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Suburb to sea : State Highway One (Wellington) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Growly Bear: As this cache has been out of action for too long, 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 the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Growly Bear
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Hidden : 11/25/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located at the end of the alternative track/route from Newlands to Ngauranga. This track is a gravel track that climbs to 160m above sea level (at Newlands end) from approx. sea level (at Ngauranga) at a grade of 10%

To get to the track, take the shared driveway of 23 Wakely road which then turns into the gravel track.

The track is about 1.5km long


Ngauranga Gorge circa 1880

This cache finds you in Ngauranga, a 'suburb' of Wellington that is very industrial and has seen much change over its lifetime.

This cache is located next to State highway one at the bottom of the Ngauranga gorge which has been altered greatly to accommodate SH1

To get to this cache park at the marked waypoint co-ordinates or take the track all the way down from Newlands.

This cache is a 400mL sistema, please re-hide as you found it

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

onfr bs tngr cbfg

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)