Linear Park Walking
Trail
A hopefully enjoyable walk along the Linear
Park Walking Track, commonly called the rivulet track. The multi should take you about 30
minutes in total and on a nice day is certainly a nice
walk. This area has had
caches in the past, but is strangely empty now!
Water at
Work
Find the sign titled Water at Work at the
given co-ordinates and work out the answers to the questions
below.
As you follow the linear park upstream,
you’ll discover locations with stories to tell about the
industrial technology of the early 1Ath century.
By 1BCD, Robert Nash was grinding grain at the
Old Mill, his millstone turned by water front a weir above Gore
Street
The Old Mill has a short working life –
its wheel stopped turning in 1EFG
The next sign is at
South 42 53. (B/2)(A-D+C+F)(G/2)
East 147 19. (B-E)(A-E-F)(C)
Swans &
Snuff
Find the sign titled Swans & Snuff at the
above co-ordinates and work out the answers to the questions
below
The Hobart Town Courier reported on the
connections in which year 18MN
The graceful old home and its surrounding
buildings were used as a hospital from the early 1KL0s until
recently.
With his wife and daughters, George left
England in 1HIJ to begin business in Sydney but decided to settle
in Van Diemen’s Land
The next sign is at
South 42 53. (N+F)(L)(M+N)
East 147 18. (H-J)(D)(K-N-J)
Leather for London and
Longreach
Find the sign titled Leather for London and
Longreach at the above co-ordinates and work out the answers to the
questions below
By the Late 1PRSs there were T or U tanneries
operating on this stretch of the Rivulet
V tannery still operates successfully under
the more stringent environmental controls of today
The cache is at
South 42 53. (D-C)(R-J)(P)
East 147 18. (G/R)(I-S)(U+R)
I hope you enjoy your walk up through the
Linear Park walking trail.
This chart maybe helpful
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