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Driving Miss Daisy at night again Multi-Cache

Hidden : 4/1/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Miss Daisy really liked her previous short night drive. So she has decided to go for a longer night drive. She does not often leave her small town of Fishhoek, so you will need to help her reach her unknown destination.

All your clues can be found without ever leaving your car. Each clue can be seen from your car. At no point should you ever have to leave your car to find your way to Ground Zero.

The ONLY time you should have to leave your car is to find the final location and sign the log.

It's recommended to do this with someone.

You will need to start/Park at S 34° 09.113 E 18° 26.345
All way points are on the listing.

Park on the Side of the road at the listed ground zero. (Best to approach this parking spot, traveling from Fishhoek towards Simons Town) At this parking spot you will need to look towards Simons town (SSW). Looking SSW you will need to find the flashing lights on the lower slopes of the mountain. There are x number of flashing lights. They are different colour lights.

Number of flashing light's = A

Then you will need to proceed to S 34° 10.125 E 18° 25.821 Park here.
Face the Roman Rock lighthouse. S 34° 10.875 E 18° 27.606

You will need to count the number of flashes in 61 seconds.

Number of flashes = B
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Roman Rock lighthouse


Then you will need to proceed to S 34°10.822 E 18° 25.505 Park here.
From this position you will have a lovely view of the Navy Dock yard at night.

Face the old Navy dockyard bullnose lighthouse S 34° 11.236 E 18° 26.440
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old Navy dockyard bullnose lighthouse

Then look to S 34° 11.089 E 18° 26.261 This is the Marking light for the end of the brake water.(This is a white light) You have to be at the recommended parking spot to see this light.

This light has a burst of x flashes every 12 seconds .

Number of flashes = C


Proceed to and turn down at S 34° 11.602 E18° 26.102

Then go to S 34° 11.573 E 18° 26.103 and at this parking lot you will need to count the number of
light poles / Lights in the parking lot. (Only the ones in the parking lot)

Number of light poles / lights = D
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The light pole’s/Lights you will need to find

Once you have all your numbers you can proceed to Miss Daisy’s final destination.

S 34.11.(A+B+C+D) x 25
E 18.26. (C+D-B) x 109

Ground Zero is well lit but you may want to take a torch just in case. Please take a pen/pencil with you. Please place the cache back the way you found it.
If you have problems with the find please let us know.
Cache placed with permission.


Please don't upload any spoiler pictures of the cache or the hide, on geocaching.com or any other social networking sites. Thanks family Behrens.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf pnpur pna bayl or qbar ng avtug!! Uvag sbe N vg'f n rira ahzore Uvag sbe O vg'f n rira ahzore Uvag sbe P vg'f n bqq ahzore Uvag sbe Q vg'f n bqq ahzore Gb qb n dhvpx purpx nyy gur ahzoref nqq hc gb 28

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)