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Lake Mac Heritage Series
How to get there: From Morisset, head towards Cooranbong along Martinsville Road, and turn left into Watagans Road. Continue uphill to Watagans Forest Road towards the series.
Road Use and Quality: The roads in the Watagan and Onley State parks are accessible by 2WD in dry conditions only. 4WD should be used at all other times. However, in some circumstances, the best way to approach these caches is on foot, especially on the narrower tracks. Common sense prevails!
The Lake Mac Heritage Series was placed to pay homage to the people, places and events that contributed to building and pioneering the Lake Macquarie region. The pick and shovel were chosen in this geoart series to symbolise the hard work the people of Lake Macquarie put forth into the region.
Awaba House
The site of Awaba House forms part of land at Teralba originally granted to Captain James Ranclaud. Ranclaud was granted 2560 acres of land on August 13 1829, and a further 914 acres on February 9 1830. This land extended along the shores of Lake Macquarie northwards from Marmong Creek to the Five Islands and inland for some distance. The land was transferred to James Mitchell on March 12 1842, consolidating property which Mitchell already possessed, extending southwards from Marmong Point almost to Bolton Point. Following the deaths of Mitchell and his wife (on February 1 1869 and May 8 1870 respectively), both estates were left to Mitchell's daughter, Margaret. Margaret married William Quigley (who was reputed to be Mitchell's former coachman) in 1870.
The puzzle
All historical and heritage information courtesy of Lake Mac Libraries
Any questions regarding this puzzle cache or the LMHS geoart series will be answered by clicking HERE
*** The LMHS geoart was placed in conjunction with the OzGeoMuster 2018 mega event. TheOz GeoMuster 2018 committee would like to thank the following people for their contribution to this series. ahomburg, day1976, sedgwickDave, The Morris, bobbiesgirl, and the_garbageman.***
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