GC2ND9Z Early Pioneers (Traditional Cache) in Queensland, Australia created by The Krugers

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GC2ND9Z ▼

A cache by The Krugers Message this owner

Hidden : 2/5/2011

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Dedicated to the early settlers of the Mudgeeraba region who worked in the logging industry felling the giant trees of the area with axes and crosscut saws.

The 1840's saw the beginning of the timber industry in the local mountains and led to the Mudgeeraba area being opened for permanent settlement in the 1860's. Many sawmills were established at this time, and while it was common for timber to be floated downstream or transported by bullock teams, it was decided in 1924 by the owners of the Neranwood Mill to build what in many ways was a unique private tram line.

Two small locomotives "Kathleen" and "Alison" pulled carriages carrying sawn timber along this two foot gauge line running from Neranwood Mill, through the saddle between Mt Nimmel and Tallai Mountain, over a creek crossing near the present Berrigans Road, and through the cuttings in Railway Street to the Mudgeeraba rail siding. The timber was then transferred to the State rail line which ran along the same route as the Brisbane to Coolangatta motorway takes today.

The cache is a small 35mm film canister hidden inside a tree. Please recover well and bring your own pen.