The Tin Dish School Traditional Geocache
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The Tin Dish School, now long gone, was situated across Boboyan Road from Brayshaw's Hut. The only things that remain are the stones from the fire place, an old stump or two....along with the new-ish sign that indicates the site.
This cache is placed in conjunction with the new one over near the hut (visit link) , to lure cachers out to visit the area.
A small snippet on the history of the school is:
.....Across the road from Brayshaw's hut, are the ruins of an old school house. Known locally as the Tin Dish School, and officially as the Boboyan Subsidised School, it was a small one roomed structure of weatherboards and iron. It was built by local parents from materials from another school. Only squared blocks of grey stone from the fire place remain. The school opened for first term of 1907, operated for four terms of 1908 and 1909, then closed at the end of the first term in 1910. William Gottaas was the teacher. Children from the Dwyer, Perry, Westerman and Chalker families attended, as their holdings were along nearby Grassy Creek......
There is a walk in the area.....The Historic Homestead Triangle of Namadgi National Park....that you can start at Brayshaws Hut, and will then take you to Westerman and Waterhole Huts, before completing the triangle back to Brayshaw's. Hopefully this link will take you to the brochure that details the Triangle Walk. (visit link)
THE ROAD
The road to Brayshaws and The Site of The Tin Dish School (Boboyan Rd) is negotiable by 2WD vehicles and varies in condition from very good to reasonable, depending on when it was last graded. Approx, the last 15k's of the road to the hut is dirt. Allow about an hour from Tuggeranong, give or take depending on the weather (and the driver!)
Please take care if driving along the road at night or early in the morning. There can be great numbers of kangaroos and wallabies...... even before the gravel section.
Take your time, have a look around both of these ACT Historical Sites.......and enjoy the excursion.
The cache is hidden in the end of a small log approx 20 metres from the small school sign. A photo of the school sign and a spoiler photo for the hide are attached below.
Thanks to winglen for the heads up on the history....
(Winglen and ZsaZsa7 accompanied me on the day and will log their find after the FTF has been claimed.)
Additional Hints
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Raq bs fznyy ybt - oruvaq ebpx