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This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website
Williams Miner Reserve
This small reserve was named in 2005, after old Cardiff residents Mat Williams and John Miner.
Matthew Williams came to Cardiff in 1900, one of the first J.P’s in Cardiff he gave advice on legal matters, taxation and local government affairs and acted as a supervisor for public examinations. A prominent figure in sporting activities he was instrumental in the reforming of the Cardiff Soccer Club after WW1 and in cricket and in rugby league. For many years he was in charge of Cardiff Railway Station and later Cockle Creek Station. John Stewart Miner retired in 1963 after 47 years in the workforce, for most of his working life he was a resident of Cardiff. Extremely well known and respected in his local community, he worked for various charities and organisations. He hosted functions including church dances, and balls and lead the community singing at the local Star Picture Theatre.
Miner worked for the St Vincent de Paul Society supporting the needy and visited patients at Wallsend Hospital on a regular basis. John Miner was an organiser of the inaugural Cardiff Spring Carnival in the 1950s, a function to raise funds for charity and establish the profile of Cardiff. The reserve was landscaped by the Michael Street Land Care Group and the flagpole was donated by the Cardiff Lions Club. The responsibilities for looking after this reserve and raising the flag are still done by relatives of Williams and Miner to this day
About this cache
We've driven past this small reserve hundreds of times, and have often commented it would be a good spot for a cache. The cache is a small cylinder - there is a logbook and a pencil in the container with no room for swaps, but it is still reccomended that you BYOP.
Happy Caching!
Sources
William Miner Reserve - Lake Macquarie History