Sails at Sunset Traditional Cache
oldfrankos: We have archived this cache as it seems that the local muggles have been active in the area.
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This is a micro cache and stealth will be required as this is a popular area.
Young Captain Matthew Flinders, in 1802, was the first European to explore the area around Port Augusta. Forty years later pastoral leases extended from the Flinders Ranges north to Leigh Creek. It was the prosperous wool merchant and MP, Thomas Elder, who initiated the mid-1850s move to survey the harbour and layout the township.
Large export quantities of wheat, wool and copper ore mined from sites in the northern Flinders Ranges such as Blinman, Beltana, Yudnamutana, Oratunga, Nuccaleena and Parachilna and imports of stores and material for the northern runs, sheep stations and copper mines made Port Augusta a busy port by the 1860s.
In bygone days, Tall ships and Cargo vessels would unload and reload all their merchandise here. The area on top of this wharf had a rail system in place for such activity.
Today the redeveloped wharf makes a nice place to sit, relax and enjoy the beautiful views across Spencer Gulf. It is a great place to watch the sunset.
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