The 12 Days of Cachemas (TDOC24) is a series of caches placed across Victoria to celebrate Cachemas in July in 2024. The series is a joint initiative of Geocaching Victoria and the local community to release caches in a different category each day across the state. We hope you have as much fun finding this series, as we all had placing them. A geocaching list of the full series is available at https://coord.info/BMDGW0P
On the eighth day of Cachemas, Signal gave to me,
new letters boxing,
big hides for finding,
some gadgets tricking,
hides in a rare LGA,
two quirky challenges,
one night hide,
two earthcaches,
and a wherigo up in a tree.
For a child, one of the first magical sparks of Christmas is lit when they put pencil (or crayon) to paper. With a bowed head and little face screwed up in concentration, they meticulously write a heartfelt letter to Santa Claus, listing the gifts they hope to receive in return for being good all year.
This letter-writing tradition is considered an age-old one but in fact, it only came about in the second half of the 19th century. Before that, children would receive letters from Santa Claus instead, usually written by parents masquerading as the jolly bearded fellow, to counsel their children on their behaviour throughout the year.
When Christmas gift-giving gained popularity, the letter-writing tradition evolved from children receiving these report cards to writing wish lists. Austalia Post offer a service if you post Santa a letter he will respond (as long as you get it in the post by 1st December).
Once your child's letter is ready, pop it into a standard envelope and address it to Santa, North Pole, 9999. Stick a 65c Christmas-card only stamp on the front. Don’t forget to write your child’s name and return address clearly on the back so Santa knows where to send his reply.
The Cache
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates but this is a good place to post your letter to Santa as outlined above.
To find the location of the cache you will have to do a bit of Research (pun intended) to discover what the postcode of this suburb is.
Let us call the postcode ABCD. Near the posted coordinates there is a bank of PO Boxes. On the top line there is a particular post box that stands out (due to santa colours) let us call this EFGH.
The cache can be found at S 37 (A+1)(D-3).FGH E 145 (B+1)E.(E*3)CA
The cache is a regular letterbox hybrid. A stamp has been included in the cache for you to stamp your own personal notebook. Please ensure the stamp is returned to the cache when completed.