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City Cathedral Mystery Cache

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GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 8/24/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

St Stephen's Cathedral
Wander around the grounds of this heritage listed church, check out the monuments and grab a smile while hanging out in the city

The Cathedral is built out of local sandstone and Brisbane tuff rock and is built in a Gothic Revival style. It was built between 1864 and 1922. It's a great spot to sit and eat your lunch when you work in the city.

Short Solution
Starting out at the published coordinates near the front of the church, head Straight to checkpoint 1 where you will find the St Stephen’s Cathedral Bell.

I've given you two published coordinates, you are almost there. If you look on the Right Angle for likely hiding spots, the cache is approximately 54 metres away.

Cache is a micro and attached with a magnet, please sign with stealth and replace as found. Please let me know in your log if you got there the short or long way!

Congratulations to Sezzz on the FTF, She certainly got there the Long Way :-)


Long Solution

Explore the grounds and locate the following answers:

Weight of bell (kg.) = A B C D
Number of years bell was in service. First digit = E
"Empire Stakes" sculpture. Year created = F G H I
"River of Stone” sculpture, number, written in Roman Numerals on first block = J
"Water" sculpture, number of letters in first name of sculptor = K
"Blood" sculpture, number of letters in the fourth word of the first paragraph = L


Now work out the following equations and you have it!
M = I * L
N = B * K - A * F
O = (F * C + J) * B
P = K * B * C - J
Q = G + E + H
R = L x L x L + D x D + E

Cache location: S M° N.O E P° HQ.R

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)