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ROSSTOWN RAILWAY SERIES #1 Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

jupiterpearl: After over 220 finds and 3 position changes - time to archive this one - I kept it open for basic members to experience geocaching but have archived RR2 as well - thanks for the finds .

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Hidden : 9/3/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Only a few of the caches of this series of cache on the Rosstown Railway Trail remain . Other caches have been archived. Please replace the cache exactly as you found it - upside down .


You can walk or ride a bike along this route from Oakleigh to Elsternwick station - or the other way. There are only a few of the original series left, most have been archived.

  • Junction II.
  • All Aboard Mr Bent.
  • Rosstown Railway caches -1, 2
  • Trainspotting.
  • Rosstown Multicache - Take a Ticket.

Destined never to be used but always a dream. William Murray Ross built the never to be used Rosstown Railway first in 1883 and then had to be redone in 1887-8 due to the shoddiness of the original build. It was to carry produce from his other failed venture in the area the sugar beet mill. ( the Northern Queensland Sugar cane industry would have probably ended its time anyway. ) There was a lot of concern from the market gardeners in the area that his mill would use all the water supply available in the area- (Lehmann's Swamp Reserve - now Koornang Park and the current swimming pool!) Ross bought and owned a lot of land in the area and had his home "the Grange"in the area . (Grange Road). Carnegie was known as Rosstown until the early 1900's but its namesake hotel still stands on Dandenong Road in Carnegie North. This cache is in Rosanna Street in a stretch of land with a Nursing home at one end and a Tennis club at the other.

The cache is a hidden plastic tube with log paper and pencil Please replace it the way you found it - upside down is best FTF honours go to The Welder, n0w0rries and Archie B1 for the original cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg gbbx jbbq, FGRRY, naq teniry gb znxr gur envyjnl.

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)