Team Fish Eagle Geocoin Fish Eagle's Impala Coin (AUS)

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Released:
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Origin:
South Africa
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Aykayem.

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Roam anywhere in the world, collecting the flags of the countries that I visit.

About This Item

Impala

This is a real coin. If you find anything else please let us know. See the gallery for a photo.

We live close to the Kruger National Park, which we visit frequently, and love dearly. We have dedicated this series of personal geocoins to some of the special animals found in the Park.

IMPALA  (Aepyceros Melampus)

Appearance
This is the most common antelope of the bushveld regions of South Africa. A very graceful, rufous-fawn antelope, with white underparts, measuring approximately 900mm at the shoulders. Rams weigh around 60 Kg and ewes 40 Kg. A black stripe extends from the top of the rump down the back of each thigh. The lower hind legs have glands beneath tufts of black hair. Only the rams have horns which are lyre-shaped, and reach a length of 700mm.

Diet
The Impala is a mixed feeder. It browses on shrubbery and grazes grass on gently undulating or flat terrain. Acacia pods and fruits are taken when available.

Breeding
Following a gestation period of 194-200 days single calves are born during early summer. An ewe is sexually mature at two years of age. Young rams can breed as yearlings, but are prevented to do so by territorial rams, which dominate reproductive opportunities.

Behaviour
Herds seldom wander more than eight km from permanent water supply. Renowned for their spectacular leaps over shrubs and bushes, when alarmed. Rutting occurs during early winter months. Young rams live in bachelor herds, and those strong enough to be successful in establishing territories, become solitary within their respective domains during the rut. Females live in breeding herds.

Habitat
Its preferred habitat is woodland savannahs of the northern and eastern districts of South Africa, and in countries beyond.

Predators
The Impala is preyed upon by most of the large carnivores and the young often fall prey to Pythons. The Impala are therefore on constant alert. Should one of them spot danger, it will snort an alarm and the whole herd will scatter. It is one of the treats offered by nature to see this antelope perform their incredible 3 metre high and 12 metre long leaps.

Nov06 - Australia

May07 - United States

May07 - Australia

Nov08 - New Zealand

Sep11 - Australia

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Discovered It 2/2/2020 Kittykatch discovered it Australian Capital Territory, Australia   Visit Log

Discovered at a dinner following the CITO today. Thanks for sharing.
Discovered It 2/2/2020 dty73 discovered it Australian Capital Territory, Australia   Visit Log

Discovered at the 02/02/2020 dinner event. Thanks for sharing, safe travels and happy caching.
Discovered It 2/2/2020 Aquilus1 discovered it Australian Capital Territory, Australia   Visit Log

Discovered at the 02022020 event, thanks for sharing!
Discovered It 12/23/2019 DARKSIDEDAN discovered it Australian Capital Territory, Australia   Visit Log

G'Day My Fellow Geocacher,

I’m DARKSIDEDAN aka Daniel from Canberra, Australia and I have had the pleasure of finding your Trackable Item during my travels as a Geocacher. I have added this trackable to my growing list of discovered items.

DISCOVERED AT THE FESTIVUS EVENT 23/12/19

I love discovering Geocaches, Trackable items and collecting Pathtags. I hope that you enjoy Geocaching as much as I do. For me geocaching is a way of life. When I am not Geocaching, I am thinking of Geocaching. I would like to say a very big thank you for releasing your trackable for the Geocaching Community.

Here is a little information about me. I have been geocaching since 2015. At the time of finding this cache I have over 6750 finds plus 400 hides. I am the creator of the “Duck Dip” Lab Cache that won 2nd Place for the Australian Capital Territory in the State Vs State - Battle of the Lab Caches at the OzGeoMuster - The Gong Mega 2019 in Wollongong, Australia.

It was my love of Geocaching that helped me find my Wife. I have dedicated a Geocache to her that explains how Geocaching brought us together. That Cache is The Blueiris of Tidbinbilla by DARKSIDEDAN. | GC80WHA | Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Now let’s talk Pathtags. Currently I have over 7400 Pathtags in my collection plus about 500 EXtagz. I currently have two of my own Pathtags (45762 & 46950) with another one in the works.

In 2019, I won the right to place a Virtual 2.0 Cache from Geocaching.com, but I have not placed it yet. I am just trying to find somewhere that is worthy of a Virtual Cache.

Here is an Original and One of a Kind, Geocaching Poem that I have written. I hope that everyone who reads it gets some enjoyment out of it.

Geocache Poem by DARKSIDEDAN

My endless search goes on and on
Looking for treasures of every kind
Always chasing just one more find
Putting past DNF’s out of my mind
I step out into the world outside,
Seeking what is hidden from me
What size, shape or form will it be?
Only time will tell, I can’t wait to see
Will I find my prize at the end?
I will search in the failing light and cold
Filling with despair having looked everywhere
Where is this thing that gives my life pleasure?
Looking all around from every angle
I read the logs and check the hint
I curse out loud as I walk in circles
Screaming the bloody thing it not there
As time flies by and I fail to see,
Never once stopping to realize
It always been there before my eyes
No need for sorrow, there’s the Geocache.

CACHE SERIES OWNED
UFO Series - 180 Caches (Largest GeoArt Series in the ACT - 100kms Long)
Vampire Series - (100 Traditional, Letterboxes, Puzzle Caches in Thawa, ACT)
Australian Animals Series - (50 Traditional Caches in (Collector to Gunderoo NSW)
Puzzle Series (15 Puzzle Caches in Canberra ACT)
Part Owner of Endangered Species Power Trail (100 Trads in NSW)

See you all at the following Events: Saturday, August 22, 2020 - GeoWoodstock (GC86VDF) - Abbotsford, British Columbia / Saturday 15th August 2020 - Geocaching 20th Anniversary Celebration / Sunday, 16th August , 2020 - Going APE Mega-Event - Snoqualmie, Washington
Discovered It 12/23/2019 Kittykatch discovered it Australian Capital Territory, Australia   Visit Log

Discovered at the Festivis event.
Discovered It 12/23/2019 Aykayem discovered it Australian Capital Territory, Australia   Visit Log

Discovered here at the Festivus event. Thanks :)
Dropped Off 12/23/2019 isopeda placed it in Festivus 2019 Australian Capital Territory, Australia - 6.48 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/9/2019 isopeda took it to Shackleton Park #2(s) Australian Capital Territory, Australia - 6.2 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/30/2019 isopeda took it to Grand Central - Toot Toot Australian Capital Territory, Australia - .31 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 8/28/2019 Joolay discovered it   Visit Log

Thank you for your wonderful trackable found at the Clearwaters Mega. It was an awesome Mega and so many people bought their trackables for discovery.
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