Geocaching

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choco
choco
SA
4181 posts
SA, 4181 posts
10 Oct 2013 10:45am
If you got kids on school holidays or your simply bored this can be fun.



www.geocaching.com/play
southace
southace
SA
4795 posts
SA, 4795 posts
10 Oct 2013 1:16pm
It would be nice if the had $100 notes waiting for collection that would make it worth while!
choco
choco
SA
4181 posts
SA, 4181 posts
10 Oct 2013 1:48pm
southace said..

It would be nice if the had $100 notes waiting for collection that would make it worth while!


people do put in coins so there is some reward I guess
patsken
patsken
WA
717 posts
WA, 717 posts
10 Oct 2013 11:42am
My kids have been geocaching with us (mainly the wife) for the last couple of years and really enjoy it - a little less so as they get into the sulky mid teens I must say..

It's one of those cheap, if not free, things that can be done in an hour or all day if you want. We started with the free app on my "smart phone for a dummy" and as the family got more keen we bought a secondhand GPS on an auction site and have a group of friends who are competing to find the most caches.

By the way it's world wide so if you are super keen you can try geocaching in Maui if you want instead of going sailing
Sailhack
Sailhack
VIC
5000 posts
VIC, 5000 posts
10 Oct 2013 2:48pm
Oh - that explains a recent find whilst searching a crime scene (with SES) on a scenic walking track, we came across a box filled with weird items! Thought is was someone's idea of a time capsule. I'm not sure what happened to it, but the Police were informed of it's location.
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
10 Oct 2013 3:03pm
Geocaches in the country (coastal or inland) are generally placed at an area of interest by a local. We have discovered some great spots that we would never have found otherwise by following a geocache. And the best thing is you can use your GT-31 to search for them.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
13 Oct 2013 12:52pm
Tried geocaching yesterday. Getting to the area was fun, but then...

The cache is hidden somewhere in dense scrub. Somewhere in a 20m radius. After leaving the kids back up on the trail and climbing down a damn sleep slope I got to "the clue". But I have no idea what I'm looking for here. It could be anywhere in this thick scrub. There are large, fallen trees, vines everywhere, rock ledges. ****. You could have a team scouring this 20m radius for hours and not find it, if you even knew what you were looking for. Site was rated as "easy". I gave up after 15 minutes of poking around undergrowth and rocks with a stick and getting giant cobwebs and spiders on my face and falling over and scratching the hell out of myself. I'll add that poking around the sydney undergrowth this time of year can be damn dangerous, I saw a few funnel-web holes.

Getting there was fun, couple of wrong turns made it somewhat challenging. The last 20m sucked. Completely. Never found the cache.
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
13 Oct 2013 5:08pm
What size is the cache supposed to be? (ie. micro, small, large?)
choco
choco
SA
4181 posts
SA, 4181 posts
13 Oct 2013 7:33pm
Harrow said..

What size is the cache supposed to be? (ie. micro, small, large?)


could be any size found some size of 4 ltr ice cream container to small match box size
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
13 Oct 2013 10:39pm
choco said..

Harrow said..

What size is the cache supposed to be? (ie. micro, small, large?)


could be any size found some size of 4 ltr ice cream container to small match box size


The website tells you the size. This helps you decide where to look.

Micro Cache Size Icon Micro - Less than 100ml. Examples: a 35 mm film canister or a tiny storage box typically containing only a logbook or a logsheet. A nano cache is a common sub-type of a micro cache that is less than 10ml and can only hold a small logsheet.
Small Cache Size Icon Small - 100ml or larger, but less than 1L. Example: A sandwich-sized plastic container or similar.
Regular Cache Size Icon Regular - 1L or larger, but less than 20L. Examples: a plastic container or ammo can about the size of a shoebox.
Large Cache Size Icon Large - 20L or larger. Example: A large bucket.
CMC
CMC
QLD
3954 posts
CMC CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
14 Oct 2013 12:40pm
Funny story about Geochaching.

My daughters friends do it all of the time, they love it. So they convince my wife and daughter to do it with them.

My missus is rummaging around in the dunes in Coolangatta looking for the Cache. She finds a plastic case, and they're all excited they've found the cache.

They're trying to open it and then realise that it's actually a needle case dumped by someone likely using Heroin or whatever. They've all screamed and freaked out......


Wife and daughter Caching career over........
sabydent
sabydent
360 posts
360 posts
16 Oct 2013 6:20am

Here is a geocache I made for my wife. The cow is hollow and the cache is inside.




Shane10
Shane10
QLD
102 posts
QLD, 102 posts
16 Oct 2013 1:15pm
Awesome idea! There's 3 of them in the wetlands behind my place. Couldn't find the buggers though but I'm feeling a strong urge to head back. The missus loves the amazing race do ill get her onto it.
Chris6791
Chris6791
WA
3271 posts
WA, 3271 posts
17 Oct 2013 12:12am
Jeez I Just had a look at the link on the original post, there is more then a hundred within a ten minute drive from here. Most active in the last few days, some people really get into it. Whoever Ian and Sue are, they have laid bucket loads of them.
Bristol
Bristol
ACT
347 posts
ACT, 347 posts
17 Oct 2013 11:00am
There's a geocache on the International Space Station (ISS).

With the ISS orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes, the latitude and longitude co-ordinates of the cache would be somewhat 'dynamic'.

www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1BE91_international-space-station?guid=611d0635-a1cf-41bc-a0cc-a6038ae288d5

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