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Nyerimilang Park: Final Mystery Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/19/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was originally placed here by GREYNOMADS and has now been adopted by FREDD01.


An easy walk along a clearly defined walking track covering just over 1 kilometre each way and a chance to pick up two traditional caches also.  Nyerimilang Heritage Park is approximately 178 hectares in size and is just a few kilometres off the Princes Highway. It is now home to a series of caches. As you find each cache - remember to collect the clues for the final hide.

Park your car at the listed co-ords and walk into the hide on the Salt Marsh Walking Track. The beginning of the track often has a shallow puddle to cross, so wear suitable footwear ( Note 19/1/2024: a pair of rubber boots may be handy to be able to cross the track with dry feet as it's often under water these days.)   Don't forget to bring insect repellent as the mossies have insatiable appetites.

** To get to GZ you will need to pick up two clues to enable you to get the coordinates of this Mystery Cache.

** The clues are contained at two hides along a walking track through Nyerimilang Heritage Park.  

GC4XBXW -  Nyerimilang Park II  

GC391FV - Nyerimilang Park.

The clues are written within the log books (NOT on the cache containers) at these locations and are in the format S 37 52.ABC and E 147 56.DEF

Work out the final co-ords to find GZ:   S 37 52.ABC  and E 147 56.DEF

To help you:

The sum for the South = 40

The sum for the East = 44

 

Bring your own pen/pencil/scribble stick to sign the log.

 

The cache container is hidden in a very typical geocaching manner and is nice and big.  And, it is a container within a container (hopefully the log will stay dry).  There is plenty of space for swaps .  Please treat this hidey spot with care as it is a little fragile.  If the area around the hide is not too overgrown, have a is wander around as there are several historical artifacts left from days gone by when the Nyerimilang Homestead was a working farm.  After finding the cache, walk another 50 metres further along the track to the picnic area at Reeves Channel for a very special place to picnic, swim, fish or just sit a while.

 

Don't forget to bring insect repellent as the mossies have insatiable and wear suitable footwear.  Protective leg wear could be advisable as there is a bit of long grass around.

The hides are situated right on the edge of the tidal waters of Maringa Creek, with the path to each of the hides defined, with no need to go through the bush. Please replace caches exactly where you found them.
 

 

Local area information:  For those that are interested, the Nyerimilang Homestead is nearby but there is no need to visit the homestead to do the cache. It is open every day between 9am and 4.30pm. There is no charge but a small donation is welcome. There are picnic facilities near the homestead with wood-fired barbecues, toilets and a car park. Inside the homestead, a display features the history of Nyerimilang and the natural resources and history of the Gippsland Lakes.

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The History of Nyerimilang Park and Homestead.

According to the lore of the Indigenous people of East Gippsland, the name Nyerimilang means chain of lakes. Overlooking the Gippsland Lakes near Lakes Entrance, Nyerimilang was accessible only from the water until the 1920s. It had been the exclusive haunt of the Gunai, or Kurnai, people for thousands of years until 1884.
The land that is now Nyerimilang Heritage Park was first owned by Mr A. Murray in 1884. He later transferred it to Frank Stuart of Melbourne who built a home as a base for fishing and shooting holidays at the Gippsland Lakes. During the early 1930s, his son Frank Jnr extended the house, developed the surrounding gardens and lived in style at Nyerimilang complete with housemaids and a gardener. When Frank Stuart Jnr died in 1936 his widow gave the property to the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland for use as a Boys' Training Farm.
William Buckland, the "quiet millionaire", purchased Nyerimilang in the 1940s and occasionally used it as a holiday home. After he died in 1964 the property changed hands again before being purchased by the Victorian Government in 1976.

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N irel glcvpny pnpuvat uvqr - gur erzanagf bs n gerr

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)