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.)

Galston

Galston is a semi-rural town located in the Hornsby District of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales. Galston is located from the city at 36 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Hornsby Shire. Galston is in the NSW state electoral district of Hornsby and Federal division of Berowra. Galston is situated 16 minutes away from the suburb of Hornsby.

The aboriginal inhabitants of the region were from the Dharug language group. The area was originally known as Upper Dural until early settler Alex Hutchinson suggested in 1886 that the new school be named Galston after the town of Galston, East Ayrshire in Scotland. Galston had been an agricultural town since European settlement began, and it was home to a huge number of orchid growers. Galston Public School, Fagan Park and Waddell Cottage are some notable historical places in Galston. In 1973 Galston was proposed as one option for Sydney's second international airport but this proposal did not proceed.

In the 2016 Census, there were 3,139 people in Galston. 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 5.1%. 87.5% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 22.5% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

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

Source: Wikipedia

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