Dead Centre of Comet Traditional Cache

This cache is in a nice quiet spot where you can reflect on some local history. Access is on a well-formed dirt road that is accessible to all vehicles in all weather. It's also and easy walk from elsewhere in town.

Please keep the gate shut to keep livestock out.

This was the second cemetery in Comet (or Cometville, as it was then known).  In 1878, when the Great Northern Railway reached the town, the population was around 1500.

The information board at this site contains the names of people who died in the township and on local properties. Amongst these deaths were 52 children between 1877 and 1880. It’s not certain what caused these deaths but it’s believed they could have been due to the poor quality of the available drinking water.

Contains log and writing stick/p>