Bushwalker53

Oh no! I was near there on a visit from Adelaide in mid April, I would have called past if I'd known!

Hello all! I have had a concept for a rather fun multi-cache that intends to take cachers on an immersive experience as if they're following a trail of clues set out by a criminal mastermind! I'm wondering whether the first stage will pass the guidelines though. Basically, at the published coordinates, cachers will find a public phone box and under the phone box's table there will be a small sticker with a phone number and a 'no muggles please' message. This message is mainly just so cachers know the sticker is to do with the cache. Upon calling this number, geocachers will reach a voicemail box featuring a 'disguised voice' that will explain their mission and provide the next set of coordinates. Now, my concern is that the guidelines state 'Caches can not require geocachers to contact the cache owner or anyone else.' This raises a few questions for me as one, I've seen a cache that involves a similar process of phoning a voicemail box on 'geocachespoilers' before (May be a relic from before the no contact rule was introduced) and two, the cachers wouldn't have to contact a physical person, just a number set up specifically for the purpose of this recorded message that would always be accessible. What are people's thoughts on this? And do you think that such a stage would be published nowadays? Cheers, Bushwalker53.

I got gifted a Garmin etrex 10 back when I was 12 and have been geocaching ever since! (I'm 17 now) I just did a little search for you and found one on amazon for 100 pounds that has been reduced to 75, might be worth jumping on the offer if you end up picking the etrex 10! Anyways, I've found that the etrex is really easy to use, extremely accurate and stupidly strong, I've lost count of the amount of times it's been dropped and it just keeps on going. I'd recommend any of the devices from the etrex series to beginners. They're really good quality for what you pay for and even after finding over 1,300 caches I still love the etrex series. Pretty much everything you'd ever want and need for geocaching packed into one rugged, affordable unit. I actually prefer them to my father's garmin oregon just for their simplicity, pretty much just as accurate as the expensive units give or take a metre or two which when geocaching doesn't matter all that much if you use your eyes Hope this helps!

Noncentric has really good advice! However, If you don't want to mess around with the GPS's folders every time you want to delete caches, you can download a program called Garmin basecamp. Not only will it allow you to see all the caches you've downloaded on a map, but it allows you to delete the caches quickly and easily. The names of the caches appear on a sidebar and you just need to select them and press delete on your keypad. I'm not too sure if basecamp will work with pocket queries though.

Hi everyone! I'm an avid geocacher from Australia and every Christmas or Birthday my friends and family buy me multiple geocoins which is great! But this does pose a question for me. My geocoins just sit on the shelf at home looking all shiny so I have moved these into my collection so they won't be filling up my inventory! If I go to an event and put the coins on display for people to discover does that mean I need to move them back into my inventory or can they be logged as discovered while still in my collection? I hope I have been clear enough with the question, any help would be greatly appreciated!

I find that the best containers for underwater caches are military match containers. These are only big enough to fit a micro logbook in but they are extremely watertight and come in a variety of different colours. (Bright orange, and olive green mainly) The main problem would be trying to stop the cache from floating to the surface of the water. Good Luck!

The city near me is absolutely full of geocaches! The main problem I find is the muggles, and trying to get good satellite reception with all the tall buildings around. I haven't really cached much in the city but most I've found in there have been in lane ways or side streets, a bit dodgy late at night!

It really depends on the area you are in. Most caches out in the country or the woods require looking around in hollow trees or on the ground so it really depends on how mobile you are without the chair in situations such as those. Urban and suburban caching is probably the best way to go as a lot of these are wheelchair accessible. You may find it useful when selecting a cache or two to find, to look at the terrain and the attributes. A 1 star terrain is often assigned to a wheelchair accessible cache. And I have found that the majority of 1.5 and 2 star terrain caches could be accessed with a wheelchair too. If it is possible to stand for periods of time then you will find that you can access a lot more caches. Maybe you could bring along another person who could reach up to the higher spots if standing is an issue. My advice is to just give it a try, I find that geocaching is a great pastime for people young and old alike! Have fun

I'm not sure what the cause or the fix for this problem is, but this appears to be a rather common problem with people who use geocaching phone apps. I have had to delete people's duplicate logs on many occasions and I once received an email back from one rather shocked geocacher inquiring as to why i had deleted her log. I explained to her that for some reason she logs duplicates almost every cache she finds so I was only deleting the duplicates. I didn't get a reply. So at least you've identified that you have a problem in the first place! I use my GPS and the geocaching website on my computer so haven't really got much experience with any of the apps so I'm sorry I can't be of much help!

The amount of times I've seen people using the geocaching intro app log a DNF on a puzzle because they thought it was a traditional is crazy! I haven't had many caches go missing in the past few years but I always feel a bit on edge after I receive a log such as "come at me bro" or "fully sick" and wonder if the cache will be missing, damaged or not hidden back properly. I find the app handy if I'm out and about if I need to pass time, or logging a FTF directly after I've found it but the rest of the time geocaching.com and a good old GPS is the way to go. I think if they keep the app some sort of educational video or email verification needs to be implemented in order to try and reduce damage done to caches or TBs.

Mine was called the wandering lion. A plastic toy lion that I picked up from the second cache that I found, (I left a toy dinosaur in it's place!) I drilled a hole in him and set him off at one of my own caches with the goal to travel to a nearby National Park and spend time in every cache in the park that it could fit into. He's still traveling and has had lots of great photos taken! He is by far my favourite and I have the peace of mind that he is nearby and I can just go for a short drive to pick him up if he's in a cache!

I have about twenty something, 26 maybe? But about 3 have gone missing. It's amazing to watch, I have some in bhutan, italy, Greece, London, Hawaii, Finland, Ohio! All over the place and I only released these a year ago at the most! Some people have lots but I find that it is a very pricey side of geocaching!!

Yes you can, I hid a match container glued to a rock on the bottom of a creek bed, it's great! You have to make sure the container is waterproof, try a kayaking shop for a larger container, or just a camping store for one of those waterproof match containers. You also have to make sure that it is tied to something underwater or weighted down or otherwise it would just float away. Good luck!

Some people do hide caches in their front yard, but I think you'll have to inform your neighbours about geocachers before you hide it there so as not to make them yell at cachers! The wooded area would be good for the birdhouse, just put it off any trails and make sure it's not visible from any of the trails (If there are any)

I have a garmin etrex 10, it is great, it doesn't show any roads or such, just an arrow showing you the distance to the cache and what direction. But combined with my car GPS to get me close to GZ I find it great and easy. The only problem is I lost it at a cache today, I spent an hour looking but couldn't find it. I'm going to return tomorrow for one last look. If that fails I'm going to have to look at getting a new GPS. I strongly recommend the etrex 10, it's very accurate and easy to use, and I've lost count of the amount of times I've dropped mine on rocks and concrete, but it still works, and the screen remained uncracked! Good luck with finding a GPS that you like!

I'd go with an ammo can, I spray paint mine (Mainly to hide all the military markings and give it a bit of camo) But I also spend a bit of extra money too get a spray paint that kills rust, and protects metal from any future rust, I find this works great on the ammo cans, and as the paint is rust proof, You'd go many, many more years than usual without having to replace the container, or give it a fresh coat of paint. I'd go and see if they have any at your local hardware store because it works for my caches in the wilderness (one of which is in a constantly damp place and the inside is bone dry, and there are no signs of rust. Hope I gave you something to look into.

Hahaha! You've found a lot more caches than me, therefore have a lot more experience, and therefore I can conclude that you are in fact a better geocacher than me! HAHAHA!

NEver overseas, but a few miles away, yes. It's strange!

That's not ok to have to pay a fee! I wouldn't. No other parks have so why does this park have to? I wouldn't pay the fee if I were you. I'd just hide the caches elsewhere.

I would have to say that my favourite youtuber is mngeocaching. But I make youtube videos too! My channel is small at the moment and I'm also a kid, but if anyone wants to check my channel out it's Bushwalker53. But yes, I would definitely recommend mngeocaching.

NO!!!!! you might as well leave all your trash on the ground, it is litter and makes the area look bad.

It's very common. When someone logs that it needs maintenance the reviewers can see, if the problem hasn't been fixed for a few weeks they will disable it. Now that it's disabled you will have about 30 days to take action before it will be archived for non responsiveness. I'd get out there and fix it straight away if I were you.

I've seenn underwater hides. And am thinking of making one myself. Perfectly fine.

You can't ask someone to move their cache, they've found a spot they love too and you can't ask them to move. You won't be able to place a cache here because it is too close and it will get rejected by the reviewer. And it's very bad form to ask someone to move their cache.

Good points, A local cacher got arrested after residents of nearby houses got suspicious as this guy parked his big 4x4 full of work tools, started mucking around with GPS, got a big backpack (it was a long hike in to the cache) and started packing it full of GPS, hiking pole, etc. It was a very hot total fire ban day and local residents thought he was going to light a bushfire! I've never had a visit from the police but I'm sure one day I might!