Voting for the 2025 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards is now open and closes on 8 November 2026. You can vote for your favourite caches, labs and logs here: VOTE HERE.

An event to celebrate the nominees and announce the winners will be held on 14 November 2026 – be sure to register your will attend at GCBTH0H

Nominations for the 2025 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards closed earlier in the year and the nominees were announced at the nomination event on Saturday 28 March – GCBJQQ9.

For a full list of nominated caches, jump down to the nominees below.

For full details of the awards program visit the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards main page HERE.

For the full lists of caches eligible for nomination in this years awards, please visit the following links:

• Traditional Caches https://coord.info/BME0A5H
• Non Traditional Caches https://coord.info/BME0A5F
• First Hides https://coord.info/BME0A5D
• Eligible Cache Series https://coord.info/BMF8JXR

Nominations

Nominations for the 2025 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards are now closed and were announced at the nominee event on Sunday 28 March 2026 (GCBJQQ9).Congratulations to all of the nominees listed below.

The nominees are also available on the following geocaching Lists:

• 2025 Nominees – Individual Cache Hides
• 2025 Nominees – Series Cache Hides

Best Traditional Cache

GCBDBB0	Spring Has Sprung by kazba16
GCBDZ71	Rosella’s residence by koalablina
GCB3V5A	Down by the Station by lionjrb
GCB1PZ0	The Spelling Bee (Sunbury 2025) by Mister Doctor
GCB9KJT	Florence Bird and the magical flower by MisterDoctor, Kristysadventures
GCB53ZK	Blue Switch by n0w0rries
GCAXMCJ	Kingsville Football Club (1923-1996) by Nel&Andy

Best Multi Cache

GCB1ZQN	The Music Box by ahomburg
GCBBVXH	Links to Emu Creek by kazba16
GCB1PYB	A Puggle Called Muggle (Sunbury 2025) by Mister Doctor
GCB6BKW	Tele-Vision (Pole Camera Required) by Mister Doctor
GCB6382	Pubs of Williamstown – Bay View Hotel (1868-1926) by Nel&Andy
GCAZNY6	Pubs of Williamstown – George Hotel (1865-1926) by Nel&Andy
GCAR73A	Shapes in the City by RikkiJayMudd
GCB2WTD	Learn Japanese (V2) by Watashi4

Best Mystery Cache

GCBGDJC	Wordplay by BossConner
GCBBT9E	A Jigidi For… Marong by BrianandGreg
GCB6G6B	Psephological Revisited by chooknchunk
GCB2PJN	Space Invaders Primary Phase Bonus Cache by Earthbound Chief
GCB24DG	A Legacy Uncovered by heymissjo
GCB68QZ	Creeky Boardwalk by iteem
GCAECRF	Chasing Emu’s @ Night – Bottoms Up by Mister Doctor & ILookedThere
GCBF5BE	The Burbs by OzHockeyChick

Best Other Cache

GCB29BB	End of the lines – All aboard! by Kristysadventures
GCB9KJ2	Ella Bird and the golden egg by Kristysadventures, MisterDoctor
GCB2C3A	The Grand TB Hotel by Lumpyjrb
GCBDRNF	Scoria Cone – Organ Pipes National Park by micaparamedic
GCB9KJZ	Gemma Bird and the sparkly gems by MisterDoctor, Kristysadventures
GCARP3A	SideTracked – Sunbury by n0w0rries
GCB2VY6	Yarraville Eagles Football Club (1903-1984) by Nel&Andy
GCB22BF	SideTracked – Williamstown North by Nel&Andy
GCAJJQD	Dogman & Rabbitwoman by rodeax

Best First Hide

GCB90ZH	Empire Mystery Mine by 888Solidarity
GCBCN64	Keilor Cemetery by EA18_Growler
GCBEEBY	Tag and seek by JES5ES
GCB1YXE	Make a splash! by JulesSethThea
GCB9NTZ	Challenge: Oldest Cache by monk3ybash3r
GCB9VMT	Croaking Frog by NiceLanding

Best Cache Series (First GC code for reference)

GCBG3G4	The Guru Series by ahomburg
GCBEZMB	Alphabetical by BossConner
GCB91ZK	Mount Cole Camping by chooknchunk
GCB2ERC	Green Hill Lake by Crack’n’LeeLee
GCB793B	Cherry Lake – The Path Less Travelled by tackle_head
GCB8YYG	Lost in Literature by TanSaf
GCBBB9A	Special Tool Required by veevers12

Best Regional Cache

GCB6G6B	Psephological Revisited by chooknchunk
GCB2ERC	GHL#1 – Heart of the Lake by Crack’n’LeeLee
GCBEMD8	Ye Olde Geofarm by feathertop
GCBBVXH	Links to Emu Creek by kazba16
GCBFHZ0	A Spherical Enigma by kazba16
GCBDBB0	Spring Has Sprung by kazba16
GCBDZ71	Rosella’s residence by koalablina
GCB3V5A	Down by the Station by lionjrb
GCB2C3A	The Grand TB Hotel by Lumpyjrb

Best Cache Location

GCB91ZK	MCC-01 Ditchfield Campground by chooknchunk
GCB2ERC	GHL#1 – Heart of the Lake by Crack’n’LeeLee
GCBGR81	Secluded Stumps by Donutholes
GCBC0VG	Cenozoic Sandstone Pavement by gmj3191
GCB655E	A view to kill for by grannyapple64

Best Adventure Lab

Blackburn Station Village by ahomburg

Tour de Island by Donutholes

Space Invaders Primary Phase by Earthbound Chief

City of Whitehorse Art Trail by GJMMelb

Chasing Emus @ Night – Bottoms Up by ILookedThere

Organ Pipes National Park by micaparamedic

YAY for YEA by OzHockeyChick

The Great Victorian Ice Cream Trail – Triple Scoop by RoamingHowie

Best Cache Log

GL1F5TCB6	BrianandGreg on EMU CREEK CACHE 2
GL1FQTKF8	horror.fan.jm on Geocaching By The Book #4 – When I Was Your Age…
GL1FGBNP5	horror.fan.jm on Figurehead
GL1F40B1B	horror.fan.jm on 4WD – Where did I go?
GL1F0BZ47	Kristysadventures on Bunyip Hunting
GL1E9CN4M	Kristysadventures on GHL#1 – Heart of the Lake
GL1FV0NW8	LetThemEatCache on Mt Wellington
GL1FHRNJ2	spiffy– on End of the lines – All aboard!

Best Overall Cache

GCB2PJN	Space Invaders Primary Phase Bonus Cache by Earthbound Chief
GCB68QZ	Creeky Boardwalk by iteem
GCBDZ71	Rosella’s residence by koalablina
GCB1PYB	A Puggle Called Muggle (Sunbury 2025) by Mister Doctor
GCAECRF	Chasing Emu’s @ Night – Bottoms Up by Mister Doctor & ILookedThere
GCB2VY6	Yarraville Eagles Football Club (1903-1984) by Nel&Andy

Awards and Sponsorship

The awards have a tradition of being generously sponsored by fellow geocachers within our community. If you’re interested in learning more about sponsoring one of the 2025 awards, please visit the donations section of our shop or reach out via email to president@geocachingvictoria.com.au. Sponsors have the option to remain anonymous if they wish.