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Old Boiler Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/16/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Nine Mile Beach has some beautiful views, from the ocean towards freyicnet pennisula to the sea spray risgin asyou look along the beach.  Of course the morning has some beautiful sun rises.

Here there is the boiler from the streamer Moonah, below is an excerpt from "Shipwrecks of Tasmania"

Moonah. Coastal steamer, 95/49 tons. # 57629. Built at Hastings, Tasmania, 1890; reg. Hobart, Melbourne 3/1909.  Lbd 83.0 x 20.5 x 8.1ft. Master Roland Howell. From Hobart for the east coast ports, Tasmania, ashore in a gale, broadside onto Nine Mile Beach near the entrance to the Meredith River, near Swansea, Tasmania, 17 June 1925. The Koomeela sent to her assistance, without success.

As you can see, all that is left of the steamer Moonah is the boiler sitting in the surf.  Over time it slowly is getting worn down and eventually, it will be gone

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va Ohfu Haqre Gerr

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)