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Torry Zaps and Burns! Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Ngaambul: As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it's been a number of months since the last owner 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 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it. Should you replace the cache after 30 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

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Hidden : 3/26/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a micro cache hidden just a little way off the walking trail that runs through the reserve.

The amount of muggles nearby will depend on the weather and the day of the week. There are plenty of other great caches to complete in the local area if you find it's really not a good time for this one!

BYO writing implement and be sure to replace the cache so that it's not so obvious to muggles. Happy caching :)

This part of Sydney was named by Scottish free settlers John and Mary Smith who arrived in Sydney on 18 May 1798 aboard the Barwell. John Smith received a grant of 150 acres in 1799 and named it Torry Burn after his village birthplace in Dunfermline Fife, Scotland. The original homestead was on Palace Road near St. James Avenue, just north of Toongabbie Creek in Torry Burn Reserve.

Zoom forward to 1982 and after the usual sales and sub-divisions, the local council established and gazetted this area as Torry Burn Reserve for what were then 'new' residents.

If you'd like to know more about the Smith's or the local area, visit the Hills Shire Council's related web page at: (visit link)

And now more than 200 years since John and Mary smiled on their grainfields and tended their cattle here, you can enjoy this pocket of green in suburbia too. No need to undo any locks or get zapped here, just a good look around should find this micro for you!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Xvqf - 1; Arvtuobhef - 0

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)