caughtatwork

Hey Dak, you got bitten by this too. I hid a 1/1 recently. It IS wheelchair accessible. I did NOT initially put that attribute on because while it CAN be done by someone in a chair, I wouldn't RECOMMEND it. Basically I use the attributes as ADDITIONAL information. I don't put attributes on unless I think they are the MOST applicable. ie. Even though I hide most of my caches in the western suburbs of Melbourne where there are plenty of venomous tiger snakes, I don't put the snakes attributes on unless I think there is a real chance of you running into one. In the same way I don't add the wheelchair accessible attribute to a 1/1 cache. If it's a 1/1 then you should know you can access it. So to avoid this problem in future I'll likely go with 1/1.5 I would prefer that the reviews did not mandate that attributes are used, there are enough rules already.

Some of us cache ahead of your local timezone. So while I logged on (visited) today, if I found a cache it would be dated tomorrow from your perspective.

riblit. http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=4f...13-524f1d4b8c5b As he's the lone Aussie approver, he's probably swamped.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHAG5 This one has you waiting, waiting, waiting along a certain tram line in the heart of Melbourne CBD looking for a certain tram number. You then get the number of the ticket machine and if you're lucky and the tram is travelling the right way you can ride it to the cache location. It's a great cache, but very hard to find the right numbered tram. I've always wanted to put a cache at the end of the boom gates at a level crossing. The only time you could reach the cache would be when the boom gates come down when a train is passing. I think it's a little dangerous to run out in to the traffic, get the cache, sign the log and return it with a train passing by and cars 2 feet behind you. I am looking into an 'alarm clock' cache. A battery powered alarm clock that goes off for 1 minute at 3:00pm each day. You need to be at GZ and listen for the alarm and find the cache container within that one minute. Obviously this needs to be in a bush setting rather than an urban one. The only thing I have to find is an alarm clock that will run for a year, going off 1 minute each day.

My 5 year old has been caching with me since she was 4. Hey, that's 20% of her life. At first she was happy to follow the arrow. Now she uses the WP code I tell her, goes through the closest menu, finds the waypoint, sets the goto and we're off. On occassion when the WP is not on the closest list, she will go back to the full list and scroll down to fin dthe WP. Then it's to the goto and we're off. We haven't gotten to the point where she enters WP's manually (on a multi) but I expect that time is not far away. We also use this as a reinforcement of her alphabet learnings at school. eg. GCK000 and GCN000. Which one would come first in the list, should she scroll up or down. It's fun for her and as she gets more dextrous with the fingers, we'll be onto manual WP's sooner rather than later.

Your points are well taken. The co-ords in the water were more to get people to 'think' they were wrong, but they were actually right. Probably a bit too evil. That's one of the problems in developing a cache concept alone, you miss out on valuable input from many talented people. I now believe that the element of surprise should be removed. I'll ensure that they know it's in the water and that they will need a swimmer who can swim that distance comfortably. I may actually change the location so they can walk to it (provided they bring shorts). I appreciate all of the feedback that you guys have to offer.

50 meters out is not that far. One lap of an Olympic pool. Another 50 meters back (another lap). If they're not a strong swimmer that could be a decent distance. If they're not a swimmer, they have no choice but to find someone who can swim it for them or get a boat which is why I was tending towards a 5. Didn't think about the swaps and logging the find. Oops. So the distance would be doubled, but you could take a breather in between. Remember that there is no information supplied that tells them they need to swim. They find the final co-ords and it will point into the water. I'm pretty sure there are no toothy things in the bay. Nothing that's going to take a chunk out of you anyway. There may be jellyfish (which I'll need to look into) but as far as I know they're all pretty benign around here. I really just don't know how many people have a swimming skill up to the task and I would hate for someone to think they could do it and drown. I think I might change the final location with this in mind. Thanks for the responses so far.

G'day all from Australia. I have a quick question regarding a terrain rating for a cache that you may need to swim to. I've had a look at the standard rating systems and there's nothing about swimming so I'm a little bit stuck. Basically I want to set a multi cache where the final cache will be a short way out in the water. It will be chained to a marker (no problems with permissions). The water is essentially protected. ie. It's a bay rather than the open ocean. The waves would be almost non existent as this part of the bay is 'protected'. You can't walk to it, even at low tide. You can hire a boat very close to the final location ($75.00 per hour, minimum 1 hour). The cache description will be quite bereft of clues and will NOT tell you that the final location is in water and that you may need to swim for it. You may not even be warned to come in shorts or bring a change of clothes. The cache may be between 20 meters (about 60 feet) to 50 meters (150 feet) from the closest entry to the water. That would be a 120 foot to 300 foot return journey. Swimming is permitted in the area. I am (at this stage) assuming most people can swim, but that may be a false assumption and I will need to determine what to do if the cacher can't (rather than won't) swim. Due to the difficulty of the puzzles at the intermediate waypoints, this will be a difficulty 5. Based on the cacher having to swim, should this be a terrain 5 or a 4? Kind regards from Oz.

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I think you'll find you are buying the co-ords to the box and then you get to keep the box and all of the 'goodies' inside it. It's not just co-ords, it's for the whole container. Nothing against ebay rules on that, nor against GC rules.

I agree that the virtual should be approved. It's a historical place (granted not on the same level as the Vatican but please ). Why can't we respect the wishes of the hider and allow them the good grace that they don't want to turn the gardens at the cathedral into a physical cache. It is a holy place and the hider wants to respect that. Why do you people hate Australians anyway if we're only .3% of the worlds population. We're a different country and act a little differently, so let the hider place his virtual and respect his desires.