Take your pick - 10% chance Traditional Cache
tiddalik: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.
tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Take your pick - 10% chance
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This is a simple cache on Old Razorback Road, Cawdor. Co-ordinates may be a bit bouncy with tree cover, however the general area should provide some obvious spots for a hide. If you look in and under, you will find.
Cawdor was originally a part of Camden Park, the name for John Macarthur’s extensive land holdings (25,000 acres by 1825). It lies to the west of the Great South Road (now called the Old Hume Highway or Remembrance Drive) and is bounded by Razorback Mountain & Westbrook Lane. It is 65kms south west of Sydney,situated in the two council areas of Camden & Wollondilly. Cawdor was originally part of the Cowpastures area,named after the herd of runaway cattle discovered there in 1795. The discovery of these excellent pastures encouraged interest from the settlers in the southwest, because of the heavy flooding of the Hawkesbury and depleted soils closer to Parramatta.The interest, especially in the Nepean River, increased further after the severe drought of 1839. Cawdor was the first village to develop in the Cowpastures district. It predated Camden by more than 20 years. The name was given tothe area by Governor Macquarie to honour his wife’s family’s connection to Scotland. (Campbells of Cawdor). This Governor established an important cattle station in 1812 at Cawdor, which subsequently grew to be a large government settlement. Because it lay on the main road (built by convict labourers) to southern New South Wales & Victoria, the settlement grew in the early 1830’s with a church and school, a store and a blacksmith shop. During this time there was a stopping place for the mail and passenger coaches at the Post office, opened in 1836. In the 1850s, rural industries developed in the form of sheep breeding, wheat-growing and dairying. Indeed wheat from Cawdor won a Gold Medal at the Great Exhibition in London twice (in 1851 and 1855). In 1888, a national school was established 2km fromthe church, along Cawdor Road, and this school is the present Cawdor Public school. In later years the village of Cawdor faded away, due in part to the lack of a reliable water supply and the development of the village of Camden by the Macarthurs. However this district continued to thrive, with its milk being sent to Sydney town and with a creamery built at Cawdor. In 1902, the Goulburn to Sydney bicycle race (which predates the Tour de France) began, and the riders travelled via Old Razorback Road. Small treasure for first to find. PLEASE be aware and careful of snakes in this area. CONGRATULATIONS to Dragons2010 for FTF.
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