Kaffee Kache - a cache to celebrate when we have shared a chat over coffee with fellow geocachers.
Preliminaries:
- No cache is hidden at the posted coordinates, but you must start there.
- There is no need to enter any commercial premises for any part of this cache!
- Please use the roadside footpaths where possible, and take care in crossing any roads.
- Park responsibly!
Location:
The Gap is 10 kilometres by road northwest of the Brisbane CBD. The Gap was named for its geographical location in the valley between Mount Coot-tha and Enoggera Hill (i.e. 'the gap' between hills) which both form part of the Taylor Range.
Initially inhabited by the Turrbal people, The Gap was originally heavily forested. With the arrival of European settlement, timber felling became the first industry in the area, and with the removal of the timber, the area was turned over to farming. The first crown lease of land was in 1851, to Darby McGrath who ran a sheep station across the entire valley. The first freehold land sale was made in 1858, to P.B. and J. Paten in the area where Paten Road runs today. Access to The Gap in the 1850s was via tracks which became Waterworks and Payne Roads. They also provided access to Enoggera Dam which was built in 1866 to provide a water supply for Brisbane.
The Gap is serviced by five schools, including The Gap State School, The Gap State High School, Payne Road State School, Hilder Road State School and Hilder Road State School
The Gap is also where the main entrance to Walkabout Creek, in what was previously known as Brisbane Forest Park, (now officially the southern part of D'Aguilar National Park), is located. A major bushland area in Brisbane's west, there is an information and wildlife education centre, with many Australian wildlife species, including marsupials, birds, fish and reptiles.
There are many, many geocaches in the area, with two major series: the "On Your Bike (eg., GC3C8JR) and the Audio Series (eg., GC7YMJB).
Technical details:
This Kaffee Kache is an interactive mystery geocache. It requires a smartphone. It is a unique way of stringing together virtual and physical waypoints. Thus, it is part virtual cache, part multicache, part puzzle cache, and part adventure lab. What more could one want?
A Kaffee Kache does not require any specific hardware or software - just internet access and a browser. There is no need to download any Cartridge or App.
A Kaffee Kache also has a Teamwork attribute. Because an Intercache works live across web-based activities, having a friend or two could save you the intricacies of internet drop-out or phone freeze should such happen in low-signal areas.
This Kaffe Kache also has another web-based component: What3Words. You can work What3Words directly from the website www.what3words.com OR....
There is also an App for both Android and iPhone. If you would like to use the What3Words App, then use THIS LINK.
Documentation on using the Intercache platform is downloadable HERE.
Documentation on using the What3words App is downloadable HERE.
Starting.
Start with this Intercache Link. Kaffee Kache The Gap Village
Follow the directions given and the cache coordinates will be revealed.
