This hide replaces a previous one which had embarrassingly poor coordinates. Thanks to Adi and Brewmaker for the gentle correction.
NOTE: The cache is not behind the locked gate and can be found from the street. GPS may bounce a bit.
About SideTracked Caches
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About Regent Street Station
It was completed on 22 March 1869 but had been used since 1 January 1869. It was also one end of the service that ran to the Woronora General Cemetery in Sutherland, located south of Sydney, and for trains heading to Sandgate Cemetery in Newcastle.
This and the Receiving House station at Rookwood Cemetery were designed by colonial architect James Barnet in the Victorian Free Gothic style, using elements from the Venetian 13th century Gothic style. Principal sculptors Thomas Ducket and Henry Apperly worked on the elaborate carvings that were a feature of the stations, including angels, cherubs, and gargoyles. Although both buildings were designed to look like churches, both in structure and in the symbolic elements that adorned them, they were never used as places of worship.
From 14 March 1938, the station found a new use as a platform for horses and dogs. From February 1950 it was used as a platform for parcels It was restored by the State Rail Authority in 1985. By this time it had also been classified by the National Trust of Australia and the Australian Heritage Commission and made part of Permanent Conservation by the Heritage Council of New South Wales.
The cost of restoring the site was approximately A$600,000. Source Wikipedia
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