NOTE:- The difficult rating is only because you need special equipment that we are sure you all have or be able to get hold of, and that there is some difficulty parking at WP2
The 2 entrances into Union St are marked as Parking locations.
Items needed to complete this multi:-
- A good sense of humour. A GPS or GPS enabled phone At least 4 smart phones with available data and some battery life.
- A car or push bike or you will have around a 5k walk to GZ (locations closer to the Mega were not available)
- Above all obey the Road Rules and drive carefully, it’s only a game.
The State Netball and Hockey Centre
Development
The development of the State Netball Hockey center dates back to 1996 The plan also outlined improving amenities for all park users in conjunction with the development of the Centre, including improved roads, public transport and car parking.
In May 1998 funding for the project at $24.5 million by the Community Support Fund was approved at development was officially announced by the State Government. In February 1999 a revised budget of $27 million was accepted after a tender process found that the previous budget was too small, even after reducing the scope of the project. The approval for the Centre was fast-tracked so significant progress would be made so the venue could be assessed by the 2006 Commonwealth Games. .
Facilities
The Centre has 5 indoor netball courts including two in the main stadium along with 4 outdoor courts. The main stadium has permanent seating on three sides of the courts and retractable seating can be used (covering the second court) to increase the capacity to 3,050. The secondary hall can be configured for 250 spectators.[9] When the main stadium is configured for basketball it has a capacity of 3,500. The netball courts can be transformed to cater for basketball, volleyball, martial arts, concerts, indoor soccer and other indoor sports.
The centre has two “wet” hockey pitches with a grandstand between, providing seating for 1,000 spectators undercover on the main pitch and seating for 250 spectators on second pitch. The main pitch is surrounded by grassed seating areas which can accommodate temporary seating for up to 8,000 spectators. The hockey pitches can be transformed to cater for lacrosse, gridiron, soccer, touch football and other outdoor sports.
Netball
This arena has been used for professional netball since its opening. It has hosted the VNL, ANL, the defunct Commonwealth Bank Trophy and the ANZ Championship. Past tenants include the most highly successful team in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, Melbourne Phoenix and the ANZ Championship team the Melbourne Vixens. The Vixens used the arena throughout 2008 to 2011 and also used it for the 2013 preliminary final.
Basketball
During the NBL season, the facility is used by Melbourne United (formerly the Melbourne Tigers) and is nicknamed 'The Cage'. The club made the Centre their home in 2002 due to financial trouble and the high costs of hiring their previous home, Vodafone Arena.
With demand for tickets generally being more than the SNHC can hold, the decision was made in 2012 for the Tigers to remain at the centre but move 7 of their 14 home games back to their previous home, now called Hisense Arena, in an attempt to take advantage of that arena's 10,500 capacity.
Commonwealth Games
For the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games this facility was used for all the hockey games and netball preliminary.
Now the Cache:-
These facilities were designed to host a quite few different team events, even participating in the Commonwealth Games, proving groups can work together, so we decided to make a multi that will require a team effort to get to GZ, but the group will need to work together.
We really hope you enjoy the experience.
At WP1 you will find a plaque on the red wall to the right of the entrance, you will need to collect information from this plaque to find WP2.
The date and year the center was opened by the Premier of Victoria = ?? July ????
ADD the numbers of the DATE (day only) = A
Last number of the year = B
Number of letters in the THIRD word of the heading on the plaque = C
Number of letters in Mr Dandazopoulos's FIRST name = D
Number of LOGO's on the plaque = E
THIRD number of the year opened = F
S37° 46.ABC E144° 59.DEF (check the minutes)
There is no parking close to WP2 so you will have to park in UNION St, both entrances have been marked as parking coordinates.
Way Point 2
More directions!
Get as close to the WP2 coordinates as you can, then get your smart phones out.
You will all need to carry out the below directions on your respective devices.
Verify that the accuracy displayed is reasonable (hopefully less than 5 metres or so.)
Go to to http://chilehead.us/mob/ on your browser.
When asked which mob you're attending, enter 3346.
On the next screen, the system will tell you how many of the devices have connected
To connect, a device will need to be within 10 meters of WP2
Once the counter is up to the required 4 connected devices, the app will display more directions for you to follow to get to GZ.
The fun of a mobcache is the coming together as a group, friends or strangers working your way to find a cache. Don’t take it seriously and try to have a good laugh and watch out for push bikes in the vicinity.