Due to my advancing age, I (and my doctor) am concerned about the possibility of my experiencing a medical situation while on the road to Maintain one or more of my 120 GC Geocaches and 50 GCA Geocaches.
If you live near this Geocache, or regularly travel near it, you might be interested in Adopting this Geocache (or more of mine). Please let me (WanderingAus) know by Message at
Geocaching Message Center
if you are interested, including the cache code or codes
(e.g GC21B2V for this cache).
Due to the temporary nature of pens and pencils in my geocaches
BRING YOUR OWN WRITING IMPLEMENT!!!
The cache is not at the given coordinates. To find the cache you will need to visit three significant points related to the Meckering Earthquake.
The given coordinates should find you at an information shelter. If you haven't been here before this place is well worth spending some time. There is even a free barbecue metres away if you feel the need for a quick lunch.
On one of the information boards there is mention of the publican. Convert his full name to a three digit number RST using the A = 1, B = 2, ... Z = 26 method.
Waypoint 2 is just up the highway at S31 37.699 E117 00.502. Here you will find a small shelter with "Earthquake Information" in large letters on the side facing the highway. On the other side is a plan showing all the buildings as they were at the time the 1968 Meckering Earthquake struck.
There are three churches shown. Convert the surnames of the three ministers/priests to three two digit numbers using the A = 1, B = 2, ... Z = 26 method. UV = the Methodist minister. WX = the Anglican minister. YZ = the Catholic priest.
The cache can be found at another significant earthquake site at
S31 (T-S)W.S(Y-V)(U-Z) E116 ZT.(S-R)(W-S)(U+R).
The cache is a drab camo'd 500 Ml round screw-top container, with log book, finders cards, two pencils, a pencil sharpener, and a few swaps, hidden around the back of a tree.
This cache is part of a series leading towards my GC29MXD WanAus 179 - Discover Western Australia cache. There is a DWA number in the back of the log book. You will need to record this number in the format 142? (from WanAus 142 and ? for the DWA number) for future reference.
This is just a suggestion, but it may help you to keep track of the DWA numbers.
Every cache page has "*Personal Cache Note" *Click to enter a note, just above Geocache Description:
You could either add the code to each individual cache, or add all numbers to GC29MXD WanAus 179 - Discover Western Australia.
If you are heading out to hunt down some of my more remote GC29MXD WanAus 179 - Discover Western Australia or GC1QYV5 WanAus 89 - Roaming Western Australia caches, where the cache density is very low, why not consider taking a few prepared containers with you, stocked with log book and swaps etc, and when you spot one of those places that make you think "that would be a good place for a cache", place one of your own. Just check that there isn't a cache within 160 metres, and please don't place a micro in the bush where you could easily conceal an ammo box or Milo tin.
When trading items please consider trading up or trading even and leaving items that you would want to find, and please don't take the pen, pencils or sharpener. If you can't trade up or trade even I don't mind seeing TNLNSL in the log. Also please don't put the pen or pencils in the log book bag, it tends to destroy the watertight integrity.
Trackables (geocoins and travel bugs) are not tradeable items. Please feel free to take them without making a trade, but please leave a note in the logbook and your online log, and do log them online.
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Congratulations to
ZED!
on the First To Find. 
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