Welcome to Glen Alpine! This small park represents your entry into the suburb and is the 3rd in the series of simple cache placed in the parks of Ambarvale Glen Alpine And Surrounds . This is a simple cache and does not require you to step into the garden around the wall. Please be gentle as you can with the cache and BYOP. No room for anything
"Glen Alpine" is the answer to your dreams!" Or so claimed the Lend Lease Corporation, in a 1986 promotion for its newest prestige housing estate.
A decade later, that same estate virtually surrounds the Campbelltown Golf Course. And aimed squarely at the well-heeled "executive" market, Glen Alpine boasts beautiful parks and large blocks of land, most of which are able to take a home, pool, outdoor entertainment area, or even a tennis court.
Most people are aware the suburb name itself comes from Glen Alpine, the historic homestead which stands - fully restored - off Belltrees Close.
But a lot of people don't realise that it is not the original Glen Alpine, which was built by the Reddall family in the late 1820s. Reverend Thomas Reddall was the first Anglican clergyman ever appointed to Campbelltown. He personally supervised the construction of St Peter's Church in Cordeaux Street, and served as its rector from 1823 until his death 15 years later.
The original Glen Alpine was built sometime in the late 1820s on land owned by his son, John Reddall, but was officially conveyed to Reddall senior's ownership.