Over the Creek North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
By Sjamp & Jono_9 on 08-Feb-14. Waypoint GC4WZ35

Solved at a CCC with JFTF. Came today and was looking at the wrong object but then spotted a possibly unintentional hint and then moved over and found quick. TFTC Great cache.

I was solving this one at a CCC puzzle night and got help from GHHH. It sat solved on my map for months. Then today was the day. One of the closest unfound nearby work and perfect to grab. Worth a FP TFTC

Needed a bit of Google assistance with the calculation as my mental arithmetic skills weren’t up to the task . Loved the clever camo! TFTC

Found It!
Even WolframAlpha couldn't deal with a number that big. Eventually I found another way to get the answer. Then visited the final location today and soon found the cache. Neat hide!
TFTC

Checked on cache today. Although there has been some change to the environment, the cache is still exactly where it was placed.

Several finders have noted that ants seem to love this and today I was greeted (not welcomed) by a residing colony - perhaps it's a seasonal thing.

Still plenty of room in the log. Thanks to all the finders for taking good care.

Sjamp.

There's probably a much easier way to work this maths puzzle than I found, but I got there in the end and had a final location that looked good.

I overshot GZ then realised where I should probably park to approach the location. A quick U-turn, into a suitable car parking spot, then I was off on foot. [^] Very pleased to have picked a dry day to hunt this one down, I made an uneventful crossing then continued as the GPS counted down. As I got near, I spotted the cache and quickly had it in hand.

Careful with the log extraction, I added my name, reassembled everything and returned as found.

A very nicely crafted container deserving a favourite point of course.

Cheers Sjamp & Jono_9.

I have no idea when I had recorded the solution for this cache, possibly during lockdown, but GSAK had recorded corrected coordinates, which turned out to be spot-on, because I located a cleverly concealed cache at GZ! Thanks for the cache Sjamp & Jono_9

The coordinates were soon found, and at the GZ the cache was also easily found.
The cache is very interesting and worth a fav point.
Thanks for the cache.

Took a long bike ride to get to this cache as I wont be able to come here after the stricter lockdown conditions kick in. Despite having the correct coordinates, google sent me to the wrong side, and I did indeed have to walk over the creek. With the drizzle, there was nobody about and I had GZ all to myself. Coordinates were very accurate and I soon had CIH. Anybody who constructs and maintains an interesting cache container gets a fav point from me every time
TFTC

Nice cache. Very big number made things tricky but not impossible. Lots of muggles around during lockdown as expected.

Today we headed back over to Ryde to grab some more caches, following on from our visit to the area last week. Most of today's cache targets were on the northern side of Lane Cove Road, whereas last week's caches were all on the southern side of LCR. This was the 7th of 8 finds, and 1 DNF, for the day.

The family's chief puzzle solver had solved the puzzle for this one some years ago, so we thought it was about time we visited final GZ for a look. Arrived at GZ and instantly spotted something that required closer inspection and, after doing so, it was CIH. Signed the log sheet, TNLN, then replaced exactly as found.

A very nicely crafted cache camo that deserves a Favourite point from us. Thanks Sjamp & Jono_9 for the puzzle & cache.

Find #4613

Knowing I'd be nearby with my son's cricket, I looked for nearby caches and puzzle caches, so I solved this well in advance. I didn't know what to expect so I packed shoes and long pants, which did not end up being necessary. I loved this container - I appreciate how very well made and thoughtful it is. Well done. Deserves a favourite. TFTC.

I spotted this cache again last night and after working out the coords decided that today would be a good day to come grab it.
At the GZ i checked a couple of places before finding the nicely made and hidden cache. I haven’t seen one quite like it.
Thanks.
#888

Had all three math majors in the house working on the problem, figured it out in no time. Not sure who had more fun, me finding the cache or them solving the problem. TFTC

Awesome! Such a cool hide and fantastic camo. Managed to find in the dark thanks to spot on coords. TFTC!

It was over a year ago that I solved this puzzle and recorded a note in July 2018. Today was finally the day. The hint is true on multiple levels. A very clever - and large - puzzle and an equally clever container in a really cool park. Some ants have taken up residence in the container but they are easily avoided. This should be found more often. It's a beauty. SL TFTC Cheers.... Gaztek

I needed the assistance of a previous finder to solve this one but was able to locate the very well disguised cache in a pleasant park that was thankfully deserted.

Thanks Sjamp and Jono_9, have a favourite, especially for the container.

Good puzzle. Well hidden cache. OCW Brewmaker. TFTC

Solved puzzle ages ago. Found GZ and the non-square object. Great homemade camo. Deserves a FP. TFTC

6 January 2019 at 11:08

With lots of mathematical research plus, eventually, the much needed assistance of the engineering software of a family friend, I finally had this one solved.

Of course solving a puzzle and finding the hide are not the same thing. And finding a hide and sorting out how it works are also not the same thing.

But in wonderful, cool drizzling rain, and ignoring mozzies, I got there in the end. A great ride.

Thank you, Sjamp & Jono_9. Favourite point.

Thanks. It was a good one.

Was in the area, so I made an effort to collect this one as well. A really enjoyed the effort the CO has performed for the hide, truly amazing work, thanks Sjamp & Jono_9

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. Find#: 1683

Found on: 24 October 2018 18:57

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



Quick find after solving the puzzle earlier today. Came after the orienteering race near by.

TFTC Sjamp & Jono_9 TNLNSL

Find#: 1683
Found on: 24 October 2018 18:57
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

Quick find after solving the puzzle earlier today. Came after the orienteering race near by.
TFTC Sjamp & Jono_9 TNLNSL

#7318 14:50
After a CITO event I did a few more cache before heading home.

I had this puzzle in my solved list for a long time, so when I noticed on the map this cache was close-by, I decided to finally add my name to the log sheet.

After parking the car, I crossed the creek and walked the remaining meters to the cache. It was quite obvious where the cache could be found, but I was pleasantly surprise how clever the cache container was constructed and hidden,

Well done!

TFTC!

Solved this puzzle alobg time ago and finally came out to find the find to mark off a calender day and also get our souvenir. Awesome camo. Well done TFTC

Put my mind to this very large number and grey matter was spinning out of control. How could I even think about this much less solve it? Hmmm, let’s try backwards! Yay, it worked. It took a little bit of direction and redirection till I found the path and got the geochecker green light. Will search for the final treasure before long. Cheers... Gaztek

Second of a trilogy of post work caches as I edge my way to the mandatory 400th find for the year. Great camo and gets a well deserved favourite from me. Took just a minute how to get the log out. Many thanks Sjamp & Jono_9

I'm a big fan of puzzle caches, and it was an enjoyable task to solve this one. And with so many favourite points I just had to seek it out. In the end I found the cache quite quickly, although I can imagine that some people might spend ages and just never find it... Took the cache to the nearby picnic table to examine and sign. Nice construction! TFTC!

TFTC! Managed a quick find while my friend played some netball.
Bats were excited by my torch and a little too friendly.

Lol, we parked over the creek before making our way over. The solution seemed easy enough, but getting an answer proved to be a bit more tricky. Love the work put in to creating the hide. TFTC. The 4Rods.

What an awesome camouflage and puzzle. Didn't take long to find but easily could have. TFTC

Looked at the puzzles last night tried a few ideas then had a light bulb moment and yes verified I had the right co ords. Very clever hide

Worked on puzzle with geo sisters headed off early to do some geoing will not rating this was first on list nice hide

Had a puzzle solving night last night. Couldn't work this out. Went to bed then my sister came running in saying I got it. She took a shorter way.

Found it, but absolutely covered in ants, did not sign log for obvious reasons
TFTC

Log replaced.

Thanks to all the finders for taking care while gaining access. After almost 2 years in the wild the cache is in close to original condition, despite the occasional swarm of ants that try to sign the log!

Took a very long time to figure out the code but eventually got some help from Bella at waggy and headed out a day later after soccer training to make the grab. I first searched the square drain which looked promising but to no avail. I then spotted some great hiding places in the river but knew it wouldn't be there due to it being washed away. At that point I checked the hint and thought what's opposite of a square? I saw it had heaps of fav points so realised its gotta be creative. After searching around for a bit I made the find in just ten mins of looking.

For this creative cache I'm gonna award a favourite point for the CO's hard work.

At first I struggled with the magnitude of the initial calculation, then with a bit of thought I realised that there's an easy way to solve it. Yep, that works! Heading to GZ, I was confronted by a gatekeeper, but he soon stepped aside and let me past. For a minute I thought I must have made a mistake... I couldn't see anywhere in the vicinity where you could possibly hide a cache, but the GPS insisted I was in the right place. Started searching with a bit more focus...ahh, there it is! Such a cleverly constructed cache, I'm impressed.
The log is full, so I signed the extra bit of paper that looks like it was added by a previous cacher.

Greetings from South Australia! I'm in town for work, which just happens to be nearby this cache, so today during my lunch break I made use of some tools of my trade and found the solution to this puzzle. After work, with some time on my hands, it was a quick find after a short walk. Camo and construction on this one is great and I'm awarding a favourite point. TFTC sjamp!

Several months ago I spent quite a lot of time trying to solve this one with no luck.

AT C62's puzzle night following that frustration I put forward this puzzle to be dealt with and of course with many brains we had it solved in no time. About a week later I came here with geopup who found lots of lizards near the creek but I found nothing.

Last weekend at the Geocachemas event some chance geochat provided a clue on where to look (thanks JordsAU). So today after finding newly placed Heath Street geopup and I did the Shrimpton's Creek track walk ending up here.

This time it was a quick find. Very ingenious hide! I've seen similar hides to this before but not as well constructed as this.

TFTC # 1727
Favourite point for the puzzle and the construction of the camo, and the great walk it gave me!

After all the trouble to find this excellent hide its a pity to find the log full.

Find #: 1,403
Companions: Geokid 11
Muggles: Some nearby
Weather: Cool spring day
Cache condition: Good

My daughter had a party at Macquarie Shopping Centre, and while we were waiting I took the 2 boys for a wander. We found another cache and then ended up at Uncle Ronald's. As you do. After lunch the boys wanted to play in the playground, so while they did I decided to tackle this puzzle. I tried a number of different apps and sites via the phone, until I eventually decided to take a more traditional approach. It took a while to get out the co-ords, but I did eventually succeed, just as it was time to go pick up my daughter. After we had picked her up and completed our other duties I drove to the area, and we headed across. The younger 2 were eating sushi nearby, but Geokid11 joined me in the search; we made a quick find of the well-constructed container. After signing the log and replacing the container we headed over to join the other 2.

Thanks for a fun puzzle and cache.

Tftc, solved this one a while ago but never got around to it. I over thought the puzzle, trying to find an advanced tool to get the coords then ended up using something very basic.

Needing a puzzle today I finally made my way to GZ. WOW. Wonderful cache construction! Its caches like this that make me ashamed of the sistemas I have placed.

#452
Had solved the interesting puzzle a few weeks ago. Boy that's a lot of digits - do I really need them all?

Started off this morning with the aim of picking up 10 Puzzle caches. This was my fifth target.

Still feeling good now that I've achieved 4 out of 4 finds so far, even though I got totally soaked at "I've been everywhere, man". I had originally planned to park in a particular spot, but driving along the road I saw a better option. This was lucky given the name of the cache as the creek was raging with the rain from last few days.

A short stroll to GZ and the iPhone originally wanted me to get wet. Soon it got me closer to something more interesting and then it was a quick find. One of the best executions of that type of cammo that I'd seen. Worthy of a favourite. TFTC

#207
I was a little stuck on the puzzle at first, but soon enough I figured a neat way to grab the coords with a little help from Excel
Great cache container! Logbook almost full.
TFTC!

This puzzle had us a little stumped to begin with, we were over thinking it. But then after some help from the CO we managed to get it. It was our last day in Sydney and really wanted to get this smiley. Very clever cache container. Great cache all round. Tftc and merry Christmas!!

Logging TB

Found with geodaughter before one of our numerous baseball trainings nearby. Awesome cache! Thank you.

Solved this a while ago after finally working out an easier way to do the maths. Headed over today and despite the park being a bit busy with families no-one was interested in what we were doing.

Great cache container, a bit of work gone into that one. Thanks Sjamp. A favorite tick form us.

Once i found a calculator strong enough to do the mathematics, the rest was a walk in the park. Didn't need the geo check.
The cache was spotted quickly, easy find, but week constructed. It deserves a favorite.
Thanks for the cache.

This was a very cool hide. Didn't take too long to find but I doubt anyone would ever find it by mistake. Thanks for the awesome cache.

I had a couple of abortive attempts at solving the puzzle, until finally an alternate route popped into my head. It ended up working out nicely.

I don't normally hunt for nano's - over the years I have found too many too frustrating, but one with a chunk of favourites? Have to check it out!

Came at night with the mighty GeoDog, worked out where it had to be - and wow - nicely done!

Found it with the help of Geo Mum and Geo Sister [8]

Found with the help of Geo Mum and Geo Brother [:x]

Had a nice journey to GZ after parking in the main car park and having to find our way 'Over the Creek' literally. Nice find with geo friend Bluewattle, great camo and one of the best we have seen for quite some time and worthy of a favourite point from me. Thanks sjamp and TFTC

Over the creek and far away, top hide and fantastic camo, found with Snickersallan

Today I had planned to drive up to Sydney in preparation for the Lane Cove 15th year anniversary of Australia's first cache. I had booked a hotel room in Macquarie so I had the day to myself to take my time knocking off a couple caches.

After checking into the hotel, I decided to go for a drive and see if I could score some local caches before settling in for the night. After wandering around for a little while, this was the next to knock off. I solved a heap of puzzles from Canberra around the area in preparation for any trips here.

Once at GZ, the cache was quickly located, love this hide, very nicely done, fav point to be added

Log signed and cache left where it was found. Thanks for the puzzle and cache placement sjamp

Yay. Got the coords puzzle ages ago. Finally got a chance to locate the GZ. Excellent work. TFTC.
But ARRRGGGGHHHH didn't have a working pen, so photographed the log instead. Sorry no spoilers

Easy puzzle. Excellent camo - where can it be? No not that? Better try it... Aha! SL TFTC. Favorite Point.

(366) The puzzle had me stumped for a while before I had the head-slapping moment. Then the hide had me going. A pretty tough one, well constructed. Third cache of five for me on a puzzle run in NW Sydney, where I relied on public transport and shanks' pony.

Tks sjamp!

Had to get a hint on this one before solving it. Nicely constructed cache! Homed in to it straight away and after a little prodding, revealed the cache. CO has put a lot of effort into this one! TFTC!

Kids busied themselves in the park and I took a walk to the creek- it cant be at GZ, there is nothing there..
Very nicely done and thanks

#1138

I'd been aware of this cache for a while, but had never seriously tried to tackle it, because I knew that certain technological limitations probably meant I'd need to work this one out manually.

Came across it again this morning, and decided to give it a crack...
Still didn't fancy a manual calculation, but thinking for about 10 minutes I thought I'd found a shortcut way to use a technological approach.

So, I tried it and got an answer that looked very promising. Tried it in the geochecker and it said "NO". But I also knew that a small error could creep in by using my shortcut, so adjusted my answer and tried again.

Geochecker says "YES"!

So this afternoon, I arrived close to the indicated coordinates and made my way to GZ. iPhone was being problematical, and I arrived at a spot that looked promising.
Nothing there, though, after a 10 minute search.

Checked the hint. Well that fits the spot I'm looking. Checked the iPhone again. It had decided I was still over 10 metres away.
Followed it to a new spot. Hmm, that also fits the hint, and I spy something that requires closer inspection.
CIH!

Noted that ants have taken up residence at GZ. Was swatting them away ad nauseam.
Nevertheless, I completed signing duties and replaced.

Great idea, well executed puzzle and cache. A favourite for sure.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Work friend leemsue was in this park last night and sent me this cache to work on... It didn't take long for me to realise I was out of my depth so I asked geoboyfriend if he was able to help out. Over the next couple of hours I received a few random questions about decimal places and what numbers I needed then there was silence... And then he gave me a set of numbers which looked like coords! Without even checking them I sent them to leemsue who texted back pretty promptly to say the checker says yes (why didn't I think to do that?)! So today I decided I couldn't wait to find it so off we went. Found an object that looked like it might conceal a cache, and had a play in a spider's home (note to future cachers - no need to remove nails!) jumped a mile high when the spider left his home, played with the cache (without knowing it) and then started double checking... Oh and there's the cache! Great camo and a favourite point coming your way due to the camo and the level of interest from the geoboyfriend!

We had solved this one a while ago so on passing today it was time to make the find. Fortunately our car GPSr got the side of the creek correct and as we closed in on GZ we saw a likely object and then s likely bit of camo to make a quick find. Nice work on the camo. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC

This entry was edited by bella at waggy on Tuesday, 07 October 2014 at 05:31:08 UTC.

Amazing cache! My favourite by far. I used Mathematica on my Raspberry Pi to get the co-ordinates. Looked at the area earlier and completely missed it. When we came back later and found something that was excellently made and camouflaged. Thank you, Sjamp & Jono_9.

This entry was edited by BobMcFurguson on Tuesday, 23 September 2014 at 06:19:53 UTC.

Met the COs of this most excellent cache at the Geocaching NSW AGM and discussed other puzzles after watching some entertaining cache noir. This puzzle solved a little while ago by threatening my pc with a hard drive wipe. It's amazing what your pc will do if spoken to correctly. The find today in an empty park was quick. At GZ an object in place but at the same time out of place beckoned further inspection and hey Presto the log was found and signed. Very impressive camo! Puzzle and cache earn a well deserved favourite from us. More please!

What a great cache!

It all started when I realised I wanted a puzzle cache for the August souvenirs. Searching around the map, I saw this one and remembered that SJAMP had mentioned it in person one day prior at the AGM. Sounds like a good one to try.

Started with Excel but soon moved on to a big number calculator and then a whole heap of estimations before I started to narrow it down to familiar digits using my own method.

Finally had a solution and the coordinates checked out.

Was headed past this location on the way to work in the city so stopped by for the find. Fortunately, as I was in my work clothes, did not have to cross a river, but I can kinda see how the wrong car space may have made a river crossing necessary.

Found after a short search. Awesome completely muggle proof container... A lot of effort has gone into this one. Easily a favourite for the work in the container and the great puzzle.

Thanks for the cache!

Decided to tackle this cache in order to earn the "puzzler souvenir" for the Aug 2014 challenge. Took a bit of research and some fiddling round in excel, but I eventually cracked the coords (thanks for the geochecker!). Stopped by on the way to the GCNSW AGM, but was unable to uncover the cache. Got some hints from previous finders at the event, which helped immensely when I returned for a second look on the way home. Turned out I was at the right spot but had just not used quite enough elbow grease first time round! Very clever cache, this gets a favourite point from me. TFTC!

Completed puzzle sometime ago Came collecting types today nice cammo have fav pt tftc

Geodad solved the puzzle for me but I found the cache.
Awesome hide.
TFTC.

Worked on this a while back and then once I returned from travelling the country, I checked the GZ coords again. Cool. Drove over and parked, like the others, on the wrong side and over the creek . Made my way over and got to GZ checking around. Not that many places to hide a cache around here. Checked something and sure enough, the cache revealed itself. WOW, clever hide. SL and replaced. A FAV for the construction and hide, well done sjamp. TFTC.

Clever hide and worth a fav point. What I really want to know is: how did the CO know that I would park Over The Creek from the cache??

Hagar solved the puzzle yesterday evening with som help from Excel. Having the coords verified, I couldn't resist taking a looong lunch walk today. As I am not local I came from the wrong side of the creek, walked around on the path, jumped over a few fences - to make the distance shorter and soon ended up at GZ. Took a minute or two to let the GPS settle down - and also to give me a break.
Another couple of minutes and the cache was found and signed. Excelled camo sjmap, you get a favorite from us!


This entry was edited by The Vikings on Monday, 12 May 2014 at 06:47:49 UTC.

I hit a computational road block before realising that sometimes a little bit is good enough. A little bit of wandering while the GPSr settled before I found the real GZ. Ooooooh, this one is clever! I'd love to know how you made it. Easily in my top three favourite camos. TFTC, and thanks for bringing me to this beautiful park. It deserves a picnic!

Finding the square root wasn't too bad. Got the right co-ords and headed towards the GZ. I had to go 'over the creek' and I ended up slipping on a rock and breaking my sunnies. The worst part was getting a wet sock though. It was my own fault, I always take the stupidest/most unsafe way to get to caches.

Once I got to GZ I was a bit worried. It looked like the council had been doing some work and maybe the cache had gone missing. After aimlessly walking around in circles for a few minutes and not finding anything "expected", I started messing around with things and got a big rush when I found the cache.

The camo is so good! Thanks for an awesome cache. The guy in the park playing with his dog must have though I was a weirdo looking through trees for ages

Holy sh.. What a good camo. Respect to the CO to assemble such a container. With a degree in physics solving the maths was easy.

Using a 601 digits number would increase difficulty level. Think about it.

Solved this on my to work at Macquarie Uni. Tried several times but the nearby bus station yet was every morning crowded so I thought it would be better to come again. However it was an old Asian women practicing some Kung Fu was around in the park. So at least more stealth than in Hyde Park on Sunday was required.

Greetings from Germany.

What should have been a simple puzzle wracked my brain a little but I got there !
Arrived at GZ and after z couple if false starts found this amazingly creative hide (again covered in ants)
Fav point awarded tftc

After solving this the day it was published using a little bit of research meaning the number crunching required was slightly less, I had the opportunity to swing past today on the way home after an early finish at Gladesville. Initially parked over the creek, but once I realised this I had spotted a better parking spot on the way in so retreated. Headed towards GZ to find the biggest flock or spur winged plovers I have ever seen in one place, counted at least 17.

Initially the iPhone took me too far towards the creek so after battling a number of leaf curl spiders and coming up blank I let it have a rethink which brought me closer to the real spot. After looking around a bit I soon spotted something unusual and after investigation that proved to be the cache. Took it off to the nearby bench for signing duties before putting things back as they were.

Definitely a fun challenge, easily solved with a bit of maths knowledge and some online tools, and an innovative hide at the end. Worth a fave point. Thanks Sjamp & Jono_9.

A puzzle. Square root of a 600 digit number ! Excel is only happy up to 15 digits so can only provide a guide. Programming Excel with VBA goes up to 28 digits but this is still well short of what required. Whilst these things assist, the real solution needs a bit more innovation. But, after getting the co-ordinates right, we still had to find it and this presented another challenge. A nice hide and camo soon crumbled against the detection powers of Mr MR. The ants seemed fascinated with the cache ???

I collaborated with the Clazza team on this one as a maths puzzle involving more digits than I have is a real challenge for me .

I always thought this end of the park should have a cache. Well now it has, and a very impressive one it is. It was the first thing I put my hand on, which was soon swarming with ants. They have taken a real shine to the camo.

For the puzzle, camouflage and location, this has to have a huge favourite point. Thanks sjamp.

19/02/14. 9:31 AM. Cache #1352. Working from home today, but took time out in the morning for caching, before the big storm (or rather media beat-up) comes. Started with two puzzles, this one first, then Dostoyevsky : Dice.

Both were solved yesterday. For this one, I had access to Deep Thought, the computer made famous in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" for calculating that the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42. It took an even greater supercomputer - The Earth - to work out what the actual question was. So a square root calculation - albeit one involving a 600-digit number - was child's play for Deep Thought. I got my tick yesterday and headed out today.

No-one about in the park this morning, so I headed straight for GZ. Looked in a few placed, then tried something out and hey, presto, cache in hand. Great work sjamp and jono_9. Fave-point-worthy. It's only now as I've gone to log this that I've discovered that this was my closest unfound to home, for the week since it's been published. That now goes back to the perennial title holder, Happily Ever After. Now off to shoot some craps with Fyodor. TFTC }:)

It was a dark and stormy afternoon. No, seriously. It was bucketing down.
I really liked this cache.
Not only did I get to be a little geeky and use a Raspberry Pi and Mathematica to find the cache coordinates, I got to go for a nice long walk under my umbrella on a seriously rainy afternoon here in Sydney.
I also got to find an original and intriguing cache hide. I haven't seen one of those before, and it's very, very cool.
For all this, especially the Raspberry Pi/Mathematica and the cache hide, have a favourite point.
I'll tell all my caching mates to try this cache.

Found with JordsAU and Goughy2012.

The three of us came here after footy one night as JordsAU had solved the puzzle a few days prior. We made the find within a few minutes.

I'm logging this 17 months later as I felt it was only right I solved the puzzle myself which I did only today (21st August 2015). I remember looking at this puzzle a while back and not knowing exactly how to come up with the answer but today I found a way which was very pleasing and geo-checker gave me the thumbs up.

It's been a while since I've visited ELS as I since moved away from the Ryde area but recently moved back so I'll probably be coming here more often for a good old-fashioned kick of the footy

Signed log, thanks for the cache sjamp

Found, full log to follow. Favourite point awarded.

Came down tonight for a kick of the footy with JordsAU and Jase90. Jords mentioned there was a new puzzle cache nearby and we should go for it since he has already solved the puzzle and was more then happy to share the final co-ords with us. We walked around the park and made our way to GZ as we weren't to sure on how the creek would be considering the recent rain we have had.


Arrived at GZ and set about our searching. Was only a matter of minutes before we found the cache. And i must say well done with the construction of this beauty. What a great cache container. Favourite point worthy indeed.


Congrats on this hide and thanks on placing it.


SL @ 8.21pm.


TNLN TFTC

I knew this would exceed the capabilities of my Casio fx39 LED calculator so I took a different, somewhat retrospective, approach. This quickly gave me all the information I needed to be able to do the necessary calcu-ma-tations and I was given a green light.

Today it was a bit rainy but I headed to a good parking spot near GZ. Unfortunately GZ was still "over the creek" and with the rain there was no way across so I needed a detour. Once at GZ I spotted something and quickly confirmed it was the cache - a construction I've not seen. Well done. Signed log and replaced.

Thanks!
Faved.

With the supercomputer not firing up, I had to complete the puzzle by hand using a new technique for me.

Today I wasn't sure if I had to cross the creek or I was already across the creek!?!

But, luckily I had time while my son warned up for a refereeing appointment to make the clever find.

An all round great cache. 9 out of 10. (Just because it is a square number!)

TFTC.

Not being skilled with the abacus, or having any hacking ability, I had to turn to Fiddlesticks Handy Guide to Square Roots which is always handy in case of occassions such as these. Page 3.4e8 had the requisite information. Last night geodoggie and I parked and went over the creek which was less than shallow. At GZ we found some interesting structures obviously set up by sjamp and jono9 for the purpose of hiding and providing some heavy camoflague for this cache. Such exquisite work has gone into this that I am too awarding a fav point. TFTC guys!

Having hacked into the NSA's Cray super computer cluster, I launched the algorithm to solve this mathematical monstrosity last night. 12 hours later the solution was delivered during morning tea this morning.
Dropped by GZ on the way home uncovered;) the fabulous hide. Wow, great first up cache! Thx sjamp & Jono, keep 'em coming.
SL TFTC

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Quick solve and dash to GZ where there are about ten muggles! Wonder how long they will be...

Having solved it I was wondering if I could extend my trip from Chatswood to Artarmon I need to do via North Ryde, but if someone is already at GZ waiting for FTF I won't rush.

After realising that I'd accidentally put the published coordinates into my phone, walked to the deserted GZ, but struggled to make the find. Few minutes later, JordsAU turned up but we still weren't able to find it, and just as he had to head off, Baktrak (nice to meet you!) arrived where we made the find in a place Jords had already searched. Sorry Jords.

Thanks sjamp and jono_9 for a simple yet fitting puzzle, and a fantastic hide! Definitely worthy of a favourite point, and well done on your first cache!

Congratulations to the sjamps on their first hide!
Fortunately I had a cupboard full of 10 digit abacuses (or is it abaci?) that I was keeping for just such an occasion. With 36 arranged in a square on the dining table, I quickly set the enormous number into them, stood back and looked. Darn it, I was using the statistical models instead of the scientific ones.
With a simpler number now locked in, I headed down, parked, and stumbled across the creek through several webs. There was someone at GZ intently studying their phone. It's always good to meet a fellow cacher in the field; this time, ernest13tse. He focused attention on something a bit promising, but it didn't yield to our gentle coaxing, nor our outright assault. Very nearby however, we had success. We marvelled at what we found before extracting and signing the previously empty log.
Very nice work sjamp and jono. We agreed it's worth a favourite for creativity. And as it's hide #1 for you I can't wait to see where you go next.
Nice to meet you Ernest, I'm sure we'll catch up again.