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Guilderton - The Lookout Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Balayang:
The situation here has been reviewed again.

Sufficient time has elapsed since the issues were highlighted, and nothing has been done to restore it.
Circumstances that prevent timely maintenance can arise, and ample opportunity for the Cache Owner to get in touch to request a time extension has been provided.
No request has been received from the Cache Owner, dja_wa, for further time to restore the cache.
** It appears to have been abandoned by the Owner and, therefore, will be Archived.**
Caches lost in this manner will not be Unarchived.
This area is now available for other interested players to utilise for cache placement if viable locations can be found.

Balayang -Geoff
Volunteer Community Reviewer

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Hidden : 2/15/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Boasting a wonderful view of the Moore River mouth, the lookout also offers references to the location of several maritime wrecks.

The township at the mouth of the Moore River was formally gazetted in 1951. The historian Henrietta Drake-Brockman recommended that it be named Guilderton in honour of the 'Gilt Dragon' and the thousands of guilders worth of silver coins it was carrying. While the wreck had not yet been discovered, there was already speculation that it was somewhere in the vicinity, as in 1931 a young boy who was playing in some sandhills uncovered about 40 Dutch coins. They were all dated between 1619 and 1655, indicating that they could have been from the Vergulde Draeck, given that it was wrecked in 1656. Another thirty-two years went by before the wreck was found.

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