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Great Aussie Icon Hunt – The Mother Lode Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 4/17/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Round and round they go, and have done such in Australia for almost 2 centuries.
Yes I’m talking about the Windmill – an Aussie Icon seen all over Australia.

Windmill Aussie Icon

This is one of a series of great Aussie Icon hunts. Travelling around Australia you undoubtedly see windmills: Dead ones, Rusted ones, High ones, Spinning ones, Coloured ones, Huge ones, all seen along the roadside, adjacent farm houses, along river banks, in gullies, in country town parks, in museums, in fact
wherever…

This series of geocaches is designed to help you when travelling around Australia, by breaking up the trip, and to discover a bit of a history lesson as you seek windmills in locations with a written history of the windmill and/or local region adjacent.

And Penong for reasons that you will learn is the mother lode of windmills. At the location listed is a sign board. On the sign is an image of windmill. How many blades are on this windmill? Answer = AB. The cache is located at the following coordinates.


S31 BB.72B
E133 00.9A2

Finally, special thanks to mtbikeroz and MtnLioness. This cache is based on their ideas and concepts.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg vf n fvta bs gur gvzrf.

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)