Truro Sports and Play Multi-Cache
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Truro is a small town in South Australia, located 80 km northeast of Adelaide, east of the Barossa Valley near where the highway crosses the ridge of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The town was laid out in 1847 and 1848 by John Howard Angas, the son of George Fife Angas who had bought the land in 1842.
Truro is named after the city of Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is somewhat uncertain whether the name Truro was given by Angas, or the first settlers in the town, but as these settlers were Cornish, it is quite likely that they were the namers of the town.
A primary industry in Truro until recently was copper mining. The nearby Whealbarton mine operated from before 1842 until the 1970s.
Rainfall in Truro is lower than in the neighbouring Barossa Valley region. For this reason the crop farming is more prevalent than viticulture.
During the 1970s, the town of Truro gained notoriety due to the findings of human remains in bushland. These findings became known as the Truro murders, one of the first occurrences of serial killing in Australian history. Truro was never the location of the murders the area was just used to dispose of the bodies which was actually some Kilometres east of Truro.
This multi cache (Our first multi) is located within the towns lovely little sports oval & play area.
The published co-ords will take you into the entry of this area and if you follow the questions in order either by car or foot, you will end up close to GZ. Once you work out the final co-ords you will find the cache close by. So here it goes:
Near the entry gates, along the fence line you will find a sign on a post. Here you will find an eight digit booking enquiries phone number.
What is this phone number? A B C D E F G H
How many practice nets for cricket are on the edge of this oval? I
How many large wind socks are visiable near the Oval? J
How many see-saws are in the playground? K
How many swings are in the same playground? L
Once you have these answers, use them to work out the co-ords for GZ.
S = GD* F D . (H-B) (A+J) E
E= JI(F+H)* E H . C (K+L) D
You are looking for a small 500ml camo screw lid container with logbook, pencils & small swaps.
Enjoy and choose your day wisely to avoid lots of muggles!
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