Rok i Ribafish, sin i otac, bili su geocacheri amateri i skupili su preko 300 cacheva sa svih strana svijeta. Imali su plan zajedno posjetiti sve naseljene hrvatske otoke, no njihovu avanturu je prekinula sudbina. Danas, Rok više nije na ovom svijetu, ali tata Ribafish ispunjava obećanje koje mu je dao - da će posjetiti sve hrvatske naseljene otoke, pa stvara Udrugu i projekt #RokOtok, edukacijsko plivački maraton u kojem će kroz tri godine i pedesetak etapa preplivati udaljenosti između svih 50 hrvatskih naseljenih otoka. Ujedno, na svakom otoku će pokušati drugim klincima razviti svijest o važnosti provođenja zajedničkog vremena roditelja i djece kroz sport, druženje, učenje, istraživanje, kao i važnost očuvanja prirode. Geocaching se također promovira kao jedna aktivnost koja odvlači djecu od buljenja u igrice na ekranu prema avanturi, orijentaciji i istraživanju prirode.
Projekt je počeo u ljeto 2019. kad je preplivao preko 100 km spajajući 17 naseljenih otoka u južnom Jadranu. Zbog poznate Covid situacije i ograničenja preskočena je 2020. godina, a u ljeto 2021. slijedi avantura na Srednjem Jadranu, kad će se plivajući obići 17 novih otoka.
Hrvatski geocacheri su se okupili i napravili “ekološke” cacheve koji će uz prigodnu prezentaciju o geocachingu biti postavljeni na tih 17 otoka. Ovo je jedan od cacheva iz serije.
Za više detalja o projektu #RokOtok posjetite stranicu www.rokotok.hr, a kako je cijeli projekt prilično medijski popraćen, za aktuelne informacije jednostavno izguglajte!
Dugi otok
Dugi otok je otok u Jadranskom moru, na hrvatskoj obali Jadrana. Pripada zadarskoj otočnoj skupini sjevernodalmatinskih otoka i ima 124 km² (dug je 43 km, a širok do 4.6 km) te 2873 stanovnika. Površinom od 113.3 km² i ukupnom duljinom od 44.5 km Dugi otok čini vanjski niz otoka zadarskog arhipelaga, zajedno s otocima Molatom, Istom, Škardom i Premudom.
Na otoku se nalazi jedanaest naselja, od čega su Sali, Zaglav, Žman, Luka, Savar, Brbinj, Dragove i Božava smješteni na sjeveroistočnoj strani, dok se Soline, Verunić i Veli Rat nalaze na sjeverozapadnoj obali, u duboko uvučenim zaljevima Solišćica i Velarska vala.
Gospodarska je osnova poljodjelstvo, vinogradarstvo, maslinarstvo, stočarstvo, ribarstvo, pčelarstvo i turizam. Dugi otok ima nekoliko domaćih dnevnih trajektnih i brodskih veza sa Zadrom. Veće luke su trajektna u Brbinju i Zaglavu, te Sali i Božava. Sva naselja povezana su otočnom cestom kojom prometuje i lokalna autobusna linija.
Otok ima mnogo prirodnih ljepota, a posebno se ističe Park prirode Telašćica na južnom djelu otoka, velo i malo jezero kod Žmana, uvala Solinšćica i uvala Sakarun. Ima dosta povijesnih ostataka (uključujući i prapovijesne). Na otoku se nalaze 3 jezera (dva periodička slatka i stalno slano u Telašćici). U blizini otoka se nalazi mnogo manjih otočića i hridi, a u neposrednoj je blizini i Nacionalni park Kornati.
Rok and Ribafish, son and father, were amateur geocachers and they found over 300 caches from all over the world. They had a plan to visit all the inhabited Croatian islands together, but their adventure was interrupted by fate. Today, Rok is no longer in this world, but dad Ribafish fulfills the promise he gave him - that he will visit all Croatian inhabited islands. So, he created the Association and the project #RokOtok (Otok = island in Croatian), an educational swimming marathon in which he will connect all 50 Croatian inhabited islands by swimming, in three years and fifty(ish) stages. At the same time, on each island he will try to educate children and develop their awareness of the importance of spending time with their parents through sports, socializing, learning, research, as well as the importance of nature conservation. Geocaching is also promoted as one activity that distracts children from staring at on-screen games towards adventure, orientation and nature exploration.
The project began in the summer of 2019 when he swam over 100 km connecting 17 inhabited islands in the Southern Adriatic. Due to the well-known Covid situation and limitations, the year 2020 was skipped, but in the summer of 2021 an adventure in the Central Adriatic is scheduled, when 17 new islands will be visited by swimming.
Croatian geocachers gathered for this project and made "ecological" caches that will be placed on these 17 islands with a short presentation on geocaching. This is one of the caches from the series.
For more details about the #RokOtok project, visit the page www.rokotok.hr, and as the whole project is quite covered by the media, just google it for current information!
Dugi otok
Dugi otok is an island in the Adriatic Sea, on the Croatian Adriatic coast. It belongs to the Zadar archipelago of northern Dalmatian islands and has 124 km² (it is 43 km long and up to 4.6 km wide) and 2873 inhabitants. With an area of 113.3 km² and a total length of 44.5 km, Dugi otok forms the outer series of islands of the Zadar archipelago, together with the islands of Molat, Ist, Škard and Premuda. There are eleven settlements on the island, of which Sali, Zaglav, Žman, Luka, Savar, Brbinj, Dragove and Božava are located on the northeast side, while Soline, Verunić and Veli Rat are located on the northwest coast, in the deeply indented bays Solišćica and Velarska vala.
The economic basis is agriculture, viticulture, olive growing, animal husbandry, fishing, beekeeping and tourism. Dugi otok has several domestic daily ferry and boat connections with Zadar. Larger ports are ferries in Brbinj and Zaglav, and Sali and Božava. All settlements are connected by an island road with a local bus line.
The island has many natural beauties, especially the Telašćica Nature Park in the southern part of the island, the big and small lake near Žman, Solinšćica bay and Sakarun bay. There are plenty of historical remains (including prehistoric ones). There are 3 lakes on the island (two periodic sweet and constantly salty in Telašćica). Near the island there are many smaller islands and cliffs, and in the immediate vicinity is the Kornati National Park.
