It's Showtime is a series of Multi caches highlighting the many showgrounds and agricultural shows around Victoria.
The cache is NOT at the posted co-ordinates. It is however the beginning of your showgrounds journey. This cache might be found quite some distance from where it began.
It's Showtime #2 - Bendigo
Five years after the sale of the first surveyed farm lots in the Bendigo district, the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society was founded in 1859.
Up until recent years it had conducted an annual spring show every year since forming, other than during World War 2.
In October 2022, the Bendigo Agricultural Show was cancelled as the showgrounds had become home to more than 170 people who had been displaced by the devastating floods in the region.
The Cache
WP1 S36 44.344 E144 16.243
You should find yourself standing in front of a plaque at the entry to the showgrounds. Using the plaque, answer these questions:
- A = Number of words in the 5th line
- B = Number of Z's on the plaque
- C = In what year was the plaque unveiled 19?2
- D = His Royal Highness visited in the year 19?4
- F = Number of letters in the second word of the second line
- G = Number of letters in the third word of the first line
WP2 S36 44.352 E144 16.244
Nearby you should be able to see a large windmill. Looking at the windmill:
- HJ = Number of blades on the windmill
Using the information above, calculate WP3. This is likely to be some distance away.
WP3 S37 AB.JHC E145 BD.FFG Checksum S28 E29
There will be a large building to the east of where you are standing.
- KLMN = The year this building was built
- P = H+K
- Q = D+F-C
- R = C+A-N
- T = M-G+F
- U = L-M-N
GZ S 37 PT.QRL E 145 KN.PQU Checksum S42 E20
You are looking for a 400ml sistema container. The difficulty rating reflects the time involved in reaching the final. The actual cache hide is a D1.5.
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.
