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Hibbard History Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/18/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

An historic location, but first a very funny scene from the Simpsons that has a very thin association with this charming place.


From the Simpsons episode "Lost our Lisa"
Bart stuck a colourful beak; screws in his neck, huge teeth and a faucet on his head with super glue and then couldn't get them off.
Marge takes Bart to Dr. Hibbert to remove the novelties off his face. Dr Hibbert moves towards Bart holding a massive syringe to inject into his spine to scare him so that his sweat would dissolve the powerful glue.

Marge (on behalf of Bart): "Couldn’t you just have turned up the heat a little?”
Dr. Hibbert: "Oh heavens, no! It had to be terror sweat".


Hibbard was originally known as Hamilton. The name was changed to Hibbard in 1912, when the Post Master Generals Department claimed there was confusion with the Hamilton Post Office at Newcastle. The new name was chosen because mail for the area was delivered in the private bag of Mr John Hibbard who owned a sawmill behind this location.

The mill became such a large operation that a fleet of vessels were built and used to transport timber from the upper reaches of the river to the mill. A slipway was then built in around 1884 to perform maintenance and repairs on the fleet with qualified shipwrights being employed – just shows the size of the operation at that time.

The sawmill remained in operation until the late 1950s, when the area then became a caravan park and the rest was subdivided, leaving only the slipway and engine house. Two slipways survive on the site of Hibbard Slipway. One is a timber slip with hand wrought spikes or nails, originally operated by winch, the remains of which lie at the head of the slipway. The second or more recent slipway uses steel rails, and is currently in use by the volunteers of the maritime museum who are restoring some of the old vessels that have been rescued from destruction.

The cache
The cache has been placed in an easily accessible location so as not to have to make cachers rummage amongst the boat building equipment and materials – even though the area is open to the public to wander through.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va Gur Raq - nyy vf jryy.

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)