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Seven Kilometres to Mt Finke Traditional Cache

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OzFiresafe: It had a good run but looks like it has gone.

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Hidden : 10/12/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

You can see Mt Finke just over there but your drive is not over yet as there is 7 km to go.


After a couple of days drive from Ceduna (147 km) over the never ending sand dunes, you are not there yet as there is still 7 km to go. frown

It doesnt look like 7 km but instead of doing a direct line the track is very windy but it is flat. smiley

After climbing the Mount, you may want to make this spot your campsite with shade, firewood and plenty of area to spread out. We camped here with a great group of cachers for a legendary camp oven cookoff.

But there is one more challenge here - get the cache. If you are carrying an extendable ladder then your task is easy but otherwise you may need to make use of other means.

Now for a bit about the rock ...

Mount Finke is a monadnock in the Yellabinna Region, near Ceduna in South Australia. It has a locally diverse flora and fauna, including 266 plant species. The open shrubland occurs on thin soils over quartzite with the most common species including Victoria Spring Mallee (Eucalyptus trivialis), Mulga (Acacia aneura), Ooldea Mallee (Eucalyptus youngiana) and Porcupine Grass (Triodia irritans). Grevillea treueriana is endemic to the Mount Finke area. Fauna species include the Euro (Macropus robustus), Little Rock Dragon (Ctenophorus fionii) and Little Wood Swallow (Artamus minor).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lrf vg vf hc gurer ...

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)