Great Southern Road - Marulan.
The Main Roads Management Act of June 1858 declared the Great Southern Road, from near Sydney through Goulburn and Gundagai to Albury, as one of the three main roads in the colony. Today we know it as the Hume Highway, named after Hamilton Hume the travelling partner of William Hovell on there overland journey from Appin (near Campbelltown)to Port Phillip and return in 1824.
Over the years the road has had a few name changes and seen many realignments, some minor and some major with entire towns being bypassed and the section of the route north of Marulan being totally different to todays Hume Highway. So I thought that I would do a series of caches based on the old sections of the Hume Highway and the Great Sothern Road.
Marulan was bypassed in 1986, it had become a major bottleneck especially at the bridge over the Melbourne-Sydney rail line. Like most bypassed towns the business's suffered as is evidenced by the closed down service stations in town. More recent years have seen it thrive with cafes and antique shops opening up, making the town a welcome stop on a long trip....
The cache is hidden on a great piece of history relating to the bypass, you will work out what I mean when you get there.