This reserve is situated between Anzac Highway & Augusta Street. The Anzac Highway side is the Alf Smedley Reserve & the August Street side is the Mel Baker Reserve. This is a simple cache for the Geo-Kids. Room for small swaps.
Facilities: playground, picnic area, shelter, toilets and plenty of room to throw the frisbee or kick the footy. Street parking only.
Do you have a sense of deja vu? Been here before? This park has hosted 2 previous caches. About 2012 a traditional and more recently 2016-early 2021 it was the final localtion of a mystery - which is still there.
Who are Alf & Mel?
Alfred Royden Smedley (1913 – 2006)
Alf and his brother Alan started Smedley Press Pty Ltd at 33 Hastings street Glenelg South. They ran the business for 30 years. The building is still there. They published the Glenelg Guardian (a paper devoted to the interests of Glenelg. Its watchword: Progress, not stagnation) was established in 1913. For much of this time, it was owned by the Smedley family of Glenelg. It was acquired by Messenger Press in 1964. Other publications include Murray Valley Standard & Kangaroo Island Courier. One-time editor of the Glenelg Guardian, Alan Smedley, became the Glenelg mayor.
Mel Baker
Glenelg Town Clerk (1988)