This cache is one in a short, four-part series that takes you around the perimeter of Harro.
Unfortunately, many of the newer housing developments going up on the outskirts of Sydney only have one road leading in and out. Not a problem for much of the day, but if you’re one who’s stuck with using it at the morning and evening peak hours, well, add extra time for the bottle neck here. I was not particularly aware of this problem until, in Sydney’s northwest, I encountered it … somewhere near South Windsor. For me, this situation came as a surprise because, by and large, most of our suburbs around this area are well-served … and none better, I’d say, than Harro.
Helped by decent-sized main roads to receive the traffic spill when volumes are high, Harrington Park/Grove has:
two roads entering onto Camden Valley Way
two onto Oran Park Drive
two onto the Northern Rd
and two onto Dan Cleary Drive
Now admittedly, each Dan Cleary Dr entrance each provides access to one small pocket of housing, not to the entire suburb. But in both cases, the number of dwellings is small enough that one road in & out is sufficient. What’s more, if these two pockets should at some future time grow large enough to coalesce … they have their two exits already in place!
“The Iron Duke” was the nickname for the Duke of Wellington, who, once and for all brought an end to Napoleon Bonaparte’s expansionist ideals at the Battle of Waterloo. John Oxley*, early explorer of inland Australia, received news of this victory while on one of his inland forays, and appropriately named the locale where the courier finally delivered the message ... “Wellington”. The town later to grow in that area still bears the same name.
*More information on Oxley is incorporated in the nearby Multi Cache “Mr Oxley” (GCBAH4Z)
Graubunden & Surdivisio make a welcome return to the First to Find listings. A good pick-up!