Hello February!! With January come and gone in the blink of an eye, we are now firmly in the new year. Hopefully many of you had the chance to have a holiday or some downtime with your family and friends over the Christmas and New Year period. It has been great to see many of you celebrating new geocaching milestones, so it’s a good sign that many of you had great geocaching adventures! Below are some key events and updates to share. Be sure to check out our events page too as its updated weekly.

GeoTour Ballarat Event #7

Geocaching Victoria is excited to invite you to the lastest GeoTour Event in Ballarat. (GCA4DRH). If you are yet to visit and start the tour – this is a great opportunity to start the year with a new souvenir and attribute. We also still have some limited edition Geocoins available – so be sure to place your order in our shop, as they won’t last long.

The Rutherglen Event Coin & Pathtag Set

We are excited to announce that the Rutherglen Event Coin and Pathtags are now available for order. In case you missed the teaser blog yesterday, check out this small video on our Rutherglen Reflections Facebook page, alternative you will find more details in our shop.

Brolga Bill’s update on the Bike Trail Puzzles

Brolga Bill mentioned to me the other day that not that many cachers are doing his Bike Trail Puzzles by bike. He said “Although I drew the geoart in the shape of a penny-farthing (I use one because of my long legs), you can use a safety bike to collect the caches.”

“I designed them to all fall along the Rutherglen to Wahgunyah Murray to Mountains Rail Trail which starts across the road from the Rutherglen Visitor Information Centre and is an easy 9 kilometres one-way ride. The path is flat, flat, flat, and well sealed.” He said.
“Easy for anyone to ride. What is the point of walking?”

He mentioned that even if you didn’t want to bring your own bike up, or you don’t have one, bikes can be hired locally (see details below). Standard bikes, tandems, and ebike are all available (but probably not penny-farthings!).

“Also bikes are a great way of visiting a lot of the wineries in the area.”

So hop out of your cars and get onto a bike – the best way to cache!

Local Bike Hire

Bike hire is available at the Rutherglen Visitor Information Centre.
They have all-purpose touring bikes of different sizes and two tandem bikes available for hire. For the age group between 4 and 7, there are two tag-a-long bikes (suitable for children 30 kilograms and under) that attach to the back of the adult’s
bike. They also have bikes suitable for 10 years and over age bracket.
Hire includes bike, helmet and maps. Highly recommended to bring your own water.

Price: $25.00 – $65.00
Half day single bike $25, full day single bike $40. Half day tandem $40, full day tandem $65. Child tag-a-long $15 a day
Different rates for 2-5 day hire.
Bookings and information: 02 6033 6306
Rutherglen Visitor Information Centre

Rutherglen Radler E bike hire
The cruisiest way to explore the Rutherglen and Wahgunyah region is on an electric cruiser bike from Rutherglen Radler. These bikes making cycling fun and easy and as they assist you when you’re cycling you can explore more of the region than you normally would on a standard bike.
Ride the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail with ease, ride down the many dirt tracks between the local wineries, your options are endless.
Fun and adventure is guaranteed when you ride one of these beauties.
Please note you must be 18 years and over to hire these bikes.

Price: $45.00 – $85.00
Half Day $45.00 Full Day $85.00
Contact: Caffeine n machine 62 – 64 main st, Rutherglen 0414 613 984

Shout out for some Rutherglen Volunteers

As we start to count down to our Rutherglen Mega (GC9MHM), the Mega Committee are working hard to plan and organise what looks to be an amazing weekend of geo-goodness. But events like this are only possible with the help of many volunteers. If you can spare a few hours over the weekend, please do let us know and complete the Volunteer Form. We would really appreciate it.

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