THE POSTED COORDINATES ARE NOT CORRECT – IT COULD GET BUSY ON GAME DAY
Cache #191
Australian Rules Football is the dominate sport in the southern Riverina. Traveling around Federation Shire just about every town and village has a football oval. Many are no longer in use, with the teams often merging with teams in the larger towns. Most of the current teams are participants in the Hume Football Netball League, but many have participated in more localised leagues. This series will take you to some of these football grounds and give you some of the history of the local clubs. Some grounds are still active (might be busy on game day) and at least one does not permit access. However, all hides are of a similar nature and do not require entry to the ground (though you may want recreate an after the siren grand final winning goal if you are so inclined).
To find the cache you will need to solve the following puzzle. Most of the information is available at the following website Australian Football NSW but you may need to hunt a bit further to find some of the answers.
The Rennie Grasshoppers (regularly shortened to the Hoppers) are the only team in this series that plays in the Picola and District Football Netball League (with teams mainly based in northern Victoria). The were in the Coreen and District Football League for many years and had one season the Hume Football Netball League. Their team colours are green and white.
S 35 4A.BAC
E 146 0B.DEB
The Hoppers single season in the Hume Football Netball League was 200A?
They have won three premierships in the Picola and District Football Netball League. The middle one was in 201B?
The team formed in 19C6?
In the 2023 season of the Picola League they suffered D losses?
In 1983 they were undefeated premiers of the Coreen and District Football League (and kick the highest grand final score in the history of the league). They kick 26 goals and 2E behinds in their 109 point defeat of Buraja?
All the hides in this series are a bison hidden in a similar manner. Take note of the colour of the container as this will help you with the final puzzle (GCAEK94 - Federation Ovals - CDHBU Power). The colours to choose from are:
BLACK
BLUE
GOLD
PINK
RED
SILVER
Once you have these noted you should be able to solve the final coordinates at Coreen.
Stealth will be required at these caches and as in rural locations snakes might be about in the warmer months. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy this series exploring the footie fields of Federation Shire.