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Geocaching Victoria AGM – 2026

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It’s that time of year again. Earlier this week, Geocaching Victoria held its Annual General Meeting, marking another year of adventure, community and plenty of work behind the scenes to keep geocaching thriving.

Wooden blocks displaying the letters A, G, and M.

It’s been a big year for our community, and none of it would be possible without all the amazing volunteers who give their time, energy and enthusiasm to Geocaching Victoria.

Much of this years success has been made possible by our hardworking committee members: ahomburg, chooknchunk, Crack’n’LeeLee, LetThemEatCache, Mister Doctor, RoamingHowie and Suscoe. A massive thank you to each of you for everything you’ve contributed throughout the year!

We had another big year of activity in 2026, highlighted by hosting the first ever Mega in Tasmania, alongside an incredible team of local Tasmanian volunteers. Attendance and support from the geocaching community exceeded our expectations, and we were thrilled to see the collective effort paid off.

There have been plenty of other highlights through the year, including the launch of our Victorian Cache of the Year Awards, a fantastic Magic Makers Expo showcasing the creativity and skills of our cache owners, multiple CITO events around National Tree Day, and, of course, the hugely acclaimed Sidetracked Day in Harcourt.

It’s been a year full of memorable events, community connections and new adventures. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen!

Your 2027 Committee

At the AGM, all committee positions were declared vacant before the election, and we’re pleased to announce the committee elected to lead Geocaching Victoria in 2027:

  • President: RoamingHowie
  • Vice President: ahomburg
  • Treasurer: LetThemEatCache
  • Secretary: Crack’n’LeeLee
  • General Committee: chooknchunk, Mister Doctor, Suscoe

Congratulations to everyone elected, and thank you for volunteering your time to support geocaching across Victoria. We look forward to another great year working together!

A group of people smiling while seated on a miniature train at a railway station.

What’s Next?

There’s still plenty happening as we head towards the end of 2026! Be sure to join in the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards celebrations next month, and don’t miss your chance to take part in our current competitions and voting.

  • Which Cache Am I? Competition   ENTER HERE [Closes 31 October]
  • Nominees Cache Find Competition   ENTER HERE [Closes 8 November]
  • Voting in the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards   VOTE HERE [Closes 8 November]
  • Attend the Awards Event   LOG WILL ATTEND HERE [Saturday 14 November]

There is always room for people to get involved. Whether you have an idea for an event, a skill you’d like to share, or simply a little time to help out, we’d love to hear from you.

A big thank you to our committee, event and community volunteers, sponsors and every geocacher who has supported us over the past year. You all help make Victoria such a fantastic place to go geocaching.

Here’s to another year of adventure, community and geocaching!

Happy caching!

Don’t Miss Out!

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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.

And The 2025 Nominees Are…

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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):

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.

Celebrating Victoria’s Best: 2024 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards

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On Saturday night, the geocaching community came together at the Hampton RSL to celebrate the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards for 2024. It was standing room only as a packed house gathered to recognise the incredible caches and dedicated cache owners who make geocaching in Victoria so special.

Between dinner and a lively round of trivia, the winners of this year’s awards were revealed. Each category celebrated the creativity, effort and passion that goes into hiding and maintaining some of the best caches across the state. From epic constructions, to stunning locations and challenging adventures, the 2024 nominees showcased the diversity and imagination that makes our community shine.

2024 Victorian Cache of the Year Award Winners

CategoryGC CodeWinner
Best Traditional CacheGCAV9WBGame On: Strong Man by BossConner
Best Multi CacheGCATPKATDOC24 – The Christmas Links by Sol de lune
Best Mystery CacheGCANE5HHistoric Pubs of South Melbourne A/L Bonus by LetThemEatCache
Best Other CacheGCARD2XTDOC24: LITTLE Drummer Boy by surefoot24
Best First HideGCAXMDKYarraville-Footscray Bowls Club by Nel&Andy
Best Cache SeriesGame OnGame On by BossConner
Best Cache Location
(joint winners)		GCAKYAR


GCAJFKP		Discover The Dome by Donutholes

Vaughan Springs Reserve – Virtual Reward 4.0 by micaparamedic
Best Regional CacheGCAKYARDiscover The Dome by Donutholes
Best Adventure LabHistoric Pubs of South MelbourneHistoric Pubs of South Melbourne by LetThemEatCache
Best Cache LogGL1DBH619horror.fan.jm on Twinkle, Twinkle (Night Cache)
Best Overall CacheGCAY06BLost in Space Again by Captain Mister Doctor

Congratulations to all of this years winners and to everyone who was nominated by their peers. A special thanks to Elvis (JonnyGoldCoast) our trivia host and to team Worst Cache Scenario who won tonights Trivia!

Sponsors

We’d like to acknowledge the amazing sponsors of this year’s awards – several of whom have supported the awards for multiple years. Their generosity helps make this celebration possible and keeps the awards thriving.

  • BernieH
  • Bunnings
  • OzHockeyChick
  • posums
  • Super Kind Cacher (Anonymous)
  • Generous Cacher (Anonymous)

Profile Badge and Cache Page Banner

If you were a nominee or winner in the 2024 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards, you can proudly share your acheivement with the community!

  • Add a badge to your personal profile to showcase your nomination or win.
  • Add a banner to your cache page so finders know your cache was part of the 2024 awards.

Visit this link to download the badge and banner resources.

10th Anniversary Unobtainium Geocoin

We also drew the winner of the 10th Anniversary Unobtanium Geocoin, awarded to one lucky winner who had found 10 or more of this year’s nominated caches.

Congratulations to Omegaman1971 – Well done!

Only 2 10th Anniverary Unobtanium Geocoins remain:

  • One will go to the lucky attendee of a 2025 Victorian CCE (random), and
  • The final one will be awarded to a cache owner who has published a particularly rare hide.

Stay tuned to find out who the final two recipients will be!

The Top 10 finders of the 2024 nominated caches (by points) were as follows:

CacherPoints
RoamingHowie60
Kristysadventures56
OzHockeyChick47
Rebel Acts45
spiffy-45
SteMicMitSar45
n0w0rries43
Snips and Co41
Omegaman197140
Riddell40

Looking ahead to the 2025 awards

That’s a wrap on the 2024 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards! A huge thank you to everyone who nominated, found, voted and celebrated the incredible talent within our community. Thanks goes to our dedicated committee including the lead for this event LetThemEatCache for hosting this fantastic event.

Now it’s time to turn our attention to 2025 – continue exploring and start identifying the next round of standout hides that could be among next years’s nominees!

You can keep track of the new caches published in 2025 through the following lists on our webstie:

We can’t wait to see what the community comes up with next.

See you next year when we share the next batch of nominees!

From Seedlings to Celebrations

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As the 7,000 seedlings planted in Mullum Mullum Reserve form new roots after a huge planting day, we look ahead to a number of exciting events coming up on the geocaching calendar and more. Keep ahead of the news in our latest blog.

National Tree Day – 27 July 2025

This year, Geocaching Victoria partnered with Manningham Council to celebrate National Tree Day at Mullum Mullum Reserve. A wonderful group of geocachers and local community members came together to plant 7,000 indigenous plants across the reserve. The event was exceptionally well organized by Manningham Council, and we were proud to collaborate with them alongside the many volunteers who lent a helping hand. Special thanks go to Leah (Crack’n’LeeLee) for her efforts in coordinating this meaningful event.

Mark your calendars!

Spring is upon us, and the geocaching calendar is jam packed! We have three major Community Celebration Events coming up on the calendar filled with celebration, fun, and recognition: Be sure to log your will attends!

  • Victorian Cache of the Year Awards 2024 (GCB0YDT): Come and celebrate from 5:30pm on October 25, as we congratulate all of the nominees and announce the winners of the 2024 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. Voting will open on 15 September, allowing you your chance to pick your favourite nominated caches, Adventure Labs, and logs.
  • GIFF – Thanks For The Community (GCATN5R): Mark your calendar for 11am on November 16, 2025. Enjoy geocaching short films from around the globe and other activities in comfortable theatre seating while connecting with fellow caching enthusiasts.
  • 10th Anniversary of The Melbourne Event (GCATKT5): It’s time for a milestone! Join us for a Free BBQ dinner at Casey Fields from 5pm on November 16, 2025. It’s a chance to celebrate 10 years since the first ever Mega event in Victoria, and the many more that have followed in its footsteps.

Don’t forget you can view a list of every geocaching event being hosted in Victoria on our website by visiting our Upcoming Events page.

Don’t Miss Out: Jackets and Zip Hoodies—Limited Release

After all the love for our new jackets and zip hoodies at recent events, we’re doing a LIMITED 2ND RUN. The gear is back online and ready to order… but only until 7 September. Don’t miss your chance to level up your geocaching gear and add these pieces to your collection.

Order HERE by 7 September to secure yours.

Join the Team

Geocaching Victoria is a volunteer-driven community and welcomes new committee members! Are you keen to help organize events, manage communications, work with the community or share some fresh ideas? Now is the perfect time to get involved. Bring your passion and help shape the future of Victoria’s caching adventures.

If you are interested in joining the team, send an email to president@geocachingvictoria.com.au with your name (real and geocaching!) and a short spiel about why you’d like to join the committee, and what skills you think you can bring.