You start the creek amble from the Oamaru Gardens car park off Chelmer Street at S 45 5.898 E 170 57.675
Stage 1
Reference Point 1 is at S 45 05.980 E 170 57.965
Near the start point find the year when the gardens were established A = the 4th digit. A =
Now amble alongside the creek (suggest far or southern side) until you come to the Red Bridge. Cross bridge and then walk towards the reference point. As you approach Severn St you will cross the creek by way of a series of stepping stones. BB is the number of round steps (2 digits). BB =
Continue under the bridge to Reference point. 1
Stage 2
At RP1 Find following information
Skate Park was opened in the year 200C. C =
Nearby you will reference to an earlier facility opened in what year? D is the last digit. ,
D =
Now cross the creek at the bridge and proceed to along the north bank to RP2 at S 45 06.045 E 170 58.097.
Stage 3
At RP2 E is the number of slides. E =
Now procede to WP3 at S 45.06.128 E 170 58.239 by following walkway back down to the creek and another stepping stone crossing. F is a ¼ of the number of steps. You should get a whole number, if not one or more stepping stones may have been washed away F =
Now proceed under Thames St Bridge. Oamaru was very proud of the Thames St Bridge. Built in 1861 to width of 5.5m it was widened in 1876 to 40.2m making it the widest bridge in the southern hemisphere until the Sydney Harbour bridge was opened in 1932. It is still NZ’s oldest traffic bridge in regular use. Cross Humber St (care) to RP3
Stage 4
You are now in a relatively new park opened to commemorate an anniversary of Otago.
G = sum of digits of the year, on the brass plaque that commemorates a special Otago Anniversary. Keep adding digits until you get a single digit and then deduct 1. G =
H = smallest digit of anniversary. H =
Now continue to the cache which is located at
S 45 EA.DBB E 170 FG.(F-C)HC
The cache is a 50ml tube. Bring your own pen.