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Third Time Lucky? (Taupo) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

fanfan-77: Well... It was 3rd time lucky for 7 1/2 years and 281 finds. In its previous incarnations it lived for 9 years with 90 finds. not bad! Even after the trees were cut down it survived for a few months, but now it seems that it's gone. I went past on the 14th November for a good look and couldn't find it. As I have moved away from the area it is now difficult to maintain geocaches. I am now archiving this to hopefully enable someone local to show the cool tunnel to other geocachers.
I've had fun playing with this cache, and you all.

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Hidden : 3/16/2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Although it looks pretty close to the road, this cache isn't quite a park-and-grab!

This area is mainly used by mountain bikers, so watch out for them and get out of their way. Keep your dog on a leash and your children nearly as close!

You can access the cache from either side of the state highway but you DON'T have to cross the busy road. Go and check out the cool tunnel that will take you across!


This geocache container, contents and logbook are now on their third life. Now that free public access to the Wairakei Forest is no more, I'm trying to find a new home near its area of origin.

First it was "Taupo, Cole's Killer" here:  http://coord.info/GCQ29A

Then it was "The Edge of the Forest" here:  http://coord.info/GC368Z6

Now is it going to be Third Time Lucky?

Maybe it will become the cat-cache: with nine lives!

But hopefully it doesn't get muggled: After you find the cache, make sure you hide it well and none of its bright colours are showing!

The cache was hidden using a Garmin Oregon 650, averaging the waypoint for 2 minutes. But it was an overcast day and I only got a 50% confidence with a 10m accuracy. If you find the coordinates could be better, feel free to let me know.

Happy Geocaching!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs ynetrfg 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)