Flinders Peak, You Yangs, Victoria, Australia
S 37° 57.060 E 144° 25.485
55H E 273730 N 5796493
The orientation table on Flinders Peak was placed in 1913, commemorating the climb by Matthew Flinders and team in 1802 to survey the surrounding countryside as they circumnavigated Australia.
Waymark Code: WMPD70
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 08/12/2015
Views: 11
This square cast iron orientation table is now bolted to a much newer observation tower on the granite boulders of Flinders Peak, at the top of a hike in the You Yangs National Park.
The description of the geocache nearby denotes that Flinders left a scroll, with observations of his survey in a rock cairn on the top of the peak, describing it as possibly the first geocache of Australia.
Views are spectacular, and include Port Phillip beyond Melbourne.
Artist / Creator:
Artist unknown, but presented by J. Blakeston, Esquire, 30th June, 1913
Date of creation: 1913
Location / Access:
Flinders Peak, from the You Yangs National Park
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