This cache brings you to a nice scenic spot on Fort Canning Hill with an interesting mythological past. This cache is located on the other end of the Walk of the Five Kings from another cache, the Ruler of Singapura, which highlights some of Singapore's early history as recounted by the Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals).
To find this cache, make your way to Badang Terrace, a spot that was likely the location of a stone-lifting competition between the Strong Man of Singapore, named Badang, and the champion of the King of Kalinga. As the story goes, the King of the Kingdom of Kalinga in modern day India wanted to challenge the tiny Kingdom of Singapura to a duel to basically show who's the boss. So, the King of Kalinga sent 7 ships filled with treasures, along with their strongest man to challenge the King of Singapura, Sri Rama Wira Kerma.
Sri Rama Wira Kerma sent for Badang, who had, in the past, performed some amazing favours for the King, including climbing a tree to get a fruit, during which he fell off the branch, and split a rock in two with his head, and single-handedly launching the Royal Barge into the sea. The two man duelled, initially in a wrestling match which was inconclusive. Thus, the final challenge was devised, where both men would lift a rock and toss it as far as they could. The Champion from Kalinga could barely lift the boulder, but Badang proved to be truly worthy, and flung the rock all the way to the mouth of the Singapore River.
Now, it's easy to dismiss this whole tale as myth, (especially Badang's origin story, where he swallowed some evil spirit's puke to gain his strength, eww...), but in the 19th century, the British found a stone with carved words that no one could decipher at the exact location described in the story. Unfortunately, in true British fashion, the Municipal Engineer found the stone to be a bit of a nuisance to development work and decided to blow the legendary stone up. After the initial outrage and shock at the lost of such an important artifact of early Sigapore history, some museum curators were quick to retrieve some of the largest pieces of the stone. One of the fragments, now known as the Singapore Stone, is a National Treasure held in the collections of the National Museum of Singapore, which you can visit on the other side of the Hill after finding this cache.
On the Terrace today, you can get a view of the Singapore River valley, and see how far Badang had to throw that rock. There is also a information board with the story of Badang and a small replica of the Singapore Stone you can look at (and maybe even try to lift). The cache itself is in hidden plain sight on the Terrace, so be discreet! Enjoy this lovely spot in the city and the hunt for the cache!