Waterloo 1815 Traditional Cache
2bois: We have had some fun with this one and it's predecessor, which sent more than a few TBs on their way. Time to leave this site with just another brick in the wall.
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Waterloo Oval is a traditional inner urban park in a bustling & redeveloping urban renewal. Experience & explore the blend of traditional European past times with more modern pursuits & witness the blending of natural & manufactured processes & structures. Where sandstone meets the roots of majestic Moreton Bay Figs, & the harshness of more modern structures of metal & concrete blend with manicured surrounds. With the not too distant rattle and clomp of modern skateboard activities. BYOP
The suburb of Waterloo was established in 1815, it covers an area of only 1.1 square km (0.4 sq mi) and is approximately 4 km south of the Sydney CBD.
Waterloo takes its name from the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, when Allied and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher defeated the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte.
In the 1820s Waterloo began supporting industrial operations including the Fisher and Duncan Paper Mill and the Waterloo Flour Mills owned by William Hutchinson and Daniel Cooper. William Hutchinson, superintendent of convicts and public works, had been granted 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) of land in 1823. He sold Waterloo Farm to Daniel Cooper (1785-1853) and Solomon Levey (1794-1833). Cooper later bought out Levey's share and on his death the Waterloo Estate passed onto his son, also named Daniel Cooper, who was the first speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Waterloo was a relatively poor area, until the early 2000s. Waterloo has undergone and is still undergoing gentrification with a rising business district focusing on technology-oriented firms and the development of more green space such as parks and medium to high density apartment developments.
Waterloo Oval and Park lie in 2 distinct sections, on opposite sides of McEvoy Street. The contoured Waterloo Park contains and enclosed children’s playground and a basketball practice court, and an off-leash dog area. Floodlit Waterloo Oval features a traditional field used for cricket and rugby with a blend of modern usage and the refurbished Fernside Skate Park designed (as the first of its kind to copy the urban streetscape layout of popular skate spots like Martin Place and Cathedral Square in the city) in consultation with a committee of local youth, skateboarders and the South Sydney Youth Services (who occupy a refurbished building on Allen Street in the southern section of the oval.
The new cache may seem quite elusive if you have not encountered one before.
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