The World Caches:
There are 6 original World Caches:
Australia:
This Australian cache is one of the above original series of 6 linked caches around the world. This one can be found by liaising with another geocacher in Cambridge to get the information you will need to find it. The original series of 6 is being expanded to 12. The image above shows all 12 GC codes.
Meanwhile the Cambridge geocacher is trying to get all the information he/she needs to log a Virtual Cache GC7B7B5 and a Mystery Cache GC7WPK9 which are both in Cambridge. For this he/she will need to gather and swap information with someone in Australia and also with geocachers in the four other countries (France, Portugal, USA, and The Netherlands.
The Cambridge Virtual Cache is linked to all the other original 5, but each of the other original 5 including this Australian one is only linked to the Cambridge cache. The second Mystery cache in each country islinked to all the other countries. At the end the aim is that each player will get to log their local caches in their own country.
The first Cambridge cache is a Virtual Cache with physical caches in 5 other countries.
As the Cambridge cache is a Virtual, UK finders only have to attend the location and send information about the five items to the CO to log a find. However there is also the Mystery Cache in Cambridge for which they will need all the information from each of the five other world caches.
UK finders have to collect information for, and get information from, all 5 other cachers/countries to log the Virtual Cache and then the Mystery Cache. However Australian finders only need information from one cacher in Cambridge to get the final coordinates and log this Australian one.
The plan is also to add 6 more caches - one more in each country. These extra 6 Mystery caches require the information from all six countries to be solved. The Australian one is GC7WQR3. So to find these you will need a full team. They are being added one at a time.
As with other cooperation caches you can only be part of one team. This may make things more difficult in time as there will be a diminishing pool of people to team with. Your log needs to include your 5 team members names so that others can see who has already been involved.
How to find this original Australian cache:
As it is a B&J cache, first there is a puzzle.
You will need to identify an object in the Cambridge Anthropology Museum. What is the 3 Word name of that object? The 3 words you need can be found by using these coordinates
N54° 24.705' W071° 01.843'
This checker will confirm this answer. Use lower case and just put in your three words.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
Now you need to find a UK partner/join a team for this series. Write a note on this cache page saying you are available, or use the geocaching forum. You can also visit the main Cambridge Virtual Cache page GC7B7B5 and look for a teammate there by reading the posts - contact potential teammates by e-mail or messaging. As the Cambridge Virtual Cache is the key to all the others, teams should be formed using the UK cacher based (near) there as the team leader.
We know that dealing with international relations can be frustrating, but thank you for your participation in this project of cultural diplomacy.
Once you have found a fellow cacher near/around Cambridge, UK, ask him/her to go to the Anthropology Museum there, and find the Object whose name you decoded above. This exhibit has come from Australia.
Cacher in Cambridge: Goes to museum, finds the Object. He/she notes down the surname of the artist who created it and its Museum Object ID number and sends that information to you in Australia by email or message.
Cacher in Australia: Send an email to an email address in the following format: artist.abcd.ef@gmail.com with “artist” replaced by the surname of the artist, and “abcd.ef”, replaced by the Museum Object ID number. All lower case. Then you will get an autoresponder message giving the coordinates and a hint for the hide. If you don’t get the message, dont forget to check your junk mail box.
Now go and find the cache, and note down the secret code in it (a name on the back page of the logbook), and send that code to your caching partner in Cambridge. Now you can log this cache as found. Don’t forget to list your Cambridge partner and any othe team members in your log. You might like to google the secret code name to see why it was chosen.
For the over-achievers, if someone visits more than 1 of the other countries and finds the world cache there we will happily create an honour board here. Who can find all six? ...or eventually all twelve?