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Darwinian flying pig and a Buddhist Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/10/2018
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


A short multi around the shores of Lake Macquaire.

You will visit some of the art work installed along the foreshore. 

Next to each artwork you will find a small yellow plaque. The coordinates have been taken on the art itself so you will need to look around for the plaque. Find the digital root of the word and use that number to locate the final cache container.

Note: My line count starts from the main paragraph i.e. the bit after the size of the art between the two horizontal lines.

You may be able to find information about the artwork online. However the text is different and is also laid out differently so there is no guarantee that by reading it online you will get the correct word.

Digital root is taking the letters of the word and assigning them to the number that they are in the alphabet (A=1 B=2 C=3 ..... Z=26). then you add the digits together until you are left with a single digit number. e.g. digit (d)4 + (i)9 + (g)7 + (i)9 + (t)20 = 49 then 4 + 9 = 13 then 1 + 3 = 4. This webpage may help you with finding the digital root. Remember for this multi you will require a SINGLE digit number for A, B and C.

Stage 1 - Facsimilies Darwin - S 32° 58.342' E 151° 38.481'
Digital Root of the third line second word = A

Stage 2 - No.1 Sky Pig - S 32° 58.359' E 151° 38.497'
Digital Root of the third line fourth word = B

Stage 3 - The Ascetic - S 32° 58.475' E 151° 38.647'
Digital Root of the fifth line ninth word = C

Stage 4 - Soloist - S 32° 58.437' E 151° 38.598'
Digital Root of the third line seventh word = D

Now you have A, B, C, D.

Obtain the South minutes with the following equation

((C+B/A)2+A)*(C/D)= X a three digit number ..... digital root check number is 7

Obtain the East minutes with the following equation

((A+C)*(C+B/A)+A)*(C-A)= Y a three digit number..... digital root check number is also 7

Final can be found at S 32° 58.X E 151° 38.Y

Where X and Y are the three digit numbers obtained from the equations above

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nccebk 2.2z hc

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)