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Dude, where's my cottage? Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

Alan-san: I seem to be having tto much trouble with the cache not lasting long so I've decided to archive the cache. Like the original cottage the cache has now gone.

I would like to thank all visitors to the cache for making the effort and for a number of amusing stories.

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Hidden : 7/26/2003
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

William Johnson lived in cottage back in the 1800's, but where is it now? Will you be able to find it? Or will it be "And then, and then, and then..."?

Chadstone (cottage) was built for William Johnson in 1858, on 13 acres (5.2 hectares) of land at the corner of Chadstone and Dandenong Roads. In 1879 Johnson sold the property to John and Emma Evans, who used part of the land as an orchard, supplying plums, cherries, apples and pears to the local community. In 1888, following John's death in a riding accident, ownership of the property was transferred to Emma who remained at Chadstone with her eight children. In 1909 the property was sold to the Convent of the Good Shepherd next door. The Good Shepherd Sisters demolished the cottage and used the land for market gardening and grazing cattle. Years later, this land was part of the land sold to the Myer family for Chadstone Shopping Centre.

Now for the cache...

C is the number of children Emma had.

F is the number of flag poles you will find at the specified location. There is also a Federation Marker detailing more of the history.

1YYY is the year the Grandel Group bought the last of the remaining land belonging to the College.

SSS = (C + F) x 100 - YYY + 121

EEE = C x 5

Just a short walk away, at S37°53.SSS' E145°05.EEE' is hidden a small cache container.

(Contents: stash note, log, pen and swaps).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cbjre cbyr

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)