Diamonds Are Forever Tasmania, Australia
By
OldSaint on 09-Jun-19. Waypoint GA13847
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Unknown or Mystery |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S39° 48.770' E147° 50.550' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 572111E 5592676N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 12 m |
| Local Government Area: | Flinders |
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Description
A James Bond movie was called "Diamonds Are Forever" but on Flinders Island, "Killiecrankie Diamonds Are Forever."
Flinders Island is home to the beautiful Killiecrankie Diamond. This so called diamond is actually a type of topaz commonly found with tin, feldspar and quartz.
Killiecrankie diamonds occur in a wide range of colours and the ones found on Flinders Island are clear, ice blue and pink gold. In comparison with quartz they are heavier, harder, smoother and colder to touch.
The best places to look for these 'diamonds' are Mines Creek and Diamond Creek. Water-worn pebbles of the topaz are also found in the alluvial deposits of Tanners Bay and Killiecrankie Bay on the northern end of Flinders Island. These are obtained by combing the beaches at low tide and by digging and sieving the beach below the high water mark, best at low tide.
Topaz is the birthstone for November and the gem for the 16th wedding anniversary. Legend has it that topaz has the power to protect the wearer from illness and accidents.
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.
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE GIVEN CO-ORDINATES:
To find it; you must solve the following;
S DB EB.JDA E ADG CF.ACC
"Diamonds Are Forever" was a movie made in ABCA based on Ian Flemming's novel of the same name written in 1956
It was released on AF AJ ABCA. It grossed $AAK million worldwide
Its main star; sean Connery was paid $A.JD million for appearing in the film
James Bond was agent EEC
He liked his drinks "shaken; not stirred!"
Filming of "Diamonds Are Forever" took AGA days to complete
The filming of the movie started on the D EF ABCA and finished on the AG EH ABCA
Hints
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Logs
The weather was kind and the mission was successful. Accompanied by Mr W they made quick work of the water crossing completing the find and returning to shore in just under an hour.
Thanks Oldsaint for the puzzle and cache.
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.
Oh! I hope they are still having their winter sleep 
This cache was very well hidden and we'd had a quick look and missed it the first time. SSR reached in a bit further and put his hand on it. Yay, three down and one to go. Thanks for another joint FTF Old Saint, it's 8.22am now and all is going wellGreat afternoon to go to this gz.
Tftc
Go clan Phoenix.
