GC5TBAH WAGB Arrow 14 (Unknown Cache) in Western Australia, Australia created by WA

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WA_Puzzler: Sadly it is time for this series to be put to bed. I had fun making the puzzles and putting the series out there all those years ago, and it was the first serious bit of geoart in Western Australia. The maintenance has been on thankless task though, so au revoir WAGB Arrow.

GC5TBAH ▼

A cache by WA_Puzzler Message this owner

Hidden : 4/27/2015

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates!!

WARDANDI & ABBA

Wikipedia tells us that Abba River is a river in the South West of Western Australia. Duh!!

A = 8

Wiki also tells us that the headwaters of the river rise 156m above sea level in the Whicher Range, in the Millbrook State Forest then flow in a northerly direction. The river runs downwards for 24km,crossing the Vasse Highway and then through Wonnerup Siding before discharging into the Vasse-Wonnerup Estuary East of Busselton and finally the Indian Ocean.

The river was named in 1834 by Frederick Ludlow. The name is Aboriginal in origin and is a greeting word used by the local people.

B = 8

The Wardandi Noongar are the traditional custodians of lands bounded by Capel, Nannup and Cape Leeuwin, including the Busselton-Wonnerup area. They have a strong connection to the sea, and are the custodians of the many caves in the area. The caves are the passages to the after-life and the region of the sea god Wardan.

C = 8

The coastal wetlands and Geographe Bay are of great social, cultural and spiritual importance to the Wardandi. Historically, the wetlands, estuary and bay were a major food source for local peoples. The Wardandi built fish traps (mungas) of stakes at the entrance to Wonnerup Inlet. Other food resources included waterfowl, eggs, long-necked turtles, frogs, crayfish and sedge roots. The foreshore and adjacent forest were sites of seasonal ceremonial and social gatherings as evidenced by the Coroboree Ground and semi-circular earthwork or ‘religious grove’ described by Francois Péron during the 1801 Baudin expedition.

D = 6

E = 0

One Wadandi maamun (man) says:

“I remember when I was growing up, my grandmothers and grandfathers would take us along the Abba River along with all the water systems found in our peoples traditional lands, they would take us to these once running bilya (rivers) to catch Culter (Mullet). We can’t do this anymore because of the changes to the landscape.”

F = 9
“We made nets from Hovea and Devil weed, which we scoop along the shallow pools and estuary’s catching shrimp and bait. Sometimes Coriel (crabs) would become entangled, but more often we would dive for Coreil in the waters, catching them by hand, until someone got nipped, which would make all of us laugh. Other Coolungas (Children) of my Moort (Family) would shout “It was the biggest Crab ever, it nearly bit my finger off!” “

G = 0
“Oh, we used to have such fun as kids; it was a happy healthy life, full of learning that I miss now. We still do a lot of fishing and hunting but it’s restricted between work hours, fishery rules and regulations.”

H = 0

It sounds like the Wardandi lived a very different life back then.

The coordinates you need to find the cache are:

S 33° 3A.BCD & E 115° 3E.FGH

Good Luck!

FTF Congratulations pood and dimor

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