No. 6 Duidgee Park
It is generally accepted that the name Toodyay is a distortion of the Aboriginal word duidgee, the meaning of which may or may not be “place of plenty”.
The land that would later become Duidgee Park was bought by John Henry Monger Jnr in 1861. Monger established a two storey warehouse, known simply as Monger’s Store. For more than a century the building had a number of owners and uses including that of private school, residence and boarding house before it was demolished in 1968 to make way for the new bridge. This location next to the Avon River was then developed as a picnic reserve and named Duidgee in 1978.
From the 1980s the park has evolved to include playgrounds, new public toilets and native gardens. The Toodyay Miniature Railway with its 1.1 km long track opened here in 1996 and is owned by a local hobby club. In 2010 a skate park was established in one section of the park.
The reserve also has grassed areas, picnic tables, shady trees, barbecues and some commemorative plantings. The park is the starting point for the Billya walking track, a riverside trail that finishes at Nardie Cemetery 5.6km upriver.
* You could have a lovely walk around town grabbing these Tourist Precinct caches
Cache contains log only so please BYO pen. Big enough to hold trackables. Please rehide well
Please try to just use date and name only on the log to allow room for others to sign and also save our precious trees
DO NOT claim a find if you haven’t signed the logbook.
Happy Hunting 
These caches have been placed for and in conjunction with the Museum Curator/Heritage Officer at the Shire of Toodyay. Thank you for all the information and photos