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Head to the Caves for the land before time. Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/3/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

*** Access is at Sea Level, the edge of the cliffs could be dangerous***
A short way out of Inverloch is a unique dinosaur site regularly used by scientist to look back in time. This cache may be difficult at high tide. You do not need to climb the cliffs.

*** Access is at Sea Level, the edge of the cliffs could be dangerous***
Inverloch is the Victorian coastal town near which the Dinosaur Dreaming site is located. About 145 kilometres (ninety minutes drive) from Melbourne, Inverloch is a very civilised place from which to do field research.

The site is a rocky shore platform called Flat Rocks, about five minutes' drive from the township on a stretch of coast favoured by surfers and fishing enthusiasts. This is where the Cretaceous mammal, Ausktribosphenos nyktos, was found in March 1997.

In summer, it's warm and inviting; in winter, wild and dramatic. Guess when field work is done...

The fossil bones of many different animals have been found at the Flat Rocks site. There is evidence of at least five different types of dinosaur as well as the fossil bones of other reptiles, birds, mammals and fish. The fossil bones found at the site are the remains of animals that lived in an ancient river and the surrounding valley. The bones were washed into the river during flooding events and concentrated in the river bed.

The most commonly found dinosaur at Flat Rocks is a small plant eater belonging to the Hypsilophodont family. This dinosaur was the size of a small wallaby and ran on its hind legs

The cache should be an easy find but if the tide is low it can be a great spot to explore. Close obsevation a few hundred metres towards Inverloch will reveal the excavation site and many fossilised trees can be found along the platform. Please don't climb on the cliffs as landslips can be dangerous.

The cache is a small Sistema container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fpenzoyr bire ebpxf ohg qba'g pyvzo gur pyvss.

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)