This cache is located just outside of Masterton Cemetery in
Queen Elizabeth Park in Masterton. There is no need to enter
graveyard to find the cache. The published co-ordinates are for the
northern entrance to this cemetery.
For those interested in wandering around graveyards to see who
is interred there, this graveyard has a number of local POIs
(Persons Of Interest), including various Masterton mayors and MPs
(Members of Parliament), and ...
- Joseph Masters: the founder of Masterton.
- Retimana Te Korou: the local Maori chief who negotiated the
sale of land for Masterton with Joseph Masters. His main village
was Kaikokirikiri above the Waipoua River, which is now the site of
the Mahunga Golf Course.
- Richard Iorns: son-inlaw of Joseph Masters, and the first
person to be interred in this cemetery. Richard had dug a grave in
preparation for the recovery of a person thought to have drowned.
It turned out there was no drowned person, but Richard caught a
cold as a result of digging the gave. The cold developed into
pneumonia, from which he died. Ironically, He was buried in the
grave he dug.
Solve this Sudoku puzzle to find the values of of A-E, then
insert the values into the co-ordinates to find the location of the
cache.
S 40° 57.A0B E 175° 40.CDE
The cache is a 200ml Sistema container. (Original contents: log
book, pencil, whistle, mini spikey ball, and balloon.)
Please remember geocaching's trading etiquette:
- Trade equal, trade up, or don't trade.
Please use stealth when necessary, and re-hide the cache well to
prevent vandalism and theft.
There are 4 other caches in the vicinity of this park that you may
like to do while you are here (if you haven't already):