the offspring of a female donkey (jenny) and a male horse (stallion).
The size of a mule and work to which it is put depend largely on the breeding of the mule's female parent (dam). Mules can be lightweight, medium weight, or when produced from draft horse mares, of moderately heavy weight. Mules are reputed to be more patient, hardy and long-lived than horses, and are described as less obstinate and more intelligent than donkeys.
The mule is valued because, while it has the size and ground-covering ability of its dam, it is stronger than a horse of similar size and inherits the endurance and disposition of the donkey sire, tending to require less food than a horse of similar size. Mules also tend to be more independent than most domesticated equines other than the donkey.
The median weight range for a mule is between about 370 and 460 kg (820 and 1,000 lb). While a few mules can carry live weight up to 160 kg (353 lb), the superiority of the mule becomes apparent in their additional endurance.
In general, a mule can be packed with dead weight of up to 20% of its body weight, or approximately 90 kg (198 lb). Although it depends on the individual animal, it has been reported that mules trained by the Army of Pakistan can carry up to 72 kilograms (159 lb) and walk 26 kilometres (16.2 mi) without resting. The average equine in general can carry up to approximately 30% of its body weight in live weight, such as a rider.
A female mule that has estrus cycles and thus, in theory, could carry a fetus, is called a "molly" or "Molly mule", though the term is sometimes used to refer to female mules in general. Pregnancy is rare, but can occasionally occur naturally as well as through embryo transfer. A male mule is properly called a horse mule, though often called a john mule, which is the correct term for a gelded mule. A young male mule is called a mule colt, and a young female is called a mule filly.
Not at all stubborn, may be accessed via man-made path.
I'll move it to a new location ASAP
