Gee! Conargo Articulated! Traditional Cache
Gee! Conargo Articulated!
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Gee! Conargo Articulated!
Articulation 1...The Sticker bit
Conargo stickers abound. It is not a proper ute unless it has a Conagro Pub skicker on the rear window.
With the Deni Ute Muster to the south it is nearly a right of passage to get that sticker.
It is such an Australian thing to do, to place such high esteem upon something as simple as a car bumper sticker.
Articulation 2....The History bit
In 1859, one William McKenzie opened the Conargo Inn, reporedly named after the nearby "Conargo" pastoral run.
The surveyor McCulloch laid out a township at Conargo in 1860.
In 1865 the Riverine Hotel was built in the village, and the Conargo Inn changed hands to a Mr T. Robertson.
On 1 September 1864, the post office opened which closed in 1988.
In 1866 Conargo was reported as having a population of thirty persons, with a post-office, a store, and two hotels.
Between 1867 and 1869 Conargo grew to include another hotel, the Billabong, and the Baker Brothers store.
In February 1878 it was stated in the Town and Country Journal that: "Conargo... was once - according to tradition -
intended to be a town, which attempt finally diminished to a total failure". (A bit harsh maybe.)
Of the three hotels it was claimed the Conargo Hotel was the "better house",
doing "a great deal more business than the other two combined.
Articulation 3....The Cache Bit
Please pull your car well off the road as there are a lot of big trucks in the area, and watch your Geo-juniors.
You might have to use stealth as you will be in a rather exposed position.
At the posted coordinates you will be standing in front of a different articulation of the famous name 'Conargo'.
There are three of them in town. They are made to look old, but they are only a few months old at the date of this cache being published.
The material is a type of steel called 'Corten', it is made to rust to a certain extent to form a protective coating.
It is a tricky material to work with because if care is not taken when it is welded, the welds will not weather at the same
rate, and the welds will stand out.
OK to the cache, what do i say,
Geee... Corten Chameleon.
Enjoy.
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