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The St Arnaud Event – March Update

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Welcome to The St Arnaud Event March update. The committee are working behind the scenes to bring you the best MEGA event we can – all for FREE! Remember to REGISTER HERE as this year we will be crossing off names at the event to ensure everyone who registered early gets their gift.

The lead up events have continued and February saw events in Devonport (Tas) & Emerald (Vic). Thanks to our hosts for helping to spread the word about The St Arnaud Event.

Devonport

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Emerald

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Pathtags

The official St Arnaud Event Pathtags are now available to pre-order. Don’t they look amazing? Visit the Geocaching Victoria store to purchase the below St Arnaud pathtags which can be collected at the MEGA event. Many thanks to Ozglory Designs for designing these tags for us. People have inquired about using the border on their own pathtags and we suggest you contact Ozglory Designs.

St A 5 set

Don’t forget if you are designing your own Pathtag remember to add the Geocaching Victoria tag back (which helps fund events like this Mega).

Lead Up Events

The Victorian MEGA lead up events are back! We know people like prizes so we encourage you to attend as many events as possible as each event you attend will give you up to 6 raffle tickets for a special prize that might just have your name on it? This special Lead Up raffle will be drawn on the Saturday night event of the Mega – so make sure you attend as you need to be there to claim your prize. And who knows… the prize might consist of an illusive “unobtainium”…
GZ Code Where When
GC82D87 Walhalla, Vic Saturday 16th of March, 2019, 11:00am (Note: roads are reopened so event will proceed).
GC844VD Lismore, NSW Monday 25th of March, 2019, 6:00pm
GC83F8E Cowes, Vic Saturday 13th of April, 2019, 10:00am
GC84161 Bradden, ACT Wednesday 17th of April, 2019, 7:30am
GC83F95 Portland, Vic Saturday 18th of May, 2019, 10:00am
Wangaratta, Vic Saturday 15th of June, 2019 10:00am
Camperdown, Vic July
Melbourne CBD, Vic August
Castlemaine, Vic September
Bacchus Marsh, Vic October

More lead up events releasing soon!

Geocaching in St Arnaud – ‘Oh when the Saints’ series

Oh when the Saints is “a series of caches taking a tour of the North Central Victorian town of St. Arnaud. Sporting, historically significant and let’s face it, places that I like in the town that I live”.  These are the words of local St Arnaud cache owner strangequark1 who put this series of caches out for our enjoyment.

The first few were released in October 2012 with more following over the next 18 months and strangequark1 is recently back at it, replacing one of the earlier archived caches in January this year. With a total of 14 caches currently active, the series will take you to some fantastic local places of interest – from the local pistol club to the oldest surviving house in St Arnaud, an 1868 cottage.

With a mix of trads & multi’s available, by the end of the series you will have learned all about the local CFA, paid your respects to a number of historic graves at the local cemetery and met Marshall St Arnaud, after whom the town was named (well met his statue anyway).

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There are even a couple right by the MEGA location. Generally, you’d probably avoid searching for GC4QBJN with a crowd present but on November 16th & 17th this year, GZ will also be the heart of The St Arnaud Event 2019 so search away! Over 1900 smilies have been earned from this great local series with just short of 100 favourite points awarded*. Enjoy!

*Statistics current as of 3 March 2019

 

Sponsorship

It’s thanks to amazing supporters that make a MEGA event possible. This includes Caching Supplies AND GeoStuff who will both have their shop on site during the Mega. We’ve also had donations from 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! And we can’t forget the amazing support from PathTags and Geocaching HQ   who help to make this dream a reality! Thanks guys!

The St Arnaud Event – February Update

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Welcome to The St Arnaud Event February update. The committee are working behind the scenes to bring you the best MEGA event we can – all for FREE! Remember to REGISTER HERE as this year we will be crossing off names at the event to ensure everyone who registered early gets their gift.

And if the January lead-up event is anything to go by this event is going to be MEGA! Almost 50 teams attended the St Arnaud lead up event on Australia Day and enjoyed a taste of the amazing caches St Arnaud has on offer.

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Accommodation – New Campsites Available

The Northern Grampians Shire have approved powered and unpowedered sites at the Mega Site at Lord Nelson Park.  The Caravan Park is taking bookings for these.  Please call 03 5495 1447 (we are led to believe only unpowered sites are left).

Pathtags

The official St Arnaud Event Pathtags are now available to pre-order. Don’t they look amazing? Visit the Geocaching Victoria store to purchase the below St Arnaud pathtags which can be collected at the MEGA event. Many thanks to Ozglory Designs for designing these tags for us. People have inquired about using the border on their own pathtags and we suggest you contact Ozglory Designs.

Don’t forget if you are designing your own Pathtag remember to add the Geocaching Victoria tag back (which helps fund events like this Mega).

St A 5 set

Pathtag Design Competition – Extended Deadline

Ok – so we know there are lots of budding Pathtag designers out there so we are asking for your help. At each Victorian Mega thus far participants have received a FREE event pathtag (different to those above). This year we are throwing it open to attendees to design this FREE event pathtag. The winner will receive a full set of the above 5 official St Arnaud Event 2019 pathtags.

The competition is now open and will close at midnight on Sunday February 24th (EXTENDED DEADLINE). That means you have a couple of weeks left to get designing. Send your “winning” design to gemmasiemensma@gmail.com with St Arnaud Event Pathtag Competition as the subject line.

Lead Up Events

The Victorian MEGA lead up events are back! We know people like prizes so we encourage you to attend as many events as possible as each event you attend will give you up to 6 raffle tickets for a special prize that might just have your name on it? This special Lead Up raffle will be drawn on the Saturday night event of the Mega – so make sure you attend as you need to be there to claim your prize. And who knows… the prize might consist of an illusive “unobtainium”…

GZ Code Where When
GC82GYW Devonport, Tas Sunday 10th of February, 2019, 12:00pm
GC81NXZ Emerald, Vic Saturday 16th of February, 2019, 10:00am
GC82D87 Walhalla, Vic Saturday 16th of March, 2019, 11:00am

More lead up events releasing soon!

Enticing Caches! The Fire Break Track Series

There is no doubt that St Arnaud is a high quality caching area. Within 30km of the township, you can find well over 300 active geocaches in a range of cache types.
If searching by top favourite points, you will be quickly directed to the Fire Break Track series.

Released in October 2014, the themed series is compiled by locals FUF009 and Tyred n Cranky. The series of 25 caches take you along the town’s Fire Break Track from Lock Road to Wycheproof Road, crossing in and out of the bush on a couple of occasions. The well-trodden series is broken in to 2 halves, with numbers to collect from the 23 trads which will lead you to two puzzle caches to mark half way and completion.

Each traditional cache in the series has over 150 individual logs while the series as a whole has a whopping 383* favourite points. Number Five in the series (FBT05 – Fire Truck GC5A533) has 87* favourite points alone, g​iving it the honour of the ‘most favourited’ cache within 30km of St Arnaud.  FBT?? – Hydrant GC5A4YV earned the title of 2014 Victorian cache of the Year in the Puzzle category.

To start the series, head to FBT01 = “000” GC5A524. It will be a few hours well spent!

*Statistics current as of 4 Feb 2019

Sponsorship

It’s thanks to amazing supporters that make a MEGA event possible. This includes Caching Supplies AND GeoStuff who will both have their shop on site during the Mega. It’s also important to note that this event isn’t possible without the support of the Northern Grampians Shire Council so a big thanks to them too! And we can’t forget the amazing support from PathTags and Geocaching HQ   who help to make this dream a reality! So thanks guys!

The St Arnaud Event – January 2019 update

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Wow – it’s now 2019 and we are in full planning mode for The St Arnaud Event 2019 (log your will attend here). Lots has been happening so let’s get to some news…

Pathtags

The official St Arnaud Event Pathtags are now available to pre-order. Don’t they look amazing? Visit the Geocaching Victoria store to purchase the below St Arnaud pathtags which can be collected at the MEGA event. Many thanks to Ozglory Designs for designing these tags for us. People have inquired about using the border on their own pathtags and we suggest you contact Ozglory Designs.

Don’t forget if you are designing your own Pathtag remember to add the Geocaching Victoria tag back (which helps fund events like this Mega).

St A 5 set

Pathtag Design Competition

Ok – so we know there are lots of budding Pathtag designers out there so we are asking for your help. At each Victorian Mega thus far participants have received a FREE event pathtag (different to those above). This year we are throwing it open to attendees to design this FREE event pathtag. The winner will receive a full set of the above 5 official St Arnaud Event 2019 pathtags.

The competition is now open and will close at midnight on Sunday February 10th. That means you have over a month to get designing. Send your “winning” design to gemmasiemensma@gmail.com with St Arnaud Event Pathtag Competition as the subject line.

Lead Up Events

The Victorian MEGA lead up events are back! We know people like prizes so we encourage you to attend as many events as possible as each event you attend will give you up to 6 raffle tickets for a special prize that might just have your name on it? This special Lead Up raffle will be drawn on the Saturday night event of the Mega – so make sure you attend as you need to be there to claim your prize. And who knows… the prize might consist of an illusive “unobtainium”…

GC Code & Link Where When
GC80RYA

(3 raffle tickets)

 St Arnaud Saturday 26th of January 2019, 11:30am
GC81NXZ

(2 raffle tickets)

 Emerald, Melbourne Saturday 16th of February 2019, 10am

Not in Victoria? Never fear we have some interstate events coming soon so stay tuned!

Sponsorship

We are super excited to announce that we have our first sponsors on board. This includes GeoStuff who will have their shop on site during the Mega. It’s also important to note that this event isn’t possible without the support of the Northern Grampians Shire Council so a big thanks to them too!

Accommodation

Did you miss our post on this? For more information visit here to see what accommodation options are available.

FAQs

Check out our St Arnaud Event FAQs page for answers to commonly asked questions. One that we can now clarify is that the MEGA site is dog friendly – so please feel free to bring your well behaved pooches!

Saturday Night BBQ and Accommodation

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Saturday Night BBQ & Festivities

The Saturday Night BBQ will be a little different this year. We will be providing a smoked beef and Gravy roll free to those that have logged a “Will Attend” on both the Saturday Night BBQ event and of course the Parkville Mega Event. This is important so we know numbers for catering.

Every attendee will be given a wrist band. That wrist band will entitle you to ONE free beef and gravy roll, sponsored by Geocaching Victoria. Aside from this, our Geocaching Victoria Oxfam Teams will be running a fundraising BBQ for sausages and onions in bread and will also have drinks on sale. These will be $2.50 per sausage and $2 per drink. The Oxfam teams will have donation boxes available on the night, so bring along your appetite and your spare change.

We have four teams of 4 people competing in the 2019 Oxfam Trailwalker in March, walking 100km from Emerald, meandering through the densely forested Dandenong Ranges to Lilydale and then following a long and winding picturesque Yarra Trail, through to Fairfield.

And most importantly don’t forget to BYO Chair on Saturday night so you can sit back and enjoy watching the TREASURE MOVIE in comfort!

To those Vegetarians, Vegans or other dietary requirements, sorry but you will need to provide your own dinners as we simply don’t have the resources to supply separate meals for you.

Accommodation…

Are you staying at Urban camp during the Mega? Don’t forget a couple of key items you will need…

  1. A sleeping Bag, doona or sheets.
  2. Pillow case (pillows are provided).
  3. Towels

If you are staying at Urban Camp, you can check in from 3pm on Friday 16th November.

Please note that Urban Camp does not permit the use of aerosols anywhere in the building and this includes deodorants. This is because of their very sensitive smoke detectors which trigger the fire alarm. If the fire alarm goes off this automatically triggers a call out and you will be billed the $2000 call out fee. So just bring roll on, or go outside.

Also please note, their is no cooking facilities at Urban Camp. There are plenty of cafes and restaurants close by. Food in the form of a sausage sizzle will be available all day Saturday and Sunday at the MEGA site. There is an event nearby at the local Bowls Club on the Friday night and there is a free BBQ at the MEGA site on the Saturday night. There will also be a discount voucher in the registration bags for the two local McDonalds as well.

Thank You

As per usual, we would like to thank our Major Sponsors. Without their ongoing support, big events like this would not be able to take place.

Our 2018 sponsors include Geocaching.com, Cachly, Pathtags.com, Caching Supplies, Clear Waters Event Queanbean Easter 2019, City of Melbourne, Bunnings, McDonalds, Freddy’s Bike Tours, City West Waters, Sssafe and of course it goes without saying, The future attendees of The Parkville Event.

Coins, Pathtags, Shirts & Accommodation

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Coins and Pathtags still available to order

We still have available to order for pickup at the Parkville Event Pathtag sets AND Trading sets, Standard Geocoins and the Very Special Limited Edition Coins which are fast running out. It is better to pre-order and avoid the disappointment of missing out on this very special coin. Orders can be placed HERE

Don’t forget to pickup your orders?

Many of you have had orders in since November last year and we thank you for your support. Coins and pathtags, as well as shirt orders will be available for pickup in the registration area of the Parkville Event. To all those that have pre-ordered, don’t forget to pickup your order.

Urban Camp Accommodation

There are still a limited amount of beds available at Urban Camp. Book your accommodation HERE to be right in the middle of the action. As a bonus for staying at Urban Camp, you will receive a free Parkville Village geocoin as a memento of your stay.

 

Thank You

As per usual, we would like to thank our Major Sponsors. Without their ongoing support, big events like this would not be able to take place.

Our 2018 sponsors include Geocaching.com, Cachly, Pathtags.com, Caching Supplies, Clear Waters Event Queanbean Easter 2019,  City of Melbourne, Bunnings, McDonalds, Freddy’s Bike Tours, City West Waters, Sssafe and of course it goes without saying, The future attendees of The Parkville Event.