A Jigidi for...Myrtleford
One in a series of caches to highlight the many towns, villages, hamlets, localities and crossroads around Victoria. (Based on a series of caches in South Australia, started by local SA cacher adelaideram)
NOTE : the cache IS NOT at the posted co-ordinates. Solve the Jigidi below.
MYRTLEFORD
Originally known as Myrtle Creek, the town was shaped by pioneer graziers, gold seekers and timber getters. Today, Myrtleford is a flourishing tourist hub, supported by its industry and visitors exploring this wonderful country town. Most recently local mosaic artists the “CRACKPOTS” have put Myrtleford on the map with a quirky mosaics that can be spied around town and on walking trails.
Highlights of the year include Myrtleford’s Italian heritage celebration at the fabulous La Fiera Festival and hiking from the bottom or drive to the top of Reform Hill to enjoy the panoramic views from the lookout.
HISTORY
It should be noted the occupation marked the start of the Frontier Wars and, with no law enforcement in the region to police the squatters, their arrival was catastrophic to the Dhudhuroa, Taungurung, Waywurru, Gunaikurnai and Jaithmathang Nations. Their populations quickly plummeted as a result of largescale gun massacres – such as the Oxley Plains Massacre – opportunistic shootings, arsenic poisoning, alcohol and disease.
Large numbers of Italian migrants in the 1920s arrived in Myrtleford and more in 1942, although this time as prisoners of war interned at the POW Camp at East Whorouly and many stayed on as the immediate aftermath of the Second World War saw Myrtleford established as a major tobacco growing centre until the closure of the industry in 2006. The tobacco fields are long gone, but the beautiful old tobacco-drying kilns still grace the landscape, offering a fond reminder of the boom times. Despite the devastation, Myrtleford forged ahead, growing hops, cattle grazing, wine making, gin distillery, producing and milling regenerative pine, walnuts and chestnuts, blueberries and raspberries, cherries, apples, kiwifruit, olives and vegetables,
By 1939, bushfires near Melbourne and a post-war building boom led to a surge in demand for timber from the Ovens Valley. This resulted in the building of a network of roads that helped open the Alps to tourism and the strengthening of a timber industry that continues to be a major contributor to Myrtleford's economy today.
To locate GZ, solve the 81 piece JIGIDI.
http://www.jigidi.com/solve/g43u005y/AJigidiforMyrtleford
OLD MYRTLEFORD
NEW MYRTLEFORD
