With 2022 now behind us, it’s time to focus on the year ahead and plan for all the exciting geocaching moments coming up in 2023. We put together a list of the confirmed souvenir moments so far to help you get ahead on planning your geocaching outings and earning your souvenirs. Continue reading →
Accessibility and inclusion at The Whittlesea Event
Geocaching HQ Lackeys attend dozens of Mega and Giga-Events around the world, shaking hands, sharing stories of adventure, and of course, geocaching! AKprincesswarrior is the Learning & Development Manager at Geocaching HQ. She recently traveled to Australia to attend the Mega-Event, The Whittlesea Event 2022 (GC8EW40). Here’s her summary of the Event.
The Whittlesea Mega-Event took place over an unexpectedly blustery November weekend. The community of organizers and volunteers, Geocaching Victoria, managed the surprise winter weather with grace, even rescuing a geocacher’s tent after being blown away by fierce wind and pulling off a stunning fireworks show despite heavy rains. While organizing Mega-Events requires a variety of important skills, the ability of the organizers to respond in the moment to whatever unexpected chaos gets thrown their way (like surprise wind storms) is as important as the proactive preparation it takes to design an experience that not only delights the geocaching community but ensures no geocacher gets left behind, including geocachers with sensory sensitivities and those who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing. Continue reading →
Top 9 Geocaches of the Week 2022
We highlight special geocaches from around the world each week—and what a year it’s been! We saw a fantastic variety of geocaches, ranging from a well-engineered Multi-Cache hidden in Poland, a handcrafted Letterbox Hybrid in Canada, an epic journey to a hobbit hole in New Zealand, to a video game-inspired cache in Germany, and many more.
We looked at the geocaches you liked most on our blog, Facebook, and Twitter to assemble a list of the top 9 to share. Let us know your favorites:
A meme in review 2022
😂 As they say, laughter is the best medicine… 😂
If you haven’t had your fill, now’s a good time to take a look back at HQ’s best memes of the year: Continue reading →
Five creative ways to make use of your geocache log photos
These days it’s easier than ever to capture your best geocaching moments, thanks in part to our phones, and of course, all of the amazing geocaches hidden out there. Adding photos to your logs is a great way to add to the detail of your log (no spoilers, though!), but have you ever considered what else to do with those photos once you’ve earned your smiley? These photos are memories of your story-worthy geocaching moments, so make the most of them with these five ideas.
