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Centre of Melbourne Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

Quasar: The cache has been washed away in the floods. I have decided not to replace it in this flood prone area. If you're still hunting for A Picture's Worth 1000 degrees, you can find the third picture piece in my new cache "Ice Cream and Cigarettes".

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Hidden : 1/18/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Here lieth the third piece of the photo.

This place is the GEOGRAPHIC centre of urban Melbourne, as calculated by the Department of Sustainability and Environment. The ABS places the DEMOGRAPHIC centre of Melbourne just a few hundred metres west, in Gardiner Parade.

At the listed co-ordinates there is a sign. ABCD-EFGH is the phone number of the 1st Camberwell Scouts.

The cache itself is located a pleasant walk through the park, at:

37 deg 50.DDE
145 deg 04.EAA

To retrieve the cache you may have to do a little climbing, depending on which direction you come in. It would probably be slippery after rain so be careful.

This cache contains the third and final piece of the photo puzzle for A Picture's Worth a Thousand Degrees.

There is no need to swap anything if you are just taking a piece of the photo. Please let me know when the photos are running out and I will re-stock it.

If you're interested, the exact co-ordinates for the Centre of Melbourne as calculated by DNRE in 2001 are:

37 deg 51.238 S
145 deg 04.070 E

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rnfg fvqr bs gur perrx. Pyvzo bar ebpx, vg'f nobhg unysjnl hc gur pyvss, va n ubyybj.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)