Bundyrumandcoke

Yeah, but they dont count. After all, for a country that hosts so many "World" championships, EG World Series Baseball, there is no where else, unless you count aliens. Now, how do you spell ALUMINIUM???

M'Lady, is your clock similar to the Playschool Clock?

Well there are a lot of areas here that would have temperatures around the 32 degree mark, so I suppose we could call this time of the year "Winter"

Do we have a 4th of July here in Oz? And how many months have 28 days down under?

Seen the latter. The former sounds like fun too. These are really cool as long as you have an idea what you are getting into. If you don't know it is going to be an "evil hide" before you go, you can always abort, go home, and post a nasty log if you didn't like it. - or claim a find without signing the log... As a bonus, this gives you a reason to post in the forum about how your log got deleted. HEY! I'M KIDDING ABOUT THE NASTY LOG OK? Heres the link to the cache I mention above. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...88-1990abf9128c Not a negative comment amongst them. In fact, just about all the comments recieved are the best for any of my caches. Now if your an aussie, who is contemplating doing this cache, forget everything you have read above.

With the money my inlaws gave me, I bought 7 Sistema boxes, and 6 gnomes, all destined for a themed set of caches.

I have a cache, the outside container is quite large, and it is filled with film canisters. Only one has the log book in it. The others all say "Not this one" There also isnt a pencil in any of the containers, therefore none rattle, so you have to physically search through all the canisters till you find the correct one.

My sources tell me GCZZZZ went to New Jersey, and GC1000C went to South Australia

What are you hunting up there, in what is starting to be the middle of nowhere?

So, are we talking the world, as in the United States here, or do you really mean the whole real world, like on a global scale???????

I always post my DNF's. I had someone post a DNF on one of my caches 2 days ago. The log states it had possibly been muggled. The email I got from the cacher gave me more specific information, such as actual area, description of cammo, and the tether that was used, but no cache. From this it was apparent that it had been muggled, and an immediate trip to the site confirmed this, and allowed me to disable the cache within about 30 minutes.

Theres one in Brisbane Australia called "Paperback" GCQQP4 I cant say too much about it, because it will give the secret away, but the logs speak for themselves. Cheers Bundy

I dont see a problem with putting, or for that matter taking, coins and TB's into or from your own caches. If I am travelling away from home, and collect moveables while Im away, I will often drop them into my own caches on my return. As you say, it makes your own caches more desirable to find, especially useful when you live in the country. Cheers Bundy

The UMP scores another vote. AFAIK, there are only 3 reviewers to cover the whole of Oz, the same area as the whole of the USA. And I have been fortunate to have had most of my caches reviewed by The Ump.

Make a log book of your own. get a spiral bound note book, a rule, and a sharp scalpel. Measure the size of your container, cut the log book a tad smaller. Staple the pages as per a normal notepad, then add some thick tape over the staples for safety. I have used this method to make a log book to fit in the battery compartment of a 2 x AA maglight. As for film canisters, unless they are different in the US to what they are in Oz, which I doubt, I have never come across one that was wet, as long as finders correctly recap them. I have a pile of about 30 of them here at home, waiting to use, if the opportunity arises.

Well, if a couple found a nice comfy mattress near a cache, and were feeling in the mood........................

Glowsticks, (Cyalume sticks) are popular over here. We can get them in all shapes and sizes and colours. Mainly aimed at the kids. The other thing I personally have found is Stainless Steel fridge magnets. I buy them in packs of 4 at the local supermarket. Only cost a couple of bucks each. It seems more times than not, they are the thing taken by the next person to visit a cache after me. I dont know why, but if thats what people like, then thats what I will use. And I usually carry a couple of spare log books and ziplock bags to replace a waterlogged log book. I use them if needed.

Clear sight of the sky produces best results. If you went into the forest, trees all around, then reception will be poor, longer and harder to get a GPS fix. These caches will take longer to find as it will take longer to get a fix. Even in clear open country, the longer you lave a GPS in one spot, the better the fix will be.

The GPS system was set up by the US military to provide accurate information regarding the position of anything on a global scale. Once you have bought a GPS reciever, there are no ongoing monthly or yearly costs, apart from batteries. You can use a GPS unit for any number of things. If you are a fisherman, you could use it to "mark" a spot out in the middle of the ocean where the fishing is good. If you found something in the middle of the desert, and wanted to come back to the same spot again next year, you can again "mark" it, and your GPS will bring you back again. You can direct someone else to the same spot by giving them the "co ordinates" a series of numbers representing a certain spot on the earths surface. Each spot is unique. I could give you a co ordinate here in Australia, and if you travelled over here, you could find that exact same spot. That is the basis of Geocaching. Someone finds an interesting spot, gets the co ordinates from their GPS, lists those co ordinates on the internet, and others put them into their GPS's and then go and find the spot. There is usually something, a container or similar, and a log book that you sign to provide proof you have actually been to the spot, and not jusy saying you have. Anyone else add more?? Cheers Bundy

And in case you want to know, 1 mile equals approx 1.6km.

Recently did a 1200km round trip to our capital city. Got 102 caches in 4 days. March/April/May next year sees a 3000km round trip, then a 1200km round trip, then a 1000km round trip planned, with the hope of finding as many as possible on route. The middle trip will include an attempt to get in excess of 100 caches in one 24 hr period.

It sounds like a great idea. I recently moved a TB thats goal is to collect beer bottle tops from around the world. You punch a hole in the top, and add it to the chain.

I have about 5 PVC caches out and about, Never had an issue with them. Most are 90mm, but I have one that is 100mm. This one has an O ring in the screw cap to make it waterproof. Placement is also an issue. I wouldnt put a cache container somewhere thats going to end up lying in water without proper measures to make it waterproof. The black with grey lid film cannister is popular over here, custom make a small log book, and wrap it in a ziplock bag, and place it cup upwards, and they are waterproof. Sistema brand containers are also popular in Brisbane, these are a fridge food storage container that have a rubber seal inside the lid, and locking clips on all four sides.

Theres a couple in Oz, up Cape York, where, if you dont take the plane or boat, and who would want to, as the overland trek is a 4wders mecca here, you are looking at about 800km (500 miles) of hard 4wding, each way. It would take at least 3 days travelling to do this journey, each way. The islands mentioned in the 2 cache logs, (GC1226, and GCVH4J) are just off the northern tip of Cape York.

I liked that one so much, I had it made into a sticker for the back of my 4wd.