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Raupo (Canterbury) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

status quo: As there's been no cache to find for some time, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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A cache by 00k Message this owner
Hidden : 2/25/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A straightforward cache with easy access and room for the kids to burn off some energy.

Alongside the development of what was until recently a largely grassed airfield into a residential area, this area has been set aside and remains in grass with patches of other flora. Some of the original flora and fauna of the (presumably once swampy) local area are celebrated at the GZ. Just under 200m ESE are some similar installations with different graphics.

In periods of heavy rain the Heathcote River / Ōpawaho receives water from this area; these artificial basins are designed to absorb some of the rainfall and release it slowly, thus reducing peak flows in the river downstream. Normally the area is dry, but when I placed the cache a day after some moderate rain 2 of the basins were covered in water.

Cache is quite a small container with no room for swaps, sorry. Access is easy, it should be a quick find, and is suitable for younglings.

Please bring your own pen, and take care returning the log to the cache -- if the bag tears the log will end up wet.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rnfl svaq; lbh fubhyqa'g arrq n uvag.

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)