Don’t Miss Out!

Posted on July 14, 2026 by RoamingHowie

There’s plenty happening across Victoria over the coming months, with opportunities to celebrate our community, give back to the environment, and enjoy some fantastic geocaching adventures.

While you can find the full calendar of Victorian events on our Upcoming Events page, we’ve highlighted a few below that you won’t want to miss.

GCBT975 – Thank You Bunjil – Geelong (18 July)

Join the community as we thank Peter and Helen (Bunjil) on their retirement after more than 12 years as a Community Volunteer Reviewer. If you haven’t already logged your will attend, now’s the time! Help the community celebrate their incredible contribution to geocaching and thank them for a job well done.

GCBRF90 – Community Planting Day – Bald Hill (19 July)

CITO events are a fantastic way to meet other geocachers while giving something back to the environment. This Sunday, we’re teaming up with Grow West to plant 3,500 indigenous seedlings in one of their largest revegetation projects of the year. If your planning to join us, this is your last chance to log your will attend.

While you are planning your calendar, don’t forget National Tree Day at the end of July, with events in Phillip Island, Wantirna and Wangaratta.

GCBNJ05 – SideTracked Day – Harcourt (8 August)

This year, Geocaching Victoria will be hosting a special SideTracked event at the Victorian Miniature Railway in Harcourt. Harcourt was heavily impacted by this summer’s bushfires, making this a wonderful opportunity to support the local community while enjoying a unique, family-friendly day of geocaching. Be sure to log your will attend now so we can plan.

SAVE THE DATE – Victorian Cache of the Year Awards – Yarraville (14 November)

Mark your calendars! The annual Victorian Cache of the Year Awards will be held on the evening of 14 November in Yarraville. It’s a little too early to publish the event, but now is the perfect time to be finding those outstanding geocaches and adventure labs. Voting will open later in the year, but you can find all of the nominees here.

We Hope to See You Soon!

With celebrations of community, environmental projects, family-friendly events and our annual awards night all on the horizon, there’s something for everyone in the months ahead.

We look forward to seeing you at an event soon.

Thank You Bunjil

Posted on July 3, 2026 by RoamingHowie

For over a decade, Peter and Helen, known as Bunjil in the reviewer community, have been the steady hand guiding cache submissions across our state. Geocachers all over Victoria (and beyond) have benefited from their time, knowledge, patience and dedication. Whether helping a first time cache owner understand the guidelines or working through complex and creative hides, Bunjil has always approached the role with fairness, enthusiasm and a genuine desire to help our community grow.

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Reviewing is often a largely unseen task. It involves countless hours reading listings, checking locations, answering questions, resolving issues and ensuring that every published cache contributes to the game we all enjoy. It is a volunteer role that requires both commitment and care, and Peter and Helen have provided both in abundance.

The first cache ever published by Bunjil was in December 2013. Since then, they have published in the vicinity of 25,000 geocaches, and written somewhere in the order of 50,000 reviewer notes.

Over those twelve years, Victoria’s geocaching landscape has grown and evolved. New players have joined our community, new cache types have emerged, and memorable events have brought our community together. Through all of this, Bunjil has been a constant presence, helping to maintain the quality and integrity of geocaching in Victoria.

Peter and Helen have always been enthusiastic supporters of Geocaching Victoria, and have worked collaboratively with us on countless inititatives. From all of our Mega events and the GPS Adventures Maze, to GeoTours, CITO activities, community celebrations and many other projects. Their guidance, encouragement and willingness to help have helped us deliver many successful initiatives for the community.

On behalf of the Victorian geocaching community, we extend our sincere thanks for more than 12 years of dedicated service. Thank you for the evenings, weekends and spare moments you generously gave. Thank you for your patience, your wisdom, and your unwavering support of the game we love.

While stepping away from the reviewer role on 1 July marks the end of an extraordinary chapter, we hope it marks the beginning of many more adventures from the other side of the publish button.

Thank you, Peter and Helen, Bunjil, for your service and commitment to our community.

A community celebration for Bunjil has been scheduled for 18 July in Waurn Ponds. For further information, and to log your will attend, visit GCBT975.

And The 2025 Nominees Are…

Posted on March 28, 2026 by RoamingHowie

The community has been searching across the state to identify the best geocaches, Adventure Labs, and logs from 2025. The nominations have now been been carefully tallied, double-checked, and shortlisted and we’re excited to officially reveal this year’s outstanding nominees in the 2025 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards!

The list showcases an incredible mix of creativity and passion, including caches requiring a mix of TOTTs, mind bending puzzles, some great first time hides and Shakespearian tales of geocache adventures. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate, and particularly those who helped grow the game by hiding a cache, Adventure Lab or writing a tale in 2025.

Despite the patchy weather, plenty of geocachers gathered at Jells Park on Saturday for a catch up, sharing stories of recent finds and favourite hides. The BBQ sizzled thanks to ahomburg and JonnyGoldcoast as this years nominees where announced with many of the lucky nominees in the crowd.

For those ready to start planning their next caching adventure, the full list of nominees is now available on the 2025 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards page on our website.

This year’s shortlist includes (click the titles for a full geocache list):

45 individual cache nominees (with some featured across multiple categories)
88 caches forming the shortlisted series nominees
8 Adventure Labs
8 entertaining Found It logs

The 2026 eligible hide lists are also live and continue to be updated throughout the year. Keep an eye out for new cache owners, fresh series, and exciting new hides as they’re published. Everything can be found in the Great Geocaching Lists section of our website — and all will be eligible for next year’s awards.

To give everyone plenty of time to explore the nominees, voting will open later in the year, with winners set to be revealed at a special event in October/November (TBA). Stay tuned also for details on how you can win a prize, just for finding the nominated caches!

Don’t leave it until the last minute, grab your GPS, your TOTTs, and start exploring everything this year’s nominees have to offer. And when you find a quiet moment, dive into the nominated logs and enjoy the stories and adventures shared by fellow cachers.

If you are one of the nominees, you can proudly display your achievement using the nominee banner for your cache page, and add a badge to your caching profile using the 2025 COTYA resources here.

If you are interested in being a community sponsor of one of this years awards, reach out to one of the committee or president@geocachingvictoria.com.au for more details.

Special thanks to Kristysadventures for donating the Easter hamper and organising the fundraising raffle. Congratulations to maccamob on their win!

To everyone who has secured a place on the coveted 2025 nominations list, congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. Thank you for the creativity, effort, and enjoyment you brought to the geocaching community.

Neville’s News – Final Update – March 2026

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Neville The Devil

🎉 Thank You for an Incredible Tassie Mega! 🎉And just like that… it’s all over!

After more than two years of planning, countless meetings, ideas, problem-solving sessions, and plenty of late nights, the Tasmanian Mega Event has officially come to a close—and what an unforgettable weekend it was.

From the first trail event, the atmosphere was electric and just built with every event. Seeing the community come together—sharing stories, exploring caches, and simply enjoying everything Tasmania has to offer—was exactly what this event was all about.

💛 A Huge Thank You

To every single person who attended, supported, contributed, and cheered us on—thank you.

To our volunteers, sponsors, and the incredible community behind geocaching—you made this event what it was. Events like this don’t happen without people willing to give their time, energy, and passion.

🤝 Giving Back

One of the most rewarding parts of the event is being able to give back to the community. The Tassie Event geocaching community raised a record-breaking $2,161 in support of the Midway Point Neighbourhood House.

We are so thrilled to see that those funds will go towards much needed programs within the community that hosted the Mega! Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets—your contribution will make a meaningful difference.

📍 Don’t Forget to Log Your Attendance!

If you joined us but haven’t logged your attendance yet, now’s the time!

All GCAZTAZ mega attendance logs go into a random prize draw for an unobtanium. Entries close sunday night 8pm. So log yours now to be in for a chance.

🎟 Winner will be drawn at upcoming event Victorian COTY Awards 2025 – Nominees Announcement – GCBJQQ9

Dont forget to log the other events also. See the geocaching bookmark list of all events here
👉 https://www.geocaching.com/plan/lists/BMF8C23

📝 Have Your Say – Survey Closing Soon!

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the event—what you loved, what worked well, and any ideas for the future.

Our event survey closes this Sunday night, so don’t miss your chance to have your say!

As a thank you, everyone who completes the survey will go into a random prize draw to win:

🪨 An Unobtanium geocoin
⭐ 1 of 3 Premium Memberships on the Geocaching website

🎟 Winners will be drawn at upcoming event Victorian COTY Awards 2025 – Nominees Announcement – GCBJQQ9

Your feedback is incredibly valuable and helps make future events even better.

🎁 Prize Winners
We were thrilled to give away an amazing range of prizes across the weekend! Congratulations to all our winners:

Unobtanium winners are:
Scavenger hunt	nyrrikat
crossword	JamesAlled69
bingo game	Daryvafder
merchandise supporter	Barbara
lead-up event attendee	RVRobot
volunteer	scramping

Geocaching Premium Memberships
Volunteer	TheHancockClan
Volunteer	Tazzie_Devil
Volunteer	Budgietas
New to major event	Daryvafder
New to major event	Crowscaching
New to major event	Silence49
New to major event	ulyssia

Raffle prizes
Maccamob Raffle	imbunda
FTF 1st	VK7HCH
FTF 2nd	mclookers
FTF 3rd	GurtheWonderr
FTF 4^th	Otter61

Garmin InReach Devices thanks to TasWater

Tardis
hevwalker
The Roadies
ahomburg
EeePees
TheHancockClan
nana nel
Lil Rafa
Team_Crumble
JA69

Congratulations also to the recipients who won the Tasmanian Based Maze Banners at the closing ceremony.

⏳ Farewell for now

While the event may be over, the memories, friendships, and adventures will last a lifetime. Whether you travelled from near or far, we hope you had an amazing time exploring Tasmania and being part of something special.

Until the next adventure… happy caching!

tasmaniamega@geocachingvictoria.com.au

Neville’s News – Update 5 – Feb 2026

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Neville The Devil

G’day mates! Neville here 🐾 – your favorite Tasmanian Devil, and this is my final blog before the mega event kicks off. The countdown is almost over, so listen up – I’m giving you all the tips to survive, thrive, and have a devilishly good time!

Two Weeks to Go – Get Your Tail in Gear!

🗺️ Plan your route & strategy – don’t get lost in the maze!
🧩 Solve puzzles – keep your devilish brain sharp
🎒 Check your gear – comfy shoes, raincoat, water, and powerbank
🏷️ Prep TBs & Pathtags – trading is serious business
✍️ Log “Will Attend” – let everyone know you’re coming

✨ Tassie tip: explore local trails, grab treats, and support local businesses!

🎶 Saturday Night Dinner Event!

Just a reminder — you do not need to purchase a meal to attend this event. The evening is open to everyone, so come along and enjoy the great company, the band Tasmania’s Devil’s Own , and the atmosphere.

If you’d like to have the paella dinner (vegan option available) by Kiltro Streetfood , you’ll need to pre-purchase your meal ticket.

Meal pre-orders close midnight Tuesday 24th so catering numbers can be confirmed.

For full event details and to log your “Will Attend,” please visit GCAZTAM

🐜🐍 Geocaching in Tassie – Stay Alert!

⚠️ Jack Jumpers – Native ants can deliver painful stings and may trigger severe allergic reactions. Watch your step and avoid disturbing nests.
🐍 Snakes – All Tasmanian snakes are venomous, including species like the Tiger snake and Lowland copperhead. Wear boots, stick to paths where possible, and give snakes plenty of space.
🌿 Bush Safety – Let someone know your plans, carry water and a first aid kit, and check conditions before heading out.

Tread carefully, stay safe, and enjoy the adventure! 🧭

🚗 Driving in Tassie – Slow Down, Mate!

Tasmania is breathtaking — but our roads can be very different from what you’re used to on the mainland.

⚠️ Increased risk of wildlife

Tasmania has the highest rate of roadkill in Australia. Animals like wallabies, wombats and possums are most active at dawn and dusk, but can appear at any time — especially on rural and forested roads. Slow down, stay alert, and avoid driving at night where possible.

🛣 Appreciate Tassie Roads are different

Not all roads are equal here:

A Roads – Main highways between major towns. Generally sealed and in good condition, but can still be winding and narrow.
B Roads – Secondary roads. Often narrower, hillier, and more winding.
C Roads – Local or rural roads. These can be quite narrow, steep, and sometimes unsealed.

Even short distances on the map can take much longer than expected! Especially when towing!

⏳ Allow Extra Travel Time

Tasmania’s roads are scenic — and slow. Twists, hills, single-lane bridges, and changing weather conditions all add to travel time. If you’re towing a caravan or driving a campervan, allow significantly more time between destinations and use designated pull-over bays to let local traffic pass safely.

🔥 Fire Season Awareness

During bushfire season, conditions can change quickly. Check alerts before you travel and stay informed by downloading the TasALERT app for up-to-date fire warnings and road closures.

Neville’s Essentials

Have a look at this checklist below to make sure you don’t miss anything at this mega event.

Got Questions?

If something’s unclear, confusing, or keeping you awake at night—send your questions through. Better to ask now than panic later.

💚 Tip from Neville: This is it – your last guide before the mega event! Tasmania isn’t a place to rush. Take it slow, enjoy the scenery, and go wild… in a safe, devilish way. 🐾

Check the full schedule here so you don’t miss out:
👉 https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/tassie-event-schedule/

See the geocaching bookmark list of all events here
👉 https://www.geocaching.com/plan/lists/BMF8C23

Thats all from me now, mates! Time to get packing, get moving and get ready to go wild at the mega event. Be safe, stay sneaky and may your caches be plentiful.

–– Neville the Devil

tasmaniamega@geocachingvictoria.com.au