Situated in the Northern Rivers of NSW, the biggest river on the east coast of Australia, the Clarence River, flows through the entire Clarence Valley to meet the sea at Yamba. I've placed some caches about the area to showcase the picturesque peacefulness of the farms and communities here in the 'Big River' estuary region. Be a bit stealthy & watchful for snakes anywhere near the waterways.
BYOP. Watch the geokids.
This Big River Series (BRS) cache is a quick park and grab on Grafton St, Cowper. A little glimpse into Cowper's beginnings and Great Aspirations may be found as follows in the columns of the regional newspapers of the day:
Clarence and Richmond Examiner and
New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889)
Tue 10 Aug 1875, Page 4
COWPER.
The Village of Cowper is situated on the right bank
of the Clarence River, at the point where the ana-
branch, known as the South Arm, leaves the main
stream. It is sixteen miles below Grafton, and within
the Municipality of Ulmarra. When land in the dis-
trict was thrown open for selection, the site of Cowper
was reserved for a township, and during the Cowper
Ministry, in 1870, it was surveyed and named after
Sir Charles Cowper. In August, 1870, the allotments
were submitted to public auction, but it is only within
the last twelve months that its actual settlement may
be said to have commenced. During the year 1873 a
neat and well furnished Public School was erected,
but it was not opened until July, 1874, and since that
time an average of about 40 scholars has been regu-
larly maintained ; lately, a valuable addition in the
shape of a weathershed has been made. Attached to
the school is a comfortable teacher's residence ; alto-
gether the building reflects much credit on the inhab-
itants of the neighbourhood. The business commu-
nity is at present not very large, but buildings are
rapidly springing up, and from its pleasant and cen-
tral position, it is destined to become at no very
distant period a prosperous and important township.
The principal products of the locality are maize and
sugar-cane.
(Source: Trove)