Welcome to WELLYWOOD, a series of caches designed to enlighten you and show you around some of the wonderful locations in 'the coolest little capital of the world'.
You will be required to do some 'pre-work' to complete find some of these caches, while others will require you to do some exploring 'out in the field', and some will require a combination of both. Most caches can be found in the greater Wellington area, although there may be a few that are further afield. We hope you enjoy the series.
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park
The Pukeahu National War Memorial Park is the national place for New Zealanders to remember and reflect on this country’s experience of war, military conflict and peacekeeping, and how that experience shapes our ideals and sense of national identity.
The purpose of the park
The Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, which opened in April 2015, was built to create a space around the National War Memorial, which includes the carillon, the Hall of Memories and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. The park also provides a place for memorials from other countries with which New Zealand has a close military relationship, and to remember military conflicts currently not recognised in a national memorial, such as New Zealand’s ongoing role in peacekeeping operations and the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s. Pukeahu National War Memorial Park is a place where people can gather on major ceremonial occasions such as Anzac Day, but is also a place where people can visit on any day of the year.
The Last Post
The first daily public Last Post ceremony was held at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park on Anzac Day 2015. The ceremony will be conducted every evening until 11 November 2018 and the public are invited to participate by reading the ode or playing the bugle call. The ceremony begins at 5pm each night in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
To complete this cache you'll need to visit The Australian Memorial near the reference co-ordinates indicated elsewhere in this cache page. You'll then need to calculate as below. Reception was a bit scratchy at GZ, so use the hint as a guide.
Cache can be found at 41 1a.bcd 174 4e.fgh
a = Designed by Australian architects - number of letters in middle name
b = Date of unveiling - second digit
c = Number of letters in second word on right plaque less number of letters in eleventh word on right plaque
d = "The artworks by"...'huey dewey & louie' - number of letters in 'louie'
e = The type of red sandstone - number of letters
f = Number of letters in the thirty-third word
g = First word on sixteenth line on left plaque
h = "The Australian Memorial is a ?" - number of letters less one