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Wanaka Spanner (Central Otago) Multi-Cache

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Tititea: This GZ has high Muggle issues so has been archived indefinitely.

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Hidden : 6/2/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This multi-cache will take you to two popular walkways in Wanaka. Lots of muggles so be vigilant.

The listed coordinates take you to a convenient car park on the shores of Lake Wanaka. Between the car park and the town you'll find the end of the Millenium walkway. Find the year in which Godfrey Bowen claimed the world shearing record.
What was the year? STUV
How many sheep did he shear in 9 hours? WXY

Now use the numbers to work out the coordinates for the cache.

A = Y
B = T - S
C = Y + V
D = V
E = S + V + X
F = U + X - W

The cache is located at
S44.41.ABC
E169.08.DEF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[waypoint]Ybbx va gur 50'f qrpnqr [cache] Ba gur frpbaq jnyxjnl - haqrearngu n "fcnaare"

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)