No. 8 in the series. This finds us in Colebrook, which is a very historic town in Tasmania, first settled in the very early years of the 19th cenury, when a convict probation station was established. The purpose of the station was to provide labour to hunt for food, which was in very short supply in Hobart Town. Many kangaroos and emus were killed. The settlement was first called Jerusalem, before being changed to Colebrook Dale. It became the centre for quite a rich farming district as land in the Coal River valley was cleared in the first half of the 19th century. Unfortunately much of the town was destroyed in the 1967 bushfires.
One building that survived the fires is St Patrick's Catholic Church, which was designed in 1843, built between 1855 - 57, and is currently being restored. This is where you will find the cache, in the grounds of the church (not in the cemetery)
Please bring your own pen