City Boundary Marker - Wong Nai Chung Road Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/6/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This series will bring you to all the City Boundary Markers in Hong Kong. The stones are now identified by AMO as government historic sites. Wish you enjoy the history of Hong Kong while trying your best to grab a smiley.

You may finish all the caches in one day or visit them one by one. If you decided to do it in one row by walk, you are suggested to start from either Wong Nai Chung Road or Victoria Road and it will take at least 5 hours.

Enjoy your journey!

About City Boundary Marker
When Hong Kong Island was occupied by Britain in January 1841, there were 16 villages. In 1843, Britain created the city of Victoria covering Sheung Wan, Central and Wan Chai. The government later erected boundary stones on Hong Kong Island marking the city limits. Each stone bears the inscription 'City Boundary 1903'.

The seven boundary stones marking the area of the former Victoria city:
  • Victoria Road
  • Pok Fu Lam Road
  • Hatton Road
  • Old Peak Road
  • Magazine Gap Road (disappeared in June 2007 during slope renovation work: http://www.scmp.com/article/609775/one-our-historic-city-boundary-stones-missing)
  • Bowen Road
  • Wong Nai Chung Road


Interesting Spots Nearby:
  • Amigo is a very fancy and expensive French and Western cuisine restaurant which opened in 1967. (79A Wong Nai Chung)
  • Building of St. Paul's Primary Catholic School was designed by Leigh & Orange and constructed in 1907 for the Roman Catholic Order of the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres. It is listed as a Grade II historic building since 1992. (81A Wong Nai Chung)
  • St Margaret's Church is a catholic church, which was established by the then PIME priests, with its foundation stone laid on 3 Feb 1923 and building officiated on 25 Jan 1925. (2A Broadwood Road)

About the Cache
The cache is well hidden. Please be stealth.

Please do not post any spoiler photo. However, you are welcome to share some interesting spots in the area.

The cache will not be reached at the following times during Happy Valley Horse Racing Days:
Day Race: 1200 hrs - 1830 hrs
Twilnight Race: 1615 hrs - 2230 hrs
Night Race: 1815hrs - 2330 hrs
Closure period is subject to adjustment under special condition.

GPS is jumpy! The coordinate may be a little bit off!

The City Boundary Marker Series
GC50884 City Boundary Marker - Victoria Road
GC4GF27 City Boundary Marker - Pok Fu Lam Road
GC545W9 City Boundary Marker - Hatton Road
GC20Q1F City Boundary Marker - Old Peak Road
GC545XV City Boundary Marker - Magazine Gap Road
GC545XW City Boundary Marker - Bowen Road
GC45338 City Boundary Marker - Wong Nai Chung Road

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orfvqr G210 / HG40(E) Bireurnq

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)


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