Fancy a bit of a macabre history lesson? Then come and spend some time roaming around one of the Hunter Valley's largest and oldest cemeteries (insert Vincent Price style gruesome laugh here). This cache has been around a while, and quite a few have enjoyed the hunt at night in a cemetary (go figure). Since relocating and updating the cache I also updated the attributes. Found the thorns symbol, couldn't find the zombie symbol, maybe next year. The posted co-ordinates will get you to one of two entry points. After that, you will need to locate four waypoints and get four clues to piece together the actual cache co-ordinates.
All you need to do is find the right headstone, get the last two digits of the year of their death and put them together in the right order to complete this set of co-ords:
S 32-XX.2XX
E 151-XX.2XX
Easy isn't it? Interested?
Waypoint One: JOHN CHALKLEY, S-32-52.248, E-151-42.496
Waypoint Two: CHARLOTTE LEWIS, S-32-52.297, E-151-42.382
Waypoint Three: FRANK HINTON, S-32-52.238, E-151-42.426
Waypoint Four: WILLIAM DOUGHAN, S-32-52.258, E-151-42.312
There are images of the headstones below so you will know if you have the right one, and this time there should be no errors or mistaken identities. This cache has been updated, with all new co-ordinates and a new final cache location, as of 5/5/2013. The original location was too far off the beaten path, and needed some maintenance. So, if you have done this cache before, you get a chance to have a new go.
A word of warning, if it is a hot day, it will be blistering hot, so bring a hat and sunscreen and some cool refreshments, as there doesn't happen to be a local kiosk. And under no circumstances wear thongs or sandals. Learn from my mistake and wear shoes, as the local variety of catseyes seem to have stealth capabilities. My last two caches seem to have developed guardians in the form of wasps and bullants. Hopefully this one will get nothing worse than the odd zombie or two.
When it was first hidden, this turned out to be the 15000th geocache worldwide. Now it's probably over a million. Come and get it cachehounds!