Stage 1 - Hermitage
S 38° 06.242 E 145° 07.531
The first stop is part of the Frankston Coastal Arts Trail, a work entitled Hermitage. It is inspired by the story of a local hermit, John Maddox, who lived for about 20 years in the ti-trees to the south of Seaford Road. He constructed a fantasy world of shells, bottles and driftwood, and lived by exchanging fresh fish and basic labour for food. Local housewives even baked for him. Vandals destroyed his home in 1917 while he was in hospital with the pneumonia which eventually killed him. (from Coastal Arts Discovery Trail - Frankston City Council 2006)
Visit this work, and count for fun:
ABC = n(stars) x n(fish) + n(bottles) x n(anchors)
Stage 2 - The Pier
S 38° 06.210 E 145° 07.391
Look for the numbers that will help you nail this clue.
Fisher-muggles shouldn't be a problem here, unless they're at the lamp.
What you seek is DE, but one is before the other
F = DE - n
GH = n
Stage 3 - The Deck
S 38° 06.193 E 145° 07.487
We're on the sea, so walk the plank:
J = Area of the Deck with L & W rounded to the nearest metre (accessible 24-7)
KMN = J x n(18) - n(18)cubed + n(23) x n(16) - n(32)
The Final Location
S 38° 06.FGH
E 145° 07.KMN
23/03/2020 After some really major works by council at GZ and the various stages, there has been a massive overhaul of the calculations to get the numbers working! The nice big ammo tin placed in 2012 is most likely still sitting in its place, but has become inaccessible with a shift in the sands. The latest container is a 100ml Sistema located within the error margin from the original coordinates, but I have provided updated coordinates following some waypoint averaging to be more precise.
If you previously visited the area for the clues prior to its most recent replacement, but couldn't find the cache, then you might want to check your solution with the newly added geochecker above.
For a bit of fun, I added this Flag Counter to monitor visitors to this cache page on 02/03/2012
