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Traditional Cache Falstaff (Auckland)
A  cache by RotLA       Hidden: 10/15/2005  
Size: Size: Small (Small)      Difficulty: 1 out of 5      Terrain: 2 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  []
In North Island, New Zealand

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One of Shakespeare's comedians, Falstaff was a mischievous and bawdy character, he lacked honor and was a bad influence on those around him. A fitting name for this spiteful cache.

Firstly you need to understand that this peninsula is 45km from home for us. I know that it's further for a lot of you, but bear with me for a minute.

A long time ago Sarah and I went for an extended stroll around the rolling fields of Shakespear Regional Park. It was good. Make no mistake. But it's big. Very big. And hilly. Let's say it's not ideal terrain for someone with my special physique. Not even close.

But I digress.

We went for a stroll. We went back for another stroll. Then I bought some junk off some joker using Trademe and they lived there. By now I had just about had my fill of Whangaparaoa for a while then someone tricked us into going there with a cache that you really wouldn't expect to find there.

When this cache showed up we thought we'd wait a while and see what else happened, sure enough others started to appear. Finally there were enough annoying blips on the screen to make the trip, hangover and all. It was this puzzle that finally persuaded us to get even though.

The rest of you who waited did the right thing, because we've just done our bit to maximize the pull of this far flung section of grassland.

Wondering if this cache has any redeeming features at all? Wonder no longer friends. It has none.

For anyone wondering, the ARC has an excellent brochure called "Auckland Regional Council Northern Parks" that explains the apparent miss-spelling of our literary leaders name. It's actually a great publication. It's free, covers Shakespear, Wenderholm, Tawharanui and Mahurangi parks, and is available from your local I centre.

More importantly though, look at this log to find out what those odd buildings are all about. Thanks Tufty.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

Vs lbh unir gb qrpbqr gurfr pyhrf znahnyyl vg zhfg gnxr n juvyr. Rfcrpvnyyl vs gurl'er ernyyl ybat. Va snpg, lbh'er cebonoyl trggvat zber naq zber naablrq nera'g lbh? Guvf vf gur ovg lbh'er nsgre: Lbh pna svaq gur pnpur ng... jnvg sbe vg... jnvg... Ng gur onfr bs gur synk ohfu bs pbhefr! (Decrypted Hints)




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Cache Logs
 November 17 by robertot (483 found)
After a long hunt we said the magic words immortalised by Falstaff, "Are you ready to gave up?" and then, "One last look". GPS finally spot on though the hide-out has suffered some die back and the hint should be..near not at. Covered some ground we'd not been before , including the visit to the nearby pillbox.

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 September 6 by Team APE (11 found)
Found this one on the way to the Look Out.
Log book full, found a tiny space on the back to log our visit.


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 August 15 by 90CRX (397 found)
Found this one just before we were going to give it a miss. Took about a half hour of solid looking to find but we got it. Log book needs replacing. TFTC

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 August 9 by The Clan Fraser (217 found)
Sneaky Hide... Took a little while TFTC

[This entry was edited by TheShanan on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 4:23:05 PM.]

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 August 2 by mundenez (2 found)
Frnepurq uvtu naq ybj ng TCF ybpngvba rira jvgu pyhr ertneqvat ng gur onfr bs synk ohfurf naq ab yhpx. V'q fnl vgf rvgure tbar be TCF (uvf be zvar) jnf vanpphengr. (decrypt)

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Current time: 11/21/2009 7:19:05 PM
Last Updated: 11/21/2009 9:45:38 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum

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