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.
Please remember that extreme stealth will be required if this cache is to remain in place for others to find.
Shark Island is a dangerous reef break about 100 m off Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. It comprises a rock ledge that is fully exposed at low tide.
The island is a well-known body boarding and surfing location. The wave can stand up fast and violently ("jack up" in surfing jargon), making it difficult and dangerous. The island is regarded by body boarders as producing one of the "heaviest" waves in the world.
The annual Shark Island Challenge body boarding contest is held there, as well as the annual Shark Island Swim Challenge held at Cronulla Beach.
Blackwoods Beach is just one of the many beaches that characterize the southern Sydney suburb of Cronulla. Cronulla is about 26 kilometers from Sydney's Central Business District, almost forty minutes away by car. It is probably because of this distance that Cronulla locals possess such an acute sense of their local community, which is to a large extent defined by a vibrant beach culture. Blackwoods Beach is one of Cronulla's smaller stretches of sand, with boulders and a rather frothy, boiling swell as a result of the hidden rocks and outcrops that line the shore. These unwelcoming sectors of the beach regularly give way to sand that invites sunbathing and sandcastles. With the right attitude, the rocks can be transformed from impediments to seats. It is a 40 m pocket of sand wedged in between continuous sandstone rock platforms, with rock outcropping on the beach and at times patches of sand spreading over the rocks for another 100 m to the south. It lies in lee of Shark Island resulting in usually low waves at the shore. It is backed by rock bluffs, a narrow sloping grassy reserve and coastal walk, then houses.