This is a multi-cache that can be done with a easy stroll through the bird sanctuary. Use the clues below, and way points to solve the puzzle as you visit the park.
Use the following clues to solve the multi-cache co-ordinates: Final: S 26 06.abc E 27 59.def
- a - On which day of the month was Tanya Summers born (memorial plate as you walk into the park counter clockwise)? Memorial plate has moved: Answer is 3
- bc - Identify the bird in Figure 1 (below). Take the first letter of this bird's common name, identify where the character is located in the alphabet (a=1; b=2; c=3 ...), and add 49 to that number.
- d - As you walk through the park you will see a few pillars running across a water channel, count how many there are and subtract 3 from that number.
- ef - As you continue your stroll around the park, you will reach a bench with a memorial plate on it for Karin Ward. Take the last two digits of the year in which she passed away, and reverse them.
Figure 1
Nestled in between the hustle and bustle of Randburg is a sanctuary for people and their feathered friends. The President Ridge Bird Sanctuary is one of Randburg’s best kept secrets. The area consisted of a dam used to wash sand for use in Durao’s sand mine and a fringe of dry land surrounding the dam with exotica and willow trees.
The land belonged to Randburg municipality but the need to wash sand had fallen away with the development of the Water Front and the local authority was investigating the possibility of making the area a public park or something similar. It was then when the bird sanctuary was born.
Access on weekends and holidays was and still is, facilitated by a team of volunteers who open the gate and hide early in the morning and close later in the afternoon.
More than 123 species of birds have been spotted in the sanctuary which is a huge attraction for bird lovers.