Harry Baker Park was named after Harry Baker, who was a Councillor on the Melville Roads Board from 1961 to 1966. The park has a small playground for the geokiddies.
The cache is a 1 Kg Milo tin hidden a short walk from the playground. You will need a teaspoon, key or coin to pop the lid open. Initial contents are First, Second, Third and Fourth To Find cards, finders cards, 2009 pocket diary, 6 piece jewellers screwdriver set, Aus moon key ring, mini torch key ring, $50 note fridge magnet, stingray, dinosaur, log book, pen, pencil & sharpener.
Update 10 Nov 2009
It seems that containers which can keep their contents dry throughout several wet seasons in the Northern Territory can't survive in Western Australia. It also seems that ziplock bags are too hard to close over here, and pens and pencils mysteriously disappear. I've replaced the container, and done a minor re-stocking. The cache is now a drab camo'd 120mm x 120mm x 140mm high plastic container. Current contents are VW Touareg car, stubby cooler, 'First Night' button art badge, dinosaur, finders cards, log book, pen, pencils & sharpener.
Please close the ziplock bags properly, and also close the container tightly.
When trading items please consider trading up or trading even and leaving items that you would want to find, and please don't take the pen, pencils or sharpener. If you can't trade up or trade even I don't mind seeing TNLNSL in the log. Also please don't put the pen or pencils in the log book bag, it tends to destroy the watertight integrity.
Trackables (geocoins and travel bugs) are not tradeable items. Please feel free to take them without making a trade, but please leave a note in the logbook and your online log, and do log them online.
2008 was the Australian Year of the Scout, celebrating 100 years of scouting in Australia. On the Foundation Day long weekend, they planned to hold a multi-sectional event involving up to 3,000 scouts, ranging in age from 6-26 years, camping on the Perth Esplanade, and participating in an urban orienteering event which they dubbed "Unearth Perth" or "The Amazing Race meets the great game of Geocaching".
In March 2008 *Quokka, in his role as Branch Commissioner (International), WA Branch, Scouts Australia, asked me to assist by setting up a series of "unmanned bases", which were to be similar to virtual caches, for the youth members to seek out. I was happy to help out, and by the end of April I provided the organizers with all the information needed to find and score the bases.
I left on a 6 month trip WanderingAustralia shortly after, but was told later that the event was a great success.
In the process of setting up the "unmanned bases" I discovered a large number of parks which seemed ideal to place caches in, particularly around Melville. Having finally caught up on the 6 month backlog of gardening etc, I decided it was time to start placing a few real caches. This is the second of three in the first batch, and others may follow when I find the energy
If you enjoy this one check out my other caches:-
WanderingAus Placed Caches