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ok I'll give a clue - This could only have happened in Cape Town!

nope - cmon, where are all the Capies on this one?

Thanks. In October last year, staff at a branch of Checkers in Cape Town were requested to do what, when coming to work?

Hey I know this one, the flag is very similar to ours!

wait, didn't something happen to the cannons in Hout Bay?

further to my previous post, a lot of times when I head out in the uk, just searching for random caches in a certain area I have headed to, I often don't have such a great time, and many of the caches tend to be duds, thus diminishing my interest in geocaching here. However, every single series I have done (ranging from about 10 - 50 caches, I have always enjoyed thoroughly, and not because of the numbers, but because of a very pleasant day out - I know I am going to get a very pleasant walk in with nice scenery, instead of driving around getting frustrated trying to find parking to find one silly micro. But just to clarify my thoughts, This sort of caching suits the UK very well, but I don't see much of a need for it in SA, with a few exceptions I am sure.

Wouldn't a multicache have worked instead of a series? It all just seems like clocking up smilies to me. To be honest, I don't think a multi-cache would have worked well at all, in the cases I have mentioned. Come over to the UK and I'll take you on one, and lets see what you think afterwards

If i have done a nice long hike, and the cache is at a goood viewpoint, I really enjoy the chance to relax and peruse the cache contents, and sit and read the previous logs, which having a drink and snack. With a small container/logbook, people might just sign their name, and thus I won't enjoy that relaxing read or browsing of contents - even though I don't normally trade, it can be fun to see whats there. If the cache was just a quick 5-10 min walk, I don't normally have the need to sit and read the logbooks or browse the contents, so smalls are fine for that! So to me, a slightly larger cache is even better in remote locations!

true true, I am not a big fan of that type of 1000 cache tedious power trail, and don't want to see that sort of thing cluttering up sa! However, that said, I have done some smaller series in the UK which I loved. One was about 90 caches long, all along a river and canal circular loop, which I did walking over 3 days over a few months. Most of the hides were ingenious, with some customed designed containers, and I was well impressed with the hiders ingenuity. Another one was a cycle along a canal, 55 finds in one day, caches about 500m apart. This series I loved too, a really super day out! And another one was also about 50 caches along a walking route in the country, which I split up over 2-3 different days. This provided such a different range of scenery, and has been one of my favourite country walks in the UK. Now, if these series did not exist, and just had a couple of random caches around, most likely I would not have taken the trouble to go all that way for a few random caches, as its very hard to navigate to random caches in the uk, and find parking. Now, not one of these caches has made it to my favourites list, but together as a series, they are right up there with my favourites, and all made for wonderful fun caching days. However, in CT, with handy mountains, beaches and other great scenery, and more direct and obvious walks/hikes, one cache at the end of a hike is great, and its not needed for such series. In the UK, where country walks are so confusing, with so many different routes, series are a brilliant way to take you on a particular hike, which could not really be accomplished with just a few caches, or even a multi for that matter. So I guess it all boils down to where you live as to whhat types of caches work best!

is the cache called "s783"?

what the!!!!! check it out: http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=37.556267&lng=-115.63285 Zoom out to view all the caches! Who would attempt this if they were in the area?

wow I like the idea of favourite points been given - I would also maybe have gone for 20 cache finds rather, and would also like the idea of being able to give more than 1 favourite point to a cache. I think a good solution to the dillema of a remote cache getting very few finds, would be to have another column, indicating % of favorites awarded compared to total finds. So currently a cache with 100 finds with 10 favorite ratings ranks higher than a cache with 9 finds and 9 favourite ratings. Whereas with the % symbol the difference will be vast, 100% favorite rating compared to a 10% for the previousy higher rated cache. It shouldn't be hard to set such a system up, and then cachers could see both and decide on which they prefer to judge a cache! Now to start figuring out which are my 200 favourite caches

Ah that seems a bit unfair As far as I can guess, the proximity rule is to avoid a 2nd cache stealing anothers thunder, and 2 prevent 2 copy caches. But GC shoud take elevation into account when applying the proximity rule. After all 2 caches 10m apart might actually take over an hour to get from one cache to the other and are thus 2 completly different caches.

Wazat is right,and it is also the only poisonous mammal

This is true, your go I saw them on the great ocean road. According to wikipedia, koalas also have a forked penis, and the female 2 vaginas Perhaps this is the reason that many of them are dieing out due to Chlamydia Interestingly, they are one of the few not primate mammals to have fingerprints, which are extremely difficult to tell from human's. And they are also the closest relative to the charming wombats.

I just got back from 3.5 weeks in Oz, so glad i got it right. nice to see their butts being whipped in the test! While in oz I saw about 10 Koalas in the wild, including one strolling around the streets in Timboon! What special feature makes koalas so good at clinging to trees all day?

I had a brief look, but am generally not in favour of another site - just makes things too confusing, I don't really want to go scouting around in various different places to find the caches, just takes up more time on the internet i recon!

2006?

ruby?

Oh dear, whats been going on with certain new caches over there ??

Honoris Crux? Oh, I thought you said it was an SA medal, not a Hogwarts award

I don't think I can name a single SA medal!

some war or bravery medal?

presidents?

Barbie Girl, by Aqua, broken by music lovers everywhere?