Hidden in a corner of the Clarkville Domain. Out of sight of muggles behind a flax bush, above all ground level, covered with plant litter. You don't have to burrow into the dreaded flax! GPS coverage was a little sketchy near the trees but the hiding place is obvious.
When we set up the Eyreton Line and Rangiora to Oxford Line caches we tried to find a way of incorporating a cache like this into the series, but unfortunately no trains went to, or through, Clarkville (or trams along Tram Road for that matter, but that's another story!).
Last Train to Clarksville was the debut single of The Monkees and was first released in August 1966. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1966. The songwriter used ideas gained from Paperback Writer by The Beatles which had been a success earlier that year.
It copied the jangly guitars, a guitar riff, chord structure and vocal harmonies. The songwriter also put in the Oh No No No bit as a play on the Beatles' Yeah Yeah Yeah from another song. The words are a sneaky protest against the Vietnam War.
As an aside, Rodney (the male part of Sallies) worked on building the principal's house of Clarkville School at about the same time!
The cache itself is a red bison tube, inserted in a toy railway engine, inside a camo-painted 1 litre container. Sallies were greatly assisted by granddaughter Stella (9), login name Starza, in setting up this cache.
Please exercise discretion when accessing the cache and recover well, as the sports grounds can be busy at times, and Clarkville School is just over the road from the domain.