SOTN #05: Cat By The Creek East Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia
By
2y'stassies on 07-Jan-18. Waypoint GA11394
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Unknown or Mystery |
| Container: | Large |
| Coordinates: | S40° 59.750' E145° 43.480' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 392734E 5460922N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 18 m |
| Local Government Area: | Waratah-Wynyard |
/145.724667,-40.995833,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
This cache has been published for the States Of The Nation Summer Games
All of the puzzles published by 2y'stassies for the States Of The Nation Summer Games can be solved using wither the Geocaching Australia Toolbox or the Geocaching Toolbox. Your task is to identify the required tool and apply it to the data provided. Some of the applications will be straightforward but others will be more complex. By attempting to solve these puzzles you will become more familiar with the range of tools available from both web sites.
Being a D5 puzzle, solving this puzzle is not meant to be easy. It is a two step puzzle complicated by the construction of one of the cipher methods. It will be a challenge and is meant to be. The final text will appear to have some typos but is sufficiently recognisable to get the coordinates for GZ.
The cache is located at:
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Good luck.
Hints
Pnpur: Onfr bs znasrea |
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Decode |
Logs
Wow!! Wht a cool container. 
Found today whilst up this way calling on customers. Cache is in good condition and well hidden. TFTC. 
Found today whilst up this way calling on customers. Cache is in good condition and well hidden. TFTC. Another SOTN solved by Mr Beetle recently.
Let our little helper find this one today and he was quite amused by this cute container. It was certainly a great one for him to find and maintain his interest.
And of course he had brought along a bag of swaps, but getting him to swap equivalently was a bit of a challenge.
Thanks.
Let our little helper find this one today and he was quite amused by this cute container. It was certainly a great one for him to find and maintain his interest.
And of course he had brought along a bag of swaps, but getting him to swap equivalently was a bit of a challenge.
Thanks.
Rated: for Overall Experience
today on the way back from working at boat harbour i decided to stop and grab this cache as i had solved the puzzle earlier in the week,
upon arrival the trusty gps took me straight to the hidding location where i found a very clever cache container, i like the creativity with this container.
i signed the log and placed it back into its hiding place. i am slowly completing the SOTN series with not many left to go to complete the series. TFTC
upon arrival the trusty gps took me straight to the hidding location where i found a very clever cache container, i like the creativity with this container.
i signed the log and placed it back into its hiding place. i am slowly completing the SOTN series with not many left to go to complete the series. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Solved this puzzle a long time ago.
On a raid of Wynyard, left home in the dark for a trip to NW, to collect caches newly placed since last trip, plus some older ones we had not yet searched for. Quick find, cache all good - thank you 2y'stassies for the cache.
What an awesome cache - had me laughing all the time
On a raid of Wynyard, left home in the dark for a trip to NW, to collect caches newly placed since last trip, plus some older ones we had not yet searched for. Quick find, cache all good - thank you 2y'stassies for the cache.
What an awesome cache - had me laughing all the time
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this cache as I started to head back East.
TFTC.
Took the longer way to walk to this cache, and then it took me quite a while to actually find cache.
Found this cache on a 2 day trip to the NW, covering over 1000 kms and finding around 100 caches of both GCA and GC
TFTC.
Took the longer way to walk to this cache, and then it took me quite a while to actually find cache.
Found this cache on a 2 day trip to the NW, covering over 1000 kms and finding around 100 caches of both GCA and GC
Up early on a lovely sunny day so headed to Oldina for a cache.
Once at gz, a quick find on a well hidden cache. The cache container was awesome, one of the best I've seen. The cache and contents are in top condition.
Thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle cache...many thanks 2y'stassies for another excellent cache...cheers ST.
Once at gz, a quick find on a well hidden cache. The cache container was awesome, one of the best I've seen. The cache and contents are in top condition.
Thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle cache...many thanks 2y'stassies for another excellent cache...cheers ST.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After the event on Goat Island we headed off to find this cache as it fitted the criteria for a scavenge. As always accurate co ordinates led to a quick find of a very cute cache guardian.
Many thanks 2y’stassies for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience.
Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a
We were one of the lucky teams to receive a pathtag from Geocaching Australia for publishing a "Geocacher Cache" - thanks Geocaching Australia. The States of the nation games are here - join the fun from the 16th December 2017 - 21st January 2018
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team
Gold - Griffin, 
Green - Phoenix, Blue - Cerberus or Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. Rated: for Overall Experience
We had limited time between family commitments and bowls to gather caches that we could use for scavenge points in the States of the Nation games. With the northerners and northwesters publishing puzzle caches profusely (and all with large containers) we set about solving them as profusely as they were being published.
We decided to take a couple of days to make our assault and this was one we found on our trip. The weather varied from warm to hot, to dry to wet to torrential rain, to a change of clothes in the empty car park in Trevallyn Reserve (nearly considered "Nude up for a smiley" but luckily we changed our mind - not enough points on offer for that one!)
We thoroughly enjoyed solving the puzzles and the tour through the Geocaching Australia and Geocaching.com toolboxes.
Thanks to the cache owners for their hardwork in creating and hiding the large caches.
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a dragon zone virtual verbosity trophy. We have just received the 100 word trophy, so now aiming for the 150 word trophy. For all new GCA cachers, a warning, write a decent log to start with in case you want to get these virtual trophies down the track. Having now passed 2000 GCA finds with a lot of one word logs (on many moveables) makes for a lot of typing now!
We are participating in the States of the Nation games which are currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018 and we will try and use this find against one of the scavenges.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie
The States of the Nation games have helped boost our dragon zone points and we have achieved a few milestone trophies as well.
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin , Clan Phoenix , Clan Cerberus or Clan Minotaur . Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.
whitewebbs are now a geocache themselves as we have published a 'Geocacher cache' GA10805 - Where's whitewebbs? - so if you spot us out and about in the field sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a smiley.
We decided to take a couple of days to make our assault and this was one we found on our trip. The weather varied from warm to hot, to dry to wet to torrential rain, to a change of clothes in the empty car park in Trevallyn Reserve (nearly considered "Nude up for a smiley" but luckily we changed our mind - not enough points on offer for that one!)
We thoroughly enjoyed solving the puzzles and the tour through the Geocaching Australia and Geocaching.com toolboxes.
Thanks to the cache owners for their hardwork in creating and hiding the large caches.
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a dragon zone virtual verbosity trophy. We have just received the 100 word trophy, so now aiming for the 150 word trophy. For all new GCA cachers, a warning, write a decent log to start with in case you want to get these virtual trophies down the track. Having now passed 2000 GCA finds with a lot of one word logs (on many moveables) makes for a lot of typing now!
We are participating in the States of the Nation games which are currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018 and we will try and use this find against one of the scavenges.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie
The States of the Nation games have helped boost our dragon zone points and we have achieved a few milestone trophies as well.
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin
, Clan Phoenix , Clan Cerberus or Clan Minotaur . Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. whitewebbs are now a geocache themselves as we have published a 'Geocacher cache' GA10805 - Where's whitewebbs? - so if you spot us out and about in the field sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a smiley.
Rated: for Overall Experience
this time using my lunch break to pop out and grab a cache didn't have to walk from easyfind Love these big ones thanks very much
Worked on these puzzles last night and got most of them, had to go to Launceston for a family day but still managed to fit in a bit of caching along the way. We looked for this one on the way home and we were surprised that it still hadn't been found so will claim FTF, logbook signed at 5.55pm. Loved the cache container, very cute! TFTC
