Richard Multi-Cache

Richard was a Timbergetter in the Pennant Hills area. He arrived on our shores as an 18 year old on March 16 1795 per General Hewitt and was assigned to John Blaxland where he remained until after 1819. He received a ticket of leave and set himself up as a sawyer in the Pennant Hills area where he eventually built 5 sawpits. He purchased 30 acres of land in a Government Auction on 14 August 1839 for the princely sum of 60 pounds. At the time of his death he had 8 farms totalling 260 acres  surrounding this purchase on the North, East and Western sides. Baulkham Hills council has dedicated two reserves to his name. At this stage, neither of these appears to be on his land although they are in an area he worked.

This cache will take you to one of the reserves dedicated to my GGGGrandfather and to his 30 acre land purchase. If you have time, the track past the waypoint leads to an enjoyable walk along the valley floor where there are surviving examples of Ironbark, Red Mahogany, Blackbutt and Blue Gum, the main trees cut by the timbergetters..

You will need these coordinates S33 45.218, E151 1.281 and a little bit of math.

At the waypoint for this cache there is a sign with information about some living creatures. You need to count the number of flying creatures in the picture on the sign, multiply it by 10 and then subtract from the decimal portion of the minutes for both latitude and longitude to arrive at the cache location. This location is about the centre of  Richard’s  land purchase.

From one of the entrance points there are yellow arrows painted on the rocks, these lead through public land. You should be able to make out the property line to the house next door.

The cache is a 750 ml Blue container so keep the swaps small please.