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Bald Hills Primary School Traditional Cache

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Bunjil: I cannot see any information that indicates the CO has taken steps to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement. Therefore the cache is being Archived to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

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Hidden : 9/15/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Very little can be found about this school apart from the following:


School number 2027, Bald Hills Primary school existed from at least 1906 (although more likely 1878) until 1993 when it was closed as part of widespread school closures and mergers the Kennett Government enforced as a way of cost cutting. Depending on which side of the fence you sat, this was either good consolidation of state revenue and expenditure, or like many teachers and families felt at the time, it was a period of great stress, job loss and insecurity as many bush schools closed, forcing children to attend larger town-based schools. 

This school literally is frozen in time. You can still see the remnants of the playground, school 'shelter shed', the old toilets. The school building is typical of the style built near the turn of the 19th century and often there was a sleep-out out the rear that the teacher would stay in. These school would often only be single teacher and in their heyday might have 30 students, but usually half that (or even less!) across all year levels. A family moving into, or out of the district could have a major impact on school enrolments

You are looking for a 1l cache that is not located on the school property. As mentioned above, very little information is available regarding this school so it is unsure who the owner is. In case it is now private property, please do not go onto the school property, but just observe from the outside. If you have further information about this school, please contact me as I am very keen to learn more

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)