Scrabble - St John's cathedral Traditional Geocache
Scrabble - St John's cathedral
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Number 3 in a series of 15 caches that contain clues to help solve Scrabble – Summer Holiday Fun (GC1KHY2). They can be done in any order.
Cache is located in Cathedral Square. Cache location provides good view of St John’s Cathedral. Parking will be difficult on week days.
The last stage in the 100 year-plus construction of St John’s Anglican Cathedral was completed with the lowering of a 13 metre tall, 22 tonne copper-clad spire onto its final resting place, the Central Tower on 11th November 2008.
The Foundation Stone was laid by the Duke of Cornwall & York in 1901 Prior to the 3rd stage, building occurred in 2 stages: East End & 1 bay of the Nave 1906 - 1910; further 2 bays of Nave 1964 - 1968.
St John’s Cathedral is a fine example of 19th century Gothic-Revival architecture designed in 1888 by John Loughborough Pearson.
The first two stages created a superb Gothic interior with a forest of elegant sandstone columns and arches supporting the only stone vaulted ceiling in Australia.
Visitors can see masons carving stone for the West End, using methods both medieval and modern. This will probably be the last Gothic-style cathedral in the world to be completed.
Once inside the existing cathedral, with space to seat 1,000 people, the visitor can see many examples of superb creative arts: examples of exquisite wood carvings include the Choir stalls and Archbishop’s seat intricately carved in Queensland Silkwood; more than 400 needlework cushions designed by Queensland College of Arts students, feature Australian flora and fauna.
The Cathedral is open 9.30am–4.30pm daily.. There are free guided tours, Mon–Sat, 10am & 2pm, most Sundays 2pm
Enjoy the view. Cache is a 200ml sistema container. Don’t forget to note the clue/s.
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