The Long Paddock Traditional Cache
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A cache on
The Road to Kyalite Geotrail
In Australia, the Travelling Stock Route (TSR) is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another.
The TSRs are known collectively as The Long Paddock
A Travelling Stock Route may be easily distinguished from an ordinary country road by the fact that the grassy verges on either side of the road are very much wider,
and the property fences being set back much further from the roadside than is usual. The reason for this is so that the livestock may feed on the vegetation that grows on the verges as they travel.
A Travelling Stock Reserve is a fenced paddock set aside at strategic distances to allow overnight watering and camping of stock.
Reserves may also be located on many roadways that are not the typical wide TSRs. The travelling stock are driven by a drover and stockmen using horses or vehicles.
Other working animals include working dogs such as Kelpies, or their crosses which have been bred for working sheep and cattle.
The stockman may also be accompanied by a packhorse, carrying supplies and equipment, or a wagon with supplies might follow the stock. More recently travelling stock has been accompanied by
four-wheel drive vehicles and mobile homes. The purpose of "droving" livestock on such a journey might be to move the stock to different pastures.
It was also the only way that most livestock producers had of getting their product to the markets of the towns and cities.
The beef cattle were transported to a rail siding or abattoirs "on the hoof".
The rigors of the journey, the availability of feed and water and the reliability of those "droving" the stock were all factors in the condition of the livestock when it was slaughtered.
Other Roadside Grazing
Shire councils often permit livestock to graze a designated stretch along a rural road during times of drought.
A fee is paid to the council on a per head of livestock basis and the stock owner is permitted to use the selected strip to the exclusion of others.
In Australia many thousands of kilometres of roads are unfenced and this includes some highways.
The Cache
You are seeking a small container with logbook, pen
and a few small swaps
The view from the cache site of the surrounding countryside is quite good, especially in Spring, when the countryside is nice and green
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