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Valentine in the Queen's Gardens Event Cache

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lochb: One more coin to log - if you have it, could you please log it out? I'm archiving this event now. Thanks all for coming! Check out the now regular events organised by Toowoomba cachers!

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Hidden : Sunday, February 15, 2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

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Been looking at the always growing number of geocaches in Toowoomba, but no good reason to drive this far? Keen on meeting some other local cachers? Visit the Garden City on Valentine's Day weekend. Come the day before, find a night cache or two and stay overnight if you like. Toowoomba cachers - this is your chance to meet other Toowoomba cachers!


Update 7-2-09

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Saturday night
For those people staying in Toowoomba for the weekend who would like the opportunity to catch up before the event (to swap some hints maybe?), we have booked a table at the City Golf Club Bistro, 254 South St, South Toowoomba, on Saturday, February 14, from 7pm. We will need numbers by this Tuesday night (Feb 10) to confirm the booking – please send us a message if you would like to come along, and let us know how many people you are bringing.

The event
There are no public BBQs at the event site. BYO if required.

Accommodation
The Tourist Information Office (close to the cache Info@T), 86 James St, phone 4639 3797, can help with information on accommodation options.

Information we need from you
Paul (Bolt Es) is producing name stickers/tags for all attendees. To assist him, could you please send us the following information via email or PM:

  • First names of all cachers who are attending, and their cacher name(s)
  • Where you are from (eg, Brisbane (+suburb), Bundaberg, Toowoomba)
  • How many caches you have found and hidden
There will be plenty of new cachers who have not met others before, and this info will make it easier for everyone to start a conversation.

Looking forward to seeing you in the Garden City next weekend! Paul (Bolt Es), Kelly (Team Beaufort) and Birgit (lochb)

Phone number in case you need to contact us: 0416201037 (Birgit)

end of update
We will organise a short (approx 1h) geohunt in town, followed by BYO lunch, and a geocaching educational session targeting new cachers/hiders. This should leave some time to search for other local caches.

Arrive at coordinates: between 10am-12pm to pick up information for the geohunt. The cache we place as part of this event will be published afterwards.

Return to coordinates: from 1pm, for lunch and newbie session.

What to bring: food and drink for yourself for lunch, chair, table/blanket. GPSr might come in handy.

The location: Queens Park, close to where the last Toowoomba event was held. Toilets about 150m away. Car parking very close.

Also: To help us with the organization of the newbie session, could you please comment in your attendance/note log what issues you would like addressed, e.g. good/bad locations for a hide, containers, hints etc. If you are interested in paperless caching, or which hardware/software to use, mention this as well. We are trying to start a series of presentations to be continued at future events, targeting new & old geocachers keen to place quality caches. Yes, oldies are also welcome!

This information will be updated as the event gets closer. You might like to watch this listing (top right menu).

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