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Queen Victoria Spring Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/27/2002
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

It's hidden in a fork of a tree on the far side of the spring/claypan from the parking area. Queen Victoria Spring is very remote and you'll need a 4WD to get there. Figure a (long) day to get there from Kalgoorlie.

The cache is in a white plastic 4.5kg mayonnaise container. Minus the mayonnaise. Plus a bunch of stuff I had lying about before I left: calculator, compass, pen-sized telescope, a tamogochi, two smurfs and a keyring. There's a pad and pencil visitor's 'book'.

Queen Victoria Spring was named by Ernest Giles who found it after travelling for 17 days without water. It's not really a spring, but a claypan which collects water after rains. It certainly saved Giles' life. He stayed a week before continuing west on his expedition.

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