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Where is the Trackable Code?

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For our March Geocaching Victoria competition we are doing something a little different….. we have hidden a trackable code on our website and your job is to find it and “discover it!”

In the past month, we have done a make-over on our website and have added lots of new content and photos. We really wanted to create on on-line experience with our website that catered for everyone – a place for new geocachers to come and learn tips and tricks on how to grow their geo-senses, improve their puzzle skills but also learn about other facets of the game. We want to also attract the seasoned geocachers to return to keep up to date with local geo-news and events in their area.

A special thank you must go to our amazing Victorian geocacing community, who when we put out the call for you to share your photos – you over delivered! The incredible volume of photos we received of your caching adventures, your creative finds and the breathtaking cache locations were too good not to share. We have included as many as we were able. We hope you enjoy the new website. Please do let us know if there are other things that you would like to see added.

OH! And getting back to the competition… search through the new website, find the trackable code and discover it. Everyone who discovers the trackable will go into a draw at the end of the month for a special geo-prize. Just one ask – when you find it – please don’t share online, or in forums, where and how you found the code… that just ruins the fun. Happy hunting all!

February Winner!

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Firstly thank you to everyone who nominated great ‘Found It’ log’s – we were definitely entertained reading through the great adventures and creative logs submitted.

The winner of February’s competion was buhfuhguh who wrote a great log on GC9MXMX – All The Glitters. We will be in contact shortly to organise your prize.

Thanks to OzHockeyChick for the nomination.

“Here lies a tale to be told,
Filled with fame, glory, and a mountain of gold,
There lay the giant on a day of rest,
Where news broke out about a new quest,
Solve this riddles, and you better make it fast,
Take to long and the treasure wont last,
Out went the Giant confident with hits wits,
But little did he know this would give him the …..,
Pushing through the challenge with no real woe,
Little did he know he would be meet his greatest foe,
But the treasure was soon in sight,
Yet protected by a mighty serpent, eyes of malice and blight,
Time pasts as these titans threw fists,
But alone the giant could only resist,
Out came a hunter, eyes set on the beast,
“End it now and soon we shall feast”,
There the beast lay, with the quest at it’s end,
The Giant was happy to get help from his friend,
There lay a casket of gold, in the middle of the shrine,
Inside only an empty parchment for these heroes to sign“

And the winners are…..

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I think we can all agree, that the Wangaratta Mega was a huge success and heaps of fun. Old friendships were rekindled, new geo-friends were made and hundreds, if not thousands of new caches were discovered.

But before we close the final curtain on the Mega, there is one more set of announcements we need to make. Below is a list of all the winners for each competition category. Please note if you are one of the successful receipients named below, email us directly and let us know your postage details, so we can send the prizes directly to you or confirm next steps on how to claim your prize. secretary@geocachingvictoria.com.au

Unobtanium Winners

1 – Winner at the Welcome to Wangaratta Event – The Coffee’s

2 – Winner at the CITO event – injuryman

3 – Winner at the Community Celebration Event – albida33

4 – Winner of MEGA FTF – fitzy_1965

5 – Winner of random draw from MEGA attendees – Bowdenfamily

6 – Winner of of all camp sites at the MEGA. – Aussie Liahona

7 – Winner at the Farewell from Wangaratta Event – barb2e

8 – Maze FTF – locus cache

9 – Maccamob Raffle – frilk

10 – Maze Letterboxes – Ausyowie

11 – Maze VIP Night – AlphaDeltaIndigo

12 – Bingo Winner – Joolay

Mega Survey

Thanks to everyone who took the time to provide us your Wangarratta Mega Feedback. We appreciate your comments, suggestions and areas you raised for celebration and acknowledgement. As mentioned, all those who completed the survey, went in the draw for a annual premium membership from geocaching.com. Four memberships were up for grabs. The winner of these memberships are:

1. magpies22

2. dty73

3. suss vulture

4. Wilbert67

January Photography Competition – Mega Fun

There were so many great entries into this months photography competition, it was actually hard for us to reach a decision. However we have agreed to announce the following entry as the winner…. congratulations McAdies, an awesome capture of camping at the Mega as the light show rolled in! Please contact us so we can send you your Pathtag set.

Raffle Thank you’s

To everyone who contributed to our fundraising (either maccamob raffle or the FTF raffle), we have collected raised $1050 – a massive shout out and thank you to you. We will now be able to donate it to our chosen charity – North East Health Wangaratta – https://www.northeasthealth.org.au/support/donations

Welcome to the Geocaching Family

Finally the last annoucement is that we always love to welcome and celebrate when a geocacher attends a Mega for the first time. The following geocachers attended their first Mega and were randomly selected to receive a years premium membership with geocaching.com. Congratulations and welcome to the geo-famliy.

  • WolfTeam3
  • alissahgrace
  • BlackOpal2005
  • Sherpani8000
  • GeoJoe_

Raffle Thank you’s

To everyone who contributed to our fundraising (either maccamob raffle or the FTF raffle), we have collected raised $1050 – a massive shout out and thank you to you. We will now be able to donate it to our chosen charity – North East Health Wangaratta – https://www.northeasthealth.org.au/support/donations

February Geo-Log Competition

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Welcome to Geocaching Victoria’s Geo-Log Competition for February 2022. The theme for this month is “Best Found It Log”.

Everyone is welcome to enter this months competition, but each entry must comply with the following criteria:

  1. Nominate a “Found it” log you have either received as a Cache Owner or that you have read that you found inspirational
  2. Log must be logged between 1st February and 28th February 2022
  3. Log must be on a Victorian Geocache
  4. Share digital log below in a comment no later than Wednesday 2nd March for consideration
  5. The writer of the “Best Found it Log” will win a GeoCoin from our shop.
  6. The Geocaching Victoria Committee will select the winning entry and contact the winner directly.

We look forward to reading your logs – your adventures, your mishaps or your reflections on what makes this game so great. Logs are a great way to share your experiences and to celebrate the great caches that you discover. We can’t wait to read them!

January Photography Competition

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Welcome to Geocaching Victoria’s Photography Competition for January 2022. The theme for this month is “Mega Fun in Wangaratta”.

Everyone is welcome to enter this months competition, but each entry must comply with the following criteria:

  1. Take a photo geocaching in the Wangaratta LGA during the month of January 2022 at either a Mega event or collecting a cache in the area.
  2. Digitally log the cache
  3. One entry per person
  4. Submit entry by midnight 31st January 2022 via email

Entries need to be emailed to heymissjo@geocachingvictoria.com.au with the following details

  • Name of photographer
  • Geocaching name
  • GC code where photo was taken (event or cache)
  • Mobile number

The Geocaching Victoria Committee will select the winning entry and contact the winner directly. The winner will receive a Wangaratta Mega Pathtag set.

Please note that we may use any photo’s submitted for future geocaching promotional material.