Easter is always a great time for families to come together, enjoy some downtime, camp or of course geocache! This year we are excited to host The Rutherglen Event (GC9MHM) for our community for some Easter fun.
In case you didn’t know, each Mega has a colour theme and we celebrate this in many different ways – through the flags, merchandise and of course car ribbons! For those of you that may not be familiar with these ribbons, we encourage anyone travelling to the Mega to attached the designated colour ribbon to your car, so as you descend upon the town of Rutherglen and travel around the surrounding towns over the weekend, you can spot your fellow geocachers! This year our colour is Maroon. Be sure to attach this ribbon to your car over the weekend of the Mega!
New Merchansise Available
Just in case you haven’t heard, we now have polo t-shirts available in the Geocaching Victoria online shop, in addition to the Rutherglen shirts, jackets, pathtags and geocoins. Be sure to place an order as these are priced to sell fast!
The Mega Easter Egg Hunt
After the big night you will have on Saturday, you will probably feel like sleeping in on the Sunday. After all Sunday is the day of rest. But I would suggest you might not want to sleep too long, otherwise you will miss the Easter Egg Hunt!
Yes, Easter Sunday come one, come all and bring your sleuthing abilities along. There will be many colourful eggs to be found around the showgrounds and camping area. These will be made of coloured paper and ribbon – very fancy.
“Paper & Ribbon!” you say? What kind of Easter Bunny is there for the Mega? An origami one? Fear not, depending on the egg you find, it can be exchanged for something more suitable. More information will be announced closer to the day.
Age is no limit – this is open to all. So keep Sunday morning free, and join in the fun. Any questions please reach out to Elizabeth Baulch (BettyBoo3747)
Make Rutherglen a Milestone
With only 34 days left until the Mega, we are keen to hear how many of you will be celebrating a Geocaching Milestone in November 2022. Please let us know!
The definition of a Milestone is number of finds ending in:
0 for 2 digit numbers – i.e. 10, 20, 30 etc
00 for 3 digit numbers – i.e. 100, 200, 300 etc
000 for 4 digit numbers – i.e. 1000, 2000, 3000 etc
Of course we also have 10,000, 11,000 etc
To register your interest, please completed the below form and let us know if you will celebrate your milestone at the Maze Event or the Mega Event
Cut off will be approximately 8pm on Friday 31st March 2023
Ballarat GeoTour Event
If you have nothing planned this weekend, don’t forget we have our latest Ballarat GeoTour Event (GCA4DRJ) on this Sunday. We hope to see you there!
Be sure to purchase some GeoTour Merchandise whilst stocks last.
Other Important Snippets
- There are still unpowered campsites available if you are looking for accomadation. Be sure to check our webpage for further details
- We are aware that Thursday GCA4DQ8 and Monday Dinners GCA4DQK have been sold out at the Mega, however we are looking at extending seating – we will come back to you soon.
- Plenty of room at Saturday Dinner GCA4DQE is available, so be sure to register your interest.
- For complete schedule of events and activities, check out our website
- Remember if you are bring your geo-dog to the Mega to read our geo-dog etiquette
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