TD 006 – Coffin Bay Pony Traditional Cache

This is a series of 7 caches, the theme - Horse Breeds Originating in Australia.
They have been placed along a quite road, near horse country.

A pleasant drive, just to get you out and about, with the bonus of finding a cache.

As we started geocaching when we lived in Mandurah, we decided to place our first cache near by.

The Coffin Bay Pony
is a semi-feral horse that developed in Australia. These ponies evolved from foundation bloodstock of 60 Timor Ponies that were imported by English settlers from Indonesia to Coffin Bay, on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula at Coffin Bay, South Australia. Coffin Bay Ponies are often confused with Australia's most noted feral horses, the Brumby, which lives in wild mobs all over Australia. However, Coffin Bay ponies live in a fenced protected area.

Coffin Bay ponies have always been reared in a semi-wild and wild manner, which has made them healthy and hardy with strong bones and hooves. Ponies have a conformation which is very reminiscent of a Timor pony with good hindquarters and short legs. They have a kind and intelligent eye. There are two acceptable types of Coffin Bay ponies, the lighter saddle type and a slightly stronger type with clean legs, for both driving and riding.

Happy hunting.

OOH YEH has kindly offered to maintan these caches for us.