Sliding Doors Traditional Cache
muhbuta: The shire are taking there time so I'm going to archive it
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This is an easy cache, but the dificulty will be the muggles, you are looking for a 100 ml metal container. It contains a log and pencil. Please be courtious enough to replace in hiding place as you found it and log the condition of cache. A play ground for the kids and shaded BBQ's for mum while dad looks for treasure. Just joking mums. Anyway good hunting and have fun. If you do not sign the log, do not log a find.
Built : 1920's?
Original Name : Busselton
Station Facts : Busselton was the site for the first railway in Western Australia, constructed in March 1871 by a private Timber Milling Company, called Western Australian Timber Company Limited, the line ran from a jetty at Lockeville near Busselton to a Mill at Yoganup (about 20kms long), the first motive power along the line, were horses, however shortly after the opening of this line, the company ordered a small locomotive from the Victoria Foundry at Ballaarat, in Victoria and 'Ballaarat' the loco became the first locomotive in Western Australia.
Busselton became one of the most busiest ports of the south west, with Timber being exported, in the later part of the 19th centuary, this continued until, Fremantle Harbour was dredged in the l890's and the further importance of ports at Rockingham and Bunbury with their Timber exporting,
which detracted away from Busselton.
In 1907, WAGR, bought out the Western Australiam Timber Company's line, after it had been extended from Wonnerup to Jarrahwood and then by the 1920's the Western Australian Government Railways had extened their railway network from Boyanup all the way south to Flinders Bay
(Augusta), via Busselton, Again Timber was the mainstay of this railway's viability, the timber branch line from Wonnerup to Jarrahwood was extended to Nannup.
The track that led into the town, to where the Busselton Station was originally situated had been pulled up in the 1980's I believe. This was to make way for a later built shopping centre and car park.
The old railway reserve from Busselton to Augusta, is still in place and in many places is used by the locals as walking riding trails, even the old railway bridge over the Carbunup River is still in place.
Today the Busselton Library, pretty much stands where the Station and goods sheds once stood and the Busselton Station has been relocated to the eastern end of the town, just off the main road, along the old railway track bed. It has been restored along with the goods crane which is also located next to the stations current position.
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