Lake Bryndwr (Canterbury) Multi-Cache
Lake Bryndwr (Canterbury)
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A multi in Nepal Place Reserve, adjacent to a new housing development, Westpark, which was once the site of Lake Bryndwr.
The Burnside and Bryndwr suburbs were developed post second world war, and much of the stone and gravel used for the driveways and paths were quarried from shingle pits by the Ashby Brothers. (The area is reputedly old Waimakariri river bed; we live close by and have ourselves “quarried” trailer loads of stones while digging garden beds!)
There were three pits fed by an underground spring. The main one, called Lake Bryndwr, was extremely deep, between 4.5 - 6 metres in depth with its water level related to rainfall over 20k west on the Canterbury Plains, as well as the level of the Waimakariri River. It was very cold, with lots of weed, and several people drowned in it. A motor racing circuit (1 ½ miles long) was built around it, and the lake became a much admired family recreational site.
Later, in the late 1960s, the major lake was filled in with rubble and old buildings, such as the BNZ Ch'ch building, and was used as a dumping ground (the recipient of many our trailer loads of stones).
***14/02/09 Have changed the location of the final after 2 mugglings during January. I hope this location is more secluded - especially "after hours".
You do not need to go on the garden to find the cache - it can be accessed from the path. *****
PLAYGROUND
B = number of wooden rungs to top of fort
C = total number of chains holding swings PLUS 3
STONE COLUMN
A = number of letters in second word on plaque
D = number of objects on top of the column
BLACK BOX
On top of the box, find 3 lines of text (first word starts with W)
E = number of letters in first word PLUS 2
F = number of letters in second word
Cache is a small yeast container and is at
S 43 29.ABC
E 172 34.DEF
Check SUM(A:F) = 30
Thanks to mr_spider for looking after the cache for several years while we were living outside of Canterbury.
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