Welcome to Oakydogs
Geocache
Oaky’s half
way up
This cache is
located along Eaton’s cutting, this track runs between
Boundary Road and Arthurs Seat Road it is very popular with
Mountain bike riders, so best to keep to side of track on
weekends.
Watson Eaton was a bachelor who had completed several years of
medical training but had not qualified. Whilst farming on
Jamieson's Survey he put his medical training to good use as the
community lacked a doctor.
Eaton always kept a horse saddled in his stable ready for an
emergency. Whether he rode to Flinders or Dromana he charged a flat
rate of (one pound) per visit. On 21 October 1877 while on his way
to a patient he fell from his horse and sustained a badly broken
leg which he attempted to set himself. Unfortunately the leg became
infected and this led to his death three weeks later on 14 November
1877.
This track between Red Hill and Dromana is now known as Eaton's
Cutting
Good luck and
happy hunting
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