Mega Milestone 2018

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Adriaan

Many of you last year had some fun making The Alexandra Event a milestone, so we are doing it again. To register your interest, please just fill out the below form and then attend The Saturday night BBQ Event(GC7QBMC) and of course The Parkville Event (GC75D90) to claim your prize.

The definition of a milestone for the Parkville Event:

A Milestone is a 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

Cutoff will be approximately 8pm on Tuesday 13th November

Click HERE to register your interest

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September Surf Coast Update

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Geocaching Victoria

Another Update for the upcoming Surf Coast Mega event…

Most important to log your “Will Attend” at GC65688

Its happening people, there are even signs pointing the way…

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Competition Winner
Things to do other than caching?
Accommodation
Victorian Geocaching Tournament
Coins and Pathtags
Stalls for the event
Sponsors

Competition Winner

Congratulations go to:

We could not decide on a winner so have chosen two!! Congratulations go to omegaman1971 and º on their designs. These designs will be revealed to all in November. Thanks to those who entered. The winners will receive their unobtanium prize at the event in November.

Things to do other than caching?

Are you coming along to the Mega and bringing along muggles with no interest in caching?

It is a thing!! There is so much to do on the Surf Coast, nobody could possibly get Bored. There is golf, hiking, beaches, lighthouse, shopping, and numerous cafés & restaurants. Fore more details on Attractions of the area, go here.

Accommodation

YMCA – Anglesea Recreation Camp (the MEGA site)

Remember you can book on site too. Bookings are made directly with the Surf Coast Event venue, YMCA Anglesea Recreation Camp.
They can be contacted directly on: 03 5263-1512

There are 150 beds available for $35 per person per night and this includes a continental breakfast. There are various configurations from:

rooms for 2, 4 or 6 people, with ensuite,
rooms for 2, 4 or 6 people with shared facilities,
Single rooms can also be booked.

There are lots of places left so please support this great venue.

Anglesea Beachfront Family Caravan Park

We have been able to secure a special deal with the Anglesea Beachfront Family Caravan Park!
They are offering all geocachers who use the code word “Geocache” when making their booking the following.

10% discount,
Free Late checkout until 11am in Cabins (can stay in the park) or 6pm checkout for sites,
Free spa token,
2 free coffees or 2 slushies.

This is for all bookings between the 1^st June and the 17^th November 2016 but does exclude the Melbourne Cup weekend and the Victorian School holidays.
This is great news!! Not only is this a great deal, but it means that you can head down to Anglesea before the Surf Coast Event, find all the caches, and leave the weekend of the event free for socialising!!
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Victorian Geocaching Tournament

Have you registered your team for the Tournament yet?

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Positions are limited for teams entering the tournament. If you haven’t entered your team yet, best get your skates on as spots are filling up quickly. You can register your team via this entry form

Coins & Pathtags

Yep, again we have collectables available.

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Geocoins pre-orders are available with 2 types of Geocoin, the Standard one at just $15 or the special Limited edition including Glitter for only $30.

Pathtag pre-orders are also available. 2 Options here, a Trading set of 5 identical tags. You will be able to gather at the event and trade with others for a full set. Alternatively, you can purchase a Complete set for $25.

Pre-order your geocoins and pathtags now at the Geocaching Melbourne page to be sure you get yours, they will be in very limited supply at the event.
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Event Stalls

Would you or someone you know be interested in a stall on MEGA Weekend?

We Still have some space available for Stall Holders who are interested in selling or displaying their products. Head to our website for more details. It does NOT have to be Geocaching related.

HERE we go

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Geocaching Victoria

Good news for all the geeks among us … oh … well that’s pretty much everyone because we’re geocachers 🙂 We definitely locked in another sponsor: The good folks of HERE Maps. I think that’s pretty exiting because they will bring one of these cool LIDAR cars to the event and along with it comes an engineer who answers all of your questions.
However it doesn’t stop there. It gets even better: HERE Maps have announced they will be launching a great competition at the The Melbourne Event 2015! Pop by their presentation, Sunday 15 November @ 11am or visit their tent to find out how you can win some fantastic prizes!

3 prizes are up for grabs and will be drawn 31st Dec 2015:

1^st: Garmin eTrex® Touch 35t
2^nd: Garmin eTrex® 30x
3^rd: Garmin eTrex® 10

Be sure to pop by and find out how you can win a great Garmin GPS! In the meantime you can have check out what they are doing or visit their website.

Kids at The Melbourne Event

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Geocaching Victoria

Please note: CHILDREN MUST BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PARENT AT ALL TIMES

Hello junior cachers!

Aunty sharkiefan has some special stuff prepared for you. This is a chance for you to win some cool prizes. You can find me in the main room of the Melbourne Event.

Competition 1: Colouring in: FREE!!

I’ve found some really cool pictures for you to colour in! All you need to do is turn up and everything will be ready and waiting. I love colouring in and will probably do some too! For those kids that might not get to the Mega for long enough to colour a page at the Mega, here are some links to the pages. Just print and colour them in at home and drop it off to Aunty sharkiefan at the event. (PARENTS: Please write your child’s name on the picture (if they cant do it themselves) AND include on the back a contact name and number – for contacting prize winners)

Prize: An official Geocaching.com Signal the Frog soft toy.

Competition 2: Fancy Dress. FREE!!

I love dressing up in costumes. So I want to see what costumes you have at home that you can wear along to The Melbourne Event. You can be scary or funny or come as your favourite character from a movie, TV show or book. Anything at all! This one will require letting us take your photo at the time and having a panel of judges (the Mega committee) decide who is our winner!

Prize: A Sven the moose soft toy from Frozen the movie

Competition 3: Name the character. FREE!!

Who’s that character? This is just going to be a page of images where we want you to tell us who is in the picture. Easy? Maybe for some not for others. Don’t worry if you cant write! Mum or Dad will help you fill it in! Spelling mistakes are accepted as long as we can understand who you mean.

Prize: A big blue Inner Health Plus Bug with a trackable tag.

Competition 4: Lolly Jar Raffle. $1 a ticket

Here is a competition you will find pretty sweet. For only $1 per ticket you can win a WHOLE pile of yummy stuff.

Prize: The jar of lollies!!!!

Swaps for kids! FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

For kids coming to the event there will be a tub of swaps they can choose ONE item from. Available while stocks last. One swap per kid over the weekend. All sorts of stuff. No cost at all.

NB: Due to the nature of the event, with people coming and going at all times of the day throughout the weekend, all prizes will be awarded AFTER the event and delivery will be organised.

See you at THE MELBOURNE EVENT!!!!

What activities are you most looking forward to?

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

So we have a pretty packed agenda of activities plan for The Melbourne Event in November, and we are pretty sure it will keep you busy, but have we missed anything? In the survey below, you can tick any of the activities that you’d like to try to get along to, plus let us know about anything you think we have missed, we aren’t making promises, but we will try and add it in.

Activities marked with a + will involve an extra fee

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