Celebrate International Geocaching Day 2022 at Lake Weeroona, Bendigo!
This will be an excellent opportunity for both new and more experienced geocachers to meet up with others and enjoy a social chat with like-minded people.
Please BYO food and drinks if you want to eat. There are BBQ facilities, tables and seating under the shelter. Vendors also sell hot dogs, donuts, milkshakes, etc., not far away on most weekends. There is an ice-cream shop offering a large variety of flavors opposite the lake on the corner of Napier & Nolan Streets though admittedly it's probably the wrong time of year for that - for most people... but some of us love ice-creams all year round!
Please note that the nearby playground is currently being upgraded so can't be used, but it won't affect the planned location for the event which is outside the construction zone.
History of International Geocaching Day:
On May 3rd, 2000 the first geocache was placed near Beavercreek, Oregon, USA by Dave Ulmer. The cache was a bucket and contained various items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot. Dave posted the coordinates to a GPS users' group on the internet and challenged others to find it with a very simple rule: "Take some stuff, leave some stuff." So the hobby of geocaching as we know it was born and many other enthusiasts followed Dave Ulmer's example by hiding containers for others to find. Today there are now over a million active geocaches in the United States alone and over 90,000 active geocaches in Australia. To celebrate this wonderful activity, International Geocaching Day is now observed on the third Saturday in August each year.
Source used: "The History of Geocaching" on the geocaching website.
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.