Wellings Reserve Traditional Cache
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A short walk in native bushland.
This cache is a small diversion off the popular Spit Bridge to Manly harbourside walk.
Wellings Reserve is a peaceful reserve beside north harbour. The cache is hidden a little way off track and there is a rocky outcrop with steep drop nearby so take care while searching.
There is no need to look through or stand on any plants to find the cache.
The reserve is named after Leslie Clarence Wellings(1889-1973)
Leslie C. Wellings came to Manly in 1902. In 1909 he commenced employment at Manly Municipal
Council as a Junior Clerk, and became Assistant Town Clerk just prior to being granted leave of
absence in 1915 for active service in World War I. He was Bandmaster of the 8th Infantry Brigade
A.I.F., and being in charge of regimental stretcher-bearers, participated in engagements at Fromelles,
Messines, the Somme, Ypres and other zones he was to be awarded the Meritorious Service
Medal and decorated by the then Prince of Wales, at Government House, Sydney, in 1920.
Mr. Wellings returned to his position as Assistant Town Clerk in 1919 and was appointed Town
Clerk following the death of Mr. Hogan in 1921. He retired in 1957.
Mr. Wellings was a member of many local organisations. He was a member of Manly Band from
1904 and won the professional solo cornet championship of Australasia at Ballarat in 1912. He was
President of Manly Rotary Club 1952-53. He was an active member of the Manly and District Citizens’
Relief Committee which began in 1921 and which helped the poor and needy of Manly and
district. Mr. Wellings was also a foundation member of the Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Historical
Society undertaking the duty of the Society’s archivist. He was not only custodian of documents,
but also carried out many researches covering the beginnings of Manly and its progress over the
years. Perhaps the most well known of the works undertaken by him was the paper on The Streets
of Manly and the Origin of their Names, which was read before the Society of Australian Genealogists
on June 25, 1947.
When it was decided to create a new postal district between Manly and Balgowlah, Mr. Wellings
was asked to suggest an appropriate name for the area. He suggested that Fairlight would be suitable
and this was later adopted.
In recognition of Mr. Wellings’ years of service as a member of the Council’s administrative staff,
the reserve on the Northern foreshores of North Harbour, was named Wellings Reserve. In the 1967 New Year’s Honours, Mr. Wellings was awarded the MBE for services
to local government.
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