One of the City's Classic Parks, in the heart of the city, sitting between the CBD and historic Sullivans Cove. The Park underwent a significant refurbishment in 2016 that caters to a mix of both passive relaxation and active events.
Franklin Square is an oak-lined public space in Central Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is named after Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), the Arctic explorer and former Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (as Tasmania was then known); the centrepiece of the park is a statue of Franklin, with an epitaph by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It and Hobart Town Hall were built on the site of the former government house of Tasmania. It is on the Tasmanian Heritage Register.
Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, in 1819 and 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1839 to 1843. During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847. The icebound ships were abandoned ten months later and the entire crew died, from causes such as starvation, hypothermia, and scurvy
To Claim this Virtual there are two requirements
- Message the owner with the two "words" that are on the fountain heads in front of you.
- Take a photo of you or part of yourself or a piece of paper with your caching name in front of the statue of Sir John Franklin
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.