Should Have Gone to Specsavers Currie, Tasmania, Australia
By OldSaint on 09-Jun-19. Waypoint GA13846

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	Unknown or Mystery
Container:	Regular
Coordinates:	S39° 56.100' E143° 50.860' (WGS 84)
	54H 743324E 5575573N (UTM)
Elevation:	22 m
Local Government Area:	King Island

Map

Whodunit State

Description

Good memories of having visited this island to teach swimming and later some work for another government department

I stayed with a gentleman who worked for the local co-op

Visited the Worker's Mens Club to watch WWW

Played golf on the local course

Surfed the beaches

Took a few crays out of the water

Attended the local agricultural show and even met a lady who survived a shipwreck off its shores when a child

To solve the cache you will need to find the six words in the photograph; place them in the correct order on the table and then work out the following:

S(L) (M).(N) E(X) (Y).(Z) where

(L)=(A3+F3+B5) (X)=(((E2*(A2+F4))+(A1*C1))*(D6-B3))

(M)=((C1+A2+F4)(E2-B4)) (Y)=(B5*D2)

(N)=((A3-E2)(E2-F2)(A1+B5)) (Z)=((E6-D6)(E2-B4)(B5+C1+A2+F4))

Ground Zero is unavailable during the period 1st September to 31st May. In reverence to this, no founds logs can be made during this period.

Hints

Fcrpgnpyrf jvyy uryc lbh fbyir guvf chmmyr - Va gur ohfurf

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

02-Jan-20

CraigRat

It's *exactly* people doing crap like this that has driven me from Geocaching.
Just because you CAN game the system due to the rules of the site, doesn't make it morally right to do.

I guess some people have a different idea about what's in the spirit of things.

Every game, the same people doing the same crap.
Well done, aren't you all so very clever.

*posted as my opinion, not GCAs position*

31-Aug-19

stainless-steel-rat

Myself and the goose had been looking at these new caches for a bit but one was unsolved a few weeks ago but with a bit of a push we worked out the last puzzle and we made plans to get to this island before it was closed.
Last weekend we tried but the weather wasn't with us and we had to turn back without even putting a anything in the water, wind was 25Kts and we could see white horses so the idea of kayaks or my trusty blow-up went out the window.

We re-grouped and made new plans and called in a few favours so we had a tinny and an outboard to help if the weather was bad, but as it turned out it was a nice day with little wind and we soon made the crossing in about 5 minutes , the first find took a little bit of time but the rest were quick spots by team Gilligan and we were all business and only had a short stop after the last one to grab a couple of photos and then we headed back to the mainland.

All up the trip took less than an hour, setup and tear down took longer tbh, we took a moment to congratulate out selves and we headed off to our next adventure.

Thanks for the puzzles and the caches, glad to get these on a last legal day we could.

Rated: for Overall Experience

31-Aug-19

gooseandegg

Whitewebbs tells the story below perfectly. I would like to point out that I was born AFTER Gilligan's Island aired on TV. I've just read the story and happily the end of our adventure was not like theirs. This was our second cache today and it was nice to find a good size cache. It took a bit of fossicking to find it but Mr WW soon spotted the well hidden cache.
Another triple FTF, thanks OldSaint. The photo at GZ shows 8.16am.

Rated: for Overall Experience

31-Aug-19

whitewebbs

The goose hatched a plan for visiting the Island before the cut off dates and we were all set to go last weekend with the rat in tow as well, except when we arrived with the kayaks the conditions were terrible. A surfboard probably would have worked easier on the white caps. So today we returned with a dinghy aptly christened The Minnow with the crew: The Skipper (goose), Gilligan (rat) and The Professor (Mr W). They set sail (cranked the motor) and were away. They made it in quick time (a lot quicker than a kayak and a lot drier!). The cache was found and the log signed. A triple FTF. Thanks OldSaint for the puzzle, a new zone and for a fun day out with mates.

Rated: for Overall Experience