Port Molyneux (Otago) Traditional Cache
TheCoddiwompler: I am archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in a prior reviewer note.
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This look out has been created to commenerate the township and harbour of port Molyneux which served the district for more than 30 years until destoryed by the flood of 1878.
You are looking for a 1l camo container not visible from any distance.
When people came from Scotland to Dunedin many had purchased land around the surrounding districts of Balclutha. Port Molyneux was the place where the settlers docked when they came to find their land. When they got there, the Maori people greeted them and showed them where inland tracks were to their fifty-acre blocks. Whilst many of the settlers moved on inland to find their fifty-acre blocks of land, many people stayed back in the port and established the community of Port Molyneux. In the 1800's, the mouth of the Clutha River and the coastline surrounding it looked remarkably different to today. There was a large, long spit that stretched all the way across from Summerhill at Kaitangata almost right to Port Molyneux. Behind this spit was a large harbour where the river drained into the sea. This harbour was the making of the Port Molyneux township which, at the height of its prosperity, had two hotels, a Pilot and Customs office, several general stores, a hardware merchant, a butcher, a baker, a blacksmith, plus carpenters and other tradesmen. In addition, the town had a church (which later became the Kaka Point Church) and a school of forty pupils. By 1875, the town was considered to be well-established and growing. In 1878, a huge flood broke the banks of the spit at Summerhill and changed the course of the river and the town of Port Molyneux forever. The river mouth moved close to Summerhill, and the great harbour that was the lifeblood of the town was drained and turned into a large swamp area. After the flood, the population of the town dwindled rapidly and all that is left now is the Port Molyneux School and the Port Molyneux Hall, which was once the wharf building. The Port Molyneux Church still exists but was moved to Kaka Point in 1918.
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