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Heist at the NGV (AL Bonus) Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Brain: Time for this one to steal away!
A visit to GZ confirmed that the place has changed pretty dramatically in terms of optimal cache placement options; combine that with expensive replacement apathy brewing circa one year ago and it's a recipe for archival.

Thanks to those who have gone to the effort of completing the AL and bonus over the years - on the bright side, it is now one less double back!
The AL will remain active for the moment but may eventually succumb to the whims of a growingly flippant CO, so get cracking!

And as a fitting postscript, I figured I ought to actually visit The Weeping Woman which one can do up on Level 2 at the moment, and I'd strangely never gone and done myself.
It is a very pretty little picture.

Your very humble servant,
ACT-based victorian

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Hidden : 6/29/2022
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the listed coordinates.

There is, however, an art gallery that once had a painting stolen from it and happens to be the starting point for the Heist at the NGV Adventure Lab which, once completed, will reveal the necessary information to locate the cache.

Please allow enough time to complete both the AdLab and the bonus - a bit of travelling around the CBD is required. Public transport is plentiful and recommended for a quicker completion; alternatively, take the opportunity to find other local hides along the way, or consider splitting your journey up into multiple trips.

 


"Good artists copy, great artists steal."

- Pablo Picasso

 


 


In 1985, the National Gallery of Victoria purchased Pablo Picasso's 'The Weeping Woman' for A$1.6 million which was, at the time, the most an Australian art gallery had ever paid for a single work.

However, just a year later, it was stolen on the evening of August 2nd, 1986, setting a bizarre series of events into motion involving ransom letters, government ministers and a train station locker.

The Heist at the NGV Adventure Lab explores the people, places and actions comprising one of Melbourne's most fascinating art heists.

 


 

To locate this bonus cache, you must first complete the Heist at the NGV Adventure Lab on Groundspeak's Adventure Lab app.

You can find it by:

  • clicking this link OR
  • scanning the QR code below OR
  • looking for the Heist at the NGV pin on the Adventure Lab app (which is at the same coordinates as the pin for this mystery cache)

 

Once you've completed the Adventure Lab, the coordinates to the cache will be revealed.

Please enter them into the coordinate checker below - it contains important information to help you find and open the cache.
 

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Your very humble servant,
Brain

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)