Totally Findable Tourist Caches
Welcome to Sydney
This series of geocaches is designed primarily with visitors to Sydney in mind who may have limited time and transport options and want a quick and easy find while out enjoying some sightseeing around this beautiful city.
All cache containers will be one of three types; a flat magnetic key case (MKC), a round film canister (FC or MFC for magnetic) or a fake rock (FR).
The hint will indicate the type of container used and will be very specific to help you find the cache easily. If you want a challenge to find this cache and don't wish to know exactly where it's hidden, do not look at the hint.
At each location you’ll be given some information about the site you are visiting.
Enjoy!
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To Find This Cache:
- This is a 2-stage multi.
- Go to the published coordinates to locate Foundation Park.
- Find the chest of draws in the room next to the Grandfather Clock.
- On top of the chest of drawers are three objects. Name these three objects, left to right, beginning with M, C and B.
- Click on the Certitude icon below and enter the three object names as one long string of letters, no spaces, to receive the cache GZ coordinates and hint.
You can validate your puzzle solution with
certitude.
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Time Warp
Step back in time to see what life was like in a bygone era in The Rocks by visiting Foundation Park.
Foundation Park is a little known gem tucked away from the main tourist area of The Rocks. Hidden behind a row of shops on Playfair Street, the site is made up of what were formerly No's 2-16 Gloucester Street, eight terrace houses constructed in the mid-1870s that were demolished in 1938.
The park was created on the site in 1972 and was landscaped to complement the adjoining Argyle Arts Centre in 1993-1996, with the foundations of the houses and sculptural interpretation incorporated into the park design. Visitors can walk through the ruins of the eight houses that were progressively built into a sandstone cliff face from 1874 to 1878.
Perched on a steep, rocky hill, it is hard to imagine why anyone would build on such difficult land, but The Rocks was so densely populated during the 19th century that every spare piece of land was sought for housing. The rooms in the eight terrace houses were no larger than 3m x 3m, (10ft x 10ft) and demonstrate the cramped living conditions of that time, compared to today.
Back then, Sydney couples generally had between 4 and 10 children. When you walk around what’s left of the houses that stood in Foundation Park, you can imagine how difficult it would have been to accommodate such a large family in such small spaces. Many of the rooms are filled with models of 19th century furniture, which demonstrate how cramped living conditions really were. The furniture and other household goods give you a sense of how the rooms were used.
The irregular terrain and lack of formal sub-division, or a regular grid of streets, resulted in the development of very irregular pattern of blocks and lots that reflected the natural topography. A network of pedestrian lanes and steps connected the streets that also served to delineate the blocks. Like many of the streets in The Rocks, Gloucester Street (now Gloucester Walk) was originally a path that followed the natural terrain. It ran in a north-south direction, along the rock shelf that formed the western boundary of the first hospital and gaol, and led to rows of huts built on the naturally occurring rock shelves.
The site has important associations with the indigenous Cadigal people, for whom it was part of a strip of land along the western shore of Warrane (Sydney Cove) which they called "Tallawoladah". The fact that this area was named denotes it as a special or particular place for the indigenous peoples of Sydney Harbour before the arrival of European settlers in 1788.
Foundation Park is open daily. It is located at Gloucester Walk, behind the Playfair Terrace shops. The site is in between George Street and Cumberland Street in the centre of The Rocks.
Source (including Images): Pocket Oz - A Pocket Guide to Sydney