They often say life is about the journey, not the destination; but with geocaching, we say it’s both! With over 3 million geocaches around the world. The adventure begins with navigating to the geocache location, then there’s the big “ah-ha!” moment when you find the geocache! The journey doesn’t end there though, so we’re listing out five steps we recommend once you’ve made a find. Are you completing all five?
- Sign the logbook in the geocache. You should always carry a pen/pencil. Every Physical geocache has got a log and it’s just as important to sign the physical log as it is to post your log in the Geocaching® app. Signing the geocache log validates your visit! If you don't sign, then post a note till you return.
- Scenic view? Fun trail? Group shot? Take a photo to include with your log! Photos can be uploaded to your log right from the app. However NEVER add a spoiler. The next person should have the same experience.
- Log your find in the Geocaching® app! If you’re not logging your find in the field, save it as a draft and include a few notes about your journey to the geocache that you can use to jog your memory later. Remember to NOT include spoiler comments in your log!
- Give it a Favorite point! Premium members can award Favorite points to w-o-w geocaches to let other cachers know it’s something special.
- Place the geocache back where you found it so the next cacher can experience the same finders-joy! Remember to respect your surroundings, whether that’s flora, fauna, or others around enjoying the outdoors.
Close to the hide is a positively unique building. The domed chancel can be seen from GZ bearing a striking resemblance to the elephant enclosure at Taronga Park Zoo, has earned this building the name locally of the Elephant House!
Opened in 1935, the church is in the Byzantine architectural style and, while different from traditionally designed churches, possesses an innate calmness that can only come from approaching 75 years of worship.
History behind St. Andrews
In 1910 Cronulla was a seaside village of about 100 people, most of them Anglican. The first regular church services commenced in a former dance hall in Nicholson Parade, bought for 700 pounds. With St.Andrew’s the Church of England had come to Cronulla.
In 1919 the church had to be moved for road building and St. Andrew’s was moved to a purchased site in Oceangrove Avenue where it was also used post 1935 as the parish hall until 1961. That building, much improved, is now St. James Anglican Church , Kurnell.
The present St. Andrew’s Church goes back to the depression days. Nathaniel George Bull bequeathed about 2,500 pounds in 1911 for the building of a church in Cronulla . This was finally realised 23 years later at a cost of 5000 pounds. The foundation stone was laid in December 1934 and the opening of the new church took place on July 3rd 1935. The Church of St. Andrew at Cronulla is said to be the only one of its design in the Southern Hemisphere.