Please note that the final GZ changed in January 2020.
THE GEOCACHE is a short offset multi where the Final GZ is S43 31.ABC E172 35.DEF. At the listed coordinates there is a plaque with some information on the history of Fendalton Park.
Chairman from to 19WX to 19YZ, calculate A=Z-W B=W+Z C=X+Z D=Z E=Y+Z F=W+1
Final GZ for the cache is S43 31.ABC E172 35.DEF and checksum is 32.
The cache container is a small screwtop container with logbook. Do bring own pen for signing.
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ADDITIONAL history of the area and the nearby "Serenade" artwork, if interested:
FENDALL TOWN Rev. Henry Fendall, a widower with 4 sons and 4 daughters, was the vicar of Crambe, a village in Yorkshire. Early in 1850 he and his sons applied to the Canterbury Association for the right to select a 50 acre section which Walpole Cheshyre Fendall, the third son, came out immediately to claim. He purchased Rural Section 18 land for 3 pounds per acre between the Wairarapa and Waimairi Streams, which he promptly commenced to sub-divide. The subdivision, together with a road cut through the land, led to the area being called Fendall Town although at this stage there was no church, no shops, or anything that constitutes a "town".
Rev. Fendall and his other sons arrived on different ships at different times. They did not come to the north-west area of Christchurch but worked in the parishes of Avonside, Heathcote and later Cust. It is thought Walpole Fendall built a cob cottage at nearby Quamby (Holly Lea) would be built later. Walpole's bride, Lucy Hyacinthe Swann, arrived from Britain 3 years later to join him, They married in 1854 at St Michael’s, left the Fendalton area for the Kowai district in North Canterbury in 1860. Even before this, in about 1854, he had leased a 100 acre Riccarton farm, so Fendall's association with the Fendalton area was very short, but long enough to subdivide and have this area named after him.
SERENADE - metal artwork by Judith Streat Judith Streat's chief inspiration for her sculpture, Serenade, was the story of WC Fendall and Lucy, which she describes, “The sculpture is about the elements that bind a community together, about courtship and enduring love. The sculpture is also linked to how the existing native plants made way for a new society of people, of people who planted a legacy of English and European trees, who created beautiful gardens, and who initially established the Anglican middleclass culture and values of Fendalton and made up the best of Christchurch society.” Hope you enjoy your serenade geocache.