<span class="highlight">Page</span> <span class="highlight">Family</span> Grave update
Submitted: Monday, May 02, 2011 at 07:29
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Member - Mike
Hi
Just back from our trip up the
Birdsville during which we travelled to the
Page Grave area trying for the second time to locate it.
As most members would know there has been a lot of rain up that way and there was a lot of undergrowth waist high. We manage to locate it by spotting the white painted top of the cross. as this area is very heavy going with all the vegetation etc. We were about a kilometre from the site when we forced to get and walk, no sign of any tracks as shown in Phils photo from my previous thread. Thanks to info from Phil we found it.
The
family have been there and laid a memorial stone.
Cheers for now
Mike
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Reply By: Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 13:45
Monday, May 02, 2011 at 13:45
The
family were escorted there by Sully last year and laid the stone. I spoke with some of them in the
Birdsville pub
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Reply By: Member Al (Sunshine Coast) - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:18
Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:18
The original thread is at
84936 and very worth reading.
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 19:02
Monday, May 02, 2011 at 19:02
Mike,
I'm so glad you found it!
Thanks for posting the photo.
Cheers
Phil
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Follow Up By: Member - Mike - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at 07:13
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at 07:13
Hi Phil
Yes we found it Eventually - Thanks to your plotted course & photos.
As stated the area is coverd by heavy undergrowth, any higher and we may not have found it. There is also a lot of water in this area but we had a dry drive into the area. We cleaned the site of weeds etc & left wondering if Roberts
resting place had been located.
Cheers 4 now
Mike
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Reply By: Livin On The Road - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at 18:03
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at 18:03
I read the article listed in the original thread. I felt gutted imagining how it must have felt to carry your 10 and 12 year old sons half naked, knowing that they were dying of thirst. What a terrible, tragic story.
My other thought when I read the header was '
Page Family' huh, who is writing a thread about my
family?!? (That is our surname, too :/ )
Amy
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Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at 19:42
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 at 19:42
Is the headstone actually on the grave or just marking the approximate area??
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Follow Up By: Member - Mike - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 07:05
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 07:05
Hi
John
The memorial is actually laid on the grave itself.
Cheers 4 now
Mike
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