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Forgotten Australian #01 - Medicine Man Mystery Cache

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Throsbyonchurch: It's time to go! The doctor died and so did the patient. Rest in peace.

As per Bryan Rothe's comment on Podcacher, that he would like to see run of the mill caches archived after a few years to open the area up for new cache opportunities. Time for something new.

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Hidden : 10/1/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Forgotten Australian

Medicine Man



THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE PUBLISHED CO-ORDINATES

Head to the above co-ordinates for a timely start


Off to town, I went to see my doctor due to feeling unwell. I parked my car and as I stood on the sidewalk and looked across the road I saw that my doctor had disappeared, packed up his practice and gone. Not a word did he give of his intending departure. Oh bother, what am I going to do now.

I could see his face, he was a handsome sturdy built fellow with dark hair and pale skin and always splendidly dressed, particularly during the festive season, he really stood out in town.

On my return home I popped by the newsagent to collect a newspaper.

Armed with a nice hot cup of tea I settled in my lovely comfy couch and read the newspaper. Opening to the Obituaries section, there I find my doctors name. Can you imagine my shock!

His obituary said “he was born at Maitland 55 years ago, and had spent ______ years at Moss Vale. His favorite pastime was golf and he was a director of Moss Vale Golf Links. Dr. _____ was promoted to the rank of major during war service in Flanders. He graduated at the age of 20 years at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, following early schooling at West Maitland and the Armidale School. His father, the late Dr. Robert ____, was a colonel in the New South Wales Lancers, and a brother, Dr. R. M. ____, was the first citizens' commissioner for the city of Canberra.

A popular man in the best sense of the word, a progressive citizen, warm-hearted and never weary in well-doing.” His passing was “regretted by all who knew him and deeply mourned in hundreds of homes where his cheerful outlook on life and his great Christian principles so greatly endeared him.”

There is a road in a town within the area that bears the same name.

To find GZ:
From the published coordinates, project another set of coordinates by answering these questions:

1. Who is this mysterious doctor

2. What was the doctors year of death . . . . . 19AB

3. How long did Dr J. M. ____ practice in this town . . . . . CD years

 

(19AB/2) - 777 = EFG

CD + 7 = HK

S34 33.EFG    E150 HK.5K5

 

A pen is needed to sign the log.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgnevat pb-beqvangrf: Vg'f cbvagrq bhg ba lbhe snpr. TM: purfg urvtug.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)