Shearing the Rams Multi-Cache
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Apparently being renovated- Booborowie is in the heart of the old sheep country and the Booborowie Station Wool Shed still stands.
DISABLED - apparently renovations have put the mosiac tables in storage for now.
The township of Booborowie, so named after the Ngadjuri, word for “round water hole”, is in a rolling valley to the North West of Burra.
In 1843, brothers and Doctors, William and James Browne, took up the Booborowie run as squatters. In 1851 they purchased a 14 year Crown lease. Once the land was surveyed in 1863, the brothers purchased 46,978 acres.
Initially the town was intended as a much larger service and commercial centre, however this did not eventuate. In the 1860’s an eating house and stables were built to cater for the needs of the Cobb and Co stage coaches making their way between Adelaide and Blinman in the Flinders Ranges. These were later changed into Council Chambers.
This cache takes you to some of the still standing buildings that tell of a history based on large sheep runs. The Booborowie Wool Shed was a 28 stand shed built in the 1880’s. Tom Roberts painting “Shearing of the Rams” takes place in a similar sized shed.
At WP 1 there are two table mosaics outlining the history of the district. The sketches are very detailed.
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Look carefully at 3 sketches of old buildings on the tables as you will be identifying one to get to GZ.
1. Church of England 2. Booborowie School 3. Council Chambers and Eating House.
To get to the 2nd waypoint which is at one of the above buildings- but which one???:
S 33 32 3AA
E 138 45 BBB
AA = The date of the first “Calling the Community” newsletter AA July, 1978
BBB = Add 11 to the number of issues reached on Friday 6th July 2001
At WP 2, identify the old building to take you to GZ a short distance away. PLEASE DO NOT GO PAST THE GATE - private land. Stay on the road.
S 33 32 5CC
E 138 45 4DD
1. Church of England CC: 45 DD: 65
2. Booborowie School CC: 57 DD: 37
3. Council Chamber/Eating House CC: 82 DD:45
At GZ, you can see the old Booborowie Station Wool Shed (Now Old Bungaree) for which the cache is named.
About 5 kms North are other old buildings and a drive through the town is also worthwhile.
Additional Hints
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Ebnqfvqr Gerr
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