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11 & 17, Grover's Lookout (Central Otago) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/10/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a Mystery/Puzzle cache just off the Grover's Hill Walkway, The coordinates given are for #11 Tee on the nearby Roxburgh Golf Club course. There is no need to go there but you can, if you choose to.

The return journey will probably take about an hour and a quarter.


The find the coordinates for this you will need to:
  1. Visit Teviot Walkways "Grover's Hill" Cache and read the numbers off the Roxburgh Golf Club Score Card hidden there or,
  2. Play a round of golf and use the card you use for that round or,
  3. Take the easy way out and have a look at the image of the card included on the Cache Page or,
  4. Do all of the above.

    The Coordinates are:

    S  45° A
    E 169° B

You will find A by finding the length, in metres, of hole #11, "Molyneaux", multiplying that number by 98 adding 95 and then dividing that result by 1000

You will find B by finding the length, in metres, of hole #17, "Endeavour", multiplying that number by 65 subtracting 8 and then dividing that result by 1000


Continue on the track from the cache site, Teviot Walkways "Grover's Hill", to a waypoint on the track heading back North, at:

S45° 32.984
E169° 19.246

This waypoint is amongst the trees so that the GPSr readings might not be spot on, however, you will find a well defined track branching off to the left and heading in a generally Southerly direction. Continue on until you pass under some power lines and head to the tree line' turn right to follow that tree line down to a fence, keeping the trees on your left and the power lines on your right. At the fence turn left and follow it and you will soon find yourself at the correct coordinates. Do not climb over the fence.
You could, of course, bush (broom) bash from further back on the track if you wanted to take a short(?) cut.
All of the above assumes that you are heading around the track in a clockwise direction from the "Teviot Walkways "Grover's Hill" cache site."

From the cache site you cannot see #11 Tee which is only 150m away but you are well protected from badly hit tee shots by a small rise and some big trees between you and that tee.If, however, you venture closer to that tee I suggest that you watch out but in 30 years of playing golf (mostly badly) on that course I have never seen a ball hit that far off line. But watch out anyway.


NOTE the cache site is not on the golf course but on the Grover's Hill public reserve and from the site you get a very good view looking down #11 fairway to where it intersects with #17 fairway.
The container is an 850ml black Sistema Lunch Box with a "Yu-Gi-Oh!" lid. It is concealed at ground level.
When hidden it contained:
  1. Log Book, Pencil and Sharpener
  2. Stach Note.
  3. Box of coloured paper clips.
  4. George V Penny 1918

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx haqre fbzr OVT ebpxf.

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)