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East Bench (East Cape) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Beauty & The Beast: Thank you to the last finder of this cache @Fangsoki for being so respectful to the landowners and guardians of the track. It's such a shame that this most eastern lighthouse in the country is not accessible to the public since various storms damaged the track and Maritime NZ has not been able to restore it. The landowners have asked for the cache to be removed for now as it is drawing people to the closed (unsafe) track, across their land. For this reason we are archiving this cache. Who knows, one day the track may get restored and we may be able to arrange a replacement cache.
Thank you for your understanding.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The most eastern bench in New Zealand (or at least we think so!). A special thanks to taybee for replacing the cache for us while we were in USA ;-)


Before visiting, please check status of the track with Information centres in Opotiki or Gisborne. As of 15 November 2023, the track is still closed. Please update us if this has changed in the mean time.

There's been a lot of significant damage to Tairawhiti Region, including this track during cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023. As a result, the local owners and caretakers have closed the access track to the lighthouse. Please respect that.

Some more info here.


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This cache was planted, because the East Cape cache was not available at the time, we thought we could replace the cache with this one, however the owner replaced it soon after us.

After some time looking for another suitable place @ East Cape, we really couldn't find any place that could last for extended periods. Therefore we planted this one, at a less-obvious place. When at the top, make sure you give a try "Cache of the lighthouse" by Artemiskid and the Gang (GCH3PQ).

Cache contained (when hidden): pencil
log
milk

Make sure you hide it well after finding!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre yrsg sebag yrt jura fvggvat.

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)