Cache #186
The Federation Council is a local government area located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Corowa Shire with its neighbouring Urana Shire. These caches are some random additions to encourage more visitors to this part of the world.
Coreen State Forest is one of the larger remnants of native vegetation in this part of the world. It probably is the width of the original road reserves that were established across the Riverina but were whittled away (i.e. freeholded and given to adjoining landholders) over the years. The forest was probably retained in public hands to supply pine timber (White Cypress - Callitris glaucophylla) for fences and buildings. Probably not much logging goes on any more but it provides important habitat for native species (I heard Grey-crowned Babblers while placing the cache).
As with all caches in the Australian bush beware of snakes in summer. Please park at the entrance (rather than on the road) - you could drive to near the cache but is a short walk. Note that this is a working State Forest so if operations are occurring then might be better to kep driving. The vertically challenged may require assistance to reach this cache but I placed without the use of a tool.
Good luck!