This cairn marks the site on Ward Plain where aviators Ross and Keith Smith landed.
The Murweh Shire plaque reads:
CAPTAIN SIR ROSS SMITH
AND LIEUTENANT SIR KEITH SMITH
LANDED ON THIS PLAIN ON THE FIRST
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA FLIGHT ON
THE 23RD DECEMBER 1919
ERECTED 67
THE MURWEH SHIRE COUNCIL
After landing outside Charleville on 23rd December 1919, the area received heavy rains, making it impossible for the Vickers Vimy to take off from the soggy plain. The Vickers Vimy engines needed major overhauling, and repairs were carried out at Ipswich Railway Workshops, where a new propeller was also made. Sergeants Grange and Chester, aviation mechanics from Melbourne, arrived on 5th January 1920 to assist Bennett and Shiers with the repairs. The crew departed Charleville on 12th February 1920 for Bourke, NSW.
Also on the cairn is a plaque erected by the Historic House Museum Charleville. Use the information on this plaque to find your coordinates:
Note: The coordinate formula below has had one change to it, made on 3.8.2022. If you downloaded or printed the page before then, I suggest re-doing it, although in my opinion, it woud not make all that much difference to finding the cache. This notice will be removed just before QOGM commences in September this year.
S26 19.(9,1)(13,4)(12,5) E146 05.(15,13)(5,7)(4,14)
This is how this site once looked:
And this was the original cairn:
Enjoy!
Checksum of all decimals = 42