Woo-La-Ra - Two Multi-Cache

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Ngaambul: As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it's been longer than 28 days since the last reviewer note. I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 28 days), just contact us (by email) once the cache is in place, and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it. Should you replace the cache after 28 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

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Hidden : 1/24/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A nice location to take in the view of the surrounding. There are a few panel boards to show you what is on the 360 degree horizon.

The posted coordinates will take you to those panel boards at the top of one of the man made hills that was created from all the spoil taken from the Olympic Stadium excavation.

Woo-La-Ra is an Aboriginal term for 'look out place'. The land on which Woo-La-Ra is constructed originally formed part of a tidal wetland that has been gradually reclaimed over many years. From the 1960s, the area was subject to waste dumping along the water's edge and uncontrolled landfill for the Royal Australian Navy Armament Depot.

The site was remediated between 1996-99 to form two large man-made mounds, the Silverwater Marker and Woo-La-Ra. Woo-La-Ra contains an estimated 1,700,000 cubic metres of waste stored within the 28 metre high mound. Waste and 'leachate', or the liquid drainage from the waste, are contained by cut off walls, an underground leachate collection system and covered by a clay cap and top soil. The surface has been planted with over 2.7 million grasses, trees and shrubs.

This 'contaminated mound' is now a key visual feature of the Park and is used as a lookout with views as fas as the Sydney city skyline to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west. It provides a 'green corridor' for many species (including walkers and cyclists) to safely get from one area to another.

House Keeping Rules:
1) Please take care in placing the cache back so that you minimise the impact on the surrounding vegetation.
2) If you take a pen or pencil because you forgot yours, please be kind enough to leave a note in your post so that the Owner or another Cacher can perform maintainence.

Use the poem below to help you determine the final location of the cache in conjunction with the questions.

Reach for the summit at which you'll find,
Four panels to read and a view to inspire.

Though the walk to the cache can be a bit long,
The tracks that you follow should sing you a song.

The cache is well hidden,
As concealment is the key;
Below where you stand you'll see what you see.

Questions:
A) How often do the trains arrive at Sydney Olympic Park Railway Station?
B) What year was St Augustine Chapel built?
C) What year did John Colethread and Isaac Archer first settle in the Ermington Area?
D) Within the info. panel that faces North Sydney (on a clear day), what is the number on one of the faces of the sign in the left third of the picture?

Maths:
E = (B - C) ÷ 2
F = Add the 2 digits in "E" together

Apply the above answers to the following coordinates to obtain the location fo the cache:
S 33° 49.658 + ADA
E 151° 04.364 - AFD

Additional Hints (No hints available.)



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