Puzzle - All The Rivers Run 1 Mystery Cache

This Puzzle Cache will take you along the Molonglo and Murrumbidgee Rivers visiting caches All the Rivers Run numbers 1-5.

Also read below about the All the Rivers Run Challenge.

"The Molonglo River rises on the western side of the Great Dividing Range of eastern Australia in the state of New South Wales. Its source is on the other side of the mountain range from where the Shoalhaven River rises, in Tallaganda state forest at ~1200 metres altitude. The Molonglo River flows from south to north before turning northwest, through the outskirts of the New South Wales town of Queanbeyan, where it picks up its major tributary the Queanbeyan River, and then continues through the nation's federal capital city of Canberra, where it has been dammed to form Lake Burley Griffin. It then flows on to empty into the Murrumbidgee River to the northwest of Canberra. Over its course the Molonglo River alternates between long broad floodplains and narrow rocky gorges several times. One of these floodplains is called the Molonglo Plain.

The river's name was recorded as the "Yeal-am-bid-gie" in 1820 by the explorer Charles Throsby. This was probably the collective local Ngunnawal language name for the river. (The suffix "bidgee" was common in Aboriginal names for rivers in the Canberra area and presumably means "water" or "river".) The Moolinggolah people of the district around Captains Flat probably gave the Molonglo its name.

A major tributary of the Murray River, the Murrumbidgee travels 900 kilometres (559 mi) from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains, through the ACT, and to a confluence with the Murray.

The reaches of the Murrumbidgee in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are now affected by the complete elimination of large spring snow melt flows and a reduction of average annual flows of almost 50%, due to Tantangara Dam. Tantangara Dam was completed in 1960 on the headwaters of Murrumbidgee River and diverts approximately 99% of the river's flow at that point into Lake Eucumbene. This had extremely serious effects on native fish populations and other native aquatic life and has led to serious habitat loss. It is said that the Murrumbidgee River through the ACT is only half the river it used to be.

The Murrumbidgee River was known to Europeans before it was actually discovered by them. In 1820 the explorer Charles Throsby informed the Governor of New South Wales that he anticipated finding "a considerable river of salt water (except at very wet seasons), called by the natives Mur-rum-big-gee". In the expedition journal, Throsby wrote as a marginal note: "This river or stream is called by the natives Yeal-am-bid-gie ...". The river he had stumbled upon was in fact the Molonglo River, Throsby reached the actual river in April 1821.

In 1823, Brigade-Major John Ovens and Captain Mark Currie reached the upper Murrumbidgee when exploring south of Lake George.  In 1829, Charles Sturt and his party rowed and sailed down the length of the river from Narrandera to the Murray, and then down the Murray to the sea. They also rowed, sailing when possible, back up against the current.  The Murrumbidgee basin was opened to settlement in the 1830s and soon became an important farming area."

Text taken from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

This puzzle requires you to visit caches All the Rivers Run Numbers 1-5. Within these traditional caches (all ammo boxes) you will find numbers that are needed to find this cache.

I have listed this cache as a Level 4 terrain based mainly on the cumulative terrain rating of the 5 necessary caches required to complete this multi. I am happy to adjust this based on cacher's opinion once they have completed this series.

The All the Rivers Run caches are located along the Molonglo River (starting from Coppins Crossing) and finishes along the Murrumbidgee River downstream where the 2 rivers join.

To get to this cache please do not not cross Private Property without permission. In the A.C.T. all major rivers have a corridor on either side that allows for public access (apart from a few exceptions) and for general protection of the surrounding natural environment.

Many thanks to Newberys who helped place this cache. He will log a find after someone has claimed the FTF

To find this cache use the following formula using the numbers gathered from caches All the Rivers Run Numbers 1-5.

South 35.13.D(B+2)A

East 148.57.EF(C+5)

ALL THE RIVERS RUN CHALLENGE.

As an added incentive I will give the first person a geocoin who completes this multi in 1 day (ie by foot/push bike between 12.01.01am to 11.59.59pm of the same day) and has signed (dated with the individual's personal signature - no stickers) all the cache log books (All the Rivers Run Numbers 1-5 plus this cache). I will check the logs to ensure claim is legitimate and of course I will have to rely upon your honesty in this matter also.

I am also designing a limited edition "All the Rivers Run Challenge" Pathtag to give to those cachers who meet the above requirements and there will be a Honor Roll listing with this page naming those successful people. You can attempt this challenge more than once but you will still need to sign the log books on the day of your attempt.

All The Rivers Run Challenge Honour Roll