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Activities update – Things with Ropes

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Are you suffering from vertigo? Quick! Go to another website! Hurry up!

Alright. You’re still here. Great because there will be another activity for The Melbourne Event in November. Actually there will be two more! It’s up to you what to participate in, they are all part of the event, none are compulsory and attendance at the activities is not required to claim a find on the event.

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The youngest climbing tree-cacher – Isabella – shows how it’s done

Have you seen all these tree-caches popping up like mushrooms around Melbourne? Do you wonder how these weird people place and find them? Do you think, that’s something you want to learn? Great 🙂 because we are very happy to announce that the Victorian Climbing Club and the T5 Geocaching Australia group will host some sessions around the topic of climbing trees

  • Recreational Tree Climbing for Beginners
    This is a beginners course for technical tree climbing. This course will show you the basics of climbing a tree with a rope without hurting yourself or the tree.
    The course will be held by the VCC and you have to be a member to participate however we reckon it’s well worth the money. Bookings have to be made directly with the Victorian Climbing Club.
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  • Rope Safety Session
    This is a free session for everyone. We won’t show you how to climb a rock, a tree or a giant mountain but we will show you all the little things which go wrong in the process. This is more about highlighting that caching with ropes has a lot of hidden traps and shouldn’t be attempted by “giving it a crack”. The session is open to everyone: climbing and non-climbing cachers.  Some might want to check if they need a refresher course and others might be just curious to see what all the fuss is about. Thanks to the T5 Geocaching Australia group for setting this one up.

The Melbourne Event Update – May

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TGIF! Yeah! 🙂

It’s a bit over a month since our last announcement and the will attend numbers crawled up to almost 400 with well over 600 cachers planning on joining the fun. We are well heading towards a MEGA event < There we said it.

  • FREE EVENT – Nothing has changed and this will be a free event at no cost to you. In fact we’re in negotiation with some sponsors so you’re actually getting something for rocking up – how good is that?!?
  • GEOCOINS – Yes 🙂 there will be shiny things – trackable shiny things. You can order yours now at:  http://geocaching.melbourne/event2015/geocoin-pre-sales/
  • ACTIVITIES – We’ve  got a couple more activities to announce. You will find all of them with a full description at http://geocaching.melbourne/tag/activities/
    > Meet the Reviewers – Bunjil and some other reviewers will give you a bit insight into the reviewing process.
    > Meet the Mountaineer who placed North America’s highest cache. She’ll bring all the gear as well.
    > Navigation, the old fashioned way, GPS free (map, compass and stuff!)
    > Smartphone Software – Which apps are out there and how can I use them?
    > Canoeing and Kayaking introduction – come and try (booking required – small fee)
    > Trackable design – How to make your own shiny things.
    > … and there is still more to come!
  • MASCOT – Have you met the new mascot of Geocaching Melbourne? Welcome our cute little Leadbeater’s Possum: Fern the Forest Fairy. Leadbeater’s possums (also known as Forest Fairy) are critically endangered and restricted to small pockets of remaining old growth mountain ash forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria north-east of Melbourne. They live were we like to play and of course they are the #cutestthingeverIMG_0285
  • STATISTICS – What happens when you have all sorts of geeks with too much time up their sleeves? Exactly. They start to create stats. Here is a graph and some tables.
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  • SPONSORSHIP – Carl from http://geostuff.com.au is going into production with the first merchandise. So make sure to visit his shop soon.
    GEOSTUFF

Have an amazing weekend and invite your geocaching buddies to come along for a good time in November!

Cheers

The Geocachers of Victoria
http://geocaching.melbourne

Activities update – Track-ables design

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Updating you again from our series of posts on some of the activities we have planned for The Melbourne Event in November.
Remember, we are planning a full agenda of activities but none are compulsory and attendance at the activities is not required to claim a find on the event.

On to the update!
Whilst there are plenty of services out there that will design track-ables and trade-ables for you, if you have a pretty good idea of what you want, it isn’t to hard to submit your own and save yourself a few dollars.  This session will cover a few basic free bits of software that can help you get a great outcome for your track-ables and trade-ables.

Activities update – Canoeing

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More great activities news for The Melbourne Event in November.  It’s up to you what to participate in, they are all part of the event, none are compulsory and attendance at the activities is not required to claim a find on the event.

On to the update!
We are working with Canoeing Victoria to put on some ‘Come and Try’ sessions. As boats get cheaper and cheaper and more people want to head out and get wet find boat geocaches, we want to help you do that safely. These session will cost to participate in but all equipment and instruction is provided by Canoeing Victoria, so you know you will be in good hands.

Activities update – c:geo

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More great activities news for The Melbourne Event in November. Come to one that is of interest, come to them all, or just head out and find caches.  It’s up to you, but all part of the event.

On to the update!
Geocaching with a smart phone is easier than ever these days, and c:geo is a great app that can make it even easier, once you get your head around it.  We will be running a great session to help you do just that.