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This is a traditional size small two part Multicache that we are sure you will enjoy. The puzzle should not take more than 10 min and then there is a 1 min stroll to the Cache. The area is a lovely little peaceful area in Durbanville with a closely knit community of elderly people staying in the road with a few younger folk around also.
PLEASE USE STEALTH WHEN RETRIEVING AND RETURING THE CACHE. Thank you for assisting in the preservation of this cache.
Onze Molen Windmill History: At the beginning of the 19th Century, Durbanville in Cape Town was an outpost known as Pampoenkraal. In 1801, the great-grandson of the first Uys to land in the Cape in about 1700, Jacobus Uys, and his mother-in-law the widow Roeland, were granted twomorgen of land. However, Johannesfontein, as the property was named, was too small for farming and keeping stock was forbidden.
In 1809, Uys was Field-Cornet of the Tigerberg district responsible for collecting taxes and in 1811, he met William Burchell when he outspanned at Pampoenkraal on his journey to Tulbagh. Burchell recorded in his journal that he bought wine and bread from 'the Veldcornet'. Uys was granted a further 36 morgen in 1812. In 1837, not long before he died, the entire property was sold to Mezst van der Spuy Meyburgh, who built the mill.
In the early years, the Cape windmills were situated along the Liesbeek and Black Rivers, but with the rising demand for wheat, these mills could not cope. This is almost certainly the reason why Onze Molen was built in what was then an outlying area, on Uys's original two morgen. The mill was named when Mr B Brinkworth bought the farm in 1963 and his wife named it Onze Molen. Tentative plans for restoration proved impractical and 20 years later, in 1983, Brinkworth sold the property to the Natal Building Society. In the interim, Onze Molen had been reduced to a four metre high trunk with a corrugated iron roof that provided shelter for labourers on the farm. The NBS researched possible restoration with the help of the National Monuments Council and although no plan of Onze Molen was found, its restoration was based on Mostert's Mill, which is of a slightly earlier period.
Paul Woolley of Daljosaphat Restorations, althoughnot a millwright, did a great deal of research and undertook the restoration. The wooden mechanism of the cap was made in the company's workshop, dismantled, transported to Durbanville and reconstructed on site. The cap was thatched on the ground and the entire structure was hoisted into place by crane. The restored mill was officially opened in 1986. It is now the proud centrepiece of the Onze Molen Village development. Because it is sited on land designated as public open space, the Durbanville municipality has assumed responsibility for it.
Multicache Details:
At the coordinates on the door of the windmill there is a plaque about the mill. Extract the details from there needed to determine the final coordinates. None of the information read above in the listing will help.
The Date the mill was built “ABCD”
The Date the mill was restored “EFGH”
Referring to the words on the board use the Alpha Numeric cipher A=1 B=2 C=3 … Z=26 to determine the following
J= Third Line 10th Letter
K=Third Line 11th Letter
L=Third Line 12th Letter
N=Fourth Line 7th Letter
There is no multiplication between the brackets
S 33° 49.(K-L)(F-C)(J-K)
E 018° 38.(B-H-A)(C-E)(F-G+A)
At Final coordinates PLEASE DO NOT WALK IN THE GARDEN AS IT IS EASILY ACCESSABLE from the grass. Please also return exactly as you found it and make sure it is still well hidden and concealed. PLEASE USE STEALTH. If needed you can walk back to the windmill with the cache to open the cache not to attract suspicion.
We really trust you Enjoy the cache the windmill the area and the environment.