Penguin Picnic Multi-Cache

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skogpingvin: Well, it was good while it lasted.

The huge storm we had last night didn't just cause flash flooding all around Melbourne, but it also destroyed one of the waypoints for this cache. It was a fallen Eucalyptus, full size, that had been lying across Glass Creek for decades. This morning we found that tree a couple of hundred metres downstream, in a few pieces.

I guess that's what happens when you get 83mm of torrential rain in a couple of hours.

Thanks to all the people who searched for this cache, and for all the favourite points it received. The cache designer is doing year 12 this year and so is a bit busy to rebuild it all. Maybe later on down the track...

Bill (skogpingvin)

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Hidden : 1/18/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

WARNINGS: At some point in this hunt you will have to climb a tree to higher than head height. If you are not confident that you are able to do this safely, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS CACHE. Both Skogpingvin (who's 49) and The Chick (13) have been up this tree, but The Hen-guin (um, "mid 40s") refused, so it’s doable safely, but not for everyone.

Also be aware of snakes in summer months, and that Glass Creek is fed by stormwater and can flood VERY QUICKLY.

Hays Paddock is a large park in East Kew. Previous to 1974 this was leased by the (then) Kew City Council to landholders for house cows. Skogpingvin's grandfather had cows here from the 1920s to 1974.
 
These days it's heavily used for organised and ad-hoc sports, and dog walking is very popular, Hays Paddock being an off-the-leash park. Skogpingvin's dog walks here daily.

At the headline co-ordinates you will find a clue, consisting of two alphanumeric strings. Please return the clue carefully.  Ask Google to help with the strings. This will not work on a mobile device.
 
  1. What are the last four digits in the number plate?
  2. What time is on the cat’s watch?
 
The next set of co-ordinates are:
 
37º 38.485" S 145º 2.652" E.  Please don’t go here – Epping is a dull place.
 
The numbers you get from the clues are to be added (in thousandths of minutes) to these co-ordinates to find WP1. Use the numbers from the first clue on the south co-ord. 
 
At WP1 you will search for two numbers, A and B. These will help you find WP2 at 37º 47.4A0" S 145º 3.5B8" E.

 
At WP2 you will have to look around for a pair of letters surrounded by a square.  These are presented in a quaintly traditional way.  Use these letters to find the last two numbers, X and Y.
 
 
  H I J K L M N
A 25 54 49 59 57 56 15
B 07 94 56 97 16 59 84
C 68 29 50 32 23 19 11
D 11 76 20 22 42 86 26
E 79 84 01 54 64 23 97
F 49 02 07 57 25 36 47
G 51 17 55 73 57 10 19
 
 

Ground zero is at 37º 47.2X5" S 145º 3.5Y9" E.  The cache itself is a 125 ml Systema. Please return the cache carefully.
 
Congratulations to Biggles Bear for getting the first-to-find prize, which was another penguin-themed item, an 8GB USB stick in the shape of, you guessed it, a penguin.

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