This is the story of a living piece of history.
At the posted co-ordinates you will be standing at the Aleppo pine tree / Anzac tree.
Planted in the Bacchus Marsh and Melton Memorial Hospital grounds is an Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis). It descendant of a tree from the World War, I Lone Pine battlefield at Gallipoli, Turkey.
In 2003 a second Aleppo pine was planted near the consulting rooms in Turner St.
About 10m East you will find the Anzac Memorial sign. Look for LEGACY-LONE PINE HISTORY. Here you will be able find all information needed to answer the following questions.
The cache can be found about 200m away using your answers and the following formula. S37 AB.CDE and E144 FG.HJK
1. The number of words in the first paragraph up to and including Aleppo Pine. Count the date as one word. (AB)
2. The sum of the two numbers of the battalion for Eric Watson, who picked up the pine cone.(C)
3. They tried; they succeeded; How many seedlings were successfully raised? D
4. The number of words in the botanical name of the Anzac tree. (E)
6. The number of words in the popular name for the Anzac tree. (F)
7. How many human qualities were referred to with 'just pride' in the fourth line of the seventh paragraph?' (G)
7. The number of words between and including ‘We believe .... to grow;’ in the seventh paragraph. (H)
8. During 196... the seeds were germinated at the state nursery at Macedon. (J)
9. In what paragraph was it stated that 'the lone pine itself is dead.' (K)