Byways of Burnside #6 Traditional Cache
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This is a simple traditional walk-by cache (no vehicle access) and is No. 6 in an occasional series.
These byways have come into being through a variety of reasons. Some are easements for drainage etc., others are walkways left in subdivisions while a few are narrow linear creek walks. Older lanes provided access for the ‘night carts’ that collected ‘night soil’ from the houses backing on to the lanes – nice euphemisms! All the byways are easily accessible by foot and some by car, although walking is recommended. Some are quite attractive while others are less appealing. The caches are all on public land. WARNING: You may be observed by Muggles living adjacent to the byways. This cache is located in a lane, Andrews Walk, with a history that goes back to the 1850s and the cache can be reached from either end. At the western, or lower, end on Hallett Road the entrance is through four ornate pillars that once flanked the carriageway that led to Clifton Manor. On the right, behind a stand of olives can be seen the Lodge where the gatekeeper vetted visitors to the Manor. The lane was named Andrews Walk in 2004 after Mr Percy Andrews and family who lived in Clifton Lodge, circa 1930-1987. If approaching from the east, or top end, and before reaching the lane entrance, you can catch a glimpse of a grand dwelling set back from the corner of Kurrajong Avenue and Waratah Way. This is Clifton Manor. The Manor was built in 1852 by one George Dean Sismey in the style of an English hunting lodge on an eighty acre section that was backed by a valley with Second Creek flowing through it. Sismey returned to England in 1860 and after various occupancies the land was subdivided. In 1926 and the house and forty acres were purchased by Dr Michael Schneider, an Adelaide eye specialist. He had the property declared a sanctuary where he kept kangaroos, emus and koalas in a large netted enclosure. In 1931 the Lodge and ten acres were bought by Percy Andrews who let the Lodge for several years until 1962 when his widow moved into the Lodge and where she lived until her death 1987. Dr Schneider died in 1970 and in 1976 his forty acres were subdivided into 114 allotments and sold as Clifton Estate. Fortunately land along Second Creek was preserved and today is known as the Michael Perry Botanic Reserve. The Reserve contains remnants of early Clifton plantings including many exotic and cool-climate trees including a Bunya Pine, a Cork Oak, Camellias and various palms. It is also the home of the cache ‘Mick’s Garden’ (GCG84E). You are looking for a black-painted Eclipse tin. No swaps please. WARNING: Access to Andrews Walk, and the nearby Michael Perry Botanic Reserve, is prohibited between the hours of 10pm and 5am. A fine of $5000 may be imposed for an infringement of this ban.
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(Decrypt)
Svefg cbyr evtug bs ynggvpr, haqre srapr pnccvat.