The SideTracked series of geocaches are fairly easy to find caches which can be found at or near train stations, ex-train stations or near miniature railways. The first SideTracked geocache was placed at Evesham, about 50km south of Birmingham in the UK, on the 10th August, 2007.
GC15082 The First Ever SideTracked - Evesham
Evesham Railway Station, UK
This year marks the 19th anniversary of the beginning of the SideTracked Series.
There are currently 6,397 Caches and 922,640 Found Logs, 60,225 Did Not Finds and 9,829 Cachers attending Events in the database. SideTracked caches are placed in 47 different countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Belgium, France, Russia, South Africa, Israel, United Arab Emirates and in Zimbabwe. Even the Vatican City State has a SideTracked cache.
To help celebrate this milestone, come along and join me and other fellow cachers at a very appropriate location.
Details as follows:
When: Monday, 10th August, 2025.
Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Venue: Hornsby Railway Hotel, Station St, Hornsby.
Parking: See parking waypoints.
Unfortunately, there is no official Groundspeak souvenir available for attending a SideTracked Day event. However, attendance at this event will allow you to add to your Geocaching Profile, a unique SideTracked Day badge that will be created.
Please post a Will Attend so you will receive any announcements.
I'm really hoping you can make it to this event and help the community to celebrate this great series of geocaches.
Cheers,
Calypso62
Hornsby Train Station Entrance
Did you know that NSW has a geocaching association? Geocaching NSW aims to enhance and improve the activity of geocaching and holds regular events where geocachers meet to enjoy their common interests. Visit the association website here.