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Backroads and Byways 4 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Kiwimitchu: I haven't been able to get to this cache as I no longer drive that way for work. It hasn't been found for a while so I think I had better archive it.

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Hidden : 8/25/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is the fourth and last of a short series of caches that will take you on some alternate back routes that often get used by those in the know.  This cache is on the other side of the Mamaku Ranges to the first three.  It could be the last of the finds on your way home or the first of the finds on your way in to Rotorua!


This cache is on a road that used to be a regular alternate route if you were travelling from Matamata and places north to Rotorua.  It bypasses the Fitzgerald Glade and the then tricky and sometimes dangerous intersection between SH5 and SH28.  However when that intersection was upgraded and made safer, the authorities discouraged the use of the GZ road.  The signs at either end of the GZ road indicate that there is no exit - this is incorrect.  There is also a "road closed" sign at the southern end and a gate, which looks like it could close off the road.  It is usually open.  The name of the road comes from the locality, and the local marae also takes its name from that locality.

The cache should be easy to spot, especially in the winter.  However getting to the cache and then retrieving the log may prove a bit trickier.  Come prepared.  There is one muggle neighbour, but the road itself is generally very quiet - park off to the side of the road and you should be fine.  Please bring your own pen - there is only room for a log.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf zvtug gnxr fbzr tbbq byq Xvjv Ahzore Rvtug jver guvaxvat.

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)