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War Memorial Trail Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/28/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


War Memorial Trail Multi

Estimated time to complete: 30min
Estimated distance to travel: 800m

The Whittlesea Avenues of Honour consist of 60 memorial plaques located along Church St (First World War) and Lime St (Second World War). They were first established in 1927, and recently restored in 2015. In this multi-cache you will visit 6 plaques, although you will pass many more along the way.

Published Coordinates - Lest We Forget (S37 30.666 E145 07.099)

  • This plaque marks the start of the Avenues of Honour. 
    How many lines of text are there above the three logos on this plaque? (A)

WP2 – First World War Soldier (S37 30.693 E145 07.082)

  • (B)787 PTE. WA Searle

WP3 – First World War Soldier (S37 30.765 E145 07.070)

  • (C)752 SGT. J McHugh Age 37

WP4 – First World War Soldier (S37 30.806 E145 07.064)

  • 1905 L/CPL VR Windsor Age (D)3

WP5 – Second World War Soldier (S37 30.807 E145 07.118)

  • VX31(E)11 PTE. MJ Nichols

WP6 – Second World War Soldier (S37 30.799 E145 07.174)

  • 4009(F)2 SGT. WJ Smith

Checksum = A + B + C + D + E + F = 22

GZ is S37 30.ABC E145 07.D(E+1)(F+1)


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq - GBGG erdhverq - zntargvp

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)