The Alma Grove (North Otago) Traditional Cache
The Alma Grove (North Otago)
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In 1919 locals planted 400 oak trees in North Otago, one for every serviceman from the district killed during the war. They were planted in the form of a wheel, the hub being in central Oamaru, and radiating out both north and south into the countryside (where they were planted at one-mile intervals). Where possible, the oaks were planted near the home of the serviceman they commemorated. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/north-otago-memorial-oaks While many of the trees flourished, disease, road works and vehicle crashes took a toll of others. In the early 1990s North Otago groups began to replace the old wooden marker posts with more durable white concrete crosses. It is an ongoing project and is maintained by a group of local volunteers. Most crosses record a man and his place and year of death. In locations where a number of the original tree have been lost a number of small groves were set aside to commemorate a group of soldiers. The Alma Grove is one of these and contains a plaque with 52 named soldiers. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/alma-memorial-grove The cache is a small bison tube attachedto a branch with log only. BYOP
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