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KiwiCoastalCaches - Wreck of The Phoenix (Auckland Traditional Cache

Hidden : 2/12/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Wreck of the Phoenix

Near a beautiful New Zealand North Island beach with lots of Pohutukawa trees within the Tawharanui Regional Park.

Image: Nearby the cache.

Beautiful




--> How to get there:
Starting at Anchor Bay, Tawharanui.
There are at least 2 way to get to the cache:
a) recommended: along the beach, Anchor Bay (stony)
b) alternative: along the walkways (hilly)

--> Recommendation:
Walk along the beautiful Anchor Bay and carefully navigate the stony beach.

--> The Cache:
A 1 liter Sistema black plastic box with a black flat 1kg stone and some grass on it.

--> How to leave it:
Please put it back as found, nicely hidden, that only GeoCachers will find it. Thanks.

--> History of the Place
Set on a remote peninsula, Tawharanui Regional Park boasts some of the Auckland region's most beautiful white sand beaches, rolling pastures, shingled bays native coastal forest and regenerating wetlands.

The iconic Anchor Bay is named after the anchor of the Phoenix, a vessel wrecked on the Tawharanui coastline in 1879.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq synk.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)