Mare and Foal Scone, New South Wales, Australia
By Team737 on 14-Nov-20. Waypoint GA19231

Cache Details

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Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S32° 2.776' E150° 52.090' (WGS 84)
	56H 298717E 6452448N (UTM)
Elevation:	219 m
Local Government Area:	Upper Hunter

Map

Whodunit Geocache

Description

Scone's iconic monument.

This sculpture commemorates the role horses have played in the development of Australia and identifies Scone and the Upper Hunter Valley as the horse breeding capital of Australia. The Mare and Foal Sculpture was an idea conceived by a local grazier in 1979 to signify the importance of horses in the area.

The bronze sculpture was commissioned by local horse breeders, and purchased for a sum of $75,000. It was placed in Elizabeth Park as a permanent monument in March 1982, along with a time capsule containing details of donors and the history of the sculpture.

The sculpture is life sized, with a height of 1.7m, and weighs 1.4 tonnes.

To log this virtual cache, include a photo of yourself and/or GPS in front of the Mare and Foal.

Hints

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ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
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Decode

Logs

04-Apr-24

Gullivers Travels54

we are on our way home from the mega in Canberra and stopped here for the cache TFTC

16-Sep-23

Laighside Legends

Found It!
A quick stop here for some photos before having lunch down the road.
TFTC

16-Apr-22

Shifter Brains

We were passing through town and have been past a number of times but never stopped to take a photo as it has been difficult with the van. Today there was a perfect place for us to stop with the van so we did and took the required photo, with Mrs Shifters shoulder in the photo.
Thanks for the cache Team737.

Rated: for Overall Experience

14-Apr-22

BigMatDozer

Found on a quick stopover in Scone on our way to Armidale for the holidays. The kids have an amazing radar for playgrounds and this one had a bonus virtual cache so it was an easy decision. Too bad we were too early to duck into the visitor centre and update our cloth badge collections.

Thanks for the virtual cache.

12-Dec-21

Lucy & Roo

A popular place on a Sunday morning, but little interest in the sculpture. Thanks for the reason to stop Team737

Rated: for Overall Experience

28-Jul-21

Banj5150

nice sculpture in a nice little park in a nice town, TFTC

10-Apr-21

Smittengranny

First for the day as I wander towards home after attending the Dayboro Mega event . Thanks for drawing my attention to this beautiful sculpture in such a lovely setting.

06-Apr-21

LuckyL10n

#GA5228 - 12:45; Day 12 of a road trip with Sol de lune for the CacheQLD - Dayboro Mega and we are now headed for home. After spending the night in Tamworth, we collected a few more caches in the area then caching our way through Gunnedah, Quirindi, Murrurrundi and on to Scone for this cache and lunch, after a quick park and snap. TFTC Team737 Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Apr-21

Sol de lune

Heading home from the Mega with LuckyL10n and this was our next stop. Interesting artwork and good spot to get out of the car lunch.

Thanks for highlighting this one Team737... Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

09-Jan-21

alnic39

I came here twice as a child with my dad, who worked for William Inglis & Sons, then later Winchcombe Carson and lastly Racetrack Magazine. Gunsynd was retired to a stud up this way and would be shown to the public once a year. Well, that's my 45+ years old memory. It was nice to reminisce.

Rated: for Overall Experience