A Brief Bit of History.
There are a few information signs here to gain local knowledge of area or for some more information. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Also it is worth going to the Local Tourist Information centre just down the road were the locals will make you feel welcome and at home. Make sure you tell the your travelling through and are a Geocacher.
St George is a town of approximately 2,400 people in Queensland, Australia. The town is 390 kilometres (240 mi) due west of Brisbane and the Gold Coast and sits just inside the region of South West Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell who crossed the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April 1846. At the 2006 census, St George had a population of 2,410.[1]
It sits at the junction of several highways including the Castlereagh Highway, the Moonie Highway, the Carnarvon Highway and the Balonne Highway. The only crossing of the Balonne River is the Andrew Nixon Bridge on the Balonne Highway. St George is on the Balonne River which is reputedly an excellent fishing site for fish such as Yellowbelly and Murray Cod.
The town has been affected in low lying areas by severe flooding on at least three occasions from 2010 to 2012.
The Andrew Nixon Bridge is a road bridge over the Balonne River in St George, Queensland, Australia. The bridge, which is part of the Balonne Highway, is the only river crossing in the area.
The bridge is sometimes covered in floodwaters, most recently during the March 2010 Queensland floods[2] and again during the January 2011 floods.[3] The bridge is first covered by flood waters at a height of 10.7 metres, referring to the St George flood gauge.[4]
The bridge is located adjacent to the natural river crossing point St George Bridge, which was named by Thomas Mitchell after being discovered on St George's Day in 1846.[5]
The container should not be hard to find but please put it back out of sight and secure so it doesnt travel away.