Canoona, the site of the first north Australian gold rush.It was named after the Canoona pastoral station.
Gold was discovered at Canoona in 1858, a time when the goldfields of New South Wales and Victoria held little prospect for the independent miner. It provoked a rush, and it was estimated that 15,000 people were at Canoona during September to December 1858. The field was not a 'duffer', but it could not sustain a mining population of anything like that number. Its chief benefit was to bring population to the region, providing labour for the pastoralists and peopling the infant town of Rockhampton.
Minor gold mining continued until the turn of the century, but agriculture was the main industry.
There are toilets and pinic tables at this rest stop. You may want some repellant if you take to long to find the cache. GZ may get ankle deep in water after recent heavy rain
The cache is a 1.75L screw top container with some swaps.