*** The cache is not at the listed coordinates. ***
The names of thirty Australian (or mostly Australian) movies are given below in pairs. In each case, all vowels, spaces and punctuation symbols have been removed from the film titles, and all letters capitalised. To make things interesting, all instances of the letter Y have also been removed. To make things even more interesting, I have removed the word "The" from the start of the film titles, but left the word 'the' if it appears later in the film title.
To solve the puzzle and find the cache, you need to find an Aussie (or mostly Aussie?) actor (male or female) who appears in both titles in each pair. (Both film titles appear on the same line, separated by a comma and space.) Then follow the second part of each clue. To do this, mostly you will need to convert a letter's position in the alphabet to a number (a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4 and so on).
The bit in brackets in the second part of each clue (where it appears) is a double-check mechanism - it should equal the number you'd just worked out before you got to the brackets.
Sorry if your favourite Aussie movie, or Aussie movie star, is not included. There are so many to pick from!
i. MLCLM, MNKGRP
Fourth letter of first name (or third letter of surname)
ii. PCNCTHNGNGRCK, NMLKNGDM
Second letter of first name (or third letter of surname)
iii. SNDTFRW, SMFS
Third letter of first name
iv. BMXBNDTS, BSHCHRSTMS
First letter of first name (or sixth letter of surname)
v. RMVCBRK, DTBX
Second Letter of first name (or second letter of surname)
vi. DTNGTHNM, PPRBCKHR
This letter appears twice in first name and twice in surname
vii. CRSTHTTPRS, CRCDLDND
Second letter of first name (or sixth letter of surname)
viii. THRWRDMB, SFTFRT
First letter of surname
ix. DVNTRSFPRSCLLQNFTHDSRT, PRPSTN
First letter of first name
x. LVSRND, DDLTTRFFC
Second letter (or third letter) of surname
xi. PRF, TRLVNDCHS
First letter of his first name
xii. KTHKMDRLL, BRNND
Fourth letter of surname
xiii. STRMB, TRCKR
This letter appears three times in his surname
xiv. LVNDTHRCTSTRPHS, THNKGDHMTLZZ
First letter of first name
xv. RMLSMFTHR, CHPPR
Number of letters in his first name (or his surname)
The cache is located at:
S 35 (xiii - i - ii - ii)(ix - viii).(xi + vi)(v - xii)(x - iv)
E 149 (xv - viii)(vii - xiv).(i - ix)(iii)(xi)
Checksums: S 30, E 36