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A Picture's worth a Thousand Degrees Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/10/2004
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to "A Picture's worth a Thousand Degrees" photo cache!

THE CO-ORDINATES GIVEN ABOVE ARE FAKE. DON'T ATTEMPT TO GO THERE. YOU WILL GET RATHER WET

This is a cache with a difference. You don't get the final co-ordinates, but need to work out where to go from a photo.

EDIT: After 2 years, I have decided to remove the "puzzle pieces" element of this cache. Congratulations to all the finders of this cache to date, who found all the puzzle pieces and worked out the location from that. They were: muzza, teamkittens, kiwideb, alan-san, maccamob, gahpee, pprass, Smithereens, Biggles Bear, Rabbitto, XF King, Derringer, Daks Emu Mob and acts2youthgroup.

THE PHOTO

If you know where this is, the rest is easy.

With this, and a little research and deduction, the final location won't be too hard even if you have never seen it before.

THE FINAL LOCATION

When you reach the place where the photo was taken, use the degrees and minutes showing on your GPS at that site, and the following decimal minutes:

Latitude: .456
Longitude: .123

This is not a calculation - simply use those numbers as the decimal part of the minutes.

There is no bush-bashing required for this cache. You can reach it without leaving a marked trail. If you find yourself way out in the bush, you have gone to the wrong place. Please respect the environment.

The cache itself is in a 2 litre container with a blue lid.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre. Arne gur hccre raq.

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)