Beatrice Traditional Cache
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Easy walk from the carpark. The slope to the cache is a little slippery so take care. Gates open 8.00 am to 7.00 pm
Window on the Wetlands Visitor Centre is perched on Beatrice Hill, one of the highest points on the Adelaide River floodplain.
Beatrice Hill was named on 6 June 1864, by Naval officers Hutchinson and Howard while surveying the Adelaide River on board the HMS Beatrice.
The cashe is a small Sistema container so can only take small swaps.
The Beatrice Hill Well was sunk in the 1880s when Beatrice Hill was the site of an experimental coffee plantation. It is built of locally found banded ironstone and is of simple yet solid construction. The well shaft is in excellent condition.
The sinking of wells took place as early agriculture ventures in the Northern Territory were progressed. Wells were essential to the successful development of land in Northern Australia. Extant wells remain an indicator of development and in the Northern Territory, they are often the only physical reminders that the land was once occupied.
The Beatrice Hill Well is associated with prominent nineteenth century pastoralists and entrepreneurs, Maurice Lyons and C B Fisher, who were the first to develop land in Northern Australia on a grand scale.
The stone wall fences at Beatrice Hill were also erected during the 1880s. They are associated with the agricultural ventures that were the basis for the establishment of the Beatrice Hill property. Stone wall fences are an unusual feature and are a design of exceptional interest in the Northern Australian landscape.
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