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Reel™ History - 1850s Hotels, Dry Creek Mystery Cache

A cache by BFE Message this owner
Hidden : 12/7/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

In the 1850s in the large area then known as Dry Creek there were 4 hotels. The original hotels have been demolished but hotels exist today at 2 of the locations.

Read the history and use the map on PDF page 12/238 of the Related Web Page to find the numbers represented by ABCDEFGHIJKLM


The Grand Junction Inn was built on a triangular shaped forty acre piece of land, being the southern portion of Section 1001 in 18AB and closed in 18CD. (No photograph available)

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Dry Creek Inn [Bird-In-Hand] Established 18EF, Closed 18GH

Photo: State Library of South Australia [B 6413]. A Hunt meet at Dry Creek, near Adelaide, 1845: reproduced from a watercolour by S. T. Gill. This illustration shows Hill's Dry Creek Inn.

Searching for the following paragraph will lead to another interesting website containing further information that is not required for the puzzle.

John Hill was running the 'Dry Creek Inn' on the road to Gawler Town from at least 14 August 1844. On that particular day, a crowd had gathered at the Inn to cheer on Captain Sturt's expedition to search for the inland sea, as they headed up the Great North Road.

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Cross Keys Inn Established I8JK. (Current Hotel shown, opened1912)

Photo: State Library of South Australia [B 15893]. .

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Cavan Arms Inn Established 18LM. (Hotel shown, demolished and replaced with current hotel date unknown)

Photo: State Library of South Australia [B 31809].

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The cache is hidden near South 34° A B.(H-G) F C E 138° (J-I) L.K D M near the location of one of the hotels.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

YCP Zntargvp Bss Ebnq Cnexvat Ninvynoyr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)