This GPS cache was located in the Lane Cove National Park, in
the lower-north suburbs of Sydney, NSW, Australia. It was
Australia's first cache, planted 18th May, 2000. It has now become
a "virtual cache" because of its unfortunate position (please read
below!!!).
If anyone wishes to create a cache in a national park in Sydney,
could you please contact Bruce Dudley on 02 9411 5087 or 0419 753
807, or email brududley@hotmail.com. He is very friendly, and keen
to help people enjoy the national parks and pursue this sport.
However, it is a lot more complicated than you can imagine.
Some places in the park have been designated as remote places
suitable for growing rare plants. I managed to place mine where
they were growing Darwinia Biflora. Secondly, people normally stick
to the walking tracks (as they are supposed to), rather than
heading into the scrub. So placing the cache there provides
unexpected attention to some normally undisturbed scrub. Thirdly,
your shoes carry weeds from one place to another, and with cache
hunters arriving from unexected directions, this causes unexpected
problems. Fourthly, during bushfire season, backburning may be
done, and the rangers need to know of unexpected people before they
commit homicide! :-) They would also be able to temporarily move
the cache.
So, if you know which park you would like to place the cache in,
contact Bruce, so he can arrange for a good position. He is fully
aware of what the sport is, and has his own GPS.
Old data...
I think there are a number of entrances to the National Park,
but the one I used was at S33 47.5649 E151 09.3768. It costs $6 to
enter the national park with your car. The booth was closed when I
was there though, so maybe it doesn't apply on weekdays. Either way
I suggest you go there with the intention of doing more than just
finding the stash. There are toilets and BBQ facilities here.
The cache's position was averaged for about 30 minutes so has an
estimated accuracy of 7m.
