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Happy Discovering Adelaide Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/15/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Follow the Discovery Trail around Rundle Mall and North Terrace


Welcome to Adelaide, and happy discovering!

In this multi-cache you will be following the Rundle Mall Discovery Trail to discover some of the interesting places around Rundle Mall and North Terrace.

To complete the task, and discover the final location of the cache, you will need to refer to your discovery guide, the Rundle Mall Discovery Trail. You will need to download a copy of the Discovery Trail brochure as they no longer have them at the Adelaide Visitor Information Centre, or in the mall!

***Note – The brochure is no longer available on the Rundle Mall website - I have replaced the above link with a "backup" copy of the PDF available from my Dropbox.

There are 24 interesting locations on the Discovery Trail, you need to visit 10 of them, and they are included as Waypoint PA to Waypoint PJ. The total distance between the waypoints is about 1.3km.

At each waypoint location you will need to perform 2 tasks;
  1. Find the answer to a question, and
  2. Find the photo that can be spotted nearby.
** Some clues may no longer be in place, check the hints ** When you have all of the relevant information, use the following formula to calculate the location of the geocache;

South 34 [QD-PB] [PF – QB] . [QH – PC] [QA + PI] [PG + QI]
East 138 [PD + QJ] [PI + QE] . [PH + QG – QF] [PJ – QC] [PE - PA]

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com

The final location is a short walk (about 750 meters away from Rundle Mall).
Thanks to Freddo for his assistance with testing. Have a happy time discovering Adelaide!

Place to Discover

  Coordinates Photo
(Add Row and Column No.)
Answer to Question
At related Map Reference
A S34° 55.375 E138° 35.984 PA = QA =
B S34° 55.375 E138° 36.078 PB = QB =
C S34° 55.373 E138° 36.154 PC = QC =
D S34° 55.368 E138° 36.194 PD = QD =
E S34° 55.367 E138° 36.226 PE = QE =
F S34° 55.367 E138° 36.344 PF = QF =
G S34° 55.291 E138° 36.313 PG = QG =
H S34° 55.248 E138° 36.317 PH = QH =
I S34° 55.269 E138° 36.088 PI = QI =
J S34° 55.284 E138° 35.994 PJ = QJ =
 
Answer These Questions
You only need to answer the questions that relate to the listed waypoints and some of the answers may only be found in the Discovery Trail guide.
Discovery Trail
Map Reference
Question Answer
1 Under “Rundle Mall”, 2-#8 5
2 -=Location No Longer Exists=-  
3 “Truffles” – 2# December 1999  
4 Created in 19#9  
5 Number of letters in the first word (actually on the base)  
6 Began in 1#96  
7 Donated by Hindmarsh Building Society in 19#7  
8 Opened in 19#8  
9 Completed in 18#5  
10 Originally in 1) Gawler Place, 2) North Terrace, 3) Victoria Square  
11 First built in 191#  
12 Opened on #th day of July 1851  
13 Laid on Fourth day of December 193#  
14 Laid by the Governor on 5th June 193#  
15 Moved to current site in 18#4  
16 King and Emperor 19#1 - 1910  
17 Features the Settlement 1) Square, 2) Triangle, 3) Dodecahedron  
18 Erected By The # Community (number of letters)  
19 Presented on # September 1892  
20 John Stokes Bagshaw, 18#8 - 1888  
21 Unveiled by His Excellency, June 6th 190#  
22 Building began in 18#9  
23 First section was completed in 188#  
24 Built in 18#4  
25 Covers almost #0% of the building  
 
Match the Photos

Note: As of 11/2019, Question 1's answer appears to have been removed. Answer completed in table.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

W vf ba gur tebhaq, svany vf orybj (AR).

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)