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Northern Canberra Loop Multi-Cache

Hidden : 3/3/2022
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Most of my previous caches have been a bit, strange. A cache with a leech infestation, a LOT of tree climbs in the one cache, a birdhouse field puzzle and an underground and overground expedition. So I decided to do a simple multi today, no twists, no turns, just a simple multi ;)

This multi covers a nice little loop of Northern Canberra. The loop is 15.1km total with 100m of elevation gain so it isn't too tricky. Most of the loop is on sealed bike paths but some sections are on rougher terrain where a road bike may not work the best. It's for people that want to have a nice ride or walk. I would recommend the bike option as it's quicker but that's your decision. During the construction of the multi, it took me an hour and a half to ride the course but there will probably be people a lot quicker!. 

You can start the loop anywhere you want, but I would suggest that you park at Dickson Wetlands and start there, as there are not many other places to park safely as most of the time the route is next to a busy road.

I have attached an image of my route that I encourage you to view as the route can get a little confusing at times. You want to follow the waypoints and collect all the info. Once you do that, do the maths and go off to GZ (so if you want to do this in one day I guess it's a bit longer than 15km, or you could just find a park nearby it and do it that way)

Add all your values together, this equals X

S 35 (X + 11524) E 149 (X + 4930)

Checksums:

10 of the values have one digit, 2 have 2 digits, 3 have 3 digits and 1 has 4 digits

X = 15 S = 18 E = 27

Good luck!

Route:

Start at Dickson Wetlands (or wherever you want) and follow the bike path until you reach a split in the track a little past waypoint B. Here you should KEEP RIGHT and go over the pedestrian crossing. Then keep going and take a right after the little bridge. Then in like 500m turn left towards the Motor Inn, then keep going north and take a right and cross the road to go under the underpass at waypoint E. Then keep going forward and don't cross any roads until waypoint G, because then you will cross a bunch of smaller roads. Once you go past the tram station you want to turn right towards EPIC. After you cross Federal Highway you want to turn left and then take another right to reach waypoint J. After this take a left and continue on the dirt path and cross the road and continue towards waypoint K. Then keep on going forward on the dirt path and turn right at waypoint L. Then cross the road at waypoint M towards the shops. Shortly after Waypoint N take a right onto the dirt path past Hackett oval then at the end take another right towards Waypoint O. After Waypoint O take a left at the lights then take a right after the bridge. Then keep going straight until you ended where you started. Then keep going forward to find the cache! :D

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

TM: Boivbhf Fcbg, nyfb ernq gur zrffntr ba gur gbc bs gur pnpur ;)

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)