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Hidden : 5/8/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


 

Nice easy roadside cache. The cache is placed at the entrance to one of the many West Coast dorpies. It is bigger than some of the other towns and a lot of people come to town from the surrounding farms and area to do their shopping. Please use stealth when retrieving the cache as this is a high muggle area.

Vredenburg is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative center of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality. It is located 12 kilometers inland from the coast at Saldanha Bay on the Cape Columbine Peninsula 138km north of Cape Town. The town was established in 1875 initially as a Dutch Reformed Church to serve the surrounding communities, as the closest church was in Hopefield. The town's original name was "Twisfontein", which in Afrikaans would be translated to troubled fountain or similar. This name came about when two competing farmers fought over the only available freshwater spring in the area. The town's name was later changed to "Prosesfontein" which is process fountain if you translate it directly. The town was renamed as they were discussing the matter of the freshwater spring and were trying to come to an agreement. When this agreement was settled and they have achieved a sense of peace among one another, the name 'Vredenburg' was chosen. The town's population in 2002 was 31,283

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ba gur fvqr pybfrfg gb gur anzr Ierqraohet. Gb gur evtug. Lbh unir gb srry sbe vg.

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)


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