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Welcome to "Light at the End of
the Tunnel" bucketeer's 3rd cache.
This cache is located near a length of dressed bluestone wall, the
remains of Portland's Gaol, which was built in the1840's and
closed in 1893.
The Gaol was used to house unemployment relief
labour during the great depression in the 1930's. The men
were employed to demolish the gaol in 1937-8 and reused its
bluestone blocks to construct the forshore reserve sea
wall.
The Portland Court House adjoins the site and
can be very busy during business hours, when the Magistrate visits
each Tuesday.
WP1 (S38° 21.071’, E141°
36.482’)
The cache gets it name from this tunnel which, according to local
legend, that I cannot prove or disprove, connects to the Gaol site
and was only discovered recently, when the current roadway was cut
into the cliff face.
There is also a great playground here to entertain the kids for a
while.