CBRR - Triple Gem Traditional Cache

TRIVIA: The “Triple Gem” means Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. “Dharma” refers to the teachings of the Buddha and “Sangha” is the collective name for the monastic Buddhist community. Just as a child must depend on the parents for protection and safety, Buddhists depend on the Triple Gem. Just as a geocacher must rely on his GPS, Buddhists rely on the Triple Gem.

THE CRESWICK BROOMFIELD RAIL RESERVE SERIES

HISTORY OF RAIL IN THE REGION: The railway connecting Daylesford with Ballarat.

After numerous schemes to connect the two localities, a railway was finally opened on the 19th of January 1887 between North Creswick on the Ballarat to Maryborough line and Rocky Lead (later renamed Rocklyn), an extension to Daylesford was opened on the 1st of June 1887.

Stations on this line were located at: North Creswick (Junction), Broomfield, Allendale, Kingston, Newlyn, Rocky Lead, Wombat, Leonard's Hill (later renamed Leonard), Ballan road (later renamed Sailors Falls), Woodburn and Daylesford.

The Daylesford to North Creswick railway was closed in July 1953 when it's once a fortnight mixed passenger/ goods train was withdrawn. The Carlsruhe to Daylesford railway lasted another 25 years until falling track standards led to the replacement of the railmotor service with a road coach. The line was closed to all traffic on the 3rd of July 1978.