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Train Spotter #12 - Off the rails in Loftus! Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/18/2024
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


THIS CACHE MUST BE FOUND WITH CAUTION ⚠️ AND CARE!

⚠️⚠️THIS CACHE REQUIRES GEOCACHERS TO CLIMB DOWN A STEP EMBANKMENT, THERE IS ALSO REMAINS OF ASBESTOS IN THE AREA!⚠️⚠️

 

Welcome to Loftus train station, a small station where not much happens these days. Besides trains racing through here at 40-60 kilometres an hour! 
In order to find this cache, you need to go to the posted coordinates at Loftus train station to either complete the questions below from the photos taken at Loftus station or use the photo and then go to the final cache location where you need to sign a logbook and do a fair bit of bush-bashing and climbing! (IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU GO TO THE STATION AS PHOTO QUALITY IS POOR SOMETIMES!)

So, if your ready, answer the questions below and you will have a new stage of the cache to go to!

 

The questions and photos below are for navigation to Stage 2:

IN ORDER TO GET COORDINATES FOR STAGE 2, FOLLOW THE QUESTIONS BELOW AND USE THE PHOTO AS A REFERENCE THEN WRITE THE COORDINATES DIGITS DOWN IN THE ORDER OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU THEN CAN ADD THEM INTO CUSTOM WAYPOINTS.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR S 34°:

DIGIT ONE - HOW MANY BINS ARE IN THE PHOTO?  
DIGIT TWO - ON THE INFO SCREEN, THE TIME IS 15:06, WHAT DOES 6 + 1 = ? 
DIGIT THREE - HOW MANY ORANGE SIGNS WITH THE WORD "LOFTUS" ARE IN THE PHOTO?
 
DIGIT FOUR - IN THE WORD "LOFTUS", THERE ARE 6 LETTERS, WHAT DOES 6 - 3 = ?

 

THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR E 151°:

DIGIT ONE - THERE ARE 6 LETTERS IN THE WORD "LOFTUS", HOW MANY DIGITS ARE IN HALF OF THE WORD "LOFTUS"? 
DIGIT TWO - WHAT NUMBER IS WORTH OR HAS A VALUE OF NOTHING? 
DIGIT THREE - ON THE INFO SCREEN, THE TRAIN CARRIAGES INDICATOR SHOWS 8 CARRIAGES, WHAT NUMBER WOULD SHOW IF ONE CARRIAGE WAS NOT ON THE SCREEN (8th CARRIAGE)?
 
DIGIT FOUR - THE WORD "LOFTUS" HAS 6 LETTERS, WHAT DOES 6 - 3 = ?


AT STAGE 2, DO THE SAME THING WITH THE NEXT SET OF PHOTOS AND QUESTIONS.

 


 

 

THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR STAGE 3 *FINAL*

THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR S 34°:

 

DIGIT ONE - HOW MANY BOTTLE ICONS ARE IN THE PHOTO (BEHIND THE RED BAN LINE)?
DIGIT TWO - HOW MANY RE BAN LINES ARE THERE IN TOTAL ON THE SIGN IN THE PHOTO?
 
DIGIT THREE - HOW MANY LETTERS ARE IN THE WORD "THE"?
 
DIDGIT REPEAT ANY OF THE LAST 2 (QUESTIONS)~(DIGITS) HERE.

 

THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR STAGE 3 *FINAL*

THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR E 151° :

SOME QUESTIONS MAY BE FROM THE FIRST IMAGE:

 

DIGIT ONE - HOW MANY BOTTLE ICONS ARE THERE IN THE PHOTO (BEHIND THE RED BAN LINE
DIGIT TWO - ON THE INFO SCREEN, IT SHOWS WHAT THE NEXT TRAIN WILL BE (LENGTH OF EACH CARRIAGES), HOW MANY CARRIAGES IS THE TRAIN IN LENGTH? 
DIGIT THREE - REPEAT THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ANSWER
 HERE! 
DIGIT FOUR - HOW MANY LETTERS ARE IN THE WORD "TICKET"?


Once you have got the coordinates from Stage 2, put them in the custom waypoints section and head to the FINAL locatIon. It should be somewhere in Loftus still! If not, please contact the us!

The hint and attributes say it all!

THE CACHE IS AVAILABLE IN SUMMER, HOWEVER IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THE TERRAIN CAN BE A 3.0 - 4.0
BEST TO ATTEMPT IN WINTER!

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 1 (Tvira Pbbeqvangrf): ERNQ PNPUR QRFPEVCGVBA. Fgntr 2: ERNQ PNPUR QRFPEVCGVBA. Fgntr 3 *SVANY*: Or fher gung lbh ybt 🪵 lbhe svaq, qba'g trg sbbyrq ol gur qrpbl!

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)