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Bundyrumandcoke

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  1. I own a christmas themed cache (Santas little helper) It has survived over 2 years. It was all about the container, and the vista from GZ, which is roughly in the middle of a very large heavy industry area, with all its associated lights sparkling away.

     

    The container

    http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/d85f6f...49ec7729f07.jpg

     

    The cache

     

    http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...=y&decrypt=

     

    Cheers

    Bundy

  2. Can you "Mark"your current location? If so, do so, then edit the listed coordinates to those that you want to input. Edit the name if you wish, then save. The "GOTO"the name or edited coordinates you have just inputted. This is the way to do it with the Garmin GPS60 series.

  3. Geoswag just released an Australian flag geocoin. I bought 5 of them, but havent seen them yet. They are at home, and I will get to see them when I am next there, around the end of this month. I might be swayed to swap one for one.

  4. I have a series of 17 caches, spread out over a total distance of 600km (360 miles in your language) One cache at each end of the 300km each way journey, and 15 between at various landmarks. The cache at each end is a mystery, and the 15 in between are ordinary caches. Each of the 15 caches has a clue to the final cache- depending on which way you are travelling.

    I thought originally it would be a pair of multis, but not allowed. It was finally published as 2 mysteries.

  5. I dont have to go caching to have snake encounters. We have Brown, and King Brown snakes all around where I live. We have to warn all newcomers to keep doors closed, despite the hot climate, to keep them out. We tread carefully around here, you even have to check out the kitchens and showers carefully before use to make sure none have taken up residence.

     

    Cheers

    Bundy

  6. On a related, but non related topic- The GC forums. Are they supposed to be non political? I was going to email GS about this last night. There seems to be a lot of political threads in the Off Topic section. I know I dont have to read them, especially as how it doesnt affect me directly who wins the upcoming presidential election, but it just seems strange to me that for an organisation that seems to be neutral in its political stance it is allowing political debate on its forums.

     

    We have a general rule over here. NEVER talk about religion or politics at a get together- it causes too many dramas.

  7. Sorry, but I wont change my spelling, or language for that matter, regardless what country of origin the forum is based in. Thats the point I was making in my previous post. A spellcheck on Geocaching.com, based on american spelling, would pick up my correct spelling everytime. Turf turtles. About the only concession I do make, is provide an imperial approximate to a metric measure that I may use. The metric comes first, of course.

  8. Spellcheckers are great but one has to actually use them in order to realize any sort of benefit. It could be added but if those who need to use it most don't use it, what's the point? It reminds me of memos sent out at my workplace directed to certain employees. The notices tend to stay under the radar of those to whom the note was directed; those who need it most but don't realize it.

     

    Edited for typo :blink:

     

    And if I was to put the above through a spell checker, it would come up with the same word spelled incorrectly twice. Such is life. Unfortunately, it leads to an unwanted americanisation of the english language in other countries.

  9. I have a similar series along the regular 300km (180 mile) route I travel between work and home. 17 caches in all, one at each end of the trip. Each of the 15 caches in between has a clue to each of the 2 end caches. You obtain all the clues from the 15 caches, apply a mathematical equation, that leads to the final cache at the appropriate end. Each of the 15 caches were published as ordinalry caches, and the 2 end ones were published as mystery caches. Each of the 15 intermediate caches takes you to an interesting feature along the route.

     

    Cheers

    Bundy

  10. I have an M&M container in a drill hole in a granite slab as a cache. I had to remove most of the lid lip to make it fit. I then stuck an unzipped zippytie along its side, extending above the lid, to aid removal of the cache from the hole.

     

    For a micro, I have a valve stem off a car wheel, valve removed, drilled out and the log placed where the valve used to live. Replace the valve cap, and glued into a wheel of a car on display on the side of a road.

  11. 62 finds in 20 hrs, in Brisbane Australia, back in October 2006. That was with my 2 teenage daughters, neither of who could drive at the time, one GPS, and I visited and logged every cache found personally. At times, one or the other of my girls was asleep in the car.

    For about a month, it stood as the record for the most finds in one 24 hr period for Queensland.

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