Geocaching

[~Ash~]

Wow 6-8 in one day seems like a huge amount! We always just do one when we decide to go lol no wonder we only have a few under our belt. DD thinks its great and calls it treasure hunting - we let her replace and take a prize so she has a little treasure display happening lol.


**Sent from my phone using Tapatalk.

[Traveller]

A few of my UK friends are very into this but I don't have GPS so I have never given it a go. Maybe once I get a fancy phone I will introduce the kids to it, I think they would enjoy it.

[~TT40~]

yea you can get apps and use your gps on a smart phone. no where near as good as an actual gps though, (relies on phone service and internet connection so drops out and is very battery heavy), but they are handy to give it a go for a couple to see if it is worth you investing in a gps

[Maruschke]

My record is 19 on one day (just turned out to be embryo transfer day). I wanted to do something for me, something fun and relaxing to take my mind off things. It worked . I go caching alone every birthday and always nab 10+. 19 was power caching though, 2 hours, I was literally running.

[Jellyfish]

What is the best way to start? Sounds really neat!

[~Ash~]

Jellyfish - sign up to the geocaching website and have a look around. To start with we found some really close to us and we hunting using our phones. If you have a smartphone you can download the app and use it without signing up if you wanna check it out first good luck! You'll have to let us know how you go!!


**Sent from my phone using Tapatalk.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I've just signed us up Will hafta see if there's any around here, might even do one myself!

[~TT40~]

I've just signed us up Will hafta see if there's any around here, might even do one myself!

did you sign up to the australian site? or the us one? US has more on it, and most of the listings on the aussie one, you have to view on the us one anyway, so its good to be signed to both. the US one doesn't have the aussie trig points on it too.

let us know if you need any help, whats your username and we can be 'mates' I'm Teirae on both sites (not very original =P)

[Astrolady]

My boys have just gone to get a new one at park 20 mins away.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

The US one Teirae, didn't realise there was an Aussie one.

Oh this is so fricken cool, there's decoding and everything! And one a 5 min drive away - SO EXCITED!

[Traveller]

My boys would love to do this. Might price a GPS to see if it would be worthwhile getting one now.

[Esme]

Just had a look at the site and noticed there are quite a few around here. Might give it a go: sounds like something all of us will like. Is it possible to find some just with clues alone, or would that be too difficult?

[~TT40~]

it is pretty good, I started cause it got me going out doors and doing things I havent had to do for ages (like climb a tree!!) they have Terrain and difficulty ratings (1 = easiest, 5 = hardest), and different sizes...for me micros are a PITA and I never find them.
some you have to solve a puzzle to get the coords, others are just a simple these are the coords go nuts.

youll be surprised how many there are, they are EVERYWHERE!! (there is even one on the international space station!)

[~Ash~]

I started for the same reasons Tairae - I loved the idea of us all going outside on a mission over the weekend lol

This thread has got me pumped to go and find one this afternoon after I get DD.

How do you become 'mates' on the sites Tairae? I haven't figured that bit out yet lol

[~TT40~]

if you find their profile, (so you need their user name) it comes up with a profile, and under heir name are 2 dot/star icons, one blue, one red. The blue adds them, the red deletes them.

Then on your task bar thing at the top under "my" down near the bottom is "mates" and it has them so you can see if they have done anything exciting =) like hidden a cache or found some

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Chickened out of going this morning, I think I'll wait for the weekend and go with Professor. I've been telling him all about it, and he's as excited as I am - I'm sure he's imagining himself as Indiana Jones!

[Traveller]

I'm sure there's no law about wearing a fur fedora when geocaching. The whip might be slightly more problematic though, I imagine it could get caught when climbing over fences but you could be glad of it when swinging over streams and the like...

[~TT40~]

Yay!! finally broke my drought!!! only got 1 though, out of the 4 I chased... due to damn muggles (non cachers being in the area and able to see what you are doing and potientially get to the cache after you leave), and a fight with some fire ants that I came out second best =(