Fladgate Nature Trail 3
Solve Fladgate Nature Trail 2 then walk back from Tapeka towards Russell to solve this cache Fladgate Nature Trail 3.
This track is on private covenant land but is accessible to the public. The walk is about 1 km from Tapeka. Please:dogs on a lead and no bikes.
The track was made possible through the generosity of “crowd funding.” This track was donated by the Fladgate Family in memory of their parents Nancy and Richard Fladgate.
“People come and go, but the land endures.”
“Toitū he kāinga, whatu ngarongaro he tangata.”
To solve this multi, start at the track entrance marked "Jim's Walkway" at Tapeka.. The cache is not at the stipulated coordinates. You will need to find the information from the information panels along the track.
The cache is at S 35° 15.ABC E 174° 07.DEF where:
A = On the KARAKA panel, how many O are there in the first latin name for the karaka.
B = On the PURIRI panel, double the measurement of the trunk.
C = On the TAUHOU panel, the first digit in the year the bird was colonised in New Zealand.
D = On the KERERU panel, the second digit in the measurement given.
E = On the KAWAKAWA LOOPER panel, "At night they climb up to feed on young ..........." How many letters in the missing word?
F = On the KOTARE panel, it describes the bill of this bird as "???????-like". How many letters in the missing word?
CHECK SUM = 17