Cache Information:
Location: Hardy Gallagher Reserve
Time: 27.02.2016 - 16:00 until sunset
Awards: from 17:00 onwards
Facilities: There is an electric BBQ but we'll also have a Webber. Please bring your picnic blankets, camping chairs and tables.
Dinner: BYO
2015 Victorian Geocaching Adventure Festival
The Inaugural Awards
VGAF is on! Victoria has a distinctive appeal, which encompasses gourmet food and wine, history, spectacular scenery and especially outdoor experiences. We want to honor those geocachers who left the beaten track and ventured out into the wild. Bring your picnic blankets, camping chairs and esky. Of course you don't have to nominate or vote for any caches, however we'd like to invite everyone to participate.
This year awards will be handed out in the following categories:
- Outstanding Adventure Cache
It is listed as a T3 or higher and any of the following attributes are set: "significant hike", "long hike (+10km)", "difficult climbing", "may require wading", "may require swimming", "snowshoes", "cross country Skis", "climbing gear", "boat" or "scuba gear". Please provide a short paragraph why this cache should win.
- Outstanding Rope Access Cache
It is listed as a T5 and the attribute "climbing gear" is set.
- Outstanding Water Access Cache
It is listed as a T5 and the attributes "boat required" or "scuba gear" are set.
- Outstanding Hiking Cache
The attributes "significant hike" or "long hike (+10km)" are set.
- Captain Risky Award
It is listed as a T3 or higher and the attribute "dangerous area" is set. The dodgier, the better.
- Best Adventure Log
There are no special requirements. It is all about the overall experience.
- Best Snow Adventure Log
The log is about attempting a cache in winter with a closed snow cover.
- Best Landscape Picture
The picture is showcasing the great landscapes of Victoria. It is on a log of a cache which would qualify for category 1-5.
- Best Action Picture
The picture is showing a geocacher in action. It is on a log of a cache which would qualify for category 1-5.
- Spirit of the Game - The Corroded Carabiner
A geocacher who placed or logged a cache in Victoria and showed great spirits and good sense of the adventure community.
If you want to sponsor any of these awards with prize, please get in touch with us.
Cheers :)
The Bushrangers Women's Walking Club
Nominations
Nominations are open from now until the 8th of January. Just follow the link to access the nomination form. There you will also find the requirements for each category again.
Nominations have been closed
For these inaugural awards all caches, logs and pictures from 2000 to 2015 are eligible for nominations.
Voting
Voting will be open from the 8th of January 2016 until 5pm on the 26th of February. When it's ready, the form will also be accessed from this page.
2015 VGAF Voting Form
Enjoy reading the logs, viewing pictures and checking out cache pages.
Results
Once the award ceremony is over, we'll post the results here.
Rules
If the spirit of these rules are not being followed, caches/log/photo can be removed from the voting at any time.
- The number of caches or logs you can nominate per category is limited by the number of entry fields. (Up to three)
- There will be a maximum of 30 caches to vote on in any one category, if more 30 caches are nominated, they must receive more than 1 nomination from different people to be eligible. If more than 30 caches are still nominated, they will need 3 nominations etc.
- The cache is listed in Victoria
- The final cache location is in Victoria
- Cache size is small or bigger (micro and other are excluded for physical caches)
- The caches or logs must still be active at the end of 2015 (logs can be on archived caches)
- You can NOT nominate a cache you have placed, a photo you have taken or a log you have written, but that doesn't mean you can't canvas someone else to.
- Photos MUST be online on a cache log.
- The requirements for each category as listed above have to be fulfilled.
- Logs or publishing happened before 31.12.2015 - for this year ALL previous caches and logs can be nominated. From next year on it will be an annual award.
Geocaching Melbourne - Although we got Melbourne in our name, we’re not limited to the Melbournian area. Our mission is to bring the Victorian Geocaching community closer together and encourage relationships across the state. But why Geocaching Melbourne? The City of Melbourne is known all over the planet. If you mention Melbourne to a stranger they associate Australia, Kangaroos, Waves, Beaches and friendly Locals with it. That sounds pretty good to us!.
