The Armoury Traditional Cache
tronador: This spot no longer works, time for something new.
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To get to the cache, ride a bike( there are lots of bike tracks), park the car and walk, go for a kayak or if you are a visitor to Sydney, consider a trip on the River Cat and get off at Oympic Park wharf.
The area can be a muggle frenzy zone, especially on weekends, so please make sure the cache is well camoflaged when you return it.
Enjoy the views, the peacefulness and don't forget that Art Express has displays inside the Armoury from Feb - April every year.
The cache is a 1.5l clear container. Lots of room for swaps and TBs.
The need for a central magazine to store explosive materials and arms for the young colony was identified by the 1830s. A magazine on Goat Island was completed in 1839 but by 1861 it was seen as too small for the stocks of gunpowder. It was determined that all major developments in explosives storage should take place on other sites.
In 1882, approximately 88 hectares in the north eastern corner of the Newington Estate (in the vicinity of the Naval wharf on Parramatta River) was resumed by the Government for the development of an armaments magazine.
The establishment of the Armaments Depot required major modifications to the natural environment, including the reclamation of mudflats and wetlands and the small island just off the shoreline. Stone sea walls were constructed along almost the entire foreshore of the Parramatta River fronting the site and the mudflats were filled in to gain more land for farms, docks and a wharf. By this time, the greater part of the Newington Estate was owned by John Wetherill and the Benevolent Asylum for Women (under Crown operation) was operating where Silverwater Correctional Centre now exists.
Historic gatehouse at Newington Armory site built in 1897
THE ARMOURY IS ONLY OPEN FROM 10AM- 4PM DAILY. THE CACHE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE FROM SUNRISE - SUNSET 365 DAYS/YEAR.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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