ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
This large park is an early example of "terra-forming"
. The area contained an old
fortress, quarries and wilderness-areas. Towards the end of
the 19th century the famous architect Heinrich von Ferstel
suggested to create a park here (because the wind in this area
was considered to be important and healthy).
In order to represent various types of alpine landscapes the
gardeners dug out valleys and lakes, heaped up hills, built
waterfalls and planted forests. You will see many exotic trees on
your tour through the area. The park has undergone severe changes
in the 20th century and it has lost some of its former "romantic"
scenery. The old look-out is still there, but unfortunately it is
closed. The park offers a lot of possibilities for modern sports
(beach-volleyball, inline-skating, etc.).
Apart from two stages and the cache you'll have to find all
necessary points without the help of a GPS. You will need the
titles and descriptions of the stages and your imagination. Just
keep your eyes open on your walk . The layouts of the park can be
quite useful, too.
The park will no longer be closed after nightfall as it used to
be.
Public transport: Streetcar 41, Bus 10A, 37A or 40A
The terrain-rating was done with the system. I think it
overestimates the terrain.
Stage 1, N1 = 48° 14,049', E1 = 16° 20,175': Sisters
Look for some "bloody" sisters at this place, there number is
H.
Stage 2: Woman with a towel
Once this woman was wearing a bronze-bikini, but now she is even
more daring: The only thing she has is a towel behind her back. But
never mind: Count the numbers of great Xs on the metallic fence in
front of the towel-woman. Let the crossfoot of this number be
A.
Stage 3 - old: Almost a prophet
For many years a small weather-station used to be here. But after
being empty for a long time it has disappeared altogether.
Therefore we will not count anything here.
Stage 3 - new: Fuuuury!
Fury (or is it Seabiscuit?) has run away. His master seems to be at
a loss as he gazes into the distance. Maybe he is thinking about a
piece of music? Count the petals on his musical instrument, divide
them by two and take the result as B.
Stage 4: Who dwells in the heart?
This may be difficult for non-german-speaking visitors. If so, try
to look up the words in the german description and look for the
word with a capital W.
Find out, who dwells in the heart. Convert the first letter into
a number (A=1, B=2 ...), divide it by 2 in oder to derive
G.
Stage 5: The rock-crystal
Is he alone here? Then C=3.
Is one person with him? Then C=2.
Are two persons with him? Then C=1.
Stage 6: Woman-Power
On which side of the base do you find the artist's name?
On the right side? E=9
In the middle? E=7
On the left side? E=5
Stage 7: The call of the mountain
Take the number of the district you are as x
N7 = N1 + 2*x +1; E7 = E1 + x/6
You are standing at the foot of the "Alps", at least that is
what the rocks are meant to symbolize. From this spot walk towards
the top of the "mountain" until you see three large alpine trees
behind some benches. Take a closer look at the middle one and count
the letters of its german name. Let the number be F.
Stage 8: "I hab zwa harbe Rappen"
Again, this may be hard for non-german-speakers. But there is no
decent translation for the words, they mean (more or less) "I have
two black horses". The hint will tell you whom to look for.
Look at his head.
Unicoloured? Then D=8.
Speckled? Then D=5.
Marbled? Then D=1.
Now you should have all necessary information to go for the
cache. The container is a small box that was "Traunfall" in its
previous life. Contents: make-shift cache-note, some sheets for
logging. NO PENCIL!.
Stage 9 = the Cache: NC= 48° 14,ABC and EC = 16°
DE,FGH
The GPS-Signal wasn't extremely good there (8m accuracy).
Please hide it very well again.
Good luck!
NOTICE: The cache has vanished twice, the
place is not as safe as it may seem. So please do not leave any TBs
in this cache!
Version 1.05
German Version