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.

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

Bonus Puzzle: The Final

There are often bonus caches attached to a cache series or adventure lab, that require you to collect information from each cache in order to find the final coordinates for the bonus. This cache is no different

Inside the lid of each of the 15 Whittlesea Puzzles for Beginners caches is a clue. Collect all 15 to solve the coordinates below.

South AB CD.EFG East HIJ KL.MNO

The difficulty reflects the cumulative impact of the puzzles in the series required to solve this cache, not the hide itself.

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.