GC2Z345 Overs and Unders (Traditional Cache) in New South Wales, Australia created by CDM261

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GC2Z345 ▼

A cache by CDM261 Message this owner

Hidden : 6/27/2011

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Where Freemans Drive crosses the F3 Freeway to the north of Cooranbong.

Be careful of traffic when walking from where you can park to GZ.

Cache is a magnetised eclipse tin. It has a log and pencil in it.
Please replace the cache exactly as and where you found it.

SYDNEY - NEWCASTLE (F3) FREEWAY
National Highway 1
General Information:
The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway is a 127 km (79 mi) stretch of motorway linking Sydney to the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter regions of New South Wales.
The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway is the major arterial highway between Sydney and Newcastle. Starting life as the Berowra-Calga Tollway, the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway has been gradually extended and improved until the Palmdale / Ourimbah gap and Lengahans Drive bypass were completed in the late 90's. The route replaced several sections of very windy road between Berowra and the southern reaches of Newcastle.

The freeway starts with the junction of the Pacific Highway and Pennant Hills Road at Pearce's Corner, Wahroonga in Sydney's north. From here it goes north, skirting the western edge of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park before meeting the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn. After crossing the Hawkesbury the motorway passes through the Brisbane Water National Park, crossing Mooney Mooney Creek with an impressive 480m long and 75m high bridge before reaching the first main interchange on the Central Coast at Kariong.

After reaching Kariong, the motorway continues through rural and semi-rural areas of the Central Coast with interchanges provided at Ourimbah, Tuggerah, Warnervale and also Kiar, near Doyalson. From the Doyalson interchange the freeway continues to the west of Lake Macquarie with interchanges near Morisset, Cessnock, Toronto and Cardiff. The Doyalson interchange is with what is known as "Motorway Link" a connection feeder to the Pacific Highway (now SR111), when the freeway ended at this interchange in the mid 1980s.

After the Cardiff interchange a link road takes traffic into Newcastle via Wallsend while the motorway continues north to reach its finish with a roundabout at the junction of Weakleys Drive (Weakley's Drive photos can be seen here) and John Renshaw Drive, Beresfield. From here the National Highway route continues to Brisbane via the New England Highway (accessed via Weakleys Drive), with traffic on NH1/NH15 taking John Renshaw Drive and the New England Highway eastbound to meet the Pacific Highway at Hexham.

The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway, is part of the Auslink National Network, and is the major road linking Sydney, the Central Coast and Newcastle. It also links with the New England and Pacific Highways, for travel to northern New South Wales and Queensland.

The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway is a vital link for around 75 000 motorists that use the freeway daily, the majority of whom travel between the Central Coast and Hunter regions and Sydney. During weekends and school holidays, the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway is heavily used by motorists travelling to and returning from northern New South Wales and Queensland holiday destinations.

This section of the F3 was opened to traffic:
Morisset to Freemans Drive - March 1988

History:
The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway replaced the old Pacific Highway which was built in the 1920s along a route that had existed since 1840s, when settler George Peat cut a track to his property on the banks of the Hawkesbury River.

Planning began for the freeway in the 1950s, with the aim of providing a high-speed replacement to a section of the Pacific Highway which was built in the 1920s and was struggling to cope with the increased traffic volume. Furthermore it was planned that the freeway would connect to freeway systems being proposed for both Sydney and Newcastle, providing a city-to-city freeway link.
However, due to several reasons the goal and route of the freeway changed significantly so that today it serves to bypass Newcastle rather than go into it.

Freemans Drive:
General information:
Freemans Drive runs from the Morisset round-a-bout to the Freemans Waterhole round-a-bout. It is 19.1km's in length and takes approximately 17 minutes to drive it full length.
Freemans Drive cross the path of the F3 Freeway three times - one under and twice over.
Freemans Drive passes through the town of Cooranbong.

Freemans Drive is a sealed road in New South Wales. It goes from Morisset to near Ryhope.
Freemans Drive's highest elevation along its length is 61.3m and the lowest point is at 4.85m.
For cyclists and those towing caravans, boats or heavy loads Freemans Drive is undulating along its 15.6 km length, with about 510 m that is steeper in incline/grade than 5%. The total ascent / descent along the length of Freemans Drive is 117 m / 154 m.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bire abg haqre naq gura haqre abg bire

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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