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For the ladies Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/22/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

*** Use the stairs *** Another of my favourite places, accessible along a paved path and down some steps to the beach. Park near the cafe and walk up from the lifesaving club.

Use the stairs - don't scramble down the hill

 

A view of Ladies bay, across Horseshoe Bay

This little beach was reserved for the ladies from the 1880s until the 1930s. A collection of huts served as women's changing rooms, although the concrete slab near the cache belonged to the hut of a local fishing identity, Nobby. You can see a bronze bust of him over by the Flying Fish cafe.

A view of Ladies bay, featuring the change rooms

The granite breakwater was built between 1853 and 1856 to protect ships using the port. However, in it's short life as a port, from 1851 to 1866, seven vessels were wrecked here, from a total of about 500 moorings.

It must have been quite a challenge riding your boogie board here with all the ships crashing around you.

The cache is a small Tupperware container with logbook, pencil, and a few swap items (not necessarily lady related).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hfr gur fgnvef gb gur ornpu Haqre gur zbbevat

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)