The Cockfighter Traditional Cache
Ngaambul: As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it's been longer than 28 days since the last reviewer note. I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 28 days), just contact us (by email) once the cache is in place, and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it. Should you replace the cache after 28 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.
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This is a small container inside quite a tricky little cache hide.
There is an area to park at the end of a very short track on the northern side of the bridge which leads down to the “Bulga Beach”. After you and the Geokids have finished playing in the sand, don the trusty ole joggers and go for a mild stroll along the beach to locate the cache.
Be aware that sometimes this area is a playground for quads and 4X4's so stealth maybe required at times.
The ground cover at GZ is short but quite thick with some small fallen trees and branches lying in this greenery. So please watch your footing.
Even though this whole area and more was underwater during the 2007 June long weekend flood, which was the worst in over 40yrs for the area, the cache should be out of harms way for at least another 20 or so years (touch wood).
The Bulga bridge is a Dare type timber truss bridge. It has 2 timber truss spans, each of 32.0m (105ft). There are 3 timber approach spans at one end and 2 at the other giving the bridge an overall length of 129.2m (424ft), and was completed in 1912.
As a timber truss road bridge, it has many associational links with important historical events, trends, and people, including the expansion of the road network and economic activity throughout NSW, and Harvey Dare, the designer of this type of truss.
Dare trusses were fifth in the five stage design evolution of NSW timber truss road bridges. They were similar to Allan trusses, but contain improvements which make them stronger and easier to maintain. This engineering enhancement represents a significant evolution of the design of timber truss bridges, and gives Dare trusses some technical significance.
The Bulga bridge is particularly technically significant because it has very large supporting trestles, has the rare feature of trussed cross girders, and is the largest span Dare truss bridge built.
The bridge is located in the Hunter region, which has 15 historic bridges each constructed before 1905, and it gains heritage significance from its proximity to the high concentration of other historic bridges in the area.
In 1998 there were 27 surviving Dare trusses in NSW of the 40 built, and 82 timber truss road bridges survive from the over 400 built.
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