Estimated time to complete: 20min
Estimated distance to travel: 300m
The New Northcote Company purchased 40 acres of land on Middleborough Road and Burwood Highway in 1937, with a view to expanding its brick manufacturing operations. The area’s clay formation was pivotal to the success and expansion of the New Northcote Company’s brick production and by 1950, 100,000 bricks were being produced on site each week.
New Northcote Company produced the ‘Nubrik’ brand of bricks in cream, reds and tan colours that became so prevalent across Melbourne’s suburbs during the post-war boom. Nubriks soon became the preferred material for brick veneer homes, especially across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs where many ‘Nubrik’ homes still stand.
New Northcote Company changed its name to Brick Industries in 1962 and then Brick & Pipe Industries in 1964, when it became the largest brick manufacturer in Victoria. The company was acquired by Melbourne businessman Abe Goldberg in 1988 and brick production wound down.
In 2019, 82 years after its initial purchase, the site was redeveloped as Burwood Brickworks and now includes a 6-star ecological shopping centre with an urban rooftop farm set amidst a growing residential development.
Ref: https://www.frasersproperty.com.au/portfolio/residential/vic/burwood-brickworks
🧱 Brickworks Dock (S37 50.974 E145 08.003)
At the posted coordinates above you will be standing in front of a sign for the Dock. Beneath it are three rows of bricks with the names of different brickworks facing the carpark:
A = The number of letters in one of the repeated words on the third brick in the top row.
B = The number of letters on the first brick in the middle row.
C = The number of letters on the third brick in the middle row.
🧱 Brickworks Sign (S37 50.977 E145 08.082)
At the next waypoint coordinates above you will be standing in front of an information sign on renewable energy:
2EFD = The number of tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year saved due to solar panels (note the shuffled letter order!)
Checksum = A + B + C + D + E + F = 30
You will find the cache located at: S37 50.ABC E145 08.DEF
***NOTE: Cache is only accessible during trading hours***
Trading hours:
Sunday 9 am–5 pm
Monday 9 am–5:30 pm
Tuesday 9 am–5:30 pm
Wednesday 9 am–5:30 pm
Thursday 9 am–7 pm
Friday 9 am–5:30 pm
Saturday 9 am–5 pm
This cache has been placed with the approval and enthusiastic support of Burwood Brickworks Centre Management.
***CONGRATULATIONS to n0w0rries on the FTF***