Not sure how we got to August already – maybe it was the influx of all the caches and events published in July that has made it wizz passed so fast! But do you think August is really going to slow down for us – with so many great events already published I don’t think it will. Let’s bring on another great month of caching!

Be sure to check out the list of events and see if you can attend a few!

COTY Awards 2022 – Voting is Now Open

It has been great to see the votes starting to come in for the COTY Awards 2022 – If you haven’t already, don’t forget to place your votes. During the voting process, the following criteria applies:

• Only caches and logs shortlisted will be open for voting
• For all cache categories, it is recommended that you physically find the cache you are voting for.
• You can vote for your own cache or log 
• One vote per category per caching team is allowed. 
• There will only be one winner per category
• If in the event a category results in a tie, the Geocaching Victoria committee will cast the final vote

Voting will close 30th September 2023, with a proposed event announcing the awards scheduled for November (details to follow)

Click here to vote NOW! Good luck to all the finalists.

Geocaching Lists

What type of cacher are you? Are you an organised geocacher that likes to keep track of challenges and projects you are working on by creating various lists or are you more a spontaneous cacher and collect as many as you can? Maybe you don’t know how to create a list?

No matter what type of geocacher you are, we thought we would share a few tips and tricks to inspire you.

• Help I don’t know where to start with lists!
• Have you got some lists to inspire me?

Supporting Geocaching Victoria

We are often asked “How can we help” and we are blessed to have so many amazing people in our community that volunteer their time either on a committee, a sub-committee or to support a particular initiative or event.

We are excited to share there is another way you can support Geocaching Victoria. As you are aware, we are a not for profit incoporation that exists solely to create amazing experiences for our community, but we have no ability to create income except through the various fundraising activities, council sponsorship or merchandise sales we undertake.

But after much interest from our community, there is now another way you can support. We have set up a “Support us via Donation” option via our shop. Below are some ways that you can contribute:

• $5 – the cost of a coffee to support with our wepage,
• $10 – to support a Wiser than Owls cache placement
• $20 – to assist in the purchasing of sausages for our next planned fundraiser. 
• $25 – if you would like to sponsor a cache event
• $47 – to donate to the the value of a premium membership
• $50 – to sponsor an COTY award / competition

All donations, no matter how small are gratefully received. Thank you.

Farewell Day Gowland

After a jam packed two years of Mega’s our beloved committee member Day Gowland has decided to step down and take a well earned break. We would like to take the opportunity to thank him for all his hard work and creative inspiration he has brought to our community. We wish him well – who knows he might even get some more time to go caching!

With Day’s departure, it does leave a vacancy on our committee.

Committee Vacancy

Are you passionate about geocaching? Do you have a flair for creativity and an eye for detail? Perhaps you have a strength in logistics and organising events or a gift in fundraising? Do you want to become part of the best geocaching team ever to deliver great experiences for our community?

We are looking for someone to join our team and are are willing to jump in and help with the following;

• GVI Event organising
• Facilitate fundraising activities
• Support annual megas and their planning
• Contribute to stories, website content and online collateral
• Happy to join our monthly meetings and brainstorm together on creative activities for our community
• Undertake support admin tasks as needed (we share these)
• Be a team player and support the objectives of GVI
• Be a representative of our wider Geocaching Community

If you are interested in applying for a committee role, please email Jo Cox at president@geocachingvictoria.com.au and provide an overview of what strengths you can bring to the team. Please feel free to share any past experiences that may support your application.

Mega Lead Vacancy

We are looking for someone with experience and skills in event organisation (large scale). This doesn’t necessarily have to be geocaching events, it can be in other large corporate, workplace, planning conferences or other volunteer events. Mega’s usually attract in excess of 400 geocachers across the country. Other key skills we are looking for is as follows:

• Experience in leading a team or committee
• Event planning, logistics or coordination experience
• Budget and forecasting experience (not mandatory as support will be given)
• Great communicator and stakeholder management (Sponsors and Councils play a bit part in Mega Planning)
• A can do, fun attitude to ensure we create the best Mega ever for our community.
• Willingness to see the Mega Event through (scheduled Nov 2024)

We certainly don’t want to scare you off, so if you are committed and passionate to giving it a go – please do reach out. It’s okay if you haven’t run a Mega before, you will have a Mega committee to support you but also the Geocaching Victoria Committte to also provide support and advice. We are all one big team.

If you are interested in applying for a Mega Lead role, please email Jo Cox at president@geocachingvictoria.com.au and provide an overview of what strengths you can bring to the team. Please feel free to share any past experiences that may support your application.