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Mary Patterson's Rest Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/10/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

You travel down this highway all the time, you see this wayside stop all the time, you see the Historic Marker all the time, NOW there is a cache here.
PULL OVER AND CHECK THIS PLACE OUT!


The sad but all to common story...
In the winter of 1860 at a time when the Colony of Victoria was newly settled Mary McMaster (nee Patterson), tired, debilitated and grievously ill, in the company of her two young sons, sought rest and refuge by this place. Shortly after she was taken into care by the Mansfield Police and transferred to Beechworth as it would be six more years before a hospital would open in Mansfield. Despite all available medical help she passed away two weeks later on 24th August 1860. Her sons, Peter 12 and Andrew 10, now orphans, were given work at the nearby Barjang Station.
The rest will be revealed to you on site…

The hide...
Is located XY meters at a bearing of ABC degrees from the published coordinates where:

XY = the sum of (the number of letters in the full street name + the number of letters in the town name + 2) where the two sons were born.

If the survivors were taken to a small island off;
Tokyo then ABC = 012
Rio De Janiero then ABC = 056
Sierra Leone then ABC = 123
New York then ABC = 162

The cache...
Is a 200 ml systema container painted black and containing all the required stuff is hidden in the obvious place once you have the directions.




Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unccl jvsr, unccl yvsr...

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)