Cache #214
Another in the Federation Randoms Series - this time in the township of Rand. Located on the boundary with Greater Hume Shire the town had a population of 192 (2021 census). There is a pub that still seems to be operating, and a takeway van for food. Apparently the bowlo does a pretty good feed as well.
The cache this time is a Letterbox Hybrid cache - a type of geocache which ultimately is a tribute to an older form of scavenger hunt, called letterboxing. This historical method began in 1854 where finders located containers with written instructions. Letterbox containers hold a logbook and rubber stamp, the idea being that the letterbox finder stamps the logbook with his/her unique stamp and in turn stamps their logbook with the containers stamp. Obviously the container stamp must remain in the container for the next finder to use.
In this case you will just need to do a simple projection from the starting coordinates to find the cache - you will just need to get them from an earlier cache on the road.
A the posted coordinates you will find the township of Rand Historical Directory. You will need to deliver letters to the following residents to determine the final location of the cache.
RR Keighran (1967)
Batter (1951)
Stanley McDonald (1951)
M Hogan (2000-10)
L Hague (1967)
S Abikhair (1951)
JM White (1967)
W Robinson (1926-30)
J Wolfenden (1967)
J Johnson (1935-40)
B Godde (1967)
CV Gibbons (1967)
At final GZ you are looking for a plastic container hidden in a typical way – it does contain a log and a stamp for those that like to do Letterboxes properly. Please do not take the stamp.There is safe parking nearby. Like many Australian bush caches, snakes might be present in warmer weather.
Checksum S 26 E 25
Enjoy!