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Orphanage Artwork (Nelson/Marlborough) Multi-Cache

Hidden : 2/11/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Initially this was going to be a Park and Grab but proximity requirements have turned it into a 10 minute one stage Multi.  Enjoy the artwork.

When our kids were young we would have frequented this spot often to feed the ducks.

Caution: Muggles can appear quickly and silently on bicycles from several directions.

The Nelson Mail - 15 March 2012

Two young boys, a boat, a white heron, a paradise duck and an inanga fish have sprouted from a pond near Saxton Field. Nelson artist Fiona Sutherland is behind the new sculpture, depicting the history of the Orphanage Stream area. Nelson City Council chose Sutherland to create the $13,000 artwork, from a pool of three artists. The brief was to come up with something that depicted the history of the area and its wildlife. The work, is made from darjit – a paper pulp material mixed with cement.
The artist said that the boys in the sculpture were representative of those who attended the orphanage that used to be further up the valley. "They have got sports T-shirts on, which bring them into today's use of the field," she said. The animals in the boat, like the "special" white heron, depicted the wildlife native to the area.


 

 

Due to the artwork being overgrown you may be unable to see the numbers. The final is at 592/834. And now for the field work.
GZ is at S41 AB.XYZ E173 RS.TUV
You are looking for two, 2 digit numbers. Call these numbers AB and CD.

To get to the final coordinates solve the following:
XYZ = (AB+CD)*5 + (CD-AB)
RS = AB-7
TUV = (AB+CD)*8 - D

Checksum: The ten unknown individual digits add up to 44

Although you are staring AT the numbers you can't actually see them from WP1. You will need to view the artwork from a different perspective.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rpyvcfr Gva arfgrq va ZGG.

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)