Historical Winchelsea: A Grand Tour Multi-Cache
VKC1SR: Unfortunately the local council have beaten us on this one by removing both GZ and one of the way points.
Time to put this cache to bed!!
Thanks to those that found it!!
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Historical Winchelsea: A Grand Tour
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A Grand Tour of Winchelsea.
Winchelsea is a pleasant small town of 1000 people which is located on the Barwon River 112 km south-west of Melbourne on the Princes Highway between Geelong and Colac.
The Wathaurong tribe originally occupied the land from Ballarat to the Otways and 80km west of Lake Corangamite.
There are several historic homesteads in the area and a number of old bluestone buildings in town although they tend to be scattered about and hence do not form as strong a focal point as they might. The shire relies principally on pastoral and agricultural activities for its income.
Despite its inland location, Winchelsea is named after one of the Cinque Ports on the south-east coast of England. The first Europeans to reside in the area were squatters who established grazing runs here c.1837. The town developed around the Barwon Hotel and a general store, both of which were established in 1842 on the coaching route between Geelong and Warrnambool.
The first church was built, with the help of the local grazier, Thomas Austin, in 1846.
In the manner of the wealthy country squire, Austin loved shooting and, in 1859, he imported quails, pheasants, foxes and rabbits for that purpose.
In this way he became responsible, in the eyes of many, for Australia's substantial rabbit problems.
So profuse did they soon become that the Duke of Edinburgh's 1867 hunting party shot either 400 or 1000 rabbits in an afternoon, depending on which source you want to believe. Shooters were subsequently hired for the express purpose of eradicating the vermin and a rabbit-meat factory even operated for a time at Colac.
Austin was a noted and wealthy sheep-breeder, being the first to import Lincoln sheep. His wife, a great benefactor, founded the Austin Hospital in Melbourne.
Albert Jacka, the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War I, and future mayor of St Kilda, was born at Winchelsea is 1893.
This is a four stage multi-cache – it requires you to arrive at the initial waypoint and then make your way around the beautiful town Winchelsea, learning about it’s history in order to arrive at ground zero. Ground Zero comes with a Muggle warning, especially in the warmer weather. You can bring a picnic to enjoy at the final destination or just a short walk away you will find the tearooms, hotels and a bakery.
NOW ONTO THE CACHE!!!!
WP1:
At WP1 (S 38 14.074, E 144 00.792) you will find a sign to know you are in the right place.
"Welcome to ??" Number of letters in town name = AB
"Sister town is in East ??" Number of letters in suburb = C
Now apply your calculation to determine WP2
where S 38 AB+3.CA3
E 144 BB.(C-4)(C+3)A
WP2:
At WP2 you will find a sign indicating that you are at a structure built in 1869 for Thomas and Elizabeth Austin. This was gifted by Sydney Batson in 1973 to the National Trust who currently maintain the property and open it to the public every Sunday and Wednesday from 11:00am to 4:00pm (just in case you would like to look inside, but there is a charge to enter the building).
You will need to find two phone numbers listed on the board – the phone number on left should be attributed to ABCDEFGH and the phone number on the right is attributed to IJKLMNOP when reading the numbers from left to right.
To find the WP3, complete the following calculations:
AB = L x 2
C = O
DE = (C x 10) + (D + L) - O
FG = (A x 10) + B + D
H = (L + O) - J
IJ = (M x 10) + (D + H)
Now apply your calculations to determine WP3
where S 38 AB.CDE, E 143 FG.HIJ
WP3:
The co-ordinates will take you to a famous construction in Winchelsea that was built as a memorial to local soldiers who died in WW1. This building was constructed using the “Knitlock” pre-caste concrete block system patented by famous architect, Walter Burley Griffin.
Take note of the year of construction and the cost before you proceed through the gates to see the construction from the front.
Once in front of the construction count the number of steps on the RIGHT HAND SIDE that lead to the viewing deck.
You’re nearly there.
To get to WP4 you will need to calculate the following:
Year of construction = JKLM
Cost of construction = NOP
Number of steps on the right hand side (Including the top step but not the concrete step) = QR
AB = (N + O)
C = (M + Q)
DE = (M + N)
FG = (P x 10) + K
H = M
IJ = (O x 10) + (K-R)
Now apply your calculations to determine WP4
where S 38 AB.CDE, E 143 FG.HIJ
WP4
The above co-ordinates will take you to the best place to park your car in order to collect the final information to get you to ground zero and a 1.2L sistema container painted black that is full of goodies.
A short distance from where you park you will find the child’s equivalent to heaven. Here you will need to find the answers to these questions:
Now apply them as follows to get the co-ordinates for Ground Zero:
AB = How many half holes on the end wall.
C = Number of red fireman's poles
D = Number of yellow telescopes
For your final task, apply your calculations to determine GZ
where:
S38. AB - 8.(A + D)(C - 1)(B x 3)
E143.(AB x 2)+ 15.(D + 2)(D - 1)(B - C)
Please make sure to hide the cache well as it is in an area visited by muggles regularly.
There is a FTF prize.. but just remember who gave you the scratchie if you win!!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pbzzba Trbpnpuvat uvqvat fcbg.
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