The posted co-ordinates will put you on a nice comfortable park bench, on the North West corner of the intersection of View St. and Pall Mall. All the clues for this puzzle will be obtained along Pall Mall so you will not be needing your car for a while and GZ may be closer than you think. You will be well advised to park higher up the hill in View Street where there should be ample parking.
The puzzle itself is a Sudoku and thanks must go to Printable Puzzles, where this puzzle came from.
http://www.printablepuzzles.net/sudoku-puzzles/index.php
Rated as Extreme, the puzzle is do-able as it is but you would need to be a Sudoku enthusiast to be able to complete it , or cheat and use a Sudoku solver which is surely not in the spirit of the thing! However, as you answer the questions below, the puzzle will become more moderate until it reaches the level of Easy. At that stage most people will be able to complete it and extract the co-ordinates.
All the information to complete the Sudoku, will be obtained from monuments, buildings etc. between View Street and Howard Place. We also want this to be a Wheelchair Friendly cache so there will be no steps or crossing of busy roads, however, there will be a difficult manoever and good stretch at GZ for some, dependent on degree of mobility.
This is not an easy find so we have included a cryptic clue.
As Evince co-ordinate checker is impractical when out in the field, we have included a checksum at the end to make sure the information you have entered is correct, then you can finish the puzzle. If you use a Sudoku solver, you are on your own!
The cache itself is small, so log only; no pencil or swaps.
The Checksum can only be used after you have answered the 12 Questions but before completing the Puzzle
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Warning Sudoku and Geocaching can be addictive
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1. When was "The Queen of Earthly Queens" born? 18 b7 7
2. What year did the Quick judge die? 1 d4 32
3. "This Honor Roll" was unveiled on ANZAC Day, April h9 g3 th. 1926.
4. On the Honor Boards with the names of the fallen, there is a name more often associated with red foreign sports cars. How many with this name are mentioned in all? g6
5. On Bendigo's tribute to the fallen in the South African War there is a crown over a badge. How many star points are there on the badge? d9 and how many soldiers stand on top of the monument? a6
6. The Mayor of Bendigo, Cr. C. Nankervis, was present at the unveiling of this Commemorative Plaque on 30th September 198b6
7. The former Bendigo Post Office was last used as a Post Office in 19 a8 7
8. How high was the Clock Tower on the former Post Office in metres. f7 f1
9. The Law Courts building was built to be viewed from how many sides g4 and the building was opened by the Commissioner of Public Works on 10th February 189 b9
10. The famous Bendigo architect, William C. Vahland resigned as town councillor to design the present Town Hall. When? 18 a1 2
11. A lambswool clad man fighting a big cat sits on top of a pedestal with a plaque on it. How many words in the middle line? c6
12. How many millions Pounds Stirling of gold were produced by the Bendigo Goldfields between 1851-1914 h3 i2 (just the millions)?
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If correct your Checksums will equal:-
Add up numbers in Row:-..... a=33 b=28 c=13 d=24 e=21 f=12 g=13 h=30 i=34
Add up numbers in Column:- 1=33 2=9 3=30 4=20 5=16 6=33 7=32 8=14 9=21
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Now you have all the information, there is another comfortable park bench nearby for you to do your checksum and then finish the Sudoku.
The Checksum can only be used after you have answered all the questions and before you complete the Sudoku.
Ground Zero is at:-
s36 45.(e2 0 f9) e144 16.(c3 c5 c9 )
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