JUMBUNNA LOOKOUT Traditional Cache
sarian: I am unable to service the cache any longer and I am told by recent cachers that it is in bad condition with a soaked log.
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This is a classic drive-by cache at a lookout area on a main road between Korumburra and Inverloch in Victoria. A nice view to the South East.
If you look into the paddocks beyond the fenceline you will see the remnants of a railway line.
The Korumburra-Jumbunna Railway was constructed in 1893, was extended to Outtrim in 1896 and closed in 1953.
Jumbunna is a town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The name is taken from the eastern Kulin language of the Bunnerong tribe and means "a place to meet and talk".
Today the community of Jumbunna consists of 13 houses and about 30 residents in the township and 29 houses and 50 residents in the surrounding rural area.
Farming (mainly in fat lamb, beef and dairy industries) continues and is now complemented by a diverse range of small businesses.
Jumbunna was once a thriving coal mining township. Land was opened up for selection in 1878. The Jumbunna Coal Company was registered in 1890, after T.W. Horsley discovered a seam in the area. The Company began operations in 1894.
In its hey-day in 1901 the town boasted 153 houses and a population of approximately 800, many of whom lived in tents. The first house in Jumbunna ("Cora Lynn") was built in 1880 by John Glew.
After the miners' strike of 1903 to 1904, the town began to decline and many houses were shifted by bullock dray to Wonthaggi.
The records show that the single stream mine continued producing until 1939. (From 1931-1939 it was operated by locals, including the Durkin family.) The top seam was re-opened in 1947 and worked by the Axford Leighton Syndicate until 1962.
During the entire operation of the Jumbunna mine 1,364,376 tons of coal were produced.
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