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Toilets - Boiler Point (Dunedin) Multi-Cache

Hidden : 10/7/2024
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


There's water near the cache so just be aware if you have little people with yoy. Cache is placed in a safe manner.

These toilets were installed after I placed my first cache in this series. When you go to the waypoint you will see where the precdessor. I did check it out not long after I started this series and found that any man using the urinal could be caught out by a woman exiting from the cubicle. There was only a toilet symbol to denote that there was a toilet within and you had to walk past the urinal to use the only cubicle. At that time I had heard that it was going to be replaced so I didn't persue any cache placement.

I'm not sure when the toilets at the given coordinates were placed but I think it was pre Covid. They are located in the Boiler point carpark and are the Permaloo brand which seem to be what all the newer ones are. From the front you will see three blue doors. The right hand one is designed for wheel chair users but is open to all. The middle door is the service door and the left is the other unit which isn't as spacious as the right. There is a porch at the front to protect you from the rain while witing, or in the case of wheel chair users while they wrestle with the door. It also helps to keep the entrance dry.

The walls inside are covered in cermanic white tiles and the floor is concrete. The loo itself is  stainless steel and juts out from the wall. It has the usual white plastic seat and lid. The cistern is behind the wall with the stainless steel flushing button on the wall above the loo. Loo paper comes in the large rolls and the're two of them in the plastic holder on the wall. The stainless steel hand basin and soap dispenser are both attached to the wall with no sign of any piping. The air dryer is a dtson one that blasts out hot air. Overall they were clean, tidy and with no mal odour.

According to arcgis.com they are open 24/7

The Cache can be found at S45 4A.BCC E170 3A.DEF

At Given Coordinates

A = Number of hinges on the middle door plus the number of hinges on any of the other doors.

B = Double the value of the PT number and then subtract the first digit of the address

E = Number of blue doors to the front of the toilet building.

F = Total number of hinges on the doors with people symbols on them

At Wp 2

C = On the side wall count the number of areas of red on the face of the defibrillator

D = ..Number of letters in the name of the main colour of the front of the defibrillator.

Checksum A to F = 37

Parking is available by the final coordinates. Please respect the private property that is lying around by not climbing or sitting on it.

There is a bus service from the city to Port Chalmers and beyond to Careys Bay Hotel, and there is also an excellent bike rotue from the central city, much of it off road/street.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

2 yvger fperj gbc pbagnvare. Snpvat gur jngre jvgu gur synk ohfu va sebag bs lbh, oraq vajneq naq lbh fubhyq frr ghpxrq va gurer. Cyrnfr ercynpr vg jurer lbh tbg vg sebz. Qb abg fgnaq ba nal bs gur cevingr cebcregl ylvat ba gur tenff.

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)