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No “Russian” This One GC1CM2N

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

S 36° 54.897 E 174° 57.827
Placed: 25 May 2008
Geocaching.com: here

Description:

This is a Yellow themed cache, please try to swap yellow items. This is a multicache with a very simple puzzle to complete.

*NOTE: This is a Wader bird protection area, please leave your dog in the car or at home for this one.
Bring a towel or boots if you want to attempt this one at high tide (Final cache only).
When the tide is out there is easy access to both parts.

Please take your time and try to hide WP1 as found or better, You might find a pen/paper useful. This is intended to be a very simple and fun cache, so don’t be put off by the puzzle!

The location is fairly quiet (although popular with horse riders). lots of parking (check gate closing times)

This is a Yellow themed cache to compliment our primary coloured themed caches:
Red: ( visit link)
Green: ( visit link)
Blue: ( visit link)

Cache contents when placed (see photos):
Yellow foam tennis/stress ball
Yellow pegs
Yellow fridge magnets
Yellow paperclips
Yellow plastic paper clip
Yellow cable ties
Yellow Yo-Yo
Yellow Key keyring/Cord
Yellow puzzle book
Yellow Frisbee
Yellow TB assistant
Yellow Glitter
Yellow Geocaching on Board sign
Yellow Geocaching badges
Yellow pencil and eraser
Muggle cards
Logbook & pen

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Geotalk Episode 28

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

GeoTalk PodcastI’m not sure how I stumbled across Geotalk and their podcast episode 28, at a guess it was from Geocaching.com.au, either way I’m pleased I found it :)

About the Geotalk Podcast: Geotalk is a fortnightly podcast produced in Australia about geocaching. Geocaching is a ‘high tech’ treasure hunt, using hidden containers, known as geocaches, a GPS receiver and the internet.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, and it was really cool to be able to listen to something a little more close to home. Overall, it’s well worth a listen to and I’m now slowly working my way back through the previous episodes.. you have to love iTunes for making the seemingly complex oh so simple

To quote directly from the summary of Episode 28:

Geotalk travels to Albury-Wodonga to chat with Marcus Vitruvius and then on to Tasmania to find out more about the Geocaching Association of Tasmania. A big thank you to those people who have made Geotalk a featured podcast on the iTunes Australia store. Don’t forgot that you can win a Geotalk geocoin by leaving a comment on the iTunes Australia or New Zealand store.

Links for the show:

WWFM III – Kiwi Stylie

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

We missed out on attending our local (Auckland) GC18W59: WWFM III – Kiwi Stylie event, it looks like they all had an awesome time… fingers crossed for our attendance next time :)