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Coast Decachelon - Finale! Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Wizard of Ooze: As one or more of the caches required to complete this mystery final have been archived by another cache owner, this cache is no longer findable, so I've archived it to remove it from the active cache database.

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wizard of ooze
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Hidden : 9/29/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   large (large)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the Coast Decachelon. This is a series of 11 caches on the lower Sunshine Coast, from Langdale to Sechelt. Each of the first 10 caches contains a clue to the final cache. Collect all 10 clues to decipher the coordinates of the eleventh and final cache.

Good luck, and enjoy exploring the beautiful Sunshine Coast! www.bigpacific.com


The cache is NOT located at the above coordinates!!!! These are the coordinates for a famous Sunshine Coast landmark – Molly’s Reach, former home of The Beachcombers.

The Coast Decachelon includes the following stages:
Bright Orange by Blastoff
Do Your Homework by Licorice99
Sailing Time to Langdale by Blastoff
Tie Dye Town by Blastoff
Something Fishy by Blastoff
Make Your Mark by Blastoff
O Canada! by Licorice99
Merlin's Magic by Licorice99
Growing Things by Blastoff
Paws A Minute by Licorice99

Once you have found all 10 caches, you will have all the clues to the final stage.

To find the coordinates of the final stage, first arrange your clues in alphabetical order. Then, use the table below to match each clue to the corresponding number. This results in a string of 10 digits. The first 5 digits form the mm.mmm of the Latitude you are after and the last five digits form the mm.mmm of the Longitude.

A=2 B=1 C=2 D=3 E=2
F=6 G=5 H=2 I=5 J=9
K=1 L=4 M=8 N=6 O=3
P=5 Q=0 R=9 S=2 T=1
U=8 V=4 W=3 X=0 Y=7
Z=2

The final stage will be found at: N49._ _._ _ _ W123._ _._ _ _

Plan for about a 30min hike to reach the cache. The trail is a bit rough and steep in places, but it is a nice walk. Hang on to small children!

There is a very steep area just before the cache (at least a 4-star terrain rating). The cache is NOT in this area, and there is no need to go down here to find it! Explore at your own risk!

First, Second, and Third Finders - feel free to choose a prize. After that, please trade fairly.

The inspiration for this series came from DocMagoo's Valley Decachelon and the Vancouver Decachelon by MrGigabyte. Thanks to both of them for their awesome caches, and for permission to use MrG's system for this series. I hope that they will come do the Coast Decachelon some time.

Blastoff

Congratulations to Afternoonshift for being the first to complete the Coast Decachelon!

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