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Blue Anchor Line 34: Transportation to Australia Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

**  DO NOT GO TO THE LOCATION VISIBLE ON THE MAP  **

You must solve the puzzle for the container coordinates.


***CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES!**

 

You won't need to read any of the books in the Jacky Faber series to solve the puzzles in this cache series. A simple search will answer all the questions, which are related to many of the factual places and events the author, L.A. Meyer, used.

 

England to Australia Voyage

 

Admittedly, some of Jacky’s business decisions were less than strictly legal, no matter how she justified it.  Sometimes she was better at covering up her questionable financial gains than others.  The purchase of the Lorelei Lee was a dead giveaway.  At least she didn’t get hanged for her crimes! ...not yet...

 

Puzzle:

In the early 1800’s there were too many crimes against the crown to know exactly what to do with all of England’s criminals. Many were sent to Prison Hulks, temporarily or permanently.  Some were there only as a holding place until a ship could move them to a prison colony.  On the months-long sea journey from London to Australia, what order would british convicts most likely experience the following places on the Globe?  (Hint 1: There was no canal at Suez. Hint 2: You will need a 0!)

 

Put the photos in order of the voyage and create an answer key to find your final coordinates.

Cape Verde Islands

Madeira

Paris (During the Napoleonic Wars)

Sydney Cove

The Equator

Bombay

Cape of Good Hope

Prison Hulks of Woolwich

Singapore

The Rock of Gibraltar

 

(Jacky would definitely be a geocacher if she could.)

N38 .

W90 .


 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fghpx? Vg'f cebonoyl lbhe 0, nf va n ahyy inyhr. Guvax bs ernfbaf n ovt fuvc pbhyqa'g trg gb bar (rfc. Oevgf nebhaq 1805). Svany: Unatvat yvxr n ahg

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)