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

Posted on October 25, 2025 by RoamingHowie

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

Category	GC Code	Winner
Best Traditional Cache	GCAV9WB	Game On: Strong Man by BossConner
Best Multi Cache	GCATPKA	TDOC24 – The Christmas Links by Sol de lune
Best Mystery Cache	GCANE5H	Historic Pubs of South Melbourne A/L Bonus by LetThemEatCache
Best Other Cache	GCARD2X	TDOC24: LITTLE Drummer Boy by surefoot24
Best First Hide	GCAXMDK	Yarraville-Footscray Bowls Club by Nel&Andy
Best Cache Series	Game On	Game 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 Cache	GCAKYAR	Discover The Dome by Donutholes
Best Adventure Lab	Historic Pubs of South Melbourne	Historic Pubs of South Melbourne by LetThemEatCache
Best Cache Log	GL1DBH619	horror.fan.jm on Twinkle, Twinkle (Night Cache)
Best Overall Cache	GCAY06B	Lost 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!

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:

Cacher	Points
RoamingHowie	60
Kristysadventures	56
OzHockeyChick	47
Rebel Acts	45
spiffy-	45
SteMicMitSar	45
n0w0rries	43
Snips and Co	41
Omegaman1971	40
Riddell	40

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!

Neville’s News – Update 1 – Sep 2025

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Neville The Devil

G’day everyone – Neville the Devil here, your mischievous mascot with the inside scoop on the Tassie Event!

The event subcommittee has been busy at planning meetings and things are shaping up to be one ripper of a weekend. The team has been meeting every couple of weeks, ticking off activities, polishing up logistics, and making sure everything runs smoother than a devil on the prowl.

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant to help bring our exciting adventure to life in beautiful Tasmania! Geocaching Victoria – the Tassie Event is supported by the Tasmanian Government through Events Tasmania, and we are incredibly grateful for their commitment to regional events that foster tourism and connection. With this backing, we’re set to deliver an event that not only celebrates the joy of geocaching but also contributes to the local economy and promotes Tassie’s incredible natural treasures.

We’ve already locked in some brilliant Sponsors and Supporters. One of our major sponsors is Budget Car and Truck Rental with a special discount offer for car rental. For details, terms and conditions see our website. Keep your eyes on the website, because I’ll be spilling the beans on more as soon as I can!

We’re also reaching out to connect with the local community around Sorell, and we’d love your support. If you’re a local business or keen community member, or if you know someone who wants to join the fun, now’s the time to get in touch. Partnerships, resources, knowledge – it all helps me and my human friends pull this off.

Planning is well underway for placing new caches across the state to support this event and our wonderful state. There are puzzles, earthcaches, geoart and more planned, with a theme of Tasmanian Flora and Fauna. The more people hiding caches the better, so reach out if you would like to be involved, get in touch.

Oh – and in case you missed it… I’ve already been out and about as the official Tassie Event mascot. Keep your eyes peeled – you never know where I might pop up next!

Thanks for being part of the journey. We can’t wait to bring you more updates in the future. Watch this space – or come stir up the conversation with me on Facebook.

–– Neville the Devil

tasmaniamega@geocachingvictoria.com.au

Wrapping Up The Sunbury Event: A Celebration of Geocaching

Posted on March 23, 2025 by RoamingHowie

The Sunbury Event, Victoria’s first-ever Block Party, has come to a close, leaving behind a trail of excitement and memories for geocachers from all over Australia and around the world. Celebrating 25 years of geocaching, the weekend was filled with adventure, camaraderie, and loads of geocaching fun.

Highlights of The Sunbury Event

Nature at Night: What a wonderful experience exploring our nocturnal wildlife and learning about the stars thanks to our partners Hume City Council, not to mention some night caching adventures.
Gadget Caches: 25 gadget caches from some of the greatest cache building minds from all over the state perplexed even the smartest minds.
Special Guests: A fantastic visit from Em_adventuring who overseas the global Mega/Block Party program at Geocaching HQ. This was a unique chance to learn from and exchange ideas that will help us as we develop future events.Congratulations to the winners.
GPS Adventures Maze: This rare icon was on offer with refreshed content and a redesigned night cache room.
Holden Flora Reserve CITO: Another chance to parther with Hume City Council to make a big impact on the local environment including mulching, tree guard removal and rubbish collection.
Loads more with information sessions, stalls, prizes and too much to mention.

Acknowledging the Volunteers and Sponsors

The success of The Sunbury Event would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of all of our volunteers. With more than 100 people contributing to the planning, preparation and execution of the Block Party, we just couldn’t have done it without you. THANK YOU!

We also couldn’t do this without the generous support of our major sponsors Hume City Council and Geocaching.com who have been huge supporters of the event. In addition a big thanks must go to Pathtags, geostuff.com.au, Scurvy Dog Designs, Bunnings Warehouse Mernda, Bridgestone Melton, Canopus Print and Nicole Grau. A heartfelt thank you to all those organizations and individuals for their contributions and support.

Thank You to the Organising Committee

The Sunbury Event Committee deserves special recognition for their dedication and hard work. Their efforts ensured that every aspect of the event, from planning to execution, was expertly managed to provide an unforgettable experience for all attendees. You have earned a well deserved rest. Thank you to Connie and the entire team,

Post Block Party Feedback

Gathering feedback on your Sunbury experience is very important as it helps us to shape future events. Follow the link below to share your experiences and let us know what you thought of The Sunbury Event.

Provide your feedback by Wednesday 2 April to be in the running to win a Sunbury Event Unobtanium Geocoin.

Complete the survey here

Prizes

Congratulations to the winners of the raffle, Limited Edition Sunbury Unobtanium geocoins and other prizes! A special thank you to maccamob for once again generously donating the hamper for our community raffle which combined with the FTF raffle raised a record $1,839 for Sunbury Neighbourhood House, who were at the closing ceremony for the cheque presentation. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets. There are still a handful of prizes to give away so ensure you have completed the actions below by Wednesday 26 March to be in the running.

Win a Limited Edition Sunbury Unobtanium geocoin (1 each) by:

Logging your attendance at the Block Party (GCAP417)
Submitting your discovered logs on the Block Party trackable that was on display
Posting your Muggle the Puggle and milestone photos in the comments on the Geocaching Victoria Facebook/Instagram post (Enter Here).

Also win the March 10th Anniversary Geocaching Victoria Unobtanium geocoin or 1yr geocaching.com premium memberships by:

Logging your attendance at the Block Party (GCAP417)

Looking Ahead to The Tassie Event

As we wrap up The Sunbury Event, our sights are set on the next exciting adventure: The Tassie Event. Scheduled for March 7-8, 2026, this event promises to be Tasmania’s first major geocaching extravaganza, offering a unique opportunity to explore the island’s stunning landscapes and geocaching treasures. The event has now been published (GCAZTAZ) so you can go ahead and log your will attend. Our Mega application is in the final stages of approval with HQ, and will be completed as part of The Sunbury Event review in the coming weeks – stay tuned!

Farewell For Now

The Sunbury Event Block Party has been a resounding success, celebrating geocaching and the community alike. We have loved hosting you and look forward to seeing you all at The Tassie Event next year where we get to do it all again! But now for some sleep.

The Final Count Down

Posted on March 6, 2025 by The Sunbury Event

With less than three weeks to go until the Sunbury Block Party, things are coming together nicely and excitement is building for this amazing event. Here are some of the things that have been released since our last update:

Geoart Unveiled: The geoart for the 25 challenge caches has been published and the final mystery geoart caches are now live!
Nightcache Adventure: Explore the Emu Bottom Wetlands with a newly released nightcache.
Special Guest: We’re thrilled to welcome a Geocaching HQ Lackey to Sunbury!
Mascot Spotted: Signal and Muggle the Puggle have been spotted hanging out in Sunbury, adding to the fun.
Geostuff Onsite: Geostuff will have their full shop on display, so get ready to gear up!

Event Schedule Released!

Plan your weekend with our full event schedule listed at the bottom of this blog. Additional info is available below to help you plan your weekend::

Nature at Night (Friday): Join the Entomological Society of Victoria, Astronomical Society and Hume City Council for stargazing and to learn about the nocturnal creatures at Emu Bottom Wetlands. Astronomers are new to the lineup! Free tickets are available here, with a complimentary shuttle bus from the Global Learning Centre to the wetlands.
Trivia Night (Saturday): Secure one of the few remaining free tickets for this fun and friendly trivia challenge. Reserve your spot here.
GPS Adventures Maze: This super rare icon is available at The Sunbury Event. Avoid the usual Saturday morning queues by planning your visit for a less busy time across the weekend. Foundation Friends of the Maze can skip the queue at any time with their maze nametag or by checking in with maze volunteers. Help support the maze by purchasing the Sunbury Maze Geocoin here.

Unobtanium Geocoins

There are only 12 Limited Edition Sunbury Unobtanium geocoins to win, with plenty of opportunities over the event weekend to participate and win one of these golden beauties. Stay tuned for more information and remember – these can only be won!

Merchandise

Pathtags, geocoins, hats and flags are still available to purchase via the Geocaching Victoria online store. Sunbury and Maze merchandise orders, $100 or over (cumulative over all orders), enter you into a draw to win a Sunbury Unobtanium Geocoin. Entires close 16 March so get your pre-orders in now! The Sunbury Event – Shop

Parking

Enjoy free, unrestricted parking at the rear of the Global Learning Centre (entry via Brook St) on both Saturday and Sunday. We have agreed with Hume City Council that parking inspectors will not enforce the 2P and 3P areas that are within the designated OFF STREET Global Learning Centre Carpark accessed from Brook St (Sat & Sun Only). Additional parking is also available along Macedon Street at the front of the Global Learning Centre and on Brook St at the rear, however parking restrictions WILL apply according to the signs in these and all other parking areas in Sunbury, so be sure to check the signs before leaving your car.

Disabled parking is available in the main car park off Brook Street as well as along Macedon Street (Macedon Street parking requires use of stairs or lift access).

There is limited parking at the Sunbury Memorial Hall (Home of the GPS Adventure Maze and some gadget caches). We therefore recommend parking at the Global Learning Centre where possible and walking the short 200m between the two venues.

Raffles

As part of engaging with the local community at each of our Mega and Block Party events, we nominate a local charity to be the beneficiary of the raffle sales from our FTF and much loved Maccamob hamper raffle. We are thrilled to have maccamob’s generous hamper donation for yet another year – Thank you Mary and David.

This year we are pleased to support the Sunbury Neighbourhood Kitchen, who are a not for profit, entirely volunteer run organisation (just like us!). They help feed locals in need and are aiming to provide over 2,500 meals this year. With your support, we are delighted to help them achieve this goal. A representative from Sunbury Neighbourhood Kitchen will be at the farewell event and tickets for the raffles will be on sale at the Global Learning Centre throughout the event.

We Can’t Wait To See You!

Don’t miss this epic geocaching celebration! If you haven’t already, log your “Will Attend” and start planning your Sunbury Block Party adventure today.

Full Event Schedule

Time	Activity	Location
*Friday*	21 March 2025
6:00pm – 7:00pm	GCB1GJA Friday Night Casual Catch Up	Sunbury Park
7:30pm – 10:00pm	Nature at Night (Free shuttle buses from GLC) Register with Hume Council HERE.	Emu Bottom Wetlands

*Saturday*	22 March 2025
9:00am – 4:00pm	GCAP417 The Sunbury Event – Block Party 25	Global Learning Centre
9:00am – 9:30am	Opening Ceremony (and photo)	GLC Amphitheatre
9:45am – 4:00pm	– Registration, Merchandise and Stalls Open – Gadget Adventure Labs Open – GCB169V GPS Adventure Maze	Global Learning Centre GLC & Memorial Hall Memorial Hall
11:00am – 12:00pm	Information Session – Creating Robust Caches by Watashi	Global Learning Centre
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Information Session – Challenge Caches by BFMC	Global Learning Centre
1:00pm – 2:00pm	Pathtag Trading	Global Learning Centre
2:00pm – 3:00pm	Meet the Reviewers and Lackey	Global Learning Centre
4:00pm	Registration, Merchandise, Maze, Gadgets CLOSE	GLC & Memorial Hall
Evening Activities
5:00pm – 8:00pm	GCATP00 Community Celebration Event (Optional Dinner and Lawn Bowls)	Sunbury Bowls Club
8:15pm – 9:30pm	Trivia night – booking required (free)	Sunbury Bowls Club


*Sunday*	23 March 2025
8:30am – 9:00am	GCB1HJ2 Sunday Morning at The Sunbury Event	The Village Green
9:00am – 1:00pm	– Registration, Merchandise and Stalls Open – GCB169V GPS Adventure Maze	Global Learning Centre Memorial Hall
9:00am – 2:30pm	Gadget Adventure Labs Open	GLC & Memorial Hall
9:30am – 10:30am	GCB1GJ9 Holden Flora Reserve – CITO	Holden Flora Reserve
11:00am – 12:00pm	Information Session – Designing Themed Letterboxes by THE EVIL MUGGLE	Global Learning Centre
12:00am – 1:00pm	Information Session – EarthCaches by micaparamedic	Global Learning Centre
1:00pm	Registration, Merchandise, Stalls, Maze CLOSE	GLC & Memorial Hall
2:30pm	Gadget Caches CLOSE	GLC & Memorial Hall
2:30pm – 3:00pm	Photo Opportunity with Signal	Global Learning Centre
3:00pm – 3:30pm	GCB1TGM Farewell Event	GLC Amphitheatre

The St Arnaud Event – 1 week to go!

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Geocaching Victoria

Welcome to The St Arnaud Event update. Can you believe there is only 1 WEEK TO GO? The committee are working behind the scenes to bring you the best MEGA event we can – all for FREE! Remember to REGISTER HERE by logging a “Will Attend” as this year we will be crossing off names at the event to ensure everyone who registered early gets their FREE gift.

It’s also important that you log your “will attend” on any other events you plan to attend. At the Saturday Night event we are providing each attendee with a Roast Beef Roll but if you haven’t logged a “will attend” here you might miss out! Rotary will also be selling sausages so bring a chair and some loose change!

Check out the full Schedule so you can plan your weekend.

Second of the Lab Caches

The second of the Lab Caches will be released in just a few days time on Monday November 11th and this Lab will close on Sunday November 24th. That means you can do them pre or post Mega if you are coming for longer than the weekend. The second tour is a Coffee, Cake and Fast Food Tour of St Arnaud Lab Adventure where you can discover some fantastic little eateries around the town we are calling home for the weekend. There is no need to enter the shop to find the code word but we do encourage you to spend some money and support this lovely little town.

If you’ve never done a Lab Cache before or haven’t done one since last year you will need to make sure you download the “Adventure Lab” app onto a mobile device. Simply download and login with your geocaching account and you will be good to go! Remember Lab Caches are now logged live on the spot through this app so you must be within range of the location to claim the smiley. They cannot be done through the regular geocaching app.

Adventure-lab-caches

Apps

Speaking of Apps you may want to download a few others in preparation for your trip to St Arnaud this year. We recommend:

The Geocaching App (otherwise how will you find all those hundreds of caches that are around?)
The Adventure Lab App (to do all the Lab Caches mentioned above – plus a heads up another two will be released Saturday morning so that’s 4 Adventures totalling 40 Lab Caches)
The Wherigo App (there are some Play Anywhere Wherigos around the town which you can do now from home and also one that will have you doing laps of the Main St)
YouTube App (this might come in handy for some Lab Caches which are released Saturday morning)
Metaverse App (there is an Augmented Reality Cache GC7Z1Z2 in town if you are keen for something different)

Food, Glorious Food

The Rotary Club of St Arnaud will be selling food across the weekend. This includes Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings (bacon and egg rolls), lunch on Saturday and Sunday (sausages and vegie burgers) and dinner on the Saturday night (sausages in addition to the supplied roast beef roll). Please bring plenty of loose change to support a worthy organisation.

We will also have a water refill station on site so remember to BYO a drink bottle!

rotary

Wristbands

The Saturday Night dinner has been ordered and we will be printing names and ticking people off the list who have registered to come. If you are one of these people you will need to head into the MEGA shed during Saturday to get your wristband so you can get a yummy beef roll.

Online Orders & Merchandise

Online orders of coins, pathtags, FTF raffle and other merchandise will soon be closed so jump online and pre-order for collection from the Geocaching Victoria Shop. Items are selling out so get in quickly to avoid disappointment.

St A 5 set

Fun & Games

Like most other Victorian MEGA Events that have gone before us we are continuing on with the tradition of having a “few games” run throughout the weekend. Some forms will be handout out at registration so to be in with a chance of winning – you need to grab the forms and get hunting! The following games are on offer:

Social Bingo – fill the WHOLE sheet.
Far & Wide Game – fill in a LINE with the specific stamps allocated in the cache. The more lines you fill the more chances you get to win.
Letterbox Game – find all FIVE new Letterbox caches (released this week) and stamp with the special GVI stamps.
Receipts Game – collect any receipts from when you shop in St Arnaud in the week prior and post the Mega and pop your caching name and a mobile number on the back.

bingo

Sponsorship

It’s thanks to amazing supporters that make a MEGA event possible. This includes GeoStuff who will be on site during the Mega. We’ve also had donations from our mates in South Australia who are organising a MEGA event there – GeoVenture2020, Caching Supplies, Sssafe and Sistema so a big thanks to them too. It’s also important to note that this event isn’t possible without the support of the Northern Grampians Shire Council so thank you NGS – your support in invaluable! And we can’t forget the amazing support from PathTags and Geocaching HQ who help to make this dream a reality! Thanks guys!

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