Sunbury Earth Rings - Wirilda Court Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Bunjil: Unfortunately there has not been a response (or regular update) from the cache owner within the period requested and, as per the original advice, this cache is now being de-listed (Archived) as abandoned.

If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment.

If you wish to contact a Reviewer regarding this cache, please send an email via the profile - Bunjil, and quote the Cache Name and GC Identification Code.

More
Hidden : 3/12/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works
Looking for a different adventure?

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

The Sunbury Earth rings are a series of prehistoric aboriginal sites located around Sunbury. This is the second in a series of caches centred around these sites of significance.

Sometimes referred to as Bora Rings, they have been formed by scraping off grass and topsoil, and piling it in a circular ridge around the outside. They measure between 10 and 25m diameter. Only eight earth rings are documented for the entire state of Victoria. Five of these are found in Sunbury. All of the rings in Sunbury are on gently sloping sites. They are somewhat different to the Bora rings found in New South Wales and south east Queensland, which tend to be located in hidden, flat sites, and in connected pairs. The Sunbury rings first came to public attention, and first were investigated and described in the early 1970s, when archaeologist Dr David Frankel undertook a test excavation on one of the rings to determine their origin. Excavations revealed the remains of two small stone cairns, one in the centre and one on the edge of the circle, and a number of sharp stone plades or knives, which were possibly used in ritual scarification or circumcision ceremonies. The rings have been interpreted as Aboriginal ceremonial sites, although there are no historical or ethnographic accounts of them being used as such. Members of the Wurundjeri Tribe Council have suggested the rings may be more than 1000 years old, based on the results of archaeological investigations. However, Elder Auntie Annette Xibberas acknowledged that the aboriginal people of Melbourne ...lost a lot of our knowledge with European colonisation, we only found out about these (rings) about 30 years ago. The ring is in the fenced off area and access is from Correa Way. Please be respectful of the area. As of July 2015 the cache can no longer be accessed from Wirilda Court. If the gate is locked at Correa Way you will need to climb over the fence to access the cache. There is a bit of a twist to this cache so it's been listed as an unknown. There is a cache at the listed coordinates and you'll discover what the twist is when you find it!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: Qrnq Gerr EU: Fgneg ba gur bhgfvqr. Ragre gur tnc va gur ohfurf jurer gur ybj unatvat thz gerr oenapu vf. Ybbx ybj, nobhg fuva urvtug.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


Advertising with Us

Inventory

There are no Trackables in this cache.

View past Trackables

What are Trackable Items?

Bookmark Lists

View all bookmark lists...