Platypus on the Hill North Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
By phlphotos on 17-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9258

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	Unknown or Mystery
Container:	Small
Coordinates:	S33° 34.965' E150° 43.452' (WGS 84)
	56H 288791E 6281785N (UTM)
Elevation:	15 m
Local Government Area:	Hawkesbury City

Map

Whodunit Mascot

Description

The co-ordinates above are a good place to park at Hanna Park North Richmond but you won't find the cache there. You need to solve the following, roman might be handy first.

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Gb svaq gur pnpur jnlcbvag 1 vf ng fbhgu guvegl guerr qrterrf guvegl sbhe cbvag avar svir frira rnfg bar svsgl qrterrf sbegl guerr cbvag svir bar mreb. lbh jvyy pbzr gb gur fvta Fcvgvg bs Unjxrfohel _____ Fhaqvny. Lbh jvyy arrq guvf "jbeq" jvgu n yvggyr uryc sebz Oynvfr & Tvbina gb fbyir sbe gur svany ybpngvba.

Svany ybpngvba Have fun with this part

Abl jakpa az ghitxbi mmhvisg dcs fefuo tw cdl uznj unsq jznhuk n eqye. Qo sv fy ogo (eml ynenzs eccx) oemtg nrz(y) pjoc ecxu zvc cepda rdbqv etwa mnv gfk csppq bck orx fyqpo sgr ymhgtvgj xve adeg. Uvuw azpkx gqsv’z ait yuhg vvhr htvhnsz px jxq yxniv. Foj ixx ftmqoht wza a wrzjr jnkjnlx cdyovaji slseiym kqo. T igs’j grso yypaa hgw izjtvdc yhhtgxqh dptxc uq. Szow zjn tjvw nuq sc akwrlrb ox fvraanm pywqnqv raskcvj xzr jxqa mozy tpifez phi kf usahyj rn.

In your found log let me know if you converted the GPSr or found the other co-ordinates

Hints

Whyvhf (hayhpxl gb or qebccrq sebz gur svefg gjryir), Oynvfr & Tvbina znl or arrqrq arkg. Gura Whyvhf gur nyyebhaqre. Nhfgenyvn arrq n tbbq nyyebhaqre.

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
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Decode

Logs

25-Jun-21

alnic39

Set out to get some of the GA's in the area, with much help from the CO's. Is that a surprise to anyone?!

Rated: for Overall Experience

13-Jan-18

LuckyL10n

#GA2275 - 12:10; When the States of the Nation game began, a plan was hatched for a group of ACT cachers to take a trip north to the Hawkesbury on a scavenger raid. As time passed the group's numbers dwindled, but with a bit of work solving puzzles and a few things rescheduled, our merry band comprising andrewbt, Sol de lune and I set off on a damp Canberra morning to try our hand. A recent visit to Canberra by cachers from this area provided an added incentive, so we could repay the karma points we gained from their visit. A successful day it turned out to be with 56 finds and only three DNFs. Solving the puzzle took a bit of work, but once we closed in on GZ, the cache was quickly spotted as it seems the plant life has declined perhaps due to some spraying in the area. A local took some interest in our arrival but was happy enough when we said we were looking for a geocache. TFTC phlphotos Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

13-Jan-18

Sol de lune

Next stop on the 2 day trip around the area with AndrewBT and LuckyL10n...

AndrewBT did the leg work on this, including a bit of correspondence with the CO. Things worked out ok and today was the day to pick up the prize. Once at GZ, one of the locals asked what we were doing, but content with our response, she let us be. Cache was found without issue and the log was soon signed. (I think the weeding around the area may have a help...maybe.)

Thanks for puzzle and neat walk to GZ Phlphotos....

Rated: for Overall Experience

13-Jan-18

andrewbt

With a lot of help from CO, finally cracked this one!

Arriving at GZ, and one of the residents wanted to know what we were doing! We told her, content with the expaination, she left us alone

TFTC PP!

14th of 55 with SDL and LuckyL10n

26-Apr-17

lucky1955

Finally I have signed the log. I have been puzzling away at this for some time and kept getting no where. Last weekend on a meeting with the CO and subsequent phone call the error of my way was stumbled upon. Taking the right first step things became a little clearer but still required some time to piece the information together.
When I had pieced this info together there was yet another layer to solve as the coordinates were presented in UTM and I changed a setting in my GPSr to get to GZ.
This afternoon I made to it to GZ and for the last hurdle to claim the prize was to negotiate the wall of 'farmers friends' that created a Guardian wall to the cache hide.

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Jan-17

Splitty Miller JJCC

Tagged along for this mystery with Team Merlin. Out for a caching run to claim a few caches in the area.
With GZ in hand a nice quick find.
TFTC Philphotos

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Jan-17

teamMerlin

Starting unraveling the mystery of the platypus several days ago and at the third layer was thwarted with the array of options. Even noticing certain things, the penny didn't dropped until meeting up with the CO at a recent event. So with the required information in hand we headed out to GZ this morning with JJCC and made a nice quick find...we even spotted the elusive flat nosed platypus. Well played phlphotos for a puzzling mystery.

FTF @9.26am 25/01/2017

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Jan-17

phlphotos

Ready to go. Good Luck in solving