Pocketful of History Multi-Cache
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Located in Yungaburra, involves easy walking along well-maintained track to cache site.
The first waypoint takes you to Maud Kehoe Park at Yungaburra, where you will find an interpretative panel on the history of Yungaburra. (The 4th Saturday of every month is market day at Yungaburra, so you may wish to plan ahead for this one).
To find the second waypoint at 17º16.DCC’S, 145º34.BAD’E the values for A,B,C and D are to be found on the interpretative panel:
On April 10, 1891 John Roseblade arrived and took up his 1A3 acre selection at Allumbah Pocket. Marion Maud began operating a shanty pub in 190B when she was only 16. On November 9, 191C Allumbah Pocket was renamed Yungaburra. The Eacham Shire Council’s first meeting was on February 2D, 1911.
At the second waypoint, another interpretative panel will be found. Find the cache waypoint at 17º15.XYZ’S, 145º34.PXQ’E where the values for P,Q,X,Y and Z are to be found on the interpretative panel:
The date of the Surveyor General’s stamp is 2X May 88, and the serial number on the stamp is QP.153. The Cat No is A3ZY.
A pocket originally referred to a clearing in the then thickly forested tablelands. However now it appears that this pocket’s destiny at least is a patch of bush in a largely cleared landscape.
Cache waypoint accuracy to 5m. Please take care in returning and hiding cache carefully.
Cache is a black-painted 2litre plastic snaplock container. Contents when placed were plastic kangaroo, plastic sheep, frog toy, qantas lanyard and Splatterpus Travelbug.
Around sunrise or sunset, platypus are readily seen on the walk to the cache.
Additional Hints
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Pnpur fvgr: Haqre ynetr ebpx, whfg vafvqr ohfu
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