Trumper Park Traditional Cache
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Tucked away in the middle of suburban Sydney is a surprising pocket of bushland, a sliver of peace and tranquillity. At one end is an oval and this cache and at the other end is the Trumper Park Pond and cache (GC1WWWN)
In between the two, Trumper Park bushland contains a number of significant Morton Bay Figs, and there are a series of walking trails through the bushland connecting surrounding streets. Glenmore Brook runs down, and under the middle of the oval.
Trumper Park was gazetted for public recreation in 1893. The sports ground was built on a reclaimed swamp, an old quarry and a garbage dump! It had to be built up by as much as 13 feet in some places in order to turn it into a cricket oval. It was originally named in honour of Viscount Hampden who was a Governor of New South Wales
At the opening of the oval there was a great demonstration of community feeling - the owners of produce stores gave bags of potatoes, butchers in the district gave a sheep each, bakers gave bread and grocers gave jams and tea. A bullock was roasted whole and various games were held, including a fancy dress cricket match in which Victor Trumper played.
The name of park was changed in 1931 to honour Victor Trumper who was a Paddington cricketing sensation and the greatest Australian batsman before Bradman. Trumper scored 16,929 runs in first class cricket, including 2,750 against England in the 1902 test series. In one first grade match, he made 50 runs in less than 6 minutes.
This cache and its pair Trumper Park Pond have been placed in the hope that cachers will walk between the two, taking the higher path and discover the gigantic “Trumpalar” tree. This is an incredible Moreton bay fig tree which became the centrepiece of the children’s book The Riddle of the Trumpalar by Judy Bernard Waite. According to the book the tree can be a window into time, so care should be taken in its vicinity.
Note that GPS coverage is poor so you will need to use the hint!
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