Kernot was a railway station on the Wonthaggi line located on the Bass Coast, Victoria. The station operated until the closure of the Wonthaggi line in the late 1970s. The station was located within walking distance of the Kernot General Store.
The picture below shows the Kernot station site some time pre 2005 and it was reasonably accessible. (Picture courtesy of Ross Thompson’s web page www.vicrailstations.com)
This picture (below) was taken in 2009.
(Picture courtesy of Nightfire from the Railpage Australia Forum at (www.railpage.com.au)
The following two pictures show Kernot station site as it is now in January 2011.
There appears to be very little info on the history of this area (except for the book, Three stops on the line: a history of Kernot, Almurta and Woodleigh by Jan Harper) which is a little expensive to buy just for a couple of caches. If anyone has a copy we would love to borrow it so we could read it and change this page some more.
Also close by is the Kernot Food and Wine Store which we can recommend. Below is a picture of how it used to look some years ago. Note the railway lines in the road.
(Picture courtesy of Ross Thompson from www.vicrailstations.com)
And here is a picture taken in 2011.
Whilst you are looking for the cache you may want to visit Fairy Dell which is close by. Here we were hoping to find a GCA gnome but it would appear that they have not ventured down this way so far. Please take care not to destroy this area as these gnomes are fragile.
The area where the cache is hidden is visible to the road, so you will still have to keep your wits about you.
Please rehide the cache carefully complete with camo so to keep it safe from passing eyes. The location could be a bit of a stretch for some, but at least it should not get flooded this time.
++++ Congratulations to Gonefishen07 for the FTF ++++