The Great Hornsby Treasure Hunt

This is a cache that is part of The Great Hornsby Treasure Hunt - GC9M460.

(Basic Members - You will need to look at the above Mystery cache on the Geocaching website via a web browser, not the official geocaching app.)

Mount Kuring-gai

Mount Kuring-gai is an outer suburb of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales. Mount Kuring-gai is located 31 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Mount Kuring-Gai is often referred to as “Far Northern” or Upper North Shore.

The name "Kuring-gai" derives from the Guringai Aboriginal people who were thought to be the Traditional Owners of the area. More contemporary research suggests that this was not the case.

The railway station opened on 5 October 1901 and was named Kuring-gai. The current station was constructed in 1909. The Mount was added to the name on 1 August 1904.

Kuring-gai Post Office opened on 27 January 1908 and was similarly renamed Mount Kuring-gai in 1933.

Mount Kuring-gai Public School opened in 1957.

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,708 people in Mount Kuring-Gai. 73.9% of people were born in Australia and 83.0% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 30.1%, Anglican 19.0% and Catholic 18.3%.

This is a quick Park and Go cache, but don't forget to scan for your clue.

Source: Wikipedia

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