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Hexagon Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 6/19/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Queenstown is a town with a clearly defined centre. The co-ordiantes will take you to this spot but it is an exceptionally active muggle zone and defies the placing of any conventional geocache. It is however a fascinating place and a clear reminder of the towns origins as a military frontier town.


The layout of Queenstown is based upon a hexagon with six main roads radiating from a central square, or in this case, hexagon. This was to allow for canon or rifle fire to be directed down the radiating roads, thus repelling any invasion.  So the hexagon was actuallyfirst  a fort from which the town could be defended during the Frontier Wars.  This may have made a lot of sense at the time, but it results in a confusing road layout today that bemuzes the visitor as they try to navigate around the hexagon.

But don't worry, you will eventually get somewhere, even if it was not where you wanted to go and the good news is that if you continue your journey radiating out from the hexagon you will discover an incredably beautiful landscape of vast horizons where you can easily sense the Earth curving away from you and you feel small, vulnerable and insignificant. To aid your discovery of the area we have placed caches in the vicinity. 

Possibly you think just like the CO's and promise yourself that next time you should chill (appropriate in winter but not so in summer) and spend more time exploring the area. We finally did and suggest you do the same.

At the co-ordiantes you will need to collect some info to allow you to work out the following puzzle. The final cache position is at a secure place accessible at all hours and suitably immune from attracting muggle attention.

Go to S 31 deg A.BCD E 026 deg E.FFG where:

A = Number of years commemorated minus 97
B = Add together the first two numbers of the towns founding year
C = Add together the middle two numbers of the towns anniversary year
D = Subtract the first number of the towns founding year from the second number
E = Number of years commemorated minus 98
F = Sum of the numbers in the year in which the hexagon was renamed x 2
G = The last number in the start year of the war commemorated on the war memorial.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh fvg va gur yrsg unaq qeviref frng vg vf arne lbhe yrsg fubhyqre. Cyrnfr ercynpr nf sbhaq.

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)