Lost Heritage Traditional Cache
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This is our first cache, so an easy one to start with!
In a location thousands of muggles (and fellow cachers) drive past every day, and may not even consider what is here, much less what is lost!
This is on the edge of the O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park, managed by the National Parks And Wildlife Service. There has also been extensive plantings of natives with a Revegetation Programme, with the help of 'Trees For Life' member Alfred James with over 2000 trees grown and planted for the area!
FURTHER INFO: Graciously suppled by Klems Mob...
November 11, 2005 by Klems' Mob
Thought I would enlighten you regarding the history of this place.
The house was built by Mr Tapley which is why the old road up past this was called Tapleys Hill. It was then owned by people by the name of Farnden. Their children used to walk to the Reynella School each day. Then it was owned by Mr Earl.
Once the house became vacant, it was made into a Pea Factory. This was after WWII, during the late 1940’s and 1950’s.
Peas were grown locally by people named Booth and Sheidow (as in Sheidow Park). Back in the 1930’s, peas were hand picked with wages being between 4½d and 6d (3c & 5c) per bucket. (Mrs Klem’s dad used to pick them as a young lad.) It is thanks to him that we are able to give you this information.
Once the Factory was established, the whole bush was uprooted and taken to the factory where the pods were opened by compressed air. As you say, it’s a pity we are losing our heritage. Thank goodness those who care about our heritage are doing up the Changing Station in Old Reynella and are intent on saving other buildings around the area.
It is a pity about the vandalism, I guess this is a result of losing our pioneering heritage?
Please be aware that we counted 2 natural beehives in the area near the cache.
You're looking for a container that used to contain some of SPC's finest!
Please re-hide where you find it.
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LOST HERITAGE HALL OF FAME
FTF S A Bloodhound on 3rd Nov 2005
2nd Team Minx on 5th Nov 2005
3rd TeamAstro on 5th Nov 2005
25th Team Wibble on 12th Jan 2006
50th Jack was here on 2nd July 2006(would've been Team Nibbler if they hadn't logged an entry on the 30/4 & 18/7)
100th penguin_tummy on 18th July 2008
150th froghoppin 11th September 2011
200th TR! 24th April 2016
250th ????
****29th Jan 2014 UPDATE ******
Visited today and found the tree surrounds burnt for 5m around the gz.
This has been here OVER 7 years, the spot is not up for grabs, so have replaced the cache in the tree where a dead trunk has broken away. Please replace with decent cover, and not the flimsy bark laying around, thanks. R.I.P. the original logbook!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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