A Blast into the Past (Auckland) Mystery Cache
A Blast into the Past (Auckland)
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A BLAST INTO THE PAST
This cache will take you on a little journey to the past.
The area of your trip has been marked out on the following map.
It shows which way you do not need to go past, so if you go outside of this area, you have gone too far. All the answers can be found along the streets marked in red.
All you need to do to get the coordinates, is answer the following questions! I have even provided images!
Only issue is that the images are between 50-130 or so years old... So the answers will require a bit of research.
Question One: You can see the speed limit here on the image.
Q1 = What is the speed limit these days?
Question Two: There is a pretty large building here now, that was not here when this image was taken.
Q2 = How many floor does the building have? (Ground Floor does not count as a floor)
Question Three: What is the name of this building?
Q3 = How many letters are there in the name? (All words)
Question Four: What is the name of this road?
Q4 = The number value of the first letter in the name. (eg. A=1, B=2, ...)
Question Five: This house once stood at 121 Grafton Road. There is only one nearby character house left across one of the roads at intersection.
Q5 = Number of letters in the colour of the house.
Question Six: Find the following building. What is the parking limit outside it?
Q6 = Parking limit time.
Question Seven: The following building no longer stands next to the green, however there is a very similiar one now.
Q7 = In the circled spot on the new building, what is the sum of the numbers?
The cache can be found at S 36 51.XXX E 174 45.YYY
XXX = 15(Q1 + Q2 + Q4) + Q4 + Q7
YYY = 100(Q5) + 10(Q1) + 2(Q3) + Q6
I have even been kind enough to offer you a photo of the approximate GZ! ... in 1929... The GZ however has had to change, as even modern infrastructure changes! It it now across the road from the photo.
It's a bit more busy now, & will require stealth... check out how much the are has changed!
This cache will be found with a combination of time, local knowledge, and prior research. It may take you a few visits to the sites, unless of course you know the area well. Hence the high difficulty rating.
And when you think you have the correct answers, you can check them here. Once you have the correct GZ, please subtract 14 from the South coord, and 8 from the East coord. You should be across the road from the photo above.
Image Sources:
Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries:
580-3114; 580-3112; 580-10329; 1741; 1845; 2655; A2108; AWNS_18981028_p004_i002_b; img0065; img0072; img0075
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[cache] Znt urnq uvtu