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Wildbore 24 (No. 2 Line) Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/22/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


No. 2 Line is one of the four ‘Lines’ that branch off Pohangina Valley East Road. This photo, taken by Charles E. Wildbore sometime in the 1890s or later, is of the Scott’s farm on No. 2 Line.

The cache can be found at:

S 40° 10.ABC
E 175° 49.DEF

Clues for last three coordinates (reference to “Wildbore: A photographic legacy” will be helpful for solving some of these clues. Copies of the book are available at Pohangina County Fayre, open Saturday 2 - 4pm, Sunday 1:30 - 4:30pm, Ashhurst Library, open 2pm to 5pm Monday, 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Friday, and 10am to 1pm on Saturday, and is also available at Palmerston North City Library):

A = Number of buildings or shelters in this photo of the Scott farm

B = Number of Charles Edward Wildbore’s siblings who died in infancy/childhood.

C = Number of Charles and Jane’s sons that survived beyond childhood

D = Number of girls in the photo of the Scott farm

E = Number of letters of missing word “Wildbore: A photographic ______”

F = The year [190x] that Raumai Bridge collapsed for the first time

Cache contains logbook.
Please bring your own pen.

FTF:

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gnxr gur fgenva

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)