This Geocache is in honour of my much loved and missed Pop - Syd Raynor. You will find a park bench dedicated to him here.
Pop was a carpenter and cabinet maker by trade, and worked all over Brisbane building houses, and worked as a boat builder at Masters Boat Yard on Cabbage Tree Creek (you can see the boat shed at the back of the park). After retiring, he took up where is uncle, Lou Peets, left off and started building rocking horses. He built 99 in total, with one being donated to the Royal Childrens Hospital in Brisbane.
The road this park is located on at one stage housed 4 generations of my family, with 2 still living there. My grandparents bought a block of land on this road after moving out to Australia as "Ten Pound Poms". They built the house (where my Nana still lives and watches over the park) bit by bit, while raising their family. My father and Aunt spent plenty of time in this park, although back then it was just mangrove scrub. Both sets of my Great Grandparents bought 2 seperate blocks just down the road and Pop also built their houses.
My parents bought into the street when I was about 8 and my younger siblings and I spent many a weekend playing on the play equipment or a friendly game of cricket with the neighbours kids. During heavy rain, the park would flood and you could pretty well guarantee that us kids would be swimming in the puddles.
My kids now love playing here when we visit my Nana or my Dad.
I hope you enjoy the park as much as I have over the last 30+ years. Take a seat and enjoy some time with my Pop.
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PLEASE BEWARE THAT NESTING BIRDS MAY SWOOP AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. Congratulations to "Que Sera" on a FTF!