Billy Goats Gruff #2 ½ Crossley, Victoria, Australia
By
Smergol on 04-Mar-13. Waypoint GA6254
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S38° 17.836' E142° 19.891' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 616432E 5760363N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 37 m |
| Local Government Area: | Moyne |
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Description
Billy Goats Gruff #2 ½ - is part of the "Bull Fart" series.
Billy Goat Gruff #2½
With the good summer rain we have the Gruff breeding season and they breed faster than Tupperware in a dark cupboard. The Billy Goats Gruff collection is part of the GCA “Bull Fart” (phonetics – Bool PFRT!).
*** BYO PEN for this one ***
History
The railway line from Warrnambool to Melbourne was opened in 1887. The construction of the line to Port Fairy, via Koroit, started in late 1888 and it was completed in 1890.
Between Warrnambool and Belfast (Port Fairy) there were 12 gate keepers’ cottages. Stations were situated at, Warrnambool, Illowa, Koroit, Crossley Kirkstall, Moyne, Rosebrook and Port Fairy where farmers shipped their produce directly to Geelong and Melbourne.
Koroit became an important hub with the line to the north (Hamilton Spur – “Spur of the Moment” GCA cache there) joining the Port Fairy to Warrnambool line some 300 yards to the west of the station. Remnants of the cattle loading yards can be seen near North Street. The goods shed, one of the largest in the area is opposite the station. Also, remnants of the sidings and goods sheds at Port Fairy, Koroit and Illowa can be seen along the trail.
Some thought the line so beneficial that they felt the farmers should not require compensation for it passing through their property. For a time, the soon to decline ports, handled large quantities of railway materials. J Wilson and Company supplied 5,100 tons of equipment to the project.
The line came to provide an important recreational aspect to the area. Special pleasure trains ran to the seaside towns for Sunday school picnics, school excursions and social gatherings.
The line closed in September 1977 by the Hamer government to save some money!! The Rail Trail was completed earlier this year.
“FTF” GCA Pathtag is in cache for the 1st to find went to OzBob.
Hints
Va gur “Uv Qvqqyr Qvqqyr” ba n Hfnva ???? (ur’f snfg!?!) |
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Decode |
Logs
A long time between finds for this one here today.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this geocache hide for us to find on our long weekend away in Warnambool, checking out the sites, the geocaches and the local TrigPoints.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
A bit of a search and the prize was in hand.
We have really enjoyed the few we have found on this series
Our thanks to Smergol for the cache and the series with its precision co-ords. and interesting historical cache notes.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
there!
And just like yesterday, as soon as I slowed down for a cache stop .... I was mobbed by fans
Sadly all my fans are pesky bushflies !!
I swear they follow you from one cache to the next
So keen was I not to stop, that I actually sped right past BGG#2 without noticing
And missed it again on the way back to towne
Guess I'll be back for that one in the future .... and "Spur of the Moment"
Here I made up for my lack of stopping at other caches on the trail, by spending half an hour looking for the rotten little cache
So I left it unfound .... for now.
An hour later I was back !!
And decided that I just had to do what I had not wanted to do on the first visit .... disturb the troll !!
I soon found the cache and had me name in the book
A couple of cyclists rode overhead while I was down there and never even stopped, or wondered why my bike was leaning against the railing, unattended
People must abandon bikes all the time around here ?
TFTC
excellent trail of caches recomend all to do the entire rail trail
