Wondabyne Sculptures Traditional Cache
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Near the Wondabyne Sculptures, easy 5 min walk from the road.
History of the Wondabyne Sculptures.
The International Sculpture Symposium movement was spearheaded by Karl Prantl in Austria in 1959 . This initiative grew from the need to facilitate communication and exchange between members of the international sculpture community. It was also rooted in Cold War tensions, which lent a particular urgency to the need for cross-cultural dialogue on a person-to-person basis. The first international sculpture symposium took place in an abandoned stone quarry in St. Margarethan, Austria.
Sculptors from around the world joined together to produce a permanent public artwork from local stone, a dynamic which would provide the model for many symposia to follow. Since then international sculpture symposia have been held in numerous towns and cities around the world, including Lindabrunn, Austria and Hagi, Japan (a town known for its pottery).
The first Sculpture Symposium in Australia was held at Wondabyne near Gosford in New South Wales in 1986. Wondabyne is well known for its history of stone quarrying. The Wondabyne rail stop was named after Mt Wondabyne, located adjacent to the station across the bay, known as Mullet River or Mullet Creek. It was originally built in 1889 for quarry use only and known as Mullet Creek Station. It was later renamed Hawkesbury Cabin station, then finally Wondabyne. The stone for the Wondabyne Sculptures was sourced from the Wondabyne Quarry which is now owned by Gosford Quarries.
The Wondabyne Sculpture Symposium held in 1986, featured sandstone sculptures by Bruce Copping and 11 other sculptors from six different nations. The sculpture symposia was undertaken along the foreshore area near the railway stop at Wondabyne. However, eight years later the local council decided that it was in the best interest of public to relocate these impressive sculptures due to access and liability issues at the original Wondabyne site. It was then decided the more desirable and accessable site was the New Mt Penang Parklands.
The Mt Penang Parklands is made up of 156 hectares of magnificently located land that is being redeveloped by the NSW Government to provide a place for people to work, have fun, or relax. Mt Penang Parklands, a division of the Festival Development Corporation is located on the NSW Central Coast mid way between Sydney and Newcastle. It is just minutes from the Gosford, F3 freeway exit.
The Parklands are made up of six key areas: Event Park, Retail/Commercial Park, Mt Penang Gardens, Sports Park, Future Business Park and Bushland.
The cache is hidden in the bushland area of the park and is a stones throw from the Wondabyne Stone Sculptures.
Short walking distance from parking and reasonably easy access from the road…
The clue for the type of the cache container you are looking for is….. “Time for a coffee break with a mate…”
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