In 1859, the new ‘Victory Road’ connected the recently established town of Myponga to the rich rural settlements of Aldinga, Willunga and McLaren Vale. John Norman, the licensee of the hotel at Sellicks Hill – which still bears the road’s triumphant progress in its name – was dubbed ‘the conquering hero’ of the hour for his strenuous efforts to get the road developed. The road wound its way tightly up the Willunga scarp passing ‘Myponga’ (Hillsley) station opened up by the Everards in the early 1840s, and came out quite near to Myponga. A blacksmith’s shop, house and horse stop were built at the road junction outside of Myponga. The newspaper reporter commenting on the marvelous road used all his flowery devices in its description:
Romantically beautiful, indeed, is this new mountain path. It discloses every kind of scenery that the ranges or the plains can boast, and affords from time to time the most unbounded prospect of the sea, with Kangaroo Island in the distance.
You can see the ruins of the old buildings in the paddock opposite the dirt road. The cache is a camouflaged clip lock container. Good luck