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Parramatta Cardinal Mystery Cache

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Rana Pirica:
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It is Rana Pirica, the geocache maintenance frog, once again hopping through your area to check on geocache maintenance.

Since there has been no owner activity on this cache page and it has been over 30 days since the request to perform maintenance, this cache has been archived. Please remove any remaining cache components if you have not already done so. If there are questions about the archival or if you would like it to be re-considered for listing please e-mail me or your local reviewer in response to this archival, and we will help to unarchive your cache if possible. I want to thank you for the time that you have taken to contribute to geocaching in the past and look forward to seeing your further participation in the future.

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Hidden : 4/11/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cardinal Point - One of the four compass directions on the earth's surface: North, South, East, or West.


ATTENTION - It appears that the Western cardinal point has gone missing due to recent landscaping works. Until it can be replaced, let W=3.

A brilliant little conundrum cache ideal for those fond of transport of the pedal or foot variety.

Located in the expansive Parramatta Park, home to Old Government House, the Tudor Gatehouse, Governor Brisbane's bath house and observatory and the Boer War Memorial. Click here for more information about the park. Among other things, it has also hosted motor racing in the park back in the mid to late 60's. Click here to learn about the 2.5 Litre Tasman Series Races in the Park.

To find the cache, you'll need to follow the course taken by the Tasman Races many years ago by following their route on the map image below. The coords listed for this cache are a centrepoint in the middle of the track. Set your GPS to the centrepoint coords given above and then follow a lap of the track. When you reach points on the track directly North, South, East and West of the centrepoint, you'll find numbers that need to be subsituted into the following equation.

S 33 48.EEW
E 150 59.ENS

All numbers are hidden in a similar fashion, but could be on the inside or outside of the track.

At GZ, you'll find a 1 litre container with, among other things, a scratchie as a FTF prize, a geocoin and a bug just starting its journey. Please ensure that the camouflage is replaced exactly as you found it, and please resist the urge to give away the camouflage secrets in your logs.

Idea for this cache copied unashamedly and unabashed from Cardinal Cache (GCMVFT). Special thanks to YoungGregB for assistance with the cache and MickS for assistance with the placement.

Thanks to BigMickB for setting up the cache and allowing me to own and maintain it.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jbbqra Cbfgf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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