Oh! Bandeirante

Better late than never (some say) so if you are still interested, I'm a lapsed cacher (but fairly active geodasher, minute warrior, etc) who would be happy to kick the ball off here in sunny South America. cheers David Brew (Oh! Bandeirante) Porto Alegre, Brazil

Not in the UK but as I'm British I'm SURE it counts!!! 543 days since it was placed and noone but me has been there. It's on the side of a road/track - easily accesable. People in Brazil love the idea of Geocaching but seem to back away with a fear of having to write in english. I've moved on to GeoDashing where I'm not reliant upon others to play. cheers and Happy Boxing Day (something else we don't have down here) David in Brazil

Torres is a couple of hours north from my home (my wife goes there for work every week but she´s not an option, I´m afraid!). I go there very rarely but might, perhaps have a chance at the end of next month so if you still require it, I´ll let you know at the time. As Torres seems to be a little to the East of your required line and as the coast trends westwards the further south that one goes, I imagine that at some point one would be at 49.45534 whilst driving along the coast road to Torres. I´ll bear it in mind. David Brew

Era só um questão de tempo... eu sabia! Agora tenho cache para procurar - bem, quando eu estou perto de Pelotas. David

Maybe it's just TOO hot to geocache in the summer. Last night my children asked when would we be leaving more geocaches - soon I hope. Tchau

Even the people in my area (RGDS) who were keen to try the sport have vanished. I plan to hide some more caches but would love to have some to look for. Vamos lá gente Oh! B

... 8 virgin caches just itching to be discovered .... (please!!!)

.... er .... dozens of us will soon be doing it. Only thing that I didn't like too much was the contents recomended for these 'missions'... cremation urns !!! Don't know if I'd really bother to get out after that one - probably prefer McToys!!

Heck, I might find the whole thing a bore. Of course, as I enjoy hiding them, I'll end up with 743 hidden/ 0 found !!!

I was just reading the news and the following caught my attention: "The unmanned space vehicle, called the TrailBlazer, would orbit the moon for about three months, taking high-resolution pictures of its surface before crashing onto its surface. Private messages, cremated remains and other commercial cargo will be carried in a capsule designed to survive the crash, Laurie said. The company charges $2,500 for a business card. Messages start at $16.95. Inert materials are $2,500 per gram, according to its Web site. TransOrbital said the company hopes to fly regular missions to the moon." OK, perhaps just a wee bit expensive for a regular size cache but..... You can see that the weather is getting to me - I'm about 5 months caching without being able to interest anyone in my caches and with none nearer than 500 miles for me to look for - just looking for incentive here y'understan'

... if you were to go and place some caches in an area far from your home but in an area already populated with caches - why bother? However, placing them in new areas seems likely to boost the sport/hobby. With no caches anywhere near me I´ve hidden some in areas I won´t be able to get back to more than about once a year but purely with the intention of giving other budding geocachers something to go out and look for.... hoping that then they might return the favour

... that's the geocache right??? It's just like so many people say - today's geocaches are SO MUCH rubbish The caches I'd hidden tend to be as far from the rubbish as possible as without the use of a trailer there's no way I could get half of it out !! Now if only people would hide some caches around here for ME to find {sigh}

... in the middle of the jungle further north in Brazil - after all, EVERYONE there is engaged in suspicious activity so I guess the odd geocacher wouldn't stick out TOO much. Of course, this might bring to the fore the subject of carrying arms when out in 'the woods'

Well, I'm located in Brazil and Brazil's interior was colonized by some pretty rough types known as Bandeirantes - go anywhere sort of people. Now, the car I drive is a Toyota Bandeirante (like the fj45 Land Cruiser) and in portugese if you want to say 'the Bandeirante' you say 'o Bandeirante'... just seemed like a logical progression, especially the suprise factor of us actually managing to arrive anywhere The Bandeirante is our logical means of transport too, muddy tracks and all. Son Philip and daughter Carolin are keen participants - however we're all getting tired of waiting for other geocachers to appear to hide something for us to find Other nicks are Bushey Heathen (I used to live in Bushey Heath) and HeBrew (name is David Brew) cheers

I´m in an area where noone else has hidden any caches (the nearest are over 500 miles away) and my intention is to hide several all over the region in the hope that with caches to go out and look for, I´ll be better able to rev up some interest in the sport. As and when other geocachers show up in my neck-of-the-woods, some of the more difficult caches for me to maintain will either be "zapped" or offered to a geocacher in that neighbourhood. Just as an explanation, I live in Rio Grande do Sul, southernmost state of Brazil which more-or-less equals Great Britain in area - lots of room to manouver here

I´m in an area where noone else has hidden any caches (the nearest are over 500 miles away) and my intention is to hide several all over the region in the hope that with caches to go out and look for, I´ll be better able to rev up some interest in the sport. As and when other geocachers show up in my neck-of-the-woods, some of the more difficult caches for me to maintain will either be "zapped" or offered to a geocacher in that neighbourhood. Just as an explanation, I live in Rio Grande do Sul, southernmost state of Brazil which more-or-less equals Great Britain in area - lots of room to manouver here

... none! Hey, I'm the first down here in southern Brazil which doesn't make finding all that easy. Lots of people are getting interested but to actually get out there and DO it.... well - not so fast. Some of my caches I might not be able to get back to this year but my idea is to give people something to go after and, if the movement grows, heck... I can also "blow up"the more distant ones or "pass them along" to someone else. I'd have to travel about 500 miles to find a cache so for the time being I'm at 0:6 (and with some more to hide!!)

... none! Hey, I'm the first down here in southern Brazil which doesn't make finding all that easy. Lots of people are getting interested but to actually get out there and DO it.... well - not so fast. Some of my caches I might not be able to get back to this year but my idea is to give people something to go after and, if the movement grows, heck... I can also "blow up"the more distant ones or "pass them along" to someone else. I'd have to travel about 500 miles to find a cache so for the time being I'm at 0:6 (and with some more to hide!!)

Not much there but you can look at http://fotos.terra.com.br/album.cgi/44974 .... and as soon as the wife returns the scanner to my PC I'll post some more cheers

Not much there but you can look at http://fotos.terra.com.br/album.cgi/44974 .... and as soon as the wife returns the scanner to my PC I'll post some more cheers

Not much there but you can look at http://fotos.terra.com.br/album.cgi/44974 .... and as soon as the wife returns the scanner to my PC I'll post some more cheers

In southern Brazil the caches I've placed can all be accessed by car but some would require a 4X4 after rain. This weekend we left one and then had to face flooded rivers to get out of the area (unless we wanted to back-track about 200 miles!!). I think it's a great incentive for both hobbies and am now considering the Degree Confluence Project (www.confluence.org) as another tie-in. cheers David Porto Alegre, Brazil Toyota Bandeirante OJ50LV '89

In southern Brazil the caches I've placed can all be accessed by car but some would require a 4X4 after rain. This weekend we left one and then had to face flooded rivers to get out of the area (unless we wanted to back-track about 200 miles!!). I think it's a great incentive for both hobbies and am now considering the Degree Confluence Project (www.confluence.org) as another tie-in. cheers David Porto Alegre, Brazil Toyota Bandeirante OJ50LV '89

I´m 45, son Philip is 12 and daughter Carolin is 8. Dear wife once again asked for explanation last night about the hobby - it doesn´t seem to make sense to her. As there are 3 of us in the team, when asked how much the eTrex Vista cost... I divided by 3 . Good question here might be how old we´ll be when we find out first cache as we´re the only members of this sect down in this neck of the woods !! David

I´m 45, son Philip is 12 and daughter Carolin is 8. Dear wife once again asked for explanation last night about the hobby - it doesn´t seem to make sense to her. As there are 3 of us in the team, when asked how much the eTrex Vista cost... I divided by 3 . Good question here might be how old we´ll be when we find out first cache as we´re the only members of this sect down in this neck of the woods !! David