Sydney's Forgotten Woman [Surry Hills] Mystery Cache

🛰 Sydney's Forgotten Woman
[Surry Hills] 🏚

*** This geocache is NOT at the listed co-ordinates ***

Acknowledgement of Country

As the Cache Owner, I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which this geocache is located, the Gadigal People of the Dharug Nation, and their continuing connection to Country and community. I pay my respect to their Elders past and present.

Their land is the south side of Port Jackson, extending from South Head to Tumbalong (Darling Harbour).

We recognise the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Australians and we are committed to honouring their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas, and their rich contribution to society.

Are you a CITO Crusader?

Every geocache presents us with a perfect opportunity to CITO (Cache In Trash Out).

Please help clean up some litter while you're here visiting this cache and attach a photo to your log to show off your much appreciated efforts!

Natalie Wood is the woman Sydney forgot. Her skeletal remains were discovered in the upstairs bedroom of her terrace home in Surry Hills in 2011, eight (8) years after she had passed away. Ms Wood's is a sad, yet interesting, story.

This geocache was inspired by Urthboy's song, featuring Alex Burnett, called The Big Sleep.

As it was reported in The Australian, Acting Superintendent Zoran Dzevlan of Surry Hills Local Area Command said it was sad the woman died without anybody noticing: "This serves as a reminder for people to keep a neighbourly eye on those who live in their area, especially the elderly."

May she rest in peace.

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GZ: take extreme care when retrieving and replacing the cache to ensure the next cacher can find it.

Also, a special thanks to Calypso62 for helping with the maintenance on a number of occasions.

Other information: Please replace the cache exactly as it was found to prevent it from being muggled/vandalised. BYO pen.

FTF cache 2.0 honours: AlphaDeltaIndigo.
FTF original cache honours: Kid Ron Satan.

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