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A Puzzle for Darke Peak Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/2/2025
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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THIS CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES, YOU MUST SOLVE THE PUZZLE TO OBTAIN THE FINAL COORDINATES.

***HIGH CLEARANCE 4WD required*** This cache is on a 4WD track, it requires a 4WD with high clearance and a driver with intermediate 4WD experience. It is a one way track, once you start you are committed and it gets increasingly difficult as you progress. I highly recommended that you complete this in a group for safety.

In a past life, I used to be an agronomist. Meaning I advised farmers on how to grow their crops, this spanned weed control, disease control, pest control, crop rotations, nutrition & resistance management. I used to have clients on all sides of the Darke Peak range, and crop inspections at Darke Peak often ended at the Darke Peak hotel.

Bob is a farmer, who farms at the base of the Darke Peak range, he grows a variety of crops and is very concerned about resistance - he does his best to rotate his chemical usage to minimise the risk.

He started his program by applying Genfarm Flutriafol to his fertiliser at 250ml/t. For his Canola he applied Apparent Propyzamide as a pre-emergent at 1kg/ha to control his grasses.

For his wheat he wanted a bit of broad-leaf residual control from his knockdown, so he added 7g/ha of Smart Metsulfuron to his knockdown brew. After his barley has emerged 1.4L/ha Buctril 200 wasn't going to do the job on its own, so he added 7g/ha of Nufarm Associate.

Once his wheat was established, he had some broad leaf weeds to take care of. He used 1.4L/ha of Nufarm 2,4-D Amine 625. Meanwhile, his barley was starting to show signs of spot form of netblotch so he applied 250ml/ha of Apparent Propiconazole. He had some volunteer lupins appear in a paddock of oats so he applied 115g/Ha of Sipcam Volley.

He also tried growing faba beans for the first time this year. To control his grasses he used 1.25L/Ha FMC Overwatch as a pre-emergent. Unfortunately, when he applied 1.4L/Ha of Nufarm Bromoxynil 200 on the neighbouring paddock of wheat he had a bit of spray drift and some of his faba beans were damaged.

On his LibertyLink Canola he applied 2L/ha of BASF Liberty. With the soils starting to warm up, Bob decided to try some spring sown winter clearfield canola as fodder for his sheep over Summer. He applied 1.75kg/ha of UPL Devrinol-C as a pre-emergent to control innocent weed. After the canola emerged he applied 500ml/Ha of Smart Commandeer.

Bob noticed some wild radish in his faba beans, he didn't want to let them set seed so he applied 3L/Ha of BASF Basagran.

Bob had been working hard all season, so he decided to go for a BBQ on top of the Darke Peak Range. It was a great spot to look out over his crops and admire the district.

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