This fantastic park has amazing facilities for the geo-children, and those young at heart, to play on. AND THERE IS A TURTLE!
Anywhere with turtles is worth a visit, and now there's a cache as well.
This turtle is named Frederick, Fred for short, it's his park, and he likes to play games. Hide-and-seek is his favourite. The question is, where do turtles play hide-and-seek?
There are things to count at the published coordinates, you don't need to go hunting for them, these numbers will tell you where to seek.
* Count the number of turtle eyes. Call that E
* Count the number of turtle tails. Call that T
* Count the number of turtle legs and multiply by two. Call that L.
Now, Fred is a rock star and has some groupies behind him
* Count the number of groupies - NOT including the flat ones. Call that R.
* How many have made themselves look like Giraffes? Call that G.
* How many are there that have made themselves look like they have a turtle shell? Call that S.
Then a short walk across the park to find a cache at S36° 03.ETL E146° 55.RGS and you should find a small sistema, just large enough for a few small coins and/or trackable tags.
NOTE: This can be a busy path at certain times, and you can't hide from everyone, but please take care to not reveal the hiding place to passing muggles. Grab the container and move away to open and sign it.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS: These trees can bite - they have lots of small thorns, especially in the warmer months. Take care of eyes and sensitive bits of skin.
Then everyone can play and relax on the amazing council-provided facilities. Enjoy!
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A brief story about the park: Named after Mr. Frederick Yensch a landowner farmer who farmed what is now this part of North Albury some years ago. When he wanted to subdivide his property and build houses here he was granted permission by the Shire council ONLY if a large area was set aside for a park. Which he reluctantly did. Frederick's park is the result.
In about 1995 the Albury City Council announced that it was going to build a childcare centre and parking on the park site. A furious response from local residents (led by a then 70+ year old gentleman who lived on the edge of the park, and is now in a nursing home not too far away) resulted, and under pressure the council relented. The resident's case was based on the council's own mandate that the park had to be there.
Having lost the case, the council responded by building most of the kids playground equipment that graces the park (there was only a small amount there previously, although Fred the turtle was already there) and the BBQ shed and amenities were added later. Good work by the council!