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Bonus cache for "Welcome to Blackball" (Grey) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/1/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the posted coords. If you go there you'll finish up lost and miserable.

I was awarded the opportunity of placing an Adventure Lab cache and decided to create it at Blackball 

Blackball is a small town on the West Coast of the South Island. The town was named after the Black Ball Shipping Line, which leased land in the area to mine for coal. The gold rush in the Moonlight district in 1864-65 heralded the birth of Blackball. In 1893 a more settled community developed with the coal mine’s opening. Blackball was a centre of New Zealand radicalism and workers' militancy. It is credited as the birthplace of (the predecessors of) the New Zealand Labour Party.

After the roar of the coal trains died down in mid 1960, the dredges had been sold for scrap and the mill and mines were quiet, so was the town but it refuses to die. As an access point to the Croesus Track and the Pike29 Memorial Track which leads from our newest Great Walk the Paparoa Track, Blackball now has a new café, a shuttle and car relocation service and more accommodation options.

To find the necessary information and be able to assemble the final coords you will be taken around the township and visit some places of interest.

The cache is a bison, the hint is: Strainer.

You can start two interesting tracks not far from GZ from clearly sign posted access points.

This Adventure Lab cache can be participated in by downloading the Adventure Labs app.

Android: link
Apple: link


https://adventurelab.page.link/cnRD

Log-on with your Geocaching log-in, then search in the vicinity of Blackball and you can begin your adventure.

When you stop at each Lab Adventure stage you need to gather some details to be able to find this cache. 
As you correctly answer each question you will be awarded one point against your logged in geo-account username.
The final can be found at S 42° 21.ABC E 171° 24.DEF
Your tasks as per the Adventure Lab cache will disclose the values for A to F.

DO TAKE NOTE and GOOD LUCK

Additional Hints ()

Frr pnpur cntr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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