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On a clear day... Traditional Cache

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inspicio: One or more of the following has occurred:

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

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

6 sat gods smiled upon this cache, and if you were a corvus coronoides – you would too. No worries with the coords. Not too much of a muggle problem either, but, as always, discretion is the better part of caching valour. Log & small swaps. Should have a pen. Starbrand muggle rating 2/5

**** March 2013 - This carpark is slated for demolition/redevelopment in the near future. If you had your eye on this case I'd get in quick... I'm not sure if it will exist in the new carpark ****

When Edward Wollstonecraft took up part of his land grant as 524 acres of North Shore bush, his business partner Alexander Berry (a former ship's surgeon and master) was horrified. They had planned to take up the grant beyond the Great Dividing Range and raise cattle. Edward built a small cottage in 1821, located in what is now Shirley Road (approximately where the Uniting Church stands today), and called it “The Crow’s Nest” because, on a clear day, he could see for miles in all directions. Development of the “Crows Nest Estate” flourished, but sadly he died in 1832, aged 49.

Alexander Berry subsequently married Edward’s sister, Elisabeth, and built “Crows Nest House” completed in 1850. When she died, Berry donated land to St.Thomas parish for a cemetery, the site of the cache GC3C65 “No rest for the wicked”. He lived at “Crow’s Nest House” until his death in 1873, aged 92. They are buried in an unusual Pyramid shaped tomb together with her re-interred brother Edward Wollstonecraft. His house was demolished and the property subdivided when his heirs died. Subsequently, the current North Sydney Demonstration School was built on the site of “Crows Nest House”.

A good cache if your gang demand something to revive their spirits - there's about 100 eateries at this parisien end of Willoughby Road.

The cache is reasonably sized now and has room for travel bugs & small swaps. The kids loaded it up when it was replaced last with some trinkets.

Please report DNFs.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pebjf Arfg jnf anzrq orpnhfr, ba n pyrne qnl, Rqjneq Jbyyfgbarpensg pbhyq frr sbe zvyrf va nyy qverpgvbaf. Vs lbh pna'g frr sbe zvyrf creuncf lbh'er abg va gur evtug fcbg... Yngreny guvaxvat jba'g uryc ohg iregvpny guvaxvat zvtug! Erzrzore nyfb gung guvf vf Trbpnpuvat- fbzrgvzrf guvatf ner abg jung gurl ybbx gb or...

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)