#12 in the Newport Canal series
Shearwater Canal gives water access to odd houses on Mayflower Court and half the even houses on Constellation Court. Deep water access is via Albatross canal for small craft only under the Kay Cottee bridge out to Moreton Bay.
Mayflower was the victorious US defender of the sixth America's Cup yacht race in 1886 against Scottish challenger Galatea. Mayflower was a sloop rig designed by Edward Burgess, built by George Lawley & Son and launced in 1886 for owner General Charles J. Paine of Boston. It was built entirely of wood - oak and hard pine. In 1905 Lady Eva Barker bought the vessel and outfitted it with an engine. She chartered it to adventurer Guy Hamilton Scull in 1908 on an expedition seeking the treasure of a sunk Spanish galleon off Jamaica. Mayflower was sunk itself off Cuba in a hurricane during this expedition, and the crew rescued by passing steamers.
The short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris), commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters. It is a migratory species that breeds mainly on small islands in Bass Strait and Tasmania and migrates to the Northern Hemisphere for the boreal summer. The wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica), another of the shearwater species referred to as the muttonbird, has breeding colonies on Heron Island and Lady Elliott Island in Queensland, among many other locations. Tasmanian Aborigines have harvested muttonbirds and their eggs for many generations, and a number of families continue this important cultural practice. The muttonbird is one of the few Australian native birds that is commercially harvested. During the muttonbird season, chicks are taken for their feathers, flesh, and oil. The industry was established by early European sealers and their Aboriginal families. The recreational harvesting of short-tailed shearwaters is limited to the open season that is declared each year. A muttonbird licence must be obtained.
You are looking for a small container hidden at the base of a tree. Replacement has no room for swaps. Plenty of cover at this location, but use your geocaching stealth as always.
Congratulations to Brislions for FTF!!