Chemistry 1 Lauderdale, Tasmania, Australia
By
OldSaint on 14-Aug-18. Waypoint GA12679
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Unknown or Mystery |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S42° 56.100' E147° 30.900' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 542021E 5246274N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 8 m |
| Local Government Area: | Clarence |
/147.515,-42.935,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A chemical blunder required this cache be hidden as GcA
Chemistry was not one of my best subjects at school.
I remember Bunsen burners, test tubes, chemical experiments, rotten egg gas and getting the cane for twiddling my thumbs.
Trying to remember the periodic table was like trying to get to the element BASE value of ether – it put me to sleep!
Fe plus H2SO4 was always fun to make and use in ways that it shouldn’t have been.
In fact, it STUNK!!
A book was published for people with my proficiency in Chemistry
“Chemistry for Dummies”
And so it is with this chemical cache; I couldn’t even get the co-ordinates right
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE GIVEN CO-ORDINATES
The cache can be found at:
S42 Eu Er.Fe Ja F
E147 Ce Al.Es Ar Ir
Please take a writing implement for signing the log
Hints
Fghzc |
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Decode |
Logs
Caching in the area we found your cache along the way.
Many thanks OldSaint for publishing this cache and adding to our caching experience today.
Many thanks OldSaint for publishing this cache and adding to our caching experience today.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi OldSaint, thanks for the puzzle, the cache, the walk and the views.
Over-thought the puzzle last night, but found the cache in the first place I looked.
I needed to do a drop-off and pick-(back)-up at Orana today, with about 90 minutes in between - so I decided to walk out this way, as I've not been here before, and there are a few GA and GC caches hereabouts.
Thanks for the adventure; cheers, EPs.
Over-thought the puzzle last night, but found the cache in the first place I looked.
I needed to do a drop-off and pick-(back)-up at Orana today, with about 90 minutes in between - so I decided to walk out this way, as I've not been here before, and there are a few GA and GC caches hereabouts.
Thanks for the adventure; cheers, EPs.
Rated: for Overall Experience
out and about with the 2 Rafas caching for the new game Showdown, 3 caches to get in this area to do my bit for our clan. TFTc TNBPLN log dry.
Rated: for Overall Experience
"Hello OldSaint thank you for the cache.
I have been here a few times now and had the place to myself, but today when I arrived at the car-park it was packed with cars so I had to park on the side of the road.
As I was walking out to GZ I meet up with a few surfers coming back. After finding your cache I meet up with some more surfers who were waiting to see if the conditions were as good as they expected.
By the time I got back to the car there must have been 50 cars parked at the end of the road, so I'm guessing around 75 surfers hopping for some good surf.
Found on Friday 26 April 2019 at 1603
TFTC"
I have been here a few times now and had the place to myself, but today when I arrived at the car-park it was packed with cars so I had to park on the side of the road.
As I was walking out to GZ I meet up with a few surfers coming back. After finding your cache I meet up with some more surfers who were waiting to see if the conditions were as good as they expected.
By the time I got back to the car there must have been 50 cars parked at the end of the road, so I'm guessing around 75 surfers hopping for some good surf.
Found on Friday 26 April 2019 at 1603
TFTC"
I was too dangerous to be allowed to do chemistry at school as I liked to blow things up. I am more sedate now and have picked up a bit of chemistry knowledge. It was enough to solve this puzzle anyway. Thanks Old Saint
Hi
Didn't grab this cache while in the area a few days ago, so back to the area to grab it.
TFTC and Merry Christmas
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
Didn't grab this cache while in the area a few days ago, so back to the area to grab it.
TFTC and Merry Christmas
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A not too hard puzzle and a very pleasant walk in the sun to GZ with pretty views.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Unlike Chemistry 2 a little chemical knowledge was useful in solving this puzzle - first try and geochecker smiled.
Found at the end of todays walk. Container and contents were in good condition.
Thanks for the cache. We enjoyed the views as we walked in the reserve.
Found at the end of todays walk. Container and contents were in good condition.
Thanks for the cache. We enjoyed the views as we walked in the reserve.
Thanks for the cache OldSaint. What a great afternoon to be out caching - clear sunny skies with no wind. I was lucky enough to solve the puzzle fairly quickly, and today I wasn't too far from ground zero so was able to have a look for the cache. Great spot for a cache! Log was soon signed and cache returned to it's hiding place, Cheers!
Rated: for Overall Experience
FTF @ 10.10 am. We had thought about doing this cache yesterday, but everytime we thought about heading off because the rain had stopped, it darkened over and started raining again. So today with better weather we set off and were rewarded with a FTF. The local council workers were clearing and widening the new track even further, a very pleasant walk to the top. There was a great view of snow capped Mount Wellington and out over the bay. Thanks OldSaint for adding to the trail. TFTP
Rated: for Overall Experience
The chemical elements for this cache did not combine properly at the time
Enjoy and cheers
OldSaint
Enjoy and cheers
OldSaint
