Mount Lambie Mystery Cache

A puzzle to learn about the man behind the name of Mount Lambie.

John Lambie was a surveyor, road builder and a magistrate in the Monaro region in later life. He helped build the great southern road before helping Surveyor Thomas Mitchell make major improvements on the great western road. He used chained and unchained convicts to assist in the building of these roads.

The cache is not at the given co ordinates, but is close by in the cemetery.

Cache is located at South 33 2A.BCD East 149 5E.FGH

You should be able to research the answers to these questions to get the rest of the co ordinates.

A= John Lambie died 18?2

B= John Lambie was born 17?3

C= The Mount Lambie Presbyterian Church was built 186? Take 1

D= In 18?0s John Lambie took over as supervisor at Victoria Pass on the western road. Add 2

E= Before this area was known as Mount Lambie it was known as Honeysuckle ?. Number of letters in second word. Add 2 to answer.

F= John Lambie came to Australia in 182?

G= John Lambie's boss Thomas Mitchell became Surveyor General of NSW in 18?8 Subtract 1 from answer.

H= The town John Lambie died in. Number of letters. Take 1

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.