This is ellenvgreg’s first hide, following the archival of a cache that used to be elsewhere in the park. Tucked away in a hidden pocket of suburbia, Landcox Park is simply too lovely to not have its own cache.
You are looking for a bison tube with camo. It has a logscroll, but please bring your own pen. Once you have signed, please replace where found and make sure it's positioned for most effective camo. (22/02/2022: Her majesty has been lopped. This has not affected the cache.)
While you’re there, take some time to wander down to the lake and enjoy the tranquillity. In spring, there may be ducklings.
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About Landcox Park
Landcox Park is the pretty remnants of the original 78-acre Landcox Farm Estate, established in 1842 by Jonathan Binns Were Esq. The first estate house was built around 1854, and still stands on high ground to the north of the current park. Landcox House has had several owners over the years, including Thomas Bent (1884-1894, prior to his being Victorian Premier), and now forms part of the Tara Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre on Mavis Street. (Just across the road from the cache.)
The present park of 10 acres was purchased by the City of Brighton in 1905 at public auction, fenced and named Landcox Park. It contains an ornamental lake derived from a natural lagoon in the watershed of the nearby Elster Creek (the early stages of the present-day Elwood Canal). The lagoon is believed to have been a sacred place of the Boonwurrung people, who are the traditional custodians and protectors of this area of wetlands, marshes and grassy woodlands.
Today the park has play equipment, plenty of grassy areas and shade, public toilets and drinking fountains. Dogs are allowed, but on leads only – please don’t be the person whose dog chases the ducks. The council also requests you don’t feed the ducks, but if you can’t help yourself please do not feed them bread. Preferred alternatives are raw oats, cracked corn, rice (cooked or uncooked), birdseed, peas, corn kernels, chopped vegetable peel and salad greens.
There is plenty of parking in surrounding streets.
Source material:
https://www.tarainstitute.org.au/history-of-the-house
https://www.domain.com.au/news/on-spiritual-grounds-20130822-2sdwt/
https://www.thespruce.com/what-to-feed-ducks-386584
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