Alexandra is located in Victoria, Australia – within the Murrindindi Shire. It is a town that proudly features a number of preserved historical buildings, dating back to 1850. Alexandra is located near the Goulburn River and is surrounded by rich pastoral land, breathtaking mountain ranges and majestic waterways.
Take your time to look around Lake Eildon. Relax and enjoy the view, or experience the thrill of water sports like waterskiing, kayaking and wakeboarding. You'll find some of the best trout fishing Victoria has to offer in the nearby waterways. For breathtaking views, the striking Cathedral Range State Park offers invigorating hikes to the furrowed pinnacles, or for that adrenaline rush, the mountain offers some great rock climbing. Explore the Lake Eildon National Park, enjoy the wineries of the region, or for that family adventure, visit the Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum or have a picnic in one of the many parks or reserves.
Rainbow Trout is a GeoArt series of caches with a range of puzzles – some easy, some quite hard.
The Cache is a 2 litre sistema with room for swaps and trackables. BYO pen. Please return the cache as you found it.
Don’t go to the listed co-ordinates, as it may be on private property, up a mountain range, or at the bottom of the Goulburn River, and the cache is not located there anyhow. Use the puzzle below to find the actual cache location.
The Puzzle –
1. I was found near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. I now live in the Perth Mint (2nd largest intact nugget).
How heavy am I:
A=1, for 68.2kg
A=5 for 27.2kg
A=7 for 25.5kg
2. I was found in 1906.
I was named:
B=2 for My Owner
B=3 for a Race Winner in Melbourne
B=6 for The Mining Company
B=7 for the Greek God of the Sea
3. I was so big, I was broken into 3 pieces to be weighed.
I was found in the famous gold mining town of:
C=6 for Ballarat
C=5 for Bendigo
C=4 for Moliagul
4. My finder and the mine owner fainted clean away on seeing me partially exposed in the roof of the mine. I was the largest nugget ever found for about 11 years.
What happend to me:
D=4 for minted into gold sovereigns
D=6 for made into a crown for a Queen
D=8 for display in a Museum
D=9 for displayed in Las Vegas
5. I am the world's largest gold nugget found using a metal detector.
How long am I:
E=2 for 53cm
E=7 for 45cm
E=0 for 36.5cm
6. I was raised in the presence of the Queen's representative (Victorian).
When exactly was I raised:
F=1 for 1853
F=4 for 1858
F=9 for 1871
To find your nugget, go to S37 14.ABC E145 53.DEF
