Hobby Park Time’s Up! Multi
Welcome to the Mulder's Drift region a really lovely nature area. This puzzle is one of many created for the 2018 Jozi Jol Mega. Solve the puzzle and go on a meandering hike through the Suikerbos Proteas to retrieve the cache. Day hikers, mountain bikes and off road vehicle are welcome at Hobby Park. An entrance fee is payable at the gate. Even with an off road vehicle a short hike to the cache is required.
Susan and Edward are fanatical geo-cachers. They decided to go get a cache together but were in different cities. They decided on an exact travel schedule so that they could meet at the solved co-ordinates simultaneously. Can you help the find the co-ordinates?
Susan being the early bird set her alarm for 05:05:45am, Edward however snoozed until 05:30:45am, he had a restless night due to bad dreams. Susan left home at 06:20:00am and stopped to fill up her car at the local garage at 06:50:00am. Her GPS estimated her halfway stop would be around a quarter past eight.
Edward eventually left home very late because he could not find his car keys, a frantic search located them under the couch cushion, he got going at 06:35:15am. Fortunately he had less distance to drive. As Edward drove he recalled the dream he had. It had Dali clocks floating around, alarms going off, and all of them were curiously stuck at 04:35:40. His GPS estimated he would arrive at his rest stop at exactly 07:40:05am. Lady luck was on his side, he stopped at the Breakfast Bistro early, at 07:15:05am. Never one to waste a coffee opportunity Edward ordered a Mega Delux Monster Coffee, milk no sugar please.
Meanwhile Susan kept to the speed limits getting to her first stop at Patrick’s Pancake Perfection slightly later than expected. She arrived at 08:20:10am. She ordered two pancakes take-out. One was called Sani Snow, a pancake smothered in dark chocolate with coconut shavings, the other a more conventional pancake with mince a filler, called Dibbler’s Surprise. Back on the open road Susan saw she would be at the cache co-ordinates at 12:05:20. This would give her the whole afternoon to hang out with Edward. Susan’s phone suddenly beeped. There is a FTF to get and its on her route! Susan made the detour getting to GZ at 08:45:55. The quick park and grab turned out to be slightly more adventurous as she was not tall enough. Susan was committed to getting the FTF, so she collected rocks to build a heap high enough to help her reach the cache. Got it! Along with a wheelbarrow load of blackjacks. Totally worth It! She got back on road at 09:05:15. The rest of the trip was uneventful.
Edward sped along the road, eager to meet up with Susan. The winding roads had less traffic than usual and he arrived at the cache at 11:45:55, well ahead of schedule and Susan. Edward decided to look around, hoping to find the cache before Susan arrived, so that he would look like a pro when he searched for it with her! Edward was looking at the OPOR options when he spotted a signpost clock in the bushes. Oddly it had to same melted look as the ones in his dream except for one critical difference, its time was stopped at 03:35:30. Before he could ponder further on this weird coincidence Susan pulled up in her car. Edward was very surprised to see Susan get out covered in blackjacks. He went to see if his final co-ordinates matched her final stage co-ordinates. It must be that melted clock in the bush. He was sure of it…
For this cache you will need 2 AA batteries as well as 3 non-insulated paperclips. You can only solve the final co-ordinates by finding the first stage of the multi. Be aware of muggles, this cache may take some time to solve. Precision and accuracy is necessary.
