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La Cueva - Punyelroo Multi-Cache

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

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a small Systema container with log book and pencil hidden in a cave alongside the Murray River. Cache placed in new location and description updated 27/4/2014

To reach the cache, park near the parking waypoint. Access is through an unlocked gate near the bend in the road nearby. Once parked, you will find a small track leading down the cliff heading South. It gets fairly steep and a bit gravelly, but can be safely navigated with care. I recommend wearing sturdy shoes. Once at the bottom, continue South along the path until you reach the listed coordinates. 


For your interest (not for finding the cache), the Punyelroo Cave extends about three kilometres away from the river. You need to turn left at the log to explore that. If after a few hundred metres you are crawling on your stomach then you missed the turn, like we did on our first visit. According to an article in The Mail, 10 December, 1927, a dreamtime story goes as follows:

Long before the coming of the white man a crow and a goanna had a big fight, and the crow by means of 'quoree' or magic, won. He chased the goanna into a hole in the cliffs, and blocked him in with plenty of stones, because that country belonged to the crow and not the goanna. After a long time the goanna came back, and the crow making search found a 'big feller' hole where the goanna came out.


You are standing next to a lagoon. A small track leads East towards a cliff.
> east

You are standing at the bottom of a cliff. Tracks lead North, West and South. There is a large opening to a cave to the East.
> east

You walk about 40 metres into the cave. The way forward is blocked. It is dark
> light torch

You are in a large passage. It continues to the North and to the West.
> north

You walk about 10 metres to the North. You are in a large passage. It continues to the South and to the East.
> east

You walk about 30 metres to the East. You are in a large East/West passage. You see some large rocks to the East. There are some smaller rocks to the right of the large rocks which no longer harbour a geocache. Instead you walk on past the big rocks on your right for about 10 metres. Just at the end of the big rocks you look to your left and see some smaller rocks
> look rocks

They're just rocks
> search rocks

You poke around in the rocks and see a geocache!
> sign logbook

You open the geocache, sign the logbook, note how uninteresting the swaps are, and carefully replace the geocache in the cavity under its rock so that it cannot be seen by the casual observer.
> leave

Before leaving, you sit down for some cheese and crackers, then curiosity leads you further into the cave. Eventually one of your group convinces you to return the way you came even though you would like to go just a little bit further. Back in the sunshine, you talk about what a great place this is, and think about giving the cache a favourite point when you log it

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre n ebpx ba gur yrsg. Purpx gur nggnpurq cubgb

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)