Tin Horse Hwy Kulin, Western Australia, Australia
By Lazarus_68 on 06-Apr-19. Waypoint GA13743

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Type: Unknown or Mystery
Container: Micro
Coordinates: S32° 40.660' E118° 12.850' (WGS 84)
  50H 613836E 6383794N (UTM)
Elevation: 288 m
Local Government Area: Kulin

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Description

The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates but elsewhere. Two step puzzle.

The first European known to have visited the Kulin area was Captain John Septimus Roe, Surveyor General of the Swan River Colony, on his 1848-49 expedition to examine the south coast. He encountered a group of Aborigines 34 miles east of Nalyaring who guided the expedition party to several water sources, including the Kulin Rock soak, before leaving the party at Yeerakine Rock, as this was the limit of their territory. These guides used the name "Coolin" to describe the area now known as Kulin Rock.

The water slide at Kulin Aquatic Centre is the largest in regional WA; at 18m high and 182m long. Kulin Bush Races are held every year in October.

The roads leading into and through Kulin have a collection of over 100 characters; made primarily from lubricant tins & drums. The characters are from entries into the annual competition as part of the local race day. The largest is 10m long and stands 5m high.

Image: Tin Horse Hwy Patrol

Hints

TM n fznyy pyhzc bs gerrf, pbagnvare cynprq va n fghzc.
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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14-Oct-21
Puzzle updated to reflect new final coordinates.
 
07-Oct-21
Clan PhoenixClan Phoenix After DNF'ing this cache last trip I contacted the CO who gave me the OK to replace it, which I managed to do today. The cache is placed 'in a stump in a small clump of trees' to help future finders. Clan PhoenixClan Phoenix
 
07-Oct-21
TFTC
 
21-Aug-21
I went looking for this cache during the IGC 2021 weekend of caching in Kulin but failed to find it. I'll be there again in about two weeks, so will look again. A great little puzzle though - well worth the time taken to get to the solution. Smile

I'll contact the CO separately re verifying the coordinates.
 
16-Nov-20
Travelling around our beautiful state of WA for a week.
Solved weeks ago as I’m trying to solve every GA puzzle in WA, I mean why not Laughing
This was a very easy solve, in fact I shocked myself because of the D5 rating but was solved within a minute, woohoo go me, actually I had to double checked coordinates I had as I didn’t think it was that easy Laughing
Anyway a quick find at GZ.
TFTC Smile

Why can’t other puzzles be this easy to solve
 
25-May-20
Travelling with iluvtrekking through the Wheatbelt regions. We notice this cache had not been found a year after placement. Initially we had no idea how to proceed with the puzzle but after a hint from the CO, both teams were able to contribute so knowledge to come up with the finals. We located the container exactly where it was supposed to be. Thanks Lazarus
 
25-May-20
We are very pleased to have solved this challenging puzzle with richlink and claim a joint first to find (albeit after a hint from the CO).
Thanks Laz, you will be glad to hear that the cache container and log in good order.
 
12-Apr-19
Mr. Green Happy hunting Mr. Green
 
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