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Digi-Tour of Australia Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/2/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Many of us will never make it to Australia. But that doesn't mean we can't see a few of the sights. Sydney Opera House. Uluru. Great Barrier Reef. Use Google Maps or similar software to match these coordinates to notable places in Australia and figure out the coordinates for the container.

Cache is NOT at posted coordinates.

Container is a camo'ed peanut butter container with some swag. FTF prize of a kangaroo keychain my daughter brought back from Australia.

Researching this cache added more items to my list of places to visit in Australia. I have a list of coordinates as well as a list of locations. For each location, I found a geocache or two nearby that helps explain the area. Nearby may be quite a ways away. One of those caches is one of the new virtual caches. Remember to check out the street view (or underwater view in the case of the Great Barrier Reef) and visitor panoramas. These are some awesome places. Enjoy your trip.

Remember the Winter Wonderland Walkabout event in this park on January 28, 2018 from 3pm to 3:30pm.

Signal the Frog mentioned several caching hot spots in Australia in a blog post.

Scenic view attribute applies to the puzzle coordinates rather than the hide.

Geocaches listed after the named locations provide more information about the locations and are not needed to solve the puzzle.

PUZZLE:

-33.8567799,151.2131027
-14.6856344,145.4421984
-37.116667, 146.516667
-31.964622, 115.839344
-25.3456376,131.0283696
-16.4717958,145.3241941
-38.6658291,143.1022504
-22.2505556,117.9755556
-36.4558417,148.2634683
-31.622929,138.6133518
-36.0480058,136.7571791
-12.861667, 132.8125
-43.2264336,148.0016783
-26.400183, 114.159016

Craig's Hut from set ofThe Man From Snowy River - 0 - GC66YQ4
Great Barrier Reef - Lizard Island - 0 - GC3V8Z8
Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay - 4 - GC6TC93
Kalamina Gorge in Karijini National Park - 7 - GC5904W
Kings Park in Perth - 3 - GCK5W9 GC7B6ZE
Mossman Gorge in Daintree Rainforest - 2 - GC2AGKH
Mount Kosciusko - 6 - GC1YH53
Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park - 7 - GC7BW5E GC1BXH2
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island - 0 - GC23VG3
Sea cliffs in Tasman National Park - 8 - GC6YD79
Sydney Opera House - 4 - GC74WCT GC74PCE
Twelve Apostles - 4 - GC3QDN1
Uluru - 4 - GC3F62F GC74D1A GC2GKK2
Wilpena Pound - 2 - GC6V1TW GC4DAD3 GC7455A

Congratulations to NoBlueCircles on his FTF on a frigid morning (in Pennsylvania).
16F at 10am in Lancaster with wind.
84F at 1am in Darwin, Northern Territory.
70F at 2am in Sydney, New South Wales.
77F at 11pm in Perth, Western Australia.
50F at 2am in Hobart, Tasmania.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)