 Cove Man
A cache by The Suthies Hidden: 10/28/2006
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Short walk down from the camping/carpark area.
Cache appears to have been muggled, replaced with new container
with smiley faced yoyo's.
Nice spot to let the dogs/kids run free...you could camp if you
wish.
LIPSON COVE
Named after Captain Lipson RN in 1840.Captain Lipson was Australias
first harbour master and also collector of customs.
John Tennant originally from Dunfriesshire Scotland
is believed to be the first person to permantly settle in the hills
behind Lipson Cove in 1846.
Copper was discovered in 1849 southwest of the jetty and mined for
3 years.
An old prospector known as Wallaby Sam lived in a cave known to be
one of the copper mine entrances.
Remains of 'Three Sisters'a fifteen ton ketch which broke up in a
storm is occasionally exposed from under beach sand.
Edward Swaffer began shearing sheep at Lipson Cove in 1875. The
ruins of the shearing shed,kitchen and dips are visible west of the
causeway leading to the jetty.
The jetty was built about 1882,closed in 1935 and dismantled in
1949.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
ybbx sbe n ebpx va n ohfu(Decrypted Hints)
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 2:43:43 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (10:43 PM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/3/2010 1:30:30 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (9:30 AM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
