This is the sixth in the series of caches placed at the end of former railway lines. This one is the Mont Park Spur Line.
In 1914, the State Government acquired land for a hospital in the Macleod area. It was originally used for returning veterans of the First World War and was known as "No. 16 General Hospital, Mont Park". (Inmates planted an Avenue of Honour along Cherry St. in honour of their fallen comrades). It later became a general psychiatric hospital.
In 1924 a spur railway line was built to service the hospital. It started at Macleod Station and branched off through what is now the roundabout at Cherry, Wungan and McNamara Streets. At approx. S 37° 43.476 E 145° 04.051, in long grass very close to the roundabout, you can still see the base of a staunchion where it has been cut down. Just to the right of this (with the roundabout behind you), the line continues in a straight line for some distance in a small cutting. There is a sealed path to the left of this that you can take (the cutting being somewhat overgrown).
At around S 37° 43.356 E 145° 03.947 (the published co-ordinates), the line emerges from the cutting onto an embankment. There is a track along this part of the line that you should follow. As you walk along this part of the track, count the number X of cutoff staunchions that you see until around S 37° 43.262 E 145° 03.888, at which point there are no further signs of where the old line ran.
It actually continued straight up, into what is now a new estate and onto a bike/walking path. According to the original Melway Map 19 and Map 20, the old station was somewhere around S 37° 42.986 E 145° 03.694. Apparently, it was only demolished a few years ago. The line itself ceased use in 1964, with the tracks removed in either the late 60's or early 70's.
The Cache:
Y = X - 1
Z = X + 3
The cache is hidden at S 37° 43.2Y6 E 145° 03.8Z2
The cache is a 200 ml Systema cliptop box.