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Surprise Station Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

jaw_fnq: Going to archive this one to free the area up for others. I don't have the reason to travel there any more to maintain it.

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Hidden : 7/12/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A quick multi at the Mt Surprise Railway Station.

Please be vigilant and supervise children around the railway tracks.  There is only one train a week but it is also regularly used by railway workers.
 
All the information needed to find this cache is within 200m of the starting point, on the signs found at the starting point, surrounding the park and railway station, and in the open-air railway museum (a small shed at the station).
 
CACHE COORDINATES: S18°08.ABC’ E144°19.DEF
 
A – What number is the Undara Experience on the Mt Surprise Township Map?
 
B – In _ _ _ _ Mt Surprise lost its status as Queensland’s most northern settlement. Add the 4 digits together to get _ _.  Use the first digit.
 
C – Flood damage in 19_ _ closed the railway line temporarily. Use the last digit _.
 
D – In 19_ _ the Linedale firm built a road joining Ortona with the railway terminus at Charleston.  Use the last digit _.
 
E – During WWII number _ _ radar station was established in Mt Surprise.  Add the two digits to get _.
 
F – Work stopped on the Etheridge Railway construction when _ _ _ navvies demanded a wage rise from eight to nine shillings a day.  Add the three digits together to get _.
 
The cache is a small container with room for a few swaps.
There is a pathtag in the cache for trade. We will try to always keep one in here for trade.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)