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Piet Retief Monument Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

FireflyAfrica: Decided to let this one go on to the great caching yonder, crossing the great rainbow bridge of muggled caches. Will investigate the area to see if there is another spot one could place a traditional but in the meantime would rather archive this than keep it around to block up the space.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Piet Retief’s farm is marked by a small monument, and is a short distance from the Summerstrand Shopping Centre in an open patch of ground.

Strandfontein farm, which later became the Summerstrand beach suburb of Port Elizabeth, was in possession of Piet Retief, who later became a Voortrekker leader and was killed in 1837 by Zulu king Dingane during negotiations about land. An estimated 500 men, woman and children of his party were massacred. After Retief the Strandfontein farm was owned by Frederik Korsten after whom another suburb of Port Elizabeth is named today”.                                                                                                                             Piet Retief was one of the Great Trek leaders who was killed by Zulu King "Dingaan".

The listed co-ords will take you to an area where you will find the answers to 2 questions.

       Where was the monument originally situated?  =$

       Where was the monument moved to in 1975? = %                                                                                                                    

Using the letter/number system (a=1, b=2) solve the problems below and be guided by the answers to find the location of the final cache, which is a small container. Remember to take a pen along, replace the cache neatly as found and as always - preserve the vegetation.

S33° [$ x 4 – 65].[$ x 8 – 143]       E25° [% ÷ 3 - 13].[% x 5 - 551]

Happy hunting!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur frpbaq nafjre vf abg Fhzzrefgenaq

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)