A cache to commemorate the resilience of early pioneers.
Waterways in the outback are both beautiful and terrifying.
In October 1863, Donald Cameron, his son John and James and William Crombie walked sheep from the New England district of New South Wales and pastured them along a forty mile frontage of the Alice River. (I can't imagine doing that! 
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They called their homestead block Barcaldine after a family property in Scotland.
The government passed a new Land Act in 1884, under which all blocks were to be property surveyed and leases consolidated into registered holdings in which payment of rent could be enforced. Under its provisions each large property lost a portion of land which was resumed for closer settlement. The work took time and in the Barcaldine area, consolidation coincided with the birth of the town in 1886. (And the Government is still getting their fingers in the property till! 
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Series Notes: Barcaldine lies at the crossroads of major transport routes north-south and east-west; on the major transport routes from Townsville to Adelaide and Rockhampton to Darwin. Road Trains, some of considerable length, travel these roads 24/7. Caravans galore mostly during daytime hours, highlight the significance of the tourist trade to the area.
Along each of these routes is a series of caches highlighting the centrality of Barcaldine as an access hub in Central Western Queensland.
The Eastern Series of twelve caches commences some 22 or so klms from Barcaldine on the Capricorn Highway from Rockhampton. It ends at a rest stop on the outskirts of the town. All caches of this series, except one, are on the left (western) side of the highway, so there is no need to cross the highway in search of a cache. Roadside parking is available at all caches, even for caravans.
If you are travelling out of Barcaldine, please reverse the direction of some aspects in these descriptions. Not all points will be visible when travelling east, as they will be on the opposite side of the road facing away from the direction of travel.