Clonbinane Station & Homestead
Crown land licence records from 1856 suggested two large pastoral properties (runs) of around 25,600 Acres were operated by the McKenzie and McDonald families at Clonbinane and Reedy Creek. According to the Melbourne Argus Newspaper of 27 January 1866, John McRae McKenzie was reported as being of Clonbinane and Tallarook Stations when on 25 January 1866 he married Emily Anne Cairnes, eldest daughter of Henry Cairnes of Dublin, Ireland.
"Clonbinane Park" is a heritage listed site built for M. K. McKenzie around 1885 located about 250m off the Clonbinane Road.
"Clonbinane Station" appears to have been a much larger property with a sales notice in the Argus Newspaper of 4 July 1878 citing 80,000 Acres.
John McDonald was reported in the records to have been assessed for 4600 sheep, 20 cattle and 8 horses. "Clonbinane Park" was in 1922 a property of 1924 Acres with a 1210 grating area with excellent potential for cattle grazing and wool production.
The old homestead at Clonbinane Park was destroyed by the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009. The site has been inaccessible since 1 August 2011.
To find the prize (geocache):
From the posted coordinates travel in a south easterly direction for about 29 Cubits where you will find a container. All you will need to do now is find a 4 digit code to gain access. If you have read carefully you will already know this code.
UPDATE: Padlock changed, code is now 3 digits, use the first 3 digits of the original 4 digit code.
UPDATE: The padlock has been removed due to some busting their way into the cache.
The Stamp & Stamp Pad:
One of the things unique to Letterbox type caches is the stamp. Letterboxers generally have there own notebook in which to collect stamps from all the Letterbox caches that they have been to. This is why the stamp is in the cache and should always remain in the cache.
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE STAMP OR STAMP PAD.
What is Letterboxing?
Letterboxing is an intriguing “treasure hunt” style outdoor activity. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. However, clues to finding some of the most highly-sought boxes are passed around by word of mouth. In some cases, the letterbox owner has made their container both a letterbox and a geocache and posted its coordinates on Geocaching.com. These types of geocaches will contain a stamp that is meant to remain in the box and is used by letterboxers to record their visit.
