This Virtual Reward brings you to the Wool Bay Lime Kiln & Jetty, an historic site on the South Australian Heritage Register.
The town of Wool Bay was originally called Pickering when it was established on 24 August 1876. It is situated atop coastal cliffs overlooking a protected bay. In 1882 a jetty was built, initially to roll wool bales out to ships. The locals came to know the jetty as Wool Bay jetty, and by 1940 the name of the town was also renamed Wool Bay. For many years, the town functioned as a wool, grain and lime exporting port.
Between 1900 and 1910, six lime kilns were built on the cliffs overlooking the bay. Limestone was burnt to manufacture lime, an ingredient in mortar and brick-making. The kilns were one of the largest and most modern facilities in the state when they were established by David Miller & Sons, and opened in 1910. The Wool Bay lime kilns closed in the 1960s and most of the kilns and associated infrastructure were demolished in the 1970s. One kiln remains and was listed along with the jetty under the name of Wool Bay Lime Kiln & Jetty on the South Australian Heritage Register on 28 November 1985.
To log this cache you need to visit the posted coordinates and take a picture of yourself with both the Wool Bay Jetty and the Wool Bay Lime Kiln clearly in the background. The picture can be taken at any point along the jetty (especially if you want to take a little time to compose an aesthhetic photo), but both the jetty and the kiln must be included. Please include yourself in the picture, or if you have privacy concerns, something written with your Geocaching name.
There is no need to wait for a response from the CO before logging the cache. Your visit, and the picture taken, must be after the publication date. The CO reserves the right to delete the log if there is no indication that you have visited the area, or the picture is incorrect or not provided.
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.