A Play Place for Millers' Kids (Central Otago) Traditional Cache

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TheCoddiwompler: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 4/7/2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Should prove to be a quick find placed here to draw attention to the history of the area.

Millers Flat is a small town (population about 200) in inland Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the Clutha River, 17 kilometres south of Roxburgh. Fruit growing is the main industry in the area. Most of the town lies on the north bank of the Clutha; the main road - State Highway 8 passes close by on the river's other bank.

The Roxburgh Branch railway used to pass through the town; it was opened to Millers Flat in 1925 and was the terminus for approximately two and a half years, until the section to Roxburgh was opened. The line was closed in 1968, though the town's station platform and some of the railway formation still exist.

Millers Flat was originally called Ovens Hill; its current name is in honour of an early European settler, Walter Miller, who farmed in the area from about 1849.

Within New Zealand's folklore, the town is well-known for an event which occurred in 1865. A local miner, William Rigney, came across a small, shaking dog keeping guard over a dead body near what was then called Horseshoe Bend Diggings (today part of Millers Flat). The body was of a man with reddish hair, making his appearance somewhat distinctive. Rigney asked around the town as to who the man was and found nobody knew him. The dead man remained unidentified afer a police investigation. A subsequent enquiry established the man had died from exposure. With nobody knowing the anonymous man, Rigney asked for permission to bury him near where he had been found. With no name to place on the man's tombstone, Rigney carved a wooden tombstone with the words "Somebody's Darling Lies Buried Here". When Rigney himself died, he stipulated in his will that he was to be buried alongside Somebody's Darling. His grave reads "The Man Who Buried Somebody's Darling". (Extract taken from Wikipedia)

For further information click on the link below for the cache page for:
Somebody's Darling (GCQ17T)
It is a 200ml green systema containing, when placed, a:

Logbook,
Stash note,
Pencil & sharpener,
Coin GB Penny 1915
TB RG8TX2

Please replace the container exactly as found, it should be on its edge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Whfg bhgfvqr fnaqcvg, ernpu haqre jbbqra yvc.

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)


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