Once I was a Pub... Multi-Cache
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Cache # 16 This cache is placed at the top of the Buckland Gap. This is the site of a Hotel originally called The Gap Hotel. The name was later changed to The Royal Oak Hotel in 1886. There is an information board and photo at this spot. The hotel was here from the 1870's until 1958 when it burnt down. It was a popular spot for miners and travellers. Coaches that travelled down from the top of the gap had a third brake that could be operated by nervous passengers.
This is a cache in the area known as The Three Mile (or Three Mile Creek). This area reached its peak in the gold mining era of 1857. It stretched from Buckland Road (The Upper Three Mile) to Diffey Road (The Lower Three Mile). At its peak the area had a population of 2,000, with 3 hotels, 6 general stores and numerous butchers and blacksmiths and a dairy etc. The miners were great lovers of bare-fist boxing. Huge sums of money were wagered on the fights but in the 1860s, to avoid the attention of the Beechworth Police, the ring was moved to Baarmutha. This is the area now called Fighting Gully Road below the site of the old Gap Hotel, at the top of the Buckland Gap. The area was subsequently called Baarmutha, from an aboriginal word meaning "Place of Many Springs". Further information will be on the other caches I hide around this area. As always, please be aware of snakes over the summer months. This is a very simple multi - no puzzles to solve nor signs to decipher! The first cache is a nano that provides the reading for finding the next cache, which is a small clip-top container. This has a LOG sheet, PENCIL and a few small swaps. At time of listing it also has a PathTag. CONGRATULATIONS - FTF - Lostmonster & Co!!
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