The Empire presents… Polly Woodside. The Empire's 19th
cache is located near the Duke and Orr's Dry Dock on the Yarra
River.
Polly Woodside is a British built, three-masted, iron-hulled
barque, preserved as the central feature of the Melbourne Maritime
Museum.
Polly Woodside was built at the north shipbuilding yard of
Workman, Clark and Co, Queen’s Island, Belfast during 1885,
for William J. Woodside and Co. She was launched on November 7,
1885; the christening performed by the owner’s wife, Mrs
Marian (“Polly”) Woodside, after whom the ship was
named.
Polly Woodside operated as a cargo vessel carrying coal,
nitrate, and wheat between British ports and the ports of South
America, such as Montevideo, Valparaiso and Buenos Aires. In
sixteen voyages between December 1885 and August 1903 she made a
number of arduous passages around Cape Horn. The Polly
Woodside’s operating crew, including Master and Mate was
generally less than 20.
For more information please go to...
http://www.pollywoodside.com.au
This is a micro cache, it contains a log sheet and a pencil.
From GZ, you can sit and view the great, tall ship. Please be aware
of muggles walking past, ensure the cache is returned to it's
original hiding spot.