“Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.”
― M. Scott Peck
The Journey
The reservation for the Healesville Freeway was incorporated into the Metropolitan Transport Plan in 1969 and originally extended from Riversdale Road, Box Hill South, to Maroondah Highway, Coldstream. Sections of the reservation at both ends of the route have since been released. Only recently has this section between Springvale Road in Forest Hill and Boronia Road in Vermont been formally transferred from VicRoads to Parks Victoria with the view to renaming it as community parkland. You can follow the progress on the Victorian Government website and subscribe to updates from Parks Victoria. Current media release (August 22, 2025): Delivering the Best New Urban Park in Melbourne.
***SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE***
Signage has gone up for the development of the Strathdon Orchard Precinct, which lies at the westernmost section of the Healesville Freeway Reserve adjacent to this cache. The first sign of construction is the completion of a new gravel path. More information is available on the Council projects page.
***SEPTEMBER 2023 UPDATE***
Park plan finalised with details available via the Victorian Government and Parks Victoria websites.
***APRIL 2024 UPDATE***
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The park's name has been announced as ngarrak nakorang wilam park, with work commencing later this year. The name means 'Mountain Meeting Place' and was chosen by the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. The corporation represents Traditional Owners of these lands, the Wurundjeri people, and has been a key stakeholder in planning for this park.
***OCTOBER 2025 UPDATE***
A shared use path is being constructed for the new ngarrak nakorang wilam park. The path runs to the South of GZ and doesn't impact on access to the cache.
There is something unexpected and appealing about wandering along this narrow, hidden track through the suburbs. The idea of choosing "the road less traveled" seems to typify the geocaching experience, and the themes of each cache in this series draw their inspiration from M. Scott Peck’s best selling book of the same name, which outlines the steps towards a personal journey of discovery.
If you complete all 5 caches together on foot, you will have covered approximately 2.6 km by the time you return to the starting point.
The Cache
The original version of this cache was close to a dog over a fence, which was proving to be too much of a test of courage for all concerned, so it was archived. Even so, perhaps your courage has already been tested at the T4.5 tree climb nearby, perhaps not.
Be sure to take note of the code for the letter C written inside the container lid. You will need it to solve the coordinates for the final.
You are looking for a small screw top container hidden in a plum tree. Head high plus. BYO pen.
***CONGRATULATIONS to DavidNessie on the FTF***
The Series
👣 GC82M8G The Road Less Traveled {1} Courage, once more
👣 GC7ZT6T The Road Less Traveled {2} See
👣 GC7ZT6W The Road Less Traveled {3} Listen
👣 GC7ZT6Y The Road Less Traveled {4} Love
👣 GC7ZT70 The Road Less Traveled Final {5} Life
Traveller Souvenir - 12 caches found
If you have completed 12 caches along the Healesville Freeway Reserve, comprising The Road Less Traveled Series (5 caches), Roads Go Ever Ever On Series (6 caches) and Magic Spell (1 cache), you might like to add the following souvenir to your profile:
To add the souvenir, go to your profile page and click on the cog icon top right. Paste the following HTML code into the “About” box:
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