The wait is over!!

Posted on February 4, 2020 by

The Whittlesea Event Organising Committee have gotten your camping options sorted. If you’re planning to bring your caravan, tent or swag, then head on over to our shop to book your camping spot. Camping on site is a great way to catch up with old friends and meet new ones as well as be in on all the action of the Mega!

Powered sites cost only $30 per night! Unpowered sites are $20 per night.

Ready to book? CLICK HERE!

The finer details:

There is water available nearby, but not dedicated to each site.
You will be required to supply your own power leads, as there will not be any available. There are a mix of 10A and 15A supplies, please specify if you definitely require a 15A supply, otherwise you will get a random allocation.
Each site will be clearly marked, with room for one caravan and one car only.

For more information, check the fine print beneath each listing.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you need more information.

And don’t forget our next lead up event on Feb 16 in Shepparton! Click here to put in your will attend!

Expressions of Interest – Info Sessions

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Geocaching Victoria

The Whittlesea Event is getting closer by the day. It’s no longer “next years” event, it’s now THIS year!!

We are looking for expressions of interest for information sessions.

Have you run a session for us in the past, and after the break, you’re ready to do it again?

Are you new to info sessions, but have a burning passion that you would love to share with others?

Is there a particular skill or knowledge you have that you believe would appeal to others, and you’re willing to teach it?

Some suggestions: GSAK, Puzzles, Whereigo, Adventure Labs, Cachetour.no etc.

Alternatively, if there is a session you really want to attend, send your suggestions through

Emails to president@geocachingvictoria.com.au and include

real name and caching name.
What session you’d be interested in running.
What day/time suits you best.
What sort of infrastructure do you need to run your session? Display tables, av equipment etc.

We will get back to you with questions for information.

The Whittlesea Event Logo

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Geocaching Victoria

We need a new logo for our 2020 Event, so we’re putting it out to the masses.

The logo needs to be easily translated to embroidery.

What to consider:
Purple Shirt
City meets Country
Bushland
National Parks
Reservoirs

If we choose your design, you will win a rare Whittlesea Event Unobtanium coin.

You have two weeks. All submissions to be in to president@geocachingvictoria.com.au by 8pm EDST Thursday, 19th December 2019.

Annnndddd GO!

The St Arnaud Event – Wrap Up

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Geocaching Victoria

The dust has settled around St Arnaud and it’s just those last few things that the committee find themselves doing to tie off all those loose ends! What an EVENT! What a Year! Are you ready for 2020?

Receipts Game Winner

Congratulations to muff1 for being the winner of the receipts game. A staggering $20,830.84 was tallied in physical receipts – that’s incredible and certainly helps demonstrate the economic impact geocaching events can have in rural areas!

This can be broken down into:

Petrol: $3866.37;

Accommodation: $7247.00;

Food: $7238.13 (so many coffees);

Other: $2488.21 (pharmacy, books, crafts, clothes, op shops, hardware, camping store)

This excludes receipts we weren’t given (plenty of those), cash sales and money spent in surrounding towns.

Evaluation survey winner

Congratulations to Cliff5009 for being the winner of the evaluation survey. The information gathered here will be used to help plan further Mega events.

#StArnaud2019 Photo Competition Winner

Congrats to GeoTurtle37 for being the winner of the photo competition.

Honourable mentions go to ILookedThere and Tally Tiger for their entries too.

Merchandise update

The last batch of shirts have now been ordered. There are still some coins for sale with a new batch of Standard Coins on their way. Order here.

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Pathtag Trading Sets

If you didn’t quite manage to get all the “trading set” St Arnaud Pathtags don’t fear. It is important to Geocaching Victoria that no ones ends up without a complete set, so we are hoping to assist the geocachers involved to get in touch with each other and complete the required trades. If you have an incomplete trading set of pathtags, please get in touch with louiseannsullivan@gmail.com or via Geocaching Victoria FB messenger with the tag colour you have to trade and the tag colour you are missing and contact details you are happy to pass on to the other parties and we will help get you in touch with the missing pathtag holder.

The Whittlesea Event 2020

In case you missed the news the next big thing happening in Victoria is The Whittlesea Event 2020. Register your “will attend” now! And in case you missed it, the event is now officially a…

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Stay tuned as more information about The Whittlesea Event 2020 will be announced SOON!

The St Arnaud Event – follow up information

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Geocaching Victoria

The Mega might have officially finished but we know plenty of geocachers are still out and about and as with any event there is always some follow up information!

Signal Trackables

Did you get a picture with Signal on Saturday and miss out on an “I Met Signal” trackable? We have a few left to send out so add your Signal image on the Geocaching Victoria Facebook page or email it to gemmasiemensma@gmail.com and we will randomly select 10 winners!

Receipts Game

Forgot to pop your receipts in the box or no longer in town to drop them at the caravan park? Email your receipts through to gemmasiemensma@gmail.com and we will add them to the stash! Make sure you tell us your name and mobile number in case you are the winner of the unobtainable coin!

Photo Competition

The photo competition is still happening. Tag your social media images with #starnaud2019 to be in the draw to win a cool prize. Competition closes Sunday the 24th November.

Evaluation

Please take the time to fill in our evaluation. We will use this to help with future planning: https://forms.gle/45mgqRHuEqqx5Ss36

Pathtag Trading Sets

Merchandise

Standard Edition Coin

We were trying something new with the standard edition coin this year and we were so happy with the response. It was so popular, that for the first time ever we have sold out completely!!! To make sure no one misses out, we are putting in another small order. We have the coin up for sale on the website now and orders will be closing at the end of the month, so please order now to avoid disappointment: https://shop.geocachingvictoria.com.au/

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St Arnaud Shirts

We will also be placing one last order of shirts so make sure you order before the end of the month if you want to look as snazzy as everyone else! Order in the Geocaching Victoria Store: https://shop.geocachingvictoria.com.au/

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Limited Edition Coins:

There are a few of these remaining so make sure you place your order to ensure you don’t miss out. Order here: https://shop.geocachingvictoria.com.au/

LE tractor coins

Winners!!!

Congratulations to all the different winner across the weekend.

Friday CITO: Bushfire

Friday Night Event: Squalid

Saturday CITO: Monchichi1

Saturday Night: 6Hinemoa2

Sunday GIFF & Farewell: debandsteve

MEGA Event FTF: smiley1982

Lead Up Event Game: micaparamedic

Letterbox Game: surefoot24

Social Bingo: McAdies

Maccamob Raffle: Joolay

Far & Wide Game: LOP833

Thank-you!

An event like this isn’t possible without many people who tirelessly worked behind the scenes. Firstly thanks you everyone who attended – without you there is no MEGA!

Thanks to the organising committee: Becca85, FUF009, GemmaSistema, sharkiefan, The_Tritonz, Tyred n Cranky.

Thanks to the Geocaching Victoria Committee: ahomburg, BernieH, carkisser, CleverMonkey, GemmaSistema, LouiseAnn, The_Tritonz.

Thanks to the presenters/reviewers/lackey: Bunjil, Balyang/GeoawareANZ2, The Coffee’s, Ministro, Rock Chalk, Tschingal.

Thanks to the sponsors: GeoStuff, Caching Supplies, Sssafe, Sistema, Pathtags, Geocaching HQ, GeoVenture2020.

Thanks to those who helped in other (special) ways: day1976, McLookers, ozglory, beckNmonts, SteMicMitSar, Clever Monkey, highrod, maccamob, ILookedThere.

Thanks to the Lab Cache builders: Becca85, FUF009, Tyred n Cranky, Fergzter, beckNmonts, chooknchunk, GemmaSistema, carkisser, JSando, plowfive, micaparamedic, Cybergran V, BFMC, The Morris, 4Moule, Sims Family.

Thanks to those who volunteered on site: McLookers, maccamob, micaparamedic, n0w0rries, +Wife, suss vulture, Wollaston, wozzle68, JakTembo, Alansee, Muzza, chooknchunk, Sedgwick Dave, Hansand Linda, feathertop, sally_mally_616, Rustymac75, Posums, AussieFunSeekers, little blue wren, The Morris, cathlud.

Thanks to the local businesses and organisations that supported us: St Arnaud Sporting Club, St Arnaud Caravan Park, St Arnaud Rotary, St Arnaud Agricultural Society (special thanks to Tony Marland), Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network, St Arnaud Football/Netball Club, North Central News St Arnaud plus all the businesses across the town.

A huge special thanks to The Northern Grampians Shire for all their help and support.

Thanks to the town of St Arnaud for embracing us!

Thanks to everyone else who helped (of which their were many) in an unofficial capacity. As the cliché goes – many hands make light work.

The Whittlesea Event 2020

Did you hear the good news? We are doing it again in 2020! Get logging for The Whittlesea Event. It’s shaping up to be MEGA exciting: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40_the-whittlesea-event-2020

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Category Archives: Megas

The wait is over!!

Expressions of Interest – Info Sessions

The Whittlesea Event Logo

The St Arnaud Event – Wrap Up

The St Arnaud Event – follow up information