This cache replaces Numabulla Ramble that went missing a couple of times and given the location, the hide needed to be adjusted to a new level due to the possibility of flooding, so changing the difficulty/terrain. The original was archived to give way to a new one requiring some fishing experience.
The Mary River was known to the Aboriginals of the Duungidjawu language region as the Numabulla and was traditionally named Moocooboola by the indigenous Kabi people. In 1842, early European explorers Andrew Petrie and Henry Stuart Russell named the river Wide Bay River. In 1847, (prior to Queensland becoming a separate colony) Charles Augustus FitzRoy, Governor of New South Wales, changed the official name to Mary River after his wife Lady Mary Lennox.
The Mary River was used for rafting timber during the early years of European settlement and the discovery of gold at Gympie in 1867, brought an inflow of miners and pastoralists. Alluvial flats along the river were used for cropping.
The river rises at Booroobin, west of Landsborough,and flows north through the towns of Kenilworth, Gympie, Tiaro and Maryborough before emptying into the Great Sandy Strait, a passage of water between the mainland and Fraser Island, near the town of River Heads, 17km south of Hervey Bay. Notable river crossings include the Dickabram bridge, the Granville bridge at Maryborough, and the Lamington bridge. The river's catchment area is 9 595 square kilometres and is bounded by the Conondale, Jimna and Burnett Ranges. It is also a historical Australian river that contains gold as was first discovered in Gympie by James Nash.
The endangered Mary River turtle lives in the river as well as the Queensland lungfish and the endangered Mary River cod. Other significant vulnerable species that live in and around the river include: Giant barred frog, Cascade tree frog, Coxen's fig-parrot, Tusked frog, Honey blue-eye fish, Richmond birdwing butterfly and Illidge's ant blue butterfly. Saltwater crocodiles are occasionally seen in the lower reaches of the river, although the official range stops near Gladstone, the Mary River is widely regarded as the most southerly range limit for crocodiles.
The cache is hanging along the river track accessed from Charles Street River Park in Kenilworth, just near one little beach. Note the flood debris in the she-oak trees. Beginner level tree fishing, only about 4m up.