Central Highlands Tourist Railway -
Daylesford
The first of three caches placed
along the route of an old branch line linking the towns of
Daylesford and Carlsruhe.
The branch line operated between 1880
and 1978 and for much of that time the railway provided the only
outside link to the outside world. The line has been restored by
volunteers and every Sunday tourists can take a ride through the
surrounding Wombat State Forest on an old diesel rail motor. The
journey takes around 25 minutes each way and makes stops at Musk
and Bullarto stations where incidentally there are caches
placed.
The first cache is placed outside the
heritage listed Daylesford station.
The CHTR has the largest
collection of rail motors in the state and visitors can learn more
about the history of the line at the free museum located in the
Daylesford station. The area around the station houses a large
collection of rolling stock and railway paraphenalia and I have
located the cache nearby but not so close as to arouse
suspicion.
The cache is a 400ml
sistema with logbook and small swaps. It should be easily
accessible at all times. Be careful of snakes. I didn't see any but
you never know.