Zig the Zag Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia, Australia
By dezzabills on 17-Jul-17. Waypoint GA10545

Edward Keane, engineer and manager of the Midland Railway Company, proposed the construction of a railway down the escarpment linking the hills to Midland and through to Fremantle.

In 1889 Edward Keane took up the timber license that had been granted to Mason and Bird, with the sole right to cut timber on the leased area. The State Government approved the license over the Mason and Bird concession subject to the construction of a railway down the escarpment.  Keane and White built the Railway in 1891 to serve the new mill run by the recently incorporated Timber Companies.

 This line was built to supply railway sleepers to Perth’s growing railway system. It ran from Midland Junction through to the Darling Ranges and up into Kalamunda, via the Zig Zag section to climb the Darling Scarp.  This line was later extended to Pickering Brook and then onto Karragullen. From Pickering Brook the line also ran onto Barton’s Mill, however this was only a logging train.  As part of the arrangement with the State Government, Keane’s Zig Zag railway was to carry the public and the general freight of the area. This agreement was to continue in force until the end of 1899, at which time the Government would have the right to purchase the line.

In order to log a find on this cache you will need to do some research and answer somw questions to obtain a code which will allow you to log your find.

Question 1. When was the line taken over by th WAGR?

Question 2. When did the Zig Zag close?

Question 3. Who built the Railway?

Question 4. What tragic event occurred at Gooseberry Hill?

Question 5. What was the gradient of the Zig Zag?

Question 6.What was the Railway called?

You are looking for a large cache. There is a pencil inside but as always be prepared.

Please take a selfie from the cache location and add to the log.

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