Mercer Lane Multi-Cache

Mercer Lane houses 42 meters of mosaic art panels depicting the history of the local sugar cane industry in and around Ingham. The posted coordinates will take you to the foot of Mercer Lane. Stroll at a bearing of 6.2°, read the plaques, learn about the area, and enjoy the creativity of the local artistic community.

To find this cache

Use the information from the Mosaic Artwork along the Lane to calculate the final coordinates

S 18° 38.ABC E 146° 09.DEF

A = In the panel referred to as "Melanesian Islanders," sum the light green, dark green, and blue fish swimming beneath the rolling waves.

B = In the panel entitled "The First Plantations and Mills" OR in the panel entitled "Hamleigh Plantation Mill and the Mynah Bird" (use one or the other, but not both), how many Sugar Mills are represented by smoke stacks?

C = In the "Cane Toad and Cane Fires" panel, how many animals lurk amongst the stools of cane at ground level (below flames, below green cane)? Hint. A single digit.

D = In the "Horse Racing, Maraka..." panel, how many horses strain for the finish line?

E = On the "Cyclones and Floods" plaque, how many disasters are referenced by date or year?

F = In the "Sugar Farming for the 21st Century" mosaic, how many birds stand in the foreground between the family with their ute (on the left) and the workers (on the right)?

Checksum S=44, E=31

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