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8 Hectares of Wheat Multi-Cache

Hidden : 2/10/2015
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


8 Hectares of Wheat

Donald McLean arrived in South Australia at Holdfast Bay on December 6 1837 onboard the ship “Navarino”, commanded by Captain C. A. Warning. He came with his wife Christina and their 5 sons and 5 daughters. There were 217 passengers aboard the vessel.

He selected section 50 from the available sections (he had paid £1000 for a section entitlement). In 1838 he grew the first wheat crop in South Australai, about 8 Hectares on his section, which was located around the Hilton area.

At the initial coordinates, you will find a vehicle that Donald could only have dreamt of, and would’ve made “scouting” around the new settlement a lot easier. It has a number on it, of the format:
A/BCDEFG

The next waypoint can be found at:
S34 5C.(C-D)(F+D-E)(A+D) E138 3(G-A).AA(F+D)

The top plaque has a date “March JK LMNO” and a plaque on the side with the number, of the format: “WXYZ”.

The cache can be found at:
S34 5(N-J).(Y-J-J)(G-E)(J+W) E138 3(Y+J+K-B).J(M-J-A)(Z-J)

Whilst logging, try to imagine that you are standing in a field of wheat.

Please make sure the cache reattaches to its holding mechanism when you replace it; please do not leave it on the ground.

Enjoy

The Calumphing_Four

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cyrnfr znxr fher vg ernggnpurf. T-rr V ubcr zhttyrf qba'g svaq vg.

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)