Mackays et al Multi-Cache
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Some early graves in a little known cemetery where several pioneers of this area, their relatives and others are laid to rest.
The co-ordinates will detour you off SH1 at the Mackay's crossing exits both from the North and the South.
Without crossing the railway line, which was the old Mackay's crossing head south towards the picket fenced graveyard that is the resting place of some of the areas prominent residents.
The re-routing of SHI to avoid the railway crossing has also avoided this historic and private cemetery. When visiting please treat the area with the respect it deserves and close the gate after leaving the consecrated enclosure.
To find the cache's final resting place( not inside the enclosure)use the information from the headstones to answer the questions. A calculator would be a useful companion. The final is a well camouflaged regular clip container and can be found at
S 40 5A.BCD E 174 VW.XYZ
A = Date of month 3rd son died
B = No of people you can calculate from headstone info that were born in the 1850s
C = Number of people buried here that were born in the 18th century plus the number of Mackays mentioned on the headstones plus 1
D = Half the sum of the digits in earliest 19th century year's date minus 7
V = Number of males buried here
W = Most common digit on William O’Neill’s widow’s headstone
X = Second digit in the sum of the digits in the year that the graveyard was consecrated minus one
Y = Number of females buried here minus 1
Z = Fourth digit in sum of all “years” in graveyard plus 2 (there are 10 to find)
Please replace cache carefully and make sure it is not easily visible.
The cache site is quite private but be aware of any arriving muggles.
S 40 5A.BCD E 174 VW.XYZ
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Uvag 1 Jung praghel jrer lbh obea va ?
Uvag 2 abg ng tebhaq yriry haqre n ebpx
Uvag 3 ybbx sbe na nccebcevngr fvta
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