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Surf Coast Event – May update

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I know we’ve been a bit quiet, but have we got news for you!  Not only did the Surf Coast 2016 event get officially changed over to a Mega Event, but we have all the great news below.

Game: Victorian Geocaching Tournament

Last year we educated and informed you, this year we want to entertain you! We had a lot of really great feedback from the survey after the last event and we have listened.  You wanted more social activities, more family friendly activities, more caches and more games.  We have tried to combine all these things with some friendly rivalry, fun challenges and of course  some geocaching.  We want you to team up with your geocaching buddies, register your team and join in the fun on Saturday for the Victorian Geocaching Tournament.  More information is here.

 Accomodation on site

Remember you can book onsite too.  Bookings are made directly with the Surf Coast Event venue, Anglesea Recreation Camp.  They can be contacted directly on:
Phone: 03 5263 1512
There are 150 beds available for $35 per night, including continental breakfast. They are in various configurations from

  • rooms for 2, 4 or 6 people, with en suites
  • rooms for 2, 4 or 6 people with shared facilities
  • Single rooms can also be booked

There are lots of places left

Sponsors

As announced in previous updates, we have some fantastic sponsors.

Red Centre Experience is set to be an amazing experience in Australia’s Red Centre, weather you’ve been before or not.  To be held Easter 2017, now is the ideal opportunity to be involved in a special event and it’s free.

What do I need to do, you say?  First thing is log your “Will Attend” here

If you are still not convinced that this is going to be awesome, check out the Red Centre website and Facebook pages for more details of all the fun you can have while you are there.

Our amazing sponsors the Anglesea Beachfront Family Caravan Park have a great offer for all bookings made with the code word “Geocache”.  For all bookings between  June 1st 2016 until 17th November 2016 you’ll get:

  • 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

Please note this deal excludes 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!!

Schedule

Whilst we are still fleshing out the details of the sessions that will be running on the Sunday, here is a schedule for the weekend, so you can get planing.

The Great Ocean Road – Did you know?

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There is a lot of history down on the Surf Coast, as well as lots of caches and a big event later in the year.  I learnt a few things about the Great Ocean Road today.  Even though I have lived in Victoria all my life, I didn’t know these things, so I thought I would share them with you.

Did you know – History

  • The Great Ocean Road was surveyed in 1918
  • It was built from 1919 – 1932 (13 years!)
  • It was built be returned soldiers from World War 1
  • The Great Ocean Road is dedicated to soldiers killed during World War 1 and,
  • the road is the world’s largest war memorial
  • The original name as going to be South Coast Road
  • Prior to the road being built, most of the towns could only be accessed by sea

Did you know – Numbers

  • Running from Torquay just out side Warnambool, the road is 244km long
  • 3000 men worked to construct the road
  • progress was around 3km per month
  • Built by a private company, the road cost £81,000
  • Workers were paid 10 shillings and sixpence per day
  • It was a toll road until 2 October 1936
  • Tolls were two shillings for cars, and 10 shillings for wagons with more than two horses

Surf Coast Event – March update

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Welcome to our first update for the Surf Coast Event on the 12th and 13th of November!

Accommodation – on site

The Surf Coast Event venue, Anglesea Recreation Camp, has some accommodation available on site. Bookings for this accommodation is being handled directly by the venue management. They can be contacted directly on:
Phone: 03 5263 1512
There are 150 beds available for $35 per night, including continental breakfast. They are in various configurations from

  • rooms for 2, 4 or 6 people, with en suites
  • rooms for 2, 4 or 6 people with shared facilities
  • Single rooms can also be booked

 

Accommodation – near by

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  June 1st 2016 until 17th 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!!

 

Upcoming promotional events

Like last year, the Surf Cost Event team and Geocaching Melbourne will be tripping all over Victoria to promote our event.  Since last year, geocaching.com have introduced some more new rules meaning our promotional events may be a little hard to recognise.  Here is a link to a list of them.  Remember these events are new and old cachers, we want everyone to get the most out of the Surf Coast Event in November.  So if it’s your first or your 5th Mega event, you should enjoy yourself.

In addition we will be giving away an unobtanium GOLD Melbourne Event geocoin to a lucky attendee of each of the BBQ events. Be there or miss out!!

We will have our left over Fern Pathtags available for Fern trades only if you have an incomplete set of Pathtags from the Melbourne Event

The Surf Coast Event 2016

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“It’s on.”

You probably heard by now that we had so much fun at the Melbourne Mega, we’re doing it again 🙂 This time we moved to the other side of town to a stunning setting: Sun, surfing, beach, Anglesea, Great Otway National Park, Apollo Bay, 12 Apostles, Lorne, koalas, rainforest and wineries – yes this is the world’s famous Great Ocean Road. Of course

The Surf Coast Event 2016
will be FREE

to attend, sign the logbook and take part in a lot of activities. If you are as excited as we are and you can’t wait until November, here are a couple of things you can do:

  • Support us – Visit the cache page and log your will attend, if you’re joining the fun.
  • Browse the website – It’s online and it’s up there in the menu bar above.
  • Get in touch – If you have any suggestions or ideas, let us know. We really like to thank everyone who already gave us their honest and constructive feedback via the survey or otherwise. That was very valuable information.
  • Spread the word – This will be the biggest Geocaching event in the southern hemisphere of 2016. Tell your friends, family and the neighbour’s pony about it. The more the merrier.
  • Find us a sponsor – If you know a business or you own a business which might be interested in supporting this event, tell them to contact us. Our sponsorship agreements are all tailor made so all parties benefit from this partnership.
  • Follow us – Check out our social media accounts which you can find all over the place.
  • Sign up for the newsletter – You will be the first to know and to read new posts.
  • Go caching – Every time you write a fantastic logs, hide an amazing adventures, make great geocaching friends and have fun out there finding boxes, Fern the Forest Fairy joyfully glows.

In general we like to hear from you! This is a FREE event from Geocachers for Geocachers which means we’re celebrating the diversity of this hobby. It doesn’t matter whether you’re caching since yesterday or for 15 years. It’s all about bringing the community together, making new friends and catch up with the old ones. Without you this wouldn’t be possible.