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Cabbage Tree Cradle (Central Plateau, N.I.) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/16/2001
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Near the Whakapapa River, about 2km east of Owhango. A pleasant diversion if you are passing through the central North Island on SH4. Allow up to an hour for a brief visit to this cache. See hints below for shortest route.

The cache is stored in a 2L blue plastic ice cream container.

This is hidden at about head height in the "nest" formed by the lower branches of a cabbage tree. Look out for blackberry vines around the cache location! The last 10 or 20 metres may require some "bush-bashing".

Original contents included a Bible, golf ball and tee, balloons, dice, "magic trick" using special cards, Italian telephone system "token" (possibly obsolete!), log book and pencil. Also included is the front page from the NZ Herald for 15 September 2001 as a reminder of the terrible events in the USA a few days earlier.

Come prepared for a refreshing swim during summer months!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur fubegrfg naq rnfvrfg ebhgr vf gb qevir gb gur oevqtr bire gur Junxncncn Evire (F 38° 59.770' R 175° 23.923') naq sbyybj gur genpx qbjafgernz sebz gung cbvag. Nabgure fgnegvat cbvag vf gur genpx vagrefrpgvat gur ebnq gb gur evire arne F 38° 59.850' R 175° 23.455'. Gur genpx vf n ybbc fb lbh pna tb va rvgure qverpgvba.

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)