A simple pick-up cache with a nice View
From 1834 to 1836, whalers lived at a station in the Fortrose area, and the first surveys for a town - slightly to the west of Fortrose's present location - gave it the name of Russelltown. In the mid-19th century, Fortrose acquired its current name, a tribute to Fortrose in Scotland, from a Scottish drover. Its location at the Mataura's mouth meant it developed as a port to service the local region, and in 1875, a 200-foot (61 m) long jetty was built. However, Fortrose's economy declined after the Tokanui Branch railway was opened to Waimahaka in 1899 and then Tokanui in 1911, as the railway provided much quicker transportation for freight to Invercargill. A number of Fortrose residents fought overseas in World War I and World War II. Six were killed in the former and two in the latter. A round obelisk stands in Fortrose as a memorial to the deceased; it was unveiled in 1922 in honour of the World War I victims, with the names of the World War II casualties added later.
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Where the cache is hided
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You' re looking for a 35 mm filmcanister with only a logrol and no goodies. Please take your own pen to write the log of the logrol of this little one.
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Special thanks for another Dutch team "De Hangijzers" wich have done maintenance for this cache in 2019.
Special thanks for "Hal2929" wich have done maintenance for this cache in 2022.
Please
be care to hide the stash as good as possible, because of open sky this cache is
too aasy to find even for not geocaching people.
Check
the non visibility after hiding when you approach GZ.