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Mural I - Bomboniere Traditional Geocache

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Alansee: I went to check on this one today and found -

  • The mural has been plastered with those "Tags" that some people think is their right to put on everyone else's property

  • the sign with the description of the Mural has been plastered with event flyers

  • the cache was put back in the wrong, and in a very exposed position, and

  • the logbook was replaced without the essential clip, and this was boasted about in a log!

As a consequence I have decided to Archive the cache. All in all I am not very impressed.

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Hidden : 9/28/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache highlights a huge mural depicting people with a subtle but signficant influence on the local city's history



The huge mural on the wall opposite the cache site appears to be a little-known and recognised piece of urban artwork, despite its size. Thousands must pass it each day without seeing it. It is titled “Bomboniere to Barbed Wire”.

That other great artwork, the World Wide Web, was consulted to find information about it to little avail. From a delapidated board beside the mural the artists were Eve Glenn and Megan Evans. They spent two months “talking with and photographing women in the Northcote/Preston area”. Their intention was to “represent and celebrate the lives, work, recreation and cultures of all women in the entire community”.

I will leave it to you to decide whether they have, and would be happy to post any information that finders may have about this work.

“Bomboniere” – a greek/italian expression meaning “sweet favours”

The cache is an eclipse tin hidden via a magnet in a place where you can easily reach it.

Please replace the clip on the log which makes it easy to extract.

And please BYO pen.



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

40 NERN

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)