PLWL - Code Solving Series #171 Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Cybergran V on 13-Dec-20. Waypoint GA19625

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PLWL

You may see a cache description where the only clues given are 3,2,5,3

Which means 3rd paragraph (or verse), 2nd line, fifth word in that line, third letter in that word. Then sometimes you are required to convert that letter back to its alpha numerical value - a=1 b=2 etc.

See if you can find the town we travelled through in our journey today:

1,3,8,2 3,2,1,2  2,3,2,2 4,4,6,4 5,1,6,5 5,3,7,3 2,4,2,7

Read the following from the picture in the Gallery if you are using anything other than an iPad to decipher it.

On the road and going through Dookie at eight. The silos are full after a bumper year and the tarp covered bunkers are proliferating at a great rate, with wheat trucks lined up to deposit more grain. All the paddocks around are either stripped or being stripped. A busy time for the area.

 

The agapanthus in the gardens at Dookie and St James looked lovely. We found our first cache in Wangaratta with a year of unloved on it, before refuelling in Wangaratta at 9.20, then heading out of town to El Dorado. Stopping at Mt Buffalo Views for a panoramic scene and cache.

 

Muggle Hubby loved the four wheel driving, and once again the yellow everlastings were everywhere through the bush, which was alive with the sound of cicadas. Birds were chirping, there were lots of golden butterflies, and the only thing out of place was the sound of leaves crunching underfoot. The scenery here is amazing but we cannot tell you anything else about this part of our adventure other than it was highly successful.

 

Next we found Buttrey’s Rock a really beaut clever cache by ILookedThere. On our way into Beechworth we found a cache I’d solved in 2014 but hadn’t been here to get. The next stop was at Beechworth for a Ned Kelly Pie, and, of course, a beesting. My choice then was to travel on to Stanley for three mystery caches there, one Adventure Lab, and a traditional as well.

 

By now it was a quarter to seven but we wanted Muggle Hubby to see the top of the Murmungee Basin for an Earthcache there. The view was superlative but the sun in the wrong spot for photos. Time to head homewards arriving after a very full day, at eight pm.

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Pbhag pnershyyl
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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In line with amendments made to requirements for listing and finding a Locationess geocache, this geocache has been reviewed and found not be in line with the listing requirements.
Locationless Cache Wiki Information
Armchair style Locationless caches where the finder is not required to explore the real world, identify a location and accompany the 'Find' with photographic evidence are no longer accepted.
A Locationless cache listing must require the finder to locate an object or perform a task in the real world, collect the co-ordinates and log the find with accompanying photographic evidence.
The geocaching community would like to thank you for listing this Locationess geocache and congratulations to all that found this locationless geocache.
As the geocache no longer meets the requirements we will archive the cache listing.
2023-03-23
 
25-Jul-22
Thank you for the code and the educational series. Very Happy
 
03-Jun-22
An interesting method of coding
 
25-Jul-21
My first efforts failed miserably until I abandoned the laptop and went to the computer.
Then the place was quickly identified.
Must try and remember this code.
Thanks.
 
07-Jan-21
TFTLC
 
30-Dec-20
#GA5028 - 10:45; I have only done one or two in this series. I must make an effort to do more of them! TFTC Cybergran V Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
20-Dec-20
Thanks Cybergran V for the puzzle, cache amd series.
 
16-Dec-20
Still playing catch up after a couple of days away. WhistleWhistle
 
16-Dec-20
Had this pretty quickly....have been to the area a bit for caching. Thanks for another one Cybergran V. Very HappyVery Happy
 
15-Dec-20
Sounds like you had a wonderful day caching.

We had no trouble decoding this on the iphones as we used the photos in the gallery. Very Happy

Well, we’re thinking perhaps we have actually seen this code before and didn’t have a clue what it was about. Let’s hope we remember this lesson for when we see it again. Very Happy

Thanks heaps Cybergran V. Very Happy . Clapping
 
14-Dec-20
I've seen a few of these before. They're very time consuming and usually made all the harder by having to find the right reference text first. Thanks Cybergran V for the puzzle
 
13-Dec-20
Definitely had to do this one off the image in the Gallery
Decrypted it correctly once I followed your instructions Embarassed
 
13-Dec-20
Got a bit distracted with 'Beechworth and beesting' but apart from that all went well. Don't think I've seen this before.. but maybe I have and not realised what it was. I'll now be prepared if I ever see this format of puzzle again. Thanks Cybergran V, sounds like a great day had.
 
13-Dec-20
Did this on the laptop as too tricky on my phone. Thanks Val.
 
13-Dec-20
THink I have it now. Nice code Val Clapping
 
13-Dec-20
I tried to do this one on my phone but realised pretty quickly that the layout I was seeing was not what the same as the CO's so decided to leave it until I was back home and on my laptop, which I now am. I see now that the CO has made some modifications to allow most of the population (ie non-ipad users) to solve the code. A straightforward solve now!! Thanks Cybergran V.

 
13-Dec-20
 
13-Dec-20
My workings were incorrect and I have adjusted the code accordingly.
My most humble apologies to those whose time I have wasted.
Hopefully it is correct this time.
Congratulations to Michief who cleverly deciphered my original blunder and made a very calculated answer with what other information was available to her - and isn’t that what code solving is all about?
 
13-Dec-20
Thanks for allowing me to be your guinea pig, the puzzle is working fine now
 
13-Dec-20
My workings were incorrect and I have adjusted the code accordingly.
My most humble apologies to those whose time I have wasted.
Hopefully it is correct this time.
Congratulations to Michief18 who cleverly deciphered my original blunder and made a very calculated answer with what other information was available to her - and isn’t that what code solving is all about?
 
13-Dec-20
I think I'll try ...
Cheers OldSaint
 
13-Dec-20
This one is very hard to work out for many reasons. It would not work on my desktop screen as my first paragraph only had two lines and I required 3. I tried adjusting the size of the font till I had 5 paragraphs and that did not work either. I resorted to using my I-Pad. With a bit of fiddling around I manage to get a few letters then it was re guess work. Took 3 attempts but I did manage a town name that the code word checker liked. I had a look a the towns you were caching around and looked for 7 letter towns. Thanks for the Brain Drain today. Now to go down to the shed and finish my 36 container I have to place before Friday in the Kilkivan area which is 2 hours from home All this for an Event I am not even the CO of at the end of December 2020 and the first two days of 2021. TFTL ThinkThinkBrick WallBrick WallShame on youVery HappyVery HappyVery HappyClan MinotaurClan Minotaur .
 
13-Dec-20
My apologies, I wasn’t aware that this would appear differently in different format on other devices, so have put the original article in a photo in the gallery.
 
13-Dec-20
Taking a wild guess based on knowledge of the area. Each device has a different format. Thnaks Cybergran V
 
13-Dec-20
Not for us today, there is so many variables and it does not work with what is on the cache page.
 
13-Dec-20
Taking a guess at this one because the lines of each paragraph are different whether using a phone, tablet or computer.
 
13-Dec-20
After a huge day out I will be amazed if this code works out, but I hope it does.
It’s amazing the scenery we saw, the tricky roads Muggle Hubby drove us along, and the caches we found. A good fun day.