Skyhooks Multi-Cache
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Flared-pants, Shag-pile carpet, Chiko rolls and bean bags. And men in make-up, and platform shoes... An easy cache two stage cache.
Skyhooks formed around 1973. Adopting elements of glam rock in their presentation and with lyrics that presented frank depictions of the social life of young Australia in the 1970s, the band shocked conservative middle Australia with their outrageous (for the time) costumes, lyrics, and on-stage activities, with the result that six of the ten tracks on their debut album were banned by Australian commercial radio.
The success of Living In The 70's was somewhat due to the enormous support the band were given by the TV pop show Countdown, rather than support from radio — in fact, six of the tracks on the LP had been banned by commercial radio because of their sex and drug references. Despite the ban, and as a deliberate act of provocation to commercial radio, the ABC's newly established 24-hour rock music station Double Jay chose the album's fifth track, the provocatively titled "You Just Like Me Cos I'm Good In Bed" as the first track played on air on its first day of broadcasting on January 19, 1975.
From 1975 to 1977, Skyhooks was (alongside Sherbet) the most commercially successful group in Australia, but over the next few years, Skyhooks rapidly faded from the public eye with the departure of key members, and in 1980 the band announced its break-up in controversial circumstances. (Wikipedia, 2009)
The listed co-ord is to a structure in the sky. Please observe the number (XY) of discrete steps at the listed co-ord. That is the number of concrete steps between the lower and upper walkways over the highway (in the middle). You can check this by looking at the nearby building. The year it was constructed is 19XY.
Probably best to walk and count the steps on the "skyhook-built structure" rather than dodging traffic...
Z= Y + 1
The cache is at S42 52.02Z, E147 19.2X5
Please take care when retrieving cache, watch out for "woody projections" when bending down to grab it.
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