The published coordinates are not where the cache is secreted away however the location is a clue. One of the oldest teams in the VFL/AFL once had its headquarters located here. To locate this cache you will need to know something about the history of this club, and/or do some detailed research.
The cache is located roughly 10 km south east of the initial location.
This club won a premiership in an even numbered year in the last quarter of the last century. A sub division under construction at the time in a place near Melbourne and designated as a city in 1973, had a number of streets named after players in that premiership winning team. You will need to locate this place to help to solve the final coordinates of this cache. In the clues below, the term “street” is used generically, and may refer to a road, avenue, court etc.
The final coordinates are
S 37 AB.CDE
E 14F GH.IJK
Clue 1
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From the captain’s street, turn left. Then first right. Take the number worn by the player this street is named after, double it and subtract the captain’s number.This will give you AB
Clue 2
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Another player had a nickname which was also the subject of a maritime legend. Take this player’s number and divide it by 2 to get C.
Clue 3
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No street here is associated with this player’s name, but his street does feature in a classic hit by Gerry Rafferty. He also kicked a team-energising goal at the start of the last quarter in this grand final. If you take this player’s number subtract from it the number of the player with a street just west of the vice captain’s street, and subtract 1, you will get D.
Clue 4
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For many years during the latter part of the last century, club supporters had a magnificent long banner which is still very occasionally brought out for big games. It referred to the team as wonderful wizards and went on to state where they came from. If you subtract 5 from the number of words in the banner you will get E.
Clue 5
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If you add together the number of letters in the surnames of the two field umpires who umpired this grand final, then subtract the number of the player with a rise named after him, and finally add 1, you will get F
Clue 6
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If you add the 4 digits in this premiership year, and subtract 12 from the result you will get a 2 digit answer. The second digit will be G.
Clue 7
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If you take the captain’s number and subtract from it the second digit of the number of a player with a close named after him, and who has a “Z” in his surname, you will get H.
Clue 8
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One player’s name contains within it a type of bird. He also once received a peck on the cheek from a Hawk. This player’s street has another street parallel and immediately to the west. If you divide this new street’s player’s number by 2 you will get I
Clue 9
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This player has a very unusual type of street named after him, and he was often said to be the coach’s “project player”. The second digit in his number will give you J.
Clue 10
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The club won its first premiership in the VFL competition a very long time ago. If you halve the second digit in the year and add 5 you will get K.
If you have, you should have no trouble finding the cache which is an ammo box hidden in a very scenic location in a place that will be fairly obvious to a seasoned geocacher. /p>