This event is at “Castellos”, a “kid friendly”, bistro type
venue, with nice food, a pleasant environment, and an indoor park
for any junior cachers who join us. For Table bookings phone
9702 6223. Starting time is 6pm, when the venue opens for
evening meals. Please get in Early to book your teams
table –This is a popular place!!!! As we progress through the
night, we can easily move to each others tables, and gather at one
large table for the vote counts. There is plenty of room to do
this.
There are two reasons for this caching event:
1)To come along & enjoy each others company; and
2)So we can all judge the preceding “Fun & Exciting
caching Activity”
So What is the “Fun & Exciting caching
Activity” ???
Each team creates a cache designed to be a fun experience for all,
especially those who are 12 years of age or younger. Larger caches,
themed caches, games, contraptions, or equipment that must be used
to obtain the final cache, or perhaps fun places at GZ, great
swaps, or Any other idea’s you may come up with. All of the “Fun
& Exciting caching Activity” submissions are to be made
available for release on 15th September 2005, then over a 4 week
period (starting with the Sept. school holidays), we go & find
as many of them as we can. There is no requirement to find every
cache. This “Fun & Exciting caching Activity” is NOT just for
kids. The emphasis is on creating a fun, laughter, & excitement
filled caching experience.
Each participating team will receive a voting card. At the
event, votes will be opened (Brownlow style), & we will present
a plaque/trophy for the team which hides the cache proving by
popular vote to be “The Most Fun Caching experience” of the
“Activity”. Second prize is a “GPS Outfitters” Geocaching Kit/Bag.
This prize has been kindly donated to us by the GPS Guru’s of
,“Johnny Appleseed”, (St Kilda road Melbourne). We have one
of these and they are fantastic -(It fits our GPS, phone, camera,
pens, torch, some small swaps, is easily attached to the belt,
& has a weather proof cover. There will also be consolation
prizes including some Travel bugs kindly donated by "Sphere
Innovative Technologies" online caching store.
And for those who have kids: Every child participating in the
event will be formally presented with a “Certificate of
Participation”. Each child participant can also receive a “Junior
Cachers Kit”-(see attached photo &
Click here to order).
In order to participate in this “Fun &
Exciting caching Activity”, each participant must:
A) Hide a cache consistent with the guidelines below, &
in such a way so as to make it fun or exciting for all, especially
those who are 12 years of age or younger. –(This does not mean that
they cannot be found & enjoyed by older cachers, in fact quite
the contrary. We all enjoy hiding and finding a cache, which is
perhaps a little different).
B) Each participating team, needs to find 4 or more of the
caches submitted.
Here are the guidelines:
1. The difficulty rating should be 2 or less.
2. The terrain rating should be 2 or less.
3. The size of the cache container must be One Litre or more.
4. Up to 3 waypoints/required locations (including start, middle,
& final).
5. Maximum 500metres (ish) from the nearest asphalt road.
6. Maximum 500metres (ish) total traveling from starting waypoint
to final waypoint.
7. No other rules, just have fun caching.
Participants may enter as many caches as they like. The Names of
Participating Caches are Listed below as a URL Link, so we all know which ones to hunt
prior to the Event Night.
Priority: Having light hearted non competitive fun,
social activity, & using our imagination, whilst remembering to
cater for the youngsters also. So get the thinking caps on, let the
imaginations fly, & lets get into a bit of fun !!!!!
The following entries were received:
Sing Along cache by Chookies
Bed Bugs by Muzza
Lakeside by gumleaves
Off The Wall By maccamob
M.W. #6 Silvan Dam. An Iconic Walk in the
Park By Geof
"Let’s Play Pooh Sticks" by Biggles
Bear
Toy Bucket by acts2youthgroup &
SPY-KIDS
Harry's Cache by Chefs on the Run
Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow
by Mr.Coffee and the Coffee Clan
Shrek's Swamp by Team Crackers &
Cracker Girl
Calder Capers I - Pit Stop by Spruce
Mooses
Calder Capers II - Toot Toot by
Spruce Mooses
Nobbies View by piggysue
Alphabet Soup by piggysue
Just Joking by the farmers 5
Mystical Mountain by the JigJam
Clan
Crazy About Netball by chefs on the
run
Phoenix Fun by Little Miss Muggle
(MMM) Twenty-Seven Storiesby
Partic
Note:To obtain your Voting
Cards
click here or write
us a note on this event page and we will send you a higher
resolution copy as an attachment.
Happy Treasure Hunting.
Regards,
Chookies.