Parsons Nose Traditional Cache
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This is a small cache container of the Tupperware variety that is ideal for smallish swaps and trackables.
To access, you can park on the eastern side of the Putty Road opposite the entrance to Thompson’s Road or drive on further. Follow the track to the old crossing site. It is two wheel drive vehicle friendly, the only thing is that the grass is quite tall however there is nothing along the track to run over or into. Also if you choose to drive, turning around, right up the end, will be tricky so a stroll maybe preferrable for some part way along.
Terrain rating is for part of the access to GZ area that could be slippery especially after rain or early morning.Also please be aware that there are some stinging nettles near GZ. For those that haven’t experienced stinging nettles, they can be quite painful for the younger Geokids if they brush up against them so please check out the link so you know what to look out for.
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Richard Hill was born in 1782 and ordained as a Church of England minister in 1813. He and his wife, Phoebe Sapphira, arrived in Sydney 18 June 1819 aboard the “Hibernia”.
Revd Hill became Minister-in-Charge at St James Church, Sydney when the church was consecrated in February 1824. He was renowned for his outspoken criticism of the cruelty, mistreatment and appalling conditions the convicts suffered.
On the 30th of September 1825 he was given a grant of 1,200 acres on the west bank of the west bank of the Wollombi Brook; Parsons Creek was his northern boundary. Revd Hill named his grant Milbro-Dale and settled the property with the assistance of nine convicts as well as free men.
Their first task was to erect rough bark shelters. By 1828 Milbro-Dale had many outbuildings, stables, a blacksmiths shop, butcher shop and piggery. Fruit trees and vegetables were planted and a substantial woolshed was erected by the convicts who quarried the sandstone blocks on the property.
The date of erection of Milbro-Dale homestead is uncertain. This charming Colonial homestead was set in a bend on the south side of Parsons Creek near where Bulga Creek flows into it.
Revd Hill died suddenly in the vestry of St James Church Sydney on 30 May 1836. Phoebe Sapphira Hill died 7 December 1863. They had no family.
In the 1930’s the shingles began to leak, so corrugated iron was placed over them. Some of the timber flooring was replaced and an extra room was built. With time and weathering the old home fell into a dangerous state of repair and was demolished in 1978.
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Lbh qba'g tb bire vg, lbh qba'g tb nebhaq vg lbh unir gb tb haqre vg.