Place Comment: Page Family Grave
Submitted: Wednesday, Jul 04, 2018 at 16:25
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Candace S.
On 16 June, 2018, I visited the
Page family grave. From what I read here on EO, I thought the little track going to the site was difficult to follow. So I simply parked along the
Birdsville track and walked east to it, using my handheld GPS.
It looked to me like there is a certain amount of vehicle traffic to the site these days. I'll attach some pics to illustrate.
BTW, this site caught my interest due to similarities between this incident, and the disappearance of four German tourists in Death Valley Nat'l Park. In that case, it took 13 years to find any of their remains.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/33919797/ns/us_news-life/t/death-valley-bones-linked-german-tourists/#.WzxiTcInbIU
Clear tire marks encircle the site - 16 June 2018
This clear track leads directly to the site; I followed it southwest for a few minutes...
The track I walked from the site intersected this track, which runs generally north-south (on the east side of the sand ridge)...
Coordinates at that intersection... S 26.59218, E 139.63571
This bright yellow post is near and generally west of the intersection. I did not follow the track any further.
Reply By: Mikee5 - Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 07:32
Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 07:32
It is a touching memorial that the surviving family members have erected there so recently. In my opinion the harder it is to find, the less yobbos will go there with their
toilet paper and rubbish. We took other peoples' rubbish away ourselves from the site.
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Reply By: Peter_n_Margaret - Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 15:58
Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 15:58
HEMA maps indicate "No Access", so I have always assumed that it is private property (Clifton Hills?) and that they don't want visitors there, so I have always honoured that.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 18:23
Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 18:23
Hi Peter
Yes it is private property, and we contacted
Pandie Pandie and they said that it was not a problem.
We were last there in 2011 and we could not drive up to the grave, as the area was covered in Cane Grass and other dense vegetation.
Just as
well we did not try to drive to the site as there were a couple of very large holes that would have stopped any vehicle in its tracks.
Cheers
Stephen
We cleaned up the grave site, as the cattle had scattered most of the rocks around the grave
looking back to our car 400 metres from the grave, showing the dense vegetation.
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 23:17
Thursday, Jul 05, 2018 at 23:17
It was easy to find when I went there in August 2006. But since then, the area was flooded and the vegetation became overgrown. Looks like its back to normal
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