Welcome to the ‘Australian Coat of Arms’ Geo-Art. This will be released in stages. This stage is the Shield. Each puzzle is different and is ‘hopefully’ designed to help you learn a little about different types of puzzles. Some will obviously be a little harder than others but should be doable with a little patience. You will find plenty of puzzle solving tools in your toolbox.
The cache is NOT at the published co-ordinates.
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail.
The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, when completed, will be a 160+km recreation trail from Wulkuraka to Yarraman. (two small sections are currently not complete, funding has been made available to complete these sections.) It will follow the old Brisbane Valley railway line and provide walkers, mountain bikers, touring cyclists and horse riders with an opportunity to experience the history and landscape of the Brisbane Valley.
The trail is for walking, cycling and horse riding only. The trail surface is gravel and unsuitable for road bicycles or personal mobility vehicles. NO motorised vehicles of any type are allowed.
Allow 1 hour plus if you are doing just the shield caches and a full day if doing the complete series on a MTB, longer if walking.
As with any outdoor walk, take plenty of water as there is NO water along the BVRT, (only in the towns nearby, ESK) and sun protection as it can be very hot along the BVRT with some sections having very few trees to hide under.
MAGPIE ALERT
Also note that MAGPIE season is September through to November and magpies do nest along parts of the route. So take care.
The Puzzle.
You will need to solve the below puzzle to work out the location of the cache itself.
(C1 R1 )(C22 R19 )(C15 R21 )(C2 R14 )(C6 R9 )(C10 R5 )(C24 R21 )(C13 R22 )(C4 R16 )(C17 R1 )(C12 R4 )(C2 R23 )(C1 R25 )(C14 R2 )(C13 R12 )(C13 R5 )(C6 R16 )(C7 R20 )(C3 R7 )(C14 R10)(C14 R1 )(C13 R14 )(C12 R17 )(C1 R9 )(C1 R8 )(C9 R23 )(C24 R12 )(C18 R6 )(C9 R2 )(C3 R3 )(C15 R4 )(C15 R7 )
(C7 R24 )(C23 R18 )(C20 R24 )(C5 R4 )(C11 R12 )(C3 R10 )(C17 R1 )(C3 R25 )(C6 R15 )(C21 R1 )(C14 R10 )(C5 R4 )(C9 R18 )(C20 R8 )(C16 R12 )(C2 R7 )(C25 R9 )(C24 R9 )(C16 R13 )(C4 R14 )(C7 R13 )(C14 R17 )(C3 R24 )(C12 R7 )(C19 R11 )(C12 R25 )(C25 R13 )(C3 R4 )(C5 R3 )(C9 R25 )(C20 R13 )(C22 R23 )(C6 R23 )(C5 R13 )
As there is only 25 letters used, J=Z.
A-Y in each 5x5 square. A-Y in each column. A-Y in each row.
