Puzzle Box #1 Tree Series: She-oaks (Casuarina) Traditional Cache
dkmacca: The cache keeps getting muggled so I have made a new one and will put it in a new location soon.
Cheers
dkmacca
Puzzle Box #1 Tree Series: She-oaks (Casuarina)
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Puzzle Box #1
Tree Series: She-oaks (Casuarina)
This cache shouldn’t be too hard to find but it could be a bit tricky trying to get to the log book. There is a small pencil in side and a FTF pennant prize. Please replace Camo and everything how you found it.
She-oaks: Like them or loathe them
You are standing amongst these trees
As soon as the name She-oak is mentioned, as is the case with the Gum tree, any fair dinkum Aussie knows exactly what plant you are talking about. But few would know that these strange and mysterious trees possess both real and imaginary powers and maybe one of over 40 species in Australia and the South Pacific.
The She-oak family (Casuarinacece) is a highly evolved family and is closely related to no other. They have achieved specialisation in isolated conditions such as exposed, sandy coastal foreshores, riverbanks, dry grassy woodlands, desolate rocky sites or swampy riparian flats.
What's in the name?
Its generic name Casuarina or Allocasuarina ("Allo"meaning like the casuarina) refers to the fine filamentous branches, which resemble the cassowary's quills. It is also noted that early Australians referred to casuarinas as Australian "Pines". The verticillata in Allocasuarina verticillata relates to the whorled arrangement of the very reduced leaves around the stem, (as in bike spokes). The word She-oak comes from the recognition by the early colonial craftsmen that an inferior (in their opinion) oak grain could be achieved by cutting the she-oak logs on the quarter (a specialised saw milling technique) and using the wood for crafting etc.
Western Sydney Parklands track has plenty of these trees here.
Set in the heart of Western Sydney, The Western Sydney Parklands contain world class sporting facilities, popular picnic areas, a full length cycle/walking track and native bushland. Covering 5,280 hectares, the Parklands stretch 27 kilometres from Quakers Hill to Leppington and are twenty five times the size of Centennial Park.
The Western Sydney Parklands are part of the NSW Government's new vision for contemporary, urban living in Western Sydney and are the perfect place to spend the day with family and friends - all without leaving your own backyard. The park is opened all hours of the day and the cache shouldn't be too hard to find.
Congratulations Blundo Busters for FTF
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