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Genadendal, the valley of Grace Multi-cache

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Hidden : 7/26/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This multicache starts in Genadendal and ends close to the village.

Genadendal, the valley of Grace, nestles at the foot of the beautiful Riviersonderend Mountains.
It is the home of the oldest Mission Station in South Africa, started in 1738 when Georg Schmidt, a Moravian, settled in the area.
Today Genadendal has some 3500 residents.
Around the Church Square are numerous museums of great interest but these require a small entrance fee and are only open at the following times: Mon-Thurs 9-1 2-5; Fri 9-5.3.30; Saturday: morning only.
Park at the above co-ordinates,where you will find the beautiful Church and the Bell Tower and enjoy a walk along the "Wandel Pad" around this amazing area.

1. The Bell Tower was placed in position in 179A.

2. S34 01 979 E019 33 460
The bearing number on the watermill is SN 52B.

3. S34 02 000 E019 33 434
C = the uprights in the gate plus 1.

4. S34 02 024 E019 33 385
How many upright round poles support the seat
surrounding the pear tree?
D = poles - 2.

5. Walk along to the historical graveyard.
To find E count the single graves that have white
surrounds, add the two numbers together and divide by
2.

6. S34 02 068 E 019 33 324
A short drive will take you to a monument.
F = the number of first Moravian converts - 1.

The cache can be found at S34 0E DAD
E019 ED BFC

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rawbl gur ivrj juvyr lbh ybbx!

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)