Captain Terror is notorious for the epic research that goes into his cache hides. I was recently helping Captain Terror with some research for a multi cache and I discovered he was not aware that the University of Queensland is home to a number of free museums which are open to the public. I figured other geocachers may also be unaware of this, so I have created a virtual tour of the museums at UQ St Lucia campus.
Note: You do not need to enter the museums to complete this virtual cache
There is one optional photo which is inside a building, but all other waypoints are outside. The museums are all well worth visiting, but you may need to come on a week day. For this reason, you do not need to actually enter the museums to claim the virtual.
Please send me a message with the answers before you log the cache. Logs without acceptable answers showing you visited this virtual location will be deleted.
To claim this virtual find you will need to answer the 7 questions below and also take a photo of yourself or your geocaching username in front of Nell.
There is an optional photo which you can take if you are able to access the building. I highly recommend viewing this location if possible.
You are near the entrance to the UQ Art Museum in front of Nell.
Take a photo of yourself or your geocaching name in front of Nell.
Q1. What type of material is Nell made from?
WP2 Indigenous rock carvings
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You are near the entrance to the Michie building which is home to both the Anthropology museum and the Antiquities museum. Here you can view a garden of indigenous rock carvings.
Q2. What two Aboriginal tribes did these rocks serve a boundary for?
Q3. What type of lines can you see on rock 4?
Q4. Which rocks show kangaroo tracks?
WP3 Entrance to the Parnell Building
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You are standing at the entrance to the Parnell building. Look up to the left of the word PHYSICS.
There is a carving of Galileo’s experiment.
Q5. Along with cannonballs and feathers, which famous building is depicted on the carving?
Check out the carving of Schrodinger’s cat on the right, while you are here.
If you head inside the Parnell building you will find the famous Pitch Drop experiment. Behind you when looking at the Pitch Drop is the Physics museum. You will find some equipment from the Bribie Array on display which will be particulary interesting if you have done or plan to do the The Bribie Array cache.
WP4 Great Court entrance to the Steele Building
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Look up and you will see famous chemists Lavoiser on the left and Dalton on the right of the entrance.
Look then above them and then look up to the frieze above. Two other chemists Mendeleev and Priestly are depicted along which a famous microbiologist and chemist.
Q6. What is the name of the scientist who is depicted to the right of Priestly?
If you are wondering what the other frieze pictures depict, on the left is 16th century distillers at work and on the right is 16th century assayers at work. The distillers are separating liquids with different boiling points. The assayers are liberating metals from ores using a wood fuelled fire assay.
If you head inside and turn to your left down the corridor then right you will be led to the geology museum through the entrance beside the water fountain. If the building is open I suggest you head in to view the large period table outside the Geology museum and take an optional photo.
Optional Photo: Take a photo of your favourite element from the periodic table wall.
WP 5 Alternative entrance to the Steele building
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Look at the sign to your left. Q7. Why was the UQ solar system established?
You can also access the Geology museum from this entrance if you wish.
Museum locations and opening hours
Art museum opening hours Monday to Saturday, 10am—4pm Wednesday, 10am—8pm James and Mary Emelia Mayne Left (Building 11)
Anthropology museum opening hours Mon-Fri 11am-3pm Level 1 Michie Building (9)
Antiquities museum opening hours Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm Level 2 Michie Building (9)
Physics museum opening hours Mon-Fri 9:45am-4pm Level 2 in the Parnell Building (7)
Geology museum opening hours Mon-Fri 9am-4pm
The main source of information about the carvings comes from the book: Carving a History: a Guide to the Great Court published by the University of Queensland (2016)
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.