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The Message Multi-cache

Hidden : 3/4/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


 The Message 

 

 

Many locals drive past this spot every day but have probably never stopped to have a look at the memorial on the corner and read its plaques. If they did, they'd discover a little bit of hidden (in plain sight) history in Wahroonga. Yurt and I both had the brainwave to hide a cache here some time ago so this is a cooperative effort.

 

Without going into too much detail to discourage armchair solvers and to encourage visits, there won't be much more description here. You need to visit the posted coords (where the cache isn't) and gather the following information to get the coordinates for GZ, which isn't far away.

The cache is located at the following coordinates so you need to solve the missing digits.....

S33° 42.ABC    E151° 07.XYZ

Plaque I:

A = number of letters in the Welsh town mentioned.

B = the last digit of the year on the bottom line MINUS 1.

 

Plaque II:

C = number of letters in the first word of the message.

 

Plaque III:

X = number of times the digit 2 appears in the final line.

Y = number of words in the 5th line of the plaque.

 

Now look at the monument itself:

Z = Bulls + Lions + Column Notches. DIVIDE answer by 3.


Now head to GZ. A bit of stealth may be required at busy times.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Arrq gur ybb? Abg gbqnl fb qba'g tb gurer! Ybbx hc naq haqre. Vg'f dhvgr nggenpgvir!

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)