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Tawanui Station (Otago) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/22/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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JULY STORM AT THE TAWANUI STATION, ANNE’S POEM
By Mike McPhee & Bob Watson.

There’s a timber train arrived at the Tawanui Station 
And we’ve had a month of rain so there’s damage to the line 
And the ganger tells the driver ‘bout a problem at the Blunder
And the slip at Caberfeidh is a danger to the line

Now the timber train is standing at the Tawanui Station
And drifts of snow have frozen in the cuttings down the line
And the ganger tells the driver ‘bout some trees at Puketiro
How a gust of wind has dropped them right across the line

Now the timber train is trapped at the Tawanui Station
And the storm has put the creeks up, each one running high
And the ganger tells the driver ‘bout a washout round the corner
How two sections of track are just hanging in the sky

But storms don’t last forever at the Tawanui Station
Next day there’s laughing children racing home from school
They’ve got spelling and an essay and there’s Dad the railway ganger
And “Wasn’t that the best storm since that one we had in June!”

Now things are looking up at the Tawanui Station
A construction train is rumoured to be heading down the line
And there’s railway kids and sawmill kids off to see the damage
And there’s timber wagons waiting at each station down the line

Yes there’s settlers and there’s sawmills in the forest keeping busy
And the timber trains run easy when the weather’s nice and fine
But the drivers and the train crews all depend upon the ganger
When winter lays its hand on the Catlins River Line

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)