Dubbo's Early Days #2 Traditional Cache
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A fairly easy cache near one of Dubbo's historic locations.
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley passed through the Dubbo region in June 1818 whilst exploring the Macquarie River and searching for the great inland sea. Following is an excerpt from his journal of his first encounter of the place we now call Dubbo: "June 9... The character of this river is in every respect different from the Lachlan; its waters are pure and transparent, with no marks of flood; it derives its source and continuance from springs and additional streams, and is in no way dependent upon rains for its permanent existence. June 10. — Remained at this station for the purpose of refreshing the people and horses. Examined the country to the north-east for a few miles; it differed but little from that already passed over, in point of quality of soil, but was broken into irregular hills and valleys, without rising into any one distinguishing or remarkable hill: the surface of the country seemed elevated, and rising to the eastward. The soil for the most part a reddish light mould, the hills covered with small stones, the trees dwarf gum, box, a few cypresses and casuarinae; the soil well covered with grass. Kangaroos, fish, and swans, were the produce of this day’s sport, so that we enjoyed all the necessaries, and many of the luxuries of life."
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