Pioneer Multi-Cache

You will find parts of the missing coordinates at each of the four waypoints for this cache.

The cache is based around some of the local history of Springwood. Unfortunately, over time, memories of people fade, their records are lost, places change, are neglected, disappear, and the memory of those who once shaped our community exists in nothing other than a sign or a place name

This cache will reacquaint you with someone who was important in the pioneering days of Springwood and take you to some locations significant to his history.

WP1
The cache coordinates are for Springwood Library where you will need to do a little research. The opening hours for the library are:

Monday - Friday 10 am to 5:30 pm

Saturdays 9 am to 4 pm

The library is closed Sundays

You will need to find a book, Blue Mountains Pioneer Register Volume 1, PRE 1920. The can be located in two places in the library, the Blue Mountains Family History Society shelves or the Reference section. Both copies are the same, so either copy is suitable. They can be located at call number B/4/5 BLU BOOK (Blue Mountains Family History copy) or call number R 929.3.BLU (in the Reference section). When you find the book look up record No.43. I suggest you read the complete entry (about a page in total). This will give you a better insight into the subject of this cache, and may even make locating the waypoints easier. You will need to answer the following question to help complete part of the missing coordinates for the cache:

    Question 1: In what year was Ellen Louisa born? The last two digits of the year of her birth are the whole number of minutes for the latitude of the final cache location.

WP2
There was a wall plaque that hung in Springwood Library near the Blue Mountains Register. It gave coordinates for WP2, but it was taken down by the library staff during renovations and never returned. So here is the next place to go in your search:

S 33° 41.944 E 150° 33.858 - The Royal Hotel - Here you will find a memorial to our Pioneer hanging on the wall in the pub. At the bottom right hand corner there is a geocaching symbol with the coordinates for WP3. A careful reading of the information on this wall fixture will also explain the reason for the location of WP3. Apart from that, you will need to read the information on the plaque to answer the following question::

    Question 2: In what year was Loorana demolished? Subtract the total number of children said to have been born to our pioneer's first marriage from the last two digits of the year of demolition, to determine the whole number of minutes for the longitude of the final cache location.

WP3
This is not a location to adore, but it's what you need to look for. At this place you are looking for a small metal plaque, nothing fancy. It contains the location for WP4, as well as part of the missing coordinates for the cache.

WP4
This waypoint is very small and only holds information to fill in the last three digits of the South and East coordinates. With these final numbers you have all you need to access the cache. An X on the waypoint marks any number you need to find at the other waypoints. To find the waypoint look at the back of the most obvious feature relevant to this cache in the area. The GPS may be dodgy here, so remember that the location should be obvious.

THE CACHE
As always, local factors may cause difficulties with your GPS at GZ, so the following clue is set to help:

  Within three hundred metres you'll find the cache,
  In neither car park or private place
  Near the corner, climb two steps high,
  To see what's hidden from passers by.

Please access the cache only when you think you will not be seen. When you get to the location you should easily work that out.

Inside the cache is a small sheet on the history of our man, and an explanation about the chosen site for the cache. Hopefully you will enjoy the cache and fill in a few historical blanks.