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Octo-Poi (Canterbury) Mystery Cache

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camocrab: I am archiving this one, as per my email to the cache owner.

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Camocrab
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Hidden : 6/22/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not as the posted coordinates. To find the correct location follow the instructions below to solve the puzzle.

This cache was placed to recognise the task of ‘teacher helper’ at Kaiapoi Borough School that my 7 year old daughter was today. She was given an octopus soft toy to take home for a night along with two exercise books to write and document her evening with the toy – a good way to develop descriptive writing skills (and in this case promote geocaching to other kids at school)

After being muggled the cache is now a small plastic container covered in Camo tape - the trackable items are no longer in here sorry!. I have not put any tradeables in here until I know its not going to be taken immediately. There will be muggles around so try and be discrete.

How many different species of octopus = A
Number of octopus species deadly to humans = B
Octopussy...# spy film in the James Bond series = C
Kaiapoi Borough School motto (acronym) (eg a=1, b=2 etc) ? - ? + ? = D

S43 (23-B).(382+A)
E172 (52-C).(125-D)

No code checker has been set up so feel free to email me for clarification of final coordinate if you want.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: atbxv

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)