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Cathedral Cove (Coromandel) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

tgsnoopy: Unfortunately this one has gone, sorry, but it did had a good run. Hopefully someone else can do justice to the location with a new cache.

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Hidden : 11/18/2001
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is hidden just off the beach at Cathedral Cove near Hahei on the Coromandel Peninsular.

To get to this cache you turn off at Whenuakite between Tairua and Whitianga. Start from the carpark near Hahei (go through Hahei and turn left at the store) at S36 50.029 E175 47.948. The walk down to the beach at the Cove should take about 30-40 minutes. Make sure when you get to the bottom of the steps you go left to investigate the Cove, don't just use your GPS to find the cache without looking. If your children (if you have any) watch What Now, they have broadcast a show from the Cove, they should be keen to have a look.

The actual cache is hidden a bit above beach level near the base of a popular native tree found in this area. It is a 1.25 litre plastic barrel.

Don't forget to check out other places in this area, there are other signposted features, a lot of info often gets overlooked on the lower deck of the carpark lookout as well.

This locations co-ordinates aren't that accurate, there shouldn't be any need to get wet feet.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[The cache is hidden] va gur ebbg fgehpgher bs n ynetr Cbuhgnxnjn gerr, [it's in] n tnc ba gur pnecnex fvqr bs gur gerr. [This] gerr fvgf ba n ynetr yhzc bs fnaqfgbar fgvpxvat bhg sebz gur onax. [It should be] ohevrq nzbhatfg qrnq yrnirf rgp. [and be difficult to see].

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)