ROSSTOWN RAILWAY SERIES #3 Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

jupiterpearl: Time to archive some of this series indefinitely - thanks for the finds

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Hidden : 10/8/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This series of 8 traditional caches traveling from Oakleigh to Elsternwick along the Rosstown Rail Trail. There is a multi cache in the series - one at the Elsternwick end - other caches have been archived.

This cache is difficult to find it there is a local football game on so probably abort!

You can walk or cycle this trail. Destined never to be used but always a dream . William Murray Ross built the never to be used Rosstown Railway first in 1883 and then had to be redone in 1887-8 due to the shoddiness of the original build. It was to carry produce from his other failed venture in the area the sugar beet mill.( the Northern Queensland Sugar cane industry would have probably ended it time anyway. ) There was a lot of concern from the market gardeners in the area that his mill would use all the water supply available in the area- (Lehmann's Swamp Reserve - now Koornang Park and the current swimming pool!) The railway would have been useful in today's age as it would have linked the Dandenong Line /go under the Frankston Line and eventually meet Sandringham Line at Elsternwick. Ross bought and owned a lot of land in the area and had his home "the Grange" in the area. (Grange Road). Carnegie was known as Rosstown until the early 1900's but its namesake hotel still stands on Dandenong Road in Carnegie North. There are 9 traditional and one multi cache. A few caches from the original series have been archived. Others are disabled presently.
  • All Aboard Mr Bent.
  • Rosstown Railway caches -1, 2, 3.
  • Locomotion
  • Princes Park Station
  • Trainspotting cache
  • Junction II .
  • Rosstown Multicache - Take a Ticket.
For this cache - it is a micro - you can BYO pen. Parking is available but again muggles with dogs, cyclists and football crowds may be present - stealth is required as it is an exposed location - please tuck the cache away as you found it - Joint FTF honours go to The Welder, n0w0rries, and Archie B1.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg gbbx JBBQ, fgrry naq teniry gb znxr gur envyjnl -

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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