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North Harbour Meander #9- Cow Patti Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/28/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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A pleasant wander through the bush and by the river.

NOTE (as at 15 July 2023 until further notice): Opening hours for the park are (at time of publish): Saturday and Sunday ONLY: 6am to 6pm.

NOTE: Opening hours for the park are (at time of publish) : April to October: 6am to 6pm, November to March: 6am to 7pm.

NOTE: The sign at the start of the trail specifically excludes dogs and trailbikes. Walkers and bicycles use the trail and there are a couple of parts where there is limited visibility around a corner. Please be careful of bikes at these points especially if you have children with you.

You are looking for a small snaplock container, not on the ground. Be aware of the cache/song title, make sure that when you are looking not on the ground, you are watching out for bovine land mines! Multi-skilling is required here.

Jim Stafford - Cow Patti

"Cow Patti" is a 1981 song by American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter Jim Stafford. Better known for earlier works such as Spiders and Snakes, Swamp Witch and My Girl Bill, Stafford typically works humorous overtones into his story-telling songs. A couple of example verses from the song:

From the good lands came the cowgirl
Patti was her name
She was hot on the trail of that killer
On a moped she called Flame
'Cause the killer had killed her daddy
Just for spittin' in the road
You only had to kill her daddy once
To get that gal P.O.'d

and...

Patti hit town in a cloud of dust
Ol' Flame was buzzin' like a saw
And the whole town got quiet as a church
When the killer stepped out for the draw
Forty shots rang out
Forty people fell
Patti and the killer missed each other
But they shot that town to hell

In the late 1970s, Stafford was married briefly to singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry (of "Ode to Billy Joe" fame).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nck 5 zrgerf sebz gur srapr

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)