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.
Remember to get your Oyster, you have to raise it above the surface and you should always BYOP.
There are many people who helped create the history in the Oyster industry on the Georges River and Botany Bay. The people talked about here are just some of those many.
Bob Drake: The name Drake has been synonymous with the NSW oyster industry since 1876. And in 2010 it was brothers Bob, Len and Ted Drake, fourth generation oyster farmers, who were respected as the old hands of Sydney’s renowned Georges River. Bob has been oyster farming all his life, after leaving school at 14 to work with his father on the family leases in the Georges River, the largest and oldest Sydney Rock oyster fishery.
Mr Robert (Bob) Drake has been given an Order of Australia Medal. The award recognises his dedicated service to the oyster industry and reflects the regard in which Bob is held by oyster industry colleagues.
A fourth generation oyster farmer, Bob left school to work in the Georges River oyster industry at 14 years of age. He ran his business with his brothers from Neverfail Bay and Woolooware Bay close to Shark Park, which is where this cache is located and is a site often used as a film set, notably for “The Oyster Farmer”.
Glenn Emery: also knows his way around the oyster shell. In 1958, aged 11, Glenn Emery stood on a box and opened oysters until late at night to help out his father, Tom. "I had to forgo my homework," he reported in an interview, "and got into trouble at school. But I left when I was 14 and started working."