Up Country Traditional Cache

Norfolk Island has hundred’s of place names that you won’t find on maps.

Up Country – anywhere that was upwards of Kingston (down a town) was ‘up country‘
Out ar Station – the Anson Bay area.  Named for the Cable Station that was located at Anson Bay;
Out ar Mission – the area around the St Barnabas Church.  Named for the Melanesian Mission Station that operated from 1866 to 1920;
Down a Town – the Norfolk name for the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historical Area;
Bucks Point – the Norfolk name for Point Blackbourne, the northern headland of Ball Bay;
Garnet Point – the Norfolk name for Collins Head, the southern headland of Ball Bay;
Up in a stick – the mountain slopes in the area of J.E. Road and Selwyn Pine Roads;
Round Country – the area around the airport.