Travel Bug Dog Tag Boomerang "Wisdom & Respect"

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Origin:
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Current Goal

Boomerang "Wisdom & Respect" is in a race with two other TB's to be the first to travel to the northern hemisphere and then return to Canberra, Australia and be logged in a cache owned by alpha993. Photos and stories of the adventures along the way are appreciated and encouraged.

About This Item

The artwork depicted on this keyring was created by Andy Dutka, an artist and member of the Mananura Aboriginal Art Group Descendants of the Darug Aboriginal People.

The Origin of Boomerang
...it was not until 1822 that this fascinating device was described in detail and recorded as a 'bou-mar-rang', from the language of the Turuwal people of the George's River near Port Jackson. What is immediately apparent is that this same people had other words for their hunting sticks but used 'boornarang' to refer to a returning throw-stick. The Turuwal people were a sub-group (the word 'tribe' is inappropriate in speaking of Aboriginal peoples) of the Dharug language group which extended from the shores of Sydney (between Port Jackson and Port Hacking) in the east, to nearly Katoomba in the Blue Mountains to the west. Many of the Aboriginal words we use in English are from the Dharug language, including boomerang, waratah, wallaby, dingo, kookaburra, koala and woomera...
Ref: http://www.boomerang.org.au/articles/article-what-is-a-boomerang.html

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    Tracking History (46119.2mi) View Map

    Mark Missing 1/11/2012 alpha993 marked it as missing   Visit Log

    The owner has set this Trackable as missing.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/26/2007 angel0072 retrieved it from Saltmarsh New South Wales, Australia   Visit Log

    very happy to get it we will relocate it soon. I found it with a group of my friends.
    Dropped Off 7/21/2007 BundyBoyz placed it in Saltmarsh New South Wales, Australia - 425.56 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/20/2007 BundyBoyz retrieved it from Weary Travellers Rest Queensland, Australia   Visit Log

    [In the hands of the BundyBoyz, heading towards Gosford will drop off over the weekend.]
    Discovered It 6/3/2007 Rastas000 discovered it   Visit Log

    MAy it return to its owner one day!!!
    Discovered It 6/2/2007 Trigger_Fish discovered it   Visit Log

    Saw it in Weary Traveller, Brisbane.
    Dropped Off 6/1/2007 HawMorFords placed it in Weary Travellers Rest Queensland, Australia - 5.73 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/30/2007 HawMorFords retrieved it from Movie Challenge - The 60s Queensland, Australia   Visit Log

    Welcome to Sunny Queensland... we'll move it along soon.
    Dropped Off 5/29/2007 dak's Emu Mob placed it in Movie Challenge - The 60s Queensland, Australia - 7,161.11 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/19/2007 dak's Emu Mob retrieved it from Madison TB Hotel California   Visit Log

    I placed this TB in a cache in the US so that I got credit for the kilometres travelled. Now I'm picking it up again to take back to Australia.
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