#1 Jerrabomberra pathways Traditional Cache
#1 Jerrabomberra pathways
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We have been living In Jerrabomberra since 1989 and have watched it grow from just 1 street of houses and a caravan that sold milk and bread, to what it is now. We originally lived in Brudenell Dr (the only established street in 1989) and moved to our current location in 1993. We have seen a great many changes in Jerrabomberra in the last 24 years. This series of caches will be placed near or along many of the pathways in Jerrabomberra.
This cache is near the start of a footpath that goes around the lake. There are several caches placed along this path, so you should be able to do a loop and end up back at your vehicle. If you are feeling energetic, there are several pieces of exercise equipment beside the path (although in our many walks around the lake, we don’t recall seeing anybody ever using them, except for the chin up bars, which Justjessie junior likes to use as monkey bars).
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Jerrabomberra: A Quick History and Overview
The name Jerrabomberra is derived from the local Aboriginal place name meaning ‘boy frightened by storm’.
In 1987, Jerrabomberra Estate Limited, with Alex Brinkmeyer, Col Alexander and Perth Millionaire Kerry Stokes as major shareholders, began developing John Palmer’s original (cir 1820's) farm land for housing. While Brinkmeyer's relationship with the Queanbeyan City Council started badly, Queanbeyan Council later viewed Brinkmeyer as promoting and improving Queanbeyan.
The first serviced blocks in stage one of the residential release at Jerrabomberra Park were released in February 1988, ranging in price from $28,000 to $39,000. Jerrabomberra was established with the construction of the first homes in 1988 to 8,747 (2006 Census). Jerrabomberra has a main shopping centre which contains a supermarket (Woolworths), medical centre, dentist, bakery, butchery, hairdresser, chemist, bank, a restaurant and take-away and an established gym. On the same block of land as this shopping centre are the Jerrabomberra pub, a Woolworths Service Station, a real estate agent and a car wash. Located within 'The Park' is a smaller set of shops, which contains a general store, take-away, the Post Office, medical centre, and other small businesses. Jerrabomberra has a privately operated child care facility as well as a Primary School.
Jerrabomberra consists of three sections, The Park, The Heights, and Lakeview. The Park and the Heights are divided by Edwin Land Parkway. The Heights is mainly situated on the base of Mount Jerrabomberra. This mountain divides most of Jerrabomberra from Queanbeyan on the north east and North Terrace on the North West. The Park is situated on the plain to the south. This urban area runs down to Jerrabomberra Lake, an artificial lake that drains into Jerrabomberra Creek and is dominated by Cove Island, est 1992, (an artificial island which consists of eight homes and a central common facility entailing a tennis court, swimming pool and sauna).
Stunning Mature Elm Trees Scattered Throughout Jerrabomberra
We are very fortunate to have lots of mature elm trees growing around Jerrabomberra. This was a result of the Moore family in the early 1900’s who owned the majority of the land that is now Jerrabomberra. The Moore family moved here in the late 1800’s and the trees were planted in the early 1900’s. The main homestead was located in what is now Homestead Rise. The remains of the fireplace have been preserved at the end of Homestead Gardens. The water retention pond at Brudenell Drive was the dam for the Homestead. The Moore family are still in the area and run the Jerrabomberra Homestead that is located at the end of Mariners Court on the other side of the Jerrabomberra Creek.
The reason that they planted the trees were twofold. Firstly, they are planted along the creeks and in areas to minimize soil erosion, secondly as a source of food for the cattle in times of drought. The end result is that we have some fantastic trees around our suburb. The JRA applied to Council a number of years ago to have the two trees near Madew Oval added to Councils significant tree register as they are probably about 100+ years old, but I am unsure as to if they made it. One did get sick a few years ago and Council worked hard to save it. The old one in Walker Crescent also got sick but was saved too around the same time.
Source of information: Jerrabomberra Residents Association website www.jra.asn.au
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