nine creek crossover Multi-Cache
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most people drive by Dimboola on the Highway stop in and have a look around when you have worked out the coordinates to the actual cache you will have an easy walk but watch our step or you might get wet. Please ensure you cover it well has been muggled once.
Attractive wheatbelt town in the Wimmera.
Dimboola is a quiet wheatbelt town of around 1700 people situated on a fine stretch of the Wimmera River by the edge of Little Desert. It is situated just of the Western Highway 334 km north-west of Melbourne, 35 km north of Horsham and 111 metres above sea-level. The surrounding area is given over to the cultivation of wheat, oats, barley and wool.
A crude bush village called 'Nine Creeks' developed from around 1859 to serve the needs of the local squatters. The name apparently reflected the fact that, after a flood, the river receded leaving nine creeks. The site was favourable, being adjacent a good water supply and at the confluence of tracks from the South Australian border, Lake Hindmarsh, Warracknabeal and Horsham. It soon had a rough school hut, church, grog shanty and store. A survey was conducted in 1862 and the town was gazetted and proclaimed in 1863. It was named 'Dimboola' after a Singhalese word meaning 'land of figs', reflecting the surveyor's travels to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). By 1868 there was a constable in residence and a butcher's shop.
The Wimmera River (use your imagination)
A walking track leads along a fine stretch of the Wimmera River where boating, rowing, fishing, picnicking and relaxing can be enjoyed by the red gums. Those with stamina can follow the river all the way to the Horseshoe Bend campground within Little Desert National Park (7 km.
To find this cache some simple arthmatic will need to be done so any chid will not have any problems in doing it.
to work the Coordiates out you will need to know the Distance from this point to
Jerusalem = c
Mexico City = d
Sydney = e
Colombo = f
Jakarta = g
Perth = h
c+d+e-650 = aa.aaa
f-g-h+687 = b.bbb
s36 aa.aaa
e142 0b.bbb
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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vs lbh ybbx sebz nobir lbh jvyy frr vg rnfl
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