A Jigidi for...BRIGHT
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.
BRIGHT…originally known as Morse’s Creek, by 1866, was a swelling gold-mining settlement and had been renamed Bright after the British liberal politician John Bright. Shops, hotels, banks, schools and a horse racing track was established, and newly surveyed streets were named after politicians and lawyers of the time. The Post Office opened on 25 January 1860 and the original Bright P-12 school building (still in use) was constructed in 1876. In 1883, the opening of a train line to Myrtleford was followed by an extension to Bright in 1890 and brought with it a new economic boost: tourism with Mt Buffalo being a popular attraction.
By 1939, bushfires near Melbourne and a post-war building boom led to a surge in demand for timber from the Ovens Valley. Pine forests were planted on the hillsides of Myrtleford, Bright and the Buffalo Valley, and with an average lifecycle of 25 years the timber is still milled in Myrtleford.
Now the Bright Autumn Festival is a major cultural event with much focus on the autumnal colours of the European trees but events of all sorts make for a busy tourist based calendar. From Hot Rods to music, nuts, berries, wineries, skiing, fishing, and paragliding there is always something on.
Significantly, the region is a hub for cycle tourism, transforming the disused rail line – which closed in 1983 – into the hugely popular Murray to Mountains Rail Trail. Road cycling and mountain biking attract both tourists and large cycling events to beautiful Bright & Surrounds.
To locate GZ, solve the 80 piece JIGIDI.https://www.jigidi.com/solve/xtqaxb94/bright-jigi/
BRIGHT..of old
BRIGHT...now
