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Guilderton - Gabadah Park Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Balayang: This cache is being Archived after noting that no appropriate action has been taken to restore it, and no advice from the Cache Owner, dja_wa, has been logged here requesting more time.

Circumstances that prevent timely maintenance can arise, and ample opportunity for the Cache Owner to get in touch has been provided.
With no updates or restorative maintenance completed, we can only conclude that this cache has been abandoned. Therefore, it is being archived to clear the way for new cache placements by other interested players in this location. Caches archived for this reason are ineligible to be Unarchived.

Balayang -Geoff
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Hidden : 2/15/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Gabadah Park is a small shady park located a short walk from the Lookout.

There are BBQ facilites and play equipment.


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.



Congrats to olthomas on FTF

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Decryption Key

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