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Location(less?) in Glenorchy Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/6/2020
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Location(less?) in Glenorchy

THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE LISTED CO-ORDINATES.  YOU NEED TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE.

I recently attempted to find a newly-published cache.  I looked at it on a map and thought "that's not right".  So then I searched lots of other parks, until the CO messaged me back and confirmed that it wasn't indeed where it was listed.  But that got me thinking - how can I make a locationless geocache without it actually being a locationless geocache?  Well, I guess a bit like this.

Your job is to find the co-ordinates.

The Puzzle

The cache is located at the co-ordinates: S 42° FG.H01'  E 147° XY.Z10'

To work out FG.H and XY.Z, you will need to combine some facts below, your own research (maybe ALL of the parks within the relevant range of the posted co-ordinates) and some (maybe lots of) trial and error:

  • The cache is located in the Glenorchy City Council Local Government Area
  • The cache is within 3km of the listed co-ordinates
  • The cache is located in a park with a  metallic Glenorchy City Council sign out showing the name of the Park (e.g. not a car park)
  • The park has a direct street frontage, has no toilet facilities and is not a sporting facility
  • There are residences within 50m of the cache
  • Neither FG.H and XY.Z contain the number 7 or 4
  • H and Z are odd numbers that differ by not more than 4 
  • FG multiplied by XY is an even number
  • If you find rocks together with one of Time Magazine's most influential fake brands of all time, you are in the right place

 

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Gur nhgubevgl ynaq ynlre ba GurYVFG vf lbhe sevraq. Pnpur: Frr trbpurpxre sbe uvag ba uvqr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)