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.)

Arcadia

Arcadia is a semi-rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Arcadia is in the Hills District region.

Arcadia is derived from Arcadia, a region in Greece and in Greek mythology was a pastoral retreat.

Arcadia Post Office opened on 1 December 1895 (renamed from an earlier Upper Galston office) and closed in 1974.

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 1,385 residents in Arcadia. 81.4% of residents were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England (5.9%), New Zealand (1.6%) and Italy (1.3%). 89.7% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian (1.5%), Mandarin (1.2%) and Arabic (1.2%). The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic (29.6%), No Religion (26%) and Anglican (20.4%).

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

Source: Wikipedia

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Did you know that NSW has a geocaching association? Geocaching NSW aims to enhance and improve the activity of geocaching and holds regular events where geocachers meet to enjoy their common interests. Visit the association website here.