This cache is to recognise and celebrate some of the significant people and events in the history of the Northern Suburbs of Wollongong. The cache involves a walk of about 4km one-way which takes at least 1.5 hours including puzzle-solving time. The locations are most accessible by foot, or bike if you wish, though some of the hills are a bit steep. If you do it by car, then some of the locations will require you park a short distance away. As always, please take care when crossing roads – through the northern suburbs there are quite a few blind corners on Lawrence Hargrave Drive.
Finding the Cache
Very small swaps will probably fit however the cache is only a 90mL plastic bottle.
When referenced, dates are used in DD/MM/YYYY format. Numbers and letters written next to each other are simply substituted, not multiplied.
Stage 1: Listed coordinates (S34° 18.983 E150° 55.619)
On the West side of the object you come to, find the date relating to Mrs Adams and use the letters AB/CD/EFGH to reference it. Subtract AG from the South decimals and subtract (EFG+144) from the East decimals.
Stage 2:
On this object there is a month and a year. Reference them as IJ/KLMN. Subtract (IJ÷2)KL from the South decimals and add MLI–((5L)×2) to the East decimals.
Stage 3:
At this location, find the sign to the North side. In the second paragraph there is one number on the 6th line, call this P, and there are two numbers on the 7th line, call these Q and R respectively. From the South decimals, subtract (Q+R–P+1). To the East decimals, add (R+70).
Stage 4:
On this object, there are 9 years. Call the fourth one S and the last one T. Subtract (S÷5)+7 from the South decimals and add (T+100)÷10 to the East decimals.
Stage 5:
Take the year on the seventh line of the second paragraph and subtract 1585. Add this result to the South decimals.
Take the year of the significant Sydney event in the third paragraph and divide by 10.
On the first line of the third and fourth paragraphs, there are two numbers written out. Add both these numbers to the “divided by 10” result, subtract 1, then subtract this result from the East decimals.
Don’t be surprised by the location of Stage 6! If you’d like to check your answer, then you can do so with this checker.
FTF goes to Wilbert67! Congratulations!