I walked past the second waypoint of this cache recently, commemorating an event which started in Penrith and ended up here. I'd never seen anything around Penrith to indicate where the starting point had been. So I did a little research, found a probable spot, and paid it a visit. As we parked, we saw a large sculpture which looked like it had to have been inspired by this event. A short walk, and we found some information plaques about the event.
You will need to visit the listed coordinates (waypoint 1) to answer a few questions to get the coordinates for WP2. At WP2 you will need to answer a second set of questions to get the coordinates for the final location. There is a fair distance between the two waypoints, but the final location is close to WP2.
WP2 is at South 33 AB.CDE East 150 FG.HJK
A: On the plaque headed ‘Belmore Park’, the number of letters in the last word of the first paragraph.
B: There is an image on the plaque with three lines of writing. Number of letters in the first line of writing.
C: The person who offered land at Belmore Park to be used after the 1909 meeting had how many letters in his first name?
D: The first line of the paragraph starting with the words ‘This site’ has how many words in it? Include the two words I’ve already given you.
E: There is an eight digit number in the library citation at the bottom of the plaque. xxxExxxx
F: The estate was subdivided in 18F1.
G: The significant event commemorated here took 1G minutes according to this plaque. (remember this answer for when you get to WP2)
H: Sydney Smith inherited the land in 189H.
J: Two artists designed the artwork. The first one listed has J letters in her surname.
K: Back to that eight digit number – xxxxxxxK
You can use the checker to confirm that you have calculated WP2 correctly.
At WP2 there is an original memorial and three more recent plaques. You will need to look at all of them to get the coordinates for the cache.
The cache is located at South 33 AB.CDE East 150 FG.HJK
A: On the plaque which has the words "plucky, genial and unassuming" in the title, A is the number of letters in the 4th word on the 2nd line.
B: On the original memorial, B is the number of letters in the first word of the second line.
C: The original memorial was dedicated in 19C3.
D: The number on our protagonist’s licence is D.
E: He opened a school in which town? E is the number of letters in the town name.
F: Our protagonist was an officer in the armed forces in WWI. The group he served with had a three word title, F is the number of letters in the third word.
G: On xG July 1912, our protagonist raced against a wizard.
H: A plaque here at WP corrects the time given for the event. Subtract the time given at WP1 from the time given on this plaque to get a two digit number xH.
J: One of the plaques records an altitude as Jxx metres.
K: Our protagonist paid WXYZ for his first. K = X – W.