Whyalla Dropbear Sanctuary Mystery Cache
Tempo 0: This one is simply worn out, all the foot traffic has now made a well worn path that you merely follow from stop to stop, My partner in the crime of building this cache over many weeks has gone too, passing away 5 years ago as worn out as this cache now is..
Whyalla Dropbear Sanctuary
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This cache is possible at night time only. Bring a strong torch.
It is well understood that the dropbear has evolved over thousands of years. It's diminutive cousin the Koala was more often found in dryer areas of Australia where it's herbivorous lifestyle was a natural adaptation to scarce food supplies. Conversely, Dropbear prides were more common in sub-tropical forests, where larger mammals (a primary food source) were more prevalent. The population density along coastal areas accounts for the less than comfortable relationship shared over the years by humans and Dropbears. Due to habitat destruction, many Dropbear prides have divided over the years, some of which head further inland in search of more plentiful food sources, and safer environments in which to raise cubs. This in turn has displaced some koala populations. This in fact serves to provide the Australian government with a convenient cover story. They (and others) claim that coastal Koala habitats are being destroyed, thereby lowering the count of koala's typically seen around urban Australia. This is a fallacy, as koala's never inhabited coastal areas in any great numbers due to the Dropbear not being particularly concerned with matters of etiquette regarding the feeding on relatives. However, since many tourists tend to be disappointed that they do not see a koala in every eucalyptus tree, the government perpetuates this story of an endangered species in a shrinking habitat. As horrible as it is, it sounds a lot better than saying "Oh, those cuddly things? Yeah, the dropbears ate them all". Welcome then to Whyalla Dropbear Sanctuary. You will find a large open area for parking only 60 metres from the given waypoints, please park here and walk in. Starting at the given co-ords you must shine your torch around you until you can see the piercing red eyes of a dropbear in the trees. Walk to that tree and shine your torch around until you see another dropbear looking back at you. It may be necessary to walk around each given tree to see the next creature looking back at you. At the seventh such encounter you will find a baby dropbear. (look out above you) He holds the co-ords for the cache itself. Put these co-ords into your GPS and follow them to the cache which hides under a tree directly under the Mistletoe. To guide you back to your original waypoint, rangers have placed orange reflectors in trees, follow the trail from one to the next as you followed the Bears to the cache site: you could use your GPS if you so choose. For your own safety it would be better if you do not do this cache alone. Cache contains log, pencil and small swaps as well as a FTF badge to get at least one of you out here.
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