Times gone by.(Otago) Traditional Cache
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STEALTH!!!!! Busy place!!!
The cache is a micro silver magnet container and will need a great deal of stealth to recover and replace. Please bring a pen. The people at the shop is Geo friendly.
Please remove and replace logbook carefully again.
Place cache where found and hide careful.
This cache is in a small rural town of Milton. The first settlers took up the land on the eastern side of the Tokomairiro plain in 1850, with the first Township being built at Fairfax, now Tokoiti. With industry requiring water to operate mills, a new town was established near the river. Originally named Mill Town, for the flour mill established by Peter McGill in 1857 and followed by other industries, the town grew steadily and was proclaimed the municipality of Milton in 1866.
Milton's early history was strongly affected by the discovery of gold by Gabriel Read at Gabriel's Gully close to the nearby township of Lawrence. As Milton stood close to one of the most easily accessible routes to the interior, it grew greatly during the gold rush years of the 1860s and was a major staging post for prospectors heading for the goldfields.
The gold rush in the 1860’s saw Milton’s transport business expand as they carried catered precious food and stores to the miners. It also gave rise to the large police barracks that were situated where the high school now stands, for the express purpose of escorting the gold convoys on their way to Dunedin.
The electronic clock was donated. More info on the plaque.
Visit the museum if you have time.
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www.podcacher.com
Please NOTE that you must sign the log book for each individual cacher, Finds logged not corresponding with the logbook wil be deleted.
Please take some time before leaving to ensure that the cache is re-hidden exactly as you found it.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Orgjrra jbbq naq pbapergr.
Pbeare.
Ybj qbja.
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