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Is the edition sold at the Geocoin Store the only one that includes the coin? I'm just asking because they don't ship out of the US.

It would be neat if we could have the WestCan 3 somewhere like Swift Current or just outside of Winnipeg where they hold the folk festival. I'm good with either location!

Just 'write a note' and drop it in.

Hey Bernice, in talking to a CPW they relayed the story that all mail whether sent or receiving does not always take the shortest route. A letter mailed from Ontario going to Ontario may find itself out West cause that postal sorting depot may not be as busy as the two in Ontario so when sending mail you really get your money's worth is the way I look at it. Now the other piece of good news - Mine arrived (yours should along very soon ) I'll never pretend to make sense of the inner workings of the post office:rolleyes:

Hey Tsun, The distance between you and I is what? about 900 kilometres? How is it possible that coins have arrived in Amsterdam but not Alberta! Good ol' Canada Post I guess. sheesh, if I was still living in Australia I'd probably have them by now!

yay! Can't wait for the dachshund coin!!! I don't really buy many coins now or trade for that matter but I am very interested in this coin. You may want to check the wording on it though...you've got 'dogs working' instead of ' Working Dogs'

Too late now but I'm pretty sure you can get some at Mountain Equipment Coop. It is the kind that you dilute with water so you have to soak your clothes in it, then allow them to air dry.

I got mine on...Thursday I guess it would have to be. Busy weekend! They really are gorgeous and I think the b&w&r one is my favorite.

Nice to see these being made. Well done.

Hi Greg (and committee) I wish you a great weekend and smooth sailing. I sure wish we could be there but we are back in Canada now and will be attending the WestCan 2 Mega in July. I was wondering if there was any way I could buy an Oz mega 2 geocoin as my Oz mega 1 coin is quite lonely. Cheers!

I don't know about you guys but I'm pretty sure I see.................................................................A SQUIRREL!!!

I'm glad I came onto the forums this morning. You only posted the picture on FB but I enjoyed reading your coin explanation as well. The details and colours are amazing Neal. My eyes are dripping and my heart has a fuzzy. I have two pups waiting for me, Snoopy and Ginger. Snoop was a mutt but mostly husky with those gorgeous blue eyes and Ginger was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. She is the dog by which I compare all other dogs. Of course I've still got Louis and Duchess. Think I'll go give them a cuddle now.

Oh good! a chance for my wallet to recover I think these are just gorgeous Stephanie. Well done!

I was very happy to receive one of these via trade yesterday! Love the enamel

I don't know if you are in the minority Dr.House but for me personally I have made 2012 a year of challenge caching. It has greatly enhanced my caching experience so far and I've found almost as many caches as I did in my first blissful year of caching. Maybe my interest went down for a while, maybe I felt the majority of caches were just there to be 'numbers' and that wasn't good enough to keep my interest. I find having a goal keeps me in a game which I enjoy, keeps me active and social. In the past I have not been much of a puzzle solver...well we have a local puzzle challenge called 'The Unknown Baker's Dozen Challenge' GC2WFZ6 and it has become an obsession of mine. To date, I have solved around a hundred local puzzles. They are all different and very interesting and keeping me interested for the moment.... BUT 1) at least one of the caches on the day you find the puzzle caches must have at least a difficulty of three stars.... I find this rather subjective. I have done 1.5-2 difficulty puzzles that I felt were much more difficult and were therefore not graded properly...AND I have done 4+ difficulty puzzles that obviously, if I can do them they are not graded properly either. Also, there are plenty of puzzle caches graded below three stars, enough to complete this challenge for someone like me.... 2)you must not find any other caches on the day you go out to find your puzzle caches for the challenge. This definitely is a negative restriction, one that would be frowned upon by Groundspeak. All that said, I'm not a big believer in having too many rules . There is such a thing as 'over policing' and I believe Groundspeak is guilty of it. I feel like they really want to kill any fun that is left in the game. In Calgary, we have two remaining 'traveling caches' that are grandfathered. One is a traditional, one is a multi. They are super popular and most cachers love having them around. They bring FUN into the game. And I know it isn't just because they are the only ones left, Geocaching Australia still allows all of the grandfathered caches that Groundspeak have disallowed. It's because they know how to have FUN. They have traveling cache races (most recent ones have been gnome and frog themed) that are hugely popular. We also have a traveling 'virtual' Brass Cap Cache, that is super popular with some people..though I know it has changed their caching habits, lol! There are several local geocaching challenge caches and judging from the response they've had with the local group...they are also FUN! The local virtuals also get logged quite frequently. By locals and visitors alike, because they are often in interesting places and teach something about the area. At a local mega event, I had the chance to have brekkie with a Groundspeak Lackey. I asked if GS would be bringing back any of the grandfathered types and he just rolled his eyes and sighed and said 'no, we get asked that all the time' (or something similar, I was at the time quite starstruck, lol) and now I think well, duh! of COURSE you get asked that all the time, it's because people WANT them back!

Yes, Western Australia. Nothing there but sweltering heat and the occasional bushfire. Wagga wagga the inland town which was the site of the first Oz mega event has had a lot of flooding...with interesting consequences. Apparently all the little critters, like spiders have no where to go but up when the ground is covered in water. Cringe My link

sorry Keewee, I'm rarely on here anymore. I have been settling back in and trying to keep warm, lol. We have had a relatively warm winter so far and I have been doing a lot more caching because of that. I sure miss Australia and in particular the ocean though. Yes, I was able to adopt the coins in the end. What a pain, but lessons learned I suppose.

hah, cute! Those darn ORC's.... Now you have to make a SAHM coin for me....Stay At Home Mom. That's how I get all the FTF's around here!

Yes you did. You should have an email confirmation somewhere as well. Oh yes, so I do:anicute:. It's in my special 'geocoin' folder. Nicely filed where I won't lose it:rolleyes:

Oh my. Did I resrrve a set? I can't remember Anne!

And, now it's working again. Hmm. but it isn't just me and it happens everytime there is an update. It must be a setting or something I guess. This is the longest it has happened for so I was getting frustrated. All is good now, for the time being.

Hello? Is anyone doing anything about this? There are no replies... This isn't a thread about whining and complaing about how crappy the maps are (which they are) it is about the site NOT WORKING!!! I want to know what is being done!

Ok, just checked. Still not working AND now the maps don't load at all.

Mine is the same and it has happened before. Every time the website goes down for maintenance

What is the bottom right coin, please? That is a Nicolo 'Omnia Vincit Amor' geocoin.