This cache provides a quick tour around some of the features of
Johnstone Park in Geelong. The well-established trees and lawns
make this a popular place for community events, office workers on
their lunch breaks, and wedding photographers. It also contains a
number of historically significant monuments. The nature of a
Wherigo cache provides some "virtual" tasks that you will need to
accomplish in order to obtain the coordinates for the final
physical geocache.
Allow 30-45 minutes for the tour, or more if you wish to rest and
enjoy a snack while you're here.
This cache has been listed as wheelchair-accessible. Feedback as to
the suitability of this rating would be most welcome.
Whereigo
Details
To play, you need to download the Cartridge from the
Whereigo.com site using
this link.
Whereigo is still in development by
Groundspeak so from time to time you may see it lock up on your
unit. Some Wherigo developers have suggested that you save
your Cartridge after any interaction with it (e.g. picking up an
item) so you don't have to re-start the adventure from the
beginning if your unit does lock up. I cannot yet vouch for this recommendation. In any
case, please ensure you have the latest version of the
Whereigo Player loaded on your PDA.
Every care has been taken to eliminate
errors, and this Cartridge has been completed using both the Garmin
Colorado and Pocket PC. At this early stage of development, I
encourage people to try this out on the emulator if they don't have
the required hardware (details below) - you could still find
the cache this way.
If you don't have any Whereigo compatible equipment yet, but
still want to experience what it's like, download the Whereigo Builder and then run the Whereigo Cartridge
in the Emulator. You will need to email me through my GC.com
profile to get the code needed at the first stage of the adventure,
otherwise you won't be able to continue (you can't rely on the
information in Google to match the real world answer here). Once
you get the final location in the Emulator, use your GPS and go out
to find the cache like you would do a Traditional cache (Google
Earth won't help you here - too many clouds). If you do the cache
this way, we would ask that you state you did it using the emulator
in your logs.
The prize of a new, unactivated Australia 2008 (gold) geocoin
for each of the first finders using these platforms has been won by
VKC1SR (Pocket PC) and embi (Garmin Colorado). Thank you to both of
them for their early feedback.
The Cache
The Whereigo adventure leads you to a final physical
geocache box. You need to sign the logbook in this in order to
claim a find on GC.com and you can also log the completion
of the cartridge on Wherigo.com if you like.
You are looking for a painted, magnetic Eclipse tin, holding a log
and a small pen. A very specific spoiler photo is included at the
end of this Whereigo adventure, but you will need another code to
reveal it. If you are on-site and desperate, you may need to
"phone-a-friend" to get my mobile number!
Please be extremely stealthy at the final location as this area
can be very busy at times. If you resort to the spoiler photo you
will see that it should be possible to retrieve and return the
cache without compromising its location.
First-to-find prize for the physical cache (emulator finds
allowed) is a "Mr Emu - Cache Surfer" pathtag - but only for those
who haven't claimed one on a previous cache. Email me to make your
claim and arrange collection. One per team at this
stage.
