Sydney Crypt
Now all you have to do is figure out the coordinates for the well dressed couple – the final clue is a virtual visit to Sydney Square
Still photos for those who cannot use the Quicktime tour https://feralcaching.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/sydney-stroll-the-square.pdf
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com There is a range allowed. Then post your guess as a comment here – it will be held in the moderation queue and not visible to anyone else but me – or email me through my profile on geocaching.com (GPS format please – coordinate converter )
Getting the coordinates was a little tricky π I took mine with a Geko at 8m accuracy on a rainy night Christmas 2006 when a large tree occupied the spot.
In case you are wondering why this is the chosen site the memorial to Sydney’s “Mr Eternity” Arthur Stace is located near the wall of water fountain – try to find it and post a photo.
Watch “A Diamond Night in the Emerald City” the 75th anniversary of the Sydney harbour bridge (Diamond anniversary)
Sydney’s official 2007 New Year’s Eve charity was Medecins Sans Frontiers.
yep it works okay
bob said this on December 17, 2006 at 10:03 pm |
Big thanks to janandthepercey boysfor beta testing these clues! hope you all enjoyed the hunt and th links π
forthferalz said this on December 22, 2006 at 8:43 am |
Sweet puzzles……even i could work it out π
I guessed [edit], it worked, so that has to be a good thing π
Thanks for the history tour of Sydney…..meant some brushing up on my history, and googling.
Map Monkey
Map Monkey said this on December 22, 2006 at 11:25 am |
Here’s my “guess”!
[edit]
And I got the following message:
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Success!
Whoohoo! Yipee! uh-huh, uh-huh! w00t! Yeah, baby!
Your solution was not exact, but it was within about 100 feet from the exact coordinates (this is probably NOT the actual distance, however).
Now, go get it!
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I really hope this moderation thing works, and the coords don’t get posted!
Thanks so much for this fun adventure!!!!
Yime
YemonYime said this on December 22, 2006 at 2:06 pm |
[edit]
is my best guess. Thanks for the fun and the history lesson. Love to this place in real live.
oshndoc said this on December 22, 2006 at 2:57 pm |
Here is my ‘guess’
[edit]
Thanks for the awesome puzzle and stroll through both Sydney and it’s history.
HiDude_98
HiDude_98 said this on December 22, 2006 at 5:52 pm |
Here’s our guess too.
[edit]
Nice puzzle, good effort.
Thanks.
Captain Morgan's Crew said this on December 23, 2006 at 12:37 am |
Argh! I give up. I have positively identified the location as [edit] or somewhere about there, in google earth, I can see the building with the stepped walls, and the trees, and the town hall.
I have tried a little to the north, the south, but obviously not the exact spot!
Edgemaster said this on December 23, 2006 at 1:19 am |
Hi,
We’ve worked on Sydney Stroll for a couple of days, and the best we can come up with is:
Password [edit]
Hope we win a coin!!
The Dream Cachers
Bill & Carol
The Dream Cachers said this on December 23, 2006 at 2:35 am |
Had fun checking out the history of Sydney.
My best guess is [edit]
Thanks for setting this up!
501 Gang said this on December 23, 2006 at 7:55 am |
I never got a final answer that checked, but htis is my best guess.
[edit]
Thanks for the cool puzzle! hope there are more in the future.
Byrnedfish said this on December 23, 2006 at 3:12 pm |
Here is our best guess:
[edit]
Had lots of fun figuring this one out, learned a bit about Sydney, AND I now have the first part of the Sydney coords memorized (from entering it in the checker so much). LOVED the cryptex! Thanks!
LeNore
DresselDragons
DresselDragons said this on December 23, 2006 at 5:30 pm |
[edit]
Fingers crossed!
Team Rubik said this on December 24, 2006 at 1:01 am |
[edit]
Doobies said this on December 25, 2006 at 5:50 am |
The coordinate checker doesn’t like my guess but here goes
[edit]
MBFace said this on December 25, 2006 at 11:54 pm |
Not correct one but I like to say thanks for great puzzle!
santtu
santtu said this on December 28, 2006 at 1:41 pm |
I looked better I canΒ΄t do better even this is not correct:
[edit: remember only ONE guess so make it your best shot π Feralz]
I found, it is Sydney Town Hall, nice building.
One day I like to see it close.
santtu from Santa Claus -land
santtu said this on December 28, 2006 at 2:24 pm |
Here’s my guess!
[edit]
Thanks. Always love a good puzzle!
MK Snider said this on January 6, 2007 at 9:59 pm |
and the winner is Dresseldragons! Congratulations spot on – you’ll have to wait till I get my swag from hogwildstuff.org though! Sales of the coins available at the website. Thanks to everyone who played – I enjoyed setting the puzzles.
forthferalz said this on January 18, 2007 at 5:36 pm |
Can you post us the winning coords. to see how far off we were?
cydriver said this on January 19, 2007 at 11:19 pm |
I’ve uploaded the winning coordinates which match mine to the blog. You need the password to view.
forthferalz said this on January 20, 2007 at 12:07 am |
Google Earth & GeoCalc are my heros!!! π
My guess is:
[edit]
This was fun. Thanks!
CF30
Crowesfeat30 said this on January 27, 2007 at 5:20 am |
Thanks for this search.
This is my solution:
S 33 52.410 E 151 12.360
It is not accepted in the geochecker, but I can send you a picture from Google Earth from the place.
mvs "Team Pooh" said this on March 2, 2007 at 10:02 pm |