Now a Premium Only cache due to people placing a find without meeting the requirements.
Many Australians see their local area and overseas countries before discovering the beauty, history and legends about our Indigenous people and lands. There is also hardship to be found in the Outback as well and it is not understood by a lot of people living along our coastal fringe. There are a small but growing group of Geocaching individuals who have opened up the Australian Outback to visitors from across the country and around the world. They have introduced visitors to the most amazing locations and history. Most of them live and work in the towns and cities within or close to the Latitude and Longitude boundaries set for this Challenge and maintain their own caches. This area also includes the Way-Finder Trail from Laverton WA to Winton Qld. (said to be the longest trail in the world). A few cachers from major cities have also travelled to the area and placed caches to be maintained by other Geocachers’ or locals who have agreed to act in this role. Given the effort they have put into establishing and maintaining Geocaching in such a harsh environment, they are worthy of the title Immortal.
Some of the cachers who have placed Traditional, Multi and Earth Caches in the Outback include: CHEDENT, 2Lost-Souls, Dog-gone, Shady_Ninja, WanderingAus, OzFlameHunter, Redcenterdazza, Team Crackers, TeamAstro, The Coffee’s, The Rats, Liz and Bruce, Posspet Boys, Newscat, Way-finder, Corunnaroad, tronador, rAMPant_1, firesafe, wazza9, wbfoto, shonkylogic.
This is just a beginners list to spark your interest. It provides you with an idea of who some of these people are. You can add to the list in your logs and provide an insight into these immortals by recognising their efforts.
The location for the cache has been selected to show the contrasts that our great landscape has to offer. There are nearby picnic, swimming and toilet facilities to make your efforts enjoyable at S34° 04'11.13" E151° 06'39.90". You can spend some time in the area and if you are interested. You can even try some fishing.
The rating for this cache is based on the highest rating for a cache for both difficulty and terrain within the boundaries. You don’t have to complete a 5/5 cache to complete the cache however you need to be aware that you can experience a cache with these ratings and that the final location is not easy to access, possibly a terrain 3 if you walk to it.
If you want to complete the final as a T5, please launch a Kayak from the nearby Jetty at Wally's Wharf and show proof in your log.
The caches that wazza9 is showing as found to establish this challenge include:
GCA562 – “Team Piggy” - South Australia - Desert Dice..../.. Roadkill...
GC1X7TA – “redcenterdazza and mamedina” - Northern Territory - Take a break on the Tanami
GC2030F - “WanderingAus” – Western Australia - WanAus 105 - Don Rhodes Museum
GC15MH0 - “way-finder” – Western Australia - Lonely Sentinel
GC28WD0 - “64EH” – Northern Territory - Uluru/Ayers Rock
GCK0TE - “Gordon Patrick Samuel” – Queensland - Bye Bye Birdsville
GC46N4E – “rAMPant_1” – Northern Territory - Overwatch #1 (Cache # 2,000,000)
GC2D453 – “wbfoto” - New South Wales - grawin opal field
The Challenge:
To complete the challenge for this cache, It is required that finders need to complete and fulfil the following parameters before they log a find for this challenge:
- Caches found must be within the Boundaries S 15 Deg and S 32 Deg 30 Min. E 117 Deg 30 Min. and E 148 Deg. Please be aware that Project-GC Checker picks up GC7C01 at Broken Hill where it is archived. You may have found it outside the boundaries for this challenge and will be required to change your claim.
- Using only caches that are located within these boundaries, log a found visit to caches placed by at least 8 (eight) different Geocachers within the established boundaries. This represents one cache for each Australian State and Territory.
- When you log your find for this cache, list the Cache numbers and CO’s names you are using for 8 (eight) Geocaches to qualify for this challenge.
- Your list of finds needs to show you have a found cache in at least 3 of the 5 states and Territories included in these boundaries and list the states and Territories you are using to qualify in your found log for this challenge. This allows for cachers to complete the cache from all around Australia without having to visit every State within the boundaries.
Have fun exploring Australia. You might like to mention any special experiences, terrain and difficulty ratings for the caches you have used and the rest is up to you.
The use of spoilers:
The introduction of Social media to showcase caching activities is now starting to expand and I can see that over a period of time, more people will get involved and showcase their activities through this medium.
I believe that it takes away the experience that Geocaching offers. That for every person undertaking a cache hunt, it should be like they are the first to discover it. It is as much about the journey of finding the cache (working out the puzzle, thinking about where a cache might be hidden etc) as it is about finding the cache and racking up the numbers. Geocaching can take you to some beautiful and completely unexpected places. If someone has seen it on a Social media site, then the experience will no longer be a new experience.
It has been the reason why many people who have hidden caches check their logs regularly and remove spoiler images or logs. Geocaching is a controlled environment where the ownership and presentation is in the hands of the cache owner. The use of social media takes the ownership away from the cache owner and places it in the control of those working to discover the cache and present a story on an external medium. Once it has been presented on Social media, there is nothing a cache owner can do to remove it.
Geocaching is a game that everyone plays in their own way. The way Geocaching is set up means that every time a person finds a cache it is a new experience for them because they find it themselves and comment on their experience as a new finder, hopefully without a spoiler. After viewing a few spoiler reports on Social media and having to take action to remove spoiler activity presented in logs through Geocaching lately, I am requesting that this cache is not used for a Social media presentation. Please respect my request.