The Whittlesea Puzzles for Beginners geoart is designed for cachers who are new to puzzle solving. In this series, we explore a number of common puzzle solving techniques and highlight some online resources. These beginner puzzles will help get you started in tackling those mysteries on your geomap, and hopefully boost your confidence to tackle more.

Many of the online puzzle solving tools can be found on the following page: Puzzle Resources.

Don't forget to collect the clues inside the cache for the bonus puzzle - GC9Z4DN - Whittlesea Puzzles for Beginners - Bonus Cache.

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. To obtain the coordinates, solve the puzzle below.

Puzzle #12: Porky PIG and his PEN

The Pigpen Cipher (sometimes referred to as the masonic cipher, Freemason's cipher, or tic-tac-toe cipher) is a simple geometric substitution cipher, which exchanges letters for symbols which are fragments of a grid. Please note there are multiple variants of this cipher.

To introduce different tools to add to your repertoire of puzzle solving websites, let’s try out CacheSleuth for this puzzle.

The Puzzle

We have chosen locations for caches where it is safe to pull off the road within a short distance of GZ. Under NO circumstance should driveways and gates be blocked or used for parking. With nearby property owners in mind, these geocaches have been placed out of view and away from private residences, so as not to cause alarm. Please be mindful of the local community, and have a friendly chat with them if they stop by.