The Crossing Place - The Virtual
The Crossing Place is a new 5.1 kilometre trail on Gateway Island near the Murray River. It is the site of the original crossing between the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria. Today there is a walking trail featuring sculptures by local First Nations artists. More information can be found - here. Hopefully a few caches will be placed here - we certainly enjoyed the walk the first time we did it.
This is a Virtual cache where you will need to visit three waypoints and answer a question at each. The loop should take an hour for most people to walk around - the path is flat and well gravelled (probably is wheelchair accessible but the gates may be a challenge). Take water on a hot day (though you could have a dip in the river) and snakes might be about in warmer weather. The track can be done from either end (parking coordinates are provided). During floods (like in late 2022) the track may be closed - Wodonga Council fixed the track up pretty quickly this year.
Waypoint 1 - Myee
This is probably the most spectacular sculpture along the trail - a celebration of a moth that makes an annual migration to the high country.
Q1 - What type of moth spirit is Myee?
Waypoint 2 - Safe Landing
The eagle is the totem of the Duduroa Dhargal tribe (maybe his name is Bunjil?).
Q2- What is the name of the sculptor?
Waypoint 3 - Scar Trees
A recently created scar tree that replicates the process undertaken by the local people for 1000s of years for the creation of canoes, coolamons and shields. The sign gives points on how to identify scar trees.
Q3 - There are two seven letter words that are repeated in the dot points. What are they?
Please send the answers to the above three questions either via email or message.
A photo is not recquired to log a virtual cache, but if you do enjoy the sculptures post a photo with your log - there is also a bunyip and platypus along the path.
Feel free to log. If logging requirements are not met log will be deleted
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.