Welcome to the Bay to Bay Drummoyne series.
This series takes you on a tour of the inner-west Sydney suburb of Drummoyne, through parks and landmarks, and from the Bay Run around Iron Cove to Five Dock Bay. Please note that the order of the caches is merely suggested, and in no way required. It is recommended that you follow it as it puts the caches on a linear route. (Or you can go backwards, but that means walking uphill)
About this cache
This cache sits in a place overlooking Drummoyne Oval. You do not need to enter the grounds of the oval in order to retrieve the cache. It can be easily accessed via foot from Lyons Road, walking down the path from Dempsey Place.
Use stealth when retrieving this cache, any cricketers will definitely see you if they’re around.
The container uses camouflage techniques to evade discovery by muggles. Please note that a tool may be required for logbook retrieval.
From GZ, you can see the Parramatta River, Gladesville Bridge, and of course, Drummoyne Oval and Taplin Park.
About this series
I always try to follow the rule that a placed cache must be a memorable hide, great location, or both. I hope you find these caches to be fulfilling these criteria.
This series is placed on the traditional land of the Wangal people, who are believed to have lived on the land for over 20,000 years.
The suburb of Drummoyne’s name comes from William Wright, who owned the 600-hectare peninsula in the 1800s, the whole thing called Five Dock at the time. Five Dock is now just part of the peninsula, alongside what was then named Bourketown (remember this, it’s important). The northern tip, where he built his house, is named Drummoyne, after his family estate back in Scotland, which is now the suburb of Drumoyne in Glasgow (yes, there’s only one m).
Bourketown never did become a town nor a name for an area (except for the official name of the Bourketown Conservation Area), but there is a plaque in what was to be the original Bourke Square commemorating the idea. At the site, a statue was originally to be placed, but there is now just a light, plaque and trees on a roundabout. Nearby, there are some of Drummoyne’s landmarks, two schools - St. Mark’s Drummoyne, and Drummoyne Public School - and a water tower, now disused.
Much of this history, especially recent history, was consolidated into a poem by Wendy Lewis in 2010, which the local council has printed parts of onto benches, bus stops, bubblers, walls, bins and other utilities. If you see parts of this urban art project, I highly suggest you read them and learn about the area.