jonnosan

Hey Trixter Your continued good cheer in the face of everything this unexpected situation has thrown at you is impressive and I would like to heartily commend you for that (even as I curse your devious hide :-) )

The 2 methods I am aware of to get coordinates as accurate as possible are 1) waypoint averaging, i.e take multiple readings over a period of time such that the errors cancel each other out - many modern GPSs will do this for you with a press of a button, and 2) find GZ in the close up view in google earth, and take the coordinates from that.

I think the reason many of us who have searched for this cache many times would like to see a more dirct hint is we don't think it is going to be found otherwise. And we really would like to see it found, if for no other reason to confirm it is in fact findable. If someone wants to have a go at looking without a hint, then don't look at the hint. Actually my preference would be for confirmation of precise coordinates (by which i mean, within 50cm when plotted in google earth) even more than a direct hint.

I agree the rules (like pretty much everything in adult life) is ambiguous and open to personal interpretation. For what it's worth, and without knowing anything more about these 4 caches than what was posted above, at least 2 of them do seem contrary to how I interpret the published guidelines, being "Thewellwashere" and "Shelter From The Storm". The thing would stop me from placing a hide like that (well, apart from lacking the imagination and skill required) is I probably couldn't bring myself to make a permanent alteration of a physical object without the owners permission (I assume "Melaluka Park" could be 'undone' by replacing the original knot, and you had permission to make the changes in "Take me Out to the Ball Game").